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1990–91 Cardiff City F.C. season

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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.

ChairmanTony Clemo
ManagerLen Ashurst
Football League Fourth Division13th
FA Cup1st round
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Cardiff City
1990–91 season
ChairmanTony Clemo
ManagerLen Ashurst
Football League Fourth Division13th
FA Cup1st round
League Cup2nd round
Welsh Cup3rd round
Leyland DAF CupPreliminary round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Pike (14)
All: Chris Pike (16)
Highest home attendance4,805 (v Northampton, 1 April 1991)
Lowest home attendance1,692 (v Aldershot, 1 February 1991)
Average home league attendance2,958
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Players

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

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Standings

Main article: 1990–91 Football League § Fourth Division

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Pos Team
 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
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Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
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ResultDWDDDDWLWWDLDLWLLLDWWLWLLWWDDWDDWWLLWWLLLLDDLD
Position~669911810856999911131617141213111416161415141112121210101111111212121213131313
Points14567811111417181819192222222223262929323232353839404344454851515154575757575758595960
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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
Referee: WA Flood
8 September 1990 (1990-09-08) 3 Cardiff City 3–3 Torquay United Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith 18'
Chris Pike 58', 71' (pen.)		 35' Dean Edwards
31' Matt Elliott
80' (pen.) Tommy Tynan		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,656
Referee: Alf Buksh
15 September 1990 (1990-09-15) 4 Lincoln City 0–0 Cardiff City Lincoln
15:00 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: EJ Parker
18 September 1990 (1990-09-18) 5 Aldershot 0–0 Cardiff City Aldershot
19:30 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,310
Referee: ML James
22 September 1990 (1990-09-22) 6 Cardiff City 3–3 Stockport County Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith 4'
Chris Pike 10'
Roger Gibbins 12'		 52' Neil Matthews
77' Chris Beaumont
86' Paul Williams		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,608
Referee: GS Willard (Worthing)
29 September 1990 (1990-09-29) 7 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Cardiff City Scunthorpe
15:00 62', 89' (pen.) Chris Pike Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,573
Referee: LR Dilkes
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 43' Wrexham report Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Martin Bodenham
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 55'
David Crown 66'
Alan Walker 74'
Ian Docker 84'		 Gillingham report Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,793
Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)
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 38'
Chris Pike 67' (pen.)		 Gillingham report Red card 66' Harvey Lim Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,170
Referee: Arthur Smith (Birmingham)
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 7' Wrexham report Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Mike Reed (Birmingham)
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 red-colored football (o.g.) 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 red-colored football (o.g.) 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 16'
Phil Horner 18'
Tony Rodwell 58'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 4,813
Referee: R Shepherd
20 April 1991 (1991-04-20) 42 Cardiff City 0–2 Hereford United Cardiff
15:00 28' Simon Brain
39' (pen.) Jon Narbett		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,845
Referee: Bob Hamer (Bristol)
27 April 1991 (1991-04-27) 43 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Doncaster
15:00 Kevin Noteman 24' 39' Phil Heath Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: Neil Midgley (Eccles)
2 May 1991 (1991-05-02) 44 Cardiff City 1–1 Blackpool Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith 49' 42' (pen.) Andy Garner Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Lester Shapter
4 May 1991 (1991-05-04) 45 Peterborough United 3–0 Cardiff City Peterborough
15:00 David Robinson 8'
Kevin Bremner 86'
Paul Culpin 89'		 Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 6,642
Referee: CR Wilkes
11 May 1991 (1991-05-11) 46 Cardiff City 0–0 Maidstone United Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: GR Pooley (Bishops Stortford)

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League Cup

28 August 1990 (1990-08-28) Round 1 (First leg) Mansfield Town 1–1 Cardiff City Mansfield
19:30 Steve Charles 57' 23' Cohen Griffith Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 1,091
Referee: JW Lloyd
4 September 1990 (1990-09-04) Round 1 (Second leg) Cardiff City 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Mansfield Town Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith 34', 85'
Chris Pike 82'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)
25 September 1990 (1990-09-25) Round 2 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–1 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith 55' 12' Warren Aspinall Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,224
Referee: Gerald Ashby (Worcester)
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 39', 99'
Warren Neill 119'		 50' 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

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