1989–90 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 63rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing twenty-first, suffering relegation to Division Four.

Cardiff City
1989–90 season
ChairmanTony Clemo
ManagerFrank Burrows/Len Ashurst
Football League Third Division21st
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup1st round
Welsh CupSemi-finals
Leyland DAF CupPreliminary round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Pike (18)
All: Chris Pike (23)
Highest home attendance8,350 (v Swansea, 16 April 1990)
Lowest home attendance2,086 (v Crewe, 17 February 1990)
Average home league attendance3,630

Manager Frank Burrows left the club in the first month of the year to become assistant manager at Portsmouth and was replaced by Len Ashurst, who started his second spell in charge of the club.

Players

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First team squad. [1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK   ENG Roger Hansbury
-- GK   ENG Gavin Ward
-- GK   SCO George Wood
-- DF   WAL Gareth Abraham
-- DF   WAL Phil Bater
-- DF   ENG Ray Daniel
-- DF   WAL Allan Lewis
-- DF   GER Mario Miethig
-- DF   WAL Jason Perry
-- DF   ENG Cliff Powell
-- DF   ENG Ian Rodgerson
-- DF   WAL Damon Searle
-- DF   ENG Eddie Youds
-- MF   ENG Leigh Barnard
-- MF   ENG Jeff Chandler
-- MF   WAL Chris Fry
-- MF   GUY Cohen Griffith
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Jason Gummer
-- MF   ENG Mark Kelly
-- MF   SCO David Kevan
-- MF   ENG Steve Lynex
-- MF   WAL Jon Morgan
-- MF   EIR Pat O'Hagan
-- MF   ENG Chris Thompson
-- MF   ENG Steve Tupling
-- MF   ENG Paul Wheeler
-- FW   WAL Nathan Blake
-- FW   WAL Alan Curtis
-- FW   ENG Jimmy Gilligan
-- FW   WAL Richard Haig
-- FW   WAL Ian Love
-- FW   WAL Morrys Scott
-- FW   ENG Richard Sendall

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
19 Preston North End 46 14 10 22 65 79 −14 52
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 55 66 −11 51
21 Cardiff City 46 12 14 20 51 70 −19 50 Relegated
22 Northampton Town 46 11 14 21 51 68 −17 47
23 Blackpool 46 10 16 20 49 73 −24 46
Source: [citation needed]


Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHHHA
ResultLLDLLDLLWDDLDDWWWDLWWDLDLDWLLWDDLLLWDLLWLLWDWL
Position~242324242424242323232424242323171921171621212122222122222020192121232121222221222221212121
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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19 August 1989 (1989-08-19) 1 Cardiff City 0–2 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00   Tony Philliskirk
  Julian Darby
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,367
26 August 1989 (1989-08-26) 2 Tranmere Rovers 3–0 Cardiff City Birkenhead
12:30 Jimmy Harvey  
Mark McCarrick  
John Morrissey  
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5,628
2 September 1989 (1989-09-02) 3 Cardiff City 2–2 Brentford Cardiff
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan  
Chris Fry  
  Eddie May
  Eddie May
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,499
9 September 1989 (1989-09-09) 4 Mansfield Town 1–0 Cardiff City Mansfield
15:00 Steve Charles   Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,766
16 September 1989 (1989-09-16) 5 Cardiff City 0–3 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00   Gary Shelton
  Bob Taylor
  Robbie Turner
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,970
23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) 6 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Cardiff City Wigan
15:00 Andy Pilling     Steve Lynex Stadium: Springfield Park (Wigan)
Attendance: 2,345
26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) 7 Cardiff City 2–3 Northampton Town Cardiff
19:45 Chris Pike  
Steve Lynex  
  Trevor Quow
  Tony Adcock
  (og) Gareth Abraham
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,801
30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) 8 Rotherham United 4–0 Cardiff City Rotherham
15:00 Bobby Williamson  
Bobby Williamson  
Bobby Williamson   (pen)
Clive Mendonca  
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 4,998
7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) 9 Huddersfield Town 2–3 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Chris Marsden  
Kieran O'Regan  
  19' Cohen Griffith
  Chris Pike
  (pen) Chris Pike
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 5,835
13 October 1989 (1989-10-13) 10 Cardiff City 1–1 Chester City Cardiff
19:30 Leigh Barnard     Aidan Newhouse Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,675
17 October 1989 (1989-10-17) 11 Cardiff City 1–1 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
19:30 Mark Kelly     David Mehew Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,372
21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 12 Blackpool 1–0 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Gordon Owen   Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 3,502
28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 13 Cardiff City 1–1 Leyton Orient Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith     Lee Harvey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,370
31 October 1989 (1989-10-31) 14 Birmingham City 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
19:45 Simon Sturridge     Jon Morgan Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 7,468
3 November 1989 (1989-11-03) 15 Cardiff City 3–1 Bury Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike  
Chris Pike  
Leigh Barnard  
  Liam Robinson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,437
11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) 16 Fulham 2–5 Cardiff City London
15:00 Steve Milton  
Justin Skinner   (pen)
  Chris Pike
  Chris Pike
  Cohen Griffith
  (og) John Marshall
  Jon Morgan
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 4,030
25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) 17 Cardiff City 3–0 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Ian Rodgerson  
Chris Pike  
Cohen Griffith  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,270
2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) 18 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Cardiff City Crewe
15:00 Paul Fishenden     Jon Morgan Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,373
16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) 19 Cardiff City 1–3 Notts County Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike     Phil Stant
  Phil Stant
  Phil Turner
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,610
26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) 20 Swansea City 0–1 Cardiff City Swansea
11:00   45s' Leigh Barnard Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 12,244
Referee: Ron Groves (Weston-Super-Mare)
30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) 21 Walsall 0–2 Cardiff City Walsall
15:00   Cohen Griffith
  Chris Pike
Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 4,256
13 January 1990 (1990-01-13) 22 Cardiff City 0–0 Tranmere Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,300
20 January 1990 (1990-01-20) 23 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 Tony Philliskirk   23' (pen), 38'
Paul Comstive   76'
  68' Cohen Griffith Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 7,017
Referee: Gary Aplin (Kendal)
3 February 1990 (1990-02-03) 24 Cardiff City 1–1 Wigan Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Ian Rodgerson   47'   44' Andy Pilling Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,218
Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe, Cornwall)
10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) 25 Bristol City 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Gary Shelton   3' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 11,982
Referee: Tony Ward (London)
17 February 1990 (1990-02-17) 26 Cardiff City 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,086
21 February 1990 (1990-02-21) 27 Brentford 0–1 Cardiff City Brentford
19:45   Gareth Abraham Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,174
24 February 1990 (1990-02-24) 28 Preston North End 4–0 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 Steve Harper  
Steve Harper  
Steve Harper  
Warren Joyce  
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 5,718
2 March 1990 (1990-03-02) 29 Cardiff City 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
19:30   (og) Jason Perry Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,751
6 March 1990 (1990-03-06) 30 Cardiff City 2–0 Rotherham United Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike  
Leigh Barnard  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,570
10 March 1990 (1990-03-10) 31 Northampton Town 1–1 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 Bobby Barnes   (pen)   Chris Pike Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,574
13 March 1990 (1990-03-13) 32 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 2,318
20 March 1990 (1990-03-20) 34 Chester City 1–0 Cardiff City Chester
19:45 Carl Dale   Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 1,866
24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 35 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Cardiff City Bath, Somerset
12:00 Paul Nixon  
David Mehew  
  Ian Rodgerson Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 4,631
27 March 1990 (1990-03-27) 36 Cardiff City 1–0 Mansfield Town Cardiff
19:30 Leigh Barnard   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,280
31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) 37 Cardiff City 2–2 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 Roger Gibbins  
Chris Pike  
  David Eyres
  Gary Brook
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Philip Don (Middlesex)
7 April 1990 (1990-04-07) 38 Leyton Orient 3–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Kevin Hales   (pen)
Paul Beesley  
Lee Harvey  
  Chris Pike Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,411
10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) 39 Cardiff City 0–1 Birmingham City Cardiff
19:30   Robert Hopkins Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,322
14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) 40 Reading 0–1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00   Cohen Griffith Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 3,198
16 April 1990 (1990-04-16) 41 Cardiff City 0–2 Swansea City Cardiff
12:00   John Hughes
  Bryan Wade
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,350
Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)
21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 42 Notts County 2–1 Cardiff City Nottingham
15:00 Craig Short  
Kevin Bartlett  
  (pen) Chris Pike Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,533
24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) 43 Cardiff City 3–1 Walsall Cardiff
19:30 Leigh Barnard  
Chris Pike  
Cohen Griffith  
  Gary Shaw Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,509
28 April 1990 (1990-04-28) 44 Cardiff City 3–3 Fulham Cardiff
15:00 Ray Daniel  
Leigh Barnard  
Ian Rodgerson  
  Steve Milton
  Steve Milton
  Gordon Davies
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,932
1 May 1990 (1990-05-01) 45 Cardiff City 3–2 Reading Cardiff
19:30 Leigh Barnard  
Chris Pike   (pen)
Cohen Griffith  
  Steve Moran
  Trevor Senior
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,375
Referee: Terry Holbrook (Walsall)
5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 46 Bury 2–0 Cardiff City Bury
15:00 Jamie Hoyland  
Philip Parkinson  
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,224

Source [2] [3]

League Cup

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22 August 1989 (1989-08-22) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 0–3 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
19:45   Tommy Tynan
  Tommy Tynan
  Sean McCarthy
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,620
29 August 1989 (1989-08-29) Round 1 (Second leg) Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Cardiff City Plymouth
  Chris Pike
  Jon Morgan
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 5,728

FA Cup

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18 November 1989 (1989-11-18) Round 1 Cardiff City 1–0 Halesowen Town Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike   (pen) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,972
9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) Round 2 Cardiff City 2–2 Gloucester Cardiff
15:00 Morrys Scott  
Morrys Scott  
  Steve Talboys
  Chris Townsend
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,531
12 December 1989 (1989-12-12) Round 2 (Replay) Gloucester 0–1 Cardiff City Gloucester
  Morrys Scott Stadium: Meadow Park, Gloucester
Attendance: 3,877
6 January 1990 (1990-01-06) Round 3 Cardiff City 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,834
10 January 1990 (1990-01-10) Round 3 (Replay) Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Cardiff City London
19:45 Ray Wilkins  
Roy Wegerle  
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,226

Welsh Cup

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25 October 1989 (1989-10-25) Round 3 Cardiff City 1–0 Newport AFC Cardiff
19:30 Gareth Abraham   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,929
16 January 1990 (1990-01-16) Round 4 Cardiff City 4–1 Port Talbot Cardiff
19:30 Ian Rodgerson  
Chris Pike  
Chris Pike  
Leigh Barnard  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,128
6 February 1990 (1990-02-06) Round 5 Cardiff City 2–0 Aberystwyth Town Cardiff
19:30 Ian Rodgerson  
Mark Kelly  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,319
2 April 1990 (1990-04-02) Semi Final (1st leg) Cardiff City 0–3 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,393
4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) Semi Final (2nd leg) Hereford United 1–3 Cardiff City Hereford
    Chris Pike
  Gareth Abraham
  Cohen Griffith
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,955

Leyland DAF Cup

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7 November 1989 (1989-11-07) Preliminary round Cardiff City 3–5 Walsall Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith  
Leigh Barnard  
Gareth Abraham  
  Peter Skipper
  Keith Bertschin
  Keith Bertschin
  Stuart Rimmer
  John Kelly
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,487
19 December 1989 (1989-12-19) Preliminary round Shrewsbury Town 4–0 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 John McGinlay  
John McGinlay  
Willie Naughton   (pen)
Philip Priest  
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 1,058

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1990". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1989-90 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1990". 11v11. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
  • Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990-91. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.