1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1989–90 season
Chairman Mr Peter Coates
Manager Mick Mills
Alan Ball, Jr.
Football League Second Division 24th (37 Points)
FA Cup Round 3
League Cup Round 2
Top goalscorer Wayne Biggins (10)
Highest home attendance 27,032 vs Port Vale (23 September 1989)
Lowest home attendance 8,139 vs Oxford United (10 April 1990)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was Stoke's 90th season of league football and the 30th in the Second Division.

Contents

Overview

Mick Mills was under huge pressure to finally deliver promotion in the 1989–90 season and Mills spent a hefty amount of money to bring in a number of new players. Stoke started the season with a 1–1 draw with West Ham as Stoke made an awful start to the season as they only managed to register a two wins in 19 games. This saw Stoke bottom of the table and heading to the Third Division and thus Mills pain the price and was fired in November. Into Mill's place came former World Cup winner and former Portsmouth manager Alan Ball, Jr.. Ball brought in more players to try to avoid the drop as Stoke used 38 players throughout the season. Ball's gamble did not pay off as Stoke remained bottom of the table and went in to the Third tier of English football for the first time since 1927.

Final league table

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA W D L GF GA GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Leeds United 46 16 6 1 46 18 8 7 8 33 34 79 52 + 27 85
2 Sheffield United 46 14 5 4 43 27 10 8 5 35 31 78 58 + 20 85
3 Newcastle United 46 17 4 2 51 26 5 10 8 29 29 80 55 + 25 80
4 Swindon Town 46 12 6 5 49 29 8 8 7 30 30 79 59 + 20 74
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 10 9 4 43 30 9 8 6 31 29 74 60 + 14 74
6 Sunderland 46 10 8 5 41 32 10 6 7 29 32 70 64 + 8 74 [1]
7 West Ham United 46 14 5 4 50 22 6 7 10 30 35 80 57 + 23 72
8 Oldham Athletic 46 15 7 1 50 23 4 7 12 20 34 70 57 + 13 71
9 Ipswich Town 46 13 7 3 38 22 6 5 12 29 44 67 51 + 16 69
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 12 5 6 37 20 6 8 9 30 40 67 50 + 17 67
11 Port Vale 46 11 9 3 37 20 4 7 12 25 37 62 57 + 5 61
12 Portsmouth 46 9 8 6 40 34 6 8 9 22 31 62 65 – 3 61
13 Leicester City 46 10 8 5 34 29 5 6 12 33 50 67 79 – 12 59
14 Hull City 46 7 8 8 27 31 7 8 8 31 34 58 65 – 7 58
15 Watford 46 11 6 6 41 28 3 9 11 17 32 58 60 – 2 57
16 Plymouth Argyle 46 9 8 6 30 23 5 5 13 28 40 58 63 – 5 55
17 Oxford United 46 8 7 8 35 31 7 2 14 22 35 57 66 – 9 54
18 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 6 7 28 27 5 3 15 28 45 56 72 – 16 54
19 Barnsley 46 7 9 7 22 23 6 6 11 27 48 49 71 – 22 54
20 West Bromwich Albion 46 6 8 9 35 37 6 7 10 32 34 67 71 – 4 51
21 Middlesbrough 46 10 3 10 33 29 3 8 12 19 34 52 63 – 11 50
22 Bournemouth 46 8 6 9 30 31 4 6 13 27 45 57 76 – 19 48
23 Bradford City 46 9 6 8 26 24 0 8 15 18 44 44 68 – 24 41
24 Stoke City 46 4 11 8 20 24 2 8 13 15 39 35 63 – 28 37
  1. ^ "|Sunderland were eventually promoted after prosecutions against Swindon Town.
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Into play-offs
Relegated

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1989–90 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 19 August 1989 West Ham United H 1 – 1 16,058 Biggins 81'
2 26 August 1989 Portsmouth A 0 – 0 7,433
3 2 September 1989 Leeds United H 1 – 1 14,570 Cranson 29'
4 5 September 1989 Barnsley A 2 – 3 8,584 Berry 19' (Pen), Morgan 58'
5 9 September 1989 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 0 15,659
6 16 September 1989 Oldham Athletic H 1 – 2 10,673 Bamber 65'
7 23 September 1989 Port Vale H 1 – 1 27,037 Palin 66'
8 26 September 1989 Bradford City H 1 – 1 9,346 Cranson 55'
9 30 September 1989 Ipswich Town A 2 – 2 10,389 Palin 47' (Pen), Saunders 50'
10 7 October 1989 Plymouth Argyle A 0 – 3 6,940
11 14 October 1989 Hull City H 1 – 1 9,955 Biggins 3'
12 17 October 1989 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 1 11,911 Hackett 8', Biggins 32'
13 21 October 1989 Sheffield United A 1 – 2 16,873 Palin 67' (Pen)
14 28 October 1989 Sunderland H 0 – 2 12,480
15 1 November 1989 Oxford United A 0 – 3 4,375
16 4 November 1989 Swindon Town A 0 – 6 7,825
17 11 November 1989 Brighton & Hove Albion H 3 – 2 10,346 Beeston 1', Bamber 25', Kamara 30'
18 18 November 1989 Bournemouth A 1 – 2 6,412 Hilarie 84'
19 25 November 1989 Leicester City H 0 – 1 12,261
20 2 December 1989 West Ham United A 0 – 0 17,704
21 9 December 1989 Barnsley H 0 – 1 10,163
22 26 December 1989 Newcastle United H 2 – 1 14,878 Biggins 78', Beeston 90'
23 30 December 1989 Watford H 2 – 2 12,228 Biggins 23', 26' (1 Pen)
24 1 January 1990 Middlesbrough A 1 – 0 16,238 Ellis 61'
25 13 January 1990 Portsmouth H 1 – 2 12,051 Sandford 70'
26 20 January 1990 Leeds United A 0 – 2 29,318
27 27 January 1990 Blackburn Rovers A 0 – 3 9,132
28 3 February 1990 Port Vale A 0 – 0 22,075
29 10 February 1990 Oldham Athletic A 0 – 2 10,028
30 17 February 1990 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 0 17,870 Biggins 64', Hackett 75'
31 22 February 1990 Leicester City A 1 – 2 12,242 Biggins 41'
32 3 March 1990 Bournemouth H 0 – 0 10,998
33 6 March 1990 Ipswich Town H 0 – 0 10,815
34 10 March 1990 Bradford City A 0 – 1 9,269
35 17 March 1990 Plymouth Argyle H 0 – 0 9,452
36 20 March 1990 Hull City A 0 – 0 6,456
37 24 March 1990 West Bromwich Albion A 1 – 1 12,771 Ellis 78'
38 31 March 1990 Sheffield United H 0 – 1 14,898
39 7 April 1990 Sunderland A 1 – 2 17,119 Ellis 63'
40 10 April 1990 Oxford United H 1 – 2 8,139 Sandford 42'
41 14 April 1990 Middlesbrough H 0 – 0 8,636
42 16 April 1990 Newcastle United A 0 – 3 26,190
43 21 April 1990 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 1 9,305
44 24 April 1990 Watford A 1 – 1 8,073 Biggins 30'
45 28 April 1990 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4 – 1 9,614 Ellis 51', 76', Biggins 70', Scott 80'
46 5 May 1990 Swindon Town H 1 – 1 11,386 Ellis 12'

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 1st Leg 19 September 1989 Millwall H 1 – 0 8,030 Morgan 32'
R2 2nd Leg 3 October 1989 Millwall A 0 – 2 8,637

FA Cup

Main article: 1989–90 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 6 January 1990 Arsenal H 0 – 1 23,827

Full Members Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 28 November 1989 Bradford City H 2 – 1 4,616 Berry, Bamber
R2 19 December 1989 Leeds United H 2 – 2 (4 – 5 Pens) 5,792 Kamara, Biggins

Friendlies

Match Opponent Venue Result
1
Västra Frölunda IF
A
9 – 0
2
Alnö IF
A
3 – 1
3
Frösö IF
A
4 – 0
4
Anundsjö IF
A
1 – 0
5
Hamrånge GIF
A
7 – 0
6
Västerhaninge IF
A
8 – 0
7
Newcastle Town
A
2 – 0
8
Derby County
H
1 – 2
9
Everton
H
2 – 4
10
Walsall
H
2 – 0
11
Rocester
A
1 – 2
12
Stafford Rangers
A
3 – 0
13
Jersey Wanderers
A
7 – 0

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Peter Fox 38 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 43 0
GK Scott Barrett 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
GK Dan Noble 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF John Butler 44 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 49 0
DF Derek Statham 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
DF Chris Kamara 22(1) 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 28 2
DF Cliff Carr 22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
DF Lee Sandford 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
DF Lee Fowler 13(2) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
DF Andy Holmes 5(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
DF Ian Wright 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Noel Blake 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
DF Tony Gallimore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Ian Cranson 17 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 2
MF Carl Beeston 38(2) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 43 1
MF Ian Scott 14(5) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 20 1
MF Paul Ware 9(7) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 19 0
MF George Berry 15(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 2
MF Mark Higgins 4(2) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
MF Leigh Palin 17(2) 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 24 3
MF Dave Kevan 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
MF Stephen Farrell 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Gary Hackett 18(8) 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 30 2
MF Garry Brooke 6(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MF Mickey Thomas 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
FW Dave Bamber 20 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 23 3
FW Wayne Biggins 35 10 1 0 0 0 2 1 38 11
FW Peter Beagrie 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
FW Carl Saunders 12(10) 1 1 0 1 0 1(1) 0 26 1
FW Nicky Morgan 6(7) 1 0 0 1 1 0(1) 0 15 2
FW Darren Boughey 4(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
FW Vince Hilaire 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
FW Tony Ellis 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6
FW Nyrere Kelly 5(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
FW Mark Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Paul Barnes 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
FW Mark Sale 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

References

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