1989-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	0	Manchester United	Villa Park	41,247	Largest home gate 1989-90
Olney, Platt, Gage	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Chelsea	Selhurst Park	24,002
Wright, Pemberton	Lineups		Dixon, Le Saux
Derby County	0	1	Everton	Baseball Ground	20,155
	Lineups		McCall
Liverpool	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Anfield Road	37,488
Molby, Rush	Lineups		Atkinson
Luton Town	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	10,754
Cooke	Lineups		Hodge
Manchester City	1	0	Norwich City	Maine Road	29,534
Allen	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	9,889
Falco	Lineups		Speedie
Southampton	1	0	Arsenal	The Dell	20,229
Wallace RS	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Millwall	White Hart Lane	26,874
Samways, Lineker, McCleary OG	Lineups		Cascarino
Wimbledon	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Plough Lane	6,057
Curle (p), Kruszynski, Gayle	Lineups		Bennett

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Liverpool	20	5	3	1	18	5	6	2	3	23	16	20	38	W	D	W	D	W	1989-12-30	Charlton Athletic	H
2	-1	Arsenal	19	8	2	0	24	6	3	1	5	8	14	12	36	L	W	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Aston Villa	19	7	2	1	23	10	3	2	4	8	9	12	34	W	L	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Arsenal	H
4	0	Norwich City	19	4	6	0	15	9	4	1	4	10	10	6	31	L	W	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Crystal Palace	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	6	0	3	17	13	3	4	3	12	12	4	31	W	W	W	D	L	1989-12-30	Nottingham Forest	H
6	0	Southampton	19	5	3	1	20	12	3	3	4	16	18	6	30	W	L	W	D	W	1989-12-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	0	Chelsea	19	3	5	2	19	16	4	2	3	11	12	2	28	D	L	L	L	D	1989-12-30	Luton Town	A
8	3	Everton	19	6	2	2	17	9	2	2	5	8	15	1	28	W	D	L	W	L	1989-12-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-1	Coventry City	19	6	0	3	10	9	2	3	5	6	15	-8	27	D	W	L	L	W	1989-12-30	Derby County	A
10	0	Nottingham Forest	19	4	2	3	11	8	3	3	4	13	10	6	26	D	W	L	L	W	1989-12-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	-2	Derby County	19	5	1	4	16	8	2	3	4	6	8	6	25	L	L	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Coventry City	H
12	4	Wimbledon	19	2	3	4	9	12	3	5	2	13	11	-1	23	W	L	D	W	L	1989-12-30	Manchester United	H
13	0	Crystal Palace	19	4	3	3	15	15	2	2	5	9	24	-15	23	D	W	W	L	D	1989-12-30	Norwich City	H
14	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	3	3	11	11	2	4	4	11	13	-2	22	D	L	W	W	D	1989-12-30	Everton	H
15	-3	Manchester United	19	4	2	3	13	8	2	2	6	11	19	-3	22	L	D	L	L	L	1989-12-30	Wimbledon	A
16	-1	Millwall	19	4	3	3	16	11	1	3	5	11	22	-6	21	L	W	D	D	D	1989-12-30	Manchester City	A
17	1	Luton Town	19	4	4	2	11	7	0	4	5	10	18	-4	20	D	L	D	D	L	1989-12-30	Chelsea	H
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	4	4	2	12	7	1	1	8	3	22	-14	20	L	W	D	L	W	1989-12-30	Southampton	A
19	1	Manchester City	19	5	1	4	16	14	0	3	6	5	20	-13	19	W	D	L	L	D	1989-12-30	Millwall	H
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	2	4	3	10	9	1	3	6	5	15	-9	16	L	L	D	L	D	1989-12-30	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Watford	Oakwell	7,357
	Lineups		Wilkinson
Bradford City	0	1	Middlesbrough	Valley Parade	10,008
	Lineups		Slaven
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Portsmouth	Goldstone Ground	10,800
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	West Ham United	Portman Road	25,326	Largest home gate 1989-90
Stockwell	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Filbert Street	14,128
Campbell, Mills	Lineups		Williams
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Port Vale	Boundary Park	11,274
Adams, Barrett	Lineups		Parkin
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Home Park	9,782
Thomas, Summerfield	Lineups		Goodman 2
Sheffield United	2	2	Leeds United	Bramall Lane	31,602	Largest home gate 1989-90
Rostron, Agana	Lineups		Sterland, Shutt
Stoke City	2	1	Newcastle United	Victoria Ground	14,878
Biggins, Beeston	Lineups		Scott
Sunderland	1	0	Oxford United	Roker Park	24,075
Gabbiadini M	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	3	Blackburn Rovers	County Ground	8,426
Shearer 2, Bodin, Foley	Lineups		Garner, Kennedy (p), Gayle
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Hull City	Molineux	19,524
Bull	Lineups		Brown, Terry

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Leeds United	23	10	2	0	24	6	4	4	3	17	17	18	48	D	W	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Barnsley	A
2	0	Sheffield United	23	7	4	1	22	14	6	4	1	18	10	16	47	D	D	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Sunderland	23	7	4	1	24	14	4	4	3	16	18	8	41	W	D	D	D	W	1989-12-30	Port Vale	H
4	0	Oldham Athletic	23	8	4	0	22	11	3	3	5	9	13	7	40	W	W	L	W	D	1989-12-30	Portsmouth	H
5	1	Ipswich Town	22	6	4	1	19	11	4	3	4	14	16	6	37	W	D	W	D	W	1989-12-30	Middlesbrough	H
6	-1	Newcastle United	22	7	2	1	21	12	3	4	5	18	14	13	36	L	L	L	W	D	1989-12-30	Swindon Town	A
7	0	Swindon Town	23	6	2	3	26	13	4	4	4	16	20	9	36	W	W	L	L	D	1989-12-30	Newcastle United	H
8	3	Watford	23	7	1	3	23	13	2	4	6	9	16	3	32	W	W	W	W	W	1989-12-30	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	22	3	5	2	22	19	4	5	3	19	18	4	31	L	L	L	W	L	1989-12-30	Sheffield United	A
10	-1	West Ham United	23	6	3	3	19	11	2	4	5	13	17	4	31	L	L	L	D	L	1989-12-30	Leicester City	A
11	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	5	3	4	18	12	2	5	4	15	19	2	29	L	D	D	W	L	1989-12-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	0	AFC Bournemouth	23	6	2	4	18	17	2	3	6	15	21	-5	29	L	W	D	W	L	1989-12-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	5	4	2	18	12	3	0	8	15	22	-1	28	D	L	L	L	L	1989-12-29	Hull City	H
14	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	2	4	13	11	3	2	7	18	22	-2	28	D	L	D	W	L	1989-12-30	Oxford United	H
15	-1	Port Vale	23	4	6	1	15	11	2	3	7	12	18	-2	27	L	D	L	W	W	1989-12-30	Sunderland	A
16	0	Oxford United	23	5	4	3	20	16	2	2	7	12	20	-4	27	L	D	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Middlesbrough	23	5	3	3	17	15	2	3	7	12	20	-6	27	W	W	L	L	W	1989-12-30	Ipswich Town	A
18	1	Leicester City	23	5	3	4	16	16	2	3	6	13	21	-8	27	W	L	W	W	W	1989-12-30	West Ham United	H
19	-2	West Bromwich Albion	23	3	4	4	21	21	3	4	5	17	19	-2	26	D	L	D	L	W	1989-12-30	Bradford City	A
20	0	Portsmouth	23	2	6	4	18	20	3	3	5	9	14	-7	24	D	D	W	L	D	1989-12-30	Oldham Athletic	A
21	0	Bradford City	23	5	3	3	14	10	0	5	7	11	24	-9	23	L	L	W	L	W	1989-12-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	Barnsley	23	3	4	5	13	16	3	1	7	11	28	-20	23	L	L	W	L	W	1989-12-30	Leeds United	H
23	0	Hull City	22	1	4	5	8	14	2	7	3	15	16	-7	20	W	W	L	L	D	1989-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Stoke City	22	3	5	4	13	15	0	4	6	6	21	-17	18	W	L	D	L	L	1989-12-30	Watford	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Blackpool	Burnden Park	9,944
Darby, Cowdrill	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Birmingham City	Twerton Park, Bath	6,573
	Lineups
Chester City	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Sealand Road	3,165
	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Bristol City	Craven Cottage	6,089
	Lineups		Taylor
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Bury	Leeds Road	8,483	Largest home gate 1989-90
Maskell, O'Connell	Lineups		Robinson
Leyton Orient	1	1	Northampton Town	Brisbane Road	7,484	Largest home gate 1989-90
Cooper	Lineups		Barnes
Mansfield Town	3	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	6,384	Largest home gate 1989-90
Smalley, Stringfellow, Christie	Lineups		Goodwin
Notts County	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	Meadow Lane	7,819
Stant 2, Yates, Turner	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Deepdale	8,300
Swann 2	Lineups		Harvey, Steel
Reading	1	0	Brentford	Elm Park	5,590
Senior	Lineups
Swansea City	0	1	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	12,244	Largest home gate 1989-90
	Lineups		Barnard
Walsall	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Fellows Park	5,693
Walters OG	Lineups		Fishenden

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Notts County	20	7	2	1	17	5	4	4	2	16	13	15	39	W	W	W	W	D	1989-12-30	Birmingham City	H
2	-1	Bristol Rovers	20	6	4	0	18	7	4	4	2	8	6	13	38	D	L	W	W	W	1989-12-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	Bristol City	20	6	3	1	14	6	5	2	3	11	11	8	38	W	W	D	D	D	1989-12-30	Huddersfield Town	A
4	0	Rotherham United	20	7	3	0	30	9	2	4	4	9	11	19	34	L	D	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Reading	A
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	6	3	1	24	8	4	1	5	16	14	18	34	D	D	L	W	W	1989-12-30	Bristol Rovers	A
6	0	Bury	20	3	5	2	14	11	6	1	3	19	15	7	33	L	L	W	L	W	1989-12-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	2	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	4	1	11	8	3	4	3	16	13	6	32	W	D	L	L	D	1989-12-30	Bury	H
8	2	Huddersfield Town	20	5	3	2	15	10	3	5	2	12	14	3	32	W	D	W	L	D	1989-12-30	Bristol City	H
9	-2	Birmingham City	20	7	2	1	18	4	2	2	6	6	16	4	31	D	W	L	W	D	1989-12-30	Notts County	A
10	-2	Shrewsbury Town	20	6	2	2	20	11	2	3	5	12	18	3	29	L	D	W	L	L	1989-12-30	Fulham	A
11	0	Fulham	20	3	4	3	14	12	3	3	4	9	12	-1	25	L	W	L	W	L	1989-12-30	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	0	Swansea City	20	5	3	2	11	12	2	1	7	6	17	-12	25	L	L	D	L	W	1989-12-30	Brentford	H
13	0	Northampton Town	20	4	1	4	12	11	2	5	4	14	18	-3	24	D	W	W	L	D	1989-12-30	Mansfield Town	A
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	3	4	3	13	13	2	4	4	11	12	-1	23	D	W	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Leyton Orient	A
15	4	Reading	20	4	4	2	11	10	1	4	5	10	16	-5	23	W	L	L	D	L	1989-12-30	Rotherham United	H
16	-1	Leyton Orient	20	5	2	3	15	10	1	2	7	13	24	-6	22	D	L	L	W	D	1989-12-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	5	Cardiff City	20	2	4	4	14	17	3	3	4	12	16	-7	22	W	L	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Walsall	A
18	-2	Preston North End	20	5	3	2	22	16	1	1	8	9	23	-8	22	D	L	W	L	L	1989-12-30	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-2	Wigan Athletic	20	5	3	2	12	8	0	4	6	6	19	-9	22	D	W	W	L	D	1989-12-30	Preston North End	A
20	4	Mansfield Town	20	4	1	5	13	14	2	2	6	8	14	-7	21	W	L	L	L	L	1989-12-30	Northampton Town	H
21	-1	Walsall	20	2	3	6	9	16	3	3	3	10	11	-8	21	D	W	L	D	L	1989-12-30	Cardiff City	H
22	-4	Blackpool	20	3	2	5	9	11	2	3	5	9	14	-7	20	L	L	D	L	W	1989-12-30	Chester City	A
23	-2	Brentford	20	4	1	5	15	16	2	1	7	10	19	-10	20	L	W	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Swansea City	A
24	-1	Chester City	20	3	4	3	13	14	1	4	5	7	18	-12	20	D	D	L	D	L	1989-12-30	Blackpool	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	1	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	3,101
	Lineups		Benjamin
Burnley	2	1	Carlisle United	Turf Moor	12,277	Largest home & D 4 gate 1989-90
Futcher, Jakub	Lineups		Proudlock
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Wrexham	Belle Vue	3,668
Noteman, Jones D	Lineups		Hunter, Buxton (p)
Gillingham	1	2	Maidstone United	Priestfield Stadium	11,605	Largest home gate 1989-90
Walker	Lineups		Rumble, Gall
Hartlepool United	4	1	Scarborough	Victoria Park	3,698
Smith, Baker, Bennyworth, Kamara OG	Lineups		MacDonald
Lincoln City	4	3	Cambridge United	Sincil Bank	4,111
Baillie OG, Hobson (p), Carmichael, Smith P	Lineups		Chapple, Kimble (p), Carmichael OG
Peterborough United	1	1	Chesterfield	London Road	5,422
Osborne	Lineups		Hewitt
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Grimsby Town	Glanford Park	8,384	Largest home gate 1989-90
Daws, Marshall	Lineups		Alexander, Agnew
Southend United	0	2	Colchester United	Roots Hall	5,563
	Lineups		Grainger, English T
Stockport County	2	1	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	4,216
Angell, Brown	Lineups		Goodison (p)
Torquay United	1	1	Hereford United	Plainmoor	3,005
Loram	Lineups		Pejic
York City	0	2	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	3,665	Largest home gate 1989-90
	Lineups		Richardson 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Exeter City	20	8	2	0	19	7	4	0	6	16	16	12	38	W	W	L	D	W	1989-12-30	Southend United	A
2	-1	Carlisle United	20	7	2	1	17	8	3	4	3	12	12	9	36	L	W	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Lincoln City	A
3	2	Stockport County	21	7	2	1	23	11	3	3	5	9	12	9	35	W	L	L	L	W	1989-12-29	Cambridge United	H
4	-1	Southend United	20	6	2	2	12	5	4	3	3	16	14	9	35	L	L	D	D	W	1989-12-30	Exeter City	H
5	2	Lincoln City	20	6	3	1	13	9	4	2	4	9	10	3	35	W	L	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Carlisle United	H
6	-2	York City	20	6	2	2	13	9	3	5	2	11	9	6	34	L	D	W	W	L	1989-12-30	Hereford United	H
7	-1	Chesterfield	20	4	5	1	14	9	5	1	4	15	15	5	33	D	D	W	W	D	1989-12-30	Scunthorpe United	A
8	4	Maidstone United	20	6	1	3	17	9	4	1	5	12	17	3	32	W	W	W	W	W	1989-12-30	Torquay United	A
9	-1	Scunthorpe United	20	5	3	2	19	10	4	1	5	18	20	7	31	D	W	D	L	W	1989-12-30	Chesterfield	H
10	-1	Peterborough United	20	3	7	0	14	10	4	3	3	12	9	7	31	D	L	D	D	D	1989-12-30	Scarborough	H
11	-1	Gillingham	20	4	3	3	15	11	4	2	4	10	12	2	29	L	L	L	D	W	1989-12-30	Wrexham	H
12	-1	Cambridge United	20	5	1	4	18	16	3	4	3	17	18	1	29	L	W	L	D	W	1989-12-29	Stockport County	A
13	1	Grimsby Town	20	4	2	4	14	11	3	5	2	13	11	5	28	D	W	D	W	W	1989-12-30	Hartlepool United	A
14	2	Burnley	19	3	6	1	9	6	4	1	4	10	12	1	28	W	D	L	L	D	1989-12-30	Halifax Town	H
15	-2	Aldershot	19	6	0	4	20	13	1	6	2	9	11	5	27	L	W	L	W	D	1989-12-30	Rochdale	H
16	-1	Rochdale	20	4	2	4	10	13	4	0	6	11	10	-2	26	L	W	W	L	L	1989-12-30	Aldershot	A
17	0	Hereford United	20	3	3	4	15	16	3	4	3	11	12	-2	25	D	L	W	L	D	1989-12-30	York City	A
18	0	Torquay United	20	4	1	5	12	17	2	4	4	12	16	-9	23	D	W	W	D	L	1989-12-30	Maidstone United	H
19	0	Doncaster Rovers	20	1	4	5	9	15	5	0	5	16	10	0	22	D	W	W	W	W	1989-12-30	Colchester United	H
20	0	Halifax Town	20	3	2	5	13	12	3	2	5	14	16	-1	22	W	L	L	L	L	1989-12-30	Burnley	A
21	0	Scarborough	20	4	1	5	17	17	1	1	8	8	21	-13	17	L	W	L	L	L	1989-12-30	Peterborough United	A
22	0	Wrexham	19	1	3	5	10	16	2	3	5	10	13	-9	15	D	L	D	L	L	1989-12-30	Gillingham	A
23	0	Colchester United	20	1	3	6	9	16	1	4	5	10	21	-18	13	W	L	L	D	L	1989-12-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
24	0	Hartlepool United	20	3	1	6	16	22	0	2	8	7	31	-30	12	W	L	L	L	L	1989-12-30	Grimsby Town	H