# 1989–90 Swindon Town F.C. season

The 1989–90 season was Swindon Town's third season in the Division Two since their promotion from the third tier of English football in 1987. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Full Members Cup.

## Second Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Sheffield United (P) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 85 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 80 | 55 | +25 | 80 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 4 | Swindon Town (O) | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 74 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 74 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 6 | Sunderland (P) | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 74 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
* 1 2 Swindon Town were disqualified from promotion after being found guilty of making illegal payments, and the play-off runners-up Sunderland were promoted in their place.

### Second Division play-offs

The semifinals were decided over two legs. The final consisted of only a single match. The full results can be found at: Football League Division Two play-offs 1990.
| Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990 | Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990 | Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990 | Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990 | Semifinals 1st leg – 13 May; 2nd leg – 16 May 1990 | Final at Wembley 28 May 1990 | Final at Wembley 28 May 1990 | Final at Wembley 28 May 1990 |
| 3rd | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 6th | Sunderland | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 6th | Sunderland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | Sunderland | 0 |
| | | | | | 4th | Swindon Town | 1 |
| 4th | Swindon Town | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4th | Swindon Town | 1 |
| 5th | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
* ↑ Following successful prosecutions against Swindon Town and the club chairman, Brian Hillier, after they admitted 36 breaches of League rules — 35 of which are related to illegal payments, Swindon remained in the Second Division and Sunderland took their promotion place (see History of Swindon Town F.C.).

## Results and Line-Ups
### Division Two

| Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 19/08/89 | Sunderland | H | 0-2 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Cornwell$_1$ | Ardiles$_2$ |
| 26/08/89 | Oldham Athletic | A | 2-2 | Digby | Barnard | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin | Galvin | Shearer$_1$ | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Summerbee | Ardiles$_1$ |
| 03/09/89 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 3-1 | Digby | Barnard$_2$ | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer$_1$ | White | MacLaren | Galvin | Cornwell$_2$ | Summerbee$_1$ |
| 09/09/89 | West Ham United | A | 1-1 | Digby | Barnard | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Close | White | MacLaren | Galvin$_1$ | Cornwell$_1$ | Hunt |
| 12/09/89 | Sheffield United | A | 0-2 | Digby | Barnard$_2$ | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Close | White | MacLaren | Galvin | Cornwell$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
| 16/09/89 | Barnsley | H | 0-0 | Digby | Barnard | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | Close | MacLaren$_2$ | Simpson | Bodin$_1$ | Hunt$_2$ |
| 23/09/89 | Leeds United | A | 0-4 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | Bodin | MacLaren | Simpson$_1$ | Close | Galvin$_1$ |
| 26/09/89 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 3-0 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer$_2$ | Close | MacLaren | Simpson | Bodin$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ |
| 30/09/89 | Bradford City | A | 1-1 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin$_1$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | Bodin | MacLaren | Galvin$_2$ | Simpson$_2$ | White$_1$ |
| 07/10/89 | Hull City | A | 3-2 | Digby | Hockaday | King$_1$ | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin | Bodin | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Close | Jones$_1$ |
| 14/10/89 | Ipswich Town | H | 3-0 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Bodin$_1$ | Galvin | Cornwell$_1$ |
| 17/10/89 | Oxford United | H | 3-0 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin | Jones | Hunt$_2$ | White | MacLaren | Bodin$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ | Cornwell$_1$ |
| 21/10/89 | Leicester City | A | 1-2 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Parkin | Jones | Hunt | White | MacLaren | Bodin | Cornwell | Gittens |
| 01/11/89 | Brighton | A | 2-1 | Digby | Hockaday | King$_1$ | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_2$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Bodin$_1$ | Hunt$_2$ |
| 04/11/89 | Stoke City | H | 6-0 | Digby | Hockaday | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson$_1$ | Cornwell | Hunt |
| 11/11/89 | Middlesbrough | A | 2-0 | Digby | Cornwell | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson$_1$ | Close | Galvin$_1$ |
| 18/11/89 | Port Vale | A | 0-2 | Digby | Cornwell$_1$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_2$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Foley$_1$ | Close$_2$ |
| 26/11/89 | Portsmouth | H | 2-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren$_1$ | Simpson | Foley$_1$ | Cornwell |
| 02/12/89 | Sunderland | A | 2-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley$_2$ | Cornwell$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
| 05/12/89 | Bournemouth | H | 2-3 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson$_1$ | Cornwell | Simpson$_1$ |
| 10/12/89 | Sheffield United | H | 0-2 | Digby | Kerslake$_1$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_1$ | Hunt |
| 17/12/89 | West Brom | A | 2-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_2$ | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ |
| 26/12/89 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 4-3 | Digby | Kerslake$_2$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_2$ | Hockaday$_1$ |
| 30/12/89 | Newcastle United | H | 1-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Cornwell | Hockaday$_1$ |
| 01/01/90 | Watford | A | 2-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_1$ | Hockaday |
| 13/01/90 | Oldham Athletic | H | 3-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_1$ | Close |
| 20/01/90 | Wolves | A | 1-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Cornwell | Hockaday$_1$ |
| 04/02/90 | Leeds United | H | 3-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Hockaday | Hunt |
| 10/02/90 | Barnsley | A | 1-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_2$ | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_2$ | Close$_1$ |
| 18/02/90 | West Ham United | H | 2-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Hockaday | Close |
| 24/02/90 | Portsmouth | A | 1-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley | Hockaday | Simpson$_1$ |
| 03/03/90 | Port Vale | H | 3-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren$_2$ | Foley$_1$ | Hockaday$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
| 06/03/90 | Bradford City | H | 3-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin$_2$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Hockaday$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
| 10/03/90 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 3-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Cornwell | Hockaday |
| 17/03/90 | Hull City | H | 1-3 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Hockaday | Close$_1$ |
| 20/03/90 | Ipswich Town | A | 0-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White$_2$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Hockaday$_1$ | Close$_2$ |
| 24/03/09 | Oxford United | A | 2-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren$_1$ | Simpson | Cornwell$_1$ | Close |
| 31/03/90 | Leicester City | H | 1-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren$_1$ | Simpson | Hockaday$_1$ | Close |
| 07/04/90 | Bournemouth | A | 2-1 | Dearden | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin$_2$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Close$_1$ | Cornwell$_2$ |
| 10/04/90 | Brighton | H | 1-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer$_1$ | White | MacLaren | Simpson$_2$ | Hockaday$_2$ | Close$_1$ |
| 14/04/90 | Watford | H | 2-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin$_2$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson$_1$ | Foley$_1$ | Close$_2$ |
| 16/04/90 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1-2 | Digby | Kerslake$_2$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Simpson$_1$ | Cornwell$_2$ |
| 21/04/90 | West Brom | H | 2-1 | Digby | Hockaday | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Simpson$_1$ | Close |
| 25/04/90 | Newcastle United | A | 0-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell | Simpson |
| 28/04/90 | Middlesbrough | H | 1-1 | Digby | Kerslake$_2$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Simpson$_1$ | Hockaday$_2$ |
| 05/05/90 | Stoke City | A | 1-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer$_2$ | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
$_1$ 1st Substitution, $_2$ 2nd Substitution.

### Division Two play-offs

| Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 13/05/90 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin$_1$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Simpson$_1$ | Cornwell |
| 16/05/90 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin$_1$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Simpson$_1$ | Hockaday |
| 28/05/90 | Sunderland | N | 1-0 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Simpson | Hockaday |
$_1$ 1st Substitution, $_2$ 2nd Substitution.

### FA Cup

| Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 06/01/90 | Bristol City | A | 1-2 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell | Hockaday$_1$ |
$_1$ 1st Substitution, $_2$ 2nd Substitution.

### League Cup

| Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 19/09/89 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 3-0 | Digby | Hockaday | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer$_1$ | Bodin | MacLaren | Simpson$_2$ | Close$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ |
| 03/10/89 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 3-1 | Digby | Hockaday | King$_2$ | Bodin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | McLoughlin$_1$ | Close$_2$ |
| 24/10/89 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3-3 | Digby | Hockaday$_1$ | King | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Bodin$_2$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Simpson | Hunt$_2$ | Jones$_1$ |
| 07/11/89 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1-1 | Digby | Hockaday$_1$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_2$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Cornwell$_1$ | Hunt$_2$ |
| 14/11/89 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1-1 | Digby | Cornwell | Bodin | McLoughlin$_2$ | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Close$_1$ | Galvin$_2$ |
| 21/11/89 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2-1 | Digby | Cornwell$_1$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Foley | Shearer | White$_2$ | MacLaren | Simpson | Galvin$_1$ | Close$_2$ |
| 29/11/89 | Southampton | H | 0-0 | Digby | Kerslake$_2$ | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White$_1$ | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_2$ | Simpson$_1$ |
| 16/01/89 | Southampton | A | 2-4 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones$_1$ | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Cornwell$_1$ | Close |
$_1$ 1st Substitution, $_2$ 2nd Substitution.

### Full Members Cup

| Date | Opposition | V | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| 13/12/89 | Millwall | H | 2-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley$_1$ | Cornwell$_1$ | Hunt |
| 24/01/90 | Norwich City | H | 4-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Hockaday | Close |
| 13/02/90 | Crystal Palace | A | 0-1 | Digby | Kerslake | Bodin | McLoughlin | Calderwood | Gittens | Jones | Shearer | White | MacLaren | Foley | Hockaday | Cornwell |
$_1$ 1st Substitution, $_2$ 2nd Substitution.