1990–91 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Northern Section Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Philliskirk (19); All: Tony Philliskirk (28)
Highest home attendance	19,198 v Bury; 22 May 1991
Lowest home attendance	3,101 v Huddersfield Town; 4 September 1990
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–1991 season was the 112th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their third successive season in the Football League Third Division. It covers the period from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991.

Playing Squad

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	WAL	David Felgate
—	GK	ENG	Kevin Rose
—	DF	ENG	Phil Brown
—	DF	ENG	Barry Cowdrill
—	DF	ENG	Paul Comstive
—	DF	ENG	Mark Seagraves
—	DF	ENG	Alan Stubbs
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Storer
—	DF	ENG	Steve Thompson
—	DF	ENG	David Burke
—	DF	ENG	Scott Green
—	DF	ENG	Gary Henshaw
—	DF	ENG	Mark Came
—	DF	ENG	Dean Crombie


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Mark Winstanley
—	DF	ENG	Nicky Spooner
—	MF	ENG	Julian Darby
—	MF	ENG	Sammy Lee
—	MF	ENG	Neil Fisher
—	MF	ENG	Robbie Savage
—	FW	JAM	Tony Cunningham
—	FW	ENG	Tony Philliskirk
—	FW	ENG	Mark Patterson
—	FW	ENG	David Reeves
—	FW	ENG	Ian Stevens
—	FW	ENG	Mike Jeffrey
—		ENG	Paul Hughes

Results

Barclays League Division Three

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
25 August 1990	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–0	Storer	4,608
1 September 1990	Bradford City	H	0–1		7,031
8 September 1990	Huddersfield Town	A	0–4		5,419
15 September 1990	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–2	Green, Philliskirk, Darby	4,933
18 September 1990	Preston North End	H	1–2	Darby	5,844
22 September 1990	Brentford	A	2–4	Green, Reeves	5,077
28 September 1990	Wigan Athletic	A	1–2	Philliskirk	4,366
2 October 1990	Mansfield Town	H	1–1	Reeves	3,631
5 October 1990	Stoke City	H	0–1		8,521
13 October 1990	Bury	A	2–2	Thompson, Philliskirk	5,634
20 October 1990	Leyton Orient	A	1–0	Storer	4,121
23 October 1990	Rotherham United	H	0–0		4,692
27 October 1990	Swansea City	H	1–0	Philliskirk	4,158
3 November 1990	Chester City	A	2–0	Reeves, Philliskirk	2,553
10 November 1990	Reading	H	3–1	Thompson, Reeves	4,648
24 November 1990	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	Green	6,240
1 December 1990	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	Green, Philliskirk	6,941
15 December 1990	Fulham	A	1–0	Philiskirk	3,466
22 December 1990	Cambridge United	H	2–2	Thompson	5,800
26 December 1990	Southend United	A	1–1	Green	7,539
29 December 1990	Birmingham City	A	3–1	Reeves, Philliskirk, Darby	7,318
1 January 1991	Bournemouth	H	4–1	Comstive (2), Philliskirk, Darby	7,639
12 January 1991	Bradford City	A	1–1	Philliskirk	8,764
19 January 1991	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	Thompson	6,164
2 February 1991	Preston North End	A	2–1	Philliskirk (2)	9,844
5 February 1991	Brentford	H	1–0	(Own goal)	6,731
9 February 1991	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	Philliskirk	7,947
13 February 1991	Exeter City	H	0–1		5,532
16 February 1991	Grimsby Town	H	0–0		10,318
23 February 1991	Reading	A	1–0	Cowdrill	5,997
1 March 1991	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	Patterson	10,076
9 March 1991	Fulham	H	3–0	Patterson, Philiskirk (2)	7,316
12 March 1991	Mansfield Town	A	0–4		3,611
16 March 1991	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	Reeves, Darby	7,812
19 March 1991	Bury	H	1–3	Green	9,006
22 March 1991	Stoke City	A	2–2	Storer, Darby	13,869
26 March 1991	Exeter City	A	1–2	Reeves	4,009
30 March 1991	Southend United	H	1–0	Darby	10,666
2 April 1991	Cambridge United	A	1–2	Philliskirk	7,763
7 April 1991	Birmingham City	H	3–1	Cunningham, Philliskirk, Darby	11,280
13 April 1991	Southend United	A	0–1		7,156
16 April 1991	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–1	Philliskirk (2), Reeves	4,419
20 April 1991	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	Reeves	7,926
27 April 1991	Rotherham United	A	2–2	Cunningham (2)	8,045
4 May 1991	Swansea City	A	2–1	Storer, Darby	4,713
11 May 1991	Chester City	H	1–0	Cunningham	12,826

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Southend United	46	26	7	13	67	51	+16	85	Promoted
3	Grimsby Town	46	24	11	11	66	34	+32	83	Promoted
4	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	11	11	64	50	+14	83	Participated in play-offs
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	23	9	14	64	46	+18	78	Promoted through play-offs^[a]
6	Brentford	46	21	13	12	59	47	+12	76	Participated in play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Tranmere Rovers won the play-offs and were promoted.

Barclays League Division Three play-offs

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
19 May 1991	Semi-Final First Leg	Bury	A	1–1	Philliskirk	8,000
22 May 1991	Semi Final Second Leg	Bury	H	1–0 2–1 (agg)	Philliskirk	19,198
1 June 1991	Final	Tranmere Rovers	Wembley Stadium	0–1		30,217

F.A. Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 November 1990	Round 1	Witton Albion	A	2–1	Darby, Comstive	3,790
11 December 1990	Round 2	Chesterfield	A	4–3	Thompson, Reeves, Philliskirk	4,836
5 January 1991	Round 3	Barrow	H	1–0	Philliskirk	11,475
26 January 1991	Round 4	Manchester United	A	0–1		43,293

Rumbelows Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 1990	Round 1 First Leg	Huddersfield Town	A	3–0	Philliskirk, Darby (2)	4,444
8 September 1990	Round 1 Second Leg	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1 5–1 (agg)	Stubbs, Darby	3,101
26 September 1990	Round 2 First Leg	Coventry City	A	2–4	Philliskirk (2)	6,193
9 October 1990	Round 2 Second Leg	Coventry City	H	2–3 4–7 (agg)	Philliskirk (2)	5,222

Leyland DAF Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
6 November 1990	Group Stage Game One	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	Reeves	3,178
18 December 1990	Group Stage Game Two	Blackpool	A	0–3		2,579

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	FL	FAC	LC	LD	Total
1	Tony Philliskirk	Striker	19	2	5	0	26
2	Julian Darby	Midfielder	09	1	3	0	13
3	David Reeves	Striker	10	1	0	1	12
4=	Stuart Storer	Midfielder	05	1	0	0	06
4=	Scott Green	Midfielder	06	0	0	0	06
4=	Steve Thompson	Midfielder	05	1	0	0	06

[table_note_res_PPP0.057241367668491-1] Tranmere Rovers won the play-offs and were promoted.

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