1990–91 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
1990–91 season
Chairman	Guy Askham
Manager	Chris Nicholl
Stadium	The Dell
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Quarter finals
Full Members Cup	Quarter finals ; (Southern Area)
Player of the Year	Alan Shearer
Top goalscorer	League: Le Tissier (19); All: Le Tissier (23)
Highest home attendance	21,405 vs Tottenham Hotspur ; (29 Dec 1990, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	5,071 vs QPR ; (20 Nov 1990, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	15,413
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	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

During the 1990–91 English football season, Southampton competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1990–91 season, Southampton had a disappointing campaign, finding themselves at the bottom half of the table for most of the season. On 16 March they lost 4–3 at home to Everton and sat only four points clear of the relegation places, but four wins from their final nine league games of the season saved them from relegation. At the end of the season, their manager Chris Nicholl was sacked and was replaced by Ian Branfoot, who was assistant to Steve Coppell at Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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	12	9	17	58	69	−11	45	9	6	4	33	22	+11	3	3	13	25	47	−22

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D
Position	8	6	10	14	10	11	15	15	13	14	15	8	11	12	15	17	14	14	14	13	15	12	13	14	14	13	15	16	18	16	17	15	16	15	15	12	15	14

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

Results

Southampton's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Aston Villa	A	1–1	29,542	Le Tissier
28 August 1990	Norwich City	H	1–0	17,206	Polston (own goal)
1 September 1990	Luton Town	H	1–2	13,538	Rideout
8 September 1990	Nottingham Forest	A	1–3	18,559	Rod Wallace
15 September 1990	Sheffield United	H	2–0	14,340	Le Tissier, Rod Wallace
22 September 1990	Manchester United	A	2–3	41,228	Rod Wallace, Rideout
29 September 1990	Everton	A	0–3	23,093
6 October 1990	Chelsea	H	3–3	16,911	Shearer, Rod Wallace, Ruddock
20 October 1990	Coventry City	A	2–1	10,040	Billing (own goal), Le Tissier
27 October 1990	Derby County	H	0–1	16,328
3 November 1990	Wimbledon	A	1–1	5,485	Le Tissier (pen)
10 November 1990	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	14,970	Le Tissier, Rod Wallace, Rideout
17 November 1990	Arsenal	A	0–4	36,229
24 November 1990	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	15,851	Rideout, Shaw (own goal)
1 December 1990	Leeds United	A	1–2	29,341	Rideout
8 December 1990	Norwich City	A	1–3	11,705	Le Tissier
15 December 1990	Aston Villa	H	1–1	16,604	Le Tissier
22 December 1990	Liverpool	A	2–3	31,894	Rod Wallace (2)
26 December 1990	Manchester City	H	2–1	16,029	Le Tissier, Horne
29 December 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	21,405	Le Tissier (2), Rod Wallace
1 January 1991	Sunderland	A	0–1	19,757
12 January 1991	Luton Town	A	4–3	9,021	Le Tissier (2), Rod Wallace (2)
19 January 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	16,044	Walker (own goal)
2 February 1991	Sheffield United	A	1–4	16,887	Moore
23 February 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	11,009	Le Tissier (pen)
2 March 1991	Leeds United	H	2–0	16,585	Cockerill, Rideout
9 March 1991	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	14,529	Cockerill
13 March 1991	Manchester United	H	1–1	15,701	Ruddock
16 March 1991	Everton	H	3–4	15,410	Newell (own goal), Shearer, Ruddock
23 March 1991	Chelsea	A	2–0	13,391	Shearer, Le Tissier (pen)
30 March 1991	Manchester City	A	3–3	23,163	Le Tissier, McLoughlin, Osman
1 April 1991	Liverpool	H	1–0	20,255	Le Tissier
6 April 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	24,291
9 April 1991	Arsenal	H	1–1	21,200	Le Tissier
13 April 1991	Sunderland	H	3–1	16,812	Shearer, Le Tissier (pen), Rod Wallace
20 April 1991	Coventry City	H	2–1	15,461	Rod Wallace (2)
4 May 1991	Derby County	A	2–6	11,680	Le Tissier (pen), Rod Wallace
11 May 1991	Wimbledon	H	1–1	17,052	Case

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1991	Ipswich Town	H	3–2	15,101	Shearer, Le Tissier (2)
R4	26 January 1991	Coventry City	A	1–1	14,013	Shearer (pen)
R4R	29 January 1991	Coventry City	H	2–0	17,001	Case, Rod Wallace
R5	25 February 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	18,512	Ruddock
R5R	4 March 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	1–3	26,633	Rod Wallace

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	25 September 1990	Rochdale	A	5–0	3,855	Shearer (2), Rod Wallace, Horne, Ruddock
R2 2nd Leg	9 October 1990	Rochdale	H	3–0 (won 8–0 on agg)	6,754	Banger (3)
R3	30 October 1990	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	15,573	Le Tissier, Rod Wallace
R4	27 November 1990	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	13,765	Shearer, Le Tissier
QF	16 January 1991	Manchester United	H	1–1	21,011	Shearer 71'
QFR	23 January 1991	Manchester United	A	2–3	41,093	Shearer 53', pen 87'

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	20 November 1990	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–0	5,071	Shearer (2), Horne, Law (own goal)
SQF	20 February 1991	Norwich City	A	1–2	5,920	Ruddock

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Ian Andrews
—	GK	ENG	Tim Flowers
—	DF	ENG	Micky Adams
—	DF	ENG	Francis Benali
—	DF	URS	Oleksiy Cherednyk
—	DF	ENG	Andy Cook
—	DF	ENG	Steve Davis
—	DF	ENG	Jason Dodd
—	DF	ENG	Jon Gittens
—	DF	ENG	Richard Hall
—	DF	IRL	Jeff Kenna
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Moore
—	DF	ENG	Russell Osman
—	DF	ENG	Neil Ruddock
—	DF	ENG	Ray Wallace


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Jimmy Case
—	MF	ENG	Glenn Cockerill
—	MF	WAL	Barry Horne
—	MF	ENG	Matt Le Tissier
—	MF	ENG	Neil Maddison
—	MF	IRL	Alan McLoughlin
—	MF	WAL	Lee Powell
—	MF	ENG	Tommy Widdrington
—	FW	ENG	Nicky Banger
—	FW	URS	Sergey Gotsmanov
—	FW	ENG	Paul Rideout
—	FW	ENG	Alan Shearer
—	FW	WAL	Gareth Taylor
—	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
13 December 1990	MF	Alan McLoughlin	Swindon Town	£1,000,000
13 February 1991	DF	Richard Hall	Scunthorpe United	£200,000
28 March 1991	DF	Jon Gittens	Swindon Town	£400,000