1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1988–89 season
Manager	Frank Burrows
Football League Third Division	16th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Gilligan (14) All: Jimmy Gilligan (23)

The 1988–89 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 62nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing sixteenth.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Jon Roberts
--	GK	SCO	George Wood
--	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	WAL	Phil Bater
--	DF	WAL	Terry Boyle
--	DF	WAL	Allan Lewis
--	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
--	DF	ENG	Nick Platnauer
--	DF	ENG	Ian Rodgerson
--	MF	WAL	Chris Fry
--	MF	WAL	Jason Gummer
--	MF	ENG	Matty Holmes
--	MF	ENG	Mark Kelly

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Steve Ketteridge
--	MF	ENG	Steve Lynex
--	MF	ENG	Brian McDermott
--	MF	WAL	Jon Morgan
--	MF	ENG	Steve Tupling
--	MF	ENG	Paul Wheeler
--	MF	ENG	Paul Wimbleton
--	FW	ENG	Kevin Bartlett
--	FW	WAL	Alan Curtis
--	FW	ENG	Jimmy Gilligan
--	FW	WAL	Richard Haig
--	FW	WAL	Ian Walsh

Table

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

European Cup Winners Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 Sep	One (first leg)	Derry City	A	D 0 – 0	Approx. 11,000
5 Oct	One (second leg)	Derry City	H	W 4 – 0	6,933	McDermott, Gilligan (3)
26 Oct	Two (first leg)	AGF Aarhus	H	L 1 – 2	6,155	Gilligan
9 Nov	Two (second leg)	AGF Aarhus	A	L 0 – 4	Approx, 3,700

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• Welsh Football Data Archive