The 1990–91 BBL season was the 4th season of the
British Basketball League
The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs howeve ...
(known as the
Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons) since its establishment in 1987. The season featured a total of nine teams, playing 24 games each.
Following a new £1.3 million sponsorship deal with Carlsberg, the sport was unified once more as three divisions of the Carlsberg League were created.
Solent Stars
The Solent Stars were a basketball club from Southampton, who were one of the founder members of the British Basketball League, where they competed from 1987 to 1990. For the rest of their existence, the club competed in the English Basketball ...
dropped out of the top tier and would play their basketball in Division Four. Hemel Hempstead Royals and Worthing Bears returned to top tier action and the Bracknell Tigers became the Thames Valley Tigers.
Kingston claimed the Division One title and Play-off crown,
[BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 14] as well as the
League Trophy
The British Basketball League Trophy, often shortened to the BBL Trophy, is an annual cup competition for British basketball teams organised by the United Kingdom's top professional league, the British Basketball League. It is one of two peripher ...
, earning their coach
Kevin Cadle
Kevin Cadle (March 17, 1955 – October 16, 2017) was a British-based American sports presenter and former basketball coach.
Cadle was born in Buffalo, New York in 1955. After retiring from coaching in 1997, Cadle presented American football and ...
and star player
Alton Byrd
Joseph Alton Byrd (born March 11, 1958) is an American-British former professional basketball player who is the Vice President of Business Operations for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.
He grew up in the San Francisco area, where he wa ...
the award's for Coach and Player of the Year respectively. Sunderland claimed the
National Cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League. For most of the competition's history, the draw has ...
preventing another Kingston clean sweep.
Carlsberg League Division One (Tier 1)
Final standings
The play-offs
Quarter-finals
(1) Kingston vs. (8) Hemel Royals
(2) Sunderland Saints vs. (7) Worthing Bears
(3) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (6) Manchester Giants
(4) Leicester City Riders vs. (5) Derby Rams
Semi-finals
Final
National League Division 2 (Tier 2)
Final standings
National League Division 3 (Tier 3)
Final standings
Coca-Cola
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National Cup
Second Round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
NatWest Trophy
Group stage
North Group
South Group
Semi-finals
Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders
Kingston vs. Thames Valley Tigers
Final
Seasonal awards
* Most Valuable Player:
Alton Byrd
Joseph Alton Byrd (born March 11, 1958) is an American-British former professional basketball player who is the Vice President of Business Operations for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.
He grew up in the San Francisco area, where he wa ...
(
Kingston)
* Coach of the Year:
Kevin Cadle
Kevin Cadle (March 17, 1955 – October 16, 2017) was a British-based American sports presenter and former basketball coach.
Cadle was born in Buffalo, New York in 1955. After retiring from coaching in 1997, Cadle presented American football and ...
(
Kingston)
* All-Star Team:
**
Steve Bucknall
Steven Lee Bucknall (born 17 March 1966) is a retired English professional basketball player, and former head coach of British Basketball League expansion franchise London Capital.
A 1.98 m (6'6") and 97.5 kg (215 lbs.) shooting gua ...
(
Sunderland Saints)
**
Alton Byrd
Joseph Alton Byrd (born March 11, 1958) is an American-British former professional basketball player who is the Vice President of Business Operations for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League.
He grew up in the San Francisco area, where he wa ...
(
Kingston)
**
Martin Clark (
Kingston)
**
Alan Cunningham
General (United Kingdom), General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign (World War ...
(
Kingston)
**
Kris Kearney (
Manchester Giants
The Manchester Giants are a British professional basketball team based in Manchester, England. The franchise was established in 2011, and admitted to the top-tier British Basketball League in 2012. The team's formation was led by a consortium ...
)
**
Ernest Lee
Ernest Page Lee (27 August 1862 – 19 February 1932) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Reform Party.
Early life
Born in 1862 in Teignmouth, England, he received his education at Cheltenham and London. Aged 18, he started learnin ...
(
Derby Rams)
**
Dan Meagher (
Leicester City Riders
Leicester Riders are a British professional basketball team and the oldest club in the British Basketball League (BBL). Established in 1967, the club have played in various locations around Leicestershire before moving to their current purpose ...
)
**
Dale Roberts (
Thames Valley Tigers
Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team to ...
)
**
Russ Saunders
Stebbell Russell "Russ" Saunders (January 1, 1906 - April 29, 1987) was an American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1931 NFL season.
He was an All-American at USC and was ...
(
Sunderland Saints)
**
Clyde Vaughan
Clyde Vaughan (born in Mount Vernon, New York, United States) is a basketball coach and former professional player, who enjoyed a distinguished career at college level and professional level and international level for the England team. He was a ...
(
Sunderland Saints)
References
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