1989–90 Norwich City F.C. season

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Norwich City
1989–90 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerDave Stringer
StadiumCarrow Road
First Division10th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Full Members CupQuarter-final
Player of the YearMark Bowen
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Fleck/Mark Bowen (7)
All: Robert Fleck (12)
Highest home attendance20,210 v Liverpool
Lowest home attendance12,640 v Crystal Palace
Average home league attendance16,737

For the 1989–90 season, Norwich City F.C. competed in Football League Division One, as well as the FA Cup, League Cup and Full Members' Cup.

Overview[]

The previous season had been Norwich City's most successful to that point, with the club finishing fourth in Division One and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup,[1] so they might have been expected to be in competition to win one or more trophies. This, however, was not to be the case. While Norwich never looked in danger of being relegated from the top flight, they would finish mid-table and be eliminated early from all three cup competitions.

Although they defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 5–0 in the Full Members' Cup, they would not win a league game by more than 2–0, which they achieved eight times. Their heaviest defeat was 4–0 away at Tottenham. The highest scoring game was a 4–4 home draw with Southampton.[2]

Squad[]

Squad at end of season (5 May 1990)[3]

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 Scotland SCO Bryan Gunn
— GK Wales WAL Mark Walton
— GK England ENG Jon Sheffield
— DF England ENG Ian Culverhouse (3rd captain)
— DF Wales WAL Mark Bowen
— DF England ENG Ian Butterworth (captain)
— DF England ENG Andy Linighan
— DF England ENG Adrian Pennock
— DF England ENG Andy Theodosiou
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Townsend (vice-captain)
— MF England ENG Dale Gordon
— MF England ENG Ian Crook
— MF Wales WAL David Phillips
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Tim Sherwood
— MF England ENG Jeremy Goss
— MF England ENG Ruel Fox
— MF Denmark DEN Henrik Mortensen
— MF England ENG David Smith
— MF England ENG Jason Minett
— MF England ENG Daryl Sutch
— MF England ENG Robert Taylor
— FW Scotland SCO Robert Fleck
— FW England ENG Robert Rosario
— FW England ENG Dean Coney
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Power

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Pos Name From Fee Reference
4 July 1989 DF Andy Theodosiou Tottenham Hotspur Free [4]
18 July 1989 MF Tim Sherwood Tottenham Hotspur £175,000 [4] [5]
31 July 1989 MF David Phillips Coventry City £550,000 [4] [6]
15 August 1989 GK Mark Walton Colchester United £75,000 [4] [7]
2 October 1989 MF Henrik Mortensen Aarhus £400,000 [4] [8]

Out[]

Date Pos Name To Fee Reference
8 June 1989 MF Mike Phelan Manchester United £750,000 [9] [10]
14 August 1989 MF Trevor Putney Middlesbrough £300,000 [11] [12]
18 August 1989 FW Alan Reeves Chester City £10,000 [13]
1 November 1989 MF Paul Cook Wolverhampton Wanderers £250,000 [14] [15]
4 December 1989 MF Mike Flynn Preston North End £125,000 [16]
20 March 1990 FW Malcolm Allen Millwall £400,000 [17] [18]

Loans In[]

Date Pos Name From Until Reference
1 March 1990 DF Nicky Tanner Liverpool 31 March 1990 [19]

Loans Out[]

Date Pos Name To Until Reference
22 September 1989 GK Jon Sheffield Aldershot 11 November 1989 [4] [20]
21 March 1990 GK Jon Sheffield Ipswich Town End of season [4] [20]

Final table[]

Main article: 1989–90 Football League First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Wimbledon 38 13 16 9 47 40 +7 55
9 Nottingham Forest 38 15 9 14 55 47 +8 54 Excluded from the UEFA Cup[21][22]
10 Norwich City 38 13 14 11 44 42 +2 53
11 Queens Park Rangers 38 13 11 14 45 44 +1 50
12 Coventry City 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49
Source: [23]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results[]

Division One[]

19 August 1989 (1989-08-19) 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Norwich City Sheffield
Report Phillips Goal 3'
Fleck Goal 71'		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 19,142
Referee: A. Buksh
23 August 1989 (1989-08-23) 2 Norwich City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Gordon Goal 27' Report Chapman Goal 67' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,267
Referee: D. Vickers
26 August 1989 (1989-08-26) 3 Norwich City 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Norwich
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,021
Referee: K. Barratt
30 August 1989 (1989-08-30) 4 Manchester United 0–2 Norwich City Manchester
Report Gordon Goal 44'
Fleck Goal 76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,610
Referee: K.A. Cooper
9 September 1989 (1989-09-09) 5 Norwich City 4–4 Southampton Norwich
Rosario Goal 27' Goal 84'
Sherwood Goal 48'
Fleck Goal 77'		 Report Rideout Goal 7' Goal 50'
Wallace Goal 39' Goal 47'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,259
Referee: T. Ward
16 September 1989 (1989-09-16) 6 Liverpool 0–0 Norwich City Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 36,885
Referee: R. Milford
23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) 7 Norwich City 2–2 Tottemham Hotspur Norwich
Phillips Goal 48'
Bowen Goal 57'		 Report Gascoigne Goal 20'
Lineker Goal 34'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,095
Referee: V. Callow
30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) 8 Millwall 0–1 Norwich City London
Report Bowen Goal 60' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 13,295
Referee: L. Shapter
14 October 1989 (1989-10-14) 9 Norwich City 2–0 Chelsea Norwich
Bowen Goal 14'
Fleck Goal 50' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,042
Referee: T. Simpson
21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 10 Luton Town 4–1 Norwich City Luton
Black Goal 4'
Dreyer Goal 54'
Wilson Goal 65'
Williams Goal 76'		 Report Allen Goal 83' (pen.) Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,038
Referee: B. Stevens/Coaten
28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 11 Norwich City 1–1 Everton Norwich
Linighan Goal 45' Report Cottee Goal 67' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,637
Referee: D. Hedges
4 November 1989 (1989-11-04) 12 Arsenal 4–3 Norwich City London
Quinn Goal 55'
Dixon Goal 60' (pen.)Goal 90'
O'Leary Goal 78'		 Report Allen Goal 19'
Phillips Goal 30'
Sherwood Goal 76'		 Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 35,338
Referee: G. Tyson
11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) 13 Norwich City 2–0 Aston Villa Norwich
Mountfield Goal 46' (o.g.)
Linighan Goal 68'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,186
Referee: H. King
18 November 1989 (1989-11-18) 14 Norwich City 0–0 Charlton Athletic Norwich
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,064
Referee: K. Barratt
25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) 15 Coventry City 1–0 Norwich City Coventry
Regis Goal 85' Report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,999
Referee: R. Dilkes
2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) 16 Norwich City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Norwich
Townsend Goal 22' (pen.)
King Goal 42' (o.g.)		 Report Hirst Goal 14' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,341
Referee: R. Lewis
9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) 17 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Norwich City Nottingham
Report Bowen Goal 44' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 18,939
Referee: R. Dilkes
16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) 18 Norwich City 1–0 Derby County Norwich
Rosario Goal 16' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,184
Referee: M. Bailey
26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) 19 Manchester City 1–0 Norwich City Manchester
Allen Goal 86' Report Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 29,534
Referee: M. Reed
30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) 20 Crystal Palace 1–0 Norwich City London
Wright Goal 58' Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 14,250
Referee: R. Groves
1 January 1990 (1990-01-01) 21 Norwich City 0–1 Wimbledon Norwich
Report Gibson Goal 90' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 16,680
Referee: D. Phillips
13 January 1990 (1990-01-13) 22 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Norwich City London
Falco Goal 49'
Clarke Goal 83'		 Report Gordon Goal 70' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,439
Referee: G. Courtney
21 January 1990 (1990-01-21) 23 Norwich City 2–0 Manchester United Norwich
Fleck Goal 70' Goal 85' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,370
Referee: T. Holbrook
4 February 1990 (1990-02-04) 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Norwich City London
Lineker Goal 24' Goal 47' Goal 63' (pen.)
Howells Goal 44'		 Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 19,599
Referee: J.Martin
10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) 25 Norwich City 0–0 Liverpool Norwich
Report Hysen Red card 51' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,210
Referee: L. Shapter
27 February 1990 (1990-02-27) 26 Southampton 4–1 Norwich City Southampton
Le Tissier Goal 55' Goal 62' Goal 87'
Moore Goal 82'		 Report Allen Goal 18' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,688
Referee: R. Hamer
3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) 27 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Norwich City London
Report Fleck Goal 25' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 7,918
Referee: P. Foulkes
10 March 1990 (1990-03-10) 28 Chelsea 0–0 Norwich City London
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 18,796
Referee: N. Midgley
14 March 1990 (1990-03-14) 29 Norwich City 0–0 Coventry City Norwich
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,673
Referee: J. Moules
17 March 1990 (1990-03-17) 30 Norwich City 1–1 Millwall Norwich
Townsend Goal 79'
Fleck Red card		 Report Sheringham Goal 59'
Wood Red card		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,599
Referee: J. Kirkby
24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 31 Everton 3–1 Norwich City Liverpool
Cottee Goal 47' Goal 60'
Sharp Goal 85'		 Report Phillips Goal 58' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 21,707
Referee: R. Hart
31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) 32 Norwich City 2–0 Luton Town Norwich
Townsend Goal 27' (pen.)
Bowen Goal 48'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,451
Referee: D. Hedges
4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 33 Norwich City 2–0 Crystal Palace Norwich
Sherwood Goal 14'
O'Reilly Goal 37' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,640
Referee: P. Wright
14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) 34 Wimbledon 1–1 Norwich City London
Fashanu Goal 55' Report Bowen Goal 42' Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 4,638
Referee: K. Burge
16 April 1990 (1990-04-16) 35 Norwich City 0–1 Manchester City Norwich
Report Heath Goal 4' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,914
Referee: D. Elleray
21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 36 Derby County 0–2 Norwich City Derby
Report Rosario Goal 7'
Fox Goal 73'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 13,758
Referee: P. Don
28 April 1990 (1990-04-28) 37 Aston Villa 3–3 Norwich City Birmingham
McGrath Goal 63'
Cascarino Goal 65'
Platt Goal 68'		 Report Fox Goal 30'
Mountfield Goal 79' (o.g.)
Rosario Goal 83'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 28,968
Referee: R. Milford
5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 38 Norwich City 2–2 Arsenal Norwich
Bowen Goal 13'
Fox Goal 45'		 Report Smith Goal 44' Goal 77' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,256
Referee: J. Martin

FA Cup[]

6 January 1990 (1990-01-06) Third Round Exeter City 1–1 Norwich City Exeter
Rowbotham Goal 85' Report Fleck Goal 86' Stadium: St. James Park
Attendance: 9,061
Referee: P. Foakes
10 January 1990 (1990-01-10) Third Round Replay Norwich City 2–0 Exeter Norwich
Rosario Goal 7'
Gordon Goal 76'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,202
Referee: P. Foakes
28 January 1990 (1990-01-28) Fourth Round Norwich City 0–0 Liverpool Norwich
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,152
Referee: K. Hackett
31 January 1990 (1990-01-31) Fourth Round Replay Liverpool 3–1 Norwich City Liverpool
Nicol Goal 18'
Barnes Goal 56'
Beardsley Goal 64' (pen.)		 Report Fleck Goal 20' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 29,339
Referee: K. Hackett

League Cup[]

20 September 1989 (1989-09-20) Second Round, First Leg Norwich City 1–1 Rotherham United Norwich
Fleck Goal 32' Report Williamson Goal 41' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 9,531
Referee: R. Wiseman
3 October 1989 (1989-10-03) Second Round, Second Leg Rotherham United 0–2 Norwich City Rotherham
Report Gordon Goal 7'
Fleck Goal 29'		 Stadium: Millmoor Ground
Attendance: 9,064
Referee: K. Breen
25 October 1989 (1989-10-25) Third Round Manchester City 3–1 Norwich City Manchester
White Goal 31'
Bishop Goal 51'
Allen Goal 85'		 Report Fleck Goal 90' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 20,126
Referee: T. Holbrook

Full Members Cup[]

29 November 1989 (1989-11-29) Second Round Norwich City 5–0 Brighton and Hove Albion Norwich
Mortensen Goal 19'
Crook Goal 41'
Sherwood Goal 51'
Gordon Goal 52'
Rosario Goal 72'		 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 5,704
Referee: D. Elleray
24 January 1990 (1990-01-24) Quarter-Final Swindon Town 4–1 Norwich City Swindon
Shearer Goal 33'
Foley Goal 43'
Bodin Goal 73'
White Goal 87'		 Report Phillips Goal 37' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 5,314
Referee: G. Ashby

Appearances[]

Pos Player League FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Subs Goals
Goalkeepers
GK Bryan Gunn 37 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 0
GK Mark Walton 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0
Defenders
RB Ian Culverhouse 31 1 0 4 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 36 1 0
LB Mark Bowen 38 0 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 47 0 7
CB Ian Butterworth 22 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 29 0 0
CB Andy Linighan 37 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 2
RCB Adrian Pennock 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0
CB Nicky Tanner 6 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 6 0 0
Midfielders
CM Andy Townsend 35 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 44 0 3
CM Ian Crook 34 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 43 1 1
RW Dale Gordon 26 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 35 0 6
LW David Phillips 38 0 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 47 0 5
DM Tim Sherwood 22 5 3 – – – 3 0 0 1 1 1 26 6 4
AM Ruel Fox 6 1 3 – – – – – – – – – 6 1 3
AM Henrik Mortensen 12 3 0 – – – – – – 1 0 1 13 3 1
CM Jeremy Goss 3 4 0 – – – – – – – – – 3 4 0
CM Paul Cook 0 2 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 2 0
CM David Smith 0 1 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 1 0
Forwards
ST Robert Fleck 25 2 7 4 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 34 2 12
ST Robert Rosario 29 2 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 38 2 7
ST Malcolm Allen 9 3 3 – – – 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 5 3
ST Dean Coney 6 3 0 – – – – – – – – – 6 3 0
ST Lee Power 0 1 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 1 0

Goalscorers[]

Rank Position Player Division One FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total
1 ST Robert Fleck 7 2 3 0 12
2 LB Mark Bowen 7 0 0 0 7
ST Robert Rosario 5 0 1 1 7
3 RW Dale Gordon 3 1 1 1 6
4 LW David Phillips 4 0 0 1 5
5 RB/DM Tim Sherwood 3 0 0 1 4
6 CM Andy Townsend 3 0 0 0 3
ST Malcolm Allen 3 0 0 0 3
RW Ruel Fox 3 0 0 0 3
7 CB Andy Linighan 2 0 0 0 2
8 CM Ian Crook 0 0 0 1 1
ST Henrik Mortensen 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 4 0 0 0 4


References[]

  1. ^ "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Norwich City football club match record: 1990". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Norwich CITY squad 1989/90". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 1991 Club Directory p.395
  5. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 327
  6. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 310
  7. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 343
  8. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 298
  9. ^ 1991 Club Directory p.351
  10. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 309
  11. ^ 1991 Club Directory p.365
  12. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 314
  13. ^ 1991 Club Directory p.165
  14. ^ 1991 Club Directory p.643
  15. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 235
  16. ^ 1991 Club Directory p.463
  17. ^ 1991 Club Directory p. 373
  18. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 209
  19. ^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 336
  20. ^ a b Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 326
  21. ^ Because of the 1985 UEFA ban, no English clubs played European matches between the 1985/86 and 1989/90 season, and England was therefore ranked as 25th for the 1990/91-season in Europe which gave England only 1 spot in UEFA Cup.
  22. ^ Nottingham Forest would have qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1989–90 Football League Cup winners.
  23. ^ "League Division One end of season table for 1989-90 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  24. ^ a b c Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 433

Bibliography

  • Davage, Mike; Eastwood, John; Platt, Kevan (2002). Canary Citizens Centenary Edition. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0711720207.
  • Barclays League Club Directory 1991: Editor Tony Williams ISBN 1-873057-00-8
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