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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox football club season The 1990–91 season was Coventry City's 24th consecutive campaign in the Football League First Division, following their promotion from the Second Division in 1967. The club started the season with John Sillett in charge, three years after he and George Curtis had managed the club to victory in the 1986–87 FA Cup. Sillett left the club in November after a run of poor results, and was replaced by Terry Butcher who arrived as a player-manager from Rangers.

Coventry's league form in the season was a contrast between a solid home record and poor away form, as they recorded only one win away from Highfield Road. In the FA Cup they suffered a defeat to Southampton in the fourth round, but the highlight of the season was their run in the League Cup. They beat holders Nottingham Forest 5–4 in the fourth round, before losing to Sheffield Wednesday in the quarter-final.

Background

The 1990–91 season was Coventry City's 24th consecutive campaign in the Football League First Division, following their promotion from the Second Division in 1967.Шаблон:Sfn The club had achieved its first major trophy a few seasons earlier, with victory in the 1986–87 FA Cup Final under the joint management of George Curtis and John Sillett,[1] and Sillett remained manager at the beginning of 1990–91. Their league form in the seasons following the cup win was solid with tenth, seventh,Шаблон:Sfn and twelfth-place finishes,Шаблон:Sfn although the 1989–90 season finished disappointingly as they won just one of their final nine games.Шаблон:Sfn They failed to defend the FA Cup in 1987–88, exiting in the fourth round,Шаблон:Sfn and they suffered one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history in 1989–90, as they lost 2–1 to non-league Sutton United in the third round.[2] They suffered another embarrassing FA Cup defeat the following season, this time to Third Division Northampton, but fared better in the League Cup, reaching the semi-final with a 5–0 win over Sunderland before losing to eventual winners Nottingham Forest in the semi-final.Шаблон:Sfn

Sillett did not buy or sell very heavily in the summer of 1990, before the start of the season. Supporters were calling for a strong midfield player to be bought to bolster the team, but defender Andy Pearce was the only major signing, bought from Halesowen Town for £15,000. Greg Downs, who had been part of the Cup winning squad, moved to Birmingham City on a free transfer. Despite this lack of transfer activity and the poor finish to the previous season, Sillett was optimistic that the club could challenge for a top six finish or even the league title.Шаблон:Sfn

Season summary

Football League First Division

The season started poorly, with a win against a struggling Everton side the only highlight of the opening games. Under pressure to change something, and with regulars Dean Emerson and Lloyd McGrath injured, Sillett signed players from Europe to add depth to the team. Winger Zoltán Csucsánszky came from Hungary for a trial, but sustained an injury in his first game, a friendly.Шаблон:Sfn Uruguayan José Perdomo had more success, arriving on loan from Genoa and impressing Sillett in six games for Coventry. The club were unable to sign him permanently, however.Шаблон:Sfn

Results did not improve significantly as the autumn progressed, and morale was poor. Star striker David Speedie was dropped from the team after a run of poor performances, and by November the club were in sixteenth position.[3] In November, the club announced that Sillett was leaving his post as manager. Historians do not know if he resigned or was sacked, although he was not working due to sickness at the time and had been planning to leave at the end of the season anyway. The club appointed Terry Butcher as Sillett's replacement.Шаблон:Sfn Butcher was still an active player for Rangers at the time, and had been captain of the England team during their World Cup semi-final against West Germany in the summer, so he arrived as player–manager and the club had to pay a transfer fee of up to £450,000 for him. His first game, at home to Liverpool, ended in a defeat.[4]

Despite success in the League Cup, Butcher had to wait more than a month before the club won a league game under his management and supporters feared that the club would be dragged into a relegation battle. Butcher bought Ray Woods from Wigan Athletic, but was forced to sell the promising young players Steve Livingstone and Tony Dobson, who both left for Blackburn Rovers. Speedie was also sold, moving to Liverpool for £675,000, following a series of sub-par performances and a poor relationship with Butcher. Butcher then signed Kenny Sansom and Stewart Robson, and the club began to record some better results,Шаблон:Sfn recording home wins against Aston Villa, Manchester City and Chelsea, amongst others. By mid-April, with three games remaining, Coventry had moved up to ninth place in the table, but two defeats from their last three games, including a 6–1 defeat at champions Arsenal in the final game, saw them finish in sixteenth.[3]

The league season had been a contrast between excellent form at Highfield Road, where the side won ten of nineteen games and were unbeaten after the November defeat to Liverpool, and a poor away record with just one win,Шаблон:Sfn at Sheffield United early in the season.[3] The player of the year was Kevin Gallacher, who scored eleven league goals.Шаблон:Sfn As a player, Terry Butcher had only started seven games, six in the league, as a result of injury. Cyrille Regis played well throughout the season, but did not score heavily and was released by Coventry at the end of the season, moving to rivals Aston Villa F.C.Шаблон:Sfn

FA Cup

Following defeats to lower-division and non-league opposition in the previous two seasons, Coventry faced the possibility of another upset in the third round against Wigan Athletic.Шаблон:Sfn Wigan had some future top-flight players in their team including Peter Atherton, who later signed for Coventry, but were having a poor season, being in seventeenth place in Division Three. The first match, played at Highfield Road on 5 January 1991, ended in a 1–1 draw as Micky Gynn's opener in the 66th minute was cancelled out by a last minute equaliser by Wigan's Darren Patterson.[5] The replay at Springfield Park was four days later and was won 1–0 by Coventry courtesy of another Gynn goal.[6]

In the fourth round in late January, a few days after their defeat in the League Cup quarter final, City again drew 1–1 at home against Southampton with Alan Shearer equalising after Brian Kilcline's opener.Шаблон:Sfn In the replay at The Dell City had eight players out through injury,Шаблон:Sfn and lost Steve Ogrizovic after 24 minutes. Southampton went on to win 2–0.Шаблон:Sfn

Football League Cup

After reaching the semi-final in the 1989–90 season,Шаблон:Sfn Coventry again performed well in the 1990–91 Football League Cup, also known as the Rumbelow's Cup. The campaign began in September with a two-legged second-round tie against Bolton Wanderers, in which City won both their home and away games by scores of 4–2 and 3–2 respectively. In the third round, on 31 October, they played at home to Hull City. The visitors dominated the first half but were unable to score, and then suffered the set-back of losing former Coventry player Dave Bamber. Coventry improved after half-time, and won the game 3–0 with goals from Speedie, Livingstone and Regis.Шаблон:Sfn

In the fourth round on 28 November,Шаблон:Sfn Coventry faced Nottingham Forest, in Butcher's third match as manager. Forest had won the tournament in both of the previous two seasons, beating City on each occasion, and started the match as favourites. After 35 minutes, Coventry had moved into a 4–0 lead with Gallacher claiming a hat-trick and Steve Livingstone also scoring. Forest responded, however, and Nigel Clough, son of manager Brian Clough, stunned Highfield Road with a hat-trick of his own, scored in just seven minutes and leaving the score 4–3 at half time.[7] Forest levelled the match through a Garry Parker goal after half-time, but Livingstone's goal with half an hour remaining won the game for Coventry by a 5–4 scoreline.Шаблон:Sfn

City had to wait almost two months for their next match in the competition, the quarter-final tie at home to Sheffield Wednesday of the Second Division. Coventry created few chances in the game, with player-manager Terry Butcher sustaining an injury as well, and Nigel Pearson's 9th-minute goal was enough to win the tie for Sheffield Wednesday.Шаблон:Sfn

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 38 24 13 1 74 18 +56 83
2 Liverpool 38 23 7 8 77 40 +37 76
3 Crystal Palace 38 20 9 9 50 41 +9 69
4 Leeds United 38 19 7 12 65 47 +18 64
5 Manchester City 38 17 11 10 64 53 +11 62
6 Manchester United 38 16 12 10 58 45 +13 59
7 Wimbledon 38 14 14 10 53 46 +7 56
8 Nottingham Forest 38 14 12 12 65 50 +15 54
9 Everton 38 13 12 13 50 46 +4 51
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 16 11 51 50 +1 49
11 Chelsea 38 13 10 15 58 69 – 11 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 10 16 44 53 – 9 46
13 Sheffield United 38 13 7 18 36 55 – 19 46
14 Southampton 38 12 9 17 58 69 – 11 45
15 Norwich City 38 13 6 19 41 64 – 23 45
16 Coventry City 38 11 11 16 42 49 – 7 44
17 Aston Villa 38 9 14 15 46 58 – 12 41
18 Luton Town 38 10 7 21 42 61 – 19 37
19 Sunderland 38 8 10 20 38 60 – 22 34
20 Derby County 38 5 9 24 37 75 – 38 24
  • Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
  • Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

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Results summary

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Results by round

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Results

Coventry City's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 Manchester United A 0–2 46,715
29 August 1990 Everton H 3–1 12,902 Dobson, Gallacher, Speedie
1 September 1990 Nottingham Forest H 2–2 12,630 Borrows (pen), Kilcline (pen)
8 September 1990 Aston Villa A 1–2 27,001 Borrows
15 September 1990 Wimbledon H 0–0 8,925
22 September 1990 Luton Town A 0–1 8,336
29 September 1990 Queens Park Rangers H 3–1 9,897 Livingstone (2), Gynn
6 October 1990 Manchester City A 0–2 26,198
20 October 1990 Southampton H 1–2 10,040 Borrows (pen)
27 October 1990 Sheffield United A 1–0 17,978 Borrows (pen)
3 November 1990 Arsenal H 0–2 15,336
10 November 1990 Sunderland A 0–0 20,101
17 November 1990 Liverpool H 0–1 22,571
24 November 1990 Leeds United H 1–1 16,183 Gallacher
1 December 1990 Crystal Palace A 1–2 17,052 Regis
8 December 1990 Everton A 0–1 17,472
15 December 1990 Manchester United H 2–2 17,106 Regis, Gallacher
22 December 1990 Chelsea A 1–2 16,317 Gallacher
26 December 1990 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 22,731 Gynn, Gallacher
29 December 1990 Norwich City H 2–0 12,039 Borrows (pen), Speedie
1 January 1991 Derby County A 1–1 15,741 Regis
12 January 1991 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 18,344
19 January 1991 Aston Villa H 2–1 15,751 Gynn, Speedie
2 February 1991 Wimbledon A 0–1 4,061
23 February 1991 Sunderland H 0–0 10,453
2 March 1991 Crystal Palace H 3–1 10,891 Kilcline (2), Peake
9 March 1991 Leeds United A 0–2 28,880
13 March 1991 Luton Town H 2–1 9,725 Borrows (pen), Pearce
16 March 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 9,510
23 March 1991 Manchester City H 3–1 13,198 Regis, Gynn, Gallacher
30 March 1991 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–2 29,033 Smith, Gallacher
1 April 1991 Chelsea H 1–0 14,272 Gynn
6 April 1991 Norwich City A 2–2 11,550 Gynn, Gallacher
9 April 1991 Liverpool A 1–1 31,063 Gynn
13 April 1991 Derby County H 3–0 11,961 Gallacher (2), Woods
20 April 1991 Southampton A 1–2 15,461 Gynn
4 May 1991 Sheffield United H 0–0 17,254
11 May 1991 Arsenal A 1–6 41,039 Gallacher

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1991 Wigan Athletic H 1–1 10,802 Gynn
R3R 9 January 1991 Wigan Athletic A 1–0 7,429 Gynn
R4 26 January 1991 Southampton H 1–1 14,013 Kilcline
R4R 29 January 1991 Southampton A 0–2 17,001

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 26 September 1990 Bolton Wanderers H 4–2 6,193 Livingstone (2), Gynn, Gallacher
R2 2nd Leg 9 October 1990 Bolton Wanderers A 3–2 (won 7–4 on agg) 5,222 Regis (2), Gallacher
R3 31 October 1990 Hull City H 3–0 7,708 Regis, Livingstone, Speedie
R4 28 November 1990 Nottingham Forest H 5–4 16,304 Livingstone (2), Gallacher (3)
QF 23 January 1991 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 20,712

Full Members Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
NR2 19 December 1990 Derby County A 0–1 7,270

Players

First-team squad

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Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
22 October 1990 GK Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Clarke Шаблон:Flagicon Halesowen Town £25,000
30 January 1991 FW Шаблон:Flagicon Ray Woods Шаблон:Flagicon Wigan Athletic £200,000

Source:[9]

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
1 July 1990 GK Шаблон:Flagicon Dean Kiely[notes 1] Шаблон:Flagicon York City Signed
3 August 1990 DF Шаблон:Flagicon Greg Downs Шаблон:Flagicon Birmingham City Transfer
17 January 1991 FW Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Livingstone Шаблон:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers £450,000
17 January 1991 DF Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Dobson Шаблон:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers £300,000
January 1991 FW Шаблон:Flagicon David Speedie Шаблон:Flagicon Liverpool £650,000

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Transfers in: Шаблон:Loss £225,000
Transfers out: Шаблон:Gain £750,000
Total spending: Шаблон:Gain £525,000

Notes

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Notes

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References

Шаблон:Coventry City F.C. seasons Шаблон:1990–91 in English football


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