1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1988–89 Mick Mills Peter Coates Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 13th (59 Points) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Full Members' Cup First round Peter Beagrie (7 goals) Dave Bamber Peter Beagrie (8 each) 24,056 vs Manchester City (26 December 1988) 5,841 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (13 May 1989) 9,871 1987–88 1989–90 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _color_3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 1988–89 season was Stoke City's 82nd season in the Football League and 29th in the Second Division. With the sale of both Lee Dixon and Steve Bould to Arsenal manager Mick Mills was able to enter the transfer market where he bought Peter Beagrie and Chris Kamara. The hope now would be that Stoke could mount a serious promotion challenge but again results were far too inconsistent and Stoke ended the season in mid-table for a third straight season.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League During the summer of 1988 Phil Heath moved to Oxford United for £80,000 and that, combined with the fee received for Lee Dixon and Steve Bould, allowed manager Mills to bring in some new faces. He brought to the club Peter Beagrie signed from Sheffield United for £215,000 and midfielder Chris Kamara from Swindon Town as well as veteran John Gidman. Stoke started the 1988–89 season with a 1–1 draw at home to Ipswich Town and it took until their seventh match against Walsall to claim their first victory of the season. By this time two defenders Mark Higgins and John Butler had been added to the ranks and with Stoke's back line more secure results started to improve and after a 4–0 win against Hull City in mid-November Stoke lay in 7th position. However performances dropped and by the new year Stoke had fallen into 13th in the table. And that is where Stoke remained despite a rather worrying end to the season which saw Stoke register just one win in their last 14 matches. This prompted rumours that Mills' contract would not be extended for another year but the board eventually agreed to give him another chance, a decision that they would go on to regret. FA Cup Stoke beat Crystal Palace 1–0 thanks to a goal from Graham Shaw and after an entertaining 3–3 with Barnsley, the "Tykes" won the replay 2–1. League Cup Fourth Division Leyton Orient knocked Stoke out in the second round via a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 aggregated draw. Full Members' Cup Stoke were well beaten 3–0 by Southampton in the first round at The Dell, Danny Wallace scoring a hat trick. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1988–89 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 27 August 1988 Ipswich TownH1–18,639Kamara 43'2 29 August 1988 Bradford CityA0–011,9183 3 September 1988 BarnsleyA0–15,6824 10 September 1988 Blackburn RoversH0–18,6245 17 September 1988 Plymouth ArgyleA0–47,8236 20 September 1988 PortsmouthH2–27,025Stainrod 28', Hackett 90'7 24 September 1988 WalsallA2–17,795Morgan 40', Stainrod 75'8 1 October 1988 BournemouthH2–17,485Shaw 33', Beagrie 69'9 4 October 1988 Shrewsbury TownH0–08,07510 8 October 1988 Oldham AthleticA2–26,600Kamara 57', Stainrod 85'11 15 October 1988 Leicester CityA0–210,31212 22 October 1988 WatfordH2–07,878Coton 29' (o.g.), Beagrie 84'13 25 October 1988 Birmingham CityA1–06,292Stainrod 73'14 29 October 1988 Crystal PalaceH2–19,118Shaw 1', Henry 62'15 5 November 1988 SunderlandA1–118,023Shaw 7'16 13 November 1988 Hull CityH4–010,505Henry 20', Beagrie 48', Hackett 65', Carr 74'17 19 November 1988 Swindon TownH2–19,339Berry 50' (pen), Shaw 85'18 26 November 1988 Leeds UnitedA0–419,99319 3 December 1988 ChelseaH0–312,75820 10 December 1988 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–17,443Beagrie 26'21 18 December 1988 West Bromwich AlbionA0–617,63122 26 December 1988 Manchester CityH3–124,056Kamara 48', Bamber 54', Berry 59' (pen)23 31 December 1988 Oxford UnitedH1–010,552Henry 24'24 2 January 1989 Blackburn RoversA3–411,654Saunders (2) 20', 22', Atkins 44' (o.g.)25 14 January 1989 Bradford CityH2–19,919Hackett 14', Henry 34'26 21 January 1989 Ipswich TownA1–514,692Bamber 74'27 4 February 1989 Shrewsbury TownA2–16,646Moyes 46' (o.g.), Shaw 82'28 11 February 1989 Oldham AthleticH0–010,99229 25 February 1989 Leicester CityH2–29,666Beagrie 35', Bamber 37'30 28 February 1989 Birmingham CityH1–07,904Berry 33'31 4 March 1989 Hull CityA4–15,915Hackett 13', Morgan 20', Beeston (2) 37', 40'32 11 March 1989 SunderlandH2–012,489Hackett 30', Beagrie 86'33 18 March 1989 PortsmouthA0–07,62434 25 March 1989 BarnsleyH1–110,209Berry 32' (pen)35 27 March 1989 Manchester CityA1–228,303Butler 65'36 1 April 1989 Plymouth ArgyleH2–28,363Bamber 25', Henry 44'37 4 April 1989 West Bromwich AlbionH0–011,15138 8 April 1989 Oxford UnitedA2–35,297Bamber 37', Henry 73'39 11 April 1989 WatfordA2–39,086Morgan (2) 30', 87'40 15 April 1989 BournemouthA1–06,834Ware 67'41 22 April 1989 WalsallH0–38,13242 29 April 1989 Leeds UnitedH2–39,061Bamber (2) 22', 33'43 1 May 1989 ChelseaA1–214,948Higgins 12'44 6 May 1989 Swindon TownA0–39,54345 9 May 1989 Crystal PalaceA0–112,15946 13 May 1989 Brighton & Hove AlbionH2–25,841Morgan 30', Beagrie 53' FA Cup 1988–89 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR37 January 1989 Crystal PalaceH1–012,294Shaw 74'R428 January 1989 BarnsleyH3–318,540Bamber 29', Berry 77', Beagrie 83'R4 Replay31 January 1989 BarnsleyA1–221,136Bamber 64' League Cup 1988–89 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR2 1st Leg27 September 1988 Leyton OrientA2–13,154Morgan 48', Kamara 73'R2 2nd Leg11 October 1988 Leyton OrientH1–2 (2–3 pens)5,756Stainrod 86' (pen) Full Members' Cup 1988–89 Full Members' Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR18 November 1988 SouthamptonA0–34,627 Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1IFK ÅmålA4–12IFK StrömstadA0–33Ängelholms FFA4–34Skepplanda BTKA2–05IFK VärnamoA2–06Lerums ISA1–07Newcastle TownA3–08Wolverhampton WanderersH1–29Port ValeA0–110Luton TownH0–111Port ValeH1–1 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupFull Members' CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Scott Barrett170101010200GKENG Peter Fox290201000320DFENG John Butler251000000251DFENG Cliff Carr40(1)1300(1)01044(2)1DFENG John Gidman7(3)0001(1)00(1)08(5)0DFENG Chris Hemming4000200(1)06(1)0DFENG Mark Higgins331300010371DFENG Chris Kamara384302110445MFENG Carl Beeston22(1)200200024(1)2MFWAL George Berry32(1)431001036(1)5MFENG Tony Ford270202010320MFENG Tony Henry37(3)630201043(3)6MFENG Steve Parkin4000000040MFENG Paul Ware9(2)11(1)00(1)01011(4)1FWENG Dave Bamber236320000268FWENG Peter Beagrie417312000468FWENG Gary Hackett45(1)530201051(1)5FWENG Nicky Morgan11(7)500110012(7)6FWENG Carl Saunders27(6)220101031(6)2FWENG Graham Shaw19(9)51(2)1101022(11)6FWENG Simon Stainrod164002100185–Own goals–3–0–0–0–3 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke