CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>1988–89 in English football - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"900e2fe3-3e84-4744-bee0-da871797c957","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"1988–89_in_English_football","wgTitle":"1988–89 in English football","wgCurRevisionId":1250834919,"wgRevisionId":1250834919,"wgArticleId":4039690,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with short description","Short description matches Wikidata","Use dmy dates from September 2020","Use British English from July 2013","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013","Articles with unsourced statements from July 2012","Articles to be expanded from May 2009","All articles to be expanded","1988 in English sport","1988 in European football", "1989 in English sport","1989 in European football","Seasons in English football","1988–89 in English football"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"1988–89_in_English_football","wgRelevantArticleId":4039690,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":100000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage", "wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q45719","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=[ "ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="1988–89 in English football - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-1988–89_in_English_football rootpage-1988–89_in_English_football skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Overview" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overview"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Overview</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Overview-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Overview subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hillsborough_disaster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hillsborough_disaster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Hillsborough disaster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hillsborough_disaster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Changes_to_football_on_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Changes_to_football_on_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Changes to football on television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Changes_to_football_on_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scunthorpe's_new_stadium" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scunthorpe's_new_stadium"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Scunthorpe's new stadium</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Scunthorpe's_new_stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Change_in_playoff_format" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Change_in_playoff_format"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Change in playoff format</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Change_in_playoff_format-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Diary_of_the_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diary_of_the_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Diary of the season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Diary_of_the_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>National team</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FA_Cup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FA_Cup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>FA Cup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FA_Cup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Football_League_silverware" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Football_League_silverware"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Football League silverware</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Football_League_silverware-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Football_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Football_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Football League</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Football_League-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Football League subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Football_League-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>First Division</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_Division-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Second Division</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_Division-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Second_Division_playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_Division_playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Second Division playoffs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_Division_playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Third_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Third Division</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_Division-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Third_Division_playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third_Division_playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Third Division playoffs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_Division_playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fourth_Division" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fourth_Division"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Fourth Division</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fourth_Division-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fourth_Division_playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fourth_Division_playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4.1</span> <span>Fourth Division playoffs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fourth_Division_playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_goalscorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_goalscorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Top goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-league_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-league_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Non-league football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-league_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Star_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Star_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Star players</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Star_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Star_managers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Star_managers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Star managers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Star_managers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Famous_debutants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Famous_debutants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Famous debutants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Famous_debutants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Retirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Deaths</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deaths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transfers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transfers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Transfers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transfers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">1988–89 in English football</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 4 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-4" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">4 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:1988-89_en_el_f%C3%BAtbol_de_Inglaterra" title="Anexo:1988-89 en el fútbol de Inglaterra – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:1988-89 en el fútbol de Inglaterra" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglijos_futbolas_1988%E2%80%931989_m." title="Anglijos futbolas 1988–1989 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Anglijos futbolas 1988–1989 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7_1988%E2%80%9389" title="كورة القدم فى انجلترا 1988–89 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كورة القدم فى انجلترا 1988–89" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engels_voetbalkampioenschap_1988/89" title="Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1988/89 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1988/89" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q45719#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&oldid=1250834919" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&id=1250834919&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1988%25E2%2580%259389_in_English_football"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1988%25E2%2580%259389_in_English_football"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q45719" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">109th season of competitive football in England</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title"><a href="/wiki/Football_in_England" title="Football in England">Football in England</a></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data">1988–89</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Men's football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League#First_Division" title="1988–89 Football League">First Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League#Second_Division" title="1988–89 Football League">Second Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1988–89 Football League">Third Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League#Fourth_Division" title="1988–89 Football League">Fourth Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_Conference" title="1988–89 Football Conference">Conference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)" title="Maidstone United F.C. (1897)">Maidstone United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Cup" title="1988–89 FA Cup">FA Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1988–89 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Cup" title="1988–89 Football League Cup">League Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1988_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1988 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:45%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:45%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1988–89 season</b> was the 109th season of competitive <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> in England. </p><p>The season saw <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> win their first league title for 18 years, in dramatic fashion, as they beat defending champions <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_0%E2%80%932_Arsenal_(1989)" title="Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (1989)">2–0</a> at <a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">Anfield</a> to clinch the title on number of goals scored. Liverpool had won the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> six days earlier and for the second season running missed out on a unique second <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">double</a>. Third placed <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> lifted both the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">Football League Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Full_Members%27_Cup" title="Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a>. The ban on English clubs, following the <a href="/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster" title="Heysel Stadium disaster">Heysel Stadium disaster</a>, was now in its fourth season and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> then voted for it to continue for a fifth season. In April 1989, fourteen Liverpool supporters were convicted of manslaughter relating to the disaster. </p><p>The season was overshadowed by the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a> on 15 April 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans in a crowd crush at the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_semi-finals" title="FA Cup semi-finals">FA Cup semi-final</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hillsborough_disaster">Hillsborough disaster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hillsborough disaster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a></div> <p>On 15 April, a crowd crush at the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_semi-finals" title="FA Cup semi-finals">FA Cup semi-final</a> between <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Stadium" title="Hillsborough Stadium">Hillsborough</a> killed 94 people and injured more than 300. A 95th Liverpool supporter died in hospital four days later. The death toll became 96 in March 1993, when <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bland" title="Tony Bland">Tony Bland</a> died after being in a coma for nearly four years, and 97 in July 2021. A subsequent inquiry into the tragedy led to the <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Report" title="Taylor Report">Taylor Report</a>, in which <a href="/wiki/Peter_Taylor,_Baron_Taylor_of_Gosforth" title="Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth">Lord Justice Taylor of Gosforth</a> ordered that all top division clubs should have <a href="/wiki/All-seater_stadium" title="All-seater stadium">all-seater stadiums</a> from the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95 season</a> onwards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changes_to_football_on_television">Changes to football on television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Changes to football on television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the biggest changes in the history of football on television began in this season, as <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> gained exclusive rights to show <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> matches, both in live and highlights form. The rights cost £11m, up from £5.2m in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Opening_day_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of their coverage was of live matches on Sunday afternoons of top-flight games. They would hold the exclusive rights until 1992, when they lost coverage of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a>. </p><p>It ended a long-term partnership with the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, who in turn struck up a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">FA</a> for exclusive coverage of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>. The BBC did not show another live English Football League match until 2009 and would not show another live top-flight football league match until 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scunthorpe's_new_stadium"><span id="Scunthorpe.27s_new_stadium"></span>Scunthorpe's new stadium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Scunthorpe's new stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> relocated from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Showground" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Showground">Old Showground</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glanford_Park" title="Glanford Park">Glanford Park</a> in the first relocation of a Football League team since <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/Roots_Hall" title="Roots Hall">Roots Hall</a> in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_in_playoff_format">Change in playoff format</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Change in playoff format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The play-off system was slightly altered: they were now contested by the four sides just missing out on promotion, with one fewer team automatically promoted. The system has stayed in place since then (although it was not until the following season that <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> began hosting finals). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diary_of_the_season">Diary of the season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Diary of the season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>4 July 1988 – Uruguayan <a href="/wiki/Danny_Bergara" title="Danny Bergara">Danny Bergara</a>, 46, becomes the first foreign manager in English football when he takes over at <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> club <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Rochdale F.C.">Rochdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>5 July 1988 – After three years in Italy with <a href="/wiki/A.S._Bari" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Bari">Bari</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> striker <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rideout" title="Paul Rideout">Paul Rideout</a> returns to England in a £430,000 move to <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>7 July 1988 – Tottenham Hotspur complete a British transfer record £2 million deal for 21-year-old Newcastle United midfielder <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</a>. Gascoigne signs a contract at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a> until the end of the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>12 July 1988 – The long hunt for a new <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national football team</a> manager ends when <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Terry_Yorath" title="Terry Yorath">Terry Yorath</a> is appointed on a part-time basis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>13 July 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Cowans" title="Gordon Cowans">Gordon Cowans</a> ends his three-year spell at Bari to rejoin Aston Villa in a £250,000 deal,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Everton strengthen their midfield in a £925,000 move for <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> and Scotland midfielder <a href="/wiki/Pat_Nevin" title="Pat Nevin">Pat Nevin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>19 July 1988 – England defender <a href="/wiki/Gary_Stevens_(footballer,_born_1963)" title="Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1963)">Gary Stevens</a> moves to Scotland in a £1 million move from Everton to <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a> in the costliest transfer involving a British defender.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is replaced at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a> by Newcastle United's <a href="/wiki/Neil_McDonald_(footballer)" title="Neil McDonald (footballer)">Neil McDonald</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>20 July 1988 – After two seasons at <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a> returns to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> for a club record £1.8 million, breaking the previous record of £1.75 million that the club paid for <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a> seven years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-hughes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>25 July 1988 – Less than three weeks after Tottenham broke the national transfer record, a new record is set when Everton complete the signing of <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>'s 23-year-old striker <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cottee" title="Tony Cottee">Tony Cottee</a> for £2.2 million.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>28 July 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Billy Bonds</a>, the oldest player in the Football League at 41, announces his retirement as a player but will remain with West Ham United as youth team coach. </p><p>1 August 1988 – West Ham United sign striker <a href="/wiki/David_Kelly_(association_footballer)" title="David Kelly (association footballer)">David Kelly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> for £600,000.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newcastle United sign defender <a href="/wiki/Andy_Thorn_(footballer)" title="Andy Thorn (footballer)">Andy Thorn</a> from <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> winners <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> for a club record £850,000.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>8 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Graham_Roberts" title="Graham Roberts">Graham Roberts</a> returns to England in a £470,000 move to Chelsea from Rangers. </p><p>13 August 1988 – The first <a href="/wiki/North_London_derby" title="North London derby">North London derby</a> to be held at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley Stadium</a> ends in a 4–0 victory for <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in the friendly <a href="/wiki/Wembley_International_Tournament" title="Wembley International Tournament">Wembley International Tournament</a>; Gunners' goalscorers are <a href="/wiki/Paul_Merson" title="Paul Merson">Paul Merson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Smith_(footballer,_born_1962)" title="Alan Smith (footballer, born 1962)">Alan Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Marwood" title="Brian Marwood">Brian Marwood</a> (2).<sup id="cite_ref-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>14 August 1988 – Arsenal beat <a href="/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich" title="FC Bayern Munich">FC Bayern Munich</a> 3–0 to win the Wembley International Tournament on goal difference.<sup id="cite_ref-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>17 August 1988 – Nottingham Forest sign England midfielder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hodge" title="Steve Hodge">Steve Hodge</a> from Tottenham Hotspur for £550,000.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>18 August 1988 – After an unhappy season at <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Ian Rush</a> returns to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> for £2.8 million. It is the third time in two months that the national transfer fee record has been broken.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>20 August 1988 – Liverpool gain revenge for their FA Cup final defeat by Wimbledon in May by beating them 2–1 in the <a href="/wiki/1988_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1988 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">John Aldridge</a>, who missed a penalty in the FA Cup final, scores both goals for Liverpool, and <a href="/wiki/John_Fashanu" title="John Fashanu">John Fashanu</a> scores for Wimbledon.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>23 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Moran_(footballer)" title="Kevin Moran (footballer)">Kevin Moran</a> leaves Manchester United on a free transfer after ten years and joins Spanish side <a href="/wiki/Sporting_Gij%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting Gijón">Sporting Gijón</a>. </p><p>26 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Ball, Jr.">Alan Ball</a> prepares <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a>'s challenge for an immediate return to the First Division by paying Aston Villa £315,000 for striker <a href="/wiki/Warren_Aspinall" title="Warren Aspinall">Warren Aspinall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> begin their life as a <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> side by drawing 2–2 at Aston Villa. Forwards <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">John Aldridge</a>, Alan Smith, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cottee" title="Tony Cottee">Tony Cottee</a> score opening day <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hat-trick (association football)">hat-tricks</a> as Liverpool beat <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> 3–0, Arsenal move to top position by thrashing FA Cup holders Wimbledon 5–1, while Everton thump Newcastle United 4–0.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tottenham Hotspur's opening fixture at home to <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> was postponed following the Londoners' failure to obtain a safety certificate for <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Opening_day_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>31 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> sign Irish midfielder <a href="/wiki/Andy_Townsend" title="Andy Townsend">Andy Townsend</a> from <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> for £300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chelsea defender <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wicks" title="Steve Wicks">Steve Wicks</a> retires from playing due to a back injury. </p><p>1 September 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a>, newly promoted back to the Second Division, sign <a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Bissett" title="Nicky Bissett">Nicky Bissett</a> for £115,000, a record fee for a non-league player. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Thompson_(football_executive)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Thompson (football executive) (page does not exist)">Richard Thompson</a>, 24, becomes the youngest chairman in the Football League when he takes over at <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> in place of <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Bulstrode&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Bulstrode (page does not exist)">David Bulstrode</a>. </p><p>10 September 1988 – In the North London derby at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>, Arsenal beat Tottenham 3–2.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southampton go top of the First Division after three games with a 2–1 home win over Luton. Norwich hold the First Division's other remaining 100% record by beating QPR 1–0 at <a href="/wiki/Carrow_Road" title="Carrow Road">Carrow Road</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a> helps Manchester United achieve their first goal and win of the season with a 1–0 home win over Middlesbrough.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>12 September 1988 – Nearly a decade after leaving them for <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>, goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Chris_Turner_(footballer_born_1958)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Turner (footballer born 1958)">Chris Turner</a> returns to <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> in a £175,000 move from Manchester United. 16 September 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Gray_(footballer_born_1955)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy Gray (footballer born 1955)">Andy Gray</a> returns to his native Scotland after 13 years to sign for Rangers. </p><p>17 September – Southampton drop points for the first time this season with a 2–2 draw against Arsenal at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">Highbury</a>, enabling Norwich to go top with a 2–0 win at Newcastle, who go bottom of the table. Southampton midfielder <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Cockerill" title="Glenn Cockerill">Glenn Cockerill</a> suffers a broken jaw in a clash with Arsenal midfielder <a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(footballer_born_1961)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Davis (footballer born 1961)">Paul Davis</a> in a First Division match at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">Highbury</a> which ends in a 2–2 draw. Liverpool goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Grobbelaar" title="Bruce Grobbelaar">Bruce Grobbelaar</a> is hospitalised with <a href="/wiki/Meningitis" title="Meningitis">meningitis</a> and is expected to be out of action until the new year.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>24 September – Norwich drop points for the first time this season but remain top of the First Division with a 2–2 draw at home to third placed Millwall.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>28 September 1988 – Wimbledon sign Nottingham Forest goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Hans_Segers" title="Hans Segers">Hans Segers</a> for £180,000.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a>, fourth from bottom in the Second Division, sack manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Billy Bremner</a> after three years at the helm.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>29 September 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Paul Davis (footballer, born 1961)">Paul Davis</a> is fined a record £3,000 and banned for nine matches.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>30 September 1988 – The month ends with Norwich City as surprise leaders of the First Division, two points ahead of Liverpool and newly promoted Millwall. FA Cup holders Wimbledon occupy bottom place.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Second Division promotion race is headed by <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a>, Portsmouth, Bradford City and <a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> occupy the promotion play-off places, while pre-season promotion favourites Leeds United occupy a lowly 18th place.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1 October 1988 – Millwall go top of the league in their first season in the First Division 3–2 win over Queens Park Rangers.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norwich's 3–1 home defeat to Charlton pushes them down to second place. West Ham go bottom of the division with a 4–1 home defeat to Arsenal. Ipswich go top of the Second Division with a 2–1 away win over West Bromwich Albion. Bottom-of-the-table Birmingham lose a thrilling game at home to Barnsley 5–3.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2 October 1988 – Aston Villa sell defender <a href="/wiki/Neale_Cooper" title="Neale Cooper">Neale Cooper</a> to Rangers for £300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>7 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Cox_(footballer)" title="Arthur Cox (footballer)">Arthur Cox</a> dismisses speculation that he will take over at Leeds United. </p><p>8 October 1988 – Norwich return to the top of the First Division with a 1–0 win over Derby at the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Ground" title="Baseball Ground">Baseball Ground</a>. Second Division promotion challengers Blackburn beat Crystal Palace 5–4 in a nine-goal thriller at <a href="/wiki/Ewood_Park" title="Ewood Park">Ewood Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>9 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Jackie Milburn</a>, Newcastle's record goal scorer who helped them win three <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cups</a> during the 1950s, dies of cancer aged 64. </p><p>10 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Howard_Wilkinson" title="Howard Wilkinson">Howard Wilkinson</a> ends six years as Sheffield Wednesday manager by agreeing to drop down a division to join Leeds United,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Willie_McFaul" title="Willie McFaul">Willie McFaul</a> ends his 22-year association with Newcastle United when he is sacked as manager.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reserve team coach <a href="/wiki/Colin_Suggett" title="Colin Suggett">Colin Suggett</a> is put in charge, with the club's board saying that he will stay in the role until the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>13 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Atkinson" title="Ron Atkinson">Ron Atkinson</a> steps down as West Bromwich Albion manager for the second time, taking over at <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid" title="Atlético Madrid">Atlético Madrid</a> in Spain, in a contract worth £250,000 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>15 October 1988 – Millwall miss the chance to go back to the top of the First Division when Coventry hold them to a goalless draw at <a href="/wiki/Highfield_Road" title="Highfield Road">Highfield Road</a>. A West Midlands derby at St Andrew's sees West Bromwich Albion beat their local rivals Birmingham City 4–1. Chelsea boost their hopes of an immediate return to the First Division by beating Oldham 4–1 at <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Park" title="Boundary Park">Boundary Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>17 October 1988 – Liverpool midfielder <a href="/wiki/Jan_Molby" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Molby">Jan Molby</a> is found guilty of <a href="/wiki/Reckless_driving" title="Reckless driving">reckless driving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drink-driving" class="mw-redirect" title="Drink-driving">driving under the influence of alcohol</a>, and is sentenced to three months in prison.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>20 October 1988 – Liverpool sign 20-year-old defender <a href="/wiki/David_Burrows_(footballer)" title="David Burrows (footballer)">David Burrows</a> from <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> for £550,000.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>21 October 1988 – Wimbledon pay a club record £500,000 for <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Keith_Curle" title="Keith Curle">Keith Curle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>22 October 1988 – Southampton make history by fielding three brothers in the same team in their 2–1 league defeat to Sheffield Wednesday: 24-year-old <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wallace_(footballer)" title="Danny Wallace (footballer)">Danny Wallace</a> lines up alongside twin brothers <a href="/wiki/Rod_Wallace" title="Rod Wallace">Rod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Wallace_(footballer)" title="Ray Wallace (footballer)">Ray</a>. Norwich maintain their lead of the First Division with a 3–1 home win over Tottenham, which sends the visitors into the bottom three. West Ham remain in the bottom three despite a 2–0 win over Newcastle, which sends the <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tynesiders</a> back to the bottom of the table. Chelsea's Second Division surge continues with a 5–0 home win over Plymouth.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>25 October 1988 – Tottenham remain in the bottom three after losing 2–1 at home to Southampton, who climb from tenth place to fifth. Arsenal's title hopes are dented when they are held to a 1–1 draw by Luton at <a href="/wiki/Kenilworth_Road" title="Kenilworth Road">Kenilworth Road</a>. Watford go top of the Second Division with a 4–0 home win over Barnsley.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>26 October 1988 – Norwich strengthen their lead of the First Division with a 2–1 win over Manchester United at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>. Newcastle climb off the bottom of the division with a 3–0 home win over local rivals Middlesbrough. Liverpool are seventh after a 2–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest at the <a href="/wiki/City_Ground" title="City Ground">City Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 October 1988 – Manchester United pay <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> £650,000 for 31-year-old full-back <a href="/wiki/Mal_Donaghy" title="Mal Donaghy">Mal Donaghy</a>. </p><p>28 October 1988 – Derby County pay a club-record £1million for <a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a> and Wales striker <a href="/wiki/Dean_Saunders" title="Dean Saunders">Dean Saunders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>29 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lawrenson" title="Mark Lawrenson">Mark Lawrenson</a> is sacked as Oxford United manager after a dispute with the club's board over the sale of Dean Saunders.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His assistant <a href="/wiki/Brian_Horton" title="Brian Horton">Brian Horton</a>, the former Hull City manager, is appointed as his successor.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First Division leaders Norwich draw 1–1 at home to Southampton, while Arsenal climb into second place with a 2–0 home win over Coventry. Liverpool get back on track with a 2–0 win at West Ham. The biggest action in the Second Division comes in the shape of a seven-goal thriller at the <a href="/wiki/Manor_Ground_(Oxford)" title="Manor Ground (Oxford)">Manor Ground</a>, where Bradford beat Oxford 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>30 October 1988 – Everton and Manchester United draw 1–1 in a First Division encounter at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a>. Both teams were among the pre-season title favourites but have so far been disappointing in the league, with Everton 14th and United 10th. Tottenham, another team widely expected to challenge for the title this season, are currently second from bottom. In contrast, a Norwich side which battled against relegation last season are top of the league and Millwall are third in their first season as a First Division club.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>31 October 1988 – Norwich City are back at the top of the First Division table at the end of the month, now with a six-point lead over nearest rivals Arsenal, who have a game in hand, while Millwall are still third. The bottom three places are occupied by Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>, who two seasons ago were in the Third Division and threatened with closure due to financial problems, finish the month in a creditable seventh place.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watford lead the Second Division by five points over Blackburn Rovers. The playoff zone is occupied by West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth, Chelsea and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>. Leeds United continue to struggle, only being out of the relegation zone on goal difference.<refhttp://www.chelsea-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=29&Month=Oct&ssnno=118&teamno=132 Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 29 October 1988]. <i>Chelsea FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</ref> </p><p>1 November 1988 – Out-of-favour Manchester United striker <a href="/wiki/Peter_Davenport" title="Peter Davenport">Peter Davenport</a> becomes Middlesbrough's record signing in a £750,000 deal.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Tottenham Hotspur manager <a href="/wiki/Keith_Burkinshaw" title="Keith Burkinshaw">Keith Burkinshaw</a> takes over as manager of Third Division strugglers <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>5 November 1988 – In the Second Division, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> win at league leaders Watford through goals from <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Durie" title="Gordon Durie">Gordon Durie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Dixon" title="Kerry Dixon">Kerry Dixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tynan" title="Tommy Tynan">Tommy Tynan</a> fires four for <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> against <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Sheridan_(footballer)" title="John Sheridan (footballer)">John Sheridan</a> scores the only goal as <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> pick up an away win at <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norwich continue to head the First Division title race with a 2–0 win over Wimbledon at <a href="/wiki/Plough_Lane_(1912%E2%80%9398)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plough Lane (1912–98)">Plough Lane</a>. Millwall go second with a 3–1 home win over Luton. Tottenham are bottom after a 3–1 home defeat to Derby, which sees the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlanders</a> bounce from 13th to sixth in the table. Manchester United's frustrating form continues when they are held to a 1–1 draw at home to Aston Villa, meaning that they have now drawn five out of 10 First Division games this season.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>6 November 1988 – Arsenal go second in the First Division with a 4–1 away over Nottingham Forest. They are now Norwich's nearest challengers, six points behind with a game in hand.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>11 November 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Milne" title="Ralph Milne">Ralph Milne</a>, the 27-year-old winger with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> in the Third Division, makes a surprise £170,000 move to Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>12 November 1988 – Norwich are still top of the First Division but draw 1–1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday, with Arsenal winning 1–0 at Newcastle to cut Norwich's lead to four points. Southampton go third win a 3–1 home win over Aston Villa. Manchester United make it six draws from their first 11 games with a 2–2 stalemate away to Derby.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>15 November 1988 – Everton striker <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Heath" title="Adrian Heath">Adrian Heath</a> is sold to <a href="/wiki/Espanyol" class="mw-redirect" title="Espanyol">Espanyol</a> of Spain for £600,000.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>16 November 1988 – Manchester United sell winger <a href="/wiki/Jesper_Olsen" title="Jesper Olsen">Jesper Olsen</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> of France for £400,000,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he links up with former Tottenham Hotspur striker <a href="/wiki/Clive_Allen" title="Clive Allen">Clive Allen</a>. 18 November 1988 – Oxford United captain <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Caton" title="Tommy Caton">Tommy Caton</a> returns to the First Division in a £100,000 move to Charlton Athletic. Manchester United sell <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Danish</a> winger <a href="/wiki/Jesper_Olsen" title="Jesper Olsen">Jesper Olsen</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> for £400,000.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>19 November 1988 – The <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> first round kicks off with non-league <a href="/wiki/Altrincham_F.C." title="Altrincham F.C.">Altrincham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bognor_Regis_Town_F.C." title="Bognor Regis Town F.C.">Bognor Regis Town</a> both seeing off Football League opposition. Norwich drop points again when they are held to a 1–1 draw at Everton, with Arsenal cutting the gap between first and second to two points with a 3–0 home win over Middlesbrough. A relegation crunch game at Kenilworth Road sees Luton beat West Ham 4–1. Bottom club Newcastle crash to a 4–0 defeat at Millwall. Portsmouth go top of the Second Division, level on points with Watford and Blackburn, with a 3–0 home win over Barnsley.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>23 November 1988 – Manchester United are held to a 1–1 draw at home to Sheffield Wednesday in the First Division, and have now drawn eight of their opening 13 league games. Tottenham and Coventry draw 1–1 in a stalemate at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>. Liverpool beat Arsenal 2–1 in a League Cup third round replay at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>25 November 1988 – Wimbledon defender <a href="/wiki/Terry_Phelan" title="Terry Phelan">Terry Phelan</a> is omitted from tomorrow's squad for the First Division fixture against Liverpool due to a court appearance he faces on a charge of <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a> possession.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>26 November 1988 – Norwich are held to another draw, this time 2–2 at home to Luton, but retain their lead of the First Division. Arsenal lose 2–1 to Derby at the Baseball Ground in a match where victory would have taken them to the top of the league on goal difference. Coventry go fifth with a 2–1 home win over local rivals Aston Villa. There are thrilling victories for two promotion-chasing teams in the Second Division, with Barnsley beating <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> 5–2 at <a href="/wiki/Oakwell" title="Oakwell">Oakwell</a> and West Bromwich Albion beating Crystal Palace 5–3 at the <a href="/wiki/The_Hawthorns" title="The Hawthorns">Hawthorns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 November 1988 – The only professional action of the day sees Manchester United and Newcastle United grind out a goalless draw on <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a>. Newcastle are still bottom of the First Division, having won just two of their first 14 games. Manchester United have so far lost just twice in the league, but nine draws and a mere three victories have left them rooted in mid table.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>30 November 1988 – The month ends with Norwich City still top of the First Division, with Arsenal, Millwall, Liverpool, <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> and Southampton all in close contention. Newcastle United and West Ham United are level on points at the bottom.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watford and Blackburn Rovers lead the way in the Second Division, level on 33 points. Manchester City, Chelsea, Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion occupy the play-off zone.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1 December 1988 – Jan Molby is released from prison after serving 45 days of his three-month prison sentence for motoring offences.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>3 December 1988 – Manchester United end their long run without a win in the First Division by beating Charlton Athletic 3–0 at Old Trafford. Norwich are still top of the First Division despite a 3–1 defeat at Aston Villa, but Arsenal are three points behind them with two games in hand. Chelsea go second in the Second Division with a 3–0 win over Stoke at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>4 December 1988 – Newcastle United's search for a manager ends when they recruit <a href="/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer,_born_1940)" title="Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)">Jim Smith</a> from Queens Park Rangers,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who put coach <a href="/wiki/Peter_Shreeves" title="Peter Shreeves">Peter Shreeves</a> in temporary charge of the first team. Arsenal miss the chance to go top of the First Division when they are held to a 1–1 draw at home to Liverpool.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>7 December 1988 – Striker <a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer_born_1964)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Robertson (footballer born 1964)">John Robertson</a> returns to his native Scotland to rejoin <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C." title="Heart of Midlothian F.C.">Hearts</a> in a £750,000 deal after just seven months at Newcastle United.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>10 December 1988 – Norwich remain top of the First Division after drawing 0–0 at home with their nearest rivals Arsenal. Coventry close in on the leading pair by beating Manchester United 1–0 at Highfield Road. Manchester City go top of the Second Division with a 4–0 home win over Bradford City.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>11 December 1988 – The <a href="/wiki/Merseyside_derby" title="Merseyside derby">Merseyside derby</a> ends in a 1–1 draw at <a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">Anfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>14 December 1988 – Luton Town sign 23-year-old Northern Irish striker <a href="/wiki/Iain_Dowie" title="Iain Dowie">Iain Dowie</a> from <a href="/wiki/Isthmian_League" title="Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> side <a href="/wiki/Hendon_F.C." title="Hendon F.C.">Hendon</a> for £30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Queens Park Rangers appoint their 34-year-old former England striker <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Francis" title="Trevor Francis">Trevor Francis</a> as player-manager.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>17 December 1988 – Liverpool are now sixth in the First Division and eight points off the top of the table after losing 1–0 at home to Norwich, who stay top despite Arsenal's 2–1 home win over Manchester United. Derby go fourth win a 2–0 away win over Coventry. Newcastle claim a point in their battle for survival with a 3–3 draw at home to Southampton. Millwall remain third in the league with a 1–0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>18 December 1988 – Wimbledon climb out of the bottom three with a 1–0 away win over Nottingham Forest. Sunderland remain within touching distance of the Second Division playoffs – and the chance of a second successive promotion – by beating Plymouth 4–1 at <a href="/wiki/Home_Park" title="Home Park">Home Park</a>. West Bromwich Albion keep up their push for automatic promotion with a 6–0 home win over Stoke.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>22 December 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Sansom" title="Kenny Sansom">Kenny Sansom</a> ends eight years at Arsenal by making a £300,000 move to Newcastle United. </p><p>24 December 1988 – Aston Villa sell striker <a href="/wiki/Garry_Thompson_(footballer_born_1959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garry Thompson (footballer born 1959)">Garry Thompson</a> to Watford for £325,000.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>26 December 1988 – Arsenal go top of the First Division after beating Charlton 3–2 at <a href="/wiki/Selhurst_Park" title="Selhurst Park">Selhurst Park</a>. Everton go fifth win a 2–1 home win over Middlesbrough. Manchester United climb two places to ninth with a 2–0 home win over Nottingham Forest. Newcastle pick up three vital points in their fight to avoid relegation by winning 2–1 at Sheffield Wednesday. Liverpool pick up three points in their bid to remain on track for the league title, beating Derby 1–0 at the Baseball Ground. Chelsea go top of the Second Division with a 3–0 home win over Ipswich.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 December 1988 – Walsall, bottom of the Second Division, sack manager <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Coakley" title="Tommy Coakley">Tommy Coakley</a>, their manager for two-and-a-half years, after an 11th successive league defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norwich return to the top of the First Division with a 2–1 home win over West Ham, who are now bottom of the First Division and six points adrift of safety just three seasons after coming close to winning the league title.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>31 December 1988 – Arsenal move to the top the First Division on goal difference from Norwich City after beating Aston Villa 3–0. Norwich could only manage a goalless draw at home to Middlesbrough. Wimbledon climb into 14th place with a 4–0 home win over Luton, Everton go fourth win a 3–1 home win over Coventry, and Tottenham reach ninth place with a 2–0 win over Newcastle less than two months after being bottom of the table. The Second Division leading pair of Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion remain level on goal difference after a 1–1 draw at <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a>. Watford draw level on points with them after beating AFC Bournemouth 1–0. Manchester City maintain their promotion push with a 2–1 win over Swindon at the <a href="/wiki/County_Ground,_Swindon" class="mw-redirect" title="County Ground, Swindon">County Ground</a>. Leicester are just four points short of the playoffs after a 4–0 home win over Blackburn. Sunderland are just two points off the playoffs after beating Portsmouth 4–0 at <a href="/wiki/Roker_Park" title="Roker Park">Roker Park</a>. Barnsley climb into the playoff zone and are in strong contention for a place in the top flight of English football for the first time, beating struggling Shrewsbury 3–2 at <a href="/wiki/Gay_Meadow" title="Gay Meadow">Gay Meadow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1 January 1989 – Manchester United beat Liverpool 3–1 at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> to leave the Merseysiders nine points behind leaders Arsenal. 20-year-old midfielder <a href="/wiki/Russell_Beardsmore" title="Russell Beardsmore">Russell Beardsmore</a>, starting for only the second time in the league, scored a second half equaliser for United before setting up a goal each for <a href="/wiki/Brian_McClair" title="Brian McClair">Brian McClair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a> to wipe out Liverpool's lead.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2 January 1989 – Luton Town thrash Southampton 6–1 in the biggest win of the First Division season.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>5 January 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Neil_Warnock" title="Neil Warnock">Neil Warnock</a> leaves <a href="/wiki/Scarborough_F.C." title="Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a> to become manager of <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a>, to replace <a href="/wiki/John_Barnwell" title="John Barnwell">John Barnwell</a>, sacked a month ago.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>6 January 1989 – Manchester City boost their Second Division promotion push with a £250,000 move for Sheffield Wednesday midfielder <a href="/wiki/Gary_Megson" title="Gary Megson">Gary Megson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>7 January 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a>, of the Conference, knock Coventry City out of the FA Cup with a shock 2–1 win in the third round. Middlesbrough lose 2–1 at home to Fourth Division <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>11 January 1989 – Struggling West Ham United surprisingly beat Arsenal 1–0 in an FA Cup third round <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a> at Highbury.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>12 January 1989 – After just seven months at Newcastle United, goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Dave_Beasant" title="Dave Beasant">Dave Beasant</a> signs for Second Division leaders Chelsea in a £725,000 deal which contracts him to the <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a> club until 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>28 January 1989 – Sutton United's FA Cup adventure ends in the Fourth Round when they are hammered 8–0 by Norwich City. Brentford beat Manchester City 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>31 January 1989 – Arsenal remain top of the First Division, three points ahead of Norwich City. Coventry City are third, but Millwall have slipped to seventh. Newcastle United are back in bottom place after failing to gain a single league point this month, and are level on points with West Ham United.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chelsea continue to lead the way in the Second Division, while Watford now stand second, level on points with third placed Manchester City. West Bromwich Albion, Blackburn Rovers and <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> complete the top six.<refhttp://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=21&Month=Jan&ssnno=118&teamno=173 Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 21 January 1989]. <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>]. Retrieved 23 March 2011</ref> </p><p>2 February 1989 – Liverpool sell midfielder <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Spackman" title="Nigel Spackman">Nigel Spackman</a> to Queens Park Rangers for £500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>8 February 1989 – Midfielder <a href="/wiki/Peter_Reid" title="Peter Reid">Peter Reid</a> moves from Everton to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Watford boost their Second Division promotion challenge with a £175,000 move for Halifax Town's 19-year-old winger <a href="/wiki/Lee_Richardson_(footballer)" title="Lee Richardson (footballer)">Lee Richardson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>9 February 1989 – Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough is fined £5,000 and banned from the touchline for the rest of the season for punching supporters who invaded the pitch in the recent League Cup quarter-final victory over Queens Park Rangers.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>14 February 1989 – Just three months after quitting West Bromwich Albion to take over at Spanish side Atlético Madrid, Ron Atkinson returns to England to succeed <a href="/wiki/Peter_Eustace" title="Peter Eustace">Peter Eustace</a> as manager of First Division strugglers Sheffield Wednesday.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arsenal win a <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Exhibition match">friendly</a> against the <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France national football team</a> 2–0.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>18 February 1989 – Liverpool come from behind to beat Hull City 3–2 in the FA Cup fifth round. Everton win 1–0 at Barnsley, and Third Division Brentford continue their good run by beating Blackburn Rovers.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>23 February 1989 – Midfielder <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Palmer" title="Carlton Palmer">Carlton Palmer</a> follows Ron Atkinson to Sheffield Wednesday from West Bromwich Albion for a club record fee of £750,000.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>24 February 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hattersley" title="Roy Hattersley">Roy Hattersley</a>, deputy <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> leader, warns that the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> government's proposed ID card scheme will increase violence outside football grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 February 1989 – Newport County, relegated from the Football League last season, are wound up in the <a href="/wiki/High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court">High Court</a> with huge debts.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>28 February 1989 – Arsenal remain top of the First Division as February ends, with Norwich City still second, and Millwall back up to third. Liverpool are eighth, 19 points behind Arsenal, but with four games in hand. West Ham United are now bottom of the division, and Newcastle United and Sheffield Wednesday complete the relegation zone.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester City have overtaken Chelsea as Second Division leaders. The play-off zone is occupied by Blackburn Rovers, Watford, West Bromwich Albion and AFC Bournemouth.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2 March 1989 – Chelsea sign <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Ken_Monkou" title="Ken Monkou">Ken Monkou</a> from <a href="/wiki/Feyenoord" title="Feyenoord">Feyenoord</a> for £100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3 March 1989 – Rangers sign defender <a href="/wiki/Mel_Sterland" title="Mel Sterland">Mel Sterland</a> from Sheffield Wednesday on a free.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>9 March 1989 – Queens Park Rangers set a club record transfer by paying Southampton £800,000 for striker <a href="/wiki/Colin_Clarke_(footballer_born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin Clarke (footballer born 1962)">Colin Clarke</a>. </p><p>14 March 1989 – Manchester City, pushing for promotion from the Second Division, pay £600,000 for Luton Town midfielder <a href="/wiki/David_Oldfield_(footballer)" title="David Oldfield (footballer)">David Oldfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>15 March 1989 – Southampton sign 18-year-old defender <a href="/wiki/Jason_Dodd" title="Jason Dodd">Jason Dodd</a> from Conference side <a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a> for £50,000.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>18 March 1989 – Brentford's FA Cup dream ends in the quarter-finals when they lose 4–0 to Liverpool at <a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">Anfield</a>. Nottingham Forest defeat Manchester United 1–0 at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>. West Ham United and Norwich City draw 0–0 at <a href="/wiki/Boleyn_Ground" title="Boleyn Ground">Upton Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>19 March 1989 – Wimbledon's defence of the FA Cup ends in a 1–0 defeat to Everton at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>21 March 1989 – Fourth Division strugglers <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> sack player-manager <a href="/wiki/Asa_Hartford" title="Asa Hartford">Asa Hartford</a> and replace him with Rochdale manager Danny Bergera.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>22 March 1989 – Norwich City move closer to their first-ever FA Cup final by defeating West Ham United 3–1 in the quarter-final replay at <a href="/wiki/Carrow_Road" title="Carrow Road">Carrow Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Southampton pay a club record £700,000 for Portsmouth midfielder <a href="/wiki/Barry_Horne_(footballer)" title="Barry Horne (footballer)">Barry Horne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West Ham United also break their transfer fee record by paying £1.1million to bring striker <a href="/wiki/Frank_McAvennie" title="Frank McAvennie">Frank McAvennie</a> back to the club after 18 months at <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>23 March 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Gordon Strachan</a> leaves Manchester United after nearly five years to join Leeds United for £300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trevor Francis bolsters the Queens Park Rangers midfield with a £350,000 move for Brentford's <a href="/wiki/Andy_Sinton" title="Andy Sinton">Andy Sinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>27 March 1989 – Referee Kelvin Morton awards five <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">penalties</a> in just 27 minutes during the <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> match. Crystal Palace miss three of their four penalties, while Brighton score from their only penalty. Palace eventually win the match 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>31 March 1989 – Arsenal remain top of the league, three points ahead of Norwich City, while Liverpool, who won six League games this month, have moved into third place with a game in hand and a five-point deficit behind the leaders. West Ham United occupy bottom place with 22 points from 27 games, but Newcastle United are now just one point adrift of safety. Southampton have slipped into the bottom three.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chelsea have returned to the top of the Second Division, exchanging places with Manchester City, while the play-off zone is occupied by West Bromwich Albion, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and AFC Bournemouth.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>4 April 1989 – Liverpool play Scottish champions <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> in the last ever <a href="/wiki/Dubai_Champions_Cup" title="Dubai Champions Cup">Dubai Champions Cup</a>, an unofficial "British Championship". <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">John Aldridge</a> scores for Liverpool to equalise a <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGhee" title="Mark McGhee">Mark McGhee</a> goal for Celtic, and the game finishes 1–1. Liverpool lose 4–2 on penalty kicks.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>5 April 1989 – Newport County lose a final appeal against their closure in the High Court more than a month ago; they are expelled from the GM Vauxhall Conference and their record for the season is expunged. </p><p>9 April 1989 – Nottingham Forest win the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> with a 3–1 win over holders Luton Town in the <a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Football League Cup Final">final</a> at Wembley.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleaguecup_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleaguecup-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>10 April 1989 – Walsall announce the sale of <a href="/wiki/Fellows_Park" title="Fellows Park">Fellows Park</a>, their home since 1903, and will relocate to a new stadium at <a href="/wiki/Bescot_Stadium" title="Bescot Stadium">Bescot</a> from the start of the 1990–91 season. </p><p>15 April 1989 – English football endures its greatest ever tragedy with the death of 94 <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> supporters, and injury of some 300 others, at the FA Cup semi-final clash with Nottingham Forest at <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Stadium" title="Hillsborough Stadium">Hillsborough</a>. Some of the injured are in a serious condition and there are fears that the death toll could rise even higher.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match is abandoned, while the other semi-final sees Everton beat Norwich City 1–0 at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>17 April 1989 – Within 48 hours of the tragedy at Hillsborough, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hurd" title="Douglas Hurd">Douglas Hurd</a> promises to pass new legislation which will force all <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">Football League</a> teams to remove standing accommodation from their stadiums. The Football Association gives the go-ahead for the FA Cup to continue, with the re-staged match to take place at Old Trafford on 7 May, despite calls for the final not to be played. </p><p>18 April 1989 – The <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a> death toll reaches 95 when 14-year-old Lee Nichol dies in hospital from his injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-nicol_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicol-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many more of the injured are still in hospital, and there are fears that six spectators who had to be resuscitated have suffered brain damage. </p><p>19 April 1989 – <a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)"><i>The Sun</i> newspaper</a> posts a front-page article about the Hillsborough disaster, headlined "The Truth", with lurid and untrue allegations about Liverpool fans' conduct,<sup id="cite_ref-Conn_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conn-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jewell_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jewell-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from sources including South Yorkshire Police and <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/Irvine_Patnick" title="Irvine Patnick">Irvine Patnick</a>. The claims were later disproved by the Hillsborough inquest,<sup id="cite_ref-Ponsford_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ponsford-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conn_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conn-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and caused an ongoing boycott of <i>The Sun</i> in Liverpool.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun_ban_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun_ban-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>28 April 1989 – Of the 25 Liverpool fans who were extradited in connection with the <a href="/wiki/Heysel_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Heysel disaster">Heysel disaster</a> of May 1985, in which 39 spectators died at the <a href="/wiki/1985_European_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 European Cup Final">European Cup final</a>, 14 are found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; they went on to serve one year in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>30 April 1989 – Arsenal remain top of the league as April draws to a close, but are now just three points ahead of a Liverpool side who have superior goal difference and a game in hand. Norwich City are now eight points behind the leaders. At the other end of the table West Ham United are ten points from safety, and occupy the relegation zone with Newcastle United and Luton Town.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chelsea have sealed an immediate return to the First Division as Second Division champions, while Manchester City are just five points away from returning as runners-up after a two-year exile. Watford and Crystal Palace are now the only other teams who can go up automatically, while Blackburn Rovers and <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> complete the top six.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nottingham Forest beat Everton 4–3 in the <a href="/wiki/Full_Members_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Full Members Cup">Full Members Cup</a> final at Wembley to become the first club in English football to win two domestic cups in the same season. Liverpool travelled to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> to play their first game since the Hillsborough disaster. 60,000 attend at <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Park" title="Celtic Park">Parkhead</a> to watch them beat Celtic 4–0 in a match arranged to raise money for the disaster fund. An estimated £500,000 is raised. </p><p>1 May 1989 – Arsenal thrash Norwich City 5–0 at <a href="/wiki/Highbury_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Highbury Stadium">Highbury</a> to effectively end the Canaries' title challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)" title="Maidstone United F.C. (1897)">Maidstone United</a> clinch the Conference title and are promoted to the Football League, giving them a clash next season with fellow <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> club <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a>, who are relegated to the Fourth Division on the same day. </p><p>2 May 1989 – Manchester United beat Wimbledon 1–0 in a league game at Old Trafford which is watched by 23,368, the club's lowest home crowd in the league since August 1971.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>3 May 1989 – Liverpool play their first match since the Hillsborough tragedy, a 0–0 draw with Everton. Newcastle United are relegated from the First Division after losing 2–1 to West Ham United, whose victory keeps their own slim survival hopes alive.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>6 May 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> are relegated from the Football League after 68 years when they lose 5–1 to <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> at <a href="/wiki/Glanford_Park" title="Glanford Park">Glanford Park</a>. </p><p>7 May 1989 – Three weeks after the Hillsborough disaster, Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final clash with Nottingham Forest is replayed at Old Trafford. Liverpool win 3–1 to keep their dream of a second double alive.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>10 May 1989 – England striker Gary Lineker collects a <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup">European Cup Winners' Cup</a> medal as Barcelona beat <a href="/wiki/Sampdoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sampdoria">Sampdoria</a> 2–0 in the final. </p><p>13 May 1989 – Middlesbrough join Newcastle United in being relegated from the First Division after they lose a relegation showdown 1–0 away to Sheffield Wednesday and Luton Town beat Norwich City 1–0. The result ensures Wednesday's survival, and West Ham United must now win their last two games to stay up at the expense of Aston Villa. At the top, Arsenal suffer a 2–1 defeat at home to Derby County, while Liverpool beat Wimbledon 2–1 to move within two points of the Gunners with a game in hand.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>16 May 1989 – Liverpool move to the top of the First Division for the first time this season after beating Queens Park Rangers 2–0.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>17 May 1989 – Arsenal draw 2–2 with Wimbledon in their last home League game of the season. They are level on points with Liverpool having played one game more.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>20 May 1989 – Liverpool lift the FA Cup with a 3–2 win over Everton after extra time. Ian Rush scores twice for Liverpool while <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">John Aldridge</a> scores the other goal, and Stuart McCall scores twice for Everton.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>23 May 1989 – West Ham United are relegated after eight successive seasons of First Division football as they lose 5–1 to Liverpool at Anfield. The result moves Liverpool three points clear of Arsenal at the top of the table with one game remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>26 May 1989 – Arsenal win the league title in the final moments of the season thanks to a late goal from <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thomas_(footballer_born_1967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Thomas (footballer born 1967)">Michael Thomas</a> against Liverpool which gives them a <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_0%E2%80%932_Arsenal_(26_May_1989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (26 May 1989)">2–0 away win</a>. First Division top scorer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Smith_(footballer_born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Smith (footballer born 1962)">Alan Smith</a> had put Arsenal ahead earlier in the second half.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their triumph gives them their first league championship trophy for 18 years, having scored more goals than their rivals, their points tallies and goal differences being identical.<sup id="cite_ref-smailesleague_20-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Leeds United and England manager <a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Don Revie</a> dies of <a href="/wiki/Motor_neuron_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor neuron disease">motor neuron disease</a> at the age of 61. </p><p>28 May 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> claim their first major trophy since the <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_FA_Cup" title="1957–58 FA Cup">1958 FA Cup</a> by beating <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> 4–1 in the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Associate Members' Cup</a> final. </p><p>1 June 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Steven" title="Trevor Steven">Trevor Steven</a>, the Everton winger, becomes the latest Englishman to sign for Rangers when he agrees terms for a £1.5 million transfer. Kenny Sansom leaves Newcastle United to return to <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in an exchange deal to Queens Park Rangers, with <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Fereday" title="Wayne Fereday">Wayne Fereday</a> moving in the opposite direction. </p><p>3 June 1989 – The domestic season draws to a close when Crystal Palace overhaul a 3–1 deficit to defeat Blackburn Rovers 4–3 on aggregate to win promotion to the First Division after an eight-year exile.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 5 June 1989 – <a href="/wiki/John_Lyall" title="John Lyall">John Lyall</a>, the longest-serving manager currently employed in the Football League, is sacked after 15 years in charge of relegated West Ham United. He had been with the club for 34 years, since joining them as an apprentice on leaving school in 1955 at the age of 15. </p><p>7 June 1989 – Sheffield Wednesday sign 20-year-old striker <a href="/wiki/Dalian_Atkinson" title="Dalian Atkinson">Dalian Atkinson</a> from Ipswich Town for £450,000.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>20 June 1989 – Leeds United sign midfielder <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Jones" title="Vinnie Jones">Vinnie Jones</a> from Wimbledon for £650,000.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>21 June 1989 – Gary Lineker ends three years in Spain with Barcelona to return to England in a £2 million move to Tottenham Hotspur.<sup id="cite_ref-lineker_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lineker-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>30 June 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Billy Bremner</a> is appointed manager of <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> for the second time succeeding caretaker manager <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kinnear" title="Joe Kinnear">Joe Kinnear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team">National team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Rocastle" title="David Rocastle">David Rocastle</a>, Paul Gascoigne and Tony Cottee won their first international caps for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> in a 1–0 friendly win over <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-payne286_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne286-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>England began their <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">World Cup qualifying</a> campaign with a goalless draw in <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_2" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2">Group 2</a> against <a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men's national football team">Sweden</a> at Wembley.<sup id="cite_ref-payne286_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne286-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England drew 1–1 with <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team" title="Saudi Arabia national football team">Saudi Arabia</a> in a friendly in <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a>, with goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/David_Seaman" title="David Seaman">David Seaman</a> making his international debut.<sup id="cite_ref-payne287_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne287-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>England achieved their first wins of the World Cup qualifying series by defeating <a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania</a> 2–0 in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a><sup id="cite_ref-payne287_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne287-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 5–0 at Wembley. Substitute Paul Gascoigne scored his first international goal in the latter game.<sup id="cite_ref-payne288_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne288-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bull" title="Steve Bull">Steve Bull</a>, who scored 52 goals in all competitions for Third Division <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> this season, scored on his international debut for England against Scotland at <a href="/wiki/Hampden_Park" title="Hampden Park">Hampden Park</a>. England won 2–0 to take the <a href="/wiki/Rous_Cup" title="Rous Cup">Rous Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England then made it three wins from their opening four World Cup qualifying games with a 3–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a> at Wembley.<sup id="cite_ref-payne289_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-payne289-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FA_Cup">FA Cup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: FA Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Cup" title="1988–89 FA Cup">1988–89 FA Cup</a></div> <p>Liverpool won the Cup by beating <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> 3–2 at Wembley. <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Ian Rush</a>, who had returned to Anfield after a year at <a href="/wiki/Juventus" class="mw-redirect" title="Juventus">Juventus</a> the previous summer, scored twice. This year's FA Cup featured a famous upset as First Division <a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a>, who had won the competition two years earlier, sunk to a 2–1 loss in the third round at lowly <a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a>. The joy of the non-leaguers was ended emphatically though in the next round as they were thumped 8–0 by Norwich City. Also, Third Division <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> went on an impressive run to the quarter-finals before losing to Liverpool at Anfield. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_League_silverware">Football League silverware</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Football League silverware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Cup" title="1988–89 Football League Cup">1988–89 Football League Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Full_Members%27_Cup" title="1988–89 Full Members' Cup">1988–89 Full Members' Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1988–89 Associate Members' Cup">1988–89 Associate Members' Cup</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Centenary_Trophy" title="Football League Centenary Trophy">Football League Centenary Trophy</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a>'s Nottingham Forest ended their nine-year trophy drought by beating holders <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> 3–1 in the final to win the League Cup. Nottingham Forest also won the Full Members' Cup, beating Everton 4–3 in the final after extra time, having come twice from behind. <a href="/wiki/Garry_Parker" title="Garry Parker">Garry Parker</a> scored a brilliant goal for Nottingham Forest, running nearly the full length of the Wembley pitch, before beating <a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Neville Southall</a> in the Everton goal. This is arguably one of the best goals scored in a Wembley final. </p><p>Like <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> the previous season, <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> announced their intentions to return to the big time by winning the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Associate Members' Cup</a> at Wembley against <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> 4–1. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_League">Football League</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League" title="1988–89 Football League">1988–89 Football League</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Division">First Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An exciting League season was eventually won by <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, who clinched the title on number of goals scored with a late goal from midfielder <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thomas_(footballer_born_1967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Thomas (footballer born 1967)">Michael Thomas</a> on the final day of the season at <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>, six weeks after the death of more than 90 fans at the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough</a>, which delayed the end of the league season by two weeks and meant that the last games were played six days after the <a href="/wiki/1989_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a>, in which Liverpool beat <a href="/wiki/Merseyside_derby" title="Merseyside derby">Merseyside</a> rivals <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> 3–2. It was Arsenal's first league title for 18 years. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a>'s title challenge was over by the end of April, by which time it was a two-horse race between Arsenal and Liverpool, but compensated for this by winning the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Full_Members_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Full Members Cup">Full Members Cup</a> to end nine years without a major trophy. Fourth placed <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> mounted the first serious top flight title challenge of their history and although their challenge was over some weeks before the season's end, their final position was their best until they finished third in the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">inaugural Premier League season</a>. They also reached the FA Cup semi-finals for only the second time. <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> completed the top five to secure their best finish since finishing fourth in <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1975–76 in English football">1976</a>. </p><p>Everton's eighth-place finish was their lowest since 1981, while newly promoted <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a>'s 10th-place finish was the lowest standing they had occupied at any stage during their first season in the top flight. Another big club to endure a disappointing season was <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, who finished 11th a year after being runners-up. </p><p>A disastrous season for <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> saw them relegated in bottom place after five years back in the First Division. They were relegated alongside local rivals <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> and a <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> side who had almost won the league title three years earlier, and who then sacked their manager <a href="/wiki/John_Lyall" title="John Lyall">John Lyall</a> after 15 years in charge. <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> (who went through three managers in the season) and <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> all had narrow escapes from relegation. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-First_Division"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+37 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="17"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+37 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+21 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">35 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">34 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">39 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="3">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#Second_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">Second Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−25 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">38 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−31 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">31 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html">rsssf.com</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Division">Second Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Second Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> sealed an instant return to the First Division by topping the Second Division with 99 points, giving them a 17-point lead over second-placed <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>. The final promotion place went to <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>, whose manager <a href="/wiki/Steve_Coppell" title="Steve Coppell">Steve Coppell</a> had gradually rebuilt the club since taking over as manager five years earlier. They overcame <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> in the two-legged final by overhauling a two-goal deficit and prolonging the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> club's absence from the First Division into its 24th season. <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich</a> had looked all set for promotion as late as February, only for a late season collapse to drag them down to ninth in the final table – not even enough for a playoff place. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> suffered an instant return to the Third Division after winning just five league games all season, while <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a>'s decline continued as they fell into the Third Division for the first time. The last club to go down were <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>, whose luck finally ran out after defying the odds at this level for a whole decade, while some of the game's most illustrious clubs had gone down before them. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Second_Division"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">29 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">96 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+46 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">99 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#First_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">First Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+24 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">82 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+22 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualified for <a href="/wiki/Play-offs#Association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-offs">play-offs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+26 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">78 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="15"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">73 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+24 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−16 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−27 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="3">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">Third Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">31 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−45 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−39 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">31 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html">rsssf.com</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Division_playoffs">Second Division playoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Second Division playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;white-space:nowrap;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semi-finals<br />1st leg –21 May; 2nd leg –24 May 1989 </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Finals<br />1st leg –31 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>3rd</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">6th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>3rd</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">5th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b>5th</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>1</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Division">Third Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Third Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> continued to thrive after a traumatic few seasons which had almost put the club out of business, as they sealed a second successive promotion and a second successive title, making them the first club to win all four professional divisions of English football, thanks largely to prolific striker <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bull" title="Steve Bull">Steve Bull</a>, who became the first player in senior football to reach the 50-goal mark in consecutive seasons. They were joined in the Second Division by runners-up <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a>, whose manager <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bassett" title="Dave Bassett">Dave Bassett</a> secured his fifth promotion in nine seasons as a manager. <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> compensated for missing out on automatic promotion on goal difference by winning the playoffs. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a>, promotion contenders the previous season, only survived on goal difference. <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> were relegated instead, on 54 points – more than any other Football League team ever to have been relegated, until <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> were relegated from <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Championship">the Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="2012–13 in English football">2012–13</a> having also finished the season with 54 points. <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_F.C." title="Aldershot F.C.">Aldershot</a> completed the bottom four. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Third_Division"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">96 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+47 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">92 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#Second_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">Second Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">93 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+39 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">84 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+30 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualified for <a href="/wiki/Play-offs#Association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-offs">play-offs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+16 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">74 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">72 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="14"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−10 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="4">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#Fourth_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">Fourth Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">86 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−35 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−34 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_F.C." title="Aldershot F.C.">Aldershot</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−30 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">37 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html">rsssf.com</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Third_Division_playoffs">Third Division playoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Third Division playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;white-space:nowrap;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semi-finals<br />1st leg –21/22 May; 2nd leg –25 May 1989 </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Finals<br />1st leg –31 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>3rd</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">6th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>3rd</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">5th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b>5th</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">5 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_Division">Fourth Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fourth Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> secured an instant return to the Third Division as Fourth Division champions. <a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> finished runners-up to end the decade on a high by winning promotion from a division where they had spent most of the decade. <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a> finally made it out of the Fourth Division at the right end after being there continuously for over 20 years. <a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a> triumphed in the playoffs less than three months after they had been 15th in the league and seemingly out of the promotion race. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> slipped out of the Football League after a late rally by <a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> under <a href="/wiki/Jock_Wallace" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock Wallace">Jock Wallace</a>. Darlington themselves had enjoyed a late improvement in form after <a href="/wiki/Brian_Little" title="Brian Little">Brian Little</a>'s appointment as manager but were unable to recover from an abysmal run that saw them win just two league games prior to Little's appointment in mid-February. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Fourth_Division"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Promotion or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">35 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+41 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="3">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1989–90 Football League">Third Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">43 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">80 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+19 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">78 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+20 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="4">Qualified for <a href="/wiki/Play-offs#Association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-offs">play-offs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_F.C." title="Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">86 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+36 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">+14 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">71 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_United_F.C." title="Cambridge United F.C.">Cambridge United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="16"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a><sup id="cite_ref-table_note_LIN0.10994837950447_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_note_LIN0.10994837950447-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+4 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−22 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−26 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−28 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Town_A.F.C." title="Halifax Town A.F.C.">Halifax Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−18 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−29 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;">−23 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFBBBB;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFBBBB;" rowspan="1">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_Conference" title="1989–90 Football Conference">Football Conference</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html">rsssf.com</a><br />Notes:</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-table_note_LIN0.10994837950447-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-table_note_LIN0.10994837950447_128-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">New club in the league</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourth_Division_playoffs">Fourth Division playoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Fourth Division playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;white-space:nowrap;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Semi-finals<br />1st leg –21 May; 2nd leg –24 May 1989 </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Finals<br />1st leg –30 May; 2nd leg –3 June 1989 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:200px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:30px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b>7th</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>5</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">7th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b>6th</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5th </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_F.C." title="Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b>6th</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0"><b><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>2</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_goalscorers">Top goalscorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>First Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Smith_(footballer_born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Smith (footballer born 1962)">Alan Smith</a> (Arsenal) – 22 goals<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Second Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Edwards_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Keith Edwards (footballer, born 1957)">Keith Edwards</a> (Hull City) – 26 goals</li></ul> <p><b>Third Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bull" title="Steve Bull">Steve Bull</a> (Wolverhampton Wanderers) – 37 goals</li></ul> <p><b>Fourth Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Stant" title="Phil Stant">Phil Stant</a> (Hereford United) – 28 goals</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-league_football">Non-league football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Non-league football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In their first season after relegation from the Football League, <a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a> went out of business on 27 February. They were then expelled from the Conference for failing to fulfil their fixtures, but reformed three months later. </p><p>The divisional champions of the major non-League competitions were: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition</th> <th>Winners </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_Conference" title="1988–89 Football Conference">Football Conference</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)" title="Maidstone United F.C. (1897)">Maidstone United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Redbridge_Forest_F.C." title="Redbridge Forest F.C.">Leytonstone/Ilford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League" title="1988–89 Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C." title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">Southern League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_F.C." title="Merthyr Tydfil F.C.">Merthyr Tydfil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Trophy" title="1988–89 FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telford_United_F.C." title="Telford United F.C.">Telford United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Vase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 FA Vase (page does not exist)">FA Vase</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_F.C." title="Tamworth F.C.">Tamworth</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Star_players">Star players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Star players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manchester United striker <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a>, who had returned to the club after two unhappy seasons with Barcelona in Spain and <a href="/wiki/Bayern_Munich" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayern Munich">Bayern Munich</a> in Germany was voted <a href="/wiki/PFA_Players%27_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Players' Player of the Year">PFA Players' Player of the Year</a>. The <a href="/wiki/PFA_Young_Player_of_the_Year" title="PFA Young Player of the Year">PFA Young Player of the Year</a> award went to Arsenal's winger <a href="/wiki/Paul_Merson" title="Paul Merson">Paul Merson</a>, who helped his side win their first league title for 18 years. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Football_Writers%27_Association_Footballer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year">FWA Footballer of the Year</a> was Liverpool captain <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nicol" title="Steve Nicol">Steve Nicol</a>, while a special award was credited to the Liverpool players for their compassion shown to families bereaved by the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a>. </p><p>In the Third Division, 24-year-old Wolves striker <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bull" title="Steve Bull">Steve Bull</a> scored 53 goals in all competitions and made a scoring debut for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England national football team</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Star_managers">Star managers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Star managers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Graham_(footballer,_born_1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Graham (footballer, born 1944)">George Graham</a>'s three years of rebuilding Arsenal paid off as he ended their 18-year title drought with the last goal of the season. He received the Manager of the Year award for his efforts.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Kenny Dalglish</a> compensated for Liverpool's title disappointment with victory over neighbours Everton in the FA Cup final.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a> guided Nottingham Forest to a hard-earned League Cup triumph and also victory in the Full Members Cup after they had gone nine years without a trophy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Stringer" title="Dave Stringer">Dave Stringer</a> pulled off one of the shocks of the season by taking unfancied Norwich City to fourth place in the First Division.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Coppell" title="Steve Coppell">Steve Coppell</a>'s five years of outstanding effort at Crystal Palace paid off as he got them promoted to the First Division as playoff winners.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Turner" title="Graham Turner">Graham Turner</a>'s rejuvenated Wolves side reached the Second Division with a second successive championship and promotion triumph.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bassett" title="Dave Bassett">Dave Bassett</a> celebrated his first full season as Sheffield United manager by winning promotion to the Second Division.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">John Rudge</a> took Port Vale to their highest point in decades by guiding them to success in the Third Division promotion playoffs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a> took Crewe Alexandra to third place in the Fourth Division and earned them promotion after years in the league's lowest division.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Clark_(footballer)" title="Frank Clark (footballer)">Frank Clark</a> inspired a late run of excellent form for his Leyton Orient side who won promotion to the Third Division as Fourth Division playoff winners.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_debutants">Famous debutants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Famous debutants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2009</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>24 September 1988: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Beardsmore" title="Russell Beardsmore">Russell Beardsmore</a>, 19-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for Manchester United in their First Division 2–0 home win over <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>. </p><p>15 October 1988: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Olney" title="Ian Olney">Ian Olney</a>, 18-year-old winger, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> in their 2–2 draw with <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> at <a href="/wiki/Selhurst_Park" title="Selhurst Park">Selhurst Park</a>. </p><p>22 October 1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Robins" title="Mark Robins">Mark Robins</a>, 18-year-old striker, makes his debut for Manchester United as a substitute in their First Division 1–1 draw with <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> at <a href="/wiki/Plough_Lane_(1912%E2%80%9398)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plough Lane (1912–98)">Plough Lane</a>. </p><p>26 October 1988: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Crossley" title="Mark Crossley">Mark Crossley</a>, 19-year-old goalkeeper, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> in 2–1 home win over <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> in First Division at the <a href="/wiki/City_Ground" title="City Ground">City Ground</a>. </p><p>6 November 1988: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Charles" title="Gary Charles">Gary Charles</a>, 18-year-old defender, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> in their 4–1 home defeat by <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in the First Division at the City Ground. </p><p>10 December 1988: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Minto" title="Scott Minto">Scott Minto</a>, 17-year-old defender, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> in their 1-1 draw with <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_Rangers_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Park Rangers F.C.">Q.P.R.</a> in the First Division at Selhurst Park </p><p>4 February 1989: <a href="/wiki/John_Ebbrell" title="John Ebbrell">John Ebbrell</a>, 19-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> in their First Division 1–1 draw with Wimbledon at Plough Lane. </p><p>1 April 1989: <a href="/wiki/David_May_(footballer)" title="David May (footballer)">David May</a>, 18-year-old defender, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> in a 1–1 Second Division draw with fellow promotion rivals <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> at the <a href="/wiki/County_Ground,_Swindon" class="mw-redirect" title="County Ground, Swindon">County Ground</a>. </p><p>6 May 1989: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Gary Speed</a>, 19-year-old Welsh midfielder, makes his debut for <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a> in 0–0 Second Division draw with <a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> at <a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">Elland Road</a>. </p><p>13 May 1989: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Howey_(footballer)" title="Steve Howey (footballer)">Steve Howey</a>, 17-year-old defender, makes his debut as a substitute for relegated <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> on the final day of the First Division season, when they lose 2–0 to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>. <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Le_Saux" title="Graeme Le Saux">Graeme Le Saux</a>, 20-year-old <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a> born defender, makes his debut for Second Division champions <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> in 3–2 win against <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fratton_Park" title="Fratton Park">Fratton Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirements">Retirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Retirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 1989: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Gray_(footballer,_born_1955)" title="Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)">Andy Gray</a>, 33-year-old <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> striker who spent most his career in England. Retired from professional football but returned to England to play non-league football with <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a>.</li> <li>June 1989: <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Muhren" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnold Muhren">Arnold Muhren</a>, 38-year-old <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> winger who played in England for <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> before returning to the Netherlands in 1985 to complete his playing career.</li> <li>June 1989: <a href="/wiki/Remi_Moses" title="Remi Moses">Remi Moses</a>, 28-year-old <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> midfielder who had been out of action for more than a year due to ongoing injury problems.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>24 July 1988 – <a href="/wiki/John_Harris_(footballer_born_1917)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Harris (footballer born 1917)">John Harris</a>, 71, born in Glasgow, was Chelsea's centre-half in their league championship winning side of 1955. Later managed Sheffield United and took them into the First Division in 1971.</li> <li>1 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Mills_(footballer)" title="Steve Mills (footballer)">Steve Mills</a>, 34, who died after a two-year battle against <a href="/wiki/Leukaemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Leukaemia">leukaemia</a>, starting his playing career with <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> and later playing for <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>. His career was ended by injury at the age of 23.</li> <li>3 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Vic_Watson" title="Vic Watson">Vic Watson</a>, 90, was <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>'s all-time leading goalscorer with 326 goals between 1920 and 1935.</li> <li>21 August 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Leary" title="Stuart Leary">Stuart Leary</a>, 55, played a total of nearly 500 competitive games for <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens Park Rangers">Queens Park Rangers</a> and was also a cricketer for <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Cricket_Club" title="Kent County Cricket Club">Kent</a> between 1951 and 1971.</li> <li>16 September 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Pym" title="Dick Pym">Dick Pym</a>, 95, kept goal more than 300 times for <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> between 1921 and 1931 as well as three times for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England team</a>. He collected three <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> winner's medals with Bolton and was the last surviving member of the team which won the first FA Cup final at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a> in 1923.</li> <li>7 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/George_Ansell" title="George Ansell">George Ansell</a>, 78, was a forward for <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton & Hove Albion">Brighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> and Southampton during the interwar years.</li> <li>9 October 1988 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Jackie Milburn</a>, 64, legendary goalscorer for Newcastle United and England during the 1950s. Was a cousin of England World Cup winners Bobby and Jack Charlton. Died of cancer.</li> <li>11 January 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Len_Dunderdale" title="Len Dunderdale">Len Dunderdale</a>, 73, was a centre forward for clubs including <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a> during the 1930s and 1940s.</li> <li>13 January 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Cribb" title="Stan Cribb">Stan Cribb</a>, 83, played 125 league games during the interwar years for Southampton, <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_Rangers_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Park Rangers F.C.">QPR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a>.</li> <li>1 April 1989 – <a href="/wiki/George_Robledo" title="George Robledo">George Robledo</a>, 62, Chilean born striker, formerly of Newcastle United, died of a heart attack. He played for Chile at the 1950 World Cup and won the FA Cup with Newcastle in both of the two seasons that followed the World Cup. In the second final, he was playing in the same team as his brother <a href="/wiki/Ted_Robledo" title="Ted Robledo">Ted Robledo</a>.</li> <li>2 April 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Bruton" title="Les Bruton">Les Bruton</a>, 86, played for clubs including Southampton, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> during the interwar years.</li> <li>15 April 1989 – The 94 Liverpool supporters who died in <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a>, on the day of the tragedy at the FA Cup semi-final either at the stadium, on their journey to hospital, or shortly after arrival. These included the tragedy's youngest victim, 10-year-old Jon-Paul Gilhooley,<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the oldest victim, 67-year-old Gerard Baron,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whose late brother <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Baron_(footballer)" title="Kevin Baron (footballer)">Kevin</a> had played for Liverpool in the <a href="/wiki/1950_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 FA Cup Final">1950 FA Cup Final</a>.</li> <li>18 April 1989 – Lee Nicol, 14, the 95th victim of the Hillsborough disaster, died in hospital from his injuries having never regained consciousness.<sup id="cite_ref-nicol_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicol-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 May 1989 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Don Revie</a>, 61, manager of the great Leeds United side of the late 1960s and early 1970s who were league champions twice, FA Cup winners once, League Cup winners once and European Fairs Cup winners twice and Charity Shield Winners once. Managed England from 1974 to 1977 but walked out on them to gain a lucrative four-year deal as national coach of the United Arab Emirates. Returned to his homeland in 1985, four years before his death from motor neurone disease.</li> <li>7 June 1989 – <a href="/wiki/George_Roughton" title="George Roughton">George Roughton</a>, 80, played at centre-half for Huddersfield Town and Manchester United in the decade preceding the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City's</a> first postwar manager, later taking charge of <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transfers">Transfers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Transfers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tottenham midfielder <a href="/wiki/Chris_Waddle" title="Chris Waddle">Chris Waddle</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Olympique_Marseille" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympique Marseille">Olympique Marseille</a> of France in a £4.25 million deal,<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the latest of big money deals which saw players desert English clubs for foreign clubs who were prepared to pay higher wages. <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Gary Lineker</a> ended his three-year spell at <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">FC Barcelona</a> to join Tottenham.<sup id="cite_ref-lineker_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lineker-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had played under Tottenham manager <a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Terry Venables</a> during his first season at Barcelona. </p><p>Lineker's strike partner <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">Mark Hughes</a> also left Barcelona and returned to his old club <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> in a £1.8 million deal.<sup id="cite_ref-hughes_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hughes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hughes had been a disappointment in his first season at Barcelona but had recaptured his form during a successful season-long loan deal at <a href="/wiki/Bayern_Munich" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayern Munich">Bayern Munich</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Opening_day-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Opening_day_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Opening_day_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPye2018" class="citation news cs1">Pye, Steven (10 August 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2018/aug/10/season-first-day-football-league-liverpool-spurs">"How the season began 30 years ago: TV money, transfers and Tony Cottee"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=How+the+season+began+30+years+ago%3A+TV+money%2C+transfers+and+Tony+Cottee&rft.date=2018-08-10&rft.aulast=Pye&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2Fthat-1980s-sports-blog%2F2018%2Faug%2F10%2Fseason-first-day-football-league-liverpool-spurs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewman2010" class="citation news cs1">Newman, Paul (30 August 2010). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/paul-newman-clubs-on-the-move-swap-character-for-revenue-streams-2065431.html">"Clubs on the move swap character for revenue streams"</a></span>. <i>The Independent</i>. London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/paul-newman-clubs-on-the-move-swap-character-for-revenue-streams-2065431.html">Archived</a> from the original on 1 May 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Clubs+on+the+move+swap+character+for+revenue+streams&rft.date=2010-08-30&rft.aulast=Newman&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fnews-and-comment%2Fpaul-newman-clubs-on-the-move-swap-character-for-revenue-streams-2065431.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=312">Danny Bergara: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6723">Paul Rideout: Career statistics</a>, <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2775">Paul Gasgoigne: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1193">Terry Yorath: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=gordon+cowans">Gordon Cowans: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5828">Pat Nevin: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7606">Gary Stevens: Career statistics</a>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5058">Neil McDonald: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hughes-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hughes_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hughes_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3702">Mark Hughes: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=942&comp_id=1&teamTabs=transfers">Tony Cottee: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4100">David Kelly: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7940">Andy Thorn: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wembley_Int'l_Tourney_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPye2018" class="citation news cs1">Pye, Steven (8 February 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2018/feb/08/tottenham-arsenal-wembley-tournament">"When Arsenal first played Tottenham at Wembley – and hammered them 4–0"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=When+Arsenal+first+played+Tottenham+at+Wembley+%E2%80%93+and+hammered+them+4%E2%80%930&rft.date=2018-02-08&rft.aulast=Pye&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2Fthat-1980s-sports-blog%2F2018%2Ffeb%2F08%2Ftottenham-arsenal-wembley-tournament&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3536">Steve Hodge: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6935">Ian Rush: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1988-89CharityShield.htm">1988/89 Charity Shield result</a>. <i>footballsite.co.uk</i>. Retrieved 5 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=265">Warren Aspinall: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 13 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smailesleague-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesleague_20-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmailes2000" class="citation book cs1">Smailes, Gordon (2000). <i>The Breedon Book of Football Records</i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 162. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1859832148" title="Special:BookSources/1859832148"><bdi>1859832148</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Breedon+Book+of+Football+Records&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=162&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1859832148&rft.aulast=Smailes&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=8017">Andy Townsend: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmythBurnton2009" class="citation news cs1">Smyth, Rob; Burnton, Simon (30 October 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/oct/30/joy-of-six-arsenal-tottenham">"The Joy of Six: Classic Arsenal v Tottenham matches"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=The+Joy+of+Six%3A+Classic+Arsenal+v+Tottenham+matches&rft.date=2009-10-30&rft.aulast=Smyth&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft.au=Burnton%2C+Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2Fblog%2F2009%2Foct%2F30%2Fjoy-of-six-arsenal-tottenham&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-09-10.html">"1988-09-10"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-09-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-09-10.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-09-17.html">"1988-09-17"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-09-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-09-17.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-09-24.html">"1988-09-24"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-09-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-09-24.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7158">Hans Segers: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=174">Billy Bremner: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-longest-bans-in-english-football-6280039.html">The longest bans in English football</a>. (21 December 2011). <i>The Independent</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chelsea-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=24&Month=Sep&ssnno=118&teamno=132">Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 24 September 1988</a>. <i>Chelsea FC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110912072359/http://www.chelsea-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=24&Month=Sep&ssnno=118&teamno=132">Archived</a> 12 September 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-01.html">"1988-10-01"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-01.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1642">Neale Cooper: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-08.html">"1988-10-08"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-08.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=621">Howard Wilkinson: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1306">Willie McFaul: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=303">Colin Suggett: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1082">Ron Atkinson: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-15.html">"1988-10-15"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-15.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1158">David Burrows: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1845">Keith Curle: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-22.html">"1988-10-22"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-22.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-25.html">"1988-10-25"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-25.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-26.html">"1988-10-26"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-26.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7044">Dean Saunders: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=927">Mark Lawrenson: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=248">Brian Horton: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-29.html">"1988-10-29"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-29.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-10-30.html">"1988-10-30"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-10-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-10-30.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=1915">Peter Davenport: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=867">Keith Burkinshaw: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022911/http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1203-november-2015/12905-on-this-day-in-history-division-two-1988">"On this day in history ~ Division Two, 1988"</a>. <i>wsc.co.uk</i>. <a href="/wiki/When_Saturday_Comes" title="When Saturday Comes">When Saturday Comes</a>. 5 November 2015. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1203-november-2015/12905-on-this-day-in-history-division-two-1988">the original</a> on 17 November 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=wsc.co.uk&rft.atitle=On+this+day+in+history+~+Division+Two%2C+1988&rft.date=2015-11-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsc.co.uk%2Fwsc-daily%2F1203-november-2015%2F12905-on-this-day-in-history-division-two-1988&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-05.html">"1988-11-05"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-05.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-06.html">"1988-11-06"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-06.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/milne_ralph.html">"Ralph Milne - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ralph+Milne+-+Manchester+United+Player+Profile+%26+Stats&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mufcinfo.com%2Fmanupag%2Fa-z_player_archive%2Fa-z_player_archive_pages%2Fmilne_ralph.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-12.html">"1988-11-12"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-12.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3377">Adrian Heath: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/olsen_jesper.html">Jesper Olsen profile</a>. <i>mufcinfo.com</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/olsen_jesper.html">"Jesper Olsen - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jesper+Olsen+-+Manchester+United+Player+Profile+%26+Stats&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mufcinfo.com%2Fmanupag%2Fa-z_player_archive%2Fa-z_player_archive_pages%2Folsen_jesper.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-19.html">"1988-11-19"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-19.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-23.html">"1988-11-23"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-23.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-26.html">"1988-11-26"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-26.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-11-27.html">"1988-11-27"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-11-27.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=26&Month=Nov&ssnno=118&teamno=173">Barclays Second Division 1988/89: League table 26 November 1988</a>. <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111007113751/http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=26&Month=Nov&ssnno=118&teamno=173">Archived</a> 7 October 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-03.html">"1988-12-03"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-03.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=707">Jim Smith: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-04.html">"1988-12-04"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-04.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6806">John Robertson: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-10.html">"1988-12-10"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-10.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-11.html">"1988-12-11"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-11.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2149">Iain Dowie: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1254">Trevor Francis: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-17.html">"1988-12-17"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-17.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-18.html">"1988-12-18"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-18.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7904">Garry Thompson: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-26.html">"1988-12-26"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-26.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1229">Tommy Coakley: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-27.html">"1988-12-27"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-27.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1988-89/1988-12-31.html">"1988-12-31"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1988-12-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk%2Fseason%2FS1988-89%2F1988-12-31.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=983">Neil Warnock: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=779">John Barnwell: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5351">Gary Megson: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smailesfacup-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-smailesfacup_81-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmailes2000" class="citation book cs1">Smailes, Gordon (2000). <i>The Breedon Book of Football Records</i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 240. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1859832148" title="Special:BookSources/1859832148"><bdi>1859832148</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Breedon+Book+of+Football+Records&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=240&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1859832148&rft.aulast=Smailes&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=524">Dave Beasant: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 14 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7503">Nigel Spackman: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6648">Peter Reid: Playing career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 15 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6711">Lee Richardson: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlanville2004" class="citation news cs1">Glanville, Brian (21 September 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/sep/21/guardianobituaries.football">"Brian Clough"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Brian+Clough&rft.date=2004-09-21&rft.aulast=Glanville&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2F2004%2Fsep%2F21%2Fguardianobituaries.football&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1082">Ron Atkinson: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1020">Peter Eustace: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPye2018" class="citation news cs1">Pye, Steven (14 February 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2018/feb/14/france-arsenal-world-cup-qualifier-scotland-valentines-day">"When Arsenal showed France tough love on Valentine's Day"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=When+Arsenal+showed+France+tough+love+on+Valentine%27s+Day&rft.date=2018-02-14&rft.aulast=Pye&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2Fthat-1980s-sports-blog%2F2018%2Ffeb%2F14%2Ffrance-arsenal-world-cup-qualifier-scotland-valentines-day&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6082">Carlton Palmer: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/report/main-section/part-2/chapter-6/page-10">Football Spectators Bill and the Taylor Inquiry, paragraph 2.6.155</a>. <i>Hillsborough Independent Panel, disclosed material and report. Chapter 6: Parallel Investigations</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150318045129/http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/report/main-section/part-2/chapter-6/page-10/">Archived</a> 20 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ffwtbol.co.uk/2011/01/30/what-really-happened-to-newport-county/">"What really happened to Newport County?"</a>. <i>ffwtbol</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110407062704/http://ffwtbol.co.uk/2011/01/30/what-really-happened-to-newport-county/">Archived</a> 20 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=25&Month=Feb&ssnno=118&teamno=173">Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 25 February 1989</a>. <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-94">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5537">Ken Monkou: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7598">Mel Sterland: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5974">David Oldfield: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2089">Jason Dodd: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=112">Asa Hartford: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=312">Danny Bergera: Managerial career</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3618">Barry Horne: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=41935">Frank McAvennie – Celtic FC – Football-Heroes.net</a>. Sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved on 23 March 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7668">Gordon Strachan: Playing career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7322">Andy Sinton: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141202022507/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow05.htm">"Did you know"</a>. <i>footballsite.co.uk</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow05.htm">the original</a> on 2 December 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=footballsite.co.uk&rft.atitle=Did+you+know&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.footballsite.co.uk%2FStatistics%2FArticles%2FDidYouKnow05.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=27&Month=Mar&ssnno=118&teamno=173">Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 27 March 1989</a>. <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcNee1989" class="citation news cs1">McNee, Gerry (7 April 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140116182338/http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/vaReKTsPfxPLTEwyYU5X5Q1567960/GW903H1315">"Stark spot-on in the desert"</a>. <i>Daily Express</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/vaReKTsPfxPLTEwyYU5X5Q1567960/GW903H1315">the original</a> on 16 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Express&rft.atitle=Stark+spot-on+in+the+desert&rft.date=1989-04-07&rft.aulast=McNee&rft.aufirst=Gerry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.wikifoundry.com%2Fimage%2F1%2FvaReKTsPfxPLTEwyYU5X5Q1567960%2FGW903H1315&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smailesleaguecup-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-smailesleaguecup_107-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmailes2000" class="citation book cs1">Smailes, Gordon (2000). <i>The Breedon Book of Football Records</i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 262. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1859832148" title="Special:BookSources/1859832148"><bdi>1859832148</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Breedon+Book+of+Football+Records&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=262&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1859832148&rft.aulast=Smailes&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_2491000/2491195.stm">"1989: Football fans crushed at Hillsborough"</a>. <i>BBC Home: On This Day 1950–2005</i>. 15 April 1989.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+Home%3A+On+This+Day+1950%E2%80%932005&rft.atitle=1989%3A+Football+fans+crushed+at+Hillsborough&rft.date=1989-04-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fonthisday%2Fhi%2Fdates%2Fstories%2Fapril%2F15%2Fnewsid_2491000%2F2491195.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nicol-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nicol_109-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nicol_109-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-tribute-lee-nicol-14-3418542">Lee Nicol,14: A tribute to 14-year-old Lee Nicol who died at Hillsborough</a>. <i>Liverpool Echo</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conn-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conn_110-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conn_110-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConn2016" class="citation news cs1">Conn, David (27 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/how-the-sun-s-truth-about-hillsborough-unravelled-1.2625459">"How the Sun's 'truth' about Hillsborough unravelled"</a>. <i>The Irish Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Irish+Times&rft.atitle=How+the+Sun%27s+%27truth%27+about+Hillsborough+unravelled&rft.date=2016-04-27&rft.aulast=Conn&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Fhow-the-sun-s-truth-about-hillsborough-unravelled-1.2625459&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jewell-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jewell_111-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJewell2016" class="citation news cs1">Jewell, John (27 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theconversation.com/finally-the-truth-about-hillsborough-but-you-wont-read-it-on-the-front-of-the-sun-58529">"Finally, the truth about Hillsborough (but you won't read it on the front of The Sun)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)" title="The Conversation (website)">The Conversation</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Conversation&rft.atitle=Finally%2C+the+truth+about+Hillsborough+%28but+you+won%27t+read+it+on+the+front+of+The+Sun%29&rft.date=2016-04-27&rft.aulast=Jewell&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Ffinally-the-truth-about-hillsborough-but-you-wont-read-it-on-the-front-of-the-sun-58529&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ponsford-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ponsford_112-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPonsford2016" class="citation news cs1">Ponsford, Dominic (27 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/the-sun-apologises-again-over-hillsborough-but-does-not-put-inquest-verdict-on-front-page/">"The Sun apologises again over Hillsborough but does not put inquest verdict on front page"</a>. <i>Press Gazette</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Press+Gazette&rft.atitle=The+Sun+apologises+again+over+Hillsborough+but+does+not+put+inquest+verdict+on+front+page&rft.date=2016-04-27&rft.aulast=Ponsford&rft.aufirst=Dominic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressgazette.co.uk%2Fthe-sun-apologises-again-over-hillsborough-but-does-not-put-inquest-verdict-on-front-page%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sun_ban-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sun_ban_113-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-38933817">"Liverpool FC ban for Sun journalists over Hillsborough"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 10 February 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Liverpool+FC+ban+for+Sun+journalists+over+Hillsborough&rft.date=2017-02-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-merseyside-38933817&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinnott2012" class="citation news cs1">Sinnott, John (31 October 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/sport/football/football-heysel-hillsborough-juventus-liverpool">"The horror of Heysel: Football's forgotten tragedy?"</a>. <i>CNN International</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNN+International&rft.atitle=The+horror+of+Heysel%3A+Football%27s+forgotten+tragedy%3F&rft.date=2012-10-31&rft.aulast=Sinnott&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2012%2F10%2F31%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-heysel-hillsborough-juventus-liverpool&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=29&Month=Apr&ssnno=118&teamno=173">Barclays Second Division 1988/1989: League table 29 April 1989</a>. <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1690">FA Cup Final 1989</a>. <i>LFCHistory.net</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCowley2009" class="citation news cs1">Cowley, Jason (29 March 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/mar/29/arsenal-liverpool-1989-football">"The night football was reborn"</a>. <i>The Observer</i>. London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Observer&rft.atitle=The+night+football+was+reborn&rft.date=2009-03-29&rft.aulast=Cowley&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2F2009%2Fmar%2F29%2Farsenal-liverpool-1989-football&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-118"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-118">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crystalpalace-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadtmrs.asp?ssnno=118&teamno=173">Crystal Palace's results from season 1988/1989</a> <i>Crystal Palace FC News</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-119"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-119">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=284">Dalian Atkinson: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-120"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-120">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4000">Vinnie Jones: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 1 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lineker-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lineker_121-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lineker_121-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4536">Gary Lineker: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-122"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-122">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=800&comp_id=3&teamTabs=managers">Doncaster managers: History</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 5 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-payne286-123"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-payne286_123-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-payne286_123-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPayne1993" class="citation book cs1">Payne, Mike (1993). <i>England: The Complete Post-War Record'<span></span></i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 286. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1873626398" title="Special:BookSources/1873626398"><bdi>1873626398</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%3A+The+Complete+Post-War+Record%27&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=286&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1873626398&rft.aulast=Payne&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-payne287-124"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-payne287_124-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-payne287_124-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPayne1993" class="citation book cs1">Payne, Mike (1993). <i>England: The Complete Post-War Record'<span></span></i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 287. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1873626398" title="Special:BookSources/1873626398"><bdi>1873626398</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%3A+The+Complete+Post-War+Record%27&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=287&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1873626398&rft.aulast=Payne&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-payne288-125"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-payne288_125-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPayne1993" class="citation book cs1">Payne, Mike (1993). <i>England: The Complete Post-War Record'<span></span></i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 288. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1873626398" title="Special:BookSources/1873626398"><bdi>1873626398</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%3A+The+Complete+Post-War+Record%27&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=288&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1873626398&rft.aulast=Payne&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-126"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.englandfootballonline.com/teamgoals/GoalsSubstitutes.html">England's Goalscoring Substitutes</a>. <i>Englandfootballonline.com</i>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-payne289-127"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-payne289_127-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPayne1993" class="citation book cs1">Payne, Mike (1993). <i>England: The Complete Post-War Record'<span></span></i>. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 289. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1873626398" title="Special:BookSources/1873626398"><bdi>1873626398</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%3A+The+Complete+Post-War+Record%27&rft.place=Derby&rft.pages=289&rft.pub=Breedon+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1873626398&rft.aulast=Payne&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1988%E2%80%9389+in+English+football" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-129"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-129">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html">English League Leading Goalscorers: Football League Div 3 & 4 Leading Goalscorers 1947–92</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202228/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html">Archived</a> 28 June 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved 23 March 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/hillsborough_disaster_dalglish_i_went_to_four_funerals_in_one_day_1_279340">Hillsborough Disaster: I went to four funerals in one day</a>. <i>The Star</i>. Retrieved 5 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-131"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-131">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/hillsborough/hillsborough-96/2009/04/15/gerard-baron-67-100252-23390360/">Gerard Baron, 67</a>. <i>Liverpool Daily Post</i> (15 April 2009). Retrieved 5 June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-132"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-132">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=8207">Chris Waddle: Career statistics</a>. <i>soccerbase</i>. Retrieved 17 June 2013</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1988–89_in_English_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="Template:1988–89 in English football"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="Template talk:1988–89 in English football"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1988–89 in English football"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="1988–89_in_English_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1988–89 in English football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div style="float: left;"> « <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88</a></div> <div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> » </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Bobby Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rous_Cup" title="Rous Cup">Rous Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990 FIFA World Cup</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification">qualification</a> – <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">UEFA</a> <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_2" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2">Group 2</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 1–4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League" title="1988–89 Football League">Football League</a> <span class="wrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League First Division">First Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_play-offs" title="1989 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_Conference" title="1988–89 Football Conference">Football Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 6–7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League" title="1988–89 Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Northern Premier League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Northern Premier League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">Southern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League#Midland_Division" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southern_Football_League#Southern_Division" title="1988–89 Southern Football League">Southern</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 8–9</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_North" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Two North</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_South" title="1988–89 Isthmian League">Two South</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Combined_Counties_Football_League" title="1988–89 Combined Counties Football League">Combined Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Eastern_Counties_Football_League" title="1988–89 Eastern Counties Football League">Eastern Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Eastern_Counties_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Eastern Counties Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Eastern_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Eastern Counties Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Essex_Senior_Football_League" title="1988–89 Essex Senior Football League">Essex Senior League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Hellenic_Football_League" title="1988–89 Hellenic Football League">Hellenic League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Hellenic_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Hellenic Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Hellenic_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Hellenic Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Kent_Football_League" title="1988–89 Kent Football League">Kent League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Midland_Football_Combination" title="1988–89 Midland Football Combination">Midland Football Combination</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_North_West_Counties_Football_League" title="1988–89 North West Counties Football League">North West Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 North West Counties Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1988–89 North West Counties Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League" title="1988–89 Northern Counties East Football League">Northern Counties East League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Northern Counties East Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Northern Counties East Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Football_League" title="1988–89 Northern Football League">Northern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Northern Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1988–89 Northern Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_South_Midlands_League" title="1988–89 South Midlands League">South Midlands League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_South_Midlands_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 South Midlands League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_South_Midlands_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 South Midlands League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Spartan League (page does not exist)">Spartan League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Spartan League (page does not exist)">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Spartan League (page does not exist)">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sussex_County_Football_League" title="1988–89 Sussex County Football League">Sussex County League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Sussex County Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1988–89 Sussex County Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_United_Counties_League" title="1988–89 United Counties League">United Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_United_Counties_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 United Counties League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_United_Counties_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 United Counties League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Wessex_Football_League" title="1988–89 Wessex Football League">Wessex League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="1988–89 West Midlands (Regional) League">West Midlands (Regional) League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Western_Football_League" title="1988–89 Western Football League">Western League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Western_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1988–89 Western Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Western_Football_League#Division_One" title="1988–89 Western Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cup<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FA cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Cup" title="1988–89 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds" title="1988–89 FA Cup qualifying rounds">Qualifying rounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_FA_Cup_final" title="1989 FA Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1988 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_FA_Trophy" title="1988–89 FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_FA_Trophy_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 FA Trophy final (page does not exist)">Final</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Football League cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Cup" title="1988–89 Football League Cup">League Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1989 Football League Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Full_Members%27_Cup" title="1988–89 Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1989_Full_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1989 Full Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1988–89 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1989_Associate_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1989 Associate Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Centenary_Trophy" title="Football League Centenary Trophy">Football League Centenary Trophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Club_seasons"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League First Division">First Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Charlton Athletic F.C. season">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Coventry_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Coventry City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Derby_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Derby County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Everton_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Luton_Town_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Luton Town F.C. season">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Millwall_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Millwall F.C. season">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Norwich_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Norwich City F.C. season">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Nottingham Forest F.C. season">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Southampton_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Southampton F.C. season">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1988–89 West Ham United F.C. season">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Wimbledon_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Wimbledon F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Barnsley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Barnsley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_AFC_Bournemouth_season" title="1988–89 AFC Bournemouth season">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Bradford City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Crystal Palace F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Hull_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Hull City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Ipswich Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season" title="1988–89 Leeds United A.F.C. season">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Leicester City F.C. season">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Oxford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Oxford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season (page does not exist)">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Portsmouth_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Portsmouth F.C. season (page does not exist)">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Sunderland_A.F.C._season" title="1988–89 Sunderland A.F.C. season">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Swindon_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Swindon Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Walsall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Walsall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Watford_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Watford F.C. season (page does not exist)">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Aldershot_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Aldershot F.C. season (page does not exist)">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Blackpool F.C. season">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Brentford_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Bristol_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Bristol City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Bristol Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Bury_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Bury F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Cardiff_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Chester_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Chester City F.C. season">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Chesterfield_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Chesterfield F.C. season (page does not exist)">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Fulham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Fulham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Gillingham F.C. season">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._season" title="1988–89 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Mansfield Town F.C. season">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Port Vale F.C. season">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Preston_North_End_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Preston North End F.C. season (page does not exist)">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Notts_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Notts County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Reading_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Reading F.C. season (page does not exist)">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Sheffield_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Sheffield United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Southend_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Southend United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Swansea City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Wigan_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Wigan Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1988–89 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Burnley_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Burnley F.C. season">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Cambridge_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Cambridge United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Carlisle_United_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Carlisle United F.C. season">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Colchester_United_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Colchester United F.C. season">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Darlington_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Darlington F.C. season (page does not exist)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Exeter_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Exeter City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Grimsby Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Halifax_Town_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Halifax Town A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Hartlepool_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Hartlepool United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Hereford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Hereford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Leyton_Orient_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Leyton Orient F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Lincoln_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Lincoln City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Peterborough_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Peterborough United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Rochdale_A.F.C._season" title="1988–89 Rochdale A.F.C. season">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Rotherham_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Rotherham United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Scarborough_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Scarborough F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Scunthorpe United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Stockport_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Stockport County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Torquay_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Torquay United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_Wrexham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 Wrexham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wrexham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_York_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988–89 York City F.C. season (page does not exist)">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Newport_County_A.F.C._season" title="1988–89 Newport County A.F.C. season">Newport County</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Seasons_in_English_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Seasons_in_English_football" title="Template:Seasons in English football"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Seasons_in_English_football" title="Template talk:Seasons in English football"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Seasons_in_English_football" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Seasons in English football"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Seasons_in_English_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Football_in_England#Seasons" title="Football in England">Seasons in English football</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1870s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1871%E2%80%9372_in_English_football" title="1871–72 in English football">1871–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1872%E2%80%9373_in_English_football" title="1872–73 in English football">1872–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1873–74 in English football">1873–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1874%E2%80%9375_in_English_football" title="1874–75 in English football">1874–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1875%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1875–76 in English football">1875–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1876%E2%80%9377_in_English_football" title="1876–77 in English football">1876–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1877%E2%80%9378_in_English_football" title="1877–78 in English football">1877–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1878%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1878–79 in English football">1878–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1880s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1879%E2%80%9380_in_English_football" title="1879–80 in English football">1879–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1880%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1880–81 in English football">1880–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1881%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1881–82 in English football">1881–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1882%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1882–83 in English football">1882–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1883%E2%80%9384_in_English_football" title="1883–84 in English football">1883–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1884–85 in English football">1884–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1885%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1885–86 in English football">1885–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1886–87 in English football">1886–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1887–88 in English football">1887–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1888–89 in English football">1888–89</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1890s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1889–90 in English football">1889–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_in_English_football" title="1890–91 in English football">1890–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1891%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1891–92 in English football">1891–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1892–93 in English football">1892–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1893–94 in English football">1893–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1894–95 in English football">1894–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1895–96 in English football">1895–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1896–97 in English football">1896–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1897–98 in English football">1897–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1898–99 in English football">1898–99</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_in_English_football" title="1899–1900 in English football">1899–1900</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="1900–01 in English football">1900–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="1901–02 in English football">1901–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="1902–03 in English football">1902–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_in_English_football" title="1903–04 in English football">1903–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_in_English_football" title="1904–05 in English football">1904–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="1905–06 in English football">1905–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="1906–07 in English football">1906–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="1907–08 in English football">1907–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" title="1908–09 in English football">1908–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="1909–10 in English football">1909–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="1910–11 in English football">1910–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="1911–12 in English football">1911–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="1912–13 in English football">1912–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="1913–14 in English football">1913–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="1914–15 in English football">1914–15</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%9316_in_English_football" title="1915–16 in English football">1915–16</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1916%E2%80%9317_in_English_football" title="1916–17 in English football">1916–17</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%9318_in_English_football" title="1917–18 in English football">1917–18</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1918%E2%80%9319_in_English_football" title="1918–19 in English football">1918–19</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="1919–20 in English football">1919–20</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="1920–21 in English football">1920–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="1921–22 in English football">1921–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="1922–23 in English football">1922–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_in_English_football" title="1923–24 in English football">1923–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_in_English_football" title="1924–25 in English football">1924–25</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_in_English_football" title="1925–26 in English football">1925–26</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_in_English_football" title="1926–27 in English football">1926–27</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_in_English_football" title="1927–28 in English football">1927–28</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_in_English_football" title="1928–29 in English football">1928–29</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_in_English_football" title="1929–30 in English football">1929–30</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_in_English_football" title="1930–31 in English football">1930–31</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_in_English_football" title="1931–32 in English football">1931–32</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_in_English_football" title="1932–33 in English football">1932–33</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_in_English_football" title="1933–34 in English football">1933–34</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_in_English_football" title="1934–35 in English football">1934–35</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_in_English_football" title="1935–36 in English football">1935–36</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_in_English_football" title="1936–37 in English football">1936–37</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_in_English_football" title="1937–38 in English football">1937–38</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_in_English_football" title="1938–39 in English football">1938–39</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_in_English_football" title="1939–40 in English football">1939–40</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_in_English_football" title="1940–41 in English football">1940–41</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_in_English_football" title="1941–42 in English football">1941–42</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_in_English_football" title="1942–43 in English football">1942–43</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_in_English_football" title="1943–44 in English football">1943–44</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_in_English_football" title="1944–45 in English football">1944–45</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_in_English_football" title="1945–46 in English football">1945–46</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_in_English_football" title="1946–47 in English football">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_in_English_football" title="1947–48 in English football">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_in_English_football" title="1948–49 in English football">1948–49</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_in_English_football" title="1949–50 in English football">1949–50</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_in_English_football" title="1950–51 in English football">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_in_English_football" title="1951–52 in English football">1951–52</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_in_English_football" title="1952–53 in English football">1952–53</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_in_English_football" title="1953–54 in English football">1953–54</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_in_English_football" title="1954–55 in English football">1954–55</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_in_English_football" title="1955–56 in English football">1955–56</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_in_English_football" title="1956–57 in English football">1956–57</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football" title="1957–58 in English football">1957–58</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football" title="1958–59 in English football">1958–59</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_in_English_football" title="1959–60 in English football">1959–60</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_in_English_football" title="1960–61 in English football">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_in_English_football" title="1961–62 in English football">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_in_English_football" title="1962–63 in English football">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_in_English_football" title="1963–64 in English football">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_in_English_football" title="1964–65 in English football">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_in_English_football" title="1965–66 in English football">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_in_English_football" title="1966–67 in English football">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_in_English_football" title="1967–68 in English football">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_in_English_football" title="1968–69 in English football">1968–69</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_in_English_football" title="1969–70 in English football">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_in_English_football" title="1970–71 in English football">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_in_English_football" title="1971–72 in English football">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_in_English_football" title="1972–73 in English football">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1973–74 in English football">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_in_English_football" title="1974–75 in English football">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1975–76 in English football">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_in_English_football" title="1976–77 in English football">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_in_English_football" title="1977–78 in English football">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_in_English_football" title="1979–80 in English football">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1980–81 in English football">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1981–82 in English football">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1982–83 in English football">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_in_English_football" title="1983–84 in English football">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1984–85 in English football">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1985–86 in English football">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">1988–89</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_in_English_football" title="1990–91 in English football">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1991–92 in English football">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1993–94 in English football">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1995–96 in English football">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1998–99 in English football">1998–99</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_in_English_football" title="1999–2000 in English football">1999–2000</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="2000–01 in English football">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="2002–03 in English football">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_in_English_football" title="2003–04 in English football">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_in_English_football" title="2004–05 in English football">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="2005–06 in English football">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" title="2008–09 in English football">2008–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="2010–11 in English football">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="2011–12 in English football">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="2012–13 in English football">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="2013–14 in English football">2013–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="2014–15 in English football">2014–15</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_in_English_football" title="2015–16 in English football">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_in_English_football" title="2016–17 in English football">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_in_English_football" title="2017–18 in English football">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_in_English_football" title="2018–19 in English football">2018–19</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="2019–20 in English football">2019–20</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="2020–21 in English football">2020–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="2021–22 in English football">2021–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="2022–23 in English football">2022–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_in_English_football" title="2023–24 in English football">2023–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_in_English_football" title="2024–25 in English football">2024–25</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> denote wartime and nationally suspended seasons.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988–89_in_English_football&oldid=1250834919">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988–89_in_English_football&oldid=1250834919</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1988_in_English_sport" title="Category:1988 in English sport">1988 in English sport</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1988_in_European_football" title="Category:1988 in European football">1988 in European football</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1989_in_English_sport" title="Category:1989 in English sport">1989 in English sport</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1989_in_European_football" title="Category:1989 in European football">1989 in European football</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Seasons_in_English_football" title="Category:Seasons in English football">Seasons in English football</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="Category:1988–89 in English football">1988–89 in English football</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_September_2020" title="Category:Use dmy dates from September 2020">Use dmy dates from September 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_British_English_from_July_2013" title="Category:Use British English from July 2013">Use British English from July 2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_June_2013" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013">Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_July_2012" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from July 2012">Articles with unsourced statements from July 2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_to_be_expanded_from_May_2009" title="Category:Articles to be expanded from May 2009">Articles to be expanded from May 2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_to_be_expanded" title="Category:All articles to be expanded">All articles to be expanded</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 20:04<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-c8xbz","wgBackendResponseTime":176,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.245","walltime":"1.432","ppvisitednodes":{"value":9127,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":398368,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":18831,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":19,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":14,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":240744,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1046.897 1 -total"," 35.18% 368.298 2 Template:Reflist"," 14.60% 152.843 15 Template:Cite_news"," 12.16% 127.319 5 Template:Navbox"," 10.80% 113.082 1 Template:1988–89_in_English_football"," 8.99% 94.135 30 Template:Cite_web"," 8.94% 93.614 1 Template:Short_description"," 8.68% 90.870 1 Template:Infobox_football_country_season"," 8.15% 85.281 1 Template:Infobox"," 5.86% 61.360 4 Template:Citation_needed"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.595","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":7600072,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-5dc468848-4tg6n","timestamp":"20241122142732","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"1988\u201389 in English football","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q45719","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q45719","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2006-02-11T18:56:09Z","dateModified":"2024-10-12T20:04:20Z","headline":"109th season of competitive football in England"}</script> </body> </html>