1989–90 Arsenal F.C. season

English football club season December 2021 December 2022 Arsenal 1989–90 George Graham Peter Hill-Wood Highbury First Division 4th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fourth round Alan Smith (10) Alan Smith (13) 43,483 vs. Queens Park Rangers(27 January 1990) 26,865 vs. Southampton(2 May 1990) _arsenal8889h _arsenal8889h _arsenal8889h _arsenal8889h _arsenal8687hl FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 _arsenal8889a _arsenal8889a _arsenal8889a _arsenal8889a _arsenal8889al 101C35 F5D618 101C35 101C35 F5D618 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 season was Arsenal Football Club's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football.https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- All-time Arsenal James Josh 18 June 2013 Arsenal F.C. 22 June 2023 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230622042610/https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- 22 June 2023https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html English Clubs Divisional Movements 1888–2016 Ross James Heneghan Michael Orford Stuart Culliton Eoin 25 August 2016 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 June 2023 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230622041929/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html 22 June 2023 After winning the title the previous season, Arsenal finished fourth in 1989–90, behind champions Liverpool, runners-up Aston Villa and third-placed Tottenham Hotspur in the title challenge. Season summary Arsenal's campaign to retain the Championship in 1989–90 began well once they recovered from a 4–1 drubbing by Manchester United on the opening day, and in November they were on top. But the signs were not good; few of their victories were comfortable. The 4–3 home victory over Norwich on the first Saturday of November was particularly uncomfortable. The game marked David O'Learys 622nd major match for Arsenal, a club record, and it was an eventful occasion. O'Leary scored an equaliser as Arsenal recovered from 3–1 down and was also shown the yellow card. Then a last-minute penalty which gave Arsenal victory sparked a fracas involving 19 players. Three weeks later the FA Disciplinary Committee fined Norwich £50.000 and Arsenal £20.000. It was the first time clubs had been responsible for their players in such an incident.when-arsenal-and-norwich-shared-seven-goals-and-a-21-man-brawl The Guardian July 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/jul/01/when-arsenal-and-norwich-shared-seven-goals-and-a-21-man-brawl Pye Steven Arsenal's wheels wobbled in the fourth round of the Littlewoods Cup in November. After a two-leg, 8–1 victory over Plymouth and a 1–0 victory over Liverpool at Highbury, a visit to Second Division Oldham did not seem so awesome. Yet they were beaten 3–1 and, from Christmas onwards, their season fell apart. Five out of six successive away games were lost, with only one goal scored. Niall Quinn scored the winning goal against Stoke City in the FA-cup third round on 6 January 1990, which was to be his last game for Arsenal. After only 6 appearances in the League, Quinn left to join Manchester City for £700,000 in March 1990.2023-10-02 arsenal/historic/players/niall-quinn https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/niall-quinn FA-cup defeat at Queens Park Rangers followed, David Rocastle and Michael Thomas suffered dramatic losses in form and the goals dried up for Alan Smith, only 10 compared to 23 the previous season. On the other hand, the introduction of Kevin Campbell was an exiting indication of the future.Emery David Gunning for Glory Simon & Schuster 1994 As Arsenal had seen before, winning the championship and retaining it were different propositions. A final position of fourth was no disgrace, but it was 17 points behind Liverpool F.C.Soar & Tyler The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal Hamlyn 2003 147 Adams, Rocastle and Smith were all in Bobby Robson's preliminary squad to World Cup 1990. Adams was axed in preference to Mark Wright, Rocastle was excluded although he had played in five of England's six World Cup qualifying matches. Smith was omitted in favour of Steve Bull. The only Arsenal player to make an appearance in the World Cup 1990 was David O'Leary who scored the last decisive penalty that took Ireland to the quarter finals. Davies Pete All Played Out: The World Cup Finals 1990 Arrow (A Division of Random House Group) 1990ten-surprising-england-tournament-squad-selections 13 May 2016 https://www.football365.com/news/ten-surprising-england-tournament-squad-selections2023-10-01 irelands-world-cup-joy-david-oleary-recalls-his-penalty-v-romania Sky Sports https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12011/9889945/irelands-world-cup-joy-david-oleary-recalls-his-penalty-v-romania Results FA Charity Shield 1989 FA Charity Shield As league champions, Arsenal contested the 1989 FA Charity Shield against Liverpool, who beat their local rivals Everton to win the 1989 FA Cup Final. Liverpool won the match on 12 August 1989 by 1–0 with a goal from Peter Beardsley. FA Charity Shield 12 August 1989 Liverpool 1–0 Arsenal Beardsley 32 Wembley Stadium London 63,149 Allan Gunn (Sussex) L First Division 1989–90 Football League First Division y ARS 1 19 August 1989 Manchester United 4–1 Arsenal Bruce 2Hughes 63Webb 79McClair 83 Rocastle 22 Old Trafford Manchester David Hutchinson L 2 22 August 1989 Arsenal 2–0 Coventry City Marwood 50Thomas 84 Highbury London W 3 26 August 1989 Arsenal 0–0 Wimbledon Highbury London D 4 9 September 1989 Arsenal 5–0 Sheffield Wednesday MersonAdamsMarwoodThomasSmith Highbury London W 5 16 September 1989 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Arsenal Parker MersonMarwood City Ground Nottingham W 6 23 September 1989 Arsenal 1–0 Charlton Athletic Marwood (pen) Highbury London W 7 30 September 1989 Chelsea 0–0 Arsenal Stamford Bridge London D 8 14 October 1989 Arsenal 4–0 Manchester City Groves (2)ThomasMerson Highbury London W 9 18 October 1989 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Arsenal SamwaysWalsh Michael Thomas White Hart Lane London L 10 21 October 1989 Everton 3–0 Arsenal Nevin 39 82McDonald 78 Goodison Park Liverpool L 11 28 October 1989 Arsenal 1–1 Derby County Smith Goddard Highbury London D 12 4 November 1989 Arsenal 4–3 Norwich City Quinn 55Dixon 60 pen. 90O'Leary 78 Allen 19Phillips 30Sherwood 76 Highbury London W 13 11 November 1989 Millwall 1–2 Arsenal Sheringham ThomasQuinn The Den London W 14 18 November 1989 Arsenal 3–0 Queen's Park Rangers SmithDixon (pen)Jónsson Highbury London W 15 26 November 1989 Liverpool 2–1 Arsenal McMahon 30Barnes 65 Smith 79 Anfield Liverpool L 16 3 December 1989 Arsenal 1–0 Manchester United Groves 15 Highbury London W 17 9 December 1989 Coventry City 0–1 Arsenal Merson Highfield Road Coventry W 18 16 December 1989 Arsenal 3–2 Luton Town SmithMersonMarwood Elstrup (2,1 pen) Highbury London W 19 26 December 1989 Southampton 1–0 Arsenal Rod Wallace The Dell Southampton L 20 30 December 1989 Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal PlattMountfield Adams Villa Park Birmingham L 21 1 January 1990 Arsenal 4–1 Crystal Palace Smith (2)DixonAdams Pardew Highbury London W 22 13 January 1990 Wimbledon 1–0 Arsenal Bennett Plough Lane London L 23 20 January 1990 Arsenal 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Adams 64 Highbury London W 24 17 February 1990 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Arsenal Bould (o.g.) Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield L 25 27 February 1990 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Arsenal Selhurst Park London D 26 3 March 1990 Queen's Park Rangers 2–0 Arsenal WilkinsWegerle Loftus Road London L 27 7 March 1990 Arsenal 3–0 Nottingham Forest GrovesAdamsCampbell Highbury London W 28 10 March 1990 Manchester City 1–1 Arsenal White Marwood Maine Road Manchester D 29 17 March 1990 Arsenal 0–1 Chelsea Bumstead 63 Highbury London L 30 24 March 1990 Derby County 1–3 Arsenal Briscoe Hayes (2)Campbell Baseball Ground Derby W 31 31 March 1990 Arsenal 1–0 Everton Smith 21 Highbury London W 32 11 April 1990 Arsenal 0–1 Aston Villa Price 85 Highbury London L 33 14 April 1990 Crystal Palace 1–1 Arsenal Gray Hayes Selhurst Park London D 34 18 April 1990 Arsenal 1–1 Liverpool Merson 40 Barnes 86 Highbury London D 35 21 April 1990 Luton Town 2–0 Arsenal DowieBlack Kenilworth Road Luton L 36 28 April 1990 Arsenal 2–0 Millwall DavisMerson Highbury London W 37 2 May 1990 Arsenal 2–1 Southampton Dixon (pen)Rocastle Horne Highbury London 26,685 W 38 5 May 1990 Norwich City 2–2 Arsenal Bowen 13Fox 45 Smith 44 77 Carrow Road Norwich D Football League Cup 1989–90 Football League Cup Second round (1st Leg) 19 September 1989 Arsenal 2–0 Plymouth Argyle Smith, o.g. London Highbury 26,865 W Second round (2nd Leg) 3 October 1989 Plymouth Argyle 1–6 1–8 Arsenal Thomas (3), Groves, Smith, o.g. Plymouth Home Park 17,360 W Third round 25 October 1989 Arsenal 1–0 Liverpool Smith 80 London Highbury 40,814 W Fourth round 22 November 1989 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Arsenal Ritchie (2)Henry Quinn 90 Oldham Boundary Park 14,924 L FA Cup 1989–90 FA Cup Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Stoke City. Third round 6 January 1990 Stoke City 0–1 Arsenal Quinn Stoke on Trent Victoria Ground 23,827 W Fourth round 27 January 1990 Arsenal 0–0 Queen's Park Rangers London Highbury 43,483 D Fourth round replay 31 January 1990 Queen's Park Rangers 2–0 Arsenal Sansom, Sinton London Loftus Road 21,547 L Squad yes yes ENG GK John Lukic yes ENG DF Lee Dixon yes ENG DF Nigel Winterburn yes ENG MF Michael Thomas yes ENG DF Tony Adams captain yes IRL DF David O'Leary yes ENG MF David Rocastle yes ENG MF Kevin Richardson yes ENG FW Paul Merson yes ENG FW Alan Smith yes ENG MF Brian Marwood yes yes ENG MF Perry Groves yes ENG DF Steve Bould yes ENG FW Kevin Campbell yes ENG MF Paul Davis yes ENG MF Martin Hayes yes ENG DF Gus Caesar yes IRL FW Niall Quinn yes ISL MF Sigurdur Jonsson yes ENG DF Colin Pates yes ENG MF Kwame Ampadu Top scorers First Division ENG Alan Smith 10 ENG Paul Merson 7 ENG Brian Marwood 6 ENG Michael Thomas 5 ENG Tony Adams 5 ENG Lee Dixon 5 See also English football 1989–90 in English football List of Arsenal F.C. seasons References September 2010 Arsenal Category:Arsenal F.C. seasons