1990–91 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1990–91 season
Chairman	Tony Clemo
Manager	Len Ashurst
Football League Fourth Division	13th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	3rd round
Leyland DAF Cup	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Pike (14); All: Chris Pike (16)
Highest home attendance	4,805 (v Northampton, 1 April 1991)
Lowest home attendance	1,692 (v Aldershot, 1 February 1991)
Average home league attendance	2,958
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 64th season in the Football League when they competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

Players

First team squad. ^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Roger Hansbury
--	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward
--	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
--	DF	ENG	Ray Daniel
--	DF	WAL	Nathan Jones
--	DF	WAL	Allan Lewis
--	DF	NIR	Neil Matthews
--	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
--	DF	ENG	Ian Rodgerson
--	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
--	DF	ENG	Jamie Unsworth
--	MF	ENG	Leigh Barnard
--	MF	ENG	Jeff Chandler


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	EIR	Ken DeMange
--	MF	WAL	Chris Fry
--	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
--	MF	ENG	Pat Heard
--	MF	ENG	Phil Heath
--	MF	ENG	Mark Jones
--	MF	SCO	Kevin MacDonald
--	MF	WAL	Jon Morgan
--	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
--	FW	WAL	Chris Pike
--	FW	ENG	Kevin Russell
--	FW	WAL	Lee Stephens
--	FW	WAL	Chris Summers
--	FW	WAL	Cameron Toshack

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	14	15	56	46	+10	65
12	Rochdale	46	15	17	14	50	53	−3	62
13	Cardiff City	46	15	15	16	43	54	−11	60
14	Lincoln City	46	14	17	15	50	61	−11	59
15	Gillingham	46	12	18	16	57	60	−3	54

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D
Position	~	6	6	9	9	11	8	10	8	5	6	9	9	9	9	11	13	16	17	14	12	13	11	14	16	16	14	15	14	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

25 August 1990 (1990-08-25) 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Scarborough	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,819 Referee: David Frampton (Poole, Dorset)

1 September 1990 (1990-09-01) 2	Hartlepool United	0–2	Cardiff City	Hartlepool
15:00			56' Cohen Griffith 60' Chris Pike	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,800

8 September 1990 (1990-09-08) 3	Cardiff City	3–3	Torquay United	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Chris Pike Chris Pike (pen)		Dean Edwards Matt Elliott (pen) Tommy Tynan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,656

15 September 1990 (1990-09-15) 4	Lincoln City	0–0	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,152

18 September 1990 (1990-09-18) 5	Aldershot	0–0	Cardiff City	Aldershot
19:30				Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,310

22 September 1990 (1990-09-22) 6	Cardiff City	3–3	Stockport County	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Chris Pike Roger Gibbins		Neil Matthews Chris Beaumont Paul Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,608

29 September 1990 (1990-09-29) 7	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:00			Chris Pike (pen) Chris Pike	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,573

2 October 1990 (1990-10-02) 8	Cardiff City	0–1	Rochdale	Cardiff
19:30			50' Andy Milner	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,391 Referee: Les Hamer (Chorley)

5 October 1990 (1990-10-05) 9	Cardiff City	1–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,452

13 October 1990 (1990-10-13) 10	York City	1–2	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Ray Warburton		Nathan Blake Nathan Blake	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,596

20 October 1990 (1990-10-20) 11	Hereford United	1–1	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Paul Wheeler		Nathan Jones	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 5,782

23 October 1990 (1990-10-23) 12	Cardiff City	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
19:30			(pen) Eddie Gormley Neil Grayson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,891

27 October 1990 (1990-10-27) 13	Cardiff City	1–1	Peterborough United	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike		Mark Hine	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,940 Referee: Jim Rushton (Stoke on Trent)

3 November 1990 (1990-11-03) 14	Maidstone United	3–0	Cardiff City	Maidstone
15:00	Les Berry Les Berry Steve Butler			Stadium: Watling Street Attendance: 2,010

10 November 1990 (1990-11-10) 15	Cardiff City	2–1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins 16' Chris Pike 64'		39' John Cooke	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,019 Referee: RL Bigger (Croydon)

24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) 16	Gillingham	4–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00	Mark O'Connor David Crown Alan Walker Ian Docker			Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,793

1 December 1990 (1990-12-01) 17	Burnley	2–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
19:30	John Deary 56' John Francis 59'			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6,353 Referee: Alan Dawson (Jarrow)

15 December 1990 (1990-12-15) 18	Cardiff City	0–2	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00			Martin Goldsmith (pen) Stuart Rimmer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,017

21 December 1990 (1990-12-21) 19	Northampton Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:30				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,303

26 December 1990 (1990-12-26) 20	Cardiff City	3–1	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike Mark Taylor Mark Taylor		Simon Jeffels	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,281

29 December 1990 (1990-12-29) 21	Cardiff City	1–0	Halifax Town	Cardiff
15:00	Mark Taylor 77'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,903 Referee: ME (Mick) Pierce (Portsmouth)

1 January 1991 (1991-01-01) 22	Darlington	4–1	Cardiff City	Darlington
15:00	Les McJannet David Cork Jimmy Willis Mick Tait		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3,151

12 January 1991 (1991-01-12) 23	Cardiff City	1–0	Hartlepool United	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith 27'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,619

26 January 1991 (1991-01-26) 24	Cardiff City	0–1	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00			Keith Alexander	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,513

1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) 25	Cardiff City	1–3	Aldershot	Cardiff
19:30	Roger Gibbins		Charlie Henry David Puckett Adrian Randall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,692

15 February 1991 (1991-02-15) 26	Cardiff City	2–0	Gillingham	Cardiff
19:30	Roger Gibbins Chris Pike (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,170

19 February 1991 (1991-02-19) 27	Scarborough	1–2	Cardiff City	Scarborough, North Yorkshire
19:30	Tommy Mooney		Cohen Griffith Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,192

23 February 1991 (1991-02-23) 28	Chesterfield	0–0	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
15:00				Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,065

26 February 1991 (1991-02-26) 29	Stockport County	1–1	Cardiff City	Stockport
19:30	Jim Gannon		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,376

1 March 1991 (1991-03-01) 30	Cardiff City	3–0	Burnley	Cardiff
19:30	Pat Heard 6' Chris Pike 32' (pen) Cohen Griffith 37'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,591 Referee: Mike James

9 March 1991 (1991-03-09) 31	Walsall	0–0	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00				Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,950

12 March 1991 (1991-03-12) 32	Rochdale	0–0	Cardiff City	Rochdale
				Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Mike Peck (Kendal)

16 March 1991 (1991-03-16) 33	Cardiff City	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,873

19 March 1991 (1991-03-19) 34	Cardiff City	2–1	York City	Cardiff
19:30	Pat Heard Leigh Barnard		Tony Canham	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,620

22 March 1991 (1991-03-22) 35	Wrexham	1–0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:30	Jon Bowden			Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 1,787

30 March 1991 (1991-03-30) 36	Carlisle United	3–2	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00	Tony Shepherd Paul Proudlock Paul Proudlock		Neil Matthews Nathan Blake	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,264

1 April 1991 (1991-04-01) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
15:00	Greg Campbell (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,805

6 April 1991 (1991-04-06) 38	Halifax Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Halifax
15:00	Ian Juryeff		Chris Pike Pat Heard	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,364

10 April 1991 (1991-04-10) 39	Torquay United	2–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
19:30	Wes Saunders Sean Joyce		Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,341

13 April 1991 (1991-04-13) 40	Cardiff City	0–1	Darlington	Cardiff
15:00			(og) Neil Matthews	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,544

17 April 1991 (1991-04-17) 41	Blackpool	3–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
19:30	Paul Groves Phil Horner Tony Rodwell			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,813

20 April 1991 (1991-04-20) 42	Cardiff City	0–2	Hereford United	Cardiff
15:00			Simon Brain (pen) Jon Narbett	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,845

27 April 1991 (1991-04-27) 43	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:00	Kevin Noteman		Phil Heath	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,227

2 May 1991 (1991-05-02) 44	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith		(pen) Andy Garner	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,793

4 May 1991 (1991-05-04) 45	Peterborough United	3–0	Cardiff City	Peterborough
15:00	David Robinson Kevin Bremner Paul Culpin			Stadium: London Road Attendance: 6,642

11 May 1991 (1991-05-11) 46	Cardiff City	0–0	Maidstone United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,011

Source ^[2] ^[3]

League Cup

28 August 1990 (1990-08-28) Round 1 (First leg)	Mansfield Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Mansfield
19:30	Steve Charles		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,091

4 September 1990 (1990-09-04) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	4–1 (3–0 agg.)	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith Cohen Griffith Chris Pike			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,539

25 September 1990 (1990-09-25) Round 2 (First leg)	Cardiff City	1–1	Portsmouth	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith		Warren Aspinall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,224

9 October 1990 (1990-10-09) Round 2 (Second leg)	Portsmouth	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
19:45	Colin Clarke Colin Clarke Warren Neill		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 6,174 Referee: Gerald Ashby (Worcester)

FA Cup

17 November 1990 (1990-11-17) Round 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Hayes	Cardiff
12:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,844

21 November 1990 (1990-11-21) Round 1 (Replay)	Hayes	1–0	Cardiff City	London
	Clarke			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,312

Welsh Cup

6 November 1990 (1990-11-06) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–4	Merthyr Tydfil	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,204

Leyland DAF Cup

13 November 1990 (1990-11-13) Preliminary Round	Cardiff City	0–1	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30			Danny Bailey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,024

11 December 1990 (1990-12-11) Preliminary Round	Hereford United	1–1	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Jon Narbett		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,007

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1990-91 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
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"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1990-91 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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