1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

1989–90 season
Chairman	Peter Swales
Manager	Mel Machin (until 26 November 1989) Howard Kendall (from 13 December 1989)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Allen (10) All: White/Allen (11)

The 1989–90 season was Manchester City's first season back in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.

Squad

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	Andy Dibble
—	GK	ENG	Paul Cooper
—	DF	ENG	Brian Gayle
—	DF	ENG	Andy Hinchcliffe
—	DF	ENG	Steve Redmond
—	DF	ENG	Mark Seagraves
—	DF	ENG	Gerry Taggart
—	DF	ENG	Gary Fleming
—	DF	SCO	Colin Hendry (from October)
—	DF	ENG	Alan Harper
—	MF	ENG	Paul Lake
—	MF	SCO	Neil McNab
—	MF	ENG	Ian Brightwell

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Gary Megson
—	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop
—	MF	ENG	Mark Ward
—	MF	ENG	Peter Reid
—	FW	ENG	David White
—	FW	ENG	Jason Beckford
—	FW	ENG	David Oldfield
—	FW	ENG	Justin Fashanu
—	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn (from March)
—	FW	ENG	Clive Allen
—	FW	ENG	Wayne Clarke
—	FW	ENG	Ashley Ward

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Nigel Gleghorn (to Birmingham City)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Morley (to West Ham United)

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1989	Liverpool	A	1-3	35,628	Hinchcliffe
23 August 1989	Southampton	H	1-2	25,416	Gleghorn
26 August 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	32,004	White
30 August 1989	Coventry City	A	1-2	16,129	White
9 September 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	23,420	Allen
16 September 1989	Wimbledon	A	0-1	6,922
23 September 1989	Manchester United	H	5-1	43,246	Oldfield (2), Bishop, Hinchcliffe, Morley
30 September 1989	Luton Town	H	3-1	23,863	Bishop, Brightwell, Oldfield
14 October 1989	Arsenal	A	0-4	40,393

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Manchester United	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48
14	Manchester City	38	12	12	14	43	52	−9	48
15	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	42	66	−24	48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points