Season 1988-89

[ Results Summary ]

Football League Division Two

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 23 15 6 2 50 25
Away 23 14 6 3 46 25
Total 46 29 12 5 96 50
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
27th Aug 1988 Blackburn Rovers (H) 8722 1-2 Kevin Wilson
30th Crystal Palace (A) 17490 1-1 Kevin Wilson
3rd Sep 1988 Bournemouth (A) 8763 0-1  
10th Oxford Utd (H) 7587 1-1 McAllister
17th Barnsley (A) 6942 1-1 Roberts
20th Manchester City (H) 8858 1-3 Pates
24th Leeds Utd (A) 26080 2-0 Bumstead, Durie
1st Oct 1988 Leicester City (H) 7050 2-1 Lee, Roberts
4th Walsall (H) 6747 2-0 Dixon
9th Swindon Town (A) 11346 1-1 Dixon
15th Oldham (A) 7817 4-1 McAllister, Nicholas, Kevin Wilson, Wood
22nd Plymouth Argyle (H) 12658 5-0 Dixon, Dorigo, Durie (2), Roberts
25th Hull City (A) 6953 0-3  
29th Brighton (H) 15406 2-0 Dixon, Kevin Wilson
5th Nov 1988 Watford (A) 17631 2-1 Dixon, Durie
12th Sunderland (H) 19210 1-1 Kevin Wilson
19th Bradford City (A) 11442 2-2 Lee, Kevin Wilson
26th Shrewsbury Town (H) 11595 2-0 Dixon, Dorigo
3rd Dec 1988 Stoke City (A) 12288 3-0 McAllister, Roberts, Clive Wilson
10th Portsmouth (H) 20221 3-3 Dixon, Durie, Kevin Wilson
16th Birmingham City (A) 7897 4-1 Dixon (2), Durie (2)
26th Ipswich Town (H) 17621 3-0 Dixon, Durie, Lee
30th West Bromwich (H) 25906 1-1 Roberts
2nd Jan 1989 Oxford Utd (A) 11427 3-2 Dixon (2), Kevin Wilson
14th Crystal Palace (H) 24184 1-0 Dorigo
21st Blackburn Rovers (A) 11713 1-1 Dixon
4th Feb 1989 Walsall (A) 6860 7-0 Durie (5), Roberts, Kevin Wilson
11th Swindon Town (H) 17829 3-2 Durie, Gittins (og), MacLaren (og)
18th Plymouth Argyle (A) 13180 1-0 Dixon
25th Oldham (H) 13261 2-2 Roberts (2)
28th Hull City (H) 11407 2-1 Dixon, Kevin Wilson
11th Mar 1989 Watford (H) 22188 2-2 Dorigo, Roberts
15th Brighton (A) 12600 1-0 Kevin Wilson
18th Manchester City (A) 40700 3-2 Dixon, Dorigo, Kevin Wilson
21st Sunderland (A) 14714 2-1 Roberts, Kevin Wilson
25th Bournemouth (H) 22467 2-0 Durie, Roberts
28th Ipswich Town (A) 22950 1-0 Durie
1st Apr 1989 Barnsley (H) 16023 5-3 Dixon (4), Durie
4th Birmingham City (H) 14796 3-1 Dixon, Roberts, Kevin Wilson
8th West Bromwich (A) 22858 3-2 Lee, McAllister, Roberts
15th Leicester City (A) 19468 0-2  
22nd Leeds Utd (H) 30337 1-0 Bumstead
29th Shrewsbury Town (A) 5588 1-1 Dixon
1st May 1989 Stoke City (H) 14946 2-1 Dixon, Roberts
6th Bradford City (H) 18003 3-1 Dixon (2), Roberts
13th Portsmouth (A) 12051 3-2 McAllister (2), Clive Wilson

Gate Statistics (Football League Division Two)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 6747 (Walsall) 30337 (Leeds Utd) 367022 / 23 15957
Away 5588 (Shrewsbury Town) 40700 (Manchester City) 328758 / 23 14294
All 5588 (Shrewsbury Town, Away) 40700 (Manchester City, Away) 695780 / 46 15126

Football League Division Two

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Chelsea 46 29 12 5 96 50 99 +46
2 Manchester City 46 23 13 10 77 53 82 +24
3 Crystal Palace 46 23 12 11 71 49 81 +22
4 Watford 46 22 12 12 74 48 78 +26
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 22 11 13 74 59 77 +15
6 Swindon Town 46 20 16 10 68 53 76 +15
7 Barnsley 46 20 14 12 66 58 74 +8
8 Ipswich Town 46 22 7 17 71 61 73 +10
9 West Bromwich 46 18 18 10 65 41 72 +24
10 Leeds Utd 46 17 16 13 59 50 67 +9
11 Sunderland 46 16 15 15 60 60 63 --
12 Bournemouth 46 18 8 20 53 62 62 -9
13 Stoke City 46 15 14 17 57 72 59 -15
14 Bradford City 46 13 17 16 52 59 56 -7
15 Leicester City 46 13 16 17 56 63 55 -7
16 Oldham 46 11 21 14 75 72 54 +3
17 Oxford Utd 46 14 12 20 62 70 54 -8
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 12 20 55 66 54 -11
19 Brighton 46 14 9 23 57 66 51 -9
20 Portsmouth 46 13 12 21 53 62 51 -9
21 Hull City 46 11 14 21 52 68 47 -16
22 Shrewsbury Town 46 8 18 20 40 67 42 -27
23 Birmingham City 46 8 11 27 31 76 35 -45
24 Walsall 46 5 16 25 41 80 31 -39

FA Cup

Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 7th Jan 1989 Barnsley (A) 13241 0-4  

League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 0 1 1 3 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 1st Leg 27th Sep 1988 Scunthorpe Utd (A) 5081 1-4 Lister (og)
2nd Leg 12th Oct 1988 Scunthorpe Utd (H) 5814 2-2 (3-6 agg) Dixon, Kevin Wilson

Full Members' Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 2 0 1 10 8
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 2nd Leg 9th Nov 1988 Plymouth Argyle (H) 4767 6-2 Clarke, McAllister (2), McLaughlin, Roberts, Kevin Wilson
2nd Round 30th Nov 1988 Bradford City (A) 5341 3-2 Dixon, Roberts, Wood
3rd Round 10th Jan 1989 Nottm Forest (H) 8475 1-4 [aet] Dixon

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Football League Division Two
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  FM Cup   Full Members' Cup

Player Total League Lge Cup FM Cup
Kerry Dixon 28 25 1 2
Gordon Durie 17 17    
Graham Roberts 17 15   2
Kevin Wilson 16 14 1 1
Kevin McAllister 8 6   2
Tony Dorigo 5 5    
David Lee 4 4    
John Bumstead 2 2    
Clive Wilson 2 2    
Darren Wood 2 1   1
Peter Nicholas 1 1    
Colin Pates 1 1    
Steve Clarke 1     1
Joe McLaughlin 1     1
Total 105 93 2 10

Appearances

Key

  League   Football League Division Two
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  FM Cup   Full Members' Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League FA Cup Lge Cup FM Cup
Graham Roberts 52/- 46/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Kevin Wilson 48/4 43/3 1/- 2/- 2/1
Tony Dorigo 46/- 40/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Kerry Dixon 44/- 39/- 1/- 2/- 2/-
Peter Nicholas 43/- 39/- 1/- 2/- 1/-
Steve Clarke 39/- 36/-   1/- 2/-
Gordon Durie 37/- 32/- 1/- 1/- 3/-
Clive Wilson 34/4 29/3 1/- 1/1 3/-
Joe McLaughlin 34/- 31/- 1/-   2/-
Kevin McAllister 32/10 28/8 -/1 2/- 2/1
John Bumstead 29/2 27/2   2/-  
Roger Freestone 27/- 21/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Darren Wood 25/1 21/1 1/-   3/-
Dave Beasant 22/- 22/-      
Gareth Hall 20/6 17/5 1/- 1/- 1/1
David Lee 14/11 12/8 -/1 -/1 2/1
Colin Pates 12/- 10/-   2/-  
David Mitchell 7/- 6/-     1/-
Mickey Hazard 4/- 4/-      
Kevin Hitchcock 3/- 3/-      
Billy Dodds -/3 -/2     -/1
Ken Monkou -/2 -/2      
Graeme Le Saux -/1 -/1      
Games Played 52 46 1 2 3