1990–91 Full Members' Cup

1990–91 Full Members' Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	39
Final positions
Champions	Crystal Palace (1st title)
Runner-up	Everton
Semifinalists	Leeds United Norwich City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	130 (3.25 per match)

The 1990–91 Full Members' Cup, known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 6th staging of a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the First and Second Division. The winners were Crystal Palace and the runners-up were Everton.

The competition began on 20 November 1990 and ended with the final on 7 April 1991 at Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

Arsenal, Liverpool. Tottenham, Manchester United and Aston Villa opted out of this competition.

First round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
27 November	Leicester City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
20 November	Middlesbrough	3–1	Hull City
20 November	Notts County	1–0	Port Vale
21 November	West Bromwich Albion	3–5	Barnsley

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
21 November	Oxford United	3–2	Bristol City
20 November	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion won 3–1 on penalties
20 November	Watford	1–2	Bristol Rovers

Second round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
18 December	Blackburn Rovers	1–4	Everton
19 December	Derby County	1–0	Coventry City
19 December	Manchester City	2–1	Middlesbrough
21 November	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Newcastle United
11 December	Notts County	2–2	Sunderland
Sunderland won 5–3 on penalties
11 December	Sheffield United	7–2	Oldham Athletic
18 December	Sheffield Wednesday	3–3	Barnsley
Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties
19 December	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Leeds United

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
19 December	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Charlton Athletic
12 December	Chelsea	1–0	Swindon Town
18 December	Crystal Palace	2–1	Bristol Rovers
19 December	Luton Town	5–1	West Ham United
19 December	Norwich City	1–1	Millwall
Norwich City won 6–5 on penalties
12 December	Oxford United	1–0	Portsmouth
20 November	Southampton	4–0	Queens Park Rangers
12 December	Wimbledon	0–2	Ipswich Town

Third round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
30 January	Barnsley	2–1	Nottingham Forest
22 January	Everton	4–1	Sunderland
22 January	Leeds United	2–1	Derby County
22 January	Sheffield United	0–2	Manchester City

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
18 February	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Crystal Palace
18 February	Chelsea	1–1	Luton Town
Luton Town won 4–1 on penalties
22 January	Ipswich Town	2–1	Oxford United
20 February	Norwich City	2–1	Southampton

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
13 March	Barnsley	0–1	Everton
20 February	Leeds United	2–0	Manchester City

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
26 February	Crystal Palace	3–1	Luton Town
27 February	Norwich City	2–0	Ipswich Town

Area finals

Northern Area final

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
19 March	Leeds United	3–3	Everton
21 March	Everton	3–1	Leeds United

Everton beat Leeds United 6–4 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
5 March	Norwich City	1–1	Crystal Palace
19 March	Crystal Palace	2–0	Norwich City

Crystal Palace beat Norwich City 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1991 Full Members' Cup Final

1991-04-07

15:00 BST

Crystal Palace	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Everton
Thomas 67' Wright 101', 115' Salako 113'		Warzycha 69'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 52,460

External links

• When Saturday Comes Article on the Full Members' Cup
• Full Results