(Associate Members) competition results from 1990/1991
A full listing of matches played in the competition throughout the season
| Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 26th May 1991 | ||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 3 | Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 2 | 58,756 |
| at Wembley | ||||
| Southern Section Final 2nd Leg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 9th April 1991 | ||||
| Brentford (DIV3) | 0 | Birmingham City (DIV3) | 1 | 8,745 |
| Birmingham City won 3-1 on aggregate | ||||
| Southern Section Final 1st Leg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 26th March 1991 | ||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 2 | Brentford (DIV3) | 1 | 16,219 |
| Northern Section Final 2nd Leg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 9th April 1991 | ||||
| Preston North End (DIV3) | 1 | Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 0 | 5,763 |
| Tranmere Rovers won 4-1 on aggregate | ||||
| Northern Section Final 1st Leg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 5th March 1991 | ||||
| Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 4 | Preston North End (DIV3) | 0 | 8,633 |
| Southern Section Semi-Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 5th March 1991 | ||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 3 | Cambridge United (DIV3) | 1 | 9,429 |
| Southend United (DIV3) | 0 | Brentford (DIV3) | 3 | 3,937 |
| Northern Section Semi-Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 19th February 1991 | ||||
| Preston North End (DIV3) | 6 | Burnley (DIV4) | 1 | 12,016 |
| Wigan Athletic (DIV3) | 0 | Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 3 | 4,417 |
| Southern Section Quarter-Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 20th February 1991 | ||||
| Exeter City (DIV3) | 0 | Cambridge United (DIV3) | 1 | 2,258 |
| Tuesday, 26th February 1991 | ||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 2 | Mansfield Town (DIV3) | 0 | 5,358 |
| Southend United (DIV3) | 7 | Torquay United (DIV4) | 0 | 2,273 |
| Thursday, 28th February 1991 | ||||
| Hereford United (DIV4) | 0 | Brentford (DIV3) | 2 | 2,207 |
| Northern Section Quarter-Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 29th January 1991 | ||||
| Bradford City (DIV3) | 0 | Burnley (DIV4) | 1 | 5,432 |
| Scunthorpe United (DIV4) | 1 | Preston North End (DIV3) | 4 | 2,155 |
| Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 2 | Blackpool (DIV4) | 0 | 4,129 |
| Wigan Athletic (DIV3) | 2 | Bury (DIV3) | 0 | 1,982 |
| Southern Section 1st Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 8th January 1991 | ||||
| Gillingham (DIV4) | 0 | Hereford United (DIV4) | 1 | 1,455 |
| Southend United (DIV3) | 2 | Maidstone United (DIV4) | 0 | 1,849 |
| Wednesday, 23rd January 1991 | ||||
| Exeter City (DIV3) | 1 | Aldershot (DIV4) | 0 | 2,015 |
| Tuesday, 29th January 1991 | ||||
| Cambridge United (DIV3) | 1 | Walsall (DIV4) | 0 | 2,140 |
| Monday, 18th February 1991 | ||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 0 | Swansea City (DIV3) | 0 | 3,555 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Birmingham City won 4-2 on penalties | ||||
| Tuesday, 19th February 1991 | ||||
| Mansfield Town (DIV3) | 2 | Fulham (DIV3) | 1 | 1,511 |
| Torquay United (DIV4) | 2 | Northampton Town (DIV4) | 0 | 2,112 |
| Thursday, 21st February 1991 | ||||
| Brentford (DIV3) | 0 | Wrexham (DIV4) | 0 | 2,247 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Brentford won 3-2 on penalties | ||||
| Northern Section 1st Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 8th January 1991 | ||||
| Preston North End (DIV3) | 2 | Darlington (DIV4) | 1 | 2,148 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 | ||||
| Tuesday, 15th January 1991 | ||||
| Doncaster Rovers (DIV4) | 0 | Scunthorpe United (DIV4) | 0 | 1,635 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Scunthorpe United won 4-3 on penalties | ||||
| Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 3 | Rotherham United (DIV3) | 0 | 2,977 |
| Tuesday, 22nd January 1991 | ||||
| Bradford City (DIV3) | 3 | Hartlepool United (DIV4) | 2 | 2,308 |
| Burnley (DIV4) | 3 | Stockport County (DIV4) | 2 | 3,378 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2 | ||||
| Halifax Town (DIV4) | 0 | Blackpool (DIV4) | 1 | 1,267 |
| Wigan Athletic (DIV3) | 2 | Rochdale (DIV4) | 0 | 1,200 |
| York City (DIV4) | 1 | Bury (DIV3) | 2 | 1,397 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Play-offs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 16th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Shrewsbury Town (DIV3) | 2 | Torquay United (DIV4) | 6 | 520 | |||||
| Wednesday, 23rd January 1991 | |||||||||
| Swansea City (DIV3) | 4 | Shrewsbury Town (DIV3) | 2 | 1,388 | |||||
| Monday, 28th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Torquay United (DIV4) | 2 | Swansea City (DIV3) | 0 | 1,664 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torquay United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | +6 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | +0 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | -6 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 13th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Cardiff City (DIV4) | 0 | Exeter City (DIV3) | 1 | 1,024 | |||||
| Wednesday, 28th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Exeter City (DIV3) | 2 | Hereford United (DIV4) | 2 | 1,962 | |||||
| Tuesday, 11th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Hereford United (DIV4) | 1 | Cardiff City (DIV4) | 1 | 2,007 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 |
| 2 | Hereford United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +0 |
| 3 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 12th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Leyton Orient (DIV3) | 0 | Fulham (DIV3) | 2 | 1,359 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Fulham (DIV3) | 1 | Brentford (DIV3) | 1 | 2,761 | |||||
| Tuesday, 29th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Brentford (DIV3) | 2 | Leyton Orient (DIV3) | 0 | 2,526 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brentford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 |
| 2 | Fulham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Walsall (DIV4) | 0 | Birmingham City (DIV3) | 1 | 5,053 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Birmingham City (DIV3) | 2 | Lincoln City (DIV4) | 0 | 2,922 | |||||
| Wednesday, 12th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Lincoln City (DIV4) | 1 | Walsall (DIV4) | 1 | 868 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +3 |
| 2 | Walsall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Torquay United (DIV4) | 1 | Swansea City (DIV3) | 1 | 2,095 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Swansea City (DIV3) | 1 | Shrewsbury Town (DIV3) | 1 | 1,540 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Shrewsbury Town (DIV3) | 1 | Torquay United (DIV4) | 1 | 866 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 3 | Torquay United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Stoke City (DIV3) | 1 | Northampton Town (DIV4) | 1 | 4,339 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Northampton Town (DIV4) | 1 | Mansfield Town (DIV3) | 2 | 2,186 | |||||
| Tuesday, 8th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Mansfield Town (DIV3) | 3 | Stoke City (DIV3) | 0 | 1,660 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +4 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Southend United (DIV3) | 10 | Aldershot (DIV4) | 1 | 1,281 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Aldershot (DIV4) | 3 | Reading (DIV3) | 1 | 2,159 | |||||
| Friday, 7th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Reading (DIV3) | 1 | Southend United (DIV3) | 4 | 1,472 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southend United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | +12 |
| 2 | Aldershot | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | -7 |
| 3 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -5 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Peterborough United (DIV4) | 0 | Cambridge United (DIV3) | 2 | 3,279 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Wrexham (DIV4) | 3 | Peterborough United (DIV4) | 3 | 761 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Cambridge United (DIV3) | 1 | Wrexham (DIV4) | 0 | 1,710 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +3 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group One | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Bournemouth (DIV3) | 0 | Gillingham (DIV4) | 0 | 2,784 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Gillingham (DIV4) | 4 | Maidstone United (DIV4) | 1 | 3,582 | |||||
| Tuesday, 11th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Maidstone United (DIV4) | 3 | Bournemouth (DIV3) | 1 | 1,009 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillingham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +3 |
| 2 | Maidstone United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 |
| 3 | Bournemouth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 7th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Bradford City (DIV3) | 1 | Huddersfield Town (DIV3) | 1 | 2,941 | |||||
| Wednesday, 28th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Huddersfield Town (DIV3) | 1 | Hartlepool United (DIV4) | 4 | 1,405 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Hartlepool United (DIV4) | 0 | Bradford City (DIV3) | 4 | 1,147 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | +4 |
| 2 | Hartlepool United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | -3 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Wigan Athletic (DIV3) | 4 | Chester City (DIV3) | 0 | 1,800 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Chester City (DIV3) | 2 | Bury (DIV3) | 0 | 409 | |||||
| Tuesday, 11th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Bury (DIV3) | 2 | Wigan Athletic (DIV3) | 1 | 1,070 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +3 |
| 2 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 |
| 3 | Chester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Grimsby Town (DIV3) | 1 | York City (DIV4) | 3 | 1,362 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| York City (DIV4) | 3 | Darlington (DIV4) | 2 | 1,339 | |||||
| Tuesday, 11th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Darlington (DIV4) | 3 | Grimsby Town (DIV3) | 1 | 1,106 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | York City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | +3 |
| 2 | Darlington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -4 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Chesterfield (DIV4) | 1 | Doncaster Rovers (DIV4) | 1 | 2,757 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Doncaster Rovers (DIV4) | 1 | Scunthorpe United (DIV4) | 0 | 1,394 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Scunthorpe United (DIV4) | 3 | Chesterfield (DIV4) | 1 | 859 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1 |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Carlisle United (DIV4) | 1 | Preston North End (DIV3) | 1 | 1,826 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Preston North End (DIV3) | 3 | Rochdale (DIV4) | 1 | 1,951 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Rochdale (DIV4) | 1 | Carlisle United (DIV4) | 0 | 718 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston North End | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +2 |
| 2 | Rochdale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Burnley (DIV4) | 2 | Crewe Alexandra (DIV3) | 1 | 3,481 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Crewe Alexandra (DIV3) | 1 | Stockport County (DIV4) | 1 | 1,927 | |||||
| Tuesday, 8th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Stockport County (DIV4) | 1 | Burnley (DIV4) | 1 | 1,707 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Bolton Wanderers (DIV3) | 1 | Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 0 | 3,178 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Tranmere Rovers (DIV3) | 4 | Blackpool (DIV4) | 0 | 3,901 | |||||
| Tuesday, 18th December 1990 | |||||||||
| Blackpool (DIV4) | 3 | Bolton Wanderers (DIV3) | 0 | 2,579 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | +3 |
| 2 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -1 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group One | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 5th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Halifax Town (DIV4) | 1 | Rotherham United (DIV3) | 1 | 956 | |||||
| Tuesday, 27th November 1990 | |||||||||
| Rotherham United (DIV3) | 1 | Scarborough (DIV4) | 1 | 1,167 | |||||
| Wednesday, 9th January 1991 | |||||||||
| Scarborough (DIV4) | 1 | Halifax Town (DIV4) | 2 | 641 | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halifax Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +1 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 3 | Scarborough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
