1989-04-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Everton	1	0	Norwich City	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	46,553
	Nevin	Lineups
D 1	Liverpool	0	0	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	53,000	*
		Lineups
Notes
*The Hillsborough Disaster. Abandoned 6 Min. as scale of disaster unfolded. 96 dead

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Newcastle United	Highbury	38,023
Marwood	Lineups
Luton Town	2	2	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	8,610
Dreyer, Wilson	Lineups		Regis, Smith
Manchester United	0	2	Derby County	Old Trafford	34,145
	Lineups		Micklewhite, Goddard
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Middlesbrough	Loftus Road	10,347
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	2	Southampton	Upton Park	14,766
Brady	Lineups		Wallace RS, Rideout
Wimbledon	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Plough Lane	12,366
Young	Lineups		Waddle, Stewart

				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	33	9	5	2	27	15	10	4	3	35	17	30	66	W	W	D	W	D	1989-05-01	Norwich City	H
2	-1	Liverpool	32	8	5	2	25	8	10	4	3	30	16	31	63	W	W	W	W	W	1989-05-03	Everton	A
3	0	Norwich City	32	7	6	4	20	18	9	2	4	23	17	8	56	L	L	L	W	L	1989-04-19	Southampton	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	32	6	7	3	22	13	8	5	3	27	21	15	54	W	W	L	W	W	1989-04-22	Middlesbrough	A
5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	35	7	6	5	29	23	6	6	5	24	21	9	51	W	D	W	W	L	1989-04-22	Everton	H
6	-1	Millwall	33	10	2	5	26	15	4	7	5	18	23	6	51	L	D	L	L	D	1989-04-22	West Ham United	A
7	-1	Coventry City	34	9	3	5	26	18	4	8	5	17	18	7	50	D	W	L	W	D	1989-04-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
8	1	Derby County	32	7	3	7	20	17	7	4	4	15	12	6	49	W	D	W	L	L	1989-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-1	Wimbledon	32	9	3	5	25	17	4	4	7	18	23	3	46	L	L	D	W	W	1989-04-22	Southampton	A
10	0	Manchester United	31	8	5	2	23	10	3	7	6	15	16	12	45	L	D	D	L	W	1989-04-22	Charlton Athletic	A
11	0	Everton	32	8	6	2	29	17	3	5	8	14	23	3	44	W	L	W	D	D	1989-04-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	6	5	5	18	14	4	6	7	17	19	2	41	D	W	L	W	W	1989-04-22	Coventry City	A
13	2	Middlesbrough	34	6	7	4	25	25	3	4	10	15	29	-14	38	D	W	D	L	D	1989-04-22	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	5	5	6	18	21	4	6	8	13	25	-15	38	D	L	D	W	W	1989-04-22	Derby County	A
15	-1	Aston Villa	33	7	4	5	22	18	2	6	9	17	30	-9	37	W	W	L	L	L	1989-04-22	Norwich City	A
16	1	Southampton	33	5	5	6	23	25	3	7	7	24	38	-16	36	W	L	D	W	L	1989-04-19	Norwich City	H
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	32	3	7	6	20	24	4	5	7	17	24	-11	33	L	W	D	D	D	1989-04-22	Manchester United	H
18	0	Luton Town	33	5	6	5	23	19	2	4	11	10	30	-16	31	D	L	L	L	D	1989-04-22	Newcastle United	A
19	0	Newcastle United	33	3	4	9	17	25	4	4	9	13	29	-24	29	L	L	L	L	W	1989-04-22	Luton Town	H
20	0	West Ham United	31	1	6	10	15	30	4	2	8	10	22	-27	23	L	L	D	L	L	1989-04-22	Millwall	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Stoke City	Dean Court	6,834
	Lineups		Ware
Barnsley	0	0	Birmingham City	Oakwell	6,464
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Manchester City	Ewood Park	16,927	Largest home gate 1988-89
Kennedy, Garner 3	Lineups
Bradford City	2	2	Ipswich Town	Valley Parade	9,691
Oliver, Leonard	Lineups		D'Avray, Zondervan
Crystal Palace	2	0	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	12,358
Wright, Bright	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Elland Road	14,915
Williams A	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Chelsea	Filbert Street	19,468	Largest home gate 1988-89
Reid, Cross	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Sunderland	Boundary Park	5,944
Wright, Milligan	Lineups		MacPhail, Hauser
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Oxford United	Gay Meadow	3,583
McGinlay, Melrose	Lineups		Greenall (p), Briggs
Swindon Town	1	1	Watford	County Ground	9,828
White	Lineups		Miller
Walsall	1	1	Hull City	Fellows Park	3,935
Rimmer	Lineups		Edwards
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	11,358
Brown OG, West	Lineups		Brown, McCarthy
Footnotes
Birmingham City relegated

				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	41	12	6	2	44	23	13	5	3	42	22	41	86	L	W	W	W	W	1989-04-22	Leeds United	H
2	0	Manchester City	41	12	6	2	43	22	10	4	7	24	22	23	76	L	W	W	L	W	1989-04-22	Barnsley	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	4	3	45	22	5	7	8	22	32	13	68	W	D	D	D	W	1989-04-22	Birmingham City	A
4	2	Crystal Palace	39	12	6	2	36	16	7	4	8	24	28	16	67	W	W	W	W	L	1989-04-22	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	41	12	6	3	40	18	4	11	5	20	20	22	65	D	L	D	D	W	1989-04-22	Ipswich Town	A
6	-1	Watford	40	12	4	3	34	16	6	7	8	26	30	14	65	D	W	W	D	W	1989-04-18	Walsall	H
7	4	Leeds United	41	11	5	5	33	20	4	9	7	19	24	8	59	W	L	L	W	L	1989-04-22	Chelsea	A
8	-1	Swindon Town	39	10	8	2	30	15	5	6	8	25	33	7	59	D	L	W	D	L	1989-04-18	Birmingham City	A
9	-1	Barnsley	40	10	8	3	35	21	5	6	8	20	31	3	59	D	W	W	L	W	1989-04-22	Manchester City	A
10	-1	Ipswich Town	41	10	3	7	34	22	7	4	10	27	38	1	58	D	D	L	L	L	1989-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	1	Stoke City	40	10	8	2	29	17	5	5	10	23	41	-6	58	W	L	L	D	D	1989-04-22	Walsall	H
12	-2	AFC Bournemouth	41	12	2	7	29	18	5	4	11	17	34	-6	57	L	L	L	D	L	1989-04-22	Oxford United	A
13	3	Leicester City	41	11	5	5	28	16	2	9	9	21	37	-4	53	W	L	D	W	L	1989-04-22	Watford	A
14	0	Sunderland	41	10	7	3	35	20	3	6	12	19	37	-3	52	D	L	W	D	L	1989-04-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	0	Oxford United	41	10	6	4	35	25	3	6	12	21	32	-1	51	D	W	W	L	W	1989-04-22	AFC Bournemouth	H
16	-3	Portsmouth	41	10	6	4	29	14	3	6	12	20	37	-2	51	L	W	L	D	D	1989-04-22	Bradford City	H
17	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	11	4	5	35	20	3	3	15	19	39	-5	49	L	W	W	W	L	1989-04-22	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Bradford City	41	7	10	4	26	20	4	6	10	20	32	-6	49	D	W	L	D	D	1989-04-22	Portsmouth	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	10	4	5	31	16	3	6	12	18	42	-9	49	D	W	L	D	W	1989-04-22	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	41	9	8	4	45	28	1	9	10	23	38	2	47	D	L	W	D	L	1989-04-22	Hull City	A
21	0	Hull City	41	7	8	5	30	20	4	4	13	20	41	-11	45	D	L	D	L	D	1989-04-22	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	4	9	8	21	27	4	6	10	14	33	-25	39	D	W	L	L	W	1989-04-22	Sunderland	A
23	0	Walsall	40	3	9	9	24	37	1	6	12	11	29	-31	27	D	L	D	D	L	1989-04-18	Watford	A
24	0	Birmingham City	40	3	4	12	16	31	2	7	12	9	35	-41	26	D	L	L	D	L	1989-04-18	Swindon Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Recreation Ground	5,465	Largest home gate 1988-89
Smith	Lineups		Bull, Dennison
Brentford	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park	7,558
Blissett, Smillie	Lineups		Bailey
Bristol City	1	2	Blackpool	Ashton Gate	5,096
Taylor	Lineups		Walwyn 2
Bury	1	0	Cardiff City	Gigg Lane	2,124
Elliott	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,953
Waller	Lineups		Beckford 2
Fulham	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	4,950
Skinner	Lineups		Morgan
Gillingham	3	0	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium	2,414
Gavin, Peacock, Joseph	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Chester City	Leeds Road	6,109
Winter, Smith, May	Lineups		Painter
Northampton Town	1	2	Sheffield United	County Ground	5,030
McPherson	Lineups		Thompson, Deane
Preston North End	3	0	Notts County	Deepdale	6,735
Swann, Joyce, Ellis	Lineups
Swansea City	1	2	Wigan Athletic	Vetch Field	3,719
West	Lineups		Knill OG, Page
Footnotes
Wolverhampton Wanderers secure play off place

				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	39	16	2	1	53	14	8	7	5	31	26	44	81	W	W	D	L	L	1989-04-22	Swansea City	H
2	0	Port Vale	39	13	3	3	42	18	8	7	5	29	25	28	73	W	W	D	L	L	1989-04-21	Bristol City	H
3	0	Sheffield United	38	14	2	3	48	16	8	4	7	31	27	36	72	W	L	W	W	L	1989-04-19	Chester City	A
4	0	Bristol Rovers	39	9	8	3	32	19	9	5	5	30	24	19	67	L	W	D	W	W	1989-04-22	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Fulham	40	12	6	3	39	24	7	1	11	23	38	0	64	D	W	L	W	L	1989-04-22	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	Preston North End	41	13	6	2	51	27	4	6	10	21	28	17	63	W	L	D	L	L	1989-04-22	Chester City	A
7	0	Chester City	39	10	6	3	34	16	6	5	9	24	39	3	59	L	W	W	D	L	1989-04-19	Sheffield United	H
8	1	Brentford	38	13	3	4	33	19	3	7	8	23	29	8	58	W	W	L	W	W	1989-04-18	Southend United	A
9	1	Huddersfield Town	39	10	6	4	33	22	7	1	11	25	34	2	58	W	W	L	W	D	1989-04-18	Bristol City	A
10	1	Bury	41	11	5	5	27	22	5	5	10	27	41	-9	58	W	L	L	L	L	1989-04-22	Mansfield Town	A
11	-3	Swansea City	40	11	7	3	32	20	4	5	10	15	24	3	57	L	L	L	L	D	1989-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	0	Notts County	40	8	7	5	27	21	6	5	9	24	29	1	54	L	D	W	W	D	1989-04-18	Cardiff City	A
13	0	Reading	40	10	6	3	35	21	4	5	12	26	39	1	53	L	W	W	W	D	1989-04-19	Wigan Athletic	H
14	0	Bristol City	40	8	3	9	24	23	6	6	8	18	27	-8	51	L	L	L	L	D	1989-04-18	Huddersfield Town	H
15	0	Mansfield Town	40	9	6	5	28	20	3	8	9	14	28	-6	50	L	L	L	W	W	1989-04-22	Bury	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	9	6	3	32	18	3	7	11	13	29	-2	49	D	D	W	D	W	1989-04-22	Aldershot	H
17	0	Cardiff City	38	8	7	2	26	14	4	5	12	13	36	-11	48	L	W	L	D	D	1989-04-18	Notts County	H
18	0	Southend United	39	9	7	4	30	24	3	5	11	20	41	-15	48	W	W	W	W	D	1989-04-18	Brentford	H
19	0	Northampton Town	41	10	2	9	36	31	4	3	13	20	37	-12	47	L	L	W	L	D	1989-04-22	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Chesterfield	41	9	5	7	32	29	3	2	15	12	47	-32	43	L	L	D	W	D	1989-04-22	Blackpool	A
21	0	Blackpool	39	7	6	6	26	23	3	6	11	18	28	-7	42	W	L	L	L	L	1989-04-22	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Wigan Athletic	37	7	3	8	22	19	3	7	9	21	29	-5	40	W	W	D	L	W	1989-04-19	Reading	A
23	1	Gillingham	41	6	3	12	21	28	4	1	15	19	42	-30	34	W	L	L	W	W	1989-04-22	Reading	A
24	-1	Aldershot	40	6	5	9	27	27	1	7	12	18	43	-25	33	L	W	D	L	D	1989-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	1	Darlington	Turf Moor	5,577
	Lineups		Dyson
Carlisle United	1	1	Cambridge United	Brunton Park	2,579
Sendall	Lineups		Dennis
Exeter City	0	0	Rotherham United	St James Park	2,594
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Hereford United	Blundell Park	4,036
Gilbert	Lineups		Benbow
Hartlepool United	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Victoria Park	2,355
Baker (p), McKinnon	Lineups		Muir, Steel
Leyton Orient	3	1	Torquay United	Brisbane Road	4,642
Hales, Comfort, Baker	Lineups		Smith J
Lincoln City	1	1	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	3,519
McGinley	Lineups		Wilkins
Peterborough United	1	0	Wrexham	London Road	3,067
Cusack	Lineups
Scarborough	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Seamer Road	4,456
Olsson	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	Tranmere Rovers	41	13	5	2	29	10	6	10	5	27	28	18	72	D	W	W	W	W	1989-04-28	Stockport County	H
2	-1	Crewe Alexandra	40	12	6	2	35	20	8	6	6	21	19	17	72	W	D	L	L	L	1989-04-22	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Rotherham United	41	11	5	4	35	17	8	9	4	29	16	31	71	D	D	D	L	W	1989-04-22	Burnley	H
4	0	Scunthorpe United	41	10	7	3	35	21	9	5	7	34	31	17	69	L	L	D	W	W	1989-04-22	Lincoln City	H
5	0	Scarborough	41	11	7	3	29	19	7	7	6	31	27	14	68	W	L	D	W	W	1989-04-22	Darlington	A
6	0	Leyton Orient	41	15	1	5	56	17	4	9	7	22	28	33	67	W	W	W	W	L	1989-04-22	York City	A
7	1	Cambridge United	40	12	6	2	40	21	4	5	11	23	35	7	59	D	L	D	W	D	1989-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-1	Wrexham	39	9	7	3	38	26	6	6	8	28	30	10	58	L	L	D	L	W	1989-04-21	Halifax Town	H
9	0	Lincoln City	41	12	6	3	37	22	4	3	13	23	34	4	57	D	W	W	D	L	1989-04-22	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Exeter City	41	13	4	4	44	21	3	2	15	14	39	-2	54	D	L	L	W	L	1989-04-22	Torquay United	A
11	2	Grimsby Town	40	10	8	3	30	18	3	6	10	22	33	1	53	D	W	D	L	W	1989-04-25	Peterborough United	A
12	-1	York City	39	9	6	4	36	21	5	5	10	15	32	-2	53	D	W	D	W	D	1989-04-22	Leyton Orient	H
13	-1	Torquay United	38	13	2	3	28	14	2	6	12	12	31	-5	53	L	L	D	W	D	1989-04-22	Exeter City	H
14	0	Carlisle United	40	8	6	7	23	22	5	7	7	23	23	1	52	D	D	L	W	D	1989-04-21	Colchester United	A
15	1	Hereford United	41	9	8	3	34	23	3	7	11	24	37	-2	51	D	D	D	D	D	1989-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-1	Stockport County	41	8	9	3	27	13	2	11	8	23	29	8	50	D	D	D	D	D	1989-04-21	Peterborough United	H
17	0	Burnley	40	11	6	4	32	19	1	6	12	11	30	-6	48	L	L	W	D	L	1989-04-22	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	9	5	7	30	29	4	4	12	16	38	-21	48	D	L	W	L	D	1989-04-22	Hereford United	A
19	0	Halifax Town	40	10	6	5	40	24	3	2	14	22	39	-1	47	D	D	L	L	W	1989-04-21	Wrexham	A
20	0	Hartlepool United	41	9	5	7	29	30	4	3	13	16	40	-25	47	D	W	W	L	L	1989-04-22	Rochdale	A
21	0	Rochdale	40	9	7	3	29	24	3	3	15	20	51	-26	46	L	W	L	L	D	1989-04-22	Hartlepool United	H
22	0	Peterborough United	40	8	3	9	23	28	3	8	9	20	39	-24	44	W	W	D	L	W	1989-04-21	Stockport County	A
23	0	Darlington	41	2	12	6	23	32	4	6	11	21	32	-20	36	W	D	D	L	L	1989-04-22	Scarborough	H
24	0	Colchester United	40	5	6	8	25	26	2	7	12	20	46	-27	34	D	D	L	D	W	1989-04-21	Carlisle United	H