1988–89 Millwall F.C. season

During the 1988–89 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. This was Millwall's 62nd season in the Football League, and first ever season in the top tier of English football, after achieving promotion from the Second Division as Champions in 1987–88.

Season summary

Few had tipped Millwall to do well in their first season ever in the First Division, but the Lions defied the naysayers to stand at the top of the First Division at the beginning of October, after 4 wins and 2 draws from 6 games. The team slipped from there, though they were still in the top five by Christmas, and their final tenth place finish was the lowest placing they had occupied all season. Perhaps the only low point of the season was being defeated by arch-rivals West Ham United twice during the season; the Hammers were relegated in 19th place. Millwall's high placing owed much to the strike partnership of Teddy Sheringham and Tony Cascarino.

In his autobiography, Sheringham said of the season, "It was a crazy exhilarating time. There we were, little Millwall, in our first season in the First Division and topping the table until about March. Everybody said it couldn't last and of course it couldn't and it didn't, but we gave them all a good run for their money. We were beating the best teams when we shouldn't and getting away draws to which we had no right."

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	Brian Horne
		DF	Ian Dawes
		DF	Alan McLeary
		DF	Keith Stevens
		DF	Dave Thompson
		DF	Sean Sparham
		DF	Darren Treacy
		DF	Neil Ruddock
		DF	Steve Wood
		DF	Danis Salman
		MF	Les Briley (captain)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jimmy Carter
		MF	Terry Hurlock
		MF	Paul Stephenson
		MF	Kevin O'Callaghan
		MF	Darren Morgan
		MF	George Lawrence
		MF	Wes Reid
		FW	Steve Anthrobus
		FW	Dean Horrix
		FW	Teddy Sheringham
		FW	Tony Cascarino

Final 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	Excluded from the European Cup 1989–90 ^{[notes 1]}
2	Liverpool	38	11	5	3	33	11	11	5	3	32	17	65	28	+ 37	76	Excluded from the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup^{[notes 1]}
3	Nottingham Forest	38	8	7	4	31	16	9	6	4	33	27	64	43	+ 21	64	Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1989–90^{[notes 1]} ^{[notes 2]}
4	Norwich City	38	8	7	4	23	20	9	4	6	25	25	48	45	+ 3	62	Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1989–90^{[notes 1]}
5	Derby County	38	9	3	7	23	18	8	4	7	17	20	40	38	+ 2	58	Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1989–90^{[notes 1]}
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	6	5	31	24	7	6	6	29	22	60	46	+ 14	57	Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1989–90^{[notes 1]}
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.
↑ Nottingham Forest were the 1989 League Cup winners.

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

Results

First Division

August

27 August: Aston Villa 2-2 Millwall

September

3 September: Millwall 1-0 Derby County
10 September: Charlton Athletic 0-3 Millwall
17 September: Millwall 2-1 Everton
24 September: Norwich City 2-2 Millwall

October

1 October: Millwall 3-2 QPR
15 October: Coventry City 0-0 Millwall
22 October: Millwall 2-2 Nottingham Forest
29 October: Middlesbrough 4-2 Millwall

November

5 November: Millwall 3-1 Luton Town
12 November: Liverpool 1-1 Millwall
19 November: Millwall 4-0 Newcastle United
26 November: Southampton 2-2 Millwall

December

3 December: Millwall 0-1 West Ham United
10 December: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Millwall
17 December: Millwall 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
26 December: Wimbledon 1-0 Millwall
31 December: Derby County 0-1 Millwall

January

2 January: Millwall 1-0 Charlton Athletic
14 January: Manchester United 3-0 Millwall
22 January: Millwall 2-3 Norwich City

February

4 February: QPR 1-2 Millwall
11 February: Millwall 1-2 Arsenal
21 February: Millwall 2-0 Middlesbrough
25 February: Millwall 1-0 Coventry City
28 February: Arsenal 0-0 Millwall

March

11 March: Luton Town 1-2 Millwall
18 March: Millwall 2-0 Aston Villa
25 March: Everton 1-1 Millwall
27 March: Millwall 0-1 Wimbledon

April

1 April: Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Millwall
8 April: Millwall 0-0 Manchester United
11 April: Millwall 1-2 Liverpool
22 April: West Ham United 3-0 Millwall
29 April: Millwall 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur

May

3 May: Nottingham Forest 4-1 Millwall
6 May: Newcastle United 1-1 Millwall
13 May: Millwall 1-1 Southampton

FA Cup

January

7 January: Millwall 3-2 Luton Town
29 January: Millwall 0-2 Liverpool

League Cup

September

27 September: Millwall 3-0 Gillingham

October

11 October: Gillingham 1-3 Millwall

November

2 November: Aston Villa 3-1 Millwall

Simod Cup

9 November: Millwall 1-1 Barnsley^AET (Millwall won 3-0 on penalties)

29 November: Millwall 2-0 Leeds United

20 December: Everton 2-0 Millwall

References

Millwall Football Club

Players Managers History Honours Seasons Records & Statistics Record by competition

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Rivalries	West Ham United rivalry South London derbies

Grounds	Lord Nelson Ground (1886–1890) The Athletic Grounds (1890–1901) North Greenwich (1901–1910) The Old Den (1910–1993) The Den (1993–present)

Supporters	Chants: No one likes us, we don't care Millwall Bushwackers

Related	Millwall Lionesses Zampa the Lion Millwall brick

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Millwall F.C. seasons

1885–1890	1885–86 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90

1890–1900	1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–1900

1900–1910	1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10

1910–1920	1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1915–16 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20

1920–1930	1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30

1930–1940	1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40

1940–1950	1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50

1950–1960	1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60

1960–1970	1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70

1970–1980	1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80

1980–1990	1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90

1990–2000	1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000

2000–2010	2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 ·

2010–2020	2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16

1988–89 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swindon Town Stoke City Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chester City Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Reading Sheffield United Southend United Swansea City Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Fourth Division	Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

Others	Newport County

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