1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City

1989–90 season
Chairman	Peter Swales
Manager	Mel Machin (until 26 November 1989) Howard Kendall (from 13 December 1989)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Allen (10) All: White/Allen (11)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was Manchester City's first season back in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Andy Dibble GK Paul Cooper DF Brian Gayle DF Andy Hinchcliffe DF Steve Redmond DF Mark Seagraves DF Gerry Taggart DF Gary Fleming DF Colin Hendry (from October) DF Alan Harper MF Paul Lake MF Neil McNab MF Ian Brightwell

No. Position Player MF Gary Megson MF Ian Bishop MF Mark Ward MF Peter Reid FW David White FW Jason Beckford FW David Oldfield FW Justin Fashanu FW Niall Quinn (from March) FW Clive Allen FW Wayne Clarke FW Ashley Ward

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player FW Nigel Gleghorn (to Birmingham City)

No. Position Player FW Trevor Morley (to West Ham United)

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1989	Liverpool	A	1-3	35,628	Hinchcliffe
23 August 1989	Southampton	H	1-2	25,416	Gleghorn
26 August 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	32,004	White
30 August 1989	Coventry City	A	1-2	16,129	White
9 September 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	23,420	Allen
16 September 1989	Wimbledon	A	0-1	6,922
23 September 1989	Manchester United	H	5-1	43,246	Oldfield (2), Bishop, Hinchcliffe, Morley
30 September 1989	Luton Town	H	3-1	23,863	Bishop, Brightwell, Oldfield
14 October 1989	Arsenal	A	0-4	40,393