1990–91 Burnley F.C. season

Burnley
	1990–91 season
Chairman	Frank Teasdale
Manager	Frank Casper
Division Four	6th (play-offs)
League Cup	2nd Round
FA Cup	3rd Round
Football League Trophy	Northern Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Futcher (18); All: Ron Futcher (20)
Highest home attendance	20,331 v Manchester City; (6 January 1991)
Lowest home attendance	3,378 v Stockport County; (22 January 1991)
Average home league attendance	8,340
← 1989–90	1991–92 →

The 1990–1991 season was Burnley's sixth season in the fourth tier of English football. They were managed by Frank Casper in his second full season in charge.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Four^[A]		League Cup		FA Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Ian Bray	16	1	12+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
	DF		Steve Davis	59	5	48+0	5	3+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
	DF		Ray Deakin	50	0	38+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
	MF		John Deary	56	7	44+0	7	4+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
	FW		Roger Eli	33	11	17+11	10	0+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
	MF		Andy Farrell	49	3	32+7	2	3+1	0	0+2	0	4+0	1
	DF		Paul France	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		John Francis	58	17	47+0	15	4+0	0	3+0	1	3+1	1
	FW		Ron Futcher	43	20	31+4	18	2+0	1	2+1	0	3+0	1
	MF		Neil Grewcock	39	2	21+10	2	1+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0
	MF		David Hamilton	16	1	9+3	0	3+0	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Joe Jakub	60	4	48+0	3	4+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	1
	FW		Graham Lancashire	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Ian Measham	56	0	46+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	4+0	0
	FW		Peter Mumby	25	7	15+5	5	2+0	1	1+1	1	1+0	0
	GK		Chris Pearce	55	0	45+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		John Pender	52	0	42+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
	MF		Nigel Smith	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Danny Sonner	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Winston White	40	6	26+3	2	4+0	0	3+0	2	2+2	2
	GK		David Williams	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

A. ^ The "Division Four" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and play-offs.

Matches

Football League Division Four

Key

In Result column, Burnley's score shown first
H = Home match
A = Away match

pen. = Penalty kick
o.g. = Own goal

Results

Date

Opponents

Result

Goalscorers

Attendance

25 August 1990

Lincoln City (H)

2–2

Deary 22', Jakub 77'

6,106

1 September 1990

Darlington (A)

1–3

Futcher 36'

3,671

8 September 1990

Scarborough (H)

2–1

Futcher 67', Grewcock 69'

4,723

14 September 1990

Stockport County (A)

2–2

Futcher (2) 14', 32' (pen.)

3,523

18 September 1990

Blackpool (A)

2–1

Mumby 10', Deary 23'

4,737

22 September 1990

Aldershot (H)

3–0

Jakub 39', Mumby 43', Francis 83' (pen.)

5,517

28 September 1990

Carlisle United (A)

1–1

Edwards 49' (o.g.)

5,205

2 October 1990

Northampton Town (H)

3–0

Francis (2) 67', 80', Eli 88'

6,271

6 October 1990

York City (H)

0–0

6,808

13 October 1990

Hereford United (A)

0–3

3,688

20 October 1990

Peterborough United (A)

2–3

Ron Futcher (2) 30', 44'

5,102

23 October 1990

Maidstone United (H)

2–1

Davis 3', Futcher 32'

5,567

27 October 1990

Rochdale (H)

1–0

White 45'

7,971

3 November 1990

Wrexham (A)

4–2

Jakub 28', Francis 53', Mumby (2) 60', 77'

3,997

10 November 1990

Walsall (A)

0–1

5,710

24 November 1990

Halifax Town (H)

2–1

Mumby 48', Francis 53'

6,620

1 December 1990

Cardiff City (H)

2–0

Deary 56', Francis 59'

6,348

15 December 1990

Gillingham (A)

2–3

Deary 51', Futcher 57' (pen.)

3,679

22 December 1990

Hartlepool United (H)

4–0

Francis (2) 28', 43', Deary 53', Davis 55'

8,514

29 December 1990

Chesterfield (A)

0–2

4,210

1 January 1991

Scunthorpe United (H)

1–1

Francis 63'

8,557

12 January 1991

Darlington (H)

3–1

Davis 10', Futcher 25', Francis 70'

8,491

19 January 1991

Lincoln City (A)

0–1

4,167

26 January 1991

Stockport County (H)

3–2

Deary 40', Futcher 44', Eli 63'

8,946

16 February 1991

Halifax Town (A)

2–1

Francis (2) 69', 71' (pen.)

4,755

23 February 1991

Walsall (H)

2–0

Grewcock 49', Eli 84'

7,883

26 February 1991

Doncaster Rovers (A)

1–2

Deary 44'

3,080

1 March 1991

Cardiff City (A)

0–3

3,591

5 March 1991

Chesterfield (A)

1–2

White 62'

4,022

9 March 1991

Gillingham (H)

2–2

Futcher 47' (pen.), Davis 59'

6,459

12 March 1991

Northampton Town (A)

0–0

3,710

16 March 1991

Carlisle United (H)

2–1

Farrell (2) 68', 80'

6,635

19 March 1991

Hereford United (H)

2–1

Futcher 46', Eli 49'

5,716

23 March 1991

York City (A)

0–2

4,407

26 March 1991

Scarborough (A)

1–0

Francis 4'

2,373

30 March 1991

Chesterfield (H)

0–1

8,373

1 April 1991

Hartlepool United (A)

0–0

4,967

6 April 1991

Torquay United (H)

1–1

Futcher 58' (pen.)

6,661

13 April 1991

Scunthorpe United (A)

3–1

Futcher 50', Eli 52', Davis 86'

4,449

16 April 1991

Aldershot (A)

2–1

Eli (2) 19', 39'

2,473

20 April 1991

Peterborough United (H)

4–1

Eli (2) 19', 39', Futcher (2) 20', 30' (pen.)

10,018

23 April 1991

Blackpool (H)

2–0

Eli 65', Futcher 75'

18,395

27 April 1991

Maidstone United (A)

0–1

3,130

30 April 1991

Doncaster Rovers (H)

1–0

Futcher 90'

10,410

4 May 1991

Rochdale (A)

0–0

7,344

11 May 1991

Wrexham (H)

2–0

Francis (2) 31', 83'

10,161

Final league position

Pos	Team	Games played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Points
6	Burnley	46	23	10	13	70	51	79

Play-Offs

Date	Round	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
19 May 1991	Semi final, first leg	Torquay United (A)	0–2		5,600
22 May 1991	Semi final, second leg	Torquay United (H)	1–0	Evans 90' (o.g.)	13,620

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
17 November 1990	Round 1	Stafford Rangers (A)	3–1	Collymore 17' (o.g.), Mumby 20', White 32'	4,117
12 December 1990	Round 2	Stoke City (H)	2–0	Francis 72', White 82'	12,949
6 January 1991	Round 3	Manchester City (H)	0–1		20,331

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
27 August 1990	Round 1 First leg	Stockport County (A)	2–0	Hamilton 41', Futcher 54'	2,786
4 September 1990	Round 1 Second leg	Stockport County (H)	0–1		3,912
26 September 1990	Round 2 First leg	Nottingham Forest (A)	1–4	Mumby 51'	17,987
10 October 1990	Round 2 Second leg	Nottingham Forest (H)	0–1		11,399

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	Result	Goalscorers	Attendance
6 November 1990	Group Stage	Crewe Alexandra (H)	2–1	White 43', Francis 89'	3,481
8 January 1991	Group Stage	Stockport County (A)	1–1	Farrell 28'	1,707
22 January 1991	Round 1	Stockport County (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Eli 20', Jakub 58', White 112'	3,378
29 January 1991	Northern Quarter Final	Bradford City (A)	1–0	Futcher 72'	5,432
19 February 1991	Northern Semi Final	Preston North End (A)	1–6	Bray 84'	12,016

References

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1990–91 Burnley F.C. season

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Appearances and goals

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Play-Offs

FA Cup

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