1989–90 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County F.C.
1989–90 season
Manager	Arthur Cox
Football League First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
	← 1987–88 1990–91 →

This article documents the 1989–90 season of football club Derby County F.C.

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Manchester City	38	12	12	14	43	52	−9	48
15	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	42	66	−24	48
16	Derby County	38	13	7	18	43	40	+3	46
17	Luton Town	38	10	13	15	43	57	−14	43
18	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	38	11	10	17	35	51	−16	43	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Results

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First Division

19 August 1989 1	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Derby County	London
		^[4]		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 8,543

23 August 1989 2	Derby County	1–1	Wimbledon	Derby
	Cork 28'	^[5]	Hebberd 84'	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 13,874

26 August 1989 3	Derby County	2–0	Manchester United	Derby
	Goddard Saunders	^[6]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 22,175

30 August 1989 4	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Derby County	Nottingham
	Crosby Pearce	^[7]	Hodge o.g.'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,060

9 September 1989 5	Derby County	0–3	Liverpool	Derby
		^[8]	Rush Barnes Beardsley	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,034

16 September 1989 6	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Derby County	London
		^[9]	Saunders	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,697

23 September 1989 7	Derby County	0–1	Southampton	Derby
		^[10]	Wallace	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 13,694

30 September 1989 8	Aston Villa	1–0	Derby County	Birmingham
	Platt	^[11]		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 16,245

14 October 1989 9	Derby County	3–1	Crystal Palace	Derby
	Goddard x2 Saunders pen.'	^[12]	Pardew	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,535

21 October 1989 10	Derby County	0–1	Chelsea	Derby
		^[13]	Dixon	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,279

28 October 1989 11	Arsenal	1–1	Derby County	London
	Smith	^[14]	Goddard	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,189

4 November 1989 12	Luton Town	1–0	Derby County	Luton
	Dowie	^[15]		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,919

11 November 1989 13	Derby County	6–0	Manchester City	Derby
	Wright Hebberd Saunders pen.' x2 Goddard Micklewhite	^[16]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 19,239

18 November 1989 14	Derby County	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Derby
	Goddard Saunders	^[17]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 18,085

25 November 1989 15	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Derby County	London
	Stewart	^[18]	Saunders Goddard	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 28,075

2 December 1989 16	Derby County	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Derby
	Saunders Micklewhite	^[19]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,590

9 December 1989 17	Wimbledon	1–1	Derby County	London
	Scales	^[20]	Goddard	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 5,024

16 December 1989 18	Norwich City	1–0	Derby County	Norwich
	Scales	^[21]	Rosario	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 16,184

26 December 1989 19	Derby County	0–1	Everton	Derby
		^[22]	McCall	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 21,314

30 December 1989 20	Derby County	4–1	Coventry City	Derby
	Pickering Hebberd x2 Ramage	^[23]	Speedie	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,011

1 January 1990 21	Millwall	1–1	Derby County	London
	Dawes	^[24]	Pickering	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,790

12 January 1990 22	Manchester United	1–2	Derby County	Manchester
	Pallister	^[25]	Wright Pickering	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 38,985

20 January 1990 23	Derby County	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Derby
		^[26]	Hodge Jemson	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 24,176

10 February 1990 24	Derby County	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Derby
	Gee Saunders	^[27]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,445

24 February 1990 25	Derby County	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Derby
	Saunders Harford	^[28]	Moncur	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 19,676

3 March 1990 26	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Derby County	Sheffield
	Sheridan	^[29]		Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 21,811

10 March 1990 27	Southampton	2–1	Derby County	Southampton
	Wallace Le Tissier	^[30]	Saunders	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,430

17 March 1990 28	Derby County	0–1	Aston Villa	Derby
		^[31]	Ormondroyd	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 21,062

20 March 1990 29	Crystal Palace	1–1	Derby County	London
	Gray	^[32]	Wright	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,051

24 March 1990 30	Derby County	1–3	Arsenal	Derby
	Briscoe	^[33]	Hayes x2 Campbell	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,514

31 March 1990 31	Chelsea	1–1	Derby County	London
	Wilson	^[34]	Harford	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 14,265

7 April 1990 32	Coventry City	1–0	Derby County	Coventry
	Wright	^[35]		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,157

14 April 1990 33	Derby County	2–0	Millwall	Derby
	Harford x2	^[36]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 13,718

16 April 1990 34	Everton	2–1	Derby County	Liverpool
	Atteveld Sheedy	^[37]	Wright	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 23,933

21 April 1990 35	Derby County	0–2	Norwich City	Derby
		^[38]	Rosario Fox	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 13,758

28 April 1990 36	Manchester City	0–1	Derby County	Manchester
		^[39]	Wright	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 29,542

1 May 1990 37	Liverpool	1–0	Derby County	Liverpool
	Gillespie	^[40]		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 38,038

5 May 1990 38	Derby County	2–3	Luton Town	Derby
	Wright Williams	^[41]	Breacker Black x2	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,044

FA Cup

7 January 1990 Third round	Port Vale	1–1	Derby County	Stoke-on-Trent
			Hebberd	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 17,478

10 January 1990 Third round	Derby County	2–3	Port Vale	Derby
	Ramage Francis			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 21,389

League Cup

19 September 1989 Second round First Leg	Cambridge United	2–1	Derby County	Cambridge
		^[42]	Goddard	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,333

4 October 1989 Second round Second Leg	Derby County	5–0 (6–2 agg.)	Cambridge United	Derby
	McMinn Saunders x3 Goddard	^[43]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 12,525

25 October 1989 Third round	Derby County	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Derby
	Saunders x2	^[44]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 18,042

22 November 1989 Fourth Round	Derby County	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Derby
	McMinn x2	^[45]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 21,313

17 January 1990 Quarter Final	West Ham United	1–1	Derby County	London
	Dicks	^[46]	Saunders	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 25,035

24 January 1990 Quarter Final Replay	Derby County	0–0	West Ham United	Derby
		^[47]		Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 22,510

31 January 1990 Quarter Final Second Replay	West Ham United	2–1	Derby County	London
	Slater Keen	^[48]	Saunders	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 25,166

Full Members' Cup

29 November 1989 Northern Section Round 2	West Bromwich Albion	0–5	Derby County	West Bromwich
		^[49]		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 4,880

20 December 1989 Northern Section Round 3	Newcastle United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Derby County	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
		^[50]		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 6,800

Squad

^[51] 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	Peter Shilton
—	GK	ENG	Martin Taylor
—	DF	ENG	Jon Davidson
—	DF	ENG	Rob Hindmarch
—	DF	ENG	Paul Blades
—	DF	ENG	Michael Forsyth
—	DF	ENG	Mark Wright
—	DF	ENG	Paul Williams
—	DF	ENG	Jason Kavanagh
—	DF	ENG	Mark Patterson
—	DF	ENG	Robbie Briscoe
—	DF	ENG	Mel Sage
—	DF	ENG	Brian McCord
—	MF	ENG	Nick Pickering


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Steve Hayward
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Hebberd
—	MF	ENG	Gary Micklewhite
—	MF	ENG	Craig Ramage
—	MF	WAL	Geraint Williams
—	MF	ENG	Martyn Chalk
—	MF	SCO	Ted McMinn
—	MF	ENG	Steve Cross
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Francis
—	FW	ENG	Phil Gee
—	FW	ENG	Paul Goddard
—	FW	ENG	Mick Harford
—	FW	WAL	Dean Saunders

References

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

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

[3] "Derby County – Fixtures & Results 1989/1990".

[4] "Charlton Athletic – Derby County 0:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 1. Round)".

[5] "Derby County – Wimbledon FC 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 2. Round)".

[6] "Derby County – Manchester United 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 3. Round)".

[7] "Nottingham Forest – Derby County 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 4. Round)".

[8] "Derby County – Liverpool FC 0:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 5. Round)".

[9] "Queens Park Rangers – Derby County 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 6. Round)".

[10] "Derby County – Southampton FC 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 7. Round)".

[11] "Aston Villa – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 8. Round)".

[12] "Derby County – Crystal Palace 3:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 9. Round)".

[13] "Derby County – Chelsea FC 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 10. Round)".

[14] "Arsenal FC – Derby County 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 11. Round)".

[15] "Luton Town – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 12. Round)".

[16] "Derby County – Manchester City 6:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 13. Round)".

[17] "Derby County – Sheffield Wednesday 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 14. Round)".

[18] "Tottenham Hotspur – Derby County 1:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 15. Round)".

[19] "Derby County – Charlton Athletic 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 16. Round)".

[20] "Wimbledon FC – Derby County 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 17. Round)".

[21] "Norwich City – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 18. Round)".

[22] "Derby County – Everton FC 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 19. Round)".

[23] "Derby County – Coventry City 4:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 20. Round)".

[24] "Millwall FC – Derby County 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 21. Round)".

[25] "Manchester United – Derby County 1:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 22. Round)".

[26] "Derby County – Nottingham Forest 0:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 23. Round)".

[27] "Derby County – Queens Park Rangers 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 25. Round)".

[28] "Derby County – Tottenham Hotspur 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 27. Round)".

[29] "Sheffield Wednesday – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 28. Round)".

[30] "Southampton FC – Derby County 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 24. Round)".

[31] "Derby County – Aston Villa 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 30. Round)".

[32] "Crystal Palace – Derby County 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 29. Round)".

[33] "Derby County – Arsenal FC 1:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 31. Round)".

[34] "Chelsea FC – Derby County 1:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 32. Round)".

[35] "Coventry City – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 33. Round)".

[36] "Derby County – Millwall FC 2:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 34. Round)".

[37] "Everton FC – Derby County 2:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 35. Round)".

[38] "Derby County – Norwich City 0:2 (Premier League 1989/1990, 36. Round)".

[39] "Manchester City – Derby County 0:1 (Premier League 1989/1990, 37. Round)".

[40] "Liverpool FC – Derby County 1:0 (Premier League 1989/1990, 26. Round)".

[41] "Derby County – Luton Town 2:3 (Premier League 1989/1990, 38. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

[42] "Cambridge United v Derby County, 19 September 1989".

[43] "Derby County v Cambridge United, 04 October 1989".

[44] "Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday, 25 October 1989".

[45] "Derby County v West Bromwich Albion, 22 November 1989".

[46] "West Ham United v Derby County, 17 January 1990".

[47] "Derby County v West Ham United, 24 January 1990".

[48] "West Ham United v Derby County, 31 January 1990".

[49] "West Bromwich Albion v Derby County, 29 November 1989".

[50] "Newcastle United v Derby County, 20 December 1989".

[51] "All Derby County players: 1990".

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