1988–89 Everton F.C. season

During the 1988–89 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 8th in the table with 54 points. The Toffees were the runners-up in the FA Cup, losing to Liverpool in a Merseyside final at Wembley Stadium and advanced to the 4th round of the League Cup.

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Arsenal	38	10	6	3	35	19	12	4	3	38	17	73	36	37	76	Champions^{^{[notes 1]}}
2	Liverpool	38	11	5	3	33	11	11	5	3	32	17	65	28	37	76	FA Cup Winners
3	Nottingham Forest	38	8	7	4	31	16	9	6	4	33	27	64	43	21	64	League Cup Winners
4	Norwich City	38	8	7	4	23	20	9	4	6	25	25	48	45	3	62
5	Derby County	38	9	3	7	23	18	8	4	7	17	20	40	38	2	58
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	6	5	31	24	7	6	6	29	22	60	46	14	57
7	Coventry City	38	9	4	6	28	23	5	9	5	19	19	47	42	5	55
8	Everton	38	10	7	2	33	18	4	5	10	17	27	50	45	5	54
9	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	5	5	23	16	5	6	8	20	21	43	37	6	53
10	Millwall	38	10	3	6	27	21	4	8	7	20	31	47	52	- 5	53
11	Manchester United	38	10	5	4	27	13	3	7	9	18	22	45	35	10	51
12	Wimbledon	38	10	3	6	30	19	4	6	9	20	27	50	46	4	51
13	Southampton	38	6	7	6	25	26	4	8	7	27	40	52	66	–14	45
14	Charlton Athletic	38	6	7	6	25	24	4	5	10	19	34	44	58	–14	42
15	Sheffield Wednesday	38	6	6	7	21	25	4	6	9	13	26	34	51	–17	42
16	Luton Town	38	8	6	5	32	21	2	5	12	10	31	42	52	–10	41
17	Aston Villa	38	7	6	6	25	22	2	7	10	20	34	45	56	–11	40
18	Middlesbrough	38	6	7	6	28	30	3	5	11	16	31	44	61	–17	39
19	West Ham United	38	3	6	10	19	30	7	2	10	18	32	37	62	–25	38
20	Newcastle United	38	3	6	10	19	28	4	4	11	13	35	32	63	–31	31

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.

Key
	League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup Winners, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
	League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 August 1988	Newcastle United	H	4-0	41,560	Cottee 3, Sharp
3 September 1988	Coventry	A	1-0	18,625	Cottee
10 September 1988	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	34,003	Heath
17 September 1988	Millwall	A	1-2	17,507	McLeary (og)
24 September 1988	Luton Town	H	0-2	26,017
1 October 1988	Wimbledon	A	1-2	6,367	Heath
8 October 1988	Southampton	H	4-1	25,356	Cottee 2, Watson, Steven
22 October 1988	Aston Villa	A	0-2	26,636
30 October 1988	Manchester United	H	1-1	27,005	Cottee
5 November 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	21,761	Steven (pen)
12 November 1988	Charlton	A	2-1	8,627	Sharp, Reid
19 November 1988	Norwich City	H	1-1	28,118	Steven (pen)
26 November 1988	West Ham	A	1-0	22,176	Steven
3 December 1988	Tottenham	H	1-0	29,657	Cottee
11 December 1988	Liverpool	A	1-1	42,372	Clarke (pen)
17 December 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	10,067
26 December 1988	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	32,651	Steven, Cottee
31 December 1988	Coventry	H	3-1	30,790	Sheedy 2, Bracewell
2 January 1989	Nottingham Forest	A	0-2	26,008
14 January 1989	Arsenal	H	1-3	34,825	McDonald
21 January 1989	Luton Town	A	0-1	9,013
4 February 1989	Wimbledon	H	1-1	23,365	Sharp (pen)
11 February 1989	Southampton	A	1-1	15,845	Sheedy
14 February 1989	Aston Villa	H	1-1	20,142	Cottee
25 February 1989	Derby County	A	2-3	17,103	Sharp, Clarke
11 March 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-0	22,542	Cottee
22 March 1989	Newcastle United	A	0-2	20,933
25 March 1989	Millwall	H	1-1	27,062	Sheedy (pen)
27 March 1989	Middlesbrough	A	3-3	21,351	Cottee, Sheedy, Nevin
1 April 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-1	23,028	Clarke, Sheedy (pen), Cottee, Steven
8 April 1989	Arsenal	A	0-2	37,608
10 April 1989	Charlton	H	3-2	16,316	Sharp, Sheedy, Nevin
22 April 1989	Tottenham	A	1-2	28,568	McDonald
3 May 1989	Liverpool	H	0-0	45,994
6 May 1989	Norwich City	A	0-1	13,239
10 May 1989	Manchester United	A	2-1	26,722	Sharp 2
13 May 1989	West Ham	H	3-1	21,694	Sheedy, Watson, Bracewell
15 May 1989	Derby County	H	1-0	17,826	Wilson

FA Cup

Main article: 1988-89 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	7 January 1989	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	31,186	Sheedy (pen)
3 Rep	11 January 1989	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	31,697	Sheedy
4	28 January 1989	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-1	27,566	Sheedy (pen)
4 Rep	31 January 1989	Plymouth Argyle	H	4-0	28,542	Sharp 2, Nevin, Sheedy
5	18 February 1989	Barnsley	A	1-0	32,551	Sharp
QF	19 March 1989	Wimbledon	H	1-0	24,562	McCall
SF	15 April 1989	Norwich City	Villa Park	1-0	46,553	Nevin
Final	20 May 1989	Liverpool	Wembley	2-3 (aet)	82,800	McCall 2

League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	27 September 1988	Shrewsbury Town	H	3-0	11,071	Sharp, McDonald (pen), McCall
2:2	11 October 1988	Shrewsbury Town	A	2-2 (agg 5-2)	4,592	Steven (pen), Sharp
3	8 November 1988	Oldham Athletic	H	1-1	17,230	Steven (pen)
3 Rep	29 November 1988	Oldham Athletic	A	2-0	14,573	Cottee 2
4	14 December 1988	Bradford City	A	1-3	15,055	Watson

Simod Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	20 December 1988	Millwall	H	2-0	3,703	Cottee, Hurlock (og)
QF	18 January 1989	Wimbledon	A	2-1	2,477	Clarke 2
SF	28 February 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	7,072	Nevin
Final	30 April 1989	Nottingham Forest	Wembley	3-4 (aet)	46,606	Sharp, Cottee 2

Mercantile Credit Football League Centenary Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	29 August 1988	Manchester United	A	0-1	16,439

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