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Leading League goalscorer:
Steve Norris 
(Halifax Town 30 goals, 
Carlisle United 2 goals)
 32  goals

A tragedy at Bootham Crescent where
David Longhurst
collapsed and died while playing for York against Lincoln on September 8th 1990, heart failure being the reason -  abandoned matches

An unusual season for Wrexham. They finished bottom of the League and only escaped relegation as the size of the Football League was increased. The 625 'crowd' who watched them play at Scarborough on a rainy Friday night in December was the lowest ever for a Fourth Division match......but the Welsh Cup holders played Manchester United twice in the European Cup Winners Cup!
Wrexham results

York City's Nigel Pepper certainly saw red in matches against Darlington in 1990/91. He was sent off three times in matches against Darlington - in each of the two League matches and an FA Cup tie between the two clubs.

   P W D L F A Pts
    1 Darlington 46 22 17 7 68 38 83 Promoted
    2 Stockport County 46 23 13 10 84 47 82 Promoted
    3 Hartlepool United 46 24 10 12 67 48 82 Promoted
    Results 4 Peterborough United 46 21 17 8 67 45 80 Promoted
    5 Blackpool 46 23 10 13 78 47 79 Play Off
    Results 6 Burnley 46 23 10 13 70 51 79 Play Off
    7 Torquay United 46 18 18 10 64 47 72 Promoted
    8 Scunthorpe United 46 20 11 15 71 62 71 Play Off
    9 Scarborough 46 19 12 15 59 56 69
    Results 10 Northampton Town 46 18 13 15 57 58 67
    11 Doncaster Rovers 46 17 14 15 56 46 65
    12 Rochdale 46 15 17 14 50 53 62
    13 Cardiff City 46 15 15 16 43 54 60
    14 Lincoln City 46 14 17 15 50 61 59
    15 Gillingham 46 12 18 16 57 60 54
    16 Walsall 46 12 17 17 48 51 53
    17 Hereford United 46 13 14 19 53 58 53
    18 Chesterfield 46 13 14 19 47 62 53
    Results 19 Maidstone United 46 13 12 21 66 71 51
    20 Carlisle United 46 13 9 24 47 89 48
    21 York City 46 11 13 22 45 57 46
    22 Halifax Town 46 12 10 24 59 79 46
    23 Aldershot 46 10 11 25 61 101 41
    Results 24 Wrexham 46 10 10 26 48 74 40
   
   

League re-organisation resulted in one extra team joining the Football League - this was achieved by Barnet being promoted from the Vauxhall Conference and no club being relegated from Division 4 (1990/91 Conference table). 
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals  Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 19 Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Blackpool
Sun May 19 Torquay United 2 - 0 Burnley
2nd Leg
Wed May 22 Blackpool 2 - 1 Scunthorpe United
Wed May 22 Burnley 1 - 0 Torquay United
Aggregate scores
Blackpool  3 - 2 Scunthorpe United
Torquay United 2 - 1 Burnley
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Fri May 31 Torquay United 2 - 2 Blackpool
Torquay won 5-4 on penalties and were promoted to Division 3.
   
   
   
   

 


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