1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season explained

Club:	Manchester City
Season:	1989–90
Manager:	Mel Machin (until 26 November 1989) Howard Kendall (from 13 December 1989)
Chairman:	Peter Swales
Stadium:	Maine Road
League:	First Division
League Result:	14th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
Cup3:	Full Members Cup
Cup3 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Allen (10)
Season Topscorer:	White/Allen (11)
Highest Attendance:	43,246 vs Manchester United 20 September 1989
Lowest Attendance:	17,874 vs Brentford 4 October 1989
Average Attendance:	27,975 (4th highest in league)
Pattern La1:	_mcfc_home_95-97
Pattern B1:	_mcfc_home_91-93v2
Pattern Ra1:	_mcfc_home_91-93
Pattern Sh1:	_mcfc_home_89-91
Pattern So1:	_mcfc home 87-91
Socks1:	000066
Prevseason:	1988–89
Nextseason:	1990–91

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

Football League First Division

Matches

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
22 October 1989	Aston Villa	H	0-2	23,354
28 October 1989	Chelsea	A	1-1	21,917	Allen
3 November 1989	Crystal Palace	H	3-0	23,768	White, Morley, Allen
10 November 1989	Derby County	A	0-6	19,239
17 November 1989	Nottingham Forest	H	0-3	26,238
24 November 1989	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	8,857	Allen
1 December 1989	Liverpool	H	1-4	31,641	Allen (pen
8 December 1989	Southampton	A	1-2	15,832	Allen
16 December 1989	Everton	A	0-0	21,737
25 December 1989	Norwich City	H	1-0	29,534	Allen
29 December 1989	Millwall	H	2-0	28,084	White (2)
31 December 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	28,756
13 January 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	26,384	Hendry
19 January 1990	Coventry City	H	1-0	24,345	White
2 February 1990	Manchester United	A	1-1	40,274	Brightwell
9 February 1990	Wimbledon	H	1-1	24,126	Hendry
23 February 1990	Charlton Athletic	H	1-2	24,030	White
2 March 1990	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	22,644
9 March 1990	Arsenal	H	1-1	29,087	White
16 March 1990	Luton Town	A	1-1	9,765	Allen (pen)
20 March 1990	Chelsea	H	1-1	24,670	Quinn
1 April 1990	Aston Villa	A	2-1	24,797	M. Ward, Reid
6 April 1990	Millwall	A	1-1	10,265	M. Ward
10 April 1990	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-1	8,437	Allen, Hendry, M. Ward
13 April 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-1	33,022	Quinn, Heath
15 April 1990	Norwich City	A	1-0	18,914	Heath
20 April 1990	Everton	H	1-0	32,144	Quinn
27 April 1990	Derby County	H	0-1	29,542
4 May 1990	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	20,056	Allen, Quinn

FA Cup

See main article: 1989–90 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result

R3 1st leg	5 January 1990	Millwall	H	0-0
R3 2nd leg	8 January 1990	Millwall	A	1-1
R3 3rd leg	14 January 1990	Millwall	A	3-1

League Cup

See main article: 1989–90 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result

R2 1st leg	18 September 1989	Brentford	A	2-1
R2 2nd leg	4 October 1989	Brentford	H	4-1
R3	25 October 1989	Arsenal	H	3-1
Round of 16	21 November 1989	Coventry City	H	0-1

Full Members' Cup

See main article: 1989–90 Full Members' Cup.