1989–90 Swindon Town F.C. season

1989–90 Swindon Town F.C. season

Chairman

Brian Hillier

Manager

Osvaldo Ardiles

Ground

County Ground, Swindon

4th

3rd round

4th round

Full Members Cup

Semi-final (South)

Top goalscorer

League:
Duncan Shearer (21)
All:
Duncan Shearer (27)

Highest home attendance

16,208
(vs. Leeds United)

Lowest home attendance

5,544
(vs. Shrewsbury Town)

Home colours

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	24	13	9	78	58	+20	85	Promotion to the First Division
3	Newcastle United	46	22	14	10	80	55	+25	80	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Swindon Town^{[lower-alpha 1]} (O)	46	20	14	12	79	59	+20	74
5	Blackburn Rovers	46	19	17	10	74	59	+15	74
6	Sunderland^{[lower-alpha 1]} (P)	46	20	14	12	70	64	+6	74

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1 2 Swindon Town were disqualified from promotion after being found guilty of making illegal payments, and the play-off runners-up Sunderland were promoted in their place.

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.

	Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990							Final at Wembley 28 May 1990

	3rd	Newcastle United	0	0	0

	6th	Sunderland	0	2	2
								6th	Sunderland^{[notes2 1]}	0

								4th	Swindon Town	1
	4th	Swindon Town	2	2	4

	5th	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	2

↑ Following successful prosecutions against Swindon Town and the club chairman, Brian Hillier, after they admitted 36 breaches of League rules —
35 of which are related to illegal payments, Swindon remained in the Second Division and Sunderland took their promotion place (see History of Swindon Town F.C.).

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.

References

Swindon Town F.C. seasons

1989–90 in English football

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Crewe Alexandra Fulham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Notts County Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham York City

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