Football League Third Division 1988/89

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Football League Third Division 1988/89
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Wolverhampton Wanderers
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Swansea City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United
Port Vale (as play-off winner)
Relegated Southend United
FC Chesterfield
FC Gillingham
FC Aldershot
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,485  (ø 2.69 per game)
Top scorer Steve Bull ( Wolverhampton Wanderers )
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^ Football League Second Division 1988/89

The Football League Third Division 1988/89 was the 62nd season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Third division champions were the Wolverhampton Wanderers and also rose to second-placed Sheffield United and, after play-off successes against Preston North End and the Bristol Rovers, also to third-placed Port Vale in the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1989/90, the second division teams Shrewsbury Town , Birmingham City and FC Walsall, ranked in the table below, took the places. From the Third Division in the Football League Fourth Division dismount had to Southend United , of Chesterfield FC , the FC Gillingham and FC Aldershot . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Rotherham United and the Tranmere Rovers , Crewe Alexandra and the play-off winner Leyton Orient took the vacant positions in the following season 1989/90 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Wolverhampton Wanderers (N)  46  26th  14th  6th 096:490 +47 92
 2. Sheffield United (A)  46  25th  9  12 093:540 +39 84
 3. Port Vale  46  24  12  10 078:480 +30 84
 4th Fulham FC  46  22nd  9  15th 069:670  +2 75
 5. Bristol Rovers  46  19th  17th  10 067:510 +16 74
 6th Preston North End  46  19th  15th  12 079:600 +19 72
 7th Brentford FC  46  18th  14th  14th 066:610  +5 68
 8th. Chester City  46  19th  11  16 064:610  +3 68
 9. Notts County  46  18th  13  15th 064:540 +10 67
10. Bolton Wanderers (N)  46  16  16  14th 058:540  +4 64
11. Bristol City  46  18th  9  19th 053:550  −2 63
12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City (N)  46  15th  16  15th 051:530  −2 61
13. Bury FC  46  16  13  17th 055:670 −12 61
14th Huddersfield Town (A)  46  17th  9  20th 063:730 −10 60
15th Mansfield Town  46  14th  17th  15th 048:520  −4 59
16. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  46  14th  15th  17th 044:560 −12 57
17th Wigan Athletic  46  14th  14th  18th 055:530  +2 56
18th Reading FC (A)  46  15th  11  20th 068:720  −4 56
19th Blackpool FC  46  14th  13  19th 056:590  −3 55
20th Northampton Town  46  16  6th  24 066:760 −10 54
21st Southend United  46  13  15th  18th 056:750 −19 54
22nd Chesterfield FC  46  14th  7th  25th 051:860 −35 49
23. Gillingham FC  46  12  4th  30th 047:810 −34 40
24. FC Aldershot  46  8th  13  25th 048:780 −30 37

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1989/90
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1989/90
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1989/90
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League Second Division 1989/90
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1989/90 as Welsh Cup winner
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1989/90
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1987/88
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1987/88

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ALD BLP BOL BRE BRC BRR BUY CAR CHE CHF FUL GIL HUD MFT NHT NOC PVA PNE REA SHU SEU SWA TIG WOL
    FC Aldershot 1-0 0: 3 0-0 0: 1 1: 3 4: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 5: 1 2: 3 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2
    Blackpool FC 4-0 2-0 0: 3 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 2: 4 1: 2 3: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 2
    Bolton Wanderers 1-0 2: 2 4: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 4 4-0 0: 1 5-0 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 3: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2
    Brentford FC 2: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 3: 2 1: 4 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2
    Bristol City 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3-0 2-0 0: 1 4-0 1: 5 1-0 6: 1 2-0 3: 1 0: 4 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1
    Bristol Rovers 2: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1 4: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 5: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0-0
    Bury FC 0: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 0: 6 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1
    Cardiff City 3: 2 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 3-0 0-0 1: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1
    Chester City 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 2-0 0: 2 2-0 0-0 3: 1 7-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 2: 4 3: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Chesterfield FC 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 4-0 1: 2 4: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 0: 3 2: 4 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 3
    Fulham FC 5: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 3 3: 1 0: 2 1-0 2-0 4: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2
    Gillingham FC 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 2: 3 3: 4 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 1: 3
    Huddersfield Town 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 3 3: 2 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 3: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 2 3: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0
    Mansfield Town 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 0: 1 4-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1
    Northampton Town 6-0 4: 2 2: 3 1-0 1: 3 1: 2 2-0 3-0 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3 2: 1 1: 3 1: 3 1-0 1: 3 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1
    Notts County 4: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 2: 2 4-0 0: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 4 0-0 3: 3 1: 4 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1
    Port Vale 3-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 6: 1 1: 2 5-0 3-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 3-0 3: 3 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0
    Preston North End 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 5: 3 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 3 3: 3 6-0 1: 4 5-0 1-0 2-0 3: 2 3-0 1: 3 2: 1 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 2: 2 3: 3
    Reading FC 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 2: 2 1: 3 4-0 2-0 0: 3 0: 2
    Sheffield United 1-0 4: 1 4-0 2: 2 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 0: 1 6: 1 1: 3 1-0 4: 2 5: 1 1: 2 4-0 1: 1 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 2 5: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Southend United 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 3: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 4 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3: 1
    Swansea City 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 2 1-0 3: 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 2: 5
    Wigan Athletic 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0: 2 0: 1 3-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 1: 1
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2-0 0: 1 4-0 2-0 3: 1 1-0 5: 2 6: 1 4: 1 6: 2 3: 2 0-0 3: 3 6-0 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 1: 1 2: 1

    Play-off games for participation in the Second Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                             
    3  Port Vale 1 3 4th      
    6th  Preston North End 1 1 2  
    3  Port Vale 1 1 2
      5  Bristol Rovers 1 0 1
    4th  Fulham FC 0 0 0
     
    5  Bristol Rovers 1 4th 5  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Steve Bull Wolverhampton Wanderers 37
    2 EnglandEngland Craig Maskell Huddersfield Town 28
    3 EnglandEngland David Crown Southend United 25th
    4th EnglandEngland Tony Agana Sheffield United 23
    5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Carl Dale Chester City 22nd
    = EnglandEngland Brian Deane Sheffield United =
    7th EnglandEngland Andy Mutch Wolverhampton Wanderers 21st
    8th EnglandEngland Darren Beckford Port Vale 20th
    = EnglandEngland Gary Penrice Bristol Rovers =
    = EnglandEngland Liam Robinson Bury FC =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989-90, p. 603