High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1990–91 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club`s 88th in the Football League and their second in the Third Division. They finished in 12th position in the 24-team division. They entered the 1990–91 FA Cup in the first round proper and lost to Brentford in the second, and entered at and lost in the first round of the League Cup, beaten over two legs by AFC Bournemouth. They won the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to clubs in the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system, defeating Tranmere Rovers 3–2 in the final at Wembley Stadium with goals from Simon Sturridge and two from John Gayle.