1989–90 Football League First Division

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	Liverpool 18th English title) ^[1]
Relegated	Charlton Athletic Millwall Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup 1990–91	No qualifications ^[1]
FA Cup winners 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup	Manchester United (7th FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1990–91	Aston Villa
Matches played	380
Goals scored	987 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur), 24 ^[2]
Biggest home win	Liverpool – Crystal Palace 9–0 (12 Sep 1989)
Biggest away win	Coventry City – Liverpool 1–6 (5 May 1990)
Highest scoring	Liverpool – Crystal Palace 9–0 (12 Sep 1989) Southampton – Luton Town 6–3 (25 Nov 1989)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Overview

Season summary

Liverpool overhauled a greatly improved Aston Villa side to win their 18th league championship trophy and their fifth major trophy in as many seasons under Kenny Dalglish’s management. To date, this remains their last league title. Gary Lineker’s arrival at Tottenham Hotspur saw the North Londoners occupy third place after a season of improvement.

Luton Town stayed up on goal difference at the expense of Sheffield Wednesday, while Charlton’s four-year spell in the First Division came to an end at the beginning of May. Millwall were rooted to the bottom of the division despite briefly topping the league in September.

Personnel and kits

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1989–1990 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1989–1990

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	38	13	5	1	38	15	10	5	4	40	22	78	37	+41	79	Excluded from the 1990–91 European Cup ^{[notes1 1]}
2	Aston Villa	38	13	3	3	36	20	8	4	7	21	18	57	38	+19	70	UEFA Cup 1990–91 First round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	1	6	35	24	7	5	7	24	23	59	47	+12	63
4	Arsenal	38	14	3	2	38	11	4	5	10	16	27	54	38	+16	62
5	Chelsea	38	8	7	4	31	24	8	5	6	27	26	58	50	+8	60
6	Everton	38	14	3	2	40	16	3	5	11	17	30	57	46	+11	59
7	Southampton	38	10	5	4	40	27	5	5	9	31	36	71	63	+8	55
8	Wimbledon	38	5	8	6	22	23	8	8	3	25	17	47	40	+7	55
9	Nottingham Forest	38	9	4	6	31	21	6	5	8	24	26	55	47	+8	54	^[3]^[4]
10	Norwich City	38	7	10	2	24	14	6	4	9	20	28	44	42	+2	53
11	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	4	6	27	22	4	7	8	18	22	45	44	+1	50
12	Coventry City	38	11	2	6	24	25	3	5	11	15	34	39	59	-20	49
13	Manchester United	38	8	6	5	26	14	5	3	11	20	33	46	47	–1	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1990–91 First round
14	Manchester City	38	9	4	6	26	21	3	8	8	17	31	43	52	–9	48
15	Crystal Palace	38	8	7	4	27	23	5	2	12	15	43	42	66	–24	48
16	Derby County	38	9	1	9	29	21	4	6	9	14	19	43	40	+3	46
17	Luton Town	38	8	8	3	24	18	2	5	12	19	39	43	57	–14	43
18	Sheffield Wednesday	38	8	6	5	21	17	3	4	12	14	34	35	51	–16	43
19	Charlton Athletic	38	4	6	9	18	25	3	3	13	13	32	31	57	–26	30
20	Millwall	38	4	6	9	23	25	1	5	13	16	40	39	65	–26	26

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the season 1991–92.

Key
	League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results table

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Millwall !MIL	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Wimbledon !WDN
Arsenal !Arsenal		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–0
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	2–1		1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	6–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	0–0	0–2		3–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–3	1–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–0	0–3	3–1		1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–5
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–6	1–0	2–1	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	0–0	2–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1		1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–0
Derby County !Derby County	1–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	3–1		0–1	0–3	2–3	6–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Everton !Everton	3–0	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1		1–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	9–0	1–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0		1–1	1–3	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–4	3–1		5–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1		5–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Millwall !Millwall	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–1	4–4	2–2	0–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	0–1		2–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–1
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	1–4	3–1	2–3
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0		0–1	2–4	0–1
Southampton !Southampton	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–2	2–2		1–1	2–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–4	3–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–2	3–0	2–1		0–1
Wimbledon !Wimbledon	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Gary Lineker	Tottenham Hotspur	24
2	John Barnes	Liverpool	21
3	Kerry Dixon	Chelsea	20
3	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	20
5	David Platt	Aston Villa	19
6	Ian Rush	Liverpool	18
6	Rod Wallace	Southampton	18
8	David Hirst	Sheffield Wednesday	14
8	Kevin Wilson	Chelsea	14
10	Tony Cottee	Everton	13
10	Mark Hughes	Manchester United	13

References

1 2 Liverpool were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on for 10 years, because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. The ban was eventually lifted for the season 1991–92.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Because of the 1985 UEFA ban, no English clubs played European matches between the 1985/86 and 1989/90 season, and England was therefore ranked as 25th for the 1990/91-season in Europe which gave England only 1 spot in UEFA Cup.
↑ Nottingham Forest won the 1989 League Cup
↑ "First Division Top Scorers - 1989-1990". free-elements.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup (qualification – UEFA Group 2)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Fulham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Notts County Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham York City

Others	Newport

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