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Leading League goalscorer:
Teddy Sheringham
 (Millwall)
 33  goals

A double for Sheffield Wednesday. Promotion to the First Division and League Cup winners (after 9 matches) with a final victory over Manchester United at Wembley.

Top Division 2 goalscorer
Teddy Sheringham
missed out on helping his Millwall side gain promotion to the top flight but his goals earned him a move to Cloughie's Nottingham Forest at the end of the season. Sheringham's 33 League goals in 1990/91 included 4 hat-tricks and he ended his playing days with what was then the all-time goalscoring record at the Den - 93 goals in 220 League outings since his debut in the 1983/84 season.

WBA drew the last 5 matches of the season 1-1 - had they won any of them they would have saved themselves from relegation but instead it was the Third Division next season for the first time in their history.

   P W D L F A Pts
    1 Oldham Athletic 46 25 13 8 83 53 88 Promoted
    Results 2 West Ham United 46 24 15 7 60 34 87 Promoted
    Results 3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 22 16 8 80 51 82 Promoted
    4 Notts County 46 23 11 12 76 55 80 Promoted
    5 Millwall 46 20 13 13 70 51 73 Play Off
    Results 6 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 21 7 18 63 69 70 Play Off
    7 Middlesbrough 46 20 9 17 66 47 69 Play Off
    8 Barnsley 46 19 12 15 63 48 69
    9 Bristol City 46 20 7 19 68 71 67
    10 Oxford United 46 14 19 13 69 66 61
    Results 11 Newcastle United 46 14 17 15 49 56 59
    Results 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 19 14 63 63 58
    13 Bristol Rovers 46 15 13 18 56 59 58
    14 Ipswich Town 46 13 18 15 60 68 57
    15 Port Vale 46 15 12 19 56 64 57
    16 Charlton Athletic 46 13 17 16 57 61 56
    17 Portsmouth 46 14 11 21 58 70 53
    18 Plymouth Argyle 46 12 17 17 54 68 53
    19 Blackburn Rovers 46 14 10 22 51 66 52
    Results 20 Watford 46 12 15 19 45 59 51
    21 Swindon Town 46 12 14 20 65 73 50
    Results 22 Leicester City 46 14 8 24 60 83 50
    Results 23 West Bromwich Albion 46 10 18 18 52 61 48 Relegated
    24 Hull City 46 10 15 21 57 85 45 Relegated
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 19 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 - 1 Millwall
Sun May 19 Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Notts County
2nd Leg
Wed May 22 Millwall 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Wed May 22 Notts County 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Aggregate scores
Brighton & Hove Albion 6 - 2 Millwall
Notts County 2 - 1 Middlesbrough
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Sun Jun 2 Notts County 3 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Notts County promoted to Division 1
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     

 


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