The Football League 1988-89

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The Football League was contested through four divisions in the 1988-89 season. The Divisions were Division One, Division Two, Division Three and Division Four.

Contents

[edit] Standings

[edit] First Division

No European qualification took place due to the Heysel Stadium disaster suspension in place.

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 38 22 10 6 73 36 +37 76
2 Liverpool 38 22 10 6 65 28 +37 76
3 Nottingham Forest 38 17 13 8 64 43 +21 64
4 Norwich City 38 17 11 10 48 45 +3 62
5 Derby County 38 17 7 14 40 38 +2 58
6 Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 12 11 60 46 +14 57
7 Coventry City 38 14 13 11 47 42 +5 55
8 Everton 38 14 12 12 50 45 +5 54
9 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 43 37 +6 53
10 Millwall 38 14 11 13 47 52 -5 53
11 Manchester United 38 13 12 13 45 35 +10 51
12 Wimbledon 38 14 9 15 50 46 +4 51
13 Southampton 38 10 15 13 52 66 -14 45
14 Charlton Athletic 38 10 12 16 44 58 -14 42
15 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 12 16 34 51 -17 42
16 Luton Town 38 10 11 17 42 52 -10 41
17 Aston Villa 38 9 13 16 45 56 -11 40
18 Middlesbrough 38 9 12 17 44 61 -17 39
19 West Ham United 38 10 8 20 37 62 -25 38
20 Newcastle United 38 7 10 21 32 63 -31 31

[edit] Second Division

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Chelsea 46 29 12 5 96 50 +46 99
2 Manchester City 46 23 13 10 77 53 +24 82
3 Crystal Palace 46 23 12 11 71 49 +22 81
4 Watford 46 22 12 12 74 48 +26 78
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 22 11 13 74 59 +15 77
6 Swindon Town 46 20 16 10 68 53 +15 76
7 Barnsley 46 20 14 12 66 58 +8 74
8 Ipswich Town 46 22 7 17 71 61 +10 73
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 18 10 65 41 +24 72
10 Leeds United 46 17 16 13 59 50 +9 67
11 Sunderland 46 16 15 15 60 60 +0 63
12 Bournemouth 46 18 8 20 53 62 -9 62
13 Stoke City 46 15 14 17 57 72 -15 59
14 Bradford City 46 13 17 16 52 59 -7 56
15 Leicester City 46 13 16 17 56 63 -7 55
16 Oldham Athletic 46 11 21 14 75 72 +3 54
17 Oxford United 46 14 12 20 62 70 -8 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 12 20 55 66 -11 54
19 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 14 9 23 57 66 -9 51
20 Portsmouth 46 13 12 21 53 62 -9 51
21 Hull City 46 11 14 21 52 68 -16 47
22 Shrewsbury Town 46 8 18 20 40 67 -27 42
23 Birmingham City 46 8 11 27 31 76 -45 35
24 Walsall 46 5 16 25 41 80 -39 31

[edit] Third Division

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 26 14 6 96 49 +47 92
2 Sheffield United 46 25 9 12 93 54 +39 84
3 Port Vale 46 24 12 10 78 48 +30 84
4 Fulham 46 22 9 15 69 67 +2 75
5 Bristol Rovers 46 19 17 10 67 51 +16 74
6 Preston North End 46 19 15 12 79 60 +19 72
7 Brentford 46 18 14 14 66 61 +5 68
8 Chester City 46 19 11 16 64 61 +3 68
9 Notts County 46 18 13 15 64 54 +10 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 46 16 16 14 58 54 +4 64
11 Bristol City 46 18 9 19 53 55 -2 63
12 Swansea City 46 15 16 15 51 53 -2 61
13 Bury 46 16 13 17 55 67 -12 61
14 Huddersfield Town 46 17 9 20 63 73 -10 60
15 Mansfield Town 46 14 17 15 48 52 -4 59
16 Cardiff City 46 14 15 17 44 56 -12 57
17 Wigan Athletic 46 14 14 18 55 53 +2 56
18 Reading 46 15 11 20 68 72 -4 56
19 Blackpool 46 14 13 19 56 59 -3 55
20 Northampton Town 46 16 6 24 66 76 -10 54
21 Southend United 46 13 15 18 56 75 -19 54
22 Chesterfield 46 14 7 25 51 86 -35 49
23 Gillingham 46 12 4 30 47 81 -34 40
24 Aldershot 46 8 13 25 48 78 -30 37

[edit] Fourth Division

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Rotherham United 46 22 16 8 76 35 +41 82
2 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 17 8 62 43 +19 80
3 Crewe Alexandra 46 21 15 10 67 48 +19 78
4 Scunthorpe United 46 21 14 11 77 57 +20 77
5 Scarborough 46 21 14 11 67 52 +15 77
6 Leyton Orient 46 21 12 13 86 50 +36 75
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 77 63 +14 71
8 Cambridge United 46 18 14 14 71 62 +9 68
9 Grimsby Town 46 17 15 14 65 59 +6 66
10 Lincoln City 46 18 10 18 64 60 +4 64
11 York City 46 17 13 16 62 63 -1 64
12 Carlisle United 46 15 15 16 53 52 +1 60
13 Exeter City 46 18 6 22 65 68 -3 60
14 Torquay United 46 17 8 21 45 60 -15 59
15 Hereford United 46 14 16 16 66 72 -6 58
16 Burnley 46 14 13 19 52 61 -9 55
17 Peterborough United 46 14 12 20 52 74 -22 54
18 Rochdale 46 13 14 19 56 82 -26 53
19 Hartlepool United 46 14 10 22 50 78 -28 52
20 Stockport County 46 10 21 15 54 52 +2 51
21 Halifax Town 46 13 11 22 69 75 -6 50
22 Colchester United 46 12 14 20 60 78 -18 50
23 Doncaster Rovers 46 13 10 23 49 78 -29 49
24 Darlington 46 8 18 20 53 76 -23 42

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Division Two playoff

Semi-Final   Final
5th  Blackburn Rovers 1a  
4th  Watford FC 1     5th  Blackburn Rovers 3
6th  Swindon Town 1   3rd  Crystal Palace 4
3rd  Crystal Palace 2  

aBlackburn won on away goals after Extra Time.

[edit] Division Three playoff

Semi-Final   Final
5th  Bristol Rovers 5  
4th  Fulham FC 0     5th  Bristol Rovers 1
6th  Preston North End 2   3rd  Port Vale 2
3rd  Port Vale 4  

[edit] Division Four playoff

Semi-Final   Final
7th  Wrexham 5  
4th  Scunthorpe United 1     7th  Wrexham 1
6th  Leyton Orient 2   6th  Leyton Orient 2
5th  Scarborough 1  


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