Huddersfield Town's 1990–91 campaign was a very mediocre season for the Terriers, with Town finishing 11th in Eoin Hand's third season in charge. They finished only 4 places and 6 points off the play-offs.
Squad at the start of the season
Review Following the departure of Craig Maskell to Reading during the close season, many Town fans were wondering where Town's goals were going to be coming from for the 1990–91 season. The answer seemed to be their new record signing from Watford, the Welsh international Iwan Roberts, signed for £275,000. In the early part of the season however, he only managed 3 goals in the first 13 league games, which actually made him Town's top scorer at the time along with Keith Edwards. But despite this, Town kept producing wins on a regular period and many still thought that the play-offs at least were still a realistic possibility.
Between November and March, Town were on a very impressive run of only 5 losses in 26 games, including 12 wins. Many of the goals did come from the boot of Iwan Roberts, as well as Kieran O'Regan, who each scored 14 goals in all competitions. Many still believed that Eoin Hand would lead Town to the play-offs and promotion to Division 2.
However, the last seven games saw Town lose four and win only one, which saw Town miss out on the play-offs by only 6 points and 4 places. Town were also awarded a record 14 penalties that season, but they only scored 9 of them, so the record of 11 penalties scored in a season, set in the 1983–84 season remained.
Squad at the end of the season
Results Third Division
DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendancePosition25 August 1990Southend UnitedH1–2Wilson5,21915th1 September 1990Swansea CityA0–14,78723rd8 September 1990Bolton WanderersH4–0Roberts, Edwards (3)5,41912th15 September 1990FulhamA0–03,85314th18 September 1990Grimsby TownA0–46,15818th22 September 1990ReadingH0–24,68920th29 September 1990Chester CityA2–1Donovan, Roberts1,54017th2 October 1990Exeter CityH1–0Onuora4,31713th6 October 1990Leyton OrientH1–0Jackson4,68611th13 October 1990Rotherham UnitedA3–1Onuora, O'Regan (pen), Roberts6,1208th20 October 1990BrentfordA0–15,50911th23 October 1990BournemouthH1–3O'Regan5,37312th27 October 1990Mansfield TownH2–2Smith, Wilson4,41313th3 November 1990Birmingham CityA2–1Roberts, O'Regan (pen)7,41213th10 November 1990Cambridge UnitedH3–1Roberts, Marsden, O'Regan (pen)4,8179th24 November 1990Preston North EndA1–1Onuora4,64611th2 December 1990Bradford CityH1–2Onuora9,69713th15 December 1990Crewe AlexandraA1–1Barnett2,59014th22 December 1990BuryH2–1O'Regan (pen), Roberts4,84110th29 December 1990Stoke CityA0–211,86914th1 January 1991Wigan AthleticH1–0O'Regan4,88713th5 January 1991Tranmere RoversA0–25,62613th12 January 1991Swansea CityH1–2Stant4,05215th19 January 1991Southend UnitedA1–0Smith5,50914th26 January 1991FulhamH1–0Marsden4,36910th2 February 1991Grimsby TownH1–1Marsden6,57111th9 February 1991Bolton WanderersA1–1Haylock7,94711th16 February 1991Preston North EndH1–0Marsden5,5049th19 February 1991Shrewsbury TownA0–02,82110th23 February 1991Cambridge UnitedA0–05,6039th26 February 1991Tranmere RoversH2–1Onuora, Haylock4,8897th3 March 1991Bradford CityA2–2Roberts (2)9,5697th9 March 1991Crewe AlexandraH3–1Swain (og), Roberts, Onuora5,4295th13 March 1991Exeter CityA2–2Haylock (2)3,6256th16 March 1991Chester CityH1–1O'Regan5,3377th19 March 1991Rotherham UnitedH4–0Marsden, Roberts, O'Regan (pen), Maguire4,5766th23 March 1991Leyton OrientA0–13,2927th26 March 1991ReadingA2–1Edwards, Roberts4,2316th30 March 1991Shrewsbury TownH2–1Roberts, Onuora 5,6845th1 April 1991BuryA1–2Quinlan 6,3186th6 April 1991Stoke CityH3–0O'Regan, Quinlan, Wright 6,5206th13 April 1991Wigan AthleticA1–1Roberts4,6426th20 April 1991BrentfordH1–2O'Regan (pen)6,4897th27 April 1991BournemouthA1–3O'Regan (pen)6,88810th4 May 1991Mansfield TownA0–02,50710th11 May 1991Birmingham CityH0–15,19511th
FA Cup
DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance18 November 1990Round 1AltrinchamA2–1Onuora, Roberts3,00010 December 1990Round 2BlackpoolH0–26,329
League Cup
DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance29 August 1990Round 1 1st LegBolton WanderersH0–34,4444 September 1990Round 1 2nd LegBolton WanderersA1–2O'Regan3,101 Huddersfield lost 5–1 on aggregate.
Associate Members' Cup
DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance7 November 1990Preliminary round Group 8Bradford CityA1–1O'Regan (pen)2,94128 November 1990Preliminary Round Group 8Hartlepool UnitedH1–4O'Regan (pen)1,405
Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupLeague CupAssociate Members' CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGary BarnettMF19 (3)110200 (1)037 (5)5Dave CampbellDF1000000010Simon CharltonDF29 (1)020002033 (1)0Kevin DonovanMF4 (2)10000004 (2)1Keith EdwardsMF10 (8)4101 (1)00 (1)012 (10)4Steve HardwickGK420102020470Garry HaylockFW9 (3)40000009 (3)4Simon IrelandMF3 (3)00000003 (3)0Peter JacksonDF381200010411John KellyMF3 (1)00000003 (1)0Dudley LewisDF4 (2)00020107 (2)0Peter MaguireFW1 (3)10000001 (3)1Chris MarsdenMF435202020495Lee MartinGK4010000050Graham MitchellDF460202020520Ken O'DohertyDF8000000080Iffy OnuoraFW32 (11)7210 (1)02036 (12)8Kieran O'ReganMF46112021225214Neil ParsleyDF6 (2)00020008 (2)0Phil QuinlanMF7 (1)20000007 (1)2Iwan RobertsFW44132120205014Mark SmithFw29 (3)21 (1)0202034 (4)2Phil StantFW5100000051Simon TrevittDF380102020430Robert WilsonMF25 (4)220102030 (4)2Mark WrightDF101000000101
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