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The 1989–90 season was Arsenal Football Club's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football.[1][2] After winning the title the previous season, Arsenal finished fourth in 1989–90, behind champions Liverpool, runners-up Aston Villa and third-placed Tottenham Hotspur in the title challenge.
Arsenal's campaign to retain the Championship in 1989–90 began well once they recovered from a 4–1 drubbing by Manchester United on the opening day, and in November they were on top. But the signs were not good; few of their victories were comfortable. The 4–3 home victory over Norwich on the first Saturday of November was particularly uncomfortable. The game marked David O'Learys 622nd major match for Arsenal, a club record, and it was an eventful occasion. O'Leary scored an equaliser as Arsenal recovered from 3–1 down and was also shown the yellow card. Then a last-minute penalty which gave Arsenal victory sparked a fracas involving 19 players. Three weeks later the FA Disciplinary Committee fined Norwich £50.000 and Arsenal £20.000. It was the first time clubs had been responsible for their players in such an incident.[3] Arsenal's wheels wobbled in the fourth round of the Littlewoods Cup in November. After a two-leg, 8–1 victory over Plymouth and a 1–0 victory over Liverpool at Highbury, a visit to Second DivisionOldham did not seem so awesome. Yet they were beaten 3–1 and, from Christmas onwards, their season fell apart. Five out of six successive away games were lost, with only one goal scored. Niall Quinn scored the winning goal against Stoke City in the FA-cup third round on 6 January 1990, which was to be his last game for Arsenal. After only 6 appearances in the League, Quinn left to join Manchester City for £700,000 in March 1990.[4]
As Arsenal had seen before, winning the championship and retaining it were different propositions. A final position of fourth was no disgrace, but it was 17 points behind Liverpool F.C.[6]
Adams, Rocastle and Smith were all in Bobby Robsons preliminary squad to World Cup 1990. Adams was axed in preference to Mark Wright, Rocastle was excluded although he had played in five of England's six World Cup qualifying matches. Smith was omitted in favour of Steve Bull. The only Arsenal player to make an appearance in the World Cup 1990 was David O'Leary who scored the last decesive penalty that took Ireland to the quarter finals. [7][8][9]
As league champions, Arsenal contested the 1989 FA Charity Shield against Liverpool, who beat their local rivals Everton to win the 1989 FA Cup Final. Liverpool won the match on 12 August 1989 by 1–0 with a goal from Peter Beardsley.
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources 1989 90 Arsenal F C season news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 The 1989 90 season was Arsenal Football Club s 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football 1 2 After winning the title the previous season Arsenal finished fourth in 1989 90 behind champions Liverpool runners up Aston Villa and third placed Tottenham Hotspur in the title challenge Arsenal1989 90 seasonChairmanPeter Hill WoodManagerGeorge GrahamStadiumHighburyFirst Division4thFA CupFourth roundLeague CupFourth roundTop goalscorerLeague Alan Smith 10 All Alan Smith 13 Highest home attendance43 483 vs Queens Park Rangers 27 January 1990 Lowest home attendance26 865 vs Southampton 2 May 1990 Home coloursAway colours 1988 891990 91 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Results 2 1 FA Charity Shield 2 2 First Division 2 3 Football League Cup 2 4 FA Cup 3 Squad 4 Top scorers 4 1 First Division 5 See also 6 ReferencesSeason summary editArsenal s campaign to retain the Championship in 1989 90 began well once they recovered from a 4 1 drubbing by Manchester United on the opening day and in November they were on top But the signs were not good few of their victories were comfortable The 4 3 home victory over Norwich on the first Saturday of November was particularly uncomfortable The game marked David O Learys 622nd major match for Arsenal a club record and it was an eventful occasion O Leary scored an equaliser as Arsenal recovered from 3 1 down and was also shown the yellow card Then a last minute penalty which gave Arsenal victory sparked a fracas involving 19 players Three weeks later the FA Disciplinary Committee fined Norwich 50 000 and Arsenal 20 000 It was the first time clubs had been responsible for their players in such an incident 3 Arsenal s wheels wobbled in the fourth round of the Littlewoods Cup in November After a two leg 8 1 victory over Plymouth and a 1 0 victory over Liverpool at Highbury a visit to Second Division Oldham did not seem so awesome Yet they were beaten 3 1 and from Christmas onwards their season fell apart Five out of six successive away games were lost with only one goal scored Niall Quinn scored the winning goal against Stoke City in the FA cup third round on 6 January 1990 which was to be his last game for Arsenal After only 6 appearances in the League Quinn left to join Manchester City for 700 000 in March 1990 4 FA cup defeat at Queens Park Rangers followed David Rocastle and Michael Thomas suffered dramatic losses in form and the goals dried up for Alan Smith only 10 compared to 23 the previous season On the other hand the introduction of Kevin Campbell was an exiting indication of the future 5 As Arsenal had seen before winning the championship and retaining it were different propositions A final position of fourth was no disgrace but it was 17 points behind Liverpool F C 6 Adams Rocastle and Smith were all in Bobby Robsons preliminary squad to World Cup 1990 Adams was axed in preference to Mark Wright Rocastle was excluded although he had played in five of England s six World Cup qualifying matches Smith was omitted in favour of Steve Bull The only Arsenal player to make an appearance in the World Cup 1990 was David O Leary who scored the last decesive penalty that took Ireland to the quarter finals 7 8 9 Results editFA Charity Shield edit Main article 1989 FA Charity Shield As league champions Arsenal contested the 1989 FA Charity Shield against Liverpool who beat their local rivals Everton to win the 1989 FA Cup Final Liverpool won the match on 12 August 1989 by 1 0 with a goal from Peter Beardsley Liverpool v Arsenal 12 August 1989 FA Charity ShieldLiverpool1 0ArsenalLondonBeardsley nbsp 32 Stadium Wembley Stadium Attendance 63 149Referee Allan Gunn Sussex First Division edit Main article 1989 90 Football League First Division Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 2 Aston Villa 38 21 7 10 57 38 19 70 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round 3 Tottenham Hotspur 38 19 6 13 59 47 12 63 4 Arsenal 38 18 8 12 54 38 16 62 5 Chelsea 38 16 12 10 58 50 8 60 6 Everton 38 17 8 13 57 46 11 59Source World FootballRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored Manchester United v Arsenal 19 August 1989 1Manchester United4 1ArsenalManchesterBruce nbsp 2 Hughes nbsp 63 Webb nbsp 79 McClair nbsp 83 Rocastle nbsp 22 Stadium Old Trafford Referee David Hutchinson Arsenal v Coventry City 22 August 1989 2Arsenal2 0Coventry CityLondonMarwood nbsp 50 Thomas nbsp 84 Stadium Highbury Arsenal v Wimbledon 26 August 1989 3Arsenal0 0WimbledonLondonStadium Highbury Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday 9 September 1989 4Arsenal5 0Sheffield WednesdayLondonMersonAdamsMarwoodThomasSmith Stadium Highbury Nottingham Forest v Arsenal 16 September 1989 5Nottingham Forest1 2ArsenalNottinghamParker MersonMarwood Stadium City Ground Arsenal v Charlton Athletic 23 September 1989 6Arsenal1 0Charlton AthleticLondonMarwood pen Stadium Highbury Chelsea v Arsenal 30 September 1989 7Chelsea0 0ArsenalLondonStadium Stamford Bridge Arsenal v Manchester City 14 October 1989 8Arsenal4 0Manchester CityLondonGroves 2 ThomasMerson Stadium Highbury Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal 18 October 1989 9Tottenham Hotspur2 1ArsenalLondonSamwaysWalsh Michael Thomas Stadium White Hart Lane Everton v Arsenal 21 October 1989 10Everton3 0ArsenalLiverpoolNevin nbsp 39 82 McDonald nbsp 78 Stadium Goodison Park Arsenal v Derby County 28 October 1989 11Arsenal1 1Derby CountyLondonSmith Goddard Stadium Highbury Arsenal v Norwich City 4 November 1989 12Arsenal4 3Norwich CityLondonQuinn nbsp 55 Dixon nbsp 60 pen O Leary nbsp 78 Allen nbsp 19 Phillips nbsp 30 Sherwood nbsp 76 Stadium Highbury Millwall v Arsenal 11 November 1989 13Millwall1 2ArsenalLondonSheringham ThomasQuinn Stadium The Den Arsenal v Queen s Park Rangers 18 November 1989 14Arsenal3 0Queen s Park RangersLondonSmithDixon pen Jonsson Stadium Highbury Liverpool v Arsenal 26 November 1989 15Liverpool2 1ArsenalLiverpoolMcMahon nbsp 30 Barnes nbsp 65 Smith nbsp 79 Stadium Anfield Arsenal v Manchester United 3 December 1989 16Arsenal1 0Manchester UnitedLondonGroves nbsp 15 Stadium Highbury Coventry City v Arsenal 9 December 1989 17Coventry City0 1ArsenalCoventryMerson Stadium Highfield Road Arsenal v Luton Town 16 December 1989 18Arsenal3 2Luton TownLondonSmithMersonMarwood Elstrup 2 1 pen Stadium Highbury Southampton v Arsenal 26 December 1989 19Southampton1 0ArsenalSouthamptonRod Wallace Stadium The Dell Aston Villa v Arsenal 30 December 1989 20Aston Villa2 1ArsenalBirminghamPlattMountfield Adams Stadium Villa Park Arsenal v Crystal Palace 1 January 1990 21Arsenal4 1Crystal PalaceLondonSmith 2 DixonAdams Pardew Stadium Highbury Wimbledon v Arsenal 13 January 1990 22Wimbledon1 0ArsenalLondonBennett Stadium Plough Lane Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur 20 January 1990 23Arsenal1 0Tottenham HotspurLondonAdams nbsp 64 Stadium Highbury Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal 17 February 1990 24Sheffield Wednesday1 0ArsenalSheffieldBould o g Stadium Hillsborough Stadium Charlton Athletic v Arsenal 27 February 1990 25Charlton Athletic0 0ArsenalLondonStadium Selhurst Park Queen s Park Rangers v Arsenal 3 March 1990 26Queen s Park Rangers2 0ArsenalLondonWilkinsWegerle Stadium Loftus Road Arsenal v Nottingham Forest 7 March 1990 27Arsenal3 0Nottingham ForestLondonGrovesAdamsCampbell Stadium Highbury Manchester City v Arsenal 10 March 1990 28Manchester City1 1ArsenalManchesterWhite Marwood Stadium Maine Road Arsenal v Chelsea 17 March 1990 29Arsenal0 1ChelseaLondonBumstead nbsp 63 Stadium Highbury Derby County v Arsenal 24 March 1990 30Derby County1 3ArsenalDerbyBriscoe Hayes 2 Campbell Stadium Baseball Ground Arsenal v Everton 31 March 1990 31Arsenal1 0EvertonLondonSmith nbsp 21 Stadium Highbury Arsenal v Aston Villa 11 April 1990 32Arsenal0 1Aston VillaLondonPrice nbsp 85 Stadium Highbury Crystal Palace v Arsenal 14 April 1990 33Crystal Palace1 1ArsenalLondonGray Hayes Stadium Selhurst Park Arsenal v Liverpool 18 April 1990 34Arsenal1 1LiverpoolLondonMerson nbsp 40 Barnes nbsp 86 Stadium Highbury Luton Town v Arsenal 21 April 1990 35Luton Town2 0ArsenalLutonDowieBlack Stadium Kenilworth Road Arsenal v Millwall 28 April 1990 36Arsenal2 0MillwallLondonDavisMerson Stadium Highbury Arsenal v Southampton 2 May 1990 37Arsenal2 1SouthamptonLondonDixon pen Rocastle Horne Stadium Highbury Attendance 26 685 Norwich City v Arsenal 5 May 1990 38Norwich City2 2ArsenalNorwichBowen nbsp 13 Fox nbsp 45 Smith nbsp 44 77 Stadium Carrow Road Football League Cup edit Main article 1989 90 Football League Cup Arsenal v Plymouth Argyle 19 September 1989 Second round 1st Leg Arsenal2 0Plymouth ArgyleLondonSmith o g Stadium Highbury Attendance 26 865 Plymouth Argyle v Arsenal 3 October 1989 Second round 2nd Leg Plymouth Argyle1 6 1 8 agg ArsenalPlymouthThomas 3 Groves Smith o g Stadium Hope Park Attendance 17 360 Arsenal v Liverpool 25 October 1989 Third roundArsenal1 0LiverpoolLondonSmith nbsp 80 Stadium Highbury Attendance 40 814 Oldham Athletic v Arsenal 22 November 1989 Fourth roundOldham Athletic3 1ArsenalOldhamRitchie 2 Henry Quinn nbsp 90 Stadium Boundary Park Attendance 14 924 FA Cup edit See also 1989 90 FA Cup Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper in which they were drawn to face Stoke City Stoke City v Arsenal 6 January 1990 Third roundStoke City0 1ArsenalStoke on TrentQuinn Stadium Victoria Ground Attendance 23 827 Arsenal v Queen s Park Rangers 27 January 1990 Fourth roundArsenal0 0Queen s Park RangersLondonStadium Highbury Attendance 43 483 Queen s Park Rangers v Arsenal 31 January 1990 Fourth round replayQueen s Park Rangers2 0ArsenalLondonSansom Sinton Stadium Loftus Road Attendance 21 547Squad editNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp ENG John Lukic DF nbsp ENG Lee Dixon DF nbsp ENG Nigel Winterburn MF nbsp ENG Michael Thomas DF nbsp ENG Tony Adams captain DF nbsp IRL David O Leary MF nbsp ENG David Rocastle MF nbsp ENG Kevin Richardson FW nbsp ENG Paul Merson FW nbsp ENG Alan Smith MF nbsp ENG Brian Marwood No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp ENG Perry Groves DF nbsp ENG Steve Bould FW nbsp ENG Kevin Campbell MF nbsp ENG Paul Davis MF nbsp ENG Martin Hayes DF nbsp ENG Gus Caesar FW nbsp IRL Niall Quinn MF nbsp ISL Sigurdur Jonsson DF nbsp ENG Colin PatesTop scorers editFirst Division edit nbsp Alan Smith 10 nbsp Paul Merson 7 nbsp Brian Marwood 6 nbsp Michael Thomas 5 nbsp Tony Adams 5 nbsp Lee Dixon 5See also edit nbsp English football portal 1989 90 in English football List of Arsenal F C seasonsReferences edit James Josh 18 June 2013 All time Arsenal Arsenal F C Archived from the original on 22 June 2023 Retrieved 22 June 2023 Ross James Heneghan Michael Orford Stuart Culliton Eoin 25 August 2016 English Clubs Divisional Movements 1888 2016 Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Archived from the original on 22 June 2023 Retrieved 22 June 2023 Pye Steven July 2020 when arsenal and norwich shared seven goals and a 21 man brawl The Guardian arsenal historic players niall quinn 2 October 2023 Emery David 1994 Gunning for Glory Simon amp Schuster Soar amp Tyler 2003 The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal Hamlyn p 147 Davies Pete 1990 All Played Out The World Cup Finals 1990 Arrow A Division of Random House Group ten surprising england tournament squad selections 13 May 2016 irelands world cup joy david oleary recalls his penalty v romania 1 October 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1989 90 Arsenal F C season amp oldid 1178240895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
