1989–90 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

1989-90 season

Chairman

John Conwell from 5 June

Manager

Jim Smith

Stadium

3rd

Northern Area Semi-Final

Top goalscorer

League: Quinn (32)
All: Quinn (34)

Highest home attendance

32,216
(vs. Sunderland)

Lowest home attendance

6,167
(vs. Oldham Athletic)

Average home league attendance

21,579

Home colours

Away colours

← 1988-89

1990-91 →

During the 1989-90 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division Two. After the disappointment of the previous seasons relegation manager Jim Smith again dabbled in the transfer market shipping out the likes of captain Kenny Sansom, former captain Glenn Roeder, Dane Frank Pingel, Rob MacDonald and promising youngsters Michael O'Neill and Darren Jackson. With a host of new signings including former player Mark McGhee the team started the season with an emphatic 5-2 win over Leeds United at St. James Park that saw another new signing Micky Quinn score a hatrick. After an initial promising start, the team struggled until Smith signed Scotland skipper Roy Aitken who instilled much needed steel into a lightweight midfield of ball players Brock, Dillon and Gallagher. The team regained its momentum and returned to the top of the table only to be toppled at the death by Leeds and Sheffield United, and were left to compete in the promotion play-offs, which saw them lose to local rivals Sunderland in the semi-final. It was a disappointing end to a season that also saw unrest from the fans and talk of take overs, events that would repeat itself over and over again for more than the next two decades.

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		ZDS Cup		Playoffs		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	John Burridge	28	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	39	0
GK	Gary Kelly	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
GK	Tommy Wright	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
DF	Roy Aitken	44	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	56	0
DF	John Anderson	29 (8)	0	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	33 (9)	0
DF	Darren Bradshaw	9 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12 (4)	0
DF	Bjørn Kristensen	25 (8)	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	35 (8)	0
DF	Ray Ranson	33	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	42	0
DF	Kevin Scott	42	0	4	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	53	0
DF	Mark Stimson	35 (2)	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	45 (2)	0
DF	Paul Sweeney	14 (5)	0	2	0	1	0	3 (2)	0	0	0	19 (6)	0
DF	Andy Thorn	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MF	Billy Askew	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
MF	Kevin Brock	43 (1)	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	52 (1)	0
MF	Kevin Dillon	43	0	3 (1)	0	3	0	3	0	0 (1)	0	52 (2)	0
MF	Wayne Fereday	21 (4)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	24 (7)	0
MF	John Gallacher	21 (7)	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	29 (7)	0
MF	Liam O'Brien	14 (5)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0 (2)	0	20 (7)	0
FW	Gary Brazil	4 (12)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	5 (15)	0
FW	Mark McGhee	46	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	58	0
FW	Micky Quinn	45	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	55	0
FW	David Robinson	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Jim Smith
Assistant Manager	Bobby Saxton
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Woodman
Development Coach	Nigel Pearson
Chief scout	Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
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