The City Ground

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1988-89

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result		Home	Away
1	Arsenal	38	22	10	6	73	36	10	6	3	35	19	12	4	3	38	17	37	76	Excluded from Europe		1-4	3-1
2	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	65	28	11	5	3	33	11	11	5	3	32	17	37	76			2-1	0-1
3	Nottingham Forest	38	17	13	8	64	43	8	7	4	31	16	9	6	4	33	27	21	64
4	Norwich City	38	17	11	10	48	45	8	7	4	23	20	9	4	6	25	25	3	62			2-0	1-2
5	Derby County	38	17	7	14	40	38	9	3	7	23	18	8	4	7	17	20	2	58			1-1	2-0
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	15	12	11	60	46	8	6	5	31	24	7	6	6	29	22	14	57			1-2	2-1
7	Coventry City	38	14	13	11	47	42	9	4	6	28	23	5	9	5	19	19	5	55			0-0	2-2
8	Everton	38	14	12	12	50	45	10	7	2	33	18	4	5	10	17	27	5	54			2-0	1-1
9	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	11	13	43	37	9	5	5	23	16	5	6	8	20	21	6	53			0-0	2-1
10	Millwall	38	14	11	13	47	52	10	3	6	27	21	4	8	7	20	31	-5	53			4-1	2-2
11	Manchester United	38	13	12	13	45	35	10	5	4	27	13	3	7	9	18	22	10	51			2-0	0-2
12	Wimbledon	38	14	9	15	50	46	10	3	6	30	19	4	6	9	20	27	4	51			0-1	1-4
13	Southampton	38	10	15	13	52	66	6	7	6	25	26	4	8	7	27	40	-14	45			3-0	1-1
14	Charlton Athletic	38	10	12	16	44	58	6	7	6	25	24	4	5	10	19	34	-14	42			4-0	1-0
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	12	16	34	51	6	6	7	21	25	4	6	9	13	26	-17	42			1-1	3-0
16	Luton Town	38	10	11	17	42	52	8	6	5	32	21	2	5	12	10	31	-10	41			0-0	3-2
17	Aston Villa	38	9	13	16	45	56	7	6	6	25	22	2	7	10	20	34	-11	40			4-0	1-1
18	Middlesbrough	38	9	12	17	44	61	6	7	6	28	30	3	5	11	16	31	-17	39	Relegated		2-2	4-3
19	West Ham United	38	10	8	20	37	62	3	6	10	19	30	7	2	10	18	32	-25	38	Relegated		1-2	3-3
20	Newcastle United	38	7	10	21	32	63	3	6	10	19	28	4	4	11	13	35	-31	31	Relegated		1-1	1-0

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1988-89

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Chelsea	46	29	12	5	96	50	15	6	2	50	25	14	6	3	46	25	46	99	Promoted as Champions
2	Manchester City	46	23	13	10	77	53	12	8	3	48	28	11	5	7	29	25	24	82	Promoted
3	Crystal Palace	46	23	12	11	71	49	15	6	2	42	17	8	6	9	29	32	22	81	Promoted via playoffs
4	Watford	46	22	12	12	74	48	14	5	4	41	18	8	7	8	33	30	26	78
5	Blackburn Rovers	46	22	11	13	74	59	16	4	3	50	22	6	7	10	24	37	15	77
6	Swindon Town	46	20	16	10	68	53	13	8	2	35	15	7	8	8	33	38	15	76
7	Barnsley	46	20	14	12	66	58	12	8	3	37	21	8	6	9	29	37	8	74
8	Ipswich Town	46	22	7	17	71	61	13	3	7	42	23	9	4	10	29	38	10	73
9	West Bromwich Albion	46	18	18	10	65	41	13	7	3	43	18	5	11	7	22	23	24	72
10	Leeds United	46	17	16	13	59	50	12	6	5	34	20	5	10	8	25	30	9	67
11	Sunderland	46	16	15	15	60	60	12	8	3	40	23	4	7	12	20	37	0	63
12	Bournemouth	46	18	8	20	53	62	13	3	7	32	20	5	5	13	21	42	-9	62
13	Stoke City	46	15	14	17	57	72	10	9	4	33	25	5	5	13	24	47	-15	59
14	Bradford City	46	13	17	16	52	59	8	11	4	29	22	5	6	12	23	37	-7	56
15	Leicester City	46	13	16	17	56	63	11	6	6	31	20	2	10	11	25	43	-7	55
16	Oldham Athletic	46	11	21	14	75	72	9	10	4	49	32	2	11	10	26	40	3	54
17	Oxford United	46	14	12	20	62	70	11	6	6	40	34	3	6	14	22	36	-8	54
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	12	20	55	66	11	4	8	35	22	3	8	12	20	44	-11	54
19	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	14	9	23	57	66	11	5	7	36	24	3	4	16	21	42	-9	51
20	Portsmouth	46	13	12	21	53	62	10	6	7	33	21	3	6	14	20	41	-9	51
21	Hull City	46	11	14	21	52	68	7	9	7	31	25	4	5	14	21	43	-16	47
22	Shrewsbury Town	46	8	18	20	40	67	4	11	8	25	31	4	7	12	15	36	-27	42	Relegated
23	Birmingham City	46	8	11	27	31	76	6	4	13	21	33	2	7	14	10	43	-45	35	Relegated
24	Walsall	46	5	16	25	41	80	3	10	10	27	42	2	6	15	14	38	-39	31	Relegated

THIRD DIVISION (Tier 3) - 1988-89

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	26	14	6	96	49	18	4	1	61	19	8	10	5	35	30	47	92	Promoted as Champions
2	Sheffield United	46	25	9	12	93	54	16	3	4	57	21	9	6	8	36	33	39	84	Promoted
3	Port Vale	46	24	12	10	78	48	15	3	5	46	21	9	9	5	32	27	30	84	Promoted via playoffs
4	Fulham	46	22	9	15	69	67	12	7	4	42	28	10	2	11	27	39	2	75
5	Bristol Rovers	46	19	17	10	67	51	9	11	3	34	21	10	6	7	33	30	16	74
6	Preston North End	46	19	15	12	79	60	14	7	2	56	31	5	8	10	23	29	19	72
7	Brentford	46	18	14	14	66	61	14	5	4	36	21	4	9	10	30	40	5	68
8	Chester City	46	19	11	16	64	61	12	6	5	38	18	7	5	11	26	43	3	68
9	Notts County	46	18	13	15	64	54	11	7	5	37	22	7	6	10	27	32	10	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	16	14	58	54	12	8	3	42	23	4	8	11	16	31	4	64
11	Bristol City	46	18	9	19	53	55	10	3	10	32	25	8	6	9	21	30	-2	63
12	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	51	53	11	8	4	33	22	4	8	11	18	31	-2	61
13	Bury	46	16	13	17	55	67	11	7	5	27	22	5	6	12	28	45	-12	61
14	Huddersfield Town	46	17	9	20	63	73	10	8	5	35	25	7	1	15	28	48	-10	60
15	Mansfield Town	46	14	17	15	48	52	10	8	5	32	22	4	9	10	16	30	-4	59
16	Cardiff City	46	14	15	17	44	56	10	9	4	30	16	4	6	13	14	40	-12	57
17	Wigan Athletic	46	14	14	18	55	53	9	5	9	28	22	5	9	9	27	31	2	56
18	Reading	46	15	11	20	68	72	10	6	7	37	29	5	5	13	31	43	-4	56
19	Blackpool	46	14	13	19	56	59	10	6	7	36	29	4	7	12	20	30	-3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	16	6	24	66	76	11	2	10	41	34	5	4	14	25	42	-10	54
21	Southend United	46	13	15	18	56	75	10	9	4	33	26	3	6	14	23	49	-19	54	Relegated
22	Chesterfield	46	14	7	25	51	86	9	5	9	35	35	5	2	16	16	51	-35	49	Relegated
23	Gillingham	46	12	4	30	47	81	7	3	13	25	32	5	1	17	22	49	-34	40	Relegated
24	Aldershot	46	8	13	25	48	78	7	6	10	29	29	1	7	15	19	49	-30	37	Relegated

FOURTH DIVISION (Tier 4) - 1988-89

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Rotherham United	46	22	16	8	76	35	13	6	4	44	18	9	10	4	32	17	41	82	Promoted as Champions
2	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	17	8	62	43	15	6	2	34	13	6	11	6	28	30	19	80	Promoted
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	21	15	10	67	48	13	7	3	42	24	8	8	7	25	24	19	78	Promoted
4	Scunthorpe United	46	21	14	11	77	57	11	9	3	40	22	10	5	8	37	35	20	77
5		46	21	14	11	67	52	12	7	4	33	23	9	7	7	34	29	15	77
6	Leyton Orient	46	21	12	13	86	50	16	2	5	61	19	5	10	8	25	31	36	75	Promoted via playoffs
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	77	63	12	7	4	44	28	7	7	9	33	35	14	71
8	Cambridge United	46	18	14	14	71	62	13	7	3	45	25	5	7	11	26	37	9	68
9	Grimsby Town	46	17	15	14	65	59	11	9	3	33	18	6	6	11	32	41	6	66
10	Lincoln City	46	18	10	18	64	60	12	6	5	39	26	6	4	13	25	34	4	64
11	York City	46	17	13	16	62	63	10	8	5	43	27	7	5	11	19	36	-1	64
12	Carlisle United	46	15	15	16	53	52	9	6	8	26	25	6	9	8	27	27	1	60
13	Exeter City	46	18	6	22	65	68	14	4	5	46	23	4	2	17	19	45	-3	60
14	Torquay United	46	17	8	21	45	60	15	2	6	32	23	2	6	15	13	37	-15	59
15	Hereford United	46	14	16	16	66	72	11	8	4	40	27	3	8	12	26	45	-6	58
16	Burnley	46	14	13	19	52	61	12	6	5	35	20	2	7	14	17	41	-9	55
17	Peterborough United	46	14	12	20	52	74	10	3	10	29	32	4	9	10	23	42	-22	54
18	Rochdale	46	13	14	19	56	82	10	10	3	32	26	3	4	16	24	56	-26	53
19	Hartlepool United	46	14	10	22	50	78	10	6	7	33	33	4	4	15	17	45	-28	52
20	Stockport County	46	10	21	15	54	52	8	10	5	31	20	2	11	10	23	32	2	51
21	Halifax Town	46	13	11	22	69	75	10	7	6	42	27	3	4	16	27	48	-6	50
22	Colchester United	46	12	14	20	60	78	8	7	8	35	30	4	7	12	25	48	-18	50
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	10	23	49	78	9	6	8	32	32	4	4	15	17	46	-29	49
24	Darlington	46	8	18	20	53	76	3	12	8	28	38	5	6	12	25	38	-23	42	Relegated