1989–90 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1989–90
League	Football League Third Division
Manager	Frank Burrows/Len Ashurst
League position	21st
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Pike (18) All: Chris Pike (23)
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Previous season	← 1988–89
Next season	1990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 63rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing twenty-first, suffering relegation to Division Four.

Manager Frank Burrows left the club in the first month of the year to become assistant manager at Portsmouth and was replaced by Len Ashurst, who started his second spell in charge of the club.

1 Players
2 Table
3 See also
4 References

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Roger Hansbury
--	GK	Gavin Ward
--	GK	George Wood
--	DF	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	Phil Bater
--	DF	Ray Daniel
--	DF	Allan Lewis
--	DF	Mario Miethig
--	DF	Jason Perry
--	DF	Cliff Powell
--	DF	Ian Rodgerson
--	DF	Damon Searle
--	DF	Eddie Youds
--	MF	Leigh Barnard
--	MF	Jeff Chandler
--	MF	Chris Fry
--	MF	Cohen Griffith

No.	Position	Player
--	MF	Jason Gummer
--	MF	Mark Kelly
--	MF	David Kevan
--	MF	Steve Lynex
--	MF	Jon Morgan
--	MF	Pat O'Hagan
--	MF	Chris Thompson
--	MF	Steve Tupling
--	MF	Paul Wheeler
--	FW	Nathan Blake
--	FW	Alan Curtis
--	FW	Jimmy Gilligan
--	FW	Richard Haig
--	FW	Ian Love
--	FW	Morrys Scott
--	FW	Richard Sendall

Table

		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

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM.
Welsh Football Data Archive

Cardiff City F.C. seasons

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1989–90 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield • FA Trophy

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Football Conference · Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

Related to national team	Bobby Robson • Rous Cup • 1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification - UEFA Group 2)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Everton · Liverpool · Luton Town · Manchester City · Manchester United · Millwall · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Queens Park Rangers · Sheffield Wednesday · Southampton · Tottenham Hotspur · Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley · Blackburn Rovers · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brighton & Hove Albion · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Oldham Athletic · Oxford United · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Portsmouth · Sheffield United · Sunderland · Swindon Town · Stoke City · Watford · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Brentford · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Bury · Cardiff City · Chester City · Crewe Alexandra · Fulham · Huddersfield Town · Leyton Orient · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Preston North End · Notts County · Reading · Rotherham United · Shrewsbury Town · Swansea City · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Burnley · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Gillingham · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Hereford United · Lincoln City · Maidstone United · Peterborough United · Rochdale · Scarborough · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Torquay United · Wrexham · York City

Others	Newport

1989–90 Cardiff City F.C. season

Contents

Players

Table

See also

References