1989–90 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea F.C. 1989–90 football season

Chelsea F.C.

1989–90 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Second round

Top goalscorer

League:
Kerry Dixon (20)
All:
Kerry Dixon (25)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1988–89 1990–91 →

During the 1989–90 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

The season was the club's 85th year in existence since their foundation in 1905. It was their 54th season within England's highest tier of football and their first season of their current top-flight spell following promotion at the end of the previous season.

First Division

Home Club	Score	Away Club	Date	League position
Wimbledon	0–1	Chelsea	19 August 1989	8th
Chelsea	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 1989	6th
Chelsea	4–0	Sheffield Wednesday	26 August 1989	1st
Charlton Athletic	3–0	Chelsea	29 August 1989	5th
Chelsea	2–2	Nottingham Forest	09 September 1989	6th
Tottenham Hotspur	1–4	Chelsea	16 September 1989	4th
Chelsea	1–0	Coventry City	23 September 1989	2nd
Chelsea	0–0	Arsenal	30 September 1989	2nd
Norwich City	2–0	Chelsea	14 October 1989	5th
Derby County	0–1	Chelsea	21 October 1989	4th
Chelsea	1–1	Manchester City	28 October 1989	3rd
Chelsea	4–0	Millwall	04 November 1989	2nd
Everton	0–1	Chelsea	11 November 1989	1st
Chelsea	2–2	Southampton	18 November 1989	2nd
Manchester United	0–0	Chelsea	25 November 1989	4th

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	6	13	59	47	+12	63
4	Arsenal	38	18	8	12	54	38	+16	62
5	Chelsea	38	16	12	10	58	50	+8	60
6	Everton	38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59
7	Southampton	38	15	10	13	71	63	+8	55

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

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Dave Beasant
—	GK	ENG	Kevin Hitchcock
—	GK	WAL	Roger Freestone (out on loan from September)
—	DF	ENG	Tony Dorigo
—	DF	ENG	David Lee
—	DF	ENG	Graham Roberts
—	DF	WAL	Gareth Hall
—	DF	SCO	Steve Clarke
—	DF	NOR	Erland Johnsen
—	DF	SUR	Ken Monkou
—	MF	ENG	Graeme Le Saux
—	MF	ENG	John Bumstead


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Alan Dickens
—	MF	ENG	Micky Hazard
—	MF	ENG	Damian Matthew
—	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart
—	MF	ENG	Clive Wilson
—	MF	WAL	Peter Nicholas
—	MF	SCO	Craig Burley
—	MF	SCO	Kevin McAllister
—	FW	ENG	Kerry Dixon
—	FW	SCO	Gordon Durie
—	FW	NIR	Kevin Wilson

Transfers

Out

Joe McLaughlin - Charlton Athletic, £650,000
Micky Hazard - Portsmouth
Billy Dodds - Dundee
Dave Mitchell - NEC Nijmegen

Top scorers

References

v t e Chelsea F.C. seasons
1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Chelsea F.C. seasons

1905–06
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1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
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1932–33
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1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
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2015–16
2016–17
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2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

1989–90 in English football

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National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Fulham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Notts County Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham York City

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