1989-03-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	2	1	Southampton	Highfield Road	11,734
Borrows, Speedie	Lineups		Wallace D
Middlesbrough	3	3	Everton	Ayresome Park	21,351
Slaven, Parkinson (p), Davenport	Lineups		Nevin, Cottee, Sheedy
Millwall	0	1	Wimbledon	The Den, New Cross	13,679
	Lineups		Fashanu (p)
Newcastle United	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	31,010
Mirandinha (p)	Lineups		Barrick, Pearson, Hirst
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Manchester United	City Ground	30,092	Largest home gate 1988-89
Pearce, Chapman	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Aston Villa	Loftus Road	11,382
Sinton	Lineups
West Ham United	0	2	Norwich City	Upton Park	27,265
	Lineups		Linighan, Allen

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	30	7	5	2	24	15	10	3	3	34	16	27	59	W	D	L	D	W	1989-04-02	Manchester United	A
2	0	Norwich City	29	7	6	3	20	17	9	2	2	22	13	12	56	W	L	W	W	L	1989-04-01	Liverpool	H
3	0	Liverpool	28	6	5	2	19	7	8	4	3	27	15	24	51	W	W	W	W	W	1989-03-29	Derby County	H
4	0	Millwall	30	10	1	4	25	13	4	7	4	18	20	10	50	L	D	W	W	D	1989-04-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	Nottingham Forest	29	4	7	3	17	13	8	5	2	26	17	13	48	W	W	L	D	W	1989-04-01	Wimbledon	A
6	1	Coventry City	31	8	3	5	24	17	4	7	4	15	15	7	46	W	D	L	D	D	1989-04-01	Derby County	A
7	-1	Manchester United	28	8	4	1	22	7	3	6	6	15	16	14	43	L	W	D	L	W	1989-04-02	Arsenal	H
8	0	Derby County	28	6	3	7	19	17	6	3	3	12	10	4	42	L	W	D	L	W	1989-03-29	Liverpool	A
9	1	Wimbledon	28	8	3	4	20	14	4	3	6	14	18	2	42	W	D	L	W	W	1989-04-01	Nottingham Forest	H
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	31	6	5	5	26	23	4	6	5	19	19	3	41	L	W	D	D	W	1989-03-28	Luton Town	A
11	0	Everton	29	6	6	2	22	14	3	5	7	14	21	1	38	D	D	L	W	L	1989-04-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	5	4	5	14	11	4	6	6	16	15	4	37	W	W	D	W	D	1989-04-01	Everton	A
13	0	Middlesbrough	30	6	6	4	22	22	2	3	9	13	26	-13	33	D	D	L	L	D	1989-04-01	Charlton Athletic	A
14	3	Sheffield Wednesday	30	4	4	6	14	20	4	5	7	12	20	-14	33	W	L	W	L	W	1989-04-01	Millwall	H
15	-1	Aston Villa	31	6	4	5	20	17	1	6	9	15	29	-11	31	L	L	L	D	L	1989-04-01	Luton Town	H
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	30	2	7	6	18	24	4	5	6	15	21	-12	30	D	D	D	L	L	1989-04-01	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Luton Town	30	5	5	4	20	14	2	4	10	9	28	-13	30	L	D	L	L	L	1989-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	0	Southampton	29	4	5	6	22	25	2	6	6	19	31	-15	29	L	L	D	L	D	1989-04-01	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Newcastle United	30	3	4	8	16	23	4	4	7	13	27	-21	29	L	W	W	D	L	1989-04-01	Southampton	A
20	0	West Ham United	27	1	5	8	12	25	4	2	7	10	19	-22	22	L	W	D	D	L	1989-04-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Leicester City	Dean Court	8,913
Blissett, Newell OG	Lineups		McAllister
Barnsley	3	0	Sunderland	Oakwell	8,070
Robinson, Cooper, Dobbin (p)	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	St Andrew's	4,964
Sturridge	Lineups		Thomas, Kelly
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Leeds United	Ewood Park	11,533
Kennedy, Gayle	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Hull City	Valley Parade	11,802
Quinn	Lineups		Edwards
Crystal Palace	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	14,384
Wright, Bright (p)	Lineups		Curbishley (p)
Manchester City	2	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	28,303
Oldfield, Hinchcliffe (p)	Lineups		Butler
Oxford United	1	0	Walsall	Manor Ground	5,101
Durnin	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Swindon Town	Home Park	8,487
Marker, Tynan (p), McCarthy 2	Lineups		Jones
Portsmouth	2	2	Watford	Fratton Park	9,364
Quinn, Aspinall	Lineups		Hodges, Kuhl OG
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Oldham Athletic	The Hawthorns	13,812
West, Bartlett, Anderson (p)	Lineups		Ritchie

				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	36	10	6	2	36	19	11	5	2	38	18	37	74	W	W	W	W	D	1989-03-28	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Manchester City	37	11	6	2	41	21	9	4	5	22	16	26	70	W	D	L	W	W	1989-04-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	12	5	2	36	13	4	9	5	20	20	23	62	W	D	W	W	D	1989-04-01	Walsall	A
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	3	3	41	22	5	5	8	19	29	9	62	W	D	W	L	L	1989-04-01	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Ipswich Town	36	10	2	6	33	20	7	3	8	23	29	7	56	L	W	W	W	L	1989-03-28	Chelsea	H
6	3	AFC Bournemouth	36	12	2	5	29	16	5	3	9	16	29	0	56	W	L	L	L	W	1989-04-01	Leeds United	A
7	4	Crystal Palace	34	10	6	2	32	16	5	4	7	20	25	11	55	W	W	W	D	L	1989-04-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	-1	Watford	35	10	3	3	26	10	5	6	8	24	29	11	54	D	L	L	D	W	1989-04-01	Ipswich Town	H
9	-3	Swindon Town	35	9	6	2	27	13	5	6	7	24	31	7	54	L	D	W	W	W	1989-04-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	-2	Leeds United	37	9	5	4	28	18	4	9	6	19	23	6	53	L	W	D	W	L	1989-04-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	-1	Stoke City	35	10	6	2	27	15	4	5	8	18	35	-5	53	L	D	D	W	W	1989-04-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	0	Barnsley	36	9	7	3	34	21	4	6	7	16	26	3	52	W	D	D	D	W	1989-04-01	Chelsea	A
13	1	Portsmouth	37	9	6	4	27	14	3	5	10	18	32	-1	47	D	L	D	L	W	1989-04-01	Hull City	A
14	-1	Sunderland	37	9	6	3	31	17	3	5	11	17	33	-2	47	L	W	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Birmingham City	H
15	0	Leicester City	37	9	5	4	25	15	2	8	9	21	37	-6	46	L	W	D	D	L	1989-04-01	Oxford United	H
16	2	Oxford United	37	9	6	4	32	23	2	5	11	17	28	-2	44	W	L	D	D	D	1989-04-01	Leicester City	A
17	-1	Bradford City	37	6	9	4	21	17	4	5	9	19	30	-7	44	D	W	W	D	L	1989-04-01	Oldham Athletic	A
18	2	Plymouth Argyle	36	9	4	5	30	16	3	4	11	13	36	-9	44	W	L	D	W	L	1989-04-01	Stoke City	A
19	-2	Oldham Athletic	37	8	6	4	38	25	1	9	9	23	36	0	42	L	D	D	W	D	1989-04-01	Bradford City	H
20	-1	Hull City	36	7	7	3	28	16	4	2	13	18	39	-9	42	D	W	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Portsmouth	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	4	5	31	18	2	3	14	17	37	-7	40	L	W	L	L	D	1989-04-01	Manchester City	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	2	8	7	16	23	4	6	9	14	32	-25	32	W	L	L	D	D	1989-04-01	Crystal Palace	H
23	0	Walsall	36	3	6	9	22	35	1	6	11	10	26	-29	24	L	D	L	D	L	1989-04-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
24	0	Birmingham City	36	3	4	11	15	29	2	5	11	6	30	-38	24	L	L	W	L	D	1989-04-01	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Reading	Recreation Ground	4,960
Puckett (p)	Lineups		Beavon (p)
Blackpool	0	3	Brentford	Bloomfield Road	3,053
	Lineups		Cockram 2 (1p), Godfrey
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Preston North End	Burnden Park	10,281	Largest home gate 1988-89
Thompson	Lineups
Bristol City	3	0	Bury	Ashton Gate	8,496
Turner 2, Taylor	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Gillingham	Craven Cottage	6,476
Marshall	Lineups		Peacock 2
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Leeds Road	5,819
Maskell	Lineups		Hewitt
Northampton Town	2	2	Southend United	County Ground	3,707
Adcock, Culpin	Lineups		Crown, Robinson
Port Vale	1	2	Mansfield Town	Vale Park	8,198
Earle	Lineups		Coleman, Owen
Sheffield United	1	1	Notts County	Bramall Lane	13,039
Deane	Lineups		Yates
Swansea City	1	1	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	9,201	Largest home gate 1988-89
Raynor	Lineups		Gilligan
Wigan Athletic	3	0	Chester City	Springfield Park	3,132
Senior, Griffiths, Ramage	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Molineux	20,913
	Lineups		Bailey

				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	35	15	2	1	51	14	7	6	4	27	21	43	74	L	D	W	W	L	1989-04-01	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Port Vale	35	12	3	3	40	17	7	6	4	25	19	29	66	L	W	D	W	D	1989-04-01	Reading	A
3	0	Sheffield United	33	13	2	2	45	14	6	4	6	27	24	34	63	D	L	W	W	W	1989-03-31	Southend United	A
4	1	Bristol Rovers	35	8	7	3	29	17	8	5	4	27	21	18	60	W	D	W	W	W	1989-04-01	Blackpool	H
5	-1	Preston North End	37	12	5	1	45	21	4	6	9	20	25	19	59	L	W	D	D	W	1989-04-01	Fulham	H
6	1	Swansea City	36	11	7	1	30	16	4	5	8	15	21	8	57	D	L	W	W	D	1989-04-01	Chesterfield	A
7	-1	Fulham	36	11	5	3	36	22	6	1	10	19	30	3	57	L	W	W	W	W	1989-04-01	Preston North End	A
8	0	Bury	37	10	5	3	26	15	5	5	9	26	37	0	55	L	D	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Huddersfield Town	H
9	0	Chester City	35	9	5	3	27	16	5	5	8	21	36	-4	52	L	D	D	D	D	1989-04-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	1	Bristol City	35	8	3	6	23	18	6	5	7	17	23	-1	50	W	D	W	L	L	1989-04-01	Cardiff City	A
11	-1	Huddersfield Town	35	8	6	4	28	21	6	1	10	18	32	-7	49	D	W	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Bury	A
12	0	Notts County	36	6	7	5	25	21	6	4	8	21	23	2	47	D	L	W	L	W	1989-04-01	Wigan Athletic	H
13	0	Mansfield Town	36	8	6	4	25	18	3	8	7	14	23	-2	47	W	D	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	0	Brentford	33	10	3	4	26	17	2	7	7	22	27	4	46	W	L	L	W	L	1989-04-01	Aldershot	H
15	0	Reading	36	8	6	3	30	20	3	5	11	21	35	-4	44	D	W	L	D	L	1989-04-01	Port Vale	H
16	0	Northampton Town	37	10	2	7	35	27	3	3	12	19	36	-9	44	D	L	W	D	D	1989-04-01	Gillingham	A
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	5	3	29	15	2	5	11	11	28	-3	43	W	D	D	D	W	1989-04-01	Chester City	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	33	8	5	2	24	12	3	5	10	12	34	-10	43	D	W	L	L	W	1989-04-01	Bristol City	H
19	0	Blackpool	35	7	6	5	24	19	2	6	9	15	24	-4	39	L	D	D	L	L	1989-04-01	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Chesterfield	37	8	4	6	28	26	3	2	14	11	45	-32	39	D	W	W	L	D	1989-04-01	Swansea City	H
21	0	Southend United	35	6	7	4	24	21	2	5	11	18	41	-20	36	D	L	D	W	L	1989-03-31	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Wigan Athletic	33	6	3	8	21	19	2	6	8	18	26	-6	33	W	L	D	L	L	1989-04-01	Notts County	A
23	0	Aldershot	36	5	5	8	22	24	1	6	11	15	39	-26	29	D	L	W	D	D	1989-04-01	Brentford	A
24	0	Gillingham	37	4	3	11	17	27	4	1	14	18	40	-32	28	W	W	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Northampton Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	1	3	Rotherham United	Gresty Road	5,994
Callaghan	Lineups		Williamson 3
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Cambridge United	Belle Vue	1,937
Daly	Lineups		Ryan
Grimsby Town	1	0	Lincoln City	Blundell Park	8,618
O'Kelly	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Darlington	The Shay	1,849
Barr W	Lineups
Hartlepool United	0	2	Scunthorpe United	Victoria Park	1,895
	Lineups		Flounders, Daws
Hereford United	1	0	Exeter City	Edgar Street	2,735
Lamb	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	0	Colchester United	London Road	3,529
Hetzke OG, Longhurst 2	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Carlisle United	Spotland	2,145
	Lineups
Stockport County	0	0	Torquay United	Edgeley Park	2,808
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	0	Leyton Orient	Prenton Park	6,872
Mungall, Steel, Harvey	Lineups
Wrexham	4	2	Burnley	Racecourse Ground	3,956
Russell 3, Kearns	Lineups		Grewcock, McGrory
York City	0	0	Scarborough	Bootham Crescent	4,872	Largest home gate 1988-89
	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	Rotherham United	37	11	4	3	34	15	8	7	4	28	15	32	68	W	W	W	D	W	1989-04-01	York City	H
2	-1	Crewe Alexandra	36	11	5	2	31	18	8	6	4	20	16	17	68	L	W	W	W	L	1989-03-31	Torquay United	A
3	0	Scunthorpe United	37	9	6	3	32	19	9	5	5	33	28	18	65	W	D	D	W	W	1989-04-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	12	5	2	27	9	4	9	5	22	25	15	62	W	D	W	D	W	1989-04-01	Darlington	A
5	0	Scarborough	36	8	7	3	23	18	7	6	5	29	23	11	58	D	W	L	D	L	1989-04-01	Halifax Town	H
6	1	Wrexham	35	9	7	2	38	25	6	5	6	28	27	14	57	W	L	L	L	D	1989-03-31	Cambridge United	A
7	-1	Leyton Orient	37	12	1	5	46	16	3	9	7	21	28	23	55	L	W	W	D	W	1989-04-01	Grimsby Town	H
8	0	Cambridge United	36	11	5	2	37	20	4	4	10	21	32	6	54	D	W	D	W	W	1989-03-31	Wrexham	H
9	0	Exeter City	37	12	3	3	41	19	3	2	14	13	36	-1	50	L	D	L	W	L	1989-04-01	Peterborough United	H
10	0	Lincoln City	37	11	4	3	32	20	3	3	13	22	34	0	49	L	W	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Stockport County	H
11	0	Torquay United	34	12	1	3	26	13	2	6	10	10	25	-2	49	D	W	W	L	L	1989-03-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	2	Grimsby Town	36	9	7	3	28	17	3	5	9	21	27	5	48	W	D	D	L	W	1989-04-01	Leyton Orient	A
13	-1	Carlisle United	36	7	5	6	20	19	5	6	7	22	22	1	47	D	L	D	D	W	1989-04-01	Hartlepool United	H
14	-1	Stockport County	37	8	8	3	26	12	2	8	8	20	26	8	46	D	D	D	W	L	1989-04-01	Lincoln City	A
15	2	Hereford United	36	9	6	3	32	21	3	4	11	19	32	-2	46	W	L	D	W	D	1989-04-01	Burnley	A
16	3	Halifax Town	36	10	4	5	39	23	3	2	12	21	34	3	45	W	D	L	W	L	1989-04-01	Scarborough	A
17	-1	York City	35	8	6	4	33	20	4	3	10	13	31	-5	45	D	L	D	W	L	1989-04-01	Rotherham United	A
18	-3	Burnley	36	10	5	3	28	15	1	6	11	11	29	-5	44	L	D	D	D	L	1989-04-01	Hereford United	H
19	-1	Doncaster Rovers	37	9	4	6	28	26	3	4	11	14	36	-20	44	D	L	W	L	W	1989-04-01	Scunthorpe United	A
20	0	Rochdale	36	8	7	3	27	23	3	3	12	18	41	-19	43	D	L	W	W	W	1989-03-31	Colchester United	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	36	7	4	7	22	26	4	3	11	15	36	-25	40	L	L	L	L	L	1989-04-01	Carlisle United	A
22	0	Peterborough United	36	6	3	9	19	27	3	7	8	18	35	-25	37	W	L	D	L	L	1989-04-01	Exeter City	A
23	0	Darlington	37	2	11	5	21	29	3	5	11	19	31	-20	31	L	W	D	L	L	1989-04-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Colchester United	35	4	5	8	21	25	2	5	11	17	42	-29	28	L	D	L	L	W	1989-03-31	Rochdale	H