DIVISION 3    1990/91
 

Leading goalscorers:
Luther Blissett
 (Bournemouth) & Tony Philliskirk 
(Bolton Wanderers)
 19  goals

   P W D L F A Pts
    1 Cambridge United 46 25 11 10 75 45 86 Promoted
    2 Southend United 46 26 7 13 67 51 85 Promoted
    3 Grimsby Town 46 24 11 11 66 34 83 Promoted
    4 Bolton Wanderers 46 24 11 11 64 50 83 Play Off
    5 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 9 14 64 46 78 Promoted
    6 Brentford 46 21 13 12 59 47 76 Play Off
    7 Bury 46 20 13 13 67 56 73 Play Off
    8 Bradford City 46 20 10 16 62 54 70
    9 Bournemouth 46 19 13 14 58 58 70
      10 Wigan Athletic 46 20 9 17 71 54 69
      11 Huddersfield Town 46 18 13 15 57 51 67
      12 Birmingham City 46 16 17 13 45 49 65
      13 Leyton Orient 46 18 10 18 55 58 64
      14 Stoke City 46 16 12 18 55 59 60
      15 Reading 46 17 8 21 53 66 59
      16 Exeter City 46 16 9 21 58 52 57
      17 Preston North End 46 15 11 20 54 67 56
      18 Shrewsbury Town 46 14 10 22 61 68 52
      19 Chester City 46 14 9 23 46 58 51
      20 Swansea City 46 13 9 24 49 72 48
      21 Fulham 46 10 16 20 41 56 46
      22 Crewe Alexandra 46 11 11 24 62 80 44 Relegated
      23 Rotherham United 46 10 12 24 50 87 42 Relegated
      24 Mansfield Town 46 8 14 24 42 63 38 Relegated
     
     
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 19 Brentford 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers
Sun May 19 Bury 1 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
2nd Leg
Wed May 22 Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Brentford
Wed May 22 Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Bury
Aggregate scores
Tranmere Rovers 3 - 2 Brentford
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 1 Bury
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Sun Jun 1 Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Tranmere Rovers promoted to Division 2