Football League Second Division 1989/90

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Football League Second Division 1989/90
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Leeds United
Climbers Leeds United, Sheffield United , Sunderland AFC (as play-off winners)
Relegated Bournemouth AFC , Bradford City , Stoke City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,526  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer Micky Quinn ( Newcastle United )
← Football League Second Division 1988/89
^ Football League First Division 1989/90

The Football League Second Division 1989/90 was the 87th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 18, 1989 and ended on May 7, 1990.

Second division champion was Leeds United and also the second-placed Sheffield United rose to the Football League First Division . In the play-off games, Swindon Town first prevailed against Blackburn Rovers in the final against AFC Sunderland , before an appeal due to financial inconsistencies in Swindon was granted and the play-off finalist from Sunderland was allowed to rise instead. The three first division clubs Sheffield Wednesday , Charlton Athletic and Millwall FC, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1990/91 . The AFC Bournemouth , Bradford City and Stoke City had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Bristol Rovers , runners-up Bristol City and play-off winners Notts County took the vacant positions in the following season 1990/91 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Leeds United  46  24  13  9 079:520 +27 85
 2. Sheffield United (N)  46  24  13  9 078:580 +20 85
 3. Newcastle United (A)  46  22nd  14th  10 080:550 +25 80
 4th Swindon Town  46  20th  14th  12 079:590 +20 74
 5. Blackburn Rovers  46  19th  17th  10 074:590 +15 74
 6th Sunderland AFC  46  20th  14th  12 070:640  +6 74
 7th West Ham United (A)  46  20th  12  14th 080:570 +23 72
 8th. Oldham Athletic  46  19th  14th  13 070:570 +13 71
 9. Ipswich Town  46  19th  12  15th 067:660  +1 69
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers (N)  46  18th  13  15th 067:600  +7 67
11. Port Vale (N)  46  15th  16  15th 062:570  +5 61
12. Portsmouth FC  46  15th  16  15th 062:650  −3 61
13. Leicester City  46  15th  14th  17th 067:790 −12 59
14th Hull City  46  14th  16  16 058:650  −7 58
15th Watford FC  46  14th  15th  17th 058:600  −2 57
16. Plymouth Argyle  46  14th  13  19th 058:630  −5 55
17th Oxford United  46  15th  9  22nd 057:660  −9 54
18th Brighton & Hove Albion  46  15th  9  22nd 056:720 −16 54
19th Barnsley FC  46  13  15th  18th 049:710 −22 54
20th West Bromwich Albion  46  12  15th  19th 067:710  −4 51
21st Middlesbrough FC (A)  46  13  11  22nd 052:630 −11 50
22nd Bournemouth AFC  46  12  12  22nd 057:760 −19 48
23. Bradford City  46  9  14th  23 044:680 −24 41
24. Stoke City  46  6th  19th  21st 035:630 −28 37

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

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1989/90
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1989/90
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the First Division
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League First Division 1989/90
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division in 1988/89
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1988/89

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1989/90 BAR BLA BOU BRA BHA HUL IPS LEE LEI MID NEW OLD OXF PLY PVA POR SHU STO SUN SWI WAT WBA WHU WOL
    Barnsley FC 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2
    Blackburn Rovers 5-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 2: 4 2: 4 2-0 1-0 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 5: 4 2: 3
    Bournemouth AFC 2: 1 2: 4 1-0 0: 2 5: 4 3: 1 0: 1 2: 3 2: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1
    Bradford City 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 3 1-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 4 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1: 4 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 3 3-0 1: 1
    Hull City 1: 2 2-0 1: 4 2: 1 0: 2 4: 3 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 0-0 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 0-0 3: 2 2: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 2-0
    Ipswich Town 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 3
    Leeds United 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 3-0 4: 3 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1-0
    Leicester City 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 3 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 5 2: 1 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 0-0
    Middlesbrough FC 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 4: 1 4: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 2 2: 3 2-0 3: 3 0: 1 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 4: 2
    Newcastle United 4: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 5: 2 5: 4 2: 2 2: 1 2: 3 3: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 3-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 4
    Oldham Athletic 2-0 2-0 4-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2 4: 1 3: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 3: 2 2: 1 3: 3 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Oxford United 2: 3 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 4 4: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 3-0 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2: 2
    Plymouth Argyle 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 2 0: 2 0-0 3-0 3-0 0: 3 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1
    Port Vale 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 5-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1
    Portsmouth FC 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 2: 2 2: 3 3: 3 2: 3 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 3 2-0 3: 2 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 3
    Sheffield United 1: 2 1: 2 4: 2 1: 1 5: 4 0-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 3 2-0 4: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3-0
    Stoke City 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Sunderland AFC 4: 2 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 4 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 3 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4-0 1: 1 4: 3 1: 1
    Swindon Town 0-0 4: 3 2: 3 3: 1 1: 2 1: 3 3-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 3-0 3-0 3-0 2: 2 0: 2 6-0 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1
    Watford FC 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 7: 2 4: 2 3: 1 3: 3 1-0 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 3: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 7-0 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 5 2: 2 3: 2 0: 3 2: 3 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 3 1: 2
    West Ham United 4: 2 1: 1 4: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2: 2 2: 1 5-0 0-0 5-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 4-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 4 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 5-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Newcastle United 0 0 0    
    6th  Sunderland AFC 0 2 2  
    6th  Sunderland AFC 0
      4th  Swindon Town 1
    4th  Swindon Town 2 2 4th
    5  Blackburn Rovers 1 1 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Mickey Quinn Newcastle United 32

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1989/90 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
    3. ^ Subsequent denial of the right of promotion for Swindon Town; Sunderland AFC moved up.