1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1989–90 season
Chairman	Peter Swales
Manager	Mel Machin; (until 26 November 1989); Howard Kendall; (from 13 December 1989)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Allen (10); All: White/Allen (11)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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

Football League First Division[]

League table[]

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

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

Matches[]

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

FA Cup[]


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

League Cup[]


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

Full Members' Cup[]

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

Squad[]

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


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Gary Megson
—	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop
—	MF	ENG	Mark Ward
—	MF	ENG	Peter Reid
—	FW	ENG	David White
—	FW	ENG	Jason Beckford
—	FW	ENG	David Oldfield
—	FW	ENG	Justin Fashanu
—	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn (from March)
—	FW	ENG	Clive Allen
—	FW	ENG	Wayne Clarke
—	FW	ENG	Ashley Ward

Left club during season[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Nigel Gleghorn (to Birmingham City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Morley (to West Ham United)

^ Manchester United qualfied for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

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

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