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Crystal Palace F.C.

1989–90 season
Chairman	Ron Noades
Manager	Steve Coppell
Ground	Selhurst Park
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Runners-up (eliminated by Manchester United)
League Cup	Third round (eliminated by Nottingham Forest)
Full Members' Cup	Southern final (eliminated by Chelsea)
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Bright (12) All: Mark Bright (17)
Highest home attendance	29,870 vs Liverpool First Division, 20 January 1990
Lowest home attendance	3,747 vs Luton Town, Full Members' Cup, 27 November 1989
Average home league attendance	17,369
Biggest win	4–0 vs Huddersfield Town (home), FA Cup, 27 January 1990
Biggest defeat	9–0 vs Liverpool (away), First Division, 12 September 1989
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1988–891990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was the 74th season of competitive association football and 63rd season in the Football League played by Crystal Palace Football Club, a professional football club based in Selhurst, South London, England. Their promotion via the Second Division play-offs in 1988–89 meant they played in the First Division, after an eight-year absence from the top division of the English football league system. The season ran from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990.

It was Steve Coppell's sixth start to a season as manager. Palace occupied a position in the bottom half of the table for most of the season, and finished the 1989–90 Football League First Division in 15th place. The club suffered its record league defeat this season when Liverpool beat them 9–0 at Anfield. Palace reached the 1990 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, they drew 3–3 with Manchester United and so the tie had to be replayed five days later, United won 1–0 to give Alex Ferguson his first major trophy as their manager. Palace were eliminated from the 1989–90 Football League Cup in the third round, and from the 1989–90 Full Members' Cup in the Southern section final.

23 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 12 different goalscorers. Midfielders Andy Gray, Alan Pardew and Geoff Thomas played in 51 of the 54 competitive matches played over the season; Gray started all 51 while Pardew and Thomas made 2 and 4 substitute appearances respectively. Mark Bright finished as leading scorer with 17 goals, of which 12 came in league competition, two came in the FA Cup, one came in the League Cup and two came in the Full Members' Cup. Bright was voted as the Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year.

Background and pre-season

The 1988–89 season was Palace's eight successive season in the Football League Second Division. They finished the season in third place missing out on the second automatic promotion place by one point, instead they qualified for the play-offs. They beat Swindon Town in the semi-final 2–1 on aggregate. In the 1989 Football League Second Division play-off final they faced Blackburn Rovers, the first leg was won by Rovers 3–1 at Ewood Park. In the second leg at Selhurst Park, Palace were 2–0 up after 90 minutes so the match went into extra time. Another goal from Palace saw them win the tie and take the remaining place in the First Division.

League table

Results

First Division

19 August 1989 1	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Crystal Palace	London
	Wright x2			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,161

22 August 1989 2	Crystal Palace	1–1	Manchester United	London
	Wright		Robson	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,423

26 August 1989 3	Crystal Palace	0–1	Coventry City	London
			Kilcline	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,122

9 September 1989 4	Crystal Palace	2–0	Wimbledon	London
	Thomas Wright			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,116

12 September 1989 5	Liverpool	9–0	Crystal Palace	Liverpool
	Nicol 7', 90' McMahon 15' Rush 45' Gillespie 56' Beardsley 61' Aldridge 67' (pen.) Barnes 79' Hysén 82'			Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 35,779

16 September 1989 6	Southampton	1–1	Crystal Palace	Southampton
	Horne		Hopkins	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,368

23 September 1989 7	Crystal Palace	1–0	Nottingham Forest	London
	Wright			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,899

30 September 1989 8	Crystal Palace	2–1	Everton	London
	Wright Pardew		Newell	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,943

14 October 1989 9	Derby County	3–1	Crystal Palace	Derby
	Goddard x2 Saunders pen.'		Pardew	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,535

21 October 1989 10	Crystal Palace	4–3	Millwall	London
	Wright x2 Bright x2		Hopkins o.g.' Cascarino Anthrobus	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,920

28 October 1989 11	Aston Villa	2–1	Crystal Palace	Birmingham
	Platt x2		Pardew	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 15,724

4 November 1989 12	Manchester City	3–0	Crystal Palace	Manchester
	White Morley Allen			Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 23,768

11 November 1989 13	Crystal Palace	1–1	Luton Town	London
	Bright		Wilson	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,346

18 November 1989 14	Crystal Palace	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Bright x2		Howells Samways Lineker pen.'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 26,266

25 November 1989 15	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Crystal Palace	Sheffield
	Whitton Hirst		Gray Hopkins	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 17,227

2 December 1989 16	Crystal Palace	0–3	Queens Park Rangers	London
			Maddix Sinton x2	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 12,784

9 December 1989 17	Manchester United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Manchester
	Beardsmore		Bright x2	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 33,514

16 December 1989 18	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Crystal Palace	London
	Walsh		Thorn Bright	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,763

26 December 1989 19	Crystal Palace	2–2	Chelsea	London
	Wright Pemberton		Dixon Le Saux	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,680

30 December 1989 20	Crystal Palace	1–0	Norwich City	London
	Wright			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,250

1 January 1990 21	Arsenal	4–1	Crystal Palace	London
	Dixon Adams Smith x2		Pardew	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,711

13 January 1990 22	Coventry City	1–0	Crystal Palace	Coventry
	Speedie			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 10,858

20 January 1990 23	Crystal Palace	0–2	Liverpool	London
			Rush 9' Beardsley 62'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 29,807

3 February 1990 24	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Crystal Palace	Nottingham
	Clough Hodge Jemson		Salako	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,739

10 February 1990 25	Crystal Palace	3–1	Southampton	London
	Salako Gray Barber		Osman	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,363

24 February 1990 26	Crystal Palace	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	London
	Bright		Worthington	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,857

3 March 1990 27	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Crystal Palace	London
			Pardew	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 26,181

17 March 1990 28	Everton	4–0	Crystal Palace	Everton
	Cottee x2 Whiteside Sharp			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 19,274

20 March 1990 29	Crystal Palace	1–1	Derby County	London
	Gray		Wright	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,051

24 March 1990 30	Crystal Palace	1–0	Aston Villa	London
	Thompson			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,586

31 March 1990 31	Millwall	1–2	Crystal Palace	London
	Allen		Bright Gray	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,332

4 April 1990 32	Norwich City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Norwich
	Sherwood O'Reilly o.g.'			Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 12,640

14 April 1990 33	Crystal Palace	1–1	Arsenal	London
	Gray		Hayes	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 28,094

16 April 1990 34	Chelsea	3–0	Crystal Palace	London
	Dixon Stuart Wilson			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 16,132

21 April 1990 35	Crystal Palace	2–0	Charlton Athletic	London
	Thompson Bright			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,276

28 April 1990 36	Luton Town	1–0	Crystal Palace	Luton
	Dowie			Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,369

5 May 1990 38	Crystal Palace	2–2	Manchester City	London
	Pardew Gray		Allen pen.' Quinn	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,056

FA Cup

8 April 1990 Semi-final	Crystal Palace	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Birmingham
	Bright 46' O'Reilly 70' Gray 88' Pardew 109'		Rush 14' McMahon 81' Barnes 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,389

12 May 1990 Final	Manchester United	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Crystal Palace	London
	Robson 35' Hughes 62', 113'		O'Reilly 18' Wright 72', 92'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 80,000

17 May 1990 Final replay	Manchester United	1–0	Crystal Palace	London
	Martin 59'			Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 80,000

League Cup

Full Members' Cup

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 Nigel Martyn — GK  ENG Perry Suckling — GK  ENG Brian Parkin — GK  ENG Andy Woodman — DF  WAL Jeff Hopkins — DF  ENG John Pemberton — DF  ENG Rudi Hedman — DF  ENG Adam Locke — DF  ENG Gareth Southgate — DF  ENG Gary O'Reilly — DF  ENG Richard Shaw — DF  ENG Andy Thorn — DF  ENG Mark Dennis — DF  ENG Chris Powell — DF  ENG Ricky Newman

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Alex Dyer — DF  ENG David Burke — MF  ENG Phil Barber — MF  ENG Andy Gray — MF  ENG David Madden — MF  IRL Eddie McGoldrick — MF  ENG Alan Pardew — MF  ENG John Salako — MF  ENG Geoff Thomas — MF  ENG Mark Hone — MF  ENG Simon Osborn — FW  ENG Mark Bright — FW  ENG Ian Wright — FW  ENG Garry Thompson — FW  ENG David Whyte

Notes

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

References

General

• King, Ian (2011). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record. Derby: Derby Books Publishing Company. pp. 398–399. ISBN 978-1-85983-809-9.

Specific

1. "Crystal Palace Manager History | Past & Present | Soccer Base".
2. "English Football League Tables 1989/1990".
3. "Crystal Palace match record: 1990".
4. "All Crystal Palace players: 1990".

• Crystal Palace F.C. seasons
• 1989–90 Football League First Division by team