1989–90 Swindon Town F.C. season explained

Manager:	Osvaldo Ardiles
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Brian Hillier
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	County Ground, Swindon
League:	Division Two
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	3rd round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	4th round
Cup3:	Full Members Cup
Cup3 Result:	Semi-final (South)
League Topscorer:	Duncan Shearer (21)
Season Topscorer:	Duncan Shearer (27)
Highest Attendance:	16,208 (vs. Leeds United)
Lowest Attendance:	5,544 (vs. Shrewsbury Town)
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Prevseason:	1988–89
Nextseason:	1990–91

The 1989–90 season was Swindon Town's third season in the Division Two since their promotion from the third tier of English football in 1987. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Full Members Cup.

Second Division

Second Division play-offs

The semifinals were decided over two legs. The final consisted of only a single match.
The full results can be found at: Football League Division Two play-offs 1990.

Results and Line-Ups

Division Two

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	14
19/08/89	Sunderland	H	0-2		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin₁	Galvin₂	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Cornwell₁	Ardiles₂
26/08/89	Oldham Athletic	A	2-2		Digby	Barnard	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin	Galvin	Shearer₁	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Summerbee	Ardiles₁
03/09/89	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1		Digby	Barnard₂	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer₁	White	MacLaren	Galvin		Cornwell₂	Summerbee₁
09/09/89	West Ham United	A	1-1		Digby	Barnard	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Close	White	MacLaren	Galvin₁		Cornwell₁	Hunt
12/09/89	Sheffield United	A	0-2		Digby	Barnard₂	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Close	White	MacLaren	Galvin		Cornwell₂	Simpson₁
16/09/89	Barnsley	H	0-0		Digby	Barnard	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	Close	MacLaren₂	Simpson		Bodin₁	Hunt₂
23/09/89	Leeds United	A	0-4		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	Bodin	MacLaren	Simpson₁		Close	Galvin₁
26/09/89	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-0		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer₂	Close	MacLaren	Simpson		Bodin₁	Galvin₂
30/09/89	Bradford City	A	1-1		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin₁	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	Bodin	MacLaren	Galvin₂		Simpson₂	White₁
07/10/89	Hull City	A	3-2		Digby	Hockaday	King₁	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin	Bodin	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Close	Jones₁
14/10/89	Ipswich Town	H	3-0		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Bodin₁		Galvin	Cornwell₁
17/10/89	Oxford United	H	3-0		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin	Jones	Hunt₂	White	MacLaren	Bodin₁		Galvin₂	Cornwell₁
21/10/89	Leicester City	A	1-2		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Parkin	Jones	Hunt	White	MacLaren	Bodin		Cornwell	Gittens
01/11/89	Brighton	A	2-1		Digby	Hockaday	King₁	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₂	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Bodin₁	Hunt₂
04/11/89	Stoke City	H	6-0		Digby	Hockaday	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson₁		Cornwell	Hunt
11/11/89	Middlesbrough	A	2-0		Digby	Cornwell	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson₁		Close	Galvin₁
18/11/89	Port Vale	A	0-2		Digby	Cornwell₁	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₂	MacLaren	Simpson		Foley₁	Close₂
26/11/89	Portsmouth	H	2-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren₁	Simpson		Foley₁	Cornwell
02/12/89	Sunderland	A	2-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley₂		Cornwell₂	Simpson₁
05/12/89	Bournemouth	H	2-3		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson₁		Cornwell	Simpson₁
10/12/89	Sheffield United	H	0-2		Digby	Kerslake₁	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₁	Hunt
17/12/89	West Brom	A	2-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₂	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₁	Galvin₂
26/12/89	Blackburn Rovers	H	4-3		Digby	Kerslake₂	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₂	Hockaday₁
30/12/89	Newcastle United	H	1-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Cornwell	Hockaday₁
01/01/90	Watford	A	2-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₁	Hockaday
13/01/90	Oldham Athletic	H	3-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₁	Close
20/01/90	Wolves	A	1-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Cornwell	Hockaday₁
04/02/90	Leeds United	H	3-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Hockaday	Hunt
10/02/90	Barnsley	A	1-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₂	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₂	Close₁
18/02/90	West Ham United	H	2-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Hockaday	Close
24/02/90	Portsmouth	A	1-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley		Hockaday	Simpson₁
03/03/90	Port Vale	H	3-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren₂	Foley₁		Hockaday₂	Simpson₁
06/03/90	Bradford City	H	3-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin₂	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Hockaday₂	Simpson₁
10/03/90	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Cornwell	Hockaday
17/03/90	Hull City	H	1-3		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Simpson		Hockaday	Close₁
20/03/90	Ipswich Town	A	0-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White₂	MacLaren	Simpson		Hockaday₁	Close₂
24/03/09	Oxford United	A	2-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren₁	Simpson		Cornwell₁	Close
31/03/90	Leicester City	H	1-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren₁	Simpson		Hockaday₁	Close
07/04/90	Bournemouth	A	2-1		Dearden	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin₂	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Simpson		Close₁	Cornwell₂
10/04/90	Brighton	H	1-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer₁	White	MacLaren	Simpson₂		Hockaday₂	Close₁
14/04/90	Watford	H	2-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin₂	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson₁		Foley₁	Close₂
16/04/90	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2		Digby	Kerslake₂	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Simpson₁	Cornwell₂
21/04/90	West Brom	H	2-1		Digby	Hockaday	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Simpson₁	Close
25/04/90	Newcastle United	A	0-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell	Simpson
28/04/90	Middlesbrough	H	1-1		Digby	Kerslake₂	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Simpson₁	Hockaday₂
05/05/90	Stoke City	A	1-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer₂	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₂	Simpson₁

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution.

Division Two play-offs

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	14
13/05/90	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin₁	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Simpson₁	Cornwell
16/05/90	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin₁	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Simpson₁	Hockaday
28/05/90	Sunderland	N	1-0		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Simpson	Hockaday

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution.

FA Cup

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	14
06/01/90	Bristol City	A	1-2		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell	Hockaday₁

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution.

League Cup

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	14
19/09/89	Shrewsbury Town	A	3-0		Digby	Hockaday	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer₁	Bodin	MacLaren	Simpson₂		Close₁	Galvin₂
03/10/89	Shrewsbury Town	H	3-1		Digby	Hockaday	King₂	Bodin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		McLoughlin₁	Close₂
24/10/89	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-3		Digby	Hockaday₁	King	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Bodin₂	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Simpson		Hunt₂	Jones₁
07/11/89	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1		Digby	Hockaday₁	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₂	MacLaren	Simpson		Cornwell₁	Hunt₂
14/11/89	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1		Digby	Cornwell	Bodin	McLoughlin₂	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Simpson		Close₁	Galvin₂
21/11/89	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-1		Digby	Cornwell₁	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Foley	Shearer	White₂	MacLaren	Simpson		Galvin₁	Close₂
29/11/89	Southampton	H	0-0		Digby	Kerslake₂	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White₁	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₂	Simpson₁
16/01/89	Southampton	A	2-4		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones₁	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Cornwell₁	Close

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution.

Full Members Cup

Date	Opposition	V	Score		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	14
13/12/89	Millwall	H	2-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley₁		Cornwell₁	Hunt
24/01/90	Norwich City	H	4-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Hockaday	Close
13/02/90	Crystal Palace	A	0-1		Digby	Kerslake	Bodin	McLoughlin	Calderwood	Gittens	Jones	Shearer	White	MacLaren	Foley		Hockaday	Cornwell

₁ 1st Substitution, ₂ 2nd Substitution.