No doubt Tom McAllister’s connections in the full-time pro game were the reasons for Harrow beginning 1990-91 with friendlies against no less than three league clubs: West Ham’s first eleven (1-9), Chelsea (0-2) and Tottenham Hotspur (0-1). But when the league campaign began, his much-changed side struggled, big time. Harrow lost their first five games and, with only two points on the table after eight games, coupled with a disastrous FA Cup exit at Edgware Town, McAllister handed in his resignation. His replacement was Peter Lawrence, but things took a while to improve. It wasn’t until league game number 14 that the first win was posted, and at the end of 1990 Harrow were rock bottom with only 12 points from 24 matches. However, 26 points from the remaining 18, combined with bad form from Leyton-Wingate and Barking, saw Harrow to safety, and the season ended with a bang: still in danger on the last day of the season, Harrow won 5-0 away at Windsor & Eton (Paul Ripley 3, Eamon O’Connor, Steve Conroy) thus ensuring another season in the Premier Division. League champions, as Vauxhall-Opel ended their sponsorship, were Redbridge Forest.

There were other cup exits at the first hurdle: Fisher Athletic removed Harrow from the FA Trophy; Met Police from the league cup; Enfield from the Middlesex Senior Cup. The club lasted two rounds in the short-lived Loctite Cup, and it was three rounds in the Premier Inter-League Cup before Harrow exited, at Dover.

1990/91 Photo Album

Players that season were:
Eammon O'Connor
Steve Crompton
Mark Pye
Paul Ripley
Colin Payne
Steve Shea
Mark Barnard
Keith Cooper
Mark Hopson
Kevin Mudd
Neil Henry
Craig Johnstone
Tom McAllister
Lee Stocker
Mathew Alexander
Mick O'Shea
J. Arnell
Steve Conroy
Jeff Rowe
D. Di Cioccio
Martin Gurney
Ian Rogers
Keith James
Gavin MacPherson
Paul Barrowcliff
Mel Kelly
Robert Thorpe
S. Mason
D. Murphy
Stockley Sawyers
D. Hodgson
Michael Bennett
Danny Mills
J. O'Malley
Joe Pascoe
D. Colwill
S. Henry
I. Angol
Lee Charles
G. Minton
Russell Payne
Billy Beggs
Sean Griffiths
Brian Cottington