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. 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

Results

Division One

FA Cup

League Cup

Full Members Cup

• Source:^[22]

Appearances

Pos	Player	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Full Members Cup			Total
		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
	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
	ST	Henrik Mortensen	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals			4	0	0	0	4

• Source:^[22]

Notes

References

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