1990–91 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United

1990–91 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
First Division	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Full Members Cup	Northern final
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Chapman (21) All: Lee Chapman (31)
Highest home attendance	32,014 vs Manchester United (24 Feb 1991, League Cup)
Lowest home attendance	6,334 vs Derby County (22 Jan 1991, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	25,779
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990-91 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. return to the Football League First Division for the first time in 8 seasons after winning the 1989–90 Football League Second Division.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mervyn Day GK John Lukic DF Jim Beglin DF Chris Fairclough DF Peter Haddock DF Chris Kamara DF Dylan Kerr DF John McClelland DF Glynn Snodin DF Mel Sterland DF Mike Whitlow DF Chris Whyte

No. Position Player MF David Batty MF Simon Grayson MF Vinnie Jones MF Gary McAllister MF Gary Speed MF Gordon Strachan (captain) MF Andy Williams FW Bobby Davison FW Lee Chapman FW John Pearson FW Carl Shutt FW Imre Varadi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 1990	GK	John Lukic	Arsenal	£1,000,000^†
July 1990	MF	Gary McAllister	Leicester City	£1,000,000
July 1990	DF	Chris Whyte	West Bromwich Albion	£450,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 1990	FW	Ian Baird	Middlesbrough	£275,000
June 1990	DF	Noel Blake	Stoke City	Undisclosed
June 1990	FW	John Hendrie	Middlesbrough	£275,000
June 1990	GK	Alessandro Nista	Ancona Calcio	Undisclosed
June 1990	DF	Brendan Ormsby	Doncaster Rovers	Free
July 1990	DF	Chris O'Donnell	Exeter City	Free
July 1990	MF	Mickey Thomas	Stoke City	Free
September 1990	MF	Vinnie Jones	Sheffield United	£650,000

Transfers in: £2,450,000

Transfers out: £1,200,000

Total spending: £1,250,000

Loaned out

Date From	Date To	Pos.	Name	To
December 1990	June 1991	DF	Jim Beglin	Blackburn Rovers

Top Goalscorers

First Division

• Lee Chapman 21
• Carl Shutt 10
• Gordon Strachan 7
• Gary Speed 7
• Mel Sterland 5
• Chris Fairclough 4
• Chris Whyte 3
• Imre Varadi 2
• Gary McAllister 2
• John Pearson 1
• Mike Whitlow 1
• Bobby Davison 1

FA Cup

• Lee Chapman 3
• Mel Sterland 1
• Gary McAllister 1

League Cup (Rumbelows Cup)

• Lee Chapman 4
• Gary Speed 3
• Gary McAllister 2
• Gordon Strachan 1
• Chris Fairclough 1
• Chris Whyte 1

Full Members Cup (Zenith System Data Cup)

• Lee Chapman 3
• Mel Sterland 2
• Imre Varadi 1
• Gary McAllister 1
• Carl Shutt 1
• Gordon Strachan 1
• Andy Williams 1

Awards

FWA Footballer of the Year

Gordon Strachan^[1]

LUFC Player of the Year

David Batty

Notes and references

1. "Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year".