1989–90 Newcastle United F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Newcastle United 1989–90 Jim Smith Gordon McKeag St James' Park Division Two 3rd FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Third round Full Members Cup Northern Area Semi-Final Quinn (32) Quinn (34) 32,216(vs. Sunderland) 6,167(vs. Oldham Athletic) 21,579 _nufc8790h _nufc8790h _nufc8790h _nufc8790h _whitetop 000000 _nufc8890a _nufc8890a _nufc8890a _nufc8890a _greentop ffe010 1988-89 1990-91 During the 1989–90 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division Two. After the disappointment of the previous season's relegation, the manager Jim Smith again dabbled in the transfer market, offloading the captain Kenny Sansom, the former captain Glenn Roeder, Denmark's Frank Pingel, Rob McDonald and the promising youngsters Michael O'Neill and Darren Jackson. With new signings including their former player Mark McGhee, the team started the season with an emphatic 5–2 win over Leeds United at St. James' Park that saw another new signing, Micky Quinn, score four times on his debut. After a promising start, the team struggled until Smith signed the Scotland skipper, Roy Aitken, who instilled steel into a lightweight midfield of ball players Kevin Brock, Kevin Dillon and John Gallacher. United regained their momentum with a change of formation that saw Bjorn Kristensen switched to sweeper and the team returned to the top of the table, only to be overtaken by Leeds and Sheffield United. Left to compete in the promotion play-offs after finishing third, they lost to their local rivals Sunderland in the semi-finals. It was a disappointing end to a season that also saw unrest from the fans and talk of take-overs.January 2023 League table 1989–90 Football League#Second Division Second Division y NEW Appearances, goals and cards (Substitute appearances in brackets) Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupZDS CupPlayoffsTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG John Burridge28040203020390GKIRE Gary Kelly400010000050GKNIR Tommy Wright14000000000140DFSCO Roy Aitken44140303020561DFIRE John Anderson29 (8)410100 (1)02033 (9)4DFENG Darren Bradshaw9 (3)01 (1)000101012 (4)0DFDEN Bjørn Kristensen25 (8)33020302035 (8)3DFENG Ray Ranson33030203010420DFENG Kevin Scott42341302020534DFENG Mark Stimson35 (2)14030102045 (2)1DFSCO Paul Sweeney14 (5)020103 (2)00019 (6)0DFENG Andy Thorn10100210000122MFENG Billy Askew400000002060MFENG Kevin Brock43 (1)22031202052 (1)3MFENG Kevin Dillon4303 (1)030300 (1)052 (2)0MFENG Wayne Fereday21 (4)0101 (1)01 (2)00024 (7)0MFSCO John Gallacher21 (7)62031310029 (7)8MFIRE Liam O'Brien14 (5)22110310 (2)020 (7)4FWENG Gary Brazil4 (12)20 (1)01 (1)10 (1)0005 (15)3FWSCO Mark McGhee4619453130205825FWENG Micky Quinn4532422022205536FWENG David Robinson0 (1)00 (1)10000000 (2)1 Coaching staff Manager England Jim Smith y Assistant Manager England Bobby Saxton December 2015 External links Newcastle United Football Club - Fixtures 1989-90 Season Details - 1989-90 - toon1892 Category:Newcastle United F.C. seasons Newcastle United