1990–91 Dundalk F.C. season

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Dundalk
1990–91 season
Manager Turlough O'Connor
Premier Division 1st (champions)
FAI Cup 1st Round
League Cup Group
Leinster Senior Cup 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League:
Peter Hanrahan (18)
All:
Peter Hanrahan (20)
Home colours
Away colours
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Dundalk entered the 1990–91 season having ended the previous season trophy-less for the first time since Turlough O'Connor's debut season as manager in 1985–86. They also had no European football, having not qualified for any of the competitions the season before. It was Dundalk's 65th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football.

Season summary

A number of key players from the Double-winning 1987–88 season had moved on at the end of 1989–90, and they were joined early on by Tony Cousins, who signed for Liverpool in September.[1] A new look side opened the season with a 7–0 hammering of Longford Town in the Leinster Senior Cup,[2] but some poor results saw early exits in both the Leinster Cup and the League of Ireland Cup.[3] The 33-round League programme commenced on 2 September 1990, and in the opening match Dundalk were well beaten by Shelbourne, 5–1.[4] That defeat, after a poor sequence, sparked a recovery and, with the exception of two defeats to newly promoted Sligo Rovers, they went the rest of the season unbeaten. Midway through the season, however, they suffered a shock 1–0 defeat in the FAI Cup to non-League Ashtown Villa.[5] The league schedule was completed on 21 April 1991 and, in an end of season, winner takes all match in Turner's Cross against Cork City, Dundalk won the title for the eighth time, with the winning goal being scored by cult hero, Tom McNulty.[6]

First-Team Squad (1990–91)

Sources:[7]

No. Name Years League FAI Cup League Cup Leinster Cup Total Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Alan O'Neill 1985–1993 33 1 3 2 39 0
2 Republic of Ireland Martin Lawlor 1977–1995 29 1 3 1 34 0
3 Scotland James Coll 1989–1995 31 1 2 0 34 3
4 Republic of Ireland Ronnie Murphy 1990–1993 32 1 1 1 35 1
5 Republic of Ireland Gino Lawless 1986–1994 28 1 3 1 33 2
6 Republic of Ireland Dave Mackey 1988–1993 28 1 3 1 33 3
7 Republic of Ireland Michael Kavanagh 1990–1994 29 1 3 2 35 1
8 Scotland Tom McNulty 1984–2000 32 1 3 1 37 10
9 Republic of Ireland Peter Hanrahan 1990–1994 32 1 2 1 36 20
10 Republic of Ireland Terry Eviston 1986–1993 33 1 3 0 37 10
11 Republic of Ireland Mick Shelley 1985–1993 33 1 3 1 38 1
12 Republic of Ireland Paul Brady 1990–1993 17 0 3 1 21 1
13 Republic of Ireland Tony Cousins 1988–1990[lower-alpha 1] 4 0 2 1 7 7
14 Republic of Ireland Roddy Collins 1989–1991 7 1 0 1 9 1
15 Republic of Ireland Eamon Synnott 1990–1992 15 0 0 2 17 1

Competitions

Leinster Senior Cup

Source:[8]

First Round
Second round

League Cup

Source:[8]

Group

Did not qualify for Quarter-final

Premier Division

Source:[8]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dundalk (C) 33 22 8 3 52 17 +35 52 Qualification to 1991–92 European Cup
2 Cork City 33 19 12 2 45 18 +27 50 Qualification to 1991–92 UEFA Cup
3 St Patrick's Athletic 33 17 10 6 46 21 +25 44
4 Shelbourne 33 18 6 9 59 30 +29 42
5 Sligo Rovers 33 13 12 8 34 22 +12 38
6 Shamrock Rovers 33 14 9 10 51 37 +14 37
7 Derry City 33 13 9 11 51 28 +23 35
8 Galway United 33 9 5 19 34 61 −27 23 Qualification to 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup
9 Bohemians 33 7 8 18 27 42 −15 22
10 Athlone Town 33 6 7 20 22 53 −31 19
11 Waterford United (R) 33 6 5 22 22 62 −40 17 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12 Limerick City (R) 33 6 5 22 21 73 −52 17
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(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

FAI Cup

[8]

First Round

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player References
October Republic of Ireland Peter Hanrahan [9]
April Scotland Tom McNulty [10]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Player transferred to Liverpool in September

References

Bibliography
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