1990–91 Leeds United A.F.C. season

1990–91 season

Chairman

Manager

Howard Wilkinson

Stadium

Full Members Cup

Top goalscorer

League:

Lee Chapman (21)
All:

Lee Chapman (31)

Highest home attendance

32,014 vs Manchester United
(24 Feb 1991, League Cup)

Lowest home attendance

6,334 vs Derby County
(22 Jan 1991, Full Members Cup)

Average home league attendance

25,779

← 1989–90

The 1990-91 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. return to the Football League First Division for the first time in 8 seasons after winning the 1989–90 Football League Second Division.

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mervyn Day
		GK	John Lukic
		DF	Jim Beglin
		DF	Chris Fairclough
		DF	Peter Haddock
		DF	Chris Kamara
		DF	Dylan Kerr
		DF	John McClelland
		DF	Glynn Snodin
		DF	Mel Sterland
		DF	Mike Whitlow
		DF	Chris Whyte

No.		Position	Player
		MF	David Batty
		MF	Simon Grayson
		MF	Vinnie Jones
		MF	Gary McAllister
		MF	Gary Speed
		MF	Gordon Strachan (captain)
		MF	Andy Williams
		FW	Bobby Davison
		FW	Lee Chapman
		FW	John Pearson
		FW	Carl Shutt
		FW	Imre Varadi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 1990	GK	John Lukic	Arsenal	£1,000,000^†
July 1990	MF	Gary McAllister	Leicester City	£1,000,000
July 1990	DF	Chris Whyte	West Bromwich Albion	£450,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 1990	FW	Ian Baird	Middlesbrough	£275,000
June 1990	DF	Noel Blake	Stoke City	Undisclosed
June 1990	FW	John Hendrie	Middlesbrough	£275,000
June 1990	GK	Alessandro Nista	Ancona Calcio	Undisclosed
June 1990	DF	Brendan Ormsby	Doncaster Rovers	Free
July 1990	DF	Chris O'Donnell	Exeter City	Free
July 1990	MF	Mickey Thomas	Stoke City	Free
September 1990	MF	Vinnie Jones	Sheffield United	£650,000

Transfers in:

£2,450,000

Transfers out:

£1,200,000

Total spending:

£1,250,000

Loaned out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	To
December 1990	June 1991	DF	Jim Beglin	Blackburn Rovers

Top Goalscorers

First Division

FA Cup

League Cup (Rumbelows Cup)

Full Members Cup (Zenith System Data Cup)

Awards

FWA Footballer of the Year

Gordon Strachan^[1]

LUFC Player of the Year

Notes and references

↑ "Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year".

Leeds United F.C. seasons

1990–91 in English football

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Graham Taylor
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

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester City Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stoke City Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Northampton Town Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City

Others	Colchester United Newport

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