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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)
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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. A new look side opened the season with a 7–0 hammering of Longford Town in the Leinster Senior Cup, but some poor results saw early exits in both the Leinster Cup and the League of Ireland Cup. The 33-round League programme commenced on 2 September 1990, and in the opening match Dundalk were well beaten by Shelbourne, 5–1. 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. 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.

First-Team Squad (1990–91)

Sources:

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

Competitions

Leinster Senior Cup

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First Round

Second round

League Cup

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Group

Did not qualify for Quarter-final

Premier Division

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League table

FAI Cup

First Round

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	References
October	Peter Hanrahan
April	Tom McNulty

Footnotes

1. Player transferred to Liverpool in September

References

Bibliography

• Murphy, Jim (2003). The History of Dundalk F.C.: The First 100 Years. Dundalgan Press. ASIN B0042SO3R2.
• Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

Citations

1. "Uncle Kenny signs Cousins for Liverpool". Irish Independent. 28 September 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
2. "Four for Cousins". Irish Independent. 17 August 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
3. "Peter to the rescue". Irish Independent. 31 August 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
4. "Newe look suits Shels". Irish Independent. 3 September 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
5. Cryan, Tom (11 March 1991). "Ashtown Villa grab glory in Dundalk". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
6. "'Mighty Mac' hits glory goal". Irish Independent. 22 April 1991. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
7. Murphy, Jim (2013). A Dundalk FC Miscellany. Ireland: Self-published. p. 279.
8. ^ Murphy, Jim (2003). History of Dundalk FC - the First 100 Years. Dundalk: Jim Murphy. p. 474.
9. "Dundalk's Peter Hanrahan". Cork Examiner. 20 November 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
10. "Title-clincher McNulty takes final award". Irish Independent. 3 May 1991. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

• Dundalk F.C. seasons
• 1990–91 in Republic of Ireland association football