1990–91 Football League Cup Explained

Football League Cup
Year:	1990–91
Other Titles:	League Cup, Rumbelows Cup
Country:
Num Teams:	92
Defending Champions:	Nottingham Forest-->
Winners:	Sheffield Wednesday (1st title)
Second:	Manchester United
Scoring Leader:	Paul Gascoigne Mark Hughes (6 goals)
Prev Season:	1989–90
Next Season:	1991–92

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.

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

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	0–1		28 August 1990
	2–0		29 August 1990
	2–0		28 August 1990
	0–2		29 August 1990
	1–2		29 August 1990
	1–0		28 August 1990
	1–2		28 August 1990
	0–0		28 August 1990
	2–6		28 August 1990
	1–1		29 August 1990
	1–2		28 August 1990
	1–0		28 August 1990
	2–1		28 August 1990
	2–0		28 August 1990
	0–3		29 August 1990
	2–2		29 August 1990
	1–1		28 August 1990
	1–1		28 August 1990
	2–0		28 August 1990
	0–1		28 August 1990
	4–0		28 August 1990
	2–1		28 August 1990
	0–2		27 August 1990
	0–0		29 August 1990
	4–2		28 August 1990
	2–2		29 August 1990
	0–1		28 August 1990
	0–1		28 August 1990

Second leg

width=175	Home team	width=50	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date	width=75	Agg
	2–2		4 September 1990	3–4
	0–1^[1] ^[2]		4 September 1990	1–1
	1–1^[3] ^[4]		4 September 1990	1–1
	2–1		4 September 1990	5–1
	1–1		4 September 1990	2–1
	1–0^[5]		5 September 1990	3–2
	0–1		4 September 1990	2–1
	3–2^[6]		4 September 1990	3–4
	2–1		4 September 1990	4–5
	3–0		4 September 1990	4–1
	5–1^[7]		4 September 1990	5–3
	1–0^[8] ^[9]		4 September 1990	2–2
	2–2		11 September 1990	4–3
	1–0		5 September 1990	1–2
	4–1		4 September 1990	6–3
	1–0		5 September 1990	1–2
	1–1		4 September 1990	3–1
	1–0		4 September 1990	2–1
	2–1		5 September 1990	3–1
	2–0		4 September 1990	4–1
	2–1		4 September 1990	8–3
	3–3		5 September 1990	3–7
	1–1		4 September 1990	1–2
	2–0		4 September 1990	2–1
	0–1		4 September 1990	0–1
	1–1		4 September 1990	3–2
	1–2		3 September 1990	2–3
	2–0		4 September 1990	3–0

Second round

First leg

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–0		26 September 1990
	0–0		25 September 1990
	1–1		25 September 1990
	1–1		25 September 1990
	2–2		26 September 1990
	0–1		25 September 1990
	4–2		26 September 1990
	8–0		25 September 1990
	3–0		25 September 1990
	1–3		26 September 1990
	0–0		25 September 1990
	1–0		26 September 1990
	5–1		25 September 1990
	1–1		25 September 1990
	2–0		25 September 1990
	0–1		25 September 1990
	2–0		26 September 1990
	4–1		26 September 1990
	1–0		25 September 1990
	1–0		25 September 1990
	0–2		24 September 1990
	3–1		26 September 1990
	0–5		25 September 1990
	1–1		25 September 1990
	2–1		26 September 1990
	1–1		25 September 1990
	0–1		25 September 1990
	0–4		26 September 1990
	5–0		26 September 1990
	0–5		26 September 1990
	3–0		26 September 1990
	0–5		25 September 1990

Second leg

width=175	Home team	width=50	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date	width=75	Agg
	5–0		9 October 1990	6–0
	0–1		9 October 1990	0–2
	1–0		9 October 1990	2–1
	2–3		9 October 1990	4–7
	1–1^[10] ^[11]		10 October 1990	2–2
	1–2		9 October 1990	2–4
	1–6		9 October 1990	2–6
	0–1		10 October 1990	1–5
	4–1		10 October 1990	9–1
	1–4		9 October 1990	2–9
	1–0		10 October 1990	2–1
	6–0		9 October 1990	11–0
	1–2		9 October 1990	1–7
	3–0		9 October 1990	4–1
	3–0		10 October 1990	3–1
	1–0		9 October 1990	3–2
	0–0		10 October 1990	4–0
	2–1		10 October 1990	5–2
	2–1		10 October 1990	2–1
	1–0		10 October 1990	1–2
	5–2^[12]		10 October 1990	5–3
	0–0		10 October 1990	2–0
	1–1		9 October 1990	2–4
	3–1^[13]		9 October 1990	4–2
	2–1		10 October 1990	3–1
	3–0		9 October 1990	8–0
	1–2		9 October 1990	1–10
	1–2		10 October 1990	1–5
	4–0		9 October 1990	4–3
	0–3		9 October 1990	0–5
	0–2		10 October 1990	0–3
	1–1^[14] ^[15]		9 October 1990	1–1

Third round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	2–0		31 October 1990
	0–0		31 October 1990
	3–0		31 October 1990
	0–0		30 October 1990
	6–0		31 October 1990
	0–2		30 October 1990
	2–0		31 October 1990
	1–2		30 October 1990
	3–1		31 October 1990
	2–0		30 October 1990
	2–1		31 October 1990
	1–2		31 October 1990
	2–1		31 October 1990
	2–1		30 October 1990
	0–0		31 October 1990
	2–1		30 October 1990

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	0–1		7 November 1990
	2–3		6 November 1990
	0–1		6 November 1990

Fourth round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	2–6		28 November 1990
	3–2		28 November 1990
	5–4		28 November 1990
	1–2		28 November 1990
	0–3		27 November 1990
	0–2		27 November 1990
	1–1		28 November 1990
	2–0		27 November 1990

Replay

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–2		12 December 1990

Fifth Round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	0–0		16 January 1991
	0–1		23 January 1991
	4–1		16 January 1991
	1–1		16 January 1991

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	3–2		23 January 1991
	0–3		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.

Second leg

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sheffield Wednesday won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1991 Football League Cup Final.

References

General

• Web site: English League Cup 1990/1991. https://archive.today/20130105062549/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?seasonid=495&competitionid=60. dead. 5 January 2013. 25 January 2012. Soccerbase.
• Web site: England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 . 25 January 2012. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
• Web site: English League Cup 1990–1991 : Results . 25 January 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20110906145357/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1990-1991/results . 6 September 2011 . dead . dmy-all .

Specific

External links

• Official Carling Cup website

Notes and References

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