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Statistics of The Football League in season 1989/1990.

Overview

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.

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.

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.

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.

League standings

Football league season

Football League, First Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	Liverpool
Relegated	Charlton Athletic Millwall Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup 1990–91	no qualifications
European Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91	Manchester United
UEFA Cup 1990–91	Aston Villa
Matches played	380
Goals scored	987 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur), 24
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	38	13	5	1	38	15	10	5	4	40	22	78	37	+ 41	79	Excluded from the European Cup 1990–91
2	Aston Villa	38	13	3	3	36	20	8	4	7	21	18	57	38	+ 19	70	UEFA Cup 1990–91 First round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	1	6	35	24	7	5	7	24	23	59	47	+ 12	63
4	Arsenal	38	14	3	2	38	11	4	5	10	16	27	54	38	+ 16	62
5	Chelsea	38	8	7	4	31	24	8	5	6	27	26	58	50	+ 8	60
6	Everton	38	14	3	2	40	16	3	5	11	17	30	57	46	+ 11	59
7	Southampton	38	10	5	4	40	27	5	5	9	31	36	71	63	+ 8	55
8	Wimbledon	38	5	8	6	22	23	8	8	3	25	17	47	40	+ 7	55
9	Nottingham Forest	38	9	4	6	31	21	6	5	8	24	26	55	47	+ 8	54
10	Norwich City	38	7	10	2	24	14	6	4	9	20	28	44	42	+ 2	53
11	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	4	6	27	22	4	7	8	18	22	45	44	+ 1	50
12	Coventry City	38	11	2	6	24	25	3	5	11	15	34	44	42	+ 2	49
13	Manchester United	38	8	6	5	26	14	5	3	11	20	33	46	47	– 1	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91 First round
14	Manchester City	38	9	4	6	26	21	3	8	8	17	31	43	52	– 9	48
15	Crystal Palace	38	8	7	4	27	23	5	2	12	15	43	38	66	– 28	48
16	Derby County	38	9	1	9	29	21	4	6	9	14	19	43	40	+ 3	46
17	Luton Town	38	8	8	3	24	18	2	5	12	19	39	43	57	– 14	43
18	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8	6	5	21	17	3	4	12	14	34	35	51	– 16	43
19	Charlton Athletic	38	4	6	9	18	25	3	3	13	13	32	31	57	– 26	30
20	Millwall	38	4	6	9	23	25	1	5	13	16	40	39	65	– 26	26

^ Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985-86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster
in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the season 1991-92.
^ English teams were still affected by the 1985 UEFA ban, imposed upon the Heysel Disaster, in that they had to earn back
additional places to the UEFA Cup. The teams that missed out on this competition due to UEFA regulations are marked here with grey.
Nottingham Forest were the 1989 League Cup winners and as such should have qualified for the UEFA Cup.

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

Division Two play-offs

The semifinals were decided over two legs, and only the aggregates are given in the schemata below. The final consisted of only a single match.
The full results can be found at: Football League Division Two play-offs 1990.

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Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
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

"|Sunderland were eventually promoted after prosecutions against Swindon Town.

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Into play-offs
	Relegated

Division Three playoffs

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Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	46	15	8	0	43	14	11	7	5	28	21	71	35	+ 36	93
2	Bristol City	46	15	5	3	40	16	12	5	6	36	24	76	40	+ 36	91
3	Notts County	46	17	4	2	40	18	8	8	7	33	35	73	53	+ 20	87
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	5	3	54	22	8	6	9	32	27	86	49	+ 37	80
5	Bury	46	11	7	5	35	19	10	4	9	35	30	70	49	+ 21	74
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	12	7	4	32	19	6	8	9	27	29	59	48	+ 11	69
7	Birmingham City	46	10	7	6	33	19	8	5	10	27	40	60	59	+ 1	66
8	Huddersfield Town	46	11	5	7	30	23	6	9	8	31	39	61	62	– 1	65
9	Rotherham United	46	12	6	5	48	28	5	7	11	23	34	71	62	+ 9	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	33	21	5	10	8	24	32	57	53	+ 4	64
11	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	9	4	38	24	6	6	11	21	30	59	54	+ 5	63
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	8	5	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	56	54	+ 2	62
13	Brentford	46	11	4	8	41	31	7	3	13	25	35	66	66	± 0	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	9	6	8	28	24	7	4	12	24	32	52	56	– 4	58
15	Mansfield Town	46	13	2	8	34	25	3	5	15	16	40	50	65	– 15	55
16	Chester City	46	11	7	5	30	23	2	8	13	13	32	43	55	– 12	54
17	Swansea City	46	10	6	7	25	27	4	6	13	20	36	45	63	– 18	54
18	Wigan Athletic	46	10	6	7	29	22	3	8	12	19	42	48	64	– 16	53
19	Preston North End	46	10	7	6	42	30	4	3	16	23	49	65	79	– 14	52
20	Fulham	46	8	8	7	33	27	4	7	12	22	39	55	66	– 11	51
21	Cardiff City	46	6	9	8	30	35	6	5	12	21	35	51	70	– 19	50
22	Northampton	46	7	7	9	27	31	4	7	12	24	37	51	68	– 17	47
23	Blackpool	46	8	6	9	29	33	2	10	11	20	40	49	73	– 24	46
24	Walsall	46	6	8	9	23	30	3	6	14	17	42	40	72	– 30	41

"Notts County were promoted through the play-offs.

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Into play-offs
	Relegated

Division Four playoffs

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Fourth Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Exeter City	46	20	3	0	50	14	8	2	13	33	34	83	48	+ 35	89
2	Grimsby Town	46	14	4	5	41	20	8	9	6	29	27	70	47	+ 23	79
3	Southend United	46	15	3	5	35	14	7	6	10	26	34	61	48	+ 13	75
4	Stockport County	46	13	6	4	45	27	8	5	10	23	35	68	62	+ 4	74
5	Maidstone United	46	14	4	5	49	21	8	3	12	28	40	77	61	+ 16	73
6	Cambridge United	46	14	3	6	45	30	7	7	9	31	36	86	66	+ 20	73
7	Chesterfield	46	12	9	2	41	19	7	5	11	22	31	63	50	+ 13	71
8	Carlisle United	46	15	4	4	38	20	6	4	13	23	40	61	50	+ 11	71
9	Peterborough United	46	10	8	5	35	23	7	9	7	24	23	59	46	+ 13	68
10	Lincoln City	46	11	6	6	30	27	7	8	8	18	21	48	48	± 0	68
11	Scunthorpe United	46	9	9	5	42	25	8	6	9	27	29	69	54	+ 15	66
12	Rochdale	46	11	4	8	28	23	9	2	12	24	32	52	55	– 3	66
13	York City	46	10	5	8	29	24	6	11	6	26	29	55	53	+ 2	64
14	Gillingham	46	9	8	6	28	21	8	3	12	18	27	46	48	– 2	62
15	Torquay United	46	12	2	9	33	29	3	10	10	20	37	53	66	– 13	57
16	Burnley	46	6	10	7	19	18	8	4	11	26	37	45	55	– 10	56
17	Hereford United	46	7	4	12	31	32	8	6	9	25	30	56	62	– 6	55
18	Scarborough	46	10	5	8	35	28	5	5	13	25	45	60	73	– 13	55
19	Hartlepool United	46	12	4	7	45	33	3	6	14	21	55	66	88	– 22	55
20	Doncaster Rovers	46	7	7	9	29	29	7	2	14	24	31	53	60	– 17	51
21	Wrexham	46	8	8	7	28	28	5	4	14	23	39	51	67	– 16	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91 First round
22	Aldershot	46	8	7	8	28	26	4	7	12	21	43	49	69	– 20	50
23	Halifax Town	46	5	9	9	31	29	7	4	12	26	36	57	65	– 8	49
24	Colchester United	46	9	3	11	26	25	2	7	14	22	50	48	75	– 27	43

Cambridge United were promoted through play-offs.
Wrexham were runners-up in the Welsh Cup final, and since winners Hereford United are an English club, Wrexham were awarded
the right to participate in Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Into play-offs
	Welsh Cup runners-up, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated to Conference

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v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania

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Overview

League standings

Division Two play-offs

Division Three playoffs

Division Four playoffs

See also

References