1988–89 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

1988-89 season
Chairman	Gordon McKeag
Manager	Willie McFaul to 9 October Colin Suggett caretaker until 14 December Jim Smith
Stadium	St James' Park
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Mirandinha (9) All: Mirandinha (11)
Highest home attendance	33,508 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance	14,445 (vs. West Ham United)
Average home league attendance	22,815
Home colours Away colours
← 1987-88 1989-90 →

During the 1988-89 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League First Division. During the summer the club invested heavily in their squad, F.A. Cup winners Dave Beasant and Andy Thorn were signed for £850,000 each, Scotsmen John Robertson and John Hendrie joined for similar fees. This season saw Newcastle United relegated to the Football League Second Division, finishing bottom of the division after a horrible season in which the team changed manager 2 months into the season. Manager Willie McFaul was sacked after a 3-0 home defeat which came exactly a week after the team had beaten current League Champions Liverpool at Anfield. New manager Jim Smith, who struggled to change the teams fortunes, set about 'Wheeling and dealing' that saw many changes to the squad. Out went big money new signings Beasant and Robertson to be replaced by unknown Northern Irishman keeper Tommy Wright and ex-patriate striker Rob MacDonald. Other signings included ex-England international Kenny Sansom, experienced right back Ray Ranson and Danish pair Bjørn Kristensen and Frank Pingel.

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Simod Cup		MCC Trophy		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Dave Beasant	20	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	26	0
GK	Gary Kelly	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
GK	Tommy Wright	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
DF	John Anderson	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	24	1
DF	Steve Howey	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
DF	Peter Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF	Bjørn Kristensen	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0
DF	Ray Ranson	13 (1)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	1
DF	Glenn Roeder	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
DF	Kenny Sansom	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
DF	Kevin Scott	29	0	4	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	36 (1)	0
DF	Andy Thorn	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	31	1
DF	Kenny Wharton	14 (4)	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	23 (4)	0
MF	Ian Bogie	3 (3)	0	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	5 (6)	0
MF	Kevin Brock	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	3
MF	John Cornwell	8 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	11 (2)	0
MF	Albert Craig	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	Archie Gourlay	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	David McCreery	36	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	42	0
MF	Liam O'Brien	17 (3)	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22 (3)	3
MF	Michael O'Neill	17 (10)	4	1 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	21 (11)	5
MF	Lee Payne	6 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	0
MF	David Roche	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
MF	Paul Stephenson	7 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9 (1)	0
MF	Paul Sweeney	6 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	0
MF	Brian Tinnion	12 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	15 (2)	1
FW	Gary Brazil	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	0
FW	John Hendrie	34	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	43	5
FW	Darren Jackson	13 (2)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	18 (2)	2
FW	Anth Lormor	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
FW	Rob McDonald	6 (4)	1	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8 (7)	2
FW	Mirandinha	22 (6)	9	2 (1)	1	2	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	27 (8)	11
FW	Frank Pingel	13 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (1)	1
FW	John Robertson	7 (5)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	9 (7)	0
FW	David Robinson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0

Coaching staff=

Position	Staff
Manager	Jim Smith
Assistant Manager	Bobby Saxton
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Woodman
Development Coach	Nigel Pearson
Chief scout	Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source: [1]

External links

• Newcastle United Football Club - Fixtures 1988-89
• Season Details - 1988-89 - toon1892