1990–91 Irish League Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish League Cup

| other_titles = Roadferry Freight League Cup

| year = 1990–91

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 32

| defending_champions = Glenavon

| winners = Glentoran (2nd win)

| second = Ards

| matches = 31

| goals = 123

| prev_season = 1989–90

| next_season = 1991–92

}}

The 1990–91 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 13 March 1991 with the final.

Glenavon unsuccessfully defended its 1990 title in the second round losing to Larne. Lane would unsuccessfully defend its pursuit of the cup in the quarter final losing to Ards. Glentoran successfully defended its pursuit of the cup defeating Ards in the final, 2-0. Glentoran would become the first to earn successive titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html|title=Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=23 December 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil91.html|title=Northern Ireland 1990/91|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=23 December 2012}}

First round

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||4–1|Ballinamallard United}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||5–5 (4–5 p)|RUC}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||2–1 (aet)|Chimney Corner}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||2–0|UUJ}}

{{OneLegResult|Carrick Rangers||1–2|Dundela}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||4–0|Tobermore United}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||0–1|Queen's University}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||2–1|Brantwood}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||2–1|Ballymoney United}}

{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||6–0|UUC}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||1–0|Banbridge Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||4–0|Dungannon Swifts}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||4–0|Cookstown United}}

{{OneLegResult|Newry Town||5–0|Harland & Wolff Welders}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Town||5–0|Limavady United}}

{{OneLegResult|Portadown||1–2|Armagh City}}

|}

Second round

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||3–0|Queen's University}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||3–0|Armagh City}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||1–2|RUC}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||1–2|Distillery}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||4–2|Ballymena United}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||2–1 (aet)|Glenavon}}

{{OneLegResult|Newry Town||2–4|Linfield}}

{{OneLegResult|Omagh Town||2–1|Dundela}}

|}

Quarter-finals

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||4–0|Larne}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||3–0|RUC}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||4–0|Distillery}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–3 (aet)|Omagh Town}}

|}

Semi-finals

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||4–1|Omagh Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||2–6|Glentoran}}

|}

Final

{{football box

|date=20 March 1991

|time=

|team1=Glentoran

|score=2 – 0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil91.html Report]

|team2=Ards

|goals1=Macartney {{goal|46||67}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Windsor Park, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Irish League Cup seasons}}

{{1990–91 in Northern Ireland association football}}

{{1990–91 in European Football (UEFA)}}

{{Football in Northern Ireland}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1990-91 Irish League Cup}}

Category:Irish League Cup seasons