Football League Second Division 1988/89

Football League Second Division 1988/89
master	Chelsea FC
Climbers	Chelsea FC, Manchester City , Crystal Palace (as play-off winners)
Relegated	Shrewsbury Town , Birmingham City , Walsall FC
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,465  (ø 2.65 per game)
Top scorer	Keith Edwards ( Hull City )
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The Football League Second Division 1988/89 was the 86th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 27, 1988 and ended on May 13, 1989.

Second division champions were Chelsea and also rose to second-placed Manchester City and, after play-off successes against Swindon Town and Blackburn Rovers , third-placed Crystal Palace to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams, the three first division clubs FC Middlesbrough , West Ham United and Newcastle United, ranked in the table below, took the places in the following second division season 1989/90 . Shrewsbury Town , Birmingham City and Walsall FC had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Wolverhampton Wanderers , runner-up Sheffield United and play-off winners Port Vale took the vacant positions in the following season 1989/90 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chelsea FC (A)	46	29	12	5	096:500	+46	99
2.	Manchester City	46	23	13	10	077:530	+24	82
3.	Crystal Palace	46	23	12	11	071:490	+22	81
4th	Watford FC (A)	46	22nd	12	12	074:480	+26	78
5.	Blackburn Rovers	46	22nd	11	13	074:590	+15	77
6th	Swindon Town	46	20th	16	10	068:530	+15	76
7th	Barnsley FC	46	20th	14th	12	066:580	+8	74
8th.	Ipswich Town	46	22nd	7th	17th	071:610	+10	73
9.	West Bromwich Albion	46	18th	18th	10	065:410	+24	72
10.	Leeds United	46	17th	16	13	059:500	+9	67
11.	Sunderland AFC (N)	46	16	15th	15th	060:600	± 0	63
12.	Bournemouth AFC	46	18th	8th	20th	053:620	−9	62
13.	Stoke City	46	15th	14th	17th	057:720	−15	59
14th	Bradford City	46	13	17th	16	052:590	−7	56
15th	Leicester City	46	13	16	17th	056:630	−7	55
16.	Oldham Athletic	46	11	21st	14th	075:720	+3	54
17th	Oxford United (A)	46	14th	12	20th	062:700	−8	54
18th	Plymouth Argyle	46	14th	12	20th	055:660	−11	54
19th	Brighton & Hove Albion (N)	46	14th	9	23	057:660	−9	51
20th	Portsmouth FC (A)	46	13	12	21st	053:620	−9	51
21st	Hull City	46	11	14th	21st	052:680	−16	47
22nd	Shrewsbury Town	46	8th	18th	20th	040:670	−27	42
23.	Birmingham City	46	8th	11	27	031:760	−45	35
24.	FC Walsall (N)	46	5	16	25th	041:800	−39	31

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

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1988/89

Promoted to the Football League First Division in 1988/89

Play-off winners and promoted to Football League First Division in 1988/89

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the First Division

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1987/88
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1987/88

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1988/89	BAR	BIR	BLA	BOU	BRA	BHA	CHE	CRY	HUL	IPS	LEE	LEI	MNC	OLD	OXF	PLY	POR	SHR	STO	SUN	SWI	WHALE	WAT	WBA
Barnsley FC		0-0	0: 1	5: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 2	3-0	1: 2	4: 3	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1
Birmingham City	3: 5		2-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 4	0: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	2: 3	0: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	3: 2	1: 2	1-0	2: 3	1: 4
Blackburn Rovers	2: 1	3-0		2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	5: 4	4-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	4-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 2	3: 1	0: 1	4: 3	2: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 1	1: 2
Bournemouth AFC	3: 2	0: 1	2: 1		3-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0	5: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1
Bradford City	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1		0: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	2: 1	2-0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0: 1	4-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 3		0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1
Chelsea FC	5: 3	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	3: 1	2-0		1-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1	5-0	3: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2-0	2: 2	1: 1
Crystal Palace	1: 1	4: 1	2: 2	2: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 1		3: 1	2-0	0-0	4: 2	0-0	2-0	1-0	4: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	4-0	0: 2	1-0
Hull City	0-0	1: 1	1: 3	4-0	1: 1	5: 2	3-0	0: 1		1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	3-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 4	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 3	0: 1
Ipswich Town	2-0	4-0	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 3	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1		0: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	2-0	5: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	3: 2	2: 1
Leeds United	2-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	3: 3	1-0	0: 2	1: 2	2: 1	2: 4		1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 3	4-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1
Leicester City	0: 1	2-0	4-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2		0-0	1: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 2	1: 1
Manchester City	1: 2	0-0	1-0	3: 3	4-0	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	4: 1	4-0	0-0	4: 2		1: 4	2: 1	2-0	4: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1
Oldham Athletic	1: 1	4-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 4	2: 3	2: 2	4-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1		3-0	2: 2	5: 3	3-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	3-0	3: 1	1: 3
Oxford United	2-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 4	3: 2	2: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1		0: 1	1-0	4: 1	3: 2	2: 4	1: 1	1-0	0: 4	1: 1
Plymouth Argyle	1: 2	0: 1	4: 3	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	0: 1	0: 2	2-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	3: 1		0: 1	0-0	4-0	1: 4	4: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1
Portsmouth FC	3-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 3	0: 1	4-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0		2-0	0-0	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	0-0
Shrewsbury Town	2: 3	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 3	1: 5	3: 3	3-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 2		1: 2	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1
Stoke City	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0: 3	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	2: 3	2: 2	3: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 2	0-0		2-0	2: 1	0: 3	2-0	0-0
Sunderland AFC	1-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	4-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 4	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	4-0	2: 1	1: 1		4-0	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1
Swindon Town	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 3	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	3-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	4: 1		1-0	1: 1	0-0
Walsall FC	1: 3	5-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 7	0-0	1: 1	2: 4	0: 3	0: 1	3: 3	2: 2	1: 5	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 2		0: 1	0-0
Watford FC	4-0	1-0	2: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	1-0	0-0	3: 2	0: 1	2: 3	5-0		2-0
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 3	5: 3	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	3: 2	2: 2	3-0	4-0	6-0	0-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 1

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							final
	3	Crystal Palace	0	2	2
	6th	Swindon Town	1	0	1
								3	Crystal Palace	1	3	4th
								5	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	3
	4th	Watford FC	0	1	1
	5	Blackburn Rovers	0	1	1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Keith Edwards	Hull City	26th

Web links

• England 1988-89 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1988/89 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Decision on the away goals rule .