1989/1990

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Manager(s)

S. J. Harrison; C. Lee

Final league position

15th of 24 in Football League Division 2

Average league attendance

Home: 10,353
Away: 11,206

Home-and-away league doubles for Watford

Middlesbrough, Portsmouth

Home-and-away league doubles against Watford

Sheffield United, Swindon Town, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United

Goals from penalty kicks

G. M. Porter - 4, 14, 33
G. P. Hodges - 38, 45

Sent off

W. H. Falconer - 13, R. C. Thomas - 15, N. J. Gibbs - 43

Match-by-match details

							Manager: Harrison, S. J.	Manager: Lee, C.	Own goals	Allison, W. A.►■	Ashby, B. J.►	Bazeley, D. S.►	Coton, A. P.■	Drysdale, J.►	Falconer, W. H.	Gibbs, N. J.	Harrison, G. R.►	Henry, L. A.■	Hodges, G. P.■	Holdsworth, D. G.	Holdsworth, D. C.■	Jackett, K. F.■	McClelland, J.■	Penrice, G. K.►	Porter, G. M.	Pullan, C. J.	Redfearn, N. D.■	Richardson, L. J.■	Roberts, I. W.■	Robson, M. A.►■	Roeder, G. V.►	Soloman, J. R.►	Thomas, R. C.	Thompson, G. L.■	Wilkinson, P.	Williams, G.►
Appearances - League							35	11		6	14	0	46	18	23	41	2	7	35	44	0	16	1	29	31	1	10	31	8	1	44	0	30	7	43	18
Substitute Appearances - League										1	4	1	0	2	7	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	6	0	0
Goals - League										0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	3	1	0	0	12	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	1	16	0
Appearances - Other Competitions							6	0		0	3	0	6	1	2	6	0	5	4	5	0	2	0	4	6	1	1	2	3	0	6	1	2	1	3	2
Substitute Appearances - Other Competitions										0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
Goals - Other Competitions										0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	Sat 19 Aug	Portsmouth	H	Lge	1-0	10,164	X						G			X				X	S	X			X		X	X			X►		X	R	X1
2	Tue 22 Aug	Oldham Athletic	A	Lge	1-1	6,230	X						G		S	X				X	S1	X			X		X	R			X		X	R	X
3	Sat 26 Aug	Oxford United	A	Lge	1-1	5,664	X						G		S	X				X	S	X			X		X	R			X		X1	R	X
4	Sat 02 Sep	Leicester City	H	Lge	3-1	10,252	X						G			X				X		X			X1(P)		X	X			X		X	X1	X1
5	Sat 09 Sep	Sunderland	A	Lge	0-4	15,042	X						G		S	X				X	S■	X			X		R	X			X		X	R	X
6	Sat 16 Sep	Port Vale	H	Lge	1-0	8,445	X						G			X				X		X			X		X	X	X		X		X		X1
7	Tue 19 Sep	Bolton Wanderers	A	LC2	1-2	6,856	X						G			X				X		X			X		X	X	X1		X		X		X
8	Sat 23 Sep	West Ham United	A	Lge	0-1	20,729	X						G		S	X		S	X	X		X			X			R	R		X		X		X
9	Wed 27 Sep	Newcastle United	A	Lge	1-2	17,040	X						G		S	X			X	X		X			X			R	X		X		X		X1
10	Sat 30 Sep	Middlesbrough	H	Lge	1-0	10,102	X						G		X	X		S	X	X		X			X				X		X		X		R1
11	Tue 03 Oct	Bolton Wanderers	H	LC2	1-1	8,452	X						G		X	X		R	R	X		X			X			S	X1		X		X	S
12	Sat 07 Oct	West Bromwich Albion	H	Lge	0-2	10,444	X						G		X	X		X		X		X			S			X	R	R►■	X		X	S
13	Sat 14 Oct	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Lge	0-1	9,260	X			S►			G		X!	X			R	X		X			X		S	X			X		R		X
14	Tue 17 Oct	AFC Bournemouth	H	Lge	2-2	9,013	X			X			G			X			R	X1		X			X1(P)		S	X			X		X		X
15	Sat 21 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	A	Lge	2-2	7,950	X			X			G			X			X	X1		X			X			X			X		X!		X1
16	Sat 28 Oct	Sheffield United	H	Lge	1-3	11,623	X			X			G			X			X	X		X			X1			X			X		X		X
17	Tue 31 Oct	Ipswich Town	A	Lge	0-1	12,587	X						G	X►		X			R	X		X			X		X		X		X			S	X
18	Sat 04 Nov	Hull City	A	Lge	0-0	4,718	X						G	X		X			X	X					X		X	X	R		X			S	X
19	Sat 11 Nov	Plymouth Argyle	H	Lge	1-2	9,401	X						G	X	X	X			X	X					X		X1				X			X	X
20	Sat 18 Nov	Leeds United	A	Lge	1-2	26,921	X						G	X	X	X			X	X				R1►	X	S	R■				X			S	X
21	Tue 21 Nov	Ipswich Town	A	FMC2	1-4	5,078	X				S►		G	X	X	X		X						X1	X	R					X	X►	S		R
22	Sat 25 Nov	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Lge	3-1	12,736	X				X		G		X1	X			X	X				X1	X			X			X				X1
23	Sat 02 Dec	Portsmouth	A	Lge	2-1	7,933	X				X		G		R	X			X	X				X1	X	S		X			X				X1
24	Sat 09 Dec	Oldham Athletic	H	Lge	3-0	9,399	X				X		G			X			X1	X		R		X1	X	S		X			X				X1
25	Sat 16 Dec	Bradford City	H	Lge	7-2	8,554	X				X1		G			X		X1	X	X				X1	X1			X1			X				X2
26	Tue 26 Dec	Barnsley	A	Lge	1-0	7,357	X				X		G			X		X	X	X				X	X			X			X				X1
27	Sat 30 Dec	Stoke City	A	Lge	2-2	13,228	X				X		G			X		X	X1	X				X1	X			X			X				X
28	Mon 01 Jan	Swindon Town	H	Lge	0-2	13,708	X				X		G			R		X	X	X				X	X			X			X		S		X
29	Sat 06 Jan	Wigan Athletic	H	FA3	2-0	10,069	X				X		G			X		X	X1	X				X	X			X			X1				X
30	Sat 13 Jan	Oxford United	H	Lge	0-1	10,040	X				X		G			X		X	X				X■	X	X			X			X				X
31	Sat 20 Jan	Leicester City	A	Lge	1-1	11,466	X				X		G			X		X	X					X	X			X	X		X1					X►
32	Sat 27 Jan	Sheffield United	A	FA4	1-1	19,435	X				X		G			X		X	X	X				X1	X				R		X			S		X
33	Tue 30 Jan	Sheffield United	H	FA4	1-2	13,922	X				X		G			X		X■	R	X				X	X1(P)						X			X	S	X
34	Sat 10 Feb	Port Vale	A	Lge	0-1	7,063	X				X		G	R	S	X				X				X	X			X			S			R	X	X
35	Sat 17 Feb	Sunderland	H	Lge	1-1	9,093	X				X		G		S	X			X	X				X	X			X					X1		X	R
36	Sat 24 Feb	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Lge	1-1	16,187	X						G	X	X	X			X	X				X	X						X		X		X1
37	Sat 03 Mar	Leeds United	H	Lge	1-0	13,468	X						G		X	X			X	X				X	X						X		X1		X	X
38	Wed 07 Mar	Middlesbrough	A	Lge	2-1	14,008	X				S		G		X	R			X2(P)	X				X	R			S			X		X		X	X
39	Sat 10 Mar	Newcastle United	H	Lge	0-0	12,069	X						G	X	X				X	X				X				X			X		X		X	X
40	Tue 13 Mar	West Ham United	H	Lge	0-1	15,682	X			R	R		G	X						X				X		X		X	S■		X		X	S		X
41	Sat 17 Mar	West Bromwich Albion	A	Lge	0-2	9,915	X						G	X	X	X			X	X				X							X		X		X	X
42	Tue 20 Mar	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Lge	4-2	8,487		X					G	X	X	X			X1	X				R1							X		X1	S■	X1	X
43	Sat 24 Mar	AFC Bournemouth	A	Lge	0-0	6,737		X					G	X	X	X!			X	X				X							X		X		X	X
44	Sat 31 Mar	Blackburn Rovers	H	Lge	3-1	9,096		X					G	X	X				X	X1		S■		X1				R			X		X		X1	X
45	Sat 07 Apr	Ipswich Town	H	Lge	3-3	11,158		X			S		G	X	X		X►		X2(2P)	X				X1							X		X		X	R
46	Tue 10 Apr	Sheffield United	A	Lge	1-4	14,653		X			X		G	X	X				X	X				X1							X		X		X	X
47	Sat 14 Apr	Swindon Town	A	Lge	0-2	8,520		X			S		G	S	X	X	R		X	X				X							X		X		X	R
48	Tue 17 Apr	Barnsley	H	Lge	2-2	7,289		X					G	X	X	X			X	X				X							X		X1		X1	X
49	Sat 21 Apr	Bradford City	A	Lge	1-2	5,964		X		X			G	X	X1	X			X	X				X							X		S		R	X
50	Tue 24 Apr	Stoke City	H	Lge	1-1	8,073		X		R■			G	S	X	X	S			X				X				R			X		X1		X	X
51	Sat 28 Apr	Plymouth Argyle	A	Lge	0-0	8,564		X			X		G	X	X	X				X				X				X			X				X	X
52	Sat 05 May	Hull City	H	Lge	3-1	9,827		X			S	S►	G■	X	X1	X			X■	R				X2				X■			X		R		X
							Manager: Harrison, S. J.	Manager: Lee, C.	Own goals	Allison, W. A.►■	Ashby, B. J.►	Bazeley, D. S.►	Coton, A. P.■	Drysdale, J.►	Falconer, W. H.	Gibbs, N. J.	Harrison, G. R.►	Henry, L. A.■	Hodges, G. P.■	Holdsworth, D. G.	Holdsworth, D. C.■	Jackett, K. F.■	McClelland, J.■	Penrice, G. K.►	Porter, G. M.	Pullan, C. J.	Redfearn, N. D.■	Richardson, L. J.■	Roberts, I. W.■	Robson, M. A.►■	Roeder, G. V.►	Soloman, J. R.►	Thomas, R. C.	Thompson, G. L.■	Wilkinson, P.	Williams, G.►

► = first appearance; ■ = last/most recent appearance.

G = goalkeeper; X = starting appearance; R = started, then replaced; S = substitute appearance, ! = sent off; 1 = goals scored; P = penalties scored.

Cup fixture rows have a grey background; home fixture rows have red text. Manager columns have a grey background.

Other matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Att	Team	Notes
Wed 02 Aug	Torquay United	A	2-1	0	M.J.Rees (gk); N.J.Gibbs & K.F.Jackett (sub: J.Drysdale); W.H.Falconer (sub: L.J.Richardson), David G.Holdsworth & G.V.Roeder; N.D.Redfearn [1 goal] (sub: R.C.Thomas), P.Wilkinson [1 goal], Dean C.Holdsworth (sub: W.A.Allison), G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden (sub: N.D.Redfearn, making a reappearance after scoring earlier in the match and before being replaced)	played in private at Exeter University
Fri 04 Aug	Exmouth Town	A	2-1	800	A.P.Coton (gk); N.D.Redfearn [1 goal] & K.F.Jackett; W.H.Falconer (sub: J.Drysdale), David G.Holdsworth & G.V.Roeder; L.J.Richardson (sub: Dean C.Holdsworth), P.Wilkinson, I.W.Roberts [1 goal], G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden
Mon 07 Aug	Exeter City	A	2-3	1,356	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & J.Drysdale; K.F.Jackett, G.V.Roeder & W.H.Falconer (sub: L.J.Richardson); N.D.Redfearn, P.Wilkinson [1 goal] (sub: W.A.Allison); I.W.Roberts [1 goal] (sub: Dean C.Holdsworth), G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden
Thu 10 Aug	Halifax Town	A	1-1	857	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & J.Drysdale; L.J.Richardson, K.F.Jackett & W.H.Falconer; N.D.Redfearn (sub: R.C.Thomas), P.Wilkinson, W.A.Allison [1 goal] (sub: G.L.Thompson), G.M.Porter & R.W.Holden
Sat 12 Aug	Dulwich Hamlet	A	3-0	~100	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & J.Drysdale; L.J.Richardson (sub: K.F.Jackett), B.J.Ashby (sub: L.J.Richardson, reappearing after having been substituted earlier) & W.H.Falconer; R.C.Thomas, P.Wilkinson (sub: G.L.Thompson [1 goal]), I.W.Roberts, L.A.Henry [1 goal] & N.D.Redfearn [1 goal]	at Fisher Athletic
Mon 14 Aug	Aston Villa	H	1-6	4,775	A.P.Coton (gk); N.J.Gibbs & J.Drysdale; K.F.Jackett, David G.Holdsworth & W.H.Falconer (sub: G.V.Roeder); R.C.Thomas, I.W.Roberts [1 goal] (sub: Dean C.Holdsworth), G.L.Thompson (sub: L.A.Henry), G.M.Porter (sub: L.J.Richardson) & N.D.Redfearn	testimonial match for K.F.Jackett
Mon 09 Oct	Burgess Hill Town	A	2-0	1100-1300	A.P.Coton (gk) (sub: D.B.James); N.J.Gibbs & K.F.Jackett; L.J.Richardson, David G.Holdsworth & J.R.Soloman; R.C.Thomas [1 goal] (sub: N.D.Redfearn), W.A.Allison [1 goal], G.L.Thompson, G.M.Porter, W.H.Falconer	match to mark the opening of Burgess Hill Town's new all weather training pitch
Tue 05 Dec	Merthyr Tydfil	A	4-0	1,083	D.B.James (gk); N.J.Gibbs & B.J.Ashby; L.J.Richardson, David G.Holdsworth & G.V.Roeder (sub: J.R.Soloman); C.J.Pullan, I.W.Roberts [3 goals], G.L.Thompson [1 goal], G.M.Porter (sub: L.A.Henry) & G.P.Hodges	testimonial match for C.Holvey of Merthyr Tydfil
Sun 20 May	Hamrun Spartans, Malta	A	1-3	700	M.J.Rees (gk); N.J.Gibbs & G.Williams; L.J.Richardson, B.J.Ashby & G.V.Roeder; D.S.Bazeley (sub: L.A.Henry), W.A.Allison [1 goal], G.K.Penrice, W.H.Falconer, J.Drysdale (sub: J.R.Soloman)