Football League Fourth Division 1989/90
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 | 83:48 | +35 | 89 |
2. | Grimsby Town | 46 | 22nd | 13 | 11 | 70:47 | +23 | 79 |
3. | Southend United (A) | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 61:48 | +13 | 75 |
4th | Stockport County | 46 | 21st | 11 | 14th | 68:62 | +6 | 74 |
5. | Maidstone United (N) | 46 | 22nd | 7th | 17th | 77:61 | +16 | 73 |
6th | Cambridge United | 46 | 21st | 10 | 15th | 76:66 | +10 | 73 |
7th | Chesterfield FC (A) | 46 | 19th | 14th | 13 | 63:50 | +13 | 71 |
8th. | Carlisle United | 46 | 21st | 8th | 17th | 61:60 | +1 | 71 |
9. | Peterborough United | 46 | 17th | 17th | 12 | 59:46 | +13 | 68 |
10. | Lincoln City | 46 | 18th | 14th | 14th | 48:48 | ± 0 | 68 |
11. | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 17th | 15th | 14th | 69:54 | +15 | 66 |
12. | Rochdale AFC | 46 | 20th | 6th | 20th | 52:55 | −3 | 66 |
13. | York city | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14th | 55:43 | +12 | 64 |
14th | Gillingham FC (A) | 46 | 17th | 11 | 18th | 46:48 | −2 | 62 |
15th | Torquay United | 46 | 15th | 12 | 19th | 53:66 | −13 | 57 |
16. | Burnley FC | 46 | 14th | 14th | 18th | 45:55 | −10 | 56 |
17th | Hereford United | 46 | 15th | 10 | 21st | 56:62 | −6 | 55 |
18th | Scarborough FC | 46 | 15th | 10 | 21st | 60:73 | −13 | 55 |
19th | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15th | 10 | 21st | 66:88 | −22 | 55 |
20th | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 14th | 9 | 23 | 53:60 | −7 | 51 |
21st | Wrexham AFC 1st | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21st | 51:67 | −16 | 51 |
22nd | FC Aldershot (A) | 46 | 12 | 14th | 20th | 49:69 | −20 | 50 |
23. | Halifax Town | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21st | 57:65 | −8 | 49 |
24. | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25th | 48:75 | −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.
(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 |