1990–91 West Ham United F.C. season


Season summary

in his first full season as manager guided West Ham back to the top flight of The Football League as the team finished second in the Second Division, one point behind Oldham Athletic, who pipped them to the title on the last day of the season. Oldham were the season's top scorers in the division with 83 goals.
West Ham finished the season with the meanest defence, conceding 34 goals. The second meanest defence belonged to 7th place Middlesbrough, containing Colin Cooper and Tony Mowbray, which conceded 47 goals. West Ham's two games against Middlesbrough ended in 0–0 draws.
West Ham also enjoyed their best FA Cup run since the triumph of 1980, reaching the semi-finals where they were beaten 4–0 by Nottingham Forest, denying them a Wembley final with local rivals Tottenham Hotspur who went on to win the trophy.
Trevor Morley was West Ham's leading scorer for 1990-91, with 12 goals in the league and 17 in all competitions, while Frank McAvennie showed full fitness after a long term injury by scoring 10 goals in the league to finish the campaign as the club's second top scorer.

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 1991AldershotA0–022,929
R3R16 January 1991AldershotH6–121,484Morley, Slater, Parris, Bishop, Quinn
R426 January 1991Luton TownA1–112,087Parris
R4R30 January 1991Luton TownH5–025,659Parris, Bishop, McAvennie, Morley
R515 February 1991Crewe AlexandraH1–025,298Quinn
R611 March 1991EvertonH2–128,161Foster, Slater
SF14 April 1991Nottingham ForestN0–440,041

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st leg26 September 1990Stoke CityH3–015,870Dicks, Keen, Quinn
R2 2nd leg10 October 1990Stoke CityA2–1 8,411Allen
R331 October 1990Oxford UnitedA1–27,528Morley

Squad