Football League Fourth Division 1989/90

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Football League Fourth Division 1989/90
master Exeter City
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup finalist)
Climbers Exeter City
Grimsby Town
Southend United
Cambridge United (as play-off winner)
Relegation ↑ Stockport County
Maidstone United
Cambridge United
Chesterfield FC
Relegated Colchester United
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,436  (ø 2.6 per game)
Top scorer Brett Angell (Stockport County)
← Football League Fourth Division 1988/89
^ Football League Third Division 1989/90

The Football League Fourth Division 1989/90 was the 32nd season of the fourth highest English football league . The top three clubs Exeter City , Grimsby Town and Southend United rose directly to the Football League Third Division. The clubs in places four to seven played in play-off mode for fourth promotion place. Cambridge United secured this .

Relegated Colchester United was replaced by Darlington FC the following season .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Exeter City  46  28  5  13 083:480 +35 89
 2. Grimsby Town  46  22nd  13  11 070:470 +23 79
 3. Southend United (A)  46  22nd  9  15th 061:480 +13 75
 4th Stockport County  46  21st  11  14th 068:620  +6 74
 5. Maidstone United (N)  46  22nd  7th  17th 077:610 +16 73
 6th Cambridge United  46  21st  10  15th 076:660 +10 73
 7th Chesterfield FC (A)  46  19th  14th  13 063:500 +13 71
 8th. Carlisle United  46  21st  8th  17th 061:600  +1 71
 9. Peterborough United  46  17th  17th  12 059:460 +13 68
10. Lincoln City  46  18th  14th  14th 048:480  ± 0 68
11. Scunthorpe United  46  17th  15th  14th 069:540 +15 66
12. Rochdale AFC  46  20th  6th  20th 052:550  −3 66
13. York city  46  16  16  14th 055:430 +12 64
14th Gillingham FC (A)  46  17th  11  18th 046:480  −2 62
15th Torquay United  46  15th  12  19th 053:660 −13 57
16. Burnley FC  46  14th  14th  18th 045:550 −10 56
17th Hereford United  46  15th  10  21st 056:620  −6 55
18th Scarborough FC  46  15th  10  21st 060:730 −13 55
19th Hartlepool United  46  15th  10  21st 066:880 −22 55
20th Doncaster Rovers  46  14th  9  23 053:600  −7 51
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC 1st  46  13  12  21st 051:670 −16 51
22nd FC Aldershot (A)  46  12  14th  20th 049:690 −20 50
23. Halifax Town  46  12  13  21st 057:650  −8 49
24. Colchester United  46  11  10  25th 048:750 −27 43

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 AFC Wrexham lost the Welsh Cup final to Hereford United , but with the latter being an English team, Wrexham represented Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
  • Promoted to the Football League Third Division 1990/91
  • Participants in the play-off round
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League Third Division in 1990/91
  • Relegated to the Football Conference
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Third Division in 1988/89
    (N) Newcomers from the Football Conference

    Play-off round

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                         
    4th  Stockport County 0 0 0    
    7th  Chesterfield FC 4th 2 6th  
    7th  Chesterfield FC 0
      6th  Cambridge United 1
    5  Maidstone United 1 0 1
    6th  Cambridge United 1 2 3  

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