1990–91 Coventry City F.C. season

In the 1990-91 season, Coventry's problems with league form returned and in November 1990 with the club sitting only two points above the relegation zone, Sillett was sacked by chairman John Poynton after five years in charge. Sillett received the news of his sacking whilst feeling unwell at home. He was replaced by Terry Butcher, the former England defender who was released from his contract with Rangers in a £350,000 deal. Butcher, aged 32, became player-manager and at the time was the youngest manager employed in English league football. From Boxing Day, Coventry's fortunes turned as they went on a great run by picking up 29 points from the next 17 league games (losing only four matches during this form) which prevented any chance of Coventry going down.

Final league table

Main article: 1990-91 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	15	4	0	51	10	9	9	1	23	8	74	18	+56	83
2	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	42	13	9	4	6	35	27	77	40	+37	76
3	Crystal Palace	38	11	6	2	26	17	9	3	7	24	24	50	41	+9	69
4	Leeds United	38	12	2	5	46	23	7	5	7	19	24	65	47	+18	64
5	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	35	25	5	8	6	29	28	64	53	+11	62
6	Manchester United	38	11	4	4	34	17	5	8	6	24	28	58	45	+13	59
7	Wimbledon	38	8	6	5	28	22	6	8	5	25	24	53	46	+7	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	11	4	4	42	21	3	8	8	23	29	65	50	+15	54
9	Everton	38	9	5	5	26	15	4	7	8	24	31	50	46	+4	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	9	2	35	22	3	7	9	16	28	51	50	+1	49
11	Chelsea	38	10	6	3	33	25	3	4	12	25	44	58	69	– 11	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	5	6	27	22	4	5	10	17	31	44	53	– 9	46
13	Sheffield United	38	9	3	7	23	23	4	4	11	13	32	36	55	– 19	46
14	Southampton	38	9	6	4	33	22	3	3	13	25	47	58	69	– 11	45
15	Norwich City	38	9	3	7	27	32	4	3	12	14	32	41	64	– 23	45
16	Coventry City	38	10	6	3	30	16	1	5	13	12	33	42	49	– 7	44
17	Aston Villa	38	7	9	3	29	25	2	5	12	17	33	46	58	– 12	41
18	Luton Town	38	7	5	7	22	18	3	2	14	20	43	42	61	– 19	37
19	Sunderland	38	6	6	7	15	16	2	4	13	23	44	38	60	– 22	34
20	Derby County	38	3	8	8	25	36	2	1	16	12	39	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.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44	10	6	3	30	16	+14	1	5	13	12	33	−21

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L
Position	19	8	7	11	15	17	12	14	16	12	16	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	14	16	15	15	12	11	11	9	14	14	16

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

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

Main article: 1990-91 FA Cup


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

Main article: 1990-91 Football League Cup


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	6–4	16,304	Livingstone (2), Gallacher (3)
QF	23 January 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	20,712

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1990-91 Full Members Cup


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

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tim Clarke
		GK	Steve Ogrizovic
		GK	Steve Sutton (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		GK	Keith Waugh
		DF	Peter Billing
		DF	Martyn Booty
		DF	Brian Borrows
		DF	Terry Butcher (player-manager)
		DF	Tony Dobson
		DF	Paul Edwards
		DF	Brian Kilcline
		DF	Trevor Peake
		DF	Andy Pearce
		DF	Kenny Sansom
		DF	David Titterton
		MF	Howard Clark
		MF	Dean Emerson

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Terry Fleming
		MF	Micky Gynn
		MF	Lee Hurst
		MF	Kevin MacDonald
		MF	Lloyd McGrath
		MF	Craig Middleton
		MF	José Perdomo
		MF	Stewart Robson
		MF	David Smith
		MF	Keith Thompson
		MF	Ray Woods
		FW	Kevin Drinkell
		FW	Kevin Gallacher
		FW	Steve Livingstone
		FW	Cyrille Regis
		FW	Robert Rosario
		FW	David Speedie

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 1990	GK	Dean Kiely	York City	Signed
3 August 1990	DF	Greg Downs	Birmingham City	Transfer
17 January 1991	FW	Steve Livingstone	Blackburn Rovers	£450,000
17 January 1991	DF	Tony Dobson	Blackburn Rovers	£300,000

Transfers in:

£225,000

Transfers out:

£750,000

Total spending:

£525,000

References

↑ Statto Organisation Ltd. "Coventry City results for the 1990-1991 season". Statto.com.
↑ "All Coventry City players: 1991". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.

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UEFA Euro 1992 (qualification – Group 7)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon

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