The City Ground

SEASON: 1988-89

Prev Season: 1987-88
This Season: 1988-89
Next Season: 1989-90

DIVISION: Barclays First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Liverpool (N) 1-3)
League Cup:: Winners (Luton Town (Wembley) 3-1)
Player Of The Year:: Stuart Pearce

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (21 goals)

Competitive Games:: 57
Competitive Goals:: 113
Goals per game:: 2.0
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 64 out of 114 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 56.1%

Highest League Attendance:: 30,092 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,340 (Luton Town)
Average League Attendance:: 20,842
Highest Cup Attendance:: 30,060 (Bristol City)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 11,958 (Chester City)

Champions:: Arsenal
FA Cup:: Liverpool
League Cup:: Nottingham Forest
League Trophy:: Bolton Wanderers
Community Shield:: Liverpool
EUROPE:
European Cup:: AC Milan
UEFA Cup:: Napoli
Cup Winners Cup:: Barcelona
Super Cup:: Mechelen

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-0 (Wed Sep 28, 1988, Chester City, Home, League Cup)

Biggest Winning Margin: 6
6-0 (Wed Sep 28, 1988, Chester City, Home, League Cup)

Most Goals Conceded: 4
1-4 (Sun Nov 06, 1988, Arsenal, Home, League Tier 1)
1-4 (Sat Apr 01, 1989, Wimbledon, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 3
1-4 (Sun Nov 06, 1988, Arsenal, Home, League Tier 1)
1-4 (Sat Apr 01, 1989, Wimbledon, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 22
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 8
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 2

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1988-89

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
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

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	12 times	11 times	7 times	2 times
Conceded	19 times	10 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	9 times	7 times	3 times	1 time
Lost By	5 times	2 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	1	1	-	4	2	4	Everton (1-1), Arsenal (3-1)
2		2	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Millwall (2-2), Liverpool (0-1)
3	16	3	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Norwich City (2-0)
4	52	4	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Everton (2-0)
5	46	5	1	-	-	1	1	4	0	Arsenal (1-4)
6	10	6	2	1	1	-	2	0	4	Coventry City (0-0), Manchester United (2-0)
7	14	7	6	2	4	-	9	6	10	Sheffield Wednesday (1-1), Derby County (1-1), Liverpool (2-1), Southampton (1-1), Derby County (2-0),
8	19	8	1	1	-	-	4	1	3	Millwall (4-1)
9	38	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2)
10	11	10	3	-	1	2	2	7	1	Aston Villa (1-1), Manchester United (0-2), Wimbledon (1-4)
11	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	5	12	3	2	1	-	8	3	7	Queens Park Rangers (2-1), Middlesbrough (2-2), Aston Villa (4-0)
13	14	13	3	3	-	-	10	5	9	Sheffield Wednesday (3-0), Luton Town (3-2), Middlesbrough (4-3)
14	32	14	2	2	-	-	6	1	6	Tottenham Hotspur (2-1), Charlton Athletic (4-0)
15		15	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Luton Town (0-0)
16	7	16	2	1	1	-	1	0	4	Charlton Athletic (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (0-0)
17		17	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Southampton (3-0)
18		18	2	1	1	-	4	3	4	Newcastle United (1-0), West Ham United (3-3)
19		19	3	-	1	2	2	4	1	Wimbledon (0-1), Newcastle United (1-1), West Ham United (1-2)
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Norwich City (1-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 27, 1988	Norwich City	A	1-2	13,488	14	Chettle (66')
2	Sat Sep 03, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	18,963	13	Nigel Worthington (41' OG)
3	Sat Sep 10, 1988	Everton	A	1-1	34,003	14	Webb (10')
4	Sat Sep 17, 1988	Derby County	H	1-1	24,818	14	Foster (86')
5	Sat Sep 24, 1988	Aston Villa	A	1-1	23,029	14	Carr (80')
6	Sat Oct 01, 1988	Luton Town	H	0-0	15,340	16
7	Sat Oct 08, 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	11,205	11	Clough (32' pen), Foster (87')
8	Sat Oct 22, 1988	Millwall	A	2-2	16,874	14	Hodge (45', 48')
9	Wed Oct 26, 1988	Liverpool	H	2-1	29,755	9	Rice (54'), Webb (60')
10	Sat Oct 29, 1988	Newcastle United	A	1-0	24,765	5	Chapman (64')
11	Sun Nov 06, 1988	Arsenal	H	1-4	19,038	9	Clough (18')
12	Sat Nov 12, 1988	West Ham United	A	3-3	21,682	9	Clough (6', 27'), Hodge (41')
13	Sat Nov 19, 1988	Coventry City	H	0-0	17,250	9
14	Sat Nov 26, 1988	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	6,416	8	Pearce (15')
15	Sat Dec 03, 1988	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	17,742	10	Chapman (55', 57')
16	Sat Dec 10, 1988	Southampton	A	1-1	15,259	9	Clough (63')
17	Sun Dec 18, 1988	Wimbledon	H	0-1	16,427	9
18	Mon Dec 26, 1988	Manchester United	A	0-2	39,582	12
19	Sat Dec 31, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-0	20,407	10	Gaynor (25'), Webb (27'), Hodge (37')
20	Mon Jan 02, 1989	Everton	H	2-0	26,008	8	Parker (42'), Gaynor (62')
21	Sun Jan 15, 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-1	16,903	6	Parker (32'), Clough (34')
22	Sat Jan 21, 1989	Aston Villa	H	4-0	22,662	5	Hodge (3'), Pearce (55'), Parker (77'), Laws (86')
23	Sat Feb 04, 1989	Luton Town	A	3-2	10,465	4	Parker (18'), Clough (28' pen, 74')
24	Sat Feb 11, 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	19,690	4
25	Sat Mar 11, 1989	Arsenal	A	3-1	39,639	5	Clough (7'), Carr (21'), Pearce (35')
26	Wed Mar 15, 1989	Newcastle United	H	1-1	20,800	5	Clough (34' pen)
27	Wed Mar 22, 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	23,098	5	Parker (48')
28	Sat Mar 25, 1989	Derby County	A	2-0	25,174	5	Hodge (38'), Chapman (86')
29	Mon Mar 27, 1989	Manchester United	H	2-0	30,092	5	Pearce (4'), Chapman (62')
30	Sat Apr 01, 1989	Wimbledon	A	1-4	7,867	5	Clough (31')
31	Wed Apr 05, 1989	Norwich City	H	2-0	19,872	4	Clough (27'), Pearce (38')
32	Wed Apr 12, 1989	Southampton	H	3-0	19,984	4	Clough (7' pen), Pearce (32'), Gaynor (79')	Safe
33	Sat Apr 22, 1989	Middlesbrough	A	4-3	20,778	4	Webb (24'), Chapman (37', 75'), Parker (74')	Safe
34	Wed May 03, 1989	Millwall	H	4-1	15,982	3	Gaynor (27'), Hodge (63'), Steve Wood (65' OG), Parker (80')	Safe
35	Wed May 10, 1989	Liverpool	A	0-1	39,793	4		Safe
36	Sat May 13, 1989	Charlton Athletic	H	4-0	17,637	3	Carr (13'), Wilson (42'), Webb (44'), Chettle (86')	Safe
37	Mon May 15, 1989	Coventry City	A	2-2	14,003	3	Webb (79'), Clough (88')	Safe
38	Thu May 18, 1989	West Ham United	H	1-2	20,843	3	Chapman (31')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1989	Ipswich Town	3		H	3-0	20,743	Frank Yallop (3' OG), Gaynor (28'), Chapman (62')
Sat Jan 28, 1989	Leeds United	4		H	2-0	28,107	Chapman (6'), Parker (90+1')
Sun Feb 19, 1989	Watford	5		A	3-0	8,044	Webb (39'), Chapman (79'), Laws (88')
Sat Mar 18, 1989	Manchester United	Quarter		A	1-0	55,052	Parker (42')
Sat Apr 15, 1989	Liverpool	Semi		N	0-0	-
Sun May 07, 1989	Liverpool	Semi	1	N	1-3	38,000	Webb (33')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 28, 1988	Chester City	2	1		H	6-0	11,958	Pearce (14'), Clough (22', 80'), Webb (25'), Hodge (72'), Gaynor (90+1')
Wed Oct 12, 1988	Chester City	2	2		A	4-0	4,747	Gaynor (30', 46', 60'), Crosby (51')
Wed Nov 02, 1988	Coventry City	3			H	3-2	21,201	Foster (39'), Hodge (51'), Clough (70')
Wed Nov 30, 1988	Leicester City	4			A	0-0	26,704
Wed Dec 14, 1988	Leicester City	4		1	H	2-1	26,676	Clough (26'), Chapman (53')
Wed Jan 18, 1989	Queens Park Rangers	Quarter			H	5-2	24,065	Chapman (11', 28', 44', 67'), Clough (37' pen)
Wed Feb 15, 1989	Bristol City	Semi	1		H	1-1	30,060	John Pender (86' OG)
Sun Feb 26, 1989	Bristol City	Semi	2		A	1-0	28,084	Parker (114')
Sun Apr 09, 1989	Luton Town	Final			N	3-1	76,130	Clough (54' pen, 76'), Webb (68')

Full Members Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Jan 10, 1989	Chelsea	3	A	4-1	8,475	Chapman (55'), Gaynor (104'), Pearce (108' pen), Parker (114')
Tue Jan 24, 1989	Ipswich Town	4	A	3-1	16,498	Hodge (35'), Pearce (40' pen), Crosby (88')
Wed Feb 22, 1989	Crystal Palace	Semi	H	3-1	20,374	Webb (14', 89'), Pearce (88')
Sun Apr 30, 1989	Everton	Final	N	4-3	46,608	Parker (30', 67'), Chapman (92', 117')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sun Aug 21, 1988	Notts County	Semi	A	1-1	6,932	Pearce (82')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Jul 28, 1988	IK Brage	Sweden	A	0-1	2,126
Sat Jul 30, 1988	Helsingfors Vastra	Sweden	A	2-1	-	Laws (?), Parker (?)
Sun Jul 31, 1988	Sandvikens IF	Sweden	A	2-1	-	Crosby (?), Clough (?)
Tue Aug 02, 1988	V�ster�s SK	Sweden	A	0-0	-
Wed Aug 03, 1988	Brommapojkarna	Sweden	A	4-1	-	Glover (?), Clough (?, ?), Wilkinson (?)
Thu Aug 11, 1988	Pescara	Italy	A	3-2	-	Webb (?), Pearce (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Aug 13, 1988	Cologne	Germany	A	0-1	-
Wed Aug 17, 1988	Lincoln City	England	A	4-1	1,200	Crosby (?), Glover (?), Clough (? pen), Hodge (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 12, 1988	Heart Of Midlothian	Scotland	A	3-1	8,876	Gaynor (24'), Mike Galloway (27' OG), Parker (55')
Mon Nov 21, 1988	Grantham Town	England	A	4-1	1,540	Parker (?), Chapman (?), Clough (?, ?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sun Jul 24, 1988	Keyworth	England	A	8-0	1,700	Rice (?, ?), Glover (?, ?), Clough (?, ?), Wilkinson (?), Gaynor (?)

Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 29, 1988	Liverpool	Quarter	A	1-4	20,141	Webb (89')

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Sun Jul 24, 1988	Testimonial	Keyworth				A	8-0	1,700	Rice (?, ?), Glover (?, ?), Clough (?, ?), Wilkinson (?), Gaynor (?)
Thu Jul 28, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	IK Brage				A	0-1	2,126
Sat Jul 30, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Helsingfors Vastra				A	2-1	-	Laws (?), Parker (?)
Sun Jul 31, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Sandvikens IF				A	2-1	-	Crosby (?), Clough (?)
Tue Aug 02, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	V�ster�s SK				A	0-0	-
Wed Aug 03, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Brommapojkarna				A	4-1	-	Glover (?), Clough (?, ?), Wilkinson (?)
Thu Aug 11, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Pescara				A	3-2	-	Webb (?), Pearce (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Aug 13, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Cologne				A	0-1	-
Wed Aug 17, 1988	Pre-Season Friendly	Lincoln City				A	4-1	1,200	Crosby (?), Glover (?), Clough (? pen), Hodge (?)
Sun Aug 21, 1988	County Cup	Notts County	Semi			A	1-1	6,932	Pearce (82')
Sat Aug 27, 1988	League Tier 1	Norwich City				A	1-2	13,488	Chettle (66')
Mon Aug 29, 1988	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	Liverpool	Quarter			A	1-4	20,141	Webb (89')
Sat Sep 03, 1988	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday				H	1-1	18,963	Nigel Worthington (41' OG)
Sat Sep 10, 1988	League Tier 1	Everton				A	1-1	34,003	Webb (10')
Mon Sep 12, 1988	Friendly	Heart Of Midlothian				A	3-1	8,876	Gaynor (24'), Mike Galloway (27' OG), Parker (55')
Sat Sep 17, 1988	League Tier 1	Derby County				H	1-1	24,818	Foster (86')
Sat Sep 24, 1988	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				A	1-1	23,029	Carr (80')
Wed Sep 28, 1988	League Cup	Chester City	2	1		H	6-0	11,958	Pearce (14'), Clough (22', 80'), Webb (25'), Hodge (72'), Gaynor (90+1')
Sat Oct 01, 1988	League Tier 1	Luton Town				H	0-0	15,340
Sat Oct 08, 1988	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				A	2-1	11,205	Clough (32' pen), Foster (87')
Wed Oct 12, 1988	League Cup	Chester City	2	2		A	4-0	4,747	Gaynor (30', 46', 60'), Crosby (51')
Sat Oct 22, 1988	League Tier 1	Millwall				A	2-2	16,874	Hodge (45', 48')
Wed Oct 26, 1988	League Tier 1	Liverpool				H	2-1	29,755	Rice (54'), Webb (60')
Sat Oct 29, 1988	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				A	1-0	24,765	Chapman (64')
Wed Nov 02, 1988	League Cup	Coventry City	3			H	3-2	21,201	Foster (39'), Hodge (51'), Clough (70')
Sun Nov 06, 1988	League Tier 1	Arsenal				H	1-4	19,038	Clough (18')
Sat Nov 12, 1988	League Tier 1	West Ham United				A	3-3	21,682	Clough (6', 27'), Hodge (41')
Sat Nov 19, 1988	League Tier 1	Coventry City				H	0-0	17,250
Mon Nov 21, 1988	Friendly	Grantham Town				A	4-1	1,540	Parker (?), Chapman (?), Clough (?, ?)
Sat Nov 26, 1988	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic				A	1-0	6,416	Pearce (15')
Wed Nov 30, 1988	League Cup	Leicester City	4			A	0-0	26,704
Sat Dec 03, 1988	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				H	2-2	17,742	Chapman (55', 57')
Sat Dec 10, 1988	League Tier 1	Southampton				A	1-1	15,259	Clough (63')
Wed Dec 14, 1988	League Cup	Leicester City	4		1	H	2-1	26,676	Clough (26'), Chapman (53')
Sun Dec 18, 1988	League Tier 1	Wimbledon				H	0-1	16,427
Mon Dec 26, 1988	League Tier 1	Manchester United				A	0-2	39,582
Sat Dec 31, 1988	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday				A	3-0	20,407	Gaynor (25'), Webb (27'), Hodge (37')
Mon Jan 02, 1989	League Tier 1	Everton				H	2-0	26,008	Parker (42'), Gaynor (62')
Sat Jan 07, 1989	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	3			H	3-0	20,743	Frank Yallop (3' OG), Gaynor (28'), Chapman (62')
Tue Jan 10, 1989	Full Members Cup	Chelsea	3			A	4-1	8,475	Chapman (55'), Gaynor (104'), Pearce (108' pen), Parker (114')
Sun Jan 15, 1989	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				A	2-1	16,903	Parker (32'), Clough (34')
Wed Jan 18, 1989	League Cup	Queens Park Rangers	Quarter			H	5-2	24,065	Chapman (11', 28', 44', 67'), Clough (37' pen)
Sat Jan 21, 1989	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				H	4-0	22,662	Hodge (3'), Pearce (55'), Parker (77'), Laws (86')
Tue Jan 24, 1989	Full Members Cup	Ipswich Town	4			A	3-1	16,498	Hodge (35'), Pearce (40' pen), Crosby (88')
Sat Jan 28, 1989	FA Cup	Leeds United	4			H	2-0	28,107	Chapman (6'), Parker (90+1')
Sat Feb 04, 1989	League Tier 1	Luton Town				A	3-2	10,465	Parker (18'), Clough (28' pen, 74')
Sat Feb 11, 1989	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				H	0-0	19,690
Wed Feb 15, 1989	League Cup	Bristol City	Semi	1		H	1-1	30,060	John Pender (86' OG)
Sun Feb 19, 1989	FA Cup	Watford	5			A	3-0	8,044	Webb (39'), Chapman (79'), Laws (88')
Wed Feb 22, 1989	Full Members Cup	Crystal Palace	Semi			H	3-1	20,374	Webb (14', 89'), Pearce (88')
Sun Feb 26, 1989	League Cup	Bristol City	Semi	2		A	1-0	28,084	Parker (114')
Sat Mar 11, 1989	League Tier 1	Arsenal				A	3-1	39,639	Clough (7'), Carr (21'), Pearce (35')
Wed Mar 15, 1989	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				H	1-1	20,800	Clough (34' pen)
Sat Mar 18, 1989	FA Cup	Manchester United	Quarter			A	1-0	55,052	Parker (42')
Wed Mar 22, 1989	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				H	1-2	23,098	Parker (48')
Sat Mar 25, 1989	League Tier 1	Derby County				A	2-0	25,174	Hodge (38'), Chapman (86')
Mon Mar 27, 1989	League Tier 1	Manchester United				H	2-0	30,092	Pearce (4'), Chapman (62')
Sat Apr 01, 1989	League Tier 1	Wimbledon				A	1-4	7,867	Clough (31')
Wed Apr 05, 1989	League Tier 1	Norwich City				H	2-0	19,872	Clough (27'), Pearce (38')
Sun Apr 09, 1989	League Cup	Luton Town	Final			N	3-1	76,130	Clough (54' pen, 76'), Webb (68')
Wed Apr 12, 1989	League Tier 1	Southampton				H	3-0	19,984	Clough (7' pen), Pearce (32'), Gaynor (79')	Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1989	FA Cup	Liverpool	Semi			N	0-0	-		Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1989	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				A	4-3	20,778	Webb (24'), Chapman (37', 75'), Parker (74')	Safe
Sun Apr 30, 1989	Full Members Cup	Everton	Final			N	4-3	46,608	Parker (30', 67'), Chapman (92', 117')
Wed May 03, 1989	League Tier 1	Millwall				H	4-1	15,982	Gaynor (27'), Hodge (63'), Steve Wood (65' OG), Parker (80')	Safe
Sun May 07, 1989	FA Cup	Liverpool	Semi		1	N	1-3	38,000	Webb (33')
Wed May 10, 1989	League Tier 1	Liverpool				A	0-1	39,793		Safe
Sat May 13, 1989	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic				H	4-0	17,637	Carr (13'), Wilson (42'), Webb (44'), Chettle (86')	Safe
Mon May 15, 1989	League Tier 1	Coventry City				A	2-2	14,003	Webb (79'), Clough (88')	Safe
Thu May 18, 1989	League Tier 1	West Ham United				H	1-2	20,843	Chapman (31')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sun Aug 21, 1988	Notts County	Semi	A	1-1	6,932

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Sep 12, 1988	Heart Of Midlothian	Scotland	A	3-1	8,876
Mon Nov 21, 1988	Grantham Town	England	A	4-1	1,540

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sun Jul 24, 1988	Keyworth	England	A	8-0	1,700

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Aug 29, 1988	Liverpool	Quarter	A	1-4	20,141

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £541,000				Out (6) - £150,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Jul 1988	Brian Laws	Bought	£102,000	Sep 1988	Calvin Plummer	Sold
Apr 28, 1988	Nigel Jemson	Bought	£132,000		Hans Segers	Sold
Oct 22, 1988	Lee Chapman	Bought	£307,000		Paul Crichton	Sold
					Paul Wilkinson	Sold
				1988	Brett Williams	Loan Out
				Oct 12, 1988	Gary Fleming	Sold	£150,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Mark Crossley	Wales	19	3	3
GK		Steve Sutton	England	27	54	29	15	9
Defenders
D		Brett Williams	England	20	3	1		2
D		Brian Laws	England	26	38	25	6	6	2				3	5
D		Colin Foster	England	24	22	9	10	3	3				1	5
D		Des Walker	England	22	47	25	12	9				1		3
D		Gary Charles	England	18	2	1		1				1
D		Gary Fleming	N. Ireland	21	2	2							1	9
D		Steve Chettle	England	19	38	20	13	5	2			2	6	9
D		Stuart Pearce	England	26	54	31	15	7	10		1	2			Player Of The Year
Midfielders
M		Darren Wassall	England	20	1		1
M		Neil Webb	England	25	54	31	14	8	12			2
M		Steve Hodge	England	25	54	31	14	8	10			3	2
Forwards
F		Brian Rice	Scotland	24	25	9	11	5	1			1	1	8
F		Franz Carr	England	21	37	21	11	5	3			5	7	2
F		Garry Parker	England	22	37	26	4	6	13			4	1
F		Gary Crosby	England	24	17	8	8	1	2			3	4
F		Lee Chapman	England	28	47	28	10	8	19			9
F		Lee Glover	England	18	1			1					1	5
F		Nigel Clough	England	22	53	28	15	9	21			2	1	3
F		Phil Starbuck	England	19	11	5	3	3				1	8	8
F		Terry Wilson	Scotland	19	43	27	8	7	1				4	4
F		Tommy Gaynor	Rep. of Ire.	25	27	16	5	5	10			7	3	3

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
21 (6)	Nigel Clough	53
19	Lee Chapman	47
13	Garry Parker	37
12	Neil Webb	54
10	Steve Hodge	54
10 (2)	Stuart Pearce	54
10	Tommy Gaynor	27
4	Own Goals	57
3	Colin Foster	22
3	Franz Carr	37
2	Brian Laws	38
2	Gary Crosby	17
2	Steve Chettle	38
1	Brian Rice	25
1	Terry Wilson	43

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Charlton Athletic	Sat Nov 26, 1988	Away	1-0		Sat May 13, 1989	Home	4-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Wimbledon	Sun Dec 18, 1988	Home	0-1		Sat Apr 01, 1989	Away	1-4