1989–90 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United 1989–90 football season

Newcastle United

1989–90 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Northern Area Semi-Final

Top goalscorer

League: Quinn (32)
All: Quinn (34)

Highest home attendance

32,216
(vs. Sunderland)

Lowest home attendance

6,167
(vs. Oldham Athletic)

Average home league attendance

21,579

Home colours

Away colours

← 1988-89 1990-91 →

During the 1989–90 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division Two. After the disappointment of the previous season's relegation, the manager Jim Smith again dabbled in the transfer market, offloading the captain Kenny Sansom, the former captain Glenn Roeder, Denmark's Frank Pingel, Rob McDonald and the promising youngsters Michael O'Neill and Darren Jackson.

With new signings including their former player Mark McGhee, the team started the season with an emphatic 5–2 win over Leeds United at St. James' Park that saw another new signing, Micky Quinn, score four times on his debut. After a promising start, the team struggled until Smith signed the Scotland skipper, Roy Aitken, who instilled steel into a lightweight midfield of ball players Kevin Brock, Kevin Dillon and John Gallacher. United regained their momentum with a change of formation that saw Bjorn Kristensen switched to sweeper and the team returned to the top of the table, only to be overtaken by Leeds and Sheffield United. Left to compete in the promotion play-offs after finishing third, they lost to their local rivals Sunderland in the semi-finals. It was a disappointing end to a season that also saw unrest from the fans and talk of take-overs.

League table

Main article: 1989–90 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C, P)	46	24	13	9	79	52	+27	85	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	24	13	9	78	58	+20	85	Promotion to the First Division
3	Newcastle United	46	22	14	10	80	55	+25	80	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Swindon Town (O)	46	20	14	12	79	59	+20	74
5	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	17	10	74	59	+15	74

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Swindon Town were disqualified from promotion after being found guilty of making illegal payments, and the play-off runners-up Sunderland were promoted in their place.

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		ZDS Cup		Playoffs		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	John Burridge	28	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	39	0
GK	Gary Kelly	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
GK	Tommy Wright	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
DF	Roy Aitken	44	1	4	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	56	1
DF	John Anderson	29 (8)	4	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	33 (9)	4
DF	Darren Bradshaw	9 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12 (4)	0
DF	Bjørn Kristensen	25 (8)	3	3	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	35 (8)	3
DF	Ray Ranson	33	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	42	0
DF	Kevin Scott	42	3	4	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	53	4
DF	Mark Stimson	35 (2)	1	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	45 (2)	1
DF	Paul Sweeney	14 (5)	0	2	0	1	0	3 (2)	0	0	0	19 (6)	0
DF	Andy Thorn	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	2
MF	Billy Askew	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
MF	Kevin Brock	43 (1)	2	2	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	52 (1)	3
MF	Kevin Dillon	43	0	3 (1)	0	3	0	3	0	0 (1)	0	52 (2)	0
MF	Wayne Fereday	21 (4)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	24 (7)	0
MF	John Gallacher	21 (7)	6	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	29 (7)	8
MF	Liam O'Brien	14 (5)	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0 (2)	0	20 (7)	4
FW	Gary Brazil	4 (12)	2	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	0 (1)	0	0	0	5 (15)	3
FW	Mark McGhee	46	19	4	5	3	1	3	0	2	0	58	25
FW	Micky Quinn	45	32	4	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	55	36
FW	David Robinson	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	1

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Jim Smith
Assistant Manager	Bobby Saxton

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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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