1989–90 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City
1989–90 season
Chairman	Robert Chase
Manager	Dave Stringer
Stadium	Carrow Road
First Division	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Full Members Cup	Quarter-final
Player of the Year	Mark Bowen
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Fleck/Mark Bowen (7); All: Robert Fleck (12)
Highest home attendance	20,210 v Liverpool
Lowest home attendance	12,640 v Crystal Palace
Average home league attendance	16,737
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

For the 1989–90 season, Norwich City F.C. competed in Football League Division One, as well as the FA Cup, League Cup and Full Members' Cup.

Overview

The previous season had been Norwich City's most successful to that point, with the club finishing fourth in Division One and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup,^[1] so they might have been expected to be in competition to win one or more trophies. This, however, was not to be the case. While Norwich never looked in danger of being relegated from the top flight, they would finish mid-table and be eliminated early from all three cup competitions.

Although they defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 5–0 in the Full Members' Cup, they would not win a league game by more than 2–0, which they achieved eight times. Their heaviest defeat was 4–0 away at Tottenham. The highest scoring game was a 4–4 home draw with Southampton.^[2]

Squad

Squad at end of season (5 May 1990)^[3]

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	SCO	Bryan Gunn
—	GK	WAL	Mark Walton
—	GK	ENG	Jon Sheffield
—	DF	ENG	Ian Culverhouse (3rd captain)
—	DF	WAL	Mark Bowen
—	DF	ENG	Ian Butterworth (captain)
—	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan
—	DF	ENG	Adrian Pennock
—	DF	ENG	Andy Theodosiou
—	MF	IRL	Andy Townsend (vice-captain)
—	MF	ENG	Dale Gordon
—	MF	ENG	Ian Crook
—	MF	WAL	David Phillips


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood
—	MF	ENG	Jeremy Goss
—	MF	ENG	Ruel Fox
—	MF	DEN	Henrik Mortensen
—	MF	ENG	David Smith
—	MF	ENG	Jason Minett
—	MF	ENG	Daryl Sutch
—	MF	ENG	Robert Taylor
—	FW	SCO	Robert Fleck
—	FW	ENG	Robert Rosario
—	FW	ENG	Dean Coney
—	FW	IRL	Lee Power

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Reference
4 July 1989	DF	Andy Theodosiou	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	^[4]
18 July 1989	MF	Tim Sherwood	Tottenham Hotspur	£175,000	^[4]^[5]
31 July 1989	MF	David Phillips	Coventry City	£550,000	^[4]^[6]
15 August 1989	GK	Mark Walton	Colchester United	£75,000	^[4]^[7]
2 October 1989	MF	Henrik Mortensen	Aarhus	£400,000	^[4]^[8]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Reference
8 June 1989	MF	Mike Phelan	Manchester United	£750,000	^[9]^[10]
14 August 1989	MF	Trevor Putney	Middlesbrough	£300,000	^[11]^[12]
18 August 1989	FW	Alan Reeves	Chester City	£10,000	^[13]
1 November 1989	MF	Paul Cook	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£250,000	^[14]^[15]
4 December 1989	MF	Mike Flynn	Preston North End	£125,000	^[16]
20 March 1990	FW	Malcolm Allen	Millwall	£400,000	^[17]^[18]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Until	Reference
1 March 1990	DF	Nicky Tanner	Liverpool	31 March 1990	^[19]

Loans out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Until	Reference
22 September 1989	GK	Jon Sheffield	Aldershot	11 November 1989	^[4]^[20]
21 March 1990	GK	Jon Sheffield	Ipswich Town	End of season	^[4]^[20]

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Wimbledon	38	13	16	9	47	40	+7	55
9	Nottingham Forest	38	15	9	14	55	47	+8	54
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

Source: ^[21]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Division One

19 August 1989 (1989-08-19) 1	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Norwich City	Sheffield
		Report	Phillips 3' Fleck 71'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 19,142 Referee: A. Buksh

23 August 1989 (1989-08-23) 2	Norwich City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
	Gordon 27'	Report	Chapman 67'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,267 Referee: D. Vickers

26 August 1989 (1989-08-26) 3	Norwich City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Norwich
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,021 Referee: K. Barratt

30 August 1989 (1989-08-30) 4	Manchester United	0–2	Norwich City	Manchester
		Report	Gordon 44' Fleck 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 39,610 Referee: K.A. Cooper

9 September 1989 (1989-09-09) 5	Norwich City	4–4	Southampton	Norwich
	Rosario 27' 84' Sherwood 48' Fleck 77'	Report	Rideout 7' 50' Wallace 39' 47'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,259 Referee: T. Ward

16 September 1989 (1989-09-16) 6	Liverpool	0–0	Norwich City	Liverpool
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 36,885 Referee: R. Milford

23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) 7	Norwich City	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Norwich
	Phillips 48' Bowen 57'	Report	Gascoigne 20' Lineker 34'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,095 Referee: V. Callow

30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) 8	Millwall	0–1	Norwich City	London
		Report	Bowen 60'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,295 Referee: L. Shapter

14 October 1989 (1989-10-14) 9	Norwich City	2–0	Chelsea	Norwich
	Bowen 14' Fleck 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 19,042 Referee: T. Simpson

21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 10	Luton Town	4–1	Norwich City	Luton
	Black 4' Dreyer 54' Wilson 65' Williams 76'	Report	Allen 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,038 Referee: B. Stevens/Coaten

28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 11	Norwich City	1–1	Everton	Norwich
	Linighan 45'	Report	Cottee 67'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,637 Referee: D. Hedges

4 November 1989 (1989-11-04) 12	Arsenal	4–3	Norwich City	London
	Quinn 55' Dixon 60' (pen.) 90' O'Leary 78'	Report	Allen 19' Phillips 30' Sherwood 76'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,338 Referee: G. Tyson

11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) 13	Norwich City	2–0	Aston Villa	Norwich
	Mountfield 46' (o.g.) Linighan 68'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,186 Referee: H. King

18 November 1989 (1989-11-18) 14	Norwich City	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Norwich
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16,064 Referee: K. Barratt

25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) 15	Coventry City	1–0	Norwich City	Coventry
	Regis 85'	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,999 Referee: R. Dilkes

2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) 16	Norwich City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Norwich
	Townsend 22' (pen.) King 42' (o.g.)	Report	Hirst 14'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 15,341 Referee: R. Lewis

9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) 17	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Norwich City	Nottingham
		Report	Bowen 44'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 18,939 Referee: R. Dilkes

16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) 18	Norwich City	1–0	Derby County	Norwich
	Rosario 16'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16,184 Referee: M. Bailey

26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) 19	Manchester City	1–0	Norwich City	Manchester
	Allen 86'	Report		Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 29,534 Referee: M. Reed

30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) 20	Crystal Palace	1–0	Norwich City	London
	Wright 58'	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 14,250 Referee: R. Groves

1 January 1990 (1990-01-01) 21	Norwich City	0–1	Wimbledon	Norwich
		Report	Gibson 90'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16,680 Referee: D. Phillips

13 January 1990 (1990-01-13) 22	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Norwich City	London
	Falco 49' Clarke 83'	Report	Gordon 70'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,439 Referee: G. Courtney

21 January 1990 (1990-01-21) 23	Norwich City	2–0	Manchester United	Norwich
	Fleck 70' 85'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,370 Referee: T. Holbrook

4 February 1990 (1990-02-04) 24	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Norwich City	London
	Lineker 24' 47' 63' (pen.) Howells 44'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 19,599 Referee: J.Martin

10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) 25	Norwich City	0–0	Liverpool	Norwich
		Report	Hysen 51'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,210 Referee: L. Shapter

27 February 1990 (1990-02-27) 26	Southampton	4–1	Norwich City	Southampton
	Le Tissier 55' 62' 87' Moore 82'	Report	Allen 18'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,688 Referee: R. Hamer

3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) 27	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Norwich City	London
		Report	Fleck 25'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 7,918 Referee: P. Foulkes

10 March 1990 (1990-03-10) 28	Chelsea	0–0	Norwich City	London
		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,796 Referee: N. Midgley

14 March 1990 (1990-03-14) 29	Norwich City	0–0	Coventry City	Norwich
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,673 Referee: J. Moules

17 March 1990 (1990-03-17) 30	Norwich City	1–1	Millwall	Norwich
	Townsend 79' Fleck	Report	Sheringham 59' Wood	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,599 Referee: J. Kirkby

24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 31	Everton	3–1	Norwich City	Liverpool
	Cottee 47' 60' Sharp 85'	Report	Phillips 58'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 21,707 Referee: R. Hart

31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) 32	Norwich City	2–0	Luton Town	Norwich
	Townsend 27' (pen.) Bowen 48'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,451 Referee: D. Hedges

4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 33	Norwich City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Norwich
	Sherwood 14' O'Reilly 37' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 12,640 Referee: P. Wright

14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) 34	Wimbledon	1–1	Norwich City	London
	Fashanu 55'	Report	Bowen 42'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 4,638 Referee: K. Burge

16 April 1990 (1990-04-16) 35	Norwich City	0–1	Manchester City	Norwich
		Report	Heath 4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,914 Referee: D. Elleray

21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 36	Derby County	0–2	Norwich City	Derby
		Report	Rosario 7' Fox 73'	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 13,758 Referee: P. Don

28 April 1990 (1990-04-28) 37	Aston Villa	3–3	Norwich City	Birmingham
	McGrath 63' Cascarino 65' Platt 68'	Report	Fox 30' Mountfield 79' (o.g.) Rosario 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,968 Referee: R. Milford

5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 38	Norwich City	2–2	Arsenal	Norwich
	Bowen 13' Fox 45'	Report	Smith 44' 77'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 19,256 Referee: J. Martin

FA Cup

6 January 1990 (1990-01-06) Third Round	Exeter City	1–1	Norwich City	Exeter
	Rowbotham 85'	Report	Fleck 86'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 9,061 Referee: P. Foakes

10 January 1990 (1990-01-10) Third Round Replay	Norwich City	2–0	Exeter	Norwich
	Rosario 7' Gordon 76'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 18,202 Referee: P. Foakes

28 January 1990 (1990-01-28) Fourth Round	Norwich City	0–0	Liverpool	Norwich
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,152 Referee: K. Hackett

31 January 1990 (1990-01-31) Fourth Round Replay	Liverpool	3–1	Norwich City	Liverpool
	Nicol 18' Barnes 56' Beardsley 64' (pen.)	Report	Fleck 20'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 29,339 Referee: K. Hackett

League Cup

20 September 1989 (1989-09-20) Second Round, First Leg	Norwich City	1–1	Rotherham United	Norwich
	Fleck 32'	Report	Williamson 41'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 9,531 Referee: R. Wiseman

3 October 1989 (1989-10-03) Second Round, Second Leg	Rotherham United	0–2	Norwich City	Rotherham
		Report	Gordon 7' Fleck 29'	Stadium: Millmoor Ground Attendance: 9,064 Referee: K. Breen

25 October 1989 (1989-10-25) Third Round	Manchester City	3–1	Norwich City	Manchester
	White 31' Bishop 51' Allen 85'	Report	Fleck 90'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 20,126 Referee: T. Holbrook

Full Members Cup

29 November 1989 (1989-11-29) Second Round	Norwich City	5–0	Brighton and Hove Albion	Norwich
	Mortensen 19' Crook 41' Sherwood 51' Gordon 52' Rosario 72'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 5,704 Referee: D. Elleray

24 January 1990 (1990-01-24) Quarter-Final	Swindon Town	4–1	Norwich City	Swindon
	Shearer 33' Foley 43' Bodin 73' White 87'	Report	Phillips 37'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,314 Referee: G. Ashby

Source:^[22]

Appearances

Pos	Player	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Full Members Cup			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Subs	Goals
Goalkeepers
GK	Bryan Gunn	37	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	46	0	0
GK	Mark Walton	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
Defenders
RB	Ian Culverhouse	31	1	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	1	0	0	36	1	0
LB	Mark Bowen	38	0	7	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	47	0	7
CB	Ian Butterworth	22	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	29	0	0
CB	Andy Linighan	37	0	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	46	0	2
RCB	Adrian Pennock	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0
CB	Nicky Tanner	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	0
Midfielders
CM	Andy Townsend	35	0	3	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	44	0	3
CM	Ian Crook	34	1	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	43	1	1
RW	Dale Gordon	26	0	3	4	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	35	0	6
LW	David Phillips	38	0	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	47	0	5
DM	Tim Sherwood	22	5	3	–	–	–	3	0	0	1	1	1	26	6	4
AM	Ruel Fox	6	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	3
AM	Henrik Mortensen	12	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	13	3	1
CM	Jeremy Goss	3	4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0
CM	Paul Cook	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0
CM	David Smith	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0
Forwards
ST	Robert Fleck	25	2	7	4	0	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	34	2	12
ST	Robert Rosario	29	2	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	38	2	7
ST	Malcolm Allen	9	3	3	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	1	0	9	5	3
ST	Dean Coney	6	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	0
ST	Lee Power	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0

Source:^[22]

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Player	Division One	FA Cup	League Cup	Full Members Cup	Total
1	ST	Robert Fleck	7	2	3	0	12
2	LB	Mark Bowen	7	0	0	0	7
2	ST	Robert Rosario	5	0	1	1	7
3	RW	Dale Gordon	3	1	1	1	6
4	LW	David Phillips	4	0	0	1	5
5	RB/DM	Tim Sherwood	3	0	0	1	4
6	CM	Andy Townsend	3	0	0	0	3
	ST	Malcolm Allen	3	0	0	0	3
	RW	Ruel Fox	3	0	0	0	3
7	CB	Andy Linighan	2	0	0	0	2
8	CM	Ian Crook	0	0	0	1	1
8	ST	Henrik Mortensen	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals			4	0	0	0	4

Source:^[22]

Notes

References

^ "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Norwich City football club match record: 1990". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "Norwich CITY squad 1989/90". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 1991 Club Directory p.395
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 327
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 310
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 343
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 298
^ 1991 Club Directory p.351
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 309
^ 1991 Club Directory p.365
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 314
^ 1991 Club Directory p.165
^ 1991 Club Directory p.643
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 235
^ 1991 Club Directory p.463
^ 1991 Club Directory p. 373
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 209
^ Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 336
^ ^a ^b Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 326
^ "League Division One end of season table for 1989-90 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 433

Bibliography

Davage, Mike; Eastwood, John; Platt, Kevan (2002). Canary Citizens Centenary Edition. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0711720207.
Barclays League Club Directory 1991: Editor Tony Williams ISBN 1-873057-00-8

[1] "Norwich City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[2] "Norwich City football club match record: 1990". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[3] "Norwich CITY squad 1989/90". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[NorwichSquad-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 1991 Club Directory p.395

[5] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 327

[6] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 310

[7] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 343

[8] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 298

[9] 1991 Club Directory p.351

[10] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 309

[11] 1991 Club Directory p.365

[12] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 314

[13] 1991 Club Directory p.165

[14] 1991 Club Directory p.643

[15] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 235

[16] 1991 Club Directory p.463

[17] 1991 Club Directory p. 373

[18] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 209

[19] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 336

[Sheffield-20] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 326

[21] "League Division One end of season table for 1989-90 season". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[1989-90_season-22] Davage, Eastwood & Platt 2002, p. 433

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