1988-12-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	3	Arsenal	Villa Park	32,486
	Lineups		Smith, Rocastle, Groves
Charlton Athletic	0	0	West Ham United	Selhurst Park	11,084
	Lineups
Derby County	0	1	Millwall	Baseball Ground	16,154
	Lineups		Sheringham
Everton	3	1	Coventry City	Goodison Park	30,790
Bracewell, Sheedy 2	Lineups		Bannister
Norwich City	0	0	Middlesbrough	Carrow Road	16,021
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	3	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	20,407
	Lineups		Gaynor, Webb, Hodge
Southampton	1	4	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	15,096
Le Tissier	Lineups		Allen M, Barker, Falco 2
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	27,739
Walsh, Waddle	Lineups
Wimbledon	4	0	Luton Town	Plough Lane	4,899
Jones, Gibson, Scales, Fashanu	Lineups

				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	Arsenal	18	4	2	1	14	8	7	2	2	26	12	20	37	W	W	W	D	D	1989-01-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	-1	Norwich City	19	4	6	1	15	12	6	1	1	13	7	9	37	D	W	W	D	L	1989-01-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	1	Millwall	18	6	1	1	16	7	2	5	3	13	14	8	30	W	L	W	L	L	1989-01-02	Charlton Athletic	H
4	1	Everton	18	5	3	1	17	8	3	3	3	8	9	8	30	W	W	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Nottingham Forest	A
5	-2	Liverpool	18	2	5	2	9	7	5	2	2	13	6	9	28	W	L	D	D	D	1989-01-01	Manchester United	A
6	0	Coventry City	19	4	2	3	11	9	3	4	3	11	11	2	27	L	D	L	W	L	1989-01-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	0	Derby County	18	4	2	5	11	9	3	3	1	9	5	6	26	L	L	W	L	D	1989-01-02	Newcastle United	A
8	0	Southampton	19	4	4	3	19	16	2	4	2	13	15	1	26	L	D	D	D	L	1989-01-02	Luton Town	A
9	2	Tottenham Hotspur	19	4	4	3	19	17	2	3	3	11	11	2	25	W	D	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Arsenal	A
10	2	Nottingham Forest	19	1	5	2	7	10	4	5	2	16	13	0	25	W	L	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Everton	H
11	-2	Manchester United	18	4	4	1	13	6	1	5	3	9	10	6	24	W	L	L	W	D	1989-01-01	Liverpool	H
12	3	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	1	3	10	6	2	4	5	12	13	3	23	W	L	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Norwich City	H
13	-3	Aston Villa	19	4	3	3	14	13	1	5	3	14	17	-2	23	L	W	D	D	W	1989-01-03	Liverpool	A
14	3	Wimbledon	18	4	2	4	12	13	2	2	4	9	13	-5	22	W	W	W	L	W	1989-01-02	West Ham United	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	19	5	2	2	14	10	1	2	7	9	21	-8	22	D	L	D	D	D	1989-01-02	Manchester United	H
16	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	18	3	2	4	8	12	2	4	3	7	9	-6	21	L	L	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Coventry City	A
17	-1	Luton Town	19	2	5	1	9	7	2	3	6	8	15	-5	20	L	D	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Southampton	H
18	1	Charlton Athletic	19	1	5	5	12	20	2	3	3	7	11	-12	17	D	L	D	D	L	1989-01-02	Millwall	A
19	-1	Newcastle United	19	2	3	4	10	13	2	2	6	6	21	-18	17	L	W	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Derby County	H
20	0	West Ham United	19	1	3	5	9	17	2	2	6	6	16	-18	14	D	L	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Wimbledon	H
Manager of the month
Bobby Gould - Wimbledon

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	0	Birmingham City	Goldstone Ground	9,324
Chivers, Bremner 3	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Stamford Bridge	25,816
Roberts (p)	Lineups		Anderson
Hull City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Boothferry Park	7,800
Whitehurst	Lineups		Redford
Leeds United	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Elland Road	24,061
Baird, Snodin	Lineups
Leicester City	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Filbert Street	10,820
Turner, Cross, Newell, McAllister	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	3	Barnsley	Gay Meadow	4,401
Bell (p), Irvine	Lineups		Currie (p), Lowndes, Moyes OG
Stoke City	1	0	Oxford United	Victoria Ground	10,552
Henry	Lineups
Sunderland	4	0	Portsmouth	Roker Park	21,566
Gates, Ord, Armstrong, Pascoe	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	2	Manchester City	County Ground	10,776
White	Lineups		Gayle, Beckford
Walsall	0	1	Bradford City	Fellows Park	5,366
	Lineups		Leonard
Watford	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road	14,006
Holden	Lineups

				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	Chelsea	23	6	4	2	24	12	5	4	2	20	12	20	41	D	W	W	D	W	1989-01-02	Oxford United	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	2	2	22	9	4	6	2	17	12	18	41	D	W	W	W	D	1989-01-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
3	1	Watford	23	8	2	2	22	8	4	3	4	13	14	13	41	W	W	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	1	Manchester City	23	6	4	1	22	13	5	3	4	11	10	10	40	W	L	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Leeds United	H
5	-2	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	1	2	22	12	4	2	6	14	20	4	39	L	L	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Stoke City	H
6	2	Barnsley	23	7	3	1	20	8	3	3	6	12	21	3	36	W	L	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Hull City	H
7	-1	Portsmouth	23	7	3	1	21	7	2	5	5	13	22	5	35	L	L	W	D	D	1989-01-02	Swindon Town	H
8	2	Sunderland	23	6	6	0	21	8	2	4	5	13	18	8	34	W	W	W	L	D	1989-01-02	Bradford City	A
9	-2	AFC Bournemouth	23	7	1	3	15	7	3	3	6	11	18	1	34	L	W	W	D	W	1989-01-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	1	Stoke City	23	7	3	2	19	11	2	4	5	7	22	-7	34	W	W	L	D	L	1989-01-02	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	1	Leeds United	23	6	3	3	19	11	2	6	3	9	11	6	33	W	W	D	L	W	1989-01-02	Manchester City	A
12	-3	Crystal Palace	22	5	5	1	17	9	3	3	5	16	21	3	32	W	L	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Walsall	H
13	3	Leicester City	23	6	4	2	18	9	2	4	5	12	22	-1	32	W	L	L	W	D	1989-01-02	Ipswich Town	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	23	5	2	4	17	14	4	2	6	13	16	0	31	D	L	W	L	D	1989-01-02	Leicester City	H
15	-2	Swindon Town	22	5	4	2	17	11	2	5	4	13	19	0	30	L	W	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Portsmouth	A
16	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	6	3	2	22	11	2	2	8	8	25	-6	29	L	L	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Watford	H
17	1	Bradford City	23	3	6	2	13	11	3	4	5	11	17	-4	28	W	D	D	L	D	1989-01-02	Sunderland	H
18	-1	Oxford United	23	5	3	3	21	15	2	3	7	15	19	2	27	L	W	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Chelsea	H
19	0	Hull City	23	4	7	1	16	10	2	1	8	11	25	-8	26	D	D	L	W	L	1989-01-02	Barnsley	A
20	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	6	2	4	22	13	1	1	9	10	26	-7	24	W	W	L	D	L	1989-01-02	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	-1	Oldham Athletic	23	4	5	3	24	18	1	3	7	12	22	-4	23	L	L	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Birmingham City	A
22	-1	Shrewsbury Town	23	1	6	5	10	16	3	4	4	10	15	-11	22	L	D	D	W	L	1989-01-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
23	0	Birmingham City	23	2	2	7	11	21	1	4	7	5	25	-30	15	L	D	L	L	D	1989-01-02	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Walsall	23	2	3	7	13	18	0	5	6	6	16	-15	14	L	L	L	L	L	1989-01-02	Crystal Palace	A
Manager of the month
Bobby Campbell - Chelsea

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Griffin Park	8,020
Jones, Godfrey	Lineups		Bull, Mutch
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Swansea City	Twerton Park, Bath	4,803
Purnell	Lineups		Puckett
Bury	0	1	Aldershot	Gigg Lane	3,196
	Lineups		Randall
Chester City	2	1	Northampton Town	Sealand Road	2,741
Dale, Abel	Lineups		Culpin
Chesterfield	4	1	Fulham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,086
Brien, Bloomer 2 (1p), McDonald	Lineups		Walker
Mansfield Town	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Field Mill	4,638
Owen	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	5,097
Lund, Law	Lineups
Preston North End	2	0	Sheffield United	Deepdale	11,005
Patterson, Joyce	Lineups
Southend United	1	2	Bristol City	Roots Hall	4,012
Bennett	Lineups		McGarvey, Walsh

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	2	0	29	9	5	3	3	20	16	24	44	D	D	W	L	W	1989-01-02	Chester City	H
2	0	Port Vale	20	7	1	1	27	8	5	3	3	17	12	24	40	L	W	W	D	W	1989-01-02	Notts County	H
3	0	Sheffield United	20	8	0	1	25	6	4	2	5	21	19	21	38	L	W	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Chesterfield	H
4	4	Chester City	21	7	3	1	20	10	3	3	4	15	22	3	36	W	W	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Swansea City	21	5	4	1	16	11	4	4	3	14	14	5	35	D	D	W	D	D	1989-01-02	Reading	H
6	0	Bristol Rovers	21	6	3	2	22	12	3	4	3	16	16	10	34	D	D	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Bristol City	A
7	3	Preston North End	21	7	3	1	26	14	2	4	4	10	15	7	34	W	W	L	D	L	1989-01-02	Northampton Town	A
8	-4	Bury	21	6	3	2	17	10	4	1	5	17	18	6	34	L	W	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Blackpool	A
9	2	Bristol City	21	4	3	3	14	11	5	3	3	13	13	3	33	W	L	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Bristol Rovers	H
10	-3	Fulham	21	6	3	1	18	11	4	0	7	13	20	0	33	L	W	W	L	L	1989-01-02	Brentford	H
11	-2	Reading	21	6	4	1	22	12	3	1	6	13	19	4	32	W	W	L	L	D	1989-01-02	Swansea City	A
12	0	Brentford	21	7	2	2	18	11	1	4	5	10	15	2	30	D	W	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Fulham	A
13	1	Mansfield Town	21	5	5	1	16	11	2	4	4	9	15	-1	30	W	L	L	W	D	1989-01-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Huddersfield Town	21	5	3	2	16	10	3	1	7	9	21	-6	28	L	D	W	D	W	1989-01-02	Southend United	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	2	3	22	13	2	3	6	9	16	2	26	L	L	L	L	W	1989-01-02	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	Southend United	22	4	4	3	15	13	2	2	7	12	27	-13	24	L	W	W	L	D	1989-01-02	Huddersfield Town	A
17	0	Blackpool	21	4	4	2	16	10	1	4	6	10	14	2	23	L	L	D	D	D	1989-01-02	Bury	H
18	1	Notts County	20	2	5	4	14	14	3	3	3	9	11	-2	23	W	L	W	W	L	1989-01-02	Port Vale	A
19	-1	Cardiff City	18	5	3	2	17	10	0	4	4	6	18	-5	22	D	D	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Aldershot	A
20	0	Northampton Town	21	4	0	6	19	17	2	1	8	11	20	-7	19	L	L	L	W	L	1989-01-02	Preston North End	H
21	0	Wigan Athletic	22	3	2	6	11	13	1	5	5	14	19	-7	19	D	L	L	W	D	1989-01-02	Gillingham	H
22	0	Gillingham	21	3	0	8	10	17	3	1	6	9	16	-14	19	W	L	W	L	W	1989-01-02	Wigan Athletic	A
23	0	Aldershot	20	2	3	5	9	14	1	3	6	8	25	-22	15	W	L	D	L	D	1989-01-02	Cardiff City	H
24	0	Chesterfield	20	2	2	6	11	21	1	1	8	3	29	-36	12	W	D	L	L	D	1989-01-02	Sheffield United	A
Manager of the month
Harry MacNally - Chester City

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	0	Grimsby Town	Turf Moor	7,367
Oghani	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Stockport County	Brunton Park	3,774
Hart OG	Lineups		Caldwell
Darlington	0	0	Hereford United	Feethams Ground	1,755
	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	York City	St James Park	3,092
Rowbotham (p), Neville	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	1	Wrexham	Brisbane Road	4,025
	Lineups		Russell
Rotherham United	2	0	Halifax Town	Millmoor	5,258
Buckley, Russell	Lineups
Scarborough	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Seamer Road	3,088
Thompson L, Graham	Lineups		Richards OG
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Glanford Park	4,154
	Lineups		Lister OG
Torquay United	1	0	Peterborough United	Plainmoor	2,877
Edwards	Lineups

				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	Wrexham	21	5	4	1	19	11	5	4	2	20	16	12	38	W	W	W	W	W	1989-01-02	Darlington	H
2	1	Rotherham United	21	6	3	2	21	10	4	4	2	14	7	18	37	W	L	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Hartlepool United	A
3	1	Scarborough	21	5	5	1	16	12	5	2	3	19	12	11	37	W	D	W	L	L	1989-01-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-3	Crewe Alexandra	21	5	4	1	16	10	5	3	3	13	11	8	37	L	W	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Carlisle United	H
5	2	Torquay United	21	9	0	2	19	8	1	4	5	8	16	3	34	W	W	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Hereford United	A
6	2	Exeter City	21	8	1	2	25	11	2	2	6	8	19	3	33	W	W	W	W	D	1989-01-02	Stockport County	A
7	2	Tranmere Rovers	21	6	2	2	12	6	2	6	3	12	14	4	32	W	L	W	D	D	1989-01-02	Burnley	H
8	-3	Scunthorpe United	21	5	4	2	15	12	3	4	3	18	18	3	32	L	D	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Halifax Town	A
9	-3	Lincoln City	21	6	3	2	19	13	3	1	6	12	16	2	31	W	D	L	L	W	1989-01-02	York City	A
10	4	Burnley	21	7	2	2	21	10	1	4	5	4	11	4	30	W	L	D	D	L	1989-01-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	-1	Cambridge United	21	6	4	1	21	12	2	1	7	11	21	-1	29	W	D	L	L	D	1989-01-03	Peterborough United	A
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	2	3	16	16	3	3	5	10	19	-9	29	L	D	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Scarborough	H
13	-1	Leyton Orient	21	7	1	3	26	7	0	6	4	9	17	11	28	L	W	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Rochdale	A
14	-1	Hartlepool United	21	4	2	4	12	16	4	2	5	9	13	-8	28	W	D	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Rotherham United	H
15	3	Stockport County	21	5	4	1	15	7	1	5	5	11	14	5	27	D	L	W	L	D	1989-01-02	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Rochdale	21	5	4	1	16	11	2	2	7	13	21	-3	27	L	L	D	L	W	1989-01-02	Leyton Orient	H
17	-1	Peterborough United	21	4	1	5	10	11	3	5	3	13	17	-5	27	L	W	L	W	D	1989-01-03	Cambridge United	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	21	5	1	4	23	14	3	1	7	18	23	4	26	L	W	L	L	L	1989-01-02	Scunthorpe United	H
19	0	Grimsby Town	21	5	3	2	16	12	1	3	7	13	22	-5	24	L	D	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Colchester United	H
20	0	Hereford United	21	4	4	2	17	14	2	2	7	12	21	-6	24	D	L	D	L	D	1989-01-02	Torquay United	H
21	0	York City	21	4	4	2	23	14	2	1	8	5	22	-8	23	L	D	D	W	L	1989-01-02	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Carlisle United	21	3	4	4	11	13	2	3	5	13	17	-6	22	D	W	W	L	W	1989-01-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	0	Darlington	21	0	8	3	12	19	2	1	7	12	21	-16	15	D	L	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Wrexham	A
24	0	Colchester United	21	2	2	7	13	18	1	3	6	10	26	-21	14	L	L	D	L	L	1989-01-02	Grimsby Town	A
Manager of the month
Dixie McNeill - Wrexham