The Football League 1989-90

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Statistics of The Football League in season 1989/1990.

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

Liverpool overhauled a greatly improved Aston Villa side to win their 18th league championship trophy and their fifth major trophy in as many seasons under Kenny Dalglish's management. To date, this remains their last league title. Gary Lineker's arrival at Tottenham Hotspur saw the North Londoners occupy third place after a season of improvement.

Luton Town stayed up on goal difference at the expense of Sheffield Wednesday, while Charlton's four-year spell in the First Division came to an end at the beginning of May. Millwall were rooted to the bottom of the division despite briefly topping the league in September.

[edit] Second Division

Leeds United finally returned to the top flight after an eight-year exile, as Howard Wilkinson's side lifted the Second Division championship trophy thanks to a superior goal difference over runners-up Sheffield United.

Swindon Town won the Second Division playoff final but Sunderland were promoted instead after the Swindon board admitted a series of financial irregularities. Swindon were initially demoted to the Third Division and replaced by Tranmere, the division's losing Play-Off finalists, but this decision was later reversed on appeal.

A.F.C. Bournemouth, Stoke City and Bradford City occupied the relegation places. Bournemouth have never returned to the top two division since.

[edit] Third Division

The city of Bristol was celebrating after Rovers were crowned champions and City finished runners-up in the Third Division to gain promotion. The third promotion spot was secured by playoff winners Notts County, who beat Leyland Daf Trophy winners Tranmere Rovers at Wembley.

Walsall suffered a second successive relegation and would be joined in the Fourth Division the following season by Blackpool, Cardiff City and Northampton Town.

[edit] Fourth Division

Exeter City were crowned Fourth Division champions and went up to the Third Division along with runners-up Grimsby Town, third-placed Southend United and playoff winners Cambridge United. Newly promoted Maidstone United almost ended their first league season with success, but their promotion hopes were ended by playoff failure.

Colchester United were relegated from the league and replaced by Conference champions Darlington, who regained their league status just one season after losing it.

[edit] League Standings

[edit] First Division

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 38 13 5 1 38 15 10 5 4 40 22 79
2 Aston Villa 38 13 3 3 36 20 8 4 7 21 18 70
3 Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 1 6 35 24 7 5 7 24 23 63
4 Arsenal 38 14 3 2 38 11 4 5 10 16 27 62
5 Chelsea 38 8 7 4 31 24 8 5 6 27 26 60
6 Everton 38 14 3 2 40 16 3 5 11 17 30 59
7 Southampton 38 10 5 4 40 27 5 5 9 31 36 55
8 Wimbledon 38 5 8 6 22 23 8 8 3 25 17 55
9 Nottingham Forest 38 9 4 6 31 21 6 5 8 24 26 54
10 Norwich City 38 7 10 2 24 14 6 4 9 20 28 53
11 Queens Park Rangers 38 9 4 6 27 22 4 7 8 18 22 50
12 Coventry City 38 11 2 6 24 25 3 5 11 15 34 49
13 Manchester United 38 8 6 5 26 14 5 3 11 20 33 48
14 Manchester City 38 9 4 6 26 21 3 8 8 17 31 48
15 Crystal Palace 38 8 7 4 27 23 5 2 12 15 43 48
16 Derby County 38 9 1 9 29 21 4 6 9 14 19 46
17 Luton Town 38 8 8 3 24 18 2 5 12 19 39 43
18 Sheffield Wednesday 38 8 6 5 21 17 3 4 12 14 34 43
19 Charlton Athletic 38 4 6 9 18 25 3 3 13 13 32 30
20 Millwall 38 4 6 9 23 25 1 5 13 16 40 26

[edit] Second Division

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Leeds United 46 16 6 1 46 18 8 7 8 33 34 85
2 Sheffield United 46 14 5 4 43 27 10 8 5 35 31 85
3 Newcastle United 46 17 4 2 51 26 5 10 8 29 29 80
4 Swindon Town 46 12 6 5 49 29 8 8 7 30 30 74
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 10 9 4 43 30 9 8 6 31 29 74
6 Sunderland 46 10 8 5 41 32 10 6 7 29 32 74
7 West Ham United 46 14 5 4 50 22 6 7 10 30 35 72
8 Oldham Athletic 46 15 7 1 50 23 4 7 12 20 34 71
9 Ipswich Town 46 13 7 3 38 22 6 5 12 29 44 69
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 12 5 6 37 20 6 8 9 30 40 67
11 Port Vale 46 11 9 3 37 20 4 7 12 25 37 61
12 Portsmouth 46 9 8 6 40 34 6 8 9 22 31 61
13 Leicester City 46 10 8 5 34 29 5 6 12 33 50 59
14 Hull City 46 7 8 8 27 31 7 8 8 31 34 58
15 Watford 46 11 6 6 41 28 3 9 11 17 32 57
16 Plymouth Argyle 46 9 8 6 30 23 5 5 13 28 40 55
17 Oxford United 46 8 7 8 35 31 7 2 14 22 35 54
18 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 6 7 28 27 5 3 15 28 45 54
19 Barnsley 46 7 9 7 22 23 6 6 11 27 48 54
20 West Bromwich Albion 46 6 8 9 35 37 6 7 10 32 34 51
21 Middlesbrough 46 10 3 10 33 29 3 8 12 19 34 50
22 Bournemouth 46 8 6 9 30 31 4 6 13 27 45 48
23 Bradford City 46 9 6 8 26 24 0 8 15 18 44 41
24 Stoke City 46 4 11 8 20 24 2 8 13 15 39 37

[edit] Third Division

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Bristol Rovers 46 15 8 0 43 14 11 7 5 28 21 93
2 Bristol City 46 15 5 3 40 16 12 5 6 36 24 91
3 Notts County 46 17 4 2 40 18 8 8 7 33 35 87
4 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 5 3 54 22 8 6 9 32 27 80
5 Bury 46 11 7 5 35 19 10 4 9 35 30 74
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 12 7 4 32 19 6 8 9 27 29 69
7 Birmingham City 46 10 7 6 33 19 8 5 10 27 40 66
8 Huddersfield Town 46 11 5 7 30 23 6 9 8 31 39 65
9 Rotherham United 46 12 6 5 48 28 5 7 11 23 34 64
10 Reading 46 10 9 4 33 21 5 10 8 24 32 64
11 Shrewsbury Town 46 10 9 4 38 24 6 6 11 21 30 63
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 10 8 5 32 24 5 9 9 24 29 62
13 Brentford 46 11 4 8 41 31 7 3 13 25 35 61
14 Leyton Orient 46 9 6 8 28 24 7 4 12 24 32 58
15 Mansfield Town 46 13 2 8 34 25 3 5 15 16 40 55
16 Chester City 46 11 7 5 30 23 2 8 13 13 32 54
17 Swansea City 46 10 6 7 25 27 4 6 13 20 36 54
18 Wigan Athletic 46 10 6 7 29 22 3 8 12 19 42 53
19 Preston North End 46 10 7 6 42 30 4 3 16 23 49 52
20 Fulham 46 8 8 7 33 27 4 7 12 22 39 51
21 Cardiff City 46 6 9 8 30 35 6 5 12 21 35 50
22 Northampton 46 7 7 9 27 31 4 7 12 24 37 47
23 Blackpool 46 8 6 9 29 33 2 10 11 20 40 46
24 Walsall 46 6 8 9 23 30 3 6 14 17 42 41

[edit] Fourth Division

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Exeter City 46 20 3 0 50 14 8 2 13 33 34 89
2 Grimsby Town 46 14 4 5 41 20 8 9 6 29 27 79
3 Southend United 46 15 3 5 35 14 7 6 10 26 34 75
4 Stockport County 46 13 6 4 45 27 8 5 10 23 35 74
5 Maidstone United 46 14 4 5 49 21 8 3 12 28 40 73
6 Cambridge United 46 14 3 6 45 30 7 7 9 31 36 73
7 Chesterfield 46 12 9 2 41 19 7 5 11 22 31 71
8 Carlisle United 46 15 4 4 38 20 6 4 13 23 40 71
9 Peterborough United 46 10 8 5 35 23 7 9 7 24 23 68
10 Lincoln City 46 11 6 6 30 27 7 8 8 18 21 68
11 Scunthorpe United 46 9 9 5 42 25 8 6 9 27 29 66
12 Rochdale 46 11 4 8 28 23 9 2 12 24 32 66
13 York City 46 10 5 8 29 24 6 11 6 26 29 64
14 Gillingham 46 9 8 6 28 21 8 3 12 18 27 62
15 Torquay United 46 12 2 9 33 29 3 10 10 20 37 57
16 Burnley 46 6 10 7 19 18 8 4 11 26 37 56
17 Hereford United 46 7 4 12 31 32 8 6 9 25 30 55
18 Scarborough 46 10 5 8 35 28 5 5 13 25 45 55
19 Hartlepool United 46 12 4 7 45 33 3 6 14 21 55 55
20 Doncaster Rovers 46 7 7 9 29 29 7 2 14 24 31 51
21 Wrexham 46 8 8 7 28 28 5 4 14 23 39 51
22 Aldershot 46 8 7 8 28 26 4 7 12 21 43 50
23 Halifax Town 46 5 9 9 31 29 7 4 12 26 36 49
24 Colchester United 46 9 3 11 26 25 2 7 14 22 50 43

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