| Club: | Crystal Palace F.C. |
| Season: | 1989–90 |
| Chairman: | Ron Noades |
| Manager: | Steve Coppell[1] |
| Stdtitle: | Ground |
| Stadium: | Selhurst Park |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 15th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round (eliminated by Nottingham Forest) |
| Cup3: | Full Members' Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Southern final (eliminated by Chelsea) |
| League Topscorer: | Mark Bright (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mark Bright (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | 29,870 vs Liverpool First Division, 20 January 1990 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,747 vs Luton Town, Full Members' Cup, 27 November 1989 |
| Average Attendance: | 17,369 |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 vs Huddersfield Town (home), FA Cup, 27 January 1990 |
| Largest Loss: | 9–0 vs Liverpool (away), First Division, 12 September 1989 |
| Prevseason: | 1988–89 |
| Nextseason: | 1990–91 |
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The 1989–90 season was the 74th season of competitive association football and 63rd season in the Football League played by Crystal Palace Football Club, a professional football club based in Selhurst, South London, England. Their promotion via the Second Division play-offs in 1988–89 meant they played in the First Division, after an eight-year absence from the top division of the English football league system. The season ran from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990.
It was Steve Coppell's sixth start to a season as manager. Palace occupied a position in the bottom half of the table for most of the season, and finished the 1989–90 Football League First Division in 15th place. The club suffered its record league defeat this season when Liverpool beat them 9–0 at Anfield. Palace reached the 1990 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, they drew 3–3 with Manchester United and so the tie had to be replayed five days later, United won 1–0 to give Alex Ferguson his first major trophy as their manager. Palace were eliminated from the 1989–90 Football League Cup in the third round, and from the 1989–90 Full Members' Cup in the Southern section final.
23 players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were 12 different goalscorers. Midfielders Andy Gray, Alan Pardew and Geoff Thomas played in 51 of the 54 competitive matches played over the season; Gray started all 51 while Pardew and Thomas made 2 and 4 substitute appearances respectively. Mark Bright finished as leading scorer with 17 goals, of which 12 came in league competition, two came in the FA Cup, one came in the League Cup and two came in the Full Members' Cup. Bright was voted as the Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year.
See also: History of Crystal Palace F.C. and List of Crystal Palace F.C. seasons. The 1988–89 season was Palace's eight successive season in the Football League Second Division. They finished the season in third place missing out on the second automatic promotion place by one point, instead they qualified for the play-offs. They beat Swindon Town in the semi-final 2–1 on aggregate. In the 1989 Football League Second Division play-off final they faced Blackburn Rovers, the first leg was won by Rovers 3–1 at Ewood Park. In the second leg at Selhurst Park, Palace were 2–0 up after 90 minutes so the match went into extra time. Another goal from Palace saw them win the tie and take the remaining place in the First Division.
| scope=col | Date | scope=col | Opponents | scope=col class=unsortable | Venue | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Score – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 23 July 1989 | IF Norvalla | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 3–1 | |||
| scope=row | 25 July 1989 | Billesholms GIF | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 7–2 | |||
| scope=row | 27 July 1989 | Verderslov Danninglanda | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 5–1 | |||
| scope=row | 29 July 1989 | Virserums SGF | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 7–1 | |||
| scope=row | 31 July 1989 | Skera IF | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 7–1 | |||
| scope=row | 1 August 1989 | Sodra Vings IF | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 2–0 | |||
| scope=row | 5 August 1989 | Farnborough Town | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 2–1 | |||
| scope=row | 8 August 1989 | Aldershot | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 2–0 | |||
| scope=row | 11 August 1989 | Swansea City | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 4–1 | |||
| scope=row | 13 August 1989 | West Ham United | A | style=background-color:#FFCCCC | L | 1–3 | |||
| scope=row | 30 August 1989 | Derry City | A | style=background-color:#CCFFCC | W | 4–2 |
See main article: 1989–90 FA Cup.
See main article: 1989–90 Football League Cup.
See main article: 1989–90 Full Members' Cup.