# 1990–91 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1990–91 season was the 92nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Second Division. The team finished in 12th place after a poor run of form at the end of the season brought only two victories from the final fifteen matches.
This was the first season – of an eventual seventeen – for the club under the ownership of Sir Jack Hayward, who had purchased it in May 1990 for £2.1 million.

## Results
### Football League Second Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Second Division in the 1990–91 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Oxford United | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 61 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 59 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 58 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 58 |
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 57 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 |

#### Matches
### League Cup

Hull City won on away goals.

### Full Members Cup
## Players

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| Pos | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| GK | Vince Bartram ¤ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Tony Lange ¤ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Mike Stowell | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Ashley | 15(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(2) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Gary Bellamy | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Nicky Clarke | 10(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Rob Hindmarch | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 43(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Roberts | 17(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Stancliffe ‡ | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Andy Thompson | 43(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Venus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Shane Westley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Bennett | 24(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 27(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Birch | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Blake ‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Burke | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Cook | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Robbie Dennison | 41(1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45(2) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Keith Downing | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Jones | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tim Steele | 22(6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27(6) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Todd ‡ | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Bull | 43 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Paul McLoughlin | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Mutch | 29 | 8 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29(1) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | John Paskin | 10(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Colin Taylor | 6(9) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8(11) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| June 1990 | Brian Roberts | Birmingham City | Free |
| 19 June 1990 | Rob Hindmarch | Derby County | £325,000 |
| 28 June 1990 | Mike Stowell | Everton | £250,000 |
| 13 September 1990 | Kevin Ashley | Birmingham City | £500,000 |
| December 1990 | Paul Stancliffe | Sheffield United | Free |
| 1 February 1991 | Paul Birch | Aston Villa | £400,000 |
| 14 March 1991 | Mark Burke | Middlesbrough | £25,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| May 1990 | Mark Kendall | Swansea City | Free |
| May 1990 | Floyd Streete | Reading | Free |
| June 1990 | Ally Robertson | Released | Free |
| July 1990 | Nigel Vaughan | Hereford United | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| November 1990 | Paul Stancliffe | Sheffield United | December 1990 |
| 17 January 1991 | Mark Blake | Aston Villa | |
| March 1991 | Mark Todd | Sheffield United | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Player | To | End date |
| ? | Tony Lange | Aldershot | |
| 20 February 1991 | Vince Bartram | West Bromwich Albion | 8 April 1991 |

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Graham Turner |
| Coach | Garry Pendrey, Barry Powell |
| Club doctors | Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn |
| Club Physio | Paul Darby |