1988–89 Football League

The Football League
Season	1988–89
Champions	Arsenal
Relegated	Darlington
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–1989 season was the 90th completed season of the Football League.^[1]

No European qualification took place due to the Heysel Stadium disaster suspension in place.

As of the 1986–87 season, there were no more re-election procedures, but instead, the club finishing last in the Fourth Division was demoted to Conference. This season the casualty was Darlington.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Arsenal (9th English title)
Relegated	Middlesbrough Newcastle United West Ham United
European Cup 1989–90	No qualifications^[2]
FA Cup winners	Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup 1989–90	No qualifications^[2]
UEFA Cup 1989–90	No qualifications^[2]
Matches played	380
Goals scored	926 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	A. Smith (Arsenal), 23 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Luton Town – Southampton 6–1 (2 Jan 1989)
Biggest away win	Millwall – Tottenham Hotspur 0–5 (29 Apr 1989)
Highest scoring	Luton Town – Southampton 6–1 (2 Jan 1989); Luton Town – Charlton 5–2 (2 May 1989); Queens Park Rangers – Wimbledon 4–3 (8 Apr 1989); Coventry –Middlesbrough 3–4 (1 Oct 1988); Middlesbrough – Nottingham Forest 3–4 (22 Apr 1989)
Longest winning run	Liverpool (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Liverpool (18 games)
Longest losing run	Southampton (5 games)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Arsenal	38	10	6	3	35	19	12	4	3	38	17	73	36	37	76	Champions^{^{[notes 1]}}
2	Liverpool	38	11	5	3	33	11	11	5	3	32	17	65	28	37	76	FA Cup Winners
3	Nottingham Forest	38	8	7	4	31	16	9	6	4	33	27	64	43	21	64	League Cup Winners
4	Norwich City	38	8	7	4	23	20	9	4	6	25	25	48	45	3	62
5	Derby County	38	9	3	7	23	18	8	4	7	17	20	40	38	2	58
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	6	5	31	24	7	6	6	29	22	60	46	14	57
7	Coventry City	38	9	4	6	28	23	5	9	5	19	19	47	42	5	55
8	Everton	38	10	7	2	33	18	4	5	10	17	27	50	45	5	54
9	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	5	5	23	16	5	6	8	20	21	43	37	6	53
10	Millwall	38	10	3	6	27	21	4	8	7	20	31	47	52	- 5	53
11	Manchester United	38	10	5	4	27	13	3	7	9	18	22	45	35	10	51
12	Wimbledon	38	10	3	6	30	19	4	6	9	20	27	50	46	4	51
13	Southampton	38	6	7	6	25	26	4	8	7	27	40	52	66	–14	45
14	Charlton Athletic	38	6	7	6	25	24	4	5	10	19	34	44	58	–14	42
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	6	6	7	21	25	4	6	9	13	26	34	51	–17	42
16	Luton Town	38	8	6	5	32	21	2	5	12	10	31	42	52	–10	41
17	Aston Villa	38	7	6	6	25	22	2	7	10	20	34	45	56	–11	40
18	Middlesbrough	38	6	7	6	28	30	3	5	11	16	31	44	61	–17	39
19	West Ham United	38	3	6	10	19	30	7	2	10	18	32	37	62	–25	38
20	Newcastle United	38	3	6	10	19	28	4	4	11	13	35	32	63	–31	31

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

↑ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.

Key
	League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup Winners, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
	League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First division Results table

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ARS	AST	CHA	COV	DER	EVE	LIV	LUT	MUN	MID	MIL	NEW	NOR	NOT	QPR	SHW	SOU	TOT	WHU	WDN
Arsenal		2–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2
Aston Villa	0–3		1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1
Charlton Athletic	2–3	2–2		0–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–0
Coventry City	1–0	2–1	3–0		0–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–4	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Derby County	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		3–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–1
Everton	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
Liverpool	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		5–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1
Luton Town	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	6–1	1–3	4–1	2–2
Manchester United	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Middlesbrough	0–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–4	2–1	1–0		4–2	1–1	2–3	3–4	1–0	0–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	1–0
Millwall	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0		4–0	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–5	0–1	0–1
Newcastle United	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1		0–2	0–1	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Norwich City	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–2		2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0
Nottingham Forest	1–4	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2		2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	4–3
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	0–2		1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1
Southampton	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–2		0–2	4–0	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2		3–0	3–2
West Ham United	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2		1–2
Wimbledon	1–5	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1988–1989 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1988–1989

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Promoted	Crystal Palace, Manchester City
Relegated	Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1465 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Keith Edwards (Hull City), 26 ^[3]
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea	46	15	6	2	50	25	14	6	3	46	25	96	50	+46	99
2	Manchester City	46	12	8	3	48	28	11	5	7	29	25	77	53	+24	82
3	Crystal Palace	46	15	6	2	42	17	8	6	9	29	32	71	49	+22	81	^{[notes3 1]}
4	Watford	46	14	5	4	41	18	8	7	8	33	30	74	48	+26	78
5	Blackburn Rovers	46	16	4	3	50	22	6	7	10	24	37	74	59	+15	77
6	Swindon Town	46	13	8	2	35	15	7	8	8	33	38	68	53	+15	76
7	Barnsley	46	12	8	3	37	21	8	6	9	29	37	66	58	+8	74
8	Ipswich Town	46	13	3	7	42	23	9	4	10	29	38	71	61	+10	73
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	7	3	43	18	5	11	7	22	23	65	41	+24	72
10	Leeds United	46	12	6	5	34	20	5	10	8	25	30	59	50	+9	67
11	Sunderland	46	12	8	3	40	23	4	7	12	20	37	60	60	±0	63
12	Bournemouth	46	13	3	7	32	20	5	5	13	21	42	53	62	–9	62
13	Stoke City	46	10	9	4	33	25	5	5	13	24	47	57	72	–15	59
14	Bradford City	46	8	11	4	29	22	5	6	12	23	37	52	59	–7	56
15	Leicester City	46	11	6	6	31	20	2	10	11	25	43	56	63	–7	55
16	Oldham Athletic	46	9	10	4	49	32	2	11	10	26	40	75	72	+3	54
17	Oxford United	46	11	6	6	40	34	3	6	14	22	36	62	70	–8	54
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	4	8	35	22	3	8	12	20	44	55	66	–11	54
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	11	5	7	36	24	3	4	16	21	42	57	66	–9	51
20	Portsmouth	46	10	6	7	33	21	3	6	14	20	41	53	62	–9	51
21	Hull City	46	7	9	7	31	25	4	5	14	21	43	52	68	–16	47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	4	11	8	25	31	4	7	12	15	36	40	67	–27	42
23	Birmingham City	46	6	4	13	21	33	2	7	14	10	43	31	76	–45	35
24	Walsall	46	3	10	10	27	42	2	6	15	14	38	41	80	–39	31

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

↑ Crystal Palace won the play-offs and were promoted.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Second Division play-offs

Main article: Football League Championship play-offs § 1989

Both the semifinals and the finals were decided over two legs.
The full results can be found at: Football League Division Two play-offs 1989.

Semi-finals 1st leg –21 May; 2nd leg –24 May 1989					Finals 1st leg –31 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989

3rd	Crystal Palace	0	2	2
6th	Swindon Town	1	0	1
					3rd	Crystal Palace	1	3	4

					5th	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	3
4th	Watford	0	1	1

5th	Blackburn Rovers^{[notes2 1]}	0	1	1

↑ Blackburn won on away goals after extra time.

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	BAR	BIR	BLB	BOU	BRA	BHA	CHE	CRY	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MCI	OLD	OXF	PLY	POR	SHR	STK	SUN	SWI	WAL	WAT	WBA
Barnsley		0–0	0–1	5–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1
Birmingham City	3–5		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–4
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	3–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–4	4–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	4–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–2
Bournemouth	3–2	0–1	2–1		3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–1
Bradford City	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–1		0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	1–3		0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–1
Chelsea	5–3	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	5–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–1
Crystal Palace	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–1		3–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	1–0
Hull City	0–0	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	5–2	3–0	0–1		1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
Ipswich Town	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–1		0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	2–1
Leeds United	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–4		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1
Leicester City	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–0	2–2	1–1
Manchester City	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	4–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	4–0	0–0	4–2		1–4	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–1
Oldham Athletic	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–3	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1		3–0	2–2	5–3	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–3
Oxford United	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–4	3–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	1–1		0–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	1–2	0–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1		0–1	0–0	4–0	1–4	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Portsmouth	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–0
Shrewsbury Town	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–5	3–3	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2		1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Stoke City	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0		2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–0
Sunderland	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1		4–0	0–3	1–1	1–1
Swindon Town	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1		1–0	1–1	0–0
Walsall	1–3	5–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–7	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–3	0–1	3–3	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2		0–1	0–0
Watford	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	5–0		2–0
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	5–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	6–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1988–1989 teams

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Watford

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1988–1989

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Promoted	Port Vale, Sheffield United
Relegated	Aldershot, Chesterfield, Gillingham, Southend United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1495 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 37 ^[3]
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	4	1	61	19	8	10	5	35	30	96	49	+47	92
2	Sheffield United	46	16	3	4	57	21	9	6	8	36	33	93	54	+39	84
3	Port Vale	46	15	3	5	46	21	9	9	5	32	27	78	48	+30	84	^{[notes4 1]}
4	Fulham	46	12	7	4	42	28	10	2	11	27	39	69	67	+2	75
5	Bristol Rovers	46	9	11	3	34	21	10	6	7	33	30	67	51	+16	74
6	Preston North End	46	14	7	2	56	31	5	8	10	23	29	79	60	+19	72
7	Brentford	46	14	5	4	36	21	4	9	10	30	40	66	61	+5	68
8	Chester City	46	12	6	5	38	18	7	5	11	26	43	64	61	+3	68
9	Notts County	46	11	7	5	37	22	7	6	10	27	32	64	54	+10	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	12	8	3	42	23	4	8	11	16	31	58	54	+4	64
11	Bristol City	46	10	3	10	32	25	8	6	9	21	30	53	55	–2	63
12	Swansea City	46	11	8	4	33	22	4	8	11	18	31	51	53	–2	61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1989–90 First round
13	Bury	46	11	7	5	27	22	5	6	12	28	45	55	67	–12	61
14	Huddersfield Town	46	10	8	5	35	25	7	1	15	28	48	63	73	–10	60
15	Mansfield Town	46	10	8	5	32	22	4	9	10	16	30	48	52	–4	59
16	Cardiff City	46	10	9	4	30	16	4	6	13	14	40	44	56	–12	57
17	Wigan Athletic	46	9	5	9	28	22	5	9	9	27	31	55	53	+2	56
18	Reading	46	10	6	7	37	29	5	5	13	31	43	68	72	–4	56
19	Blackpool	46	10	6	7	36	29	4	7	12	20	30	56	59	–3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	11	2	10	41	34	5	4	14	25	42	66	76	–10	54
21	Southend United	46	10	9	4	33	26	3	6	14	23	49	56	75	–19	54
22	Chesterfield	46	9	5	9	35	35	5	2	16	16	51	51	86	–35	49
23	Gillingham	46	7	3	13	25	32	5	1	17	22	49	47	81	–34	40
24	Aldershot	46	7	6	10	29	29	1	7	15	19	49	48	78	–30	37

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

↑ Port Vale won the play-offs and were promoted.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Third Division play-offs

Main article: Football League One play-offs § 1989

Both the semifinals and the finals were decided over two legs.
The full results can be found at: Football League Division Three play-offs 1989.

Semi-finals 1st leg –21/22 May; 2nd leg –25 May 1989					Finals 1st leg –31 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989

3rd	Port Vale	1	3	4
6th	Preston North End	1	1	2
					3rd	Port Vale	1	1	2

					5th	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1
4th	Fulham F.C.	0	0	0

5th	Bristol Rovers	1	4	5

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ALD	BLP	BOL	BRE	BRI	BRO	BRY	CAR	CHR	CHF	FUL	GIL	HUD	MAN	NOR	NTC	PTV	PNE	REA	SHU	STD	SWA	WIG	WOL
Aldershot		1–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–3	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	5–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–2
Blackpool	4–0		2–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–4	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	2–2		4–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–0	0–1	5–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2
Brentford	2–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	1–4	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Bristol City	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1		0–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–5	1–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–1
Bristol Rovers	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1		1–3	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0
Bury	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–6	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
Cardiff City	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0		2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1
Chester	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–0		3–1	7–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	1–1
Chesterfield	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	4–0	1–2		4–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–4	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–3
Fulham	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1		1–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2
Gillingham	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1		1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–3
Huddersfield Town	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1		2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0
Mansfield Town	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	3–1
Northampton Town	6–0	4–2	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1		1–3	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1
Notts County	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1		1–4	0–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Port Vale	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	6–1	1–2	5–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–1	3–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Preston North End	2–2	1–0	3–1	5–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	3–3	6–0	1–4	5–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–3		2–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–2	3–3
Reading	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–2		1–3	4–0	2–0	0–3	0–2
Sheffield United	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	6–1	1–3	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0		1–2	5–1	2–1	2–0
Southend United	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1		0–2	1–2	3–1
Swansea City	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0		1–2	2–5
Wigan Athletic	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	5–2	6–1	4–1	6–2	3–2	0–0	3–3	6–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division maps

Huddersfield

Swansea City

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1988–1989

Brentford

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1988–1989

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1988–89
Champions	Rotherham United (1st title)
Promoted	Crewe Alexandra, Leyton Orient, Tranmere Rovers
Relegated to Conference	Darlington
New club in the league	Lincoln City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1498 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Phil Stant (Hereford United), 28 ^[3]
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Rotherham United	46	13	6	4	44	18	9	10	4	32	17	76	35	+41	82
2	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	6	2	34	13	6	11	6	28	30	62	43	+19	80
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	7	3	42	24	8	8	7	25	24	67	48	+19	78
4	Scunthorpe United	46	11	9	3	40	22	10	5	8	37	35	77	57	+20	77
5	Scarborough	46	12	7	4	33	23	9	7	7	34	29	67	52	+15	77
6	Leyton Orient	46	16	2	5	61	19	5	10	8	25	31	86	50	+36	75	^{[notes5 1]}
7	Wrexham	46	12	7	4	44	28	7	7	9	33	35	77	63	+14	71
8	Cambridge United	46	13	7	3	45	25	5	7	11	26	37	71	62	+9	68
9	Grimsby Town	46	11	9	3	33	18	6	6	11	32	41	65	59	+6	66
10	Lincoln City	46	12	6	5	39	26	6	4	13	25	34	64	60	+4	64
11	York City	46	10	8	5	43	27	7	5	11	19	36	62	63	–1	64
12	Carlisle United	46	9	6	8	26	25	6	9	8	27	27	53	52	+1	60
13	Exeter City	46	14	4	5	46	23	4	2	17	19	45	65	68	–3	60
14	Torquay United	46	15	2	6	32	23	2	6	15	13	37	45	60	–15	59
15	Hereford United	46	11	8	4	40	27	3	8	12	26	45	66	72	–6	58
16	Burnley	46	12	6	5	35	20	2	7	14	17	41	52	61	–9	55
17	Peterborough United	46	10	3	10	29	32	4	9	10	23	42	52	74	–22	54
18	Rochdale	46	10	10	3	32	26	3	4	16	24	56	56	82	–26	53
19	Hartlepool United	46	10	6	7	33	33	4	4	15	17	45	50	78	–28	52
20	Stockport County	46	8	10	5	31	20	2	11	10	23	32	54	52	+2	51
21	Halifax Town	46	10	7	6	42	27	3	4	16	27	48	69	75	–6	50
22	Colchester United	46	8	7	8	35	30	4	7	12	25	48	60	78	–18	50
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	6	8	32	32	4	4	15	17	46	49	78	–29	49
24	Darlington	46	3	12	8	28	38	5	6	12	25	38	53	76	–23	42

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

↑ Leyton Orient won the play-offs and were promoted.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Relegated to Conference

Fourth Division play-offs

Main article: Football League Two play-offs § 1989

Both the semifinals and the finals were decided over two legs.
The full results can be found at: Football League Division Four play-offs 1989.

Semi-finals 1st leg –21 May; 2nd leg –24 May 1989					Finals 1st leg –30 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989

4th	Scunthorpe United	1	0	1
7th	Wrexham	3	2	5
					7th	Wrexham	0	1	1

					6th	Leyton Orient	0	2	2
5th	Scarborough	1	0	1

6th	Leyton Orient	0	2	2

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away^[1]	BUR	CAM	CRL	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	GRI	HAL	HAR	HER	LEY	LIN	PET	ROC	ROT	SCA	SCU	STP	TOR	TRA	WRE	YOR
Burnley		2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	6–0
Cambridge United	2–1		3–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Carlisle United	0–0	1–1		1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Colchester United	2–2	1–2	1–1		2–1	1–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–0
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–1		2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2
Darlington	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1		1–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–4	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–0		2–1	2–3	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2
Exeter City	3–0	0–3	3–0	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–0		2–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0
Grimsby Town	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–0	2–1		3–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0
Halifax Town	1–2	0–0	3–3	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1		1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–0	0–0
Hartlepool United	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–1
Hereford United	0–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0		1–1	3–2	4–0	4–4	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2
Leyton Orient	3–0	1–1	2–0	8–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	4–3	1–3		3–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–0
Lincoln City	2–3	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1		1–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	2–1
Peterborough United	3–0	1–5	1–4	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–3	1–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Rochdale	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	2–2	0–0		0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–0
Rotherham United	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	6–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1
Scarborough	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–0		1–0	1–1	5–2	0–0	0–3	0–0
Scunthorpe United	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	0–0	0–3		1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–2
Stockport County	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–2	1–2		0–0	1–1	2–2	3–2
Torquay United	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1		3–2	0–0	2–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0		2–1	0–1
Wrexham	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3		2–1
York City	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	5–3	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1988–1989

References

↑ "England 1988–89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season
1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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1988–89 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Estonia '88 '89 Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Latvia '88 '89 Lithuania '88 '89 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1988–89 Football League

First Division

First division Results table

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division play-offs

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division play-offs

Third Division results

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division play-offs

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

See also

References