1989–90 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City F.C.
1989–90 season
Manager	John Sillett
Football League First Division	12th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-final
Full Members' Cup	Southern Section First Round

This article documents the 1989–90 season of football club Coventry City F.C.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Norwich City	38	13	14	11	44	42	+2	53
11	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	11	14	45	44	+1	50
12	Coventry City	38	14	7	17	39	59	−20	49
13	Manchester United	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
14	Manchester City	38	12	12	14	43	52	−9	48

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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First Division

19 August 1989 1	Coventry City	2–0	Everton	Coventry
	Bannister 67' Speedie 90'			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 17,981

22 August 1989 2	Arsenal	2–0	Coventry City	London
	Marwood 50' Thomas 84'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,886

26 August 1989 3	Crystal Palace	0–1	Coventry City	London
			Kilcline	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,122

30 August 1989 4	Coventry City	2–1	Manchester City	Coventry
	Smith Gynn		White	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 16,111

9 September 1989 5	Millwall	4–1	Coventry City	London
	Sheringham x 2 Anthrobus Dawes		Smith	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,062

16 September 1989 6	Coventry City	1–0	Luton Town	Coventry
	Bannister			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,207

23 September 1989 7	Chelsea	1–0	Coventry City	London
	Wilson			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,248

30 September 1989 8	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Coventry City	Sheffield
				Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 15,054

14 October 1989 9	Coventry City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
			Crosby Rice	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,722

21 October 1989 10	Coventry City	1–4	Manchester United	Coventry
	Drinkell		Bruce Phelan Hughes x 2	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,605

28 October 1989 11	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Coventry City	London
	Mortimer		Speedie	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 6,149

4 November 1989 12	Liverpool	0–1	Coventry City	Liverpool
			Regis	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 36,443

11 November 1989 13	Coventry City	1–0	Southampton	Coventry
	Drinkell			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 12,151

18 November 1989 14	Aston Villa	4–1	Coventry City	Birmingham
	Ormondroyd x 2 Platt (pen) Peake		Gynn	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 22,803

25 November 1989 15	Coventry City	1–0	Norwich City	Coventry
	Regis			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,999

2 December 1989 16	Everton	2–0	Coventry City	Liverpool
	McCall Watson			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 21,171

9 December 1989 17	Coventry City	0–1	Arsenal	Coventry
			Merson	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 16,255

16 December 1989 18	Coventry City	2–1	Wimbledon	Coventry
	Borrows Curle o.g.		Young	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 8,308

26 December 1989 19	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Coventry City	London
	Falco		Speedie	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 9,889

30 December 1989 20	Derby County	4–1	Coventry City	Derby
	Hebberd x2 Pickering Ramage		Speedie	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,011

1 January 1990 21	Coventry City	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,559

13 January 1990 22	Coventry City	1–0	Crystal Palace	Coventry
	Speedie			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 10,858

20 January 1990 23	Manchester City	1–0	Coventry City	Manchester
	White			Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 24,345

3 February 1990 24	Coventry City	3–2	Chelsea	Coventry
	McAllister o.g. Regis Livingstone		Dixon Dorigo	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,243

17 February 1990 25	Coventry City	3–1	Millwall	Coventry
	Smith Livingstone x2		Cascarino	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 10,981

4 March 1990 26	Coventry City	2–0	Aston Villa	Coventry
	Drinkell Smith			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 17,891

7 March 1990 27	Luton Town	3–2	Coventry City	Luton
	Black Gray Dowie		Drinkell Regis	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,244

10 March 1990 28	Nottingham Forest	2–4	Coventry City	Nottingham
	Currie Laws		Drinkell Gallacher Speedie x2	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,750

14 March 1990 29	Norwich City	0–0	Coventry City	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,673

17 March 1990 30	Coventry City	1–4	Sheffield Wednesday	Coventry
	Gynn		Hirst Worthington Sheridan Atkinson	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,339

24 March 1990 31	Coventry City	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Coventry
	Gallacher		Minto Drinkell o.g.	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 9,997

31 March 1990 32	Manchester United	3–0	Coventry City	Manchester
	Hughes x2 Robins			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 39,172

7 April 1990 33	Coventry City	1–0	Derby County	Coventry
	Wright o.g.			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,157

14 April 1990 34	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Coventry City	London
	Stewart Lineker x2		Smith Speedie	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 23,917

16 April 1990 35	Coventry City	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Coventry
	Smith		Maddix	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 10,039

21 April 1990 36	Wimbledon	0–0	Coventry City	London
				Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 4,086

28 April 1990 37	Southampton	3–0	Coventry City	Southampton
	Le Tissier (pen) Horne Osman			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,359

5 May 1990 38	Coventry City	1–6	Liverpool	Coventry
	Gallacher 2'		Rush 16' Barnes 37', 39', 61' Rosenthal 50', 69'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 23,204

FA Cup

6 January 1990 Round 3	Northampton Town	1–0	Coventry City	Northampton
				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,648

League Cup

19 September 1989 Round 2 Leg 1	Grimsby Town	3–1	Coventry City	Cleethorpes
				Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 10,150

4 October 1989 Round 2 Leg 2	Coventry City	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Grimsby Town	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 15,327

25 October 1989 Round 3	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Coventry City	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 9,277

22 November 1989 Round 4	Manchester City	0–1	Coventry City	Manchester
			Regis	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 23,355

17 January 1990 Quarter Final	Sunderland	0–0	Coventry City	Sunderland
				Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 27,218

24 January 1990 Quarter Final Replay	Coventry City	5–0	Sunderland	Coventry
	Livingstone (4) Gynn			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 21,219

11 February 1990 Semi Final First Leg	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Coventry City	Nottingham
	Clough (pen) Pearce		Livingstone	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,153

25 February 1990 Semi Final Second Leg	Coventry City	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 25,900

Football League Trophy

29 November 1989 Southern Section Round 1	Coventry City	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Wimbledon	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 3,781

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Steve Ogrizovic
—	GK	ENG	Keith Waugh
—	GK	IRL	Dean Kiely
—	DF	ENG	Peter Billing
—	DF	ENG	Brian Borrows
—	DF	ENG	Brian Kilcline
—	DF	ENG	Trevor Peake
—	DF	ENG	Tony Dobson
—	DF	ENG	Martyn Booty
—	DF	ENG	Greg Downs
—	DF	ENG	Paul Edwards
—	DF	ENG	David Titterton
—	MF	ENG	Howard Clark
—	MF	ENG	Dean Emerson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Kevin MacDonald
—	MF	ENG	Micky Gynn
—	MF	ENG	Lloyd McGrath
—	MF	SCO	Dougie McGuire
—	MF	ENG	Lee Middleton
—	MF	ENG	David Smith
—	MF	ENG	Keith Thompson
—	FW	ENG	Gary Bannister
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Drinkell
—	FW	SCO	Kevin Gallacher
—	FW	ENG	Cyrille Regis
—	FW	SCO	David Speedie
—	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone

Notes

^ Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

References

[3] Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as the 1989–90 FA Cup winners.

[1] "Coventry Manager History | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

[2] "English Football League Tables 1989/1990".

[4] "Coventry City match record: 1990".

[5] "All Coventry City players: 1990".

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