Football League Third Division 1989/90
Football League Third Division 1989/90 | |
master | Bristol Rovers |
Climbers | Bristol Rovers Bristol City Notts County (as play-off winner) |
Relegated |
Cardiff City Northampton Town FC Blackpool FC Walsall |
Teams | 24 |
Games | 552 |
Gates | 1,414 (ø 2.56 per game) |
Top scorer | Bob Taylor ( Bristol City ) |
← Football League Third Division 1988/89 | |
^ Football League Second Division 1989/90 |
The Football League Third Division 1989/90 was the 63rd season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . The third division champions were the Bristol Rovers and also the second-placed Bristol City and, after play-off successes against the Bolton Wanderers and the Tranmere Rovers , the third-placed Notts County rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1990/91 the second division AFC Bournemouth , Bradford City and Stoke City ranked in the table below . From the Third Division in the Football League Fourth Division dismount had to Cardiff City , Northampton Town , the Blackpool and Walsall FC . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Exeter City and behind them Grimsby Town , Southend United and the play-off winners Cambridge United took the vacant positions in the following season 1990/91 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 26th | 15th | 5 | 71:35 | +36 | 93 |
2. | Bristol City | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 76:40 | +36 | 91 |
3. | Notts County | 46 | 25th | 12 | 9 | 73:53 | +20 | 87 |
4th | Tranmere Rovers (N) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 86:49 | +37 | 80 |
5. | Bury FC | 46 | 21st | 11 | 14th | 70:49 | +21 | 74 |
6th | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 18th | 15th | 13 | 59:48 | +11 | 69 |
7th | Birmingham City (A) | 46 | 18th | 12 | 16 | 60:59 | +1 | 66 |
8th. | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 17th | 14th | 15th | 61:62 | −1 | 65 |
9. | Rotherham United (N) | 46 | 17th | 13 | 16 | 71:62 | +9 | 64 |
10. | Reading FC | 46 | 15th | 19th | 12 | 57:53 | +4 | 64 |
11. | Shrewsbury Town (A) | 46 | 16 | 15th | 15th | 59:54 | +5 | 63 |
12. | Crewe Alexandra (N) | 46 | 15th | 17th | 14th | 56:53 | +3 | 62 |
13. | Brentford FC | 46 | 18th | 7th | 21st | 66:66 | ± 0 | 61 |
14th | Leyton Orient (N) | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20th | 52:56 | −4 | 58 |
15th | Mansfield Town | 46 | 16 | 7th | 23 | 50:65 | −15 | 55 |
16. | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 15th | 18th | 43:55 | −12 | 54 |
17th | Swansea City | 46 | 14th | 12 | 20th | 45:63 | −18 | 54 |
18th | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 14th | 19th | 48:64 | −16 | 53 |
19th | Preston North End | 46 | 14th | 10 | 22nd | 65:79 | −14 | 52 |
20th | Fulham FC | 46 | 12 | 15th | 19th | 55:66 | −11 | 51 |
21st | Cardiff City | 46 | 12 | 14th | 20th | 51:70 | −19 | 50 |
22nd | Northampton Town | 46 | 11 | 14th | 21st | 51:68 | −17 | 47 |
23. | Blackpool FC | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20th | 49:73 | −24 | 46 |
24. | FC Walsall (A) | 46 | 9 | 14th | 23 | 40:72 | −32 | 41 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(A) | Relegated from the Football League Second Division in 1988/89 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1988/89 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
BIR | BLP | BOL | BRE | BRC | BRR | BUY | CAR | CHE | CRE | FUL | HUD | LEY | MFT | NHT | NOC | PNE | REA | RED | SHR | SWA | TRA | WHALE | TIG | |
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Birmingham City | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | |
Blackpool FC | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 3 | 0-0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Brentford FC | 0: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | |
Bristol City | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 3-0 | |
Bristol Rovers | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 6: 1 | |
Bury FC | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | |
Cardiff City | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 5 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Chester City | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | |
Fulham FC | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 5 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | |
Huddersfield Town | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | |
Leyton Orient | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
Mansfield Town | 5: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | |
Northampton Town | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Notts County | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Preston North End | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2: 4 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Reading FC | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 6-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | |
Rotherham United | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | |
Swansea City | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 5 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 6 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 5: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 6-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | |
Walsall FC | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | |
Wigan Athletic | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 3-0 |
Play-off games for participation in the Second Division
Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) | Final at Wembley Stadium | |||||||||
3 | Notts County | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
6th | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
3 | Notts County | 2 | ||||||||
4th | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | ||||||||
4th | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
5 | Bury FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Taylor | Bristol City | 27 |
2 | Dean Holdsworth | Brentford FC | 24 |
3 | Ian Muir | Tranmere Rovers | 23 |
4th | John McGinlay | Shrewsbury Town | 22nd |
5 | Bobby Williamson | Rotherham United | 19th |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990-91, p. 623