1990–91 Football League Cup

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1990–91 Football League Cup
League Cup, Rumbelows Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams92
Final positions
Champions Sheffield Wednesday
(1st title)
Runners-up Manchester United
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s) Paul Gascoigne
Mark Hughes
Lee Sharpe [1]
Alan Shearer [2]
(6 goals)
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The 1990–91 Football League Cup (known as the Rumbelows Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 association football clubs.

Contents

The competition began on 27 August 1990, and ended with the final on 21 April 1991 at the Old Wembley Stadium. The cup was won by Sheffield Wednesday, who beat Manchester United 1–0 in the final. A single goal from John Sheridan gave Wednesday the title.

The 1990-91 League Cup remains the last time that one of English football's major honours was won by a team outside the top flight, as winners Sheffield Wednesday were in the second division at the time.

First round

First leg

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Birmingham City 1-3Leicester City28 August 1990
Sheffield United2–4

on penalties Bury Win

Bury 29 August 1990
Brentford 2–0 Hereford United 28 August 1990
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 Northampton 29 August 1990
Bristol Rovers 1–2 Torquay United 29 August 1990
Carlisle United 1–0 Scunthorpe United 28 August 1990
Chesterfield 1–2 Hartlepool United 28 August 1990
Darlington 0–0 Blackpool 28 August 1990
Doncaster Rovers 2–6 Rotherham United 28 August 1990
Exeter City 1–1 Notts County 29 August 1990
Fulham 1–2 Peterborough United 28 August 1990
Gillingham 1–0 Shrewsbury Town 28 August 1990
Grimsby Town 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 28 August 1990
Halifax Town 2–0 Lincoln City 28 August 1990
Huddersfield Town 0–3 Bolton Wanderers 29 August 1990
Maidstone United 2–2 Leyton Orient 29 August 1990
Mansfield Town 1–1 Cardiff City 28 August 1990
Middlesbrough 1–1 Tranmere Rovers 28 August 1990
Preston North End 2–0 Chester City 28 August 1990
Reading 0–1 Oxford United 28 August 1990
Rochdale 4–0 Scarborough 28 August 1990
Southend United 2–1 Aldershot 28 August 1990
Stockport County 0–2 Burnley 27 August 1990
Stoke City 0–0 Swansea City 29 August 1990
Walsall 4–2 Cambridge United 28 August 1990
West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Bristol City 29 August 1990
Wigan Athletic 0–1 Barnsley 28 August 1990
York City 0–1 Wrexham 28 August 1990

Second leg

Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg
Aldershot 2–2 Southend United 4 September 19903–4
Barnsley 0–1 [3] [4] Wigan Athletic 4 September 19901–1
Blackpool 1–1 [3] [5] Darlington 4 September 19901–1
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Huddersfield Town 4 September 19905–1
Bournemouth 1–1 Birmingham City 4 September 19902–1
Bristol City 1–0 [3] West Bromwich Albion 5 September 19903–2
Burnley 0–1 Stockport County 4 September 19902–1
Bury 3–2 [3] Bradford City 4 September 19903–4
Cambridge United 2–1 Walsall 4 September 19904–5
Cardiff City 3–0 Mansfield Town 4 September 19904–1
Chester City 5–1 [3] Preston North End 4 September 19905–3
Crewe Alexandra 1–0 [3] [6] Grimsby Town 4 September 19902–2
Hartlepool United 2–2 Chesterfield 11 September 19904–3
Hereford United 1–0 Brentford 5 September 19901–2
Leyton Orient 4–1 Maidstone United 4 September 19906–3
Lincoln City 1–0 Halifax Town 5 September 19901–2
Northampton 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 September 19903–1
Notts County 1–0 Exeter City 4 September 19902–1
Oxford United 2–1 Reading 5 September 19903–1
Peterborough United 2–0 Fulham 4 September 19904–1
Rotherham United 2–1 Doncaster Rovers 4 September 19908–3
Scarborough 3–3 Rochdale 5 September 19903–7
Scunthorpe United 1–1 Carlisle United 4 September 19901–2
Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Gillingham 4 September 19902–1
Swansea City 0–1 Stoke City 4 September 19900–1
Torquay United 1–1 Bristol Rovers 4 September 19903–2
Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Middlesbrough 3 September 19902–3
Wrexham 2–0 York City 4 September 19903–0

Second round

First leg

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Aston Villa 1–4 Barnsley 26 September 1990
Bournemouth 0–0 Millwall 25 September 1990
Cardiff City 1–1 Portsmouth 25 September 1990
Carlisle United 1–1 Derby County 25 September 1990
Charlton Athletic 2–2 Leyton Orient 26 September 1990
Chester City 0–1 Arsenal 25 September 1990
Coventry City 4–2 Bolton Wanderers 26 September 1990
Crystal Palace 8–0 Southend United 25 September 1990
Darlington 3–0 Swindon Town 25 September 1990
Halifax Town 1–3 Manchester United 26 September 1990
Hull City 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 September 1990
Leicester City 1–0 Leeds United 26 September 1990
Liverpool 5–1 Crewe Alexandra 25 September 1990
Luton Town 1–1 Bradford City 25 September 1990
Middlesbrough 2–0 Newcastle United 25 September 1990
Northampton 0–1 Sheffield United 25 September 1990
Norwich City 2–0 Watford 26 September 1990
Nottingham Forest 4–1 Burnley 26 September 1990
Notts County 1–0 Oldham Athletic 25 September 1990
Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Wimbledon 25 September 1990
Port Vale 0–2 Oxford United 24 September 1990
Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Peterborough United 26 September 1990
Rochdale 0–5 Southampton 25 September 1990
Rotherham United 1–1 Blackburn Rovers 25 September 1990
Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Brentford 26 September 1990
Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Ipswich Town 25 September 1990
Sunderland 0–1 Bristol City 25 September 1990
Torquay United 0–4 Manchester City 26 September 1990
Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Hartlepool United 26 September 1990
Walsall 0–5 Chelsea 26 September 1990
West Ham United 3–0 Stoke City 26 September 1990
Wrexham 0–5 Everton 25 September 1990

Second leg

Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg
Arsenal 5–0 Chester City 9 October 19906–0
Barnsley 0–1 Aston Villa 9 October 19900–2
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Rotherham United 9 October 19902–1
Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Coventry City 9 October 19904–7
Bradford City 1–1 [3] [7] Luton Town 10 October 19902–2
Brentford 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday 9 October 19902–4
Bristol City 1–6 Sunderland 9 October 19902–6
Burnley 0–1 Nottingham Forest 10 October 19901–5
Chelsea 4–1 Walsall 10 October 19909–1
Crewe Alexandra 1–4 Liverpool 9 October 19902–9
Derby County 1–0 Carlisle United 10 October 19902–1
Everton 6–0 Wrexham 9 October 199011–0
Hartlepool United 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur 9 October 19901–7
Ipswich Town 3–0 Shrewsbury Town 9 October 19904–1
Leeds United 3–0 Leicester City 10 October 19903–1
Leyton Orient 1–0 Charlton Athletic 9 October 19903–2
Manchester City 0–0 Torquay United 10 October 19904–0
Manchester United 2–1 Halifax Town 10 October 19905–2
Millwall 2–1 Bournemouth 10 October 19902–1
Newcastle United 1–0 Middlesbrough 10 October 19901–2
Oldham Athletic 5–2 [3] Notts County 10 October 19905–3
Oxford United 0–0 Port Vale 10 October 19902–0
Peterborough United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers 9 October 19902–4
Portsmouth 3–1 [3] Cardiff City 9 October 19904–2
Sheffield United 2–1 Northampton 10 October 19903–1
Southampton 3–0 Rochdale 9 October 19908–0
Southend United 1–2 Crystal Palace 9 October 19901–10
Stoke City 1–2 West Ham United 10 October 19901–5
Swindon Town 4–0 Darlington 9 October 19904–3
Watford 0–3 Norwich City 9 October 19900–5
Wimbledon 0–2 Plymouth Argyle 10 October 19900–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 [3] [8] Hull City 9 October 19901–1

Third round

Ties

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Aston Villa 2–0 Millwall 31 October 1990
Chelsea 0–0 Portsmouth 31 October 1990
Coventry City 3–0 Hull City 31 October 1990
Crystal Palace 0–0 Leyton Orient 30 October 1990
Derby County 6–0 Sunderland 31 October 1990
Ipswich Town 0–2 Southampton 30 October 1990
Leeds United 3–3

6-5 On penalties Oldham Athletic win || Oldham Athletic || 31 October 1990

Manchester City 1–2 Arsenal 30 October 1990
Manchester United 3–1 Liverpool 31 October 1990
Middlesbrough 2–0 Norwich City 30 October 1990
Oxford United 2–1 West Ham United 31 October 1990
Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Nottingham Forest 31 October 1990
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 31 October 1990
Sheffield United 2–1 Everton 30 October 1990
Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Swindon Town 31 October 1990
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Bradford City 30 October 1990

Replays

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Leyton Orient 0–1 Crystal Palace 7 November 1990
Portsmouth 2–3 Chelsea 6 November 1990
Swindon Town 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday 6 November 1990

Fourth round

Ties

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Arsenal 2–6 Manchester United 28 November 1990
Aston Villa 3–2 Middlesbrough 28 November 1990
Coventry City 5–4 Nottingham Forest 28 November 1990
Oxford United 1–2 Chelsea 28 November 1990
Queens Park Rangers 0–3 Leeds United 27 November 1990
Sheffield United 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur 27 November 1990
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Derby County 28 November 1990
Southampton 2–0 Crystal Palace 27 November 1990

Replay

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Derby County 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday 12 December 1990

Fifth Round

Ties

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Chelsea 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur 16 January 1991
Coventry City 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday 23 January 1991
Leeds United 4–1 Aston Villa 16 January 1991
Southampton 1–1 Manchester United 16 January 1991

Replays

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Manchester United 3–2 Southampton 23 January 1991
Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 Chelsea 23 January 1991

Semi-finals

Sheffield Wednesday moved closer to their first major trophy in more than 50 years with a comfortably victory over Chelsea, while Manchester United edged out Leeds United to book their place at Wembley for a clash against a side managed by their former boss Ron Atkinson.

First leg

Manchester United 2–1 Leeds United
Sharpe Soccerball shade.svg67'
McClair Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Whyte Soccerball shade.svg70'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)
Chelsea 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday
Shirtliff Soccerball shade.svg52'
Hirst Soccerball shade.svg80'
Stamford Bridge, London
Referee: Ron Groves (Weston-Super-Mare)

Second leg

Leeds United 0–1 Manchester United
Sharpe Soccerball shade.svg90'
Elland Road, Leeds
Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Chelsea
Pearson Soccerball shade.svg34'
D. Wilson Soccerball shade.svg42'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Stuart Soccerball shade.svg62'
Hillsborough, Sheffield
Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

Sheffield Wednesday won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

Manchester United 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday
Sheridan Soccerball shade.svg38'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,612
Referee: Ray Lewis (Surrey)

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "English League Cup Statistics". WorldFootball.net. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "English League Cup Statistics". WorldFootball.net. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 After Extra Time
  4. ↑ Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties
  5. ↑ Darlington won on the Away Goals Rule
  6. ↑ Crewe Alexandra won on the Away Goals Rule
  7. ↑ Bradford City won 5–4 on penalties
  8. ↑ Hull City won on the Away Goals Rule
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