1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was Manchester City's first season back in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.

Manchester City

1989–90 season
Chairman	Peter Swales
Manager	Mel Machin (until 26 November 1989) Howard Kendall (from 13 December 1989)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Allen (10) All: White/Allen (11)
Highest home attendance	43,246 vs Manchester United 20 September 1989
Lowest home attendance	17,874 vs Brentford 4 October 1989
Average home league attendance	27,975 (4th highest in league)
Home colours
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Football League First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Coventry City	38	14	7	17	39	59	−20	49
13	Manchester United	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
14	Manchester City	38	12	12	14	43	52	−9	48
15	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	42	66	−24	48
16	Derby County	38	13	7	18	43	40	+3	46

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	12	14	43	52	−9	48	9	4	6	26	21	+5	3	8	8	17	31	−14

Source:

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1989	Liverpool	A	1-3	35,628	Hinchcliffe
23 August 1989	Southampton	H	1-2	25,416	Gleghorn
26 August 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	32,004	White
30 August 1989	Coventry City	A	1-2	16,129	White
9 September 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	23,420	Allen
16 September 1989	Wimbledon	A	0-1	6,922
23 September 1989	Manchester United	H	5-1	43,246	Oldfield (2), Bishop, Hinchcliffe, Morley
30 September 1989	Luton Town	H	3-1	23,863	Bishop, Brightwell, Oldfield
14 October 1989	Arsenal	A	0-4	40,393
22 October 1989	Aston Villa	H	0-2	23,354
28 October 1989	Chelsea	A	1-1	21,917	Allen
3 November 1989	Crystal Palace	H	3-0	23,768	White, Morley, Allen
10 November 1989	Derby County	A	0-6	19,239
17 November 1989	Nottingham Forest	H	0-3	26,238
24 November 1989	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	8,857	Allen
1 December 1989	Liverpool	H	1-4	31,641	Allen (pen
8 December 1989	Southampton	A	1-2	15,832	Allen
16 December 1989	Everton	A	0-0	21,737
25 December 1989	Norwich City	H	1-0	29,534	Allen
29 December 1989	Millwall	H	2-0	28,084	White (2)
31 December 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	28,756
13 January 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	26,384	Hendry
19 January 1990	Coventry City	H	1-0	24,345	White
2 February 1990	Manchester United	A	1-1	40,274	Brightwell
9 February 1990	Wimbledon	H	1-1	24,126	Hendry
23 February 1990	Charlton Athletic	H	1-2	24,030	White
2 March 1990	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	22,644
9 March 1990	Arsenal	H	1-1	29,087	White
16 March 1990	Luton Town	A	1-1	9,765	Allen (pen)
20 March 1990	Chelsea	H	1-1	24,670	Quinn
1 April 1990	Aston Villa	A	2-1	24,797	M. Ward, Reid
6 April 1990	Millwall	A	1-1	10,265	M. Ward
10 April 1990	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-1	8,437	Allen, Hendry, M. Ward
13 April 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	33,022	Quinn, Heath
15 April 1990	Norwich City	A	1-0	18,914	Heath
20 April 1990	Everton	H	1-0	32,144	Quinn
27 April 1990	Derby County	H	0-1	29,542
4 May 1990	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	20,056	Allen, Quinn

FA Cup

Main article: 1989–90 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R3 1st leg	5 January 1990	Millwall	H	0-0
R3 2nd leg	8 January 1990	Millwall	A	1-1
R3 3rd leg	14 January 1990	Millwall	A	3-1

League Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R2 1st leg	18 September 1989	Brentford	A	2-1
R2 2nd leg	4 October 1989	Brentford	H	4-1
R3	25 October 1989	Arsenal	H	3-1
Round of 16	21 November 1989	Coventry City	H	0-1

Full Members' Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Full Members' Cup

Nottingham Forest v Manchester City

29 November 1989 Second round, Northern Section	Nottingham Forest	3-2	Manchester City	West Bridgford
				Stadium: City Ground

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Andy Dibble — GK  ENG Paul Cooper — DF  ENG Andy Hinchcliffe — DF  ENG Steve Redmond — DF  ENG Mark Seagraves — DF  SCO Colin Hendry (from October) — DF  ENG Alan Harper — MF  ENG Paul Lake — MF  ENG Ian Brightwell

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Gary Megson — MF  ENG Mark Ward — MF  ENG Peter Reid — FW  ENG David White — FW  ENG Jason Beckford — FW  IRL Niall Quinn (from March) — FW  ENG Clive Allen — FW  ENG Wayne Clarke — FW  ENG Ashley Ward — FW  ENG Adrian Heath (from February)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG Nigel Gleghorn (to Birmingham City) — FW  ENG Trevor Morley (to West Ham United) — MF  ENG Ian Bishop (to West Ham United) — FW  ENG Justin Fashanu (to West Ham United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Gerry Taggart (to Barnsley) — DF  ENG Gary Fleming (to Barnsley) — MF  SCO Neil McNab (to Tranmere Rovers) — FW  ENG David Oldfield (to Leicester City) — DF  ENG Brian Gayle (to Ipswich Town)

Notes

1. Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.