1989–90 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1989–90
League	Football League Third Division
Manager	Frank Burrows/Len Ashurst
League position	21st
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Pike (18) All: Chris Pike (23)
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Previous season	← 1988–89
Next season	1990–91 →

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.

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

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

No. Position Player -- GK Roger Hansbury -- GK Gavin Ward -- GK George Wood -- DF Gareth Abraham -- DF Phil Bater -- DF Ray Daniel -- DF Allan Lewis -- DF Mario Miethig -- DF Jason Perry -- DF Cliff Powell -- DF Ian Rodgerson -- DF Damon Searle -- DF Eddie Youds -- MF Leigh Barnard -- MF Jeff Chandler -- MF Chris Fry -- MF Cohen Griffith

No. Position Player -- MF Jason Gummer -- MF Mark Kelly -- MF David Kevan -- MF Steve Lynex -- MF Jon Morgan -- MF Pat O'Hagan -- MF Chris Thompson -- MF Steve Tupling -- MF Paul Wheeler -- FW Nathan Blake -- FW Alan Curtis -- FW Jimmy Gilligan -- FW Richard Haig -- FW Ian Love -- FW Morrys Scott -- FW Richard Sendall

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	46	15	8	0	43	14	11	7	5	28	21	93
2	Bristol City	46	15	5	3	40	16	12	5	6	36	24	91
3	Notts County	46	17	4	2	40	18	8	8	7	33	35	87
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	5	3	54	22	8	6	9	32	27	80
5	Bury	46	11	7	5	35	19	10	4	9	35	30	74
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	12	7	4	32	19	6	8	9	27	29	69
7	Birmingham City	46	10	7	6	33	19	8	5	10	27	40	66
8	Huddersfield Town	46	11	5	7	30	23	6	9	8	31	39	65
9	Rotherham United	46	12	6	5	48	28	5	7	11	23	34	64
10	Reading	46	10	9	4	33	21	5	10	8	24	32	64
11	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	9	4	38	24	6	6	11	21	30	63
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	8	5	32	24	5	9	9	24	29	62
13	Brentford	46	11	4	8	41	31	7	3	13	25	35	61
14	Leyton Orient	46	9	6	8	28	24	7	4	12	24	32	58
15	Mansfield Town	46	13	2	8	34	25	3	5	15	16	40	55
16	Chester City	46	11	7	5	30	23	2	8	13	13	32	54
17	Swansea City	46	10	6	7	25	27	4	6	13	20	36	54
18	Wigan Athletic	46	10	6	7	29	22	3	8	12	19	42	53
19	Preston North End	46	10	7	6	42	30	4	3	16	23	49	52
20	Fulham	46	8	8	7	33	27	4	7	12	22	39	51
21	Cardiff City	46	6	9	8	30	35	6	5	12	21	35	50
22	Northampton	46	7	7	9	27	31	4	7	12	24	37	47
23	Blackpool	46	8	6	9	29	33	2	10	11	20	40	46
24	Walsall	46	6	8	9	23	30	3	6	14	17	42	41

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
• Welsh Football Data Archive