Manchester United F.C. season 1989-90

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Manchester United
Season 1989-90
Manager Flag of Scotland Alex Ferguson
Chairman Flag of England Martin Edwards
League First Division
Final league position 13th
FA Cup Winners
League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League: Mark Hughes (13)
All: Mark Hughes (15)
Highest home attendance 47,245 vs Arsenal (19 August 1989)
Lowest home attendance 26,698 vs Portsmouth (3 October 1989)

The 1989-90 season was Manchester United's 98th season in the Football League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1] Despite an average performance in the league, finishing in 13th place, the club regained the FA Cup for the first time in five years, beating Crystal Palace 1–0 in a replay of the Final after the original match had finished 3–3.

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[edit] Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1989-07-30 Thailand National XI A 1 – 1
(4 – 2p)		 Robson 12,000
1989-08-02 Everton N 1 – 3 Webb 8,000
1989-08-07 Japan National XI A 1 – 0 Robins 40,000
1989-08-11 Bristol City A 3 – 2 Webb, McClair, Beardsmore 9,799
1989-08-13 Manchester City H 0 – 2 19,958

[edit] Football League First Division

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
19 August 1989 Arsenal H 4 – 1 Bruce, Hughes, McClair, Webb 47,245
22 August 1989 Crystal Palace A 1 – 1 Robson 22,423
26 August 1989 Derby County A 0 – 2 22,175
30 August 1989 Norwich City H 0 – 2 41,610
9 September 1989 Everton A 2 – 3 Beardsmore, McClair 37,916
16 September 1989 Millwall H 5 – 1 Hughes (3), Robson, Sharpe 42,746
23 September 1989 Manchester City A 1 – 5 Hughes 43,246
14 October 1989 Sheffield Wednesday H 0 – 0 41,492
21 October 1989 Coventry City A 4 – 1 Hughes (2), Bruce, Phelan 19,625
28 October 1989 Southampton H 2 – 1 McClair (2) 37,122
4 November 1989 Charlton Athletic A 0 – 2 16,065
12 November 1989 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 0 Pallister 34,182
18 November 1989 Luton Town A 3 – 1 Blackmore, Hughes, Wallace 11,141
25 November 1989 Chelsea H 0 – 0 46,975
3 December 1989 Arsenal A 0 – 1 34,484
9 December 1989 Crystal Palace H 1 – 2 Beardsmore 33,514
16 December 1989 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 1 36,230
23 December 1989 Liverpool A 0 – 0 37,426
26 December 1989 Aston Villa A 0 – 3 41,247
30 December 1989 Wimbledon A 2 – 2 Hughes, Robins 9,622
1 January 1990 Queens Park Rangers H 0 – 0 34,824
13 January 1990 Derby County H 1 – 2 Pallister 38,985
21 January 1990 Norwich City A 0 – 2 17,370
3 February 1990 Manchester City H 1 – 1 Blackmore 40,274
10 February 1990 Millwall A 2 – 1 Hughes, Wallace 15,491
24 February 1990 Chelsea A 0 – 1 29,979
4 March 1990 Luton Town H 4 – 1 Hughes, McClair, Robins, Wallace 35,327
14 March 1990 Everton H 0 – 0 37,398
18 March 1990 Liverpool H 1 – 2 Own goal 46,629
21 March 1990 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 1 33,260
24 March 1990 Southampton A 2 – 0 Gibson, Robins 20,510
31 March 1990 Coventry City H 3 – 0 Hughes (2), Robins 39,172
14 April 1990 Queens Park Rangers A 2 – 1 Robins, Webb 18,997
17 April 1990 Aston Villa H 2 – 0 Robins (2) 44,080
21 April 1990 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 – 2 Bruce 33,317
30 April 1990 Wimbledon H 0 – 0 29,281
2 May 1990 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 4 21,186
5 May 1990 Charlton Athletic H 1 – 0 Pallister 35,389


Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
12 Coventry City 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49
13 Manchester United 38 13 9 16 46 47 −1 48
14 Manchester City 38 12 12 14 43 52 −9 48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
7 January 1990 Round 3 Nottingham Forest A 1 – 0 Robins 23,072
28 January 1990 Round 4 Hereford United A 1 – 0 Blackmore 13,777
18 February 1990 Round 5 Newcastle United A 3 – 2 Robins, McClair, Wallace 31,748
11 March 1990 Round 6 Sheffield United A 1 – 0 McClair 34,344
8 April 1990 Semi-final Oldham Athletic N 3 – 3 Robson, Wallace, Webb 44,026
11 April 1990 Semi-final
Replay		 Oldham Athletic N 2 – 1 McClair, Robins 35,005
12 May 1990 Final Crystal Palace N 3 – 3 Hughes (2), Robson 80,000
17 May 1990 Final
Replay		 Crystal Palace N 1 – 0 Martin 80,000

[edit] Littlewoods Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
20 September 1989 Round 2
First leg		 Portsmouth A 3 – 2 Ince (2), Wallace 18,072
3 October 1989 Round 2
Second leg		 Portsmouth H 0 – 0 26,698
25 October 1989 Round 3 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 3 45,759

[edit] Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup Littlewoods Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Flag of Australia Mark Bosnich 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK Flag of Scotland Jim Leighton 35 0 7 0 3 0 45 0
GK Flag of England Les Sealey 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DF Flag of England Viv Anderson 14(2) 0 4 0 1 0 19(2) 0
DF Flag of Wales Clayton Blackmore 19(9) 2 2(1) 1 0 0 21(10) 3
DF Flag of England Steve Bruce 34 3 7 0 2 0 43 3
DF Flag of Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy 13(1) 0 1 0 3 0 17(1) 0
DF Flag of England Mike Duxbury 12(7) 0 2(2) 0 1(1) 0 15(10) 0
DF Flag of England Lee Martin 28(4) 0 8 1 1 0 37(4) 1
DF Flag of England Gary Pallister 35 3 8 0 3 0 46 3
MF Flag of England Russell Beardsmore 8(13) 2 1(2) 0 1 0 10(15) 2
DF Flag of England Colin Gibson 5(1) 1 1(1) 0 0 0 6(2) 1
MF Flag of Wales Deiniol Graham 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
MF Flag of England Paul Ince 25(1) 0 6(1) 0 3 2 34(2) 2
MF Flag of England Ralph Milne 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
MF Flag of England Mike Phelan 38 1 7 0 3 0 48 1
MF Flag of England Bryan Robson 20 2 4 2 3 0 27 4
MF Flag of England Lee Sharpe 13(5) 1 0 0 1(1) 0 14(6) 1
MF Flag of England Neil Webb 10(1) 2 4 1 0 0 14(1) 3
FW Flag of Scotland Alan Brazil 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
FW Flag of Wales Mark Hughes 36(1) 13 8 2 3 0 47(1) 15
FW Flag of England Giuliano Maiorana 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
FW Flag of Scotland Brian McClair 37 5 8 3 3 0 48 8
FW Flag of England Mark Robins 10(7) 7 3(3) 3 0 0 13(10) 10
FW Flag of England Danny Wallace 23(3) 3 6(1) 2 2 1 31(4) 6

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1989-07-01 MF Flag of England Mike Phelan Norwich City £750k
1989-07-01 MF Flag of England Neil Webb Nottingham Forest £1.5m
1989-08-24 DF Flag of Ireland Brian Carey Cork City £100k
1989-08-28 DF Flag of England Gary Pallister Middlesbrough £2.3m
1989-09-13 MF Flag of England Paul Ince West Ham United £2.4m
1989-09-18 FW Flag of England Danny Wallace Southampton £1.2m
1989-09-21 FW Flag of England Andy Rammell Atherstone United £40k
1990-06-06 GK Flag of England Les Sealey Luton Town Free
1990-06-08 DF Flag of Ireland Denis Irwin Oldham Athletic £625k
1990-06-08 DF Flag of England Neil Whitworth Wigan Athletic £45k

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1989-07 DF Flag of England Wayne Heseltine Oldham Athletic £40k
1989-07-12 DF Flag of England Nicky Spooner Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed
1989-08-03 DF Flag of Ireland Paul McGrath Aston Villa £450k
1989-08 FW Flag of Northern Ireland Norman Whiteside Everton £750k
1989-10-25 FW Flag of Bermuda Shaun Goater Rotherham United £40k

[edit] Loan in

Date From Date To Position Name From
1989-12 1989-12 GK Flag of England Les Sealey Luton Town
1990-03 1990-04 GK Flag of England Les Sealey Luton Town
1990-05 1990-06 DF Flag of Scotland Rob McKinnon Hartlepool United
1990-05 1990-06 DF Flag of Ireland Cris Short Scarborough

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
1989-12 1990-01 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy Luton Town
1990-01 1990-02 MF Flag of England Ralph Milne West Ham United

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 1989/90. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.

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