Season 1989-90

Division 3 1989-90 (10th)

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Bristol RoversP 46 26 15 5 71 35 +36 93
2 Bristol CityP 46 27 10 9 76 40 +36 91
3 Notts County1 46 25 12 9 73 53 +20 87
4 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 11 12 86 49 +37 80
5 Bury 46 21 11 14 70 49 +21 74
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 18 15 13 59 48 +11 69
7 Birmingham City 46 18 12 16 60 59 +1 66
8 Huddersfield Town 46 17 14 15 61 62 −1 65
9 Rotherham United 46 17 13 16 71 62 +9 64
10 READING 46 15 19 12 57 53 +4 64
11 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 15 15 59 54 +5 63
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 17 14 56 53 +3 62
13 Brentford 46 18 7 21 66 66 0 61
14 Leyton Orient2 46 16 10 20 52 56 −4 58
15 Mansfield Town 46 16 7 23 50 65 −15 55
16 Chester City 46 13 15 18 43 55 −12 54
17 Swansea City 46 14 12 20 45 63 −18 54
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 14 19 48 64 −16 53
19 Preston North End 46 14 10 22 65 79 −14 52
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 55 66 −11 51
21 Cardiff CityR 46 12 14 20 51 70 −19 50
22 Northampton TownR 46 11 14 21 51 68 −17 47
23 BlackpoolR 46 10 16 20 49 73 −24 46
24 WalsallR 46 9 14 23 40 72 −32 41
1 Notts County promoted after play-offs
2 Leyton Orient previously known as Orient

Division 3 1989-90

19 Aug Shrewsbury Town H 3-3
25 Aug Crewe Alexandra A 1-1
2 Sep Tranmere Rovers H 1-0
9 Sep Notts County A 0-0
16 Sep Walsall H 0-1
23 Sep Swansea City A 6-1
26 Sep Chester City H 1-1
30 Sep Bristol Rovers A 0-0
6 Oct Blackpool A 0-0
14 Oct Huddersfield Town H 0-0
17 Oct Fulham H 3-2
21 Oct Leyton Orient A 1-4
28 Oct Mansfield Town H 1-0
31 Oct Wigan Athletic A 1-3
4 Nov Birmingham City H 0-2
11 Nov Bury A 0-4
25 Nov Bristol City H 1-1
2 Dec Preston North End A 0-1
17 Dec Northampton Town A 1-2
26 Dec Brentford H 1-0
30 Dec Rotherham United H 3-2
13 Jan Crewe Alexandra H 1-1
20 Jan Shrewsbury Town A 1-1
10 Feb Walsall A 1-1
12 Feb Tranmere Rovers A 1-3
17 Feb Preston North End H 6-0
20 Feb Swansea City H 1-1
24 Feb Bristol City A 1-0
3 Mar Bolton Wanderers H 2-0
6 Mar Bristol Rovers H 0-1
9 Mar Chester City A 1-1
17 Mar Blackpool H 1-1
20 Mar Huddersfield Town A 1-0
24 Mar Fulham A 2-1
31 Mar Leyton Orient H 1-1
3 Apr Bolton Wanderers A 0-3
7 Apr Mansfield Town A 1-1
10 Apr Wigan Athletic H 2-0
14 Apr Cardiff City H 0-1
16 Apr Brentford A 1-1
21 Apr Northampton Town H 3-2
24 Apr Rotherham United A 1-1
28 Apr Bury H 1-0
1 May Cardiff City A 2-3
3 May Notts County H 1-1
5 May Birmingham City A 1-0

FA Cup 1989-90

18 Nov R1 Bristol Rovers A 1-1
21 Nov (R) Bristol Rovers H 1-11
27 Nov (2R) Bristol Rovers A 1-0
9 Dec R2 Welling United H 0-0
13 Dec (R) Welling United A 1-11
19 Dec (2R) Welling United H 0-01
22 Dec (3R) Welling United A 2-1
6 Jan R3 Sunderland H 2-1
27 Jan R4 Newcastle United H 3-3
31 Jan (R) Newcastle United A 1-4
1 after extra time

League Cup 1989-90

22 Aug R1 Bristol City A 3-2
29 Aug (2) Bristol City H 2-21
19 Sep R2 Newcastle United H 3-1
4 Oct (2) Newcastle United A 0-42
1 won 5-4 on aggregate
2 lost 3-5 on aggregate

Associate Members' Cup 1989-90

15 Jan PR Bristol City H 1-1
17 Jan PR Swansea City A 2-1
23 Jan R1 Brentford A 1-2

Associate Members' Cup (PR) 1989-90 (1st)

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Bristol CityQ 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
= READINGQ 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Swansea City 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
1 Bristol City placed first on toss of coin