FA Cup 1990-91

The FA Cup 1990–91 was the 110th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. Tottenham Hotspur won the competition after coming from 1-0 behind in the final against Nottingham Forest to win 2-1 and take the trophy. It gave Tottenham their eighth victory in nine FA Cup Finals and their first since their wins in 1981 and 1982.

First Round Proper

The first round of games were played over the weekend 17-18 November 1990, with replays being played on the 20th-21st.

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round of games were mainly played over the weekend 26-27 January 1991, with replays being played on the 29th-30th. The Arsenal-Leeds United game ended in a draw three times, with the two extra replays being played on 13 and 16 February. Because Nottingham Forest did not finish their third round tie until 28 January, their fourth round match was not played until 13 February with a replay on the 18th.

emi-finals

The semi-final matches were played on 5 April 1993.

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date=1991-04-14
team1=Tottenham Hotspur
score=3–1
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team2=Arsenal
goals1=Gascoigne
Lineker
Lineker
goals2=Smith
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=
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date=1991-04-14
team1=Nottingham Forest
score=4–0
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team2=West Ham United
goals1=Crosby
Keane
Pearce
Charles
goals2=sent off|0|20 Gale
stadium=Villa Park, Birmingham
attendance=
referee=Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)

Final

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date=1991-05-18
15:00 BST
team1=Tottenham Hotspur
score=2 – 1
(a.e.t.)
team2=Nottingham Forest
report=
goals1=Stewart goal|55
Walker goal|94|o.g.
goals2=Pearce goal|16
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance=80,000
referee=Roger Milford (Bristol)

References

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/ The FA Cup] at TheFA.com
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/default.stm FA Cup] at BBC.co.uk
* [http://football.uk.reuters.com/facup/ FA Cup news] at Reuters.co.uk