1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was Manchester City's first season back in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.

Manchester City
1989–90 season
ChairmanPeter Swales
ManagerMel Machin
(until 26 November 1989)
Howard Kendall
(from 13 December 1989)
StadiumMaine Road
First Division14th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Full Members CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Allen (10)
All: White/Allen (11)
Highest home attendance43,246 vs Manchester United
20 September 1989
Lowest home attendance17,874 vs Brentford
4 October 1989
Average home league attendance27,975 (4th highest in league)

Football League First Division

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Coventry City 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49
13 Manchester United 38 13 9 16 46 47 −1 48 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
14 Manchester City 38 12 12 14 43 52 −9 48
15 Crystal Palace 38 13 9 16 42 66 −24 48
16 Derby County 38 13 7 18 43 40 +3 46
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 12 14 43 52  −9 48 9 4 6 26 21  +5 3 8 8 17 31  −14

Source: [1]

Matches

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
19 August 1989 Liverpool A 1-3 35,628 Hinchcliffe
23 August 1989 Southampton H 1-2 25,416 Gleghorn
26 August 1989 Tottenham Hotspur H 1-1 32,004 White
30 August 1989 Coventry City A 1-2 16,129 White
9 September 1989 Queens Park Rangers H 1-0 23,420 Allen
16 September 1989 Wimbledon A 0-1 6,922
23 September 1989 Manchester United H 5-1 43,246 Oldfield (2), Bishop, Hinchcliffe, Morley
30 September 1989 Luton Town H 3-1 23,863 Bishop, Brightwell, Oldfield
14 October 1989 Arsenal A 0-4 40,393
22 October 1989 Aston Villa H 0-2 23,354
28 October 1989 Chelsea A 1-1 21,917 Allen
3 November 1989 Crystal Palace H 3-0 23,768 White, Morley, Allen
10 November 1989 Derby County A 0-6 19,239
17 November 1989 Nottingham Forest H 0-3 26,238
24 November 1989 Charlton Athletic A 1-1 8,857 Allen
1 December 1989 Liverpool H 1-4 31,641 Allen (pen
8 December 1989 Southampton A 1-2 15,832 Allen
16 December 1989 Everton A 0-0 21,737
25 December 1989 Norwich City H 1-0 29,534 Allen
29 December 1989 Millwall H 2-0 28,084 White (2)
31 December 1989 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-2 28,756
13 January 1990 Tottenham Hotspur A 1-1 26,384 Hendry
19 January 1990 Coventry City H 1-0 24,345 White
2 February 1990 Manchester United A 1-1 40,274 Brightwell
9 February 1990 Wimbledon H 1-1 24,126 Hendry
23 February 1990 Charlton Athletic H 1-2 24,030 White
2 March 1990 Nottingham Forest A 0-1 22,644
9 March 1990 Arsenal H 1-1 29,087 White
16 March 1990 Luton Town A 1-1 9,765 Allen (pen)
20 March 1990 Chelsea H 1-1 24,670 Quinn
1 April 1990 Aston Villa A 2-1 24,797 M. Ward, Reid
6 April 1990 Millwall A 1-1 10,265 M. Ward
10 April 1990 Queens Park Rangers A 3-1 8,437 Allen, Hendry, M. Ward
13 April 1990 Sheffield Wednesday H 2-1 33,022 Quinn, Heath
15 April 1990 Norwich City A 1-0 18,914 Heath
20 April 1990 Everton H 1-0 32,144 Quinn
27 April 1990 Derby County H 0-1 29,542
4 May 1990 Crystal Palace A 2-2 20,056 Allen, Quinn

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result
R3 1st leg 5 January 1990 Millwall H 0-0
R3 2nd leg 8 January 1990 Millwall A 1-1
R3 3rd leg 14 January 1990 Millwall A 3-1

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result
R2 1st leg 18 September 1989 Brentford A 2-1
R2 2nd leg 4 October 1989 Brentford H 4-1
R3 25 October 1989 Arsenal H 3-1
Round of 16 21 November 1989 Coventry City H 0-1

Full Members' Cup

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29 November 1989 Second round, Northern Section Nottingham Forest 3-2 Manchester City West Bridgford
Stadium: City Ground

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   WAL Andy Dibble
GK   ENG Paul Cooper
DF   ENG Brian Gayle
DF   ENG Andy Hinchcliffe
DF   ENG Steve Redmond
DF   ENG Mark Seagraves
DF   ENG Gerry Taggart
DF   ENG Gary Fleming
DF   SCO Colin Hendry (from October)
DF   ENG Alan Harper
MF   ENG Paul Lake
MF   SCO Neil McNab
MF   ENG Ian Brightwell
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Gary Megson
MF   ENG Ian Bishop
MF   ENG Mark Ward
MF   ENG Peter Reid
FW   ENG David White
FW   ENG Jason Beckford
FW   ENG David Oldfield
FW   ENG Justin Fashanu
FW   IRL Niall Quinn (from March)
FW   ENG Clive Allen
FW   ENG Wayne Clarke
FW   ENG Ashley Ward

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ENG Nigel Gleghorn (to Birmingham City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ENG Trevor Morley (to West Ham United)

Notes

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  1. ^ Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

References

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