1988/89
Division Three Sat 27 Aug BRISTOL CITY D 0-0 6 285 - Sat 3 Sep blackpool W 1-0 4 669 8 Mills Sat 10 NORTHAMPTON TOWN L 0-1 6 340 14 Sat 17 wolverhampton w. D 0-0 10 870 15 Tue 20 huddersfield town L 1-3 5 655 16 Yates Sat 24 PRESTON NORTH END D 0-0 5 045 18 Sat 1 Oct mansfield town D 1-1 5 908 19 McParland Tue 4 CHESTERFIELD W 4-0 4 520 14 Thorpe,McStay,Yates,Pike(pen) Sun 9 CHESTER CITY D 2-2 5 771 16 Birtles 2 Sat 15 bristol rovers L 0-2 4 183 17 Sat 22 READING D 3-3 5 170 18 Thorpe,Law,Mills(pen) Sat 29 FULHAM L 0-1 5 214 19 Sat 5 Nov bury D 1-1 2 692 18 Lund Tue 8 brentford L 1-2 4 013 19 O�Riordan Sat 12 SOUTHEND UNITED D 1-1 5 037 19 Mills Sat 26 GILLINGHAM L 1-2 4 611 20 Rimmer Sat 3 Dec aldershot W 3-2 2 191 19 Kevan,Lund,Rimmer Sun 18 wigan athletic W 1-0 3 016 18 McParland Mon 26 SHEFFIELD UNITED L 1-4 11 590 19 Pike Sat 31 BOLTON WANDERERS W 2-0 5 097 18 Lund,Law Mon 2 Jan port vale L 0-1 7 084 19 Sat 7 swansea city L 0-2 5 808 20 Sat 14 BLACKPOOL D 1-1 4 748 21 Lund Sat 21 northampton town W 3-1 3 704 18 McParland 2(1pen),Draper Sun 29 WOLVERHAMPTON W. D 1-1 9 058 18 O�Riordan Sat 4 Feb MANSFIELD TOWN W 2-1 5 924 17 Pike,Coleman(og) Sat 11 chesterfield L 0-3 4 943 18 Sat 18 chester city L 0-1 3 165 19 Sat 25 BRISTOL ROVERS W 1-0 5 176 19 Barnes Tue 28 CARDIFF CITY W 2-0 4 266 17 Kevan,Withe Sat 4 Mar reading W 3-1 4 153 14 Barnes 3 Sat 11 BURY W 3-0 5 727 12 Lund,Barnes,McParland Tue 14 fulham L 1-2 3 402 12 McParland(pen) Sat 18 bristol city W 4-0 6 407 10 Barnes 2,O�Riordan,Draper Sat 25 PORT VALE L 1-4 7 328 12 Yates Mon 27 sheffield united D 1-1 13 039 12 Yates Sat 1 Apr WIGAN ATHLETIC W 1-0 4 929 12 Thorpe Tue 4 SWANSEA CITY W 1-0 3 940 10 Lund Sat 8 bolton wanderers D 3-3 4 521 11 Turner,Thorpe,Crombie(og) Sat 15 preston north end L 0-3 6 735 12 Tue 18 cardiff city W 1-0 3 073 12 Yates Sat 22 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN W 3-0 5 499 8 Draper,Johnsom 2 Fri 28 southend united D 1-1 3 931 9 Johnson Mon 1 May BRENTFORD W 3-0 4 989 9 Lund,Bates(og),Yates Sat 6 ALDERSHOT W 4-1 4 261 8 Lund,Turner,Johnson,Law(pen) Sat 13 gillingham L 1-2 2 871 9 Law(pen) F.A CUP Sat 19 Nov darlington(r1) W 2-1 2 110 Thorpe,Pike Sat 10 Dec hartlepool united(r2) L 0-1 3 182 LEAGUE CUP Tue 30 Aug MANSFIELD TOWN(R1/L1) W 5-0 4 428 McParland 3,Pike,Mills Tue 6 Sep mansfield town(r1/L2) L 0-1 2 695 Tue 27 TOTTENHAM H(R2/L1) D 1-1 9 279 Birtles Tue 11 Oct tottenham h(r2/L2) L 1-2 14 953 Thorpe Associate Members Cup Tue 29 Nov mansfield town (pr) D 1-1 2 477 Yates Tue 6 Dec CHESTERFIELD (PR) D 1-1 2 005 Yates Tue 17 Jan brentford (r1) L 0-2 3 194
Final League Table W D L GD Pts 1. Wolverhampton W. 26 14 6 +47 92 2. Sheffield United 25 9 12 +39 84 3. Port Vale 24 12 10 +30 84 4. Fulham 22 9 15 +2 75 5. Bristol Rovers 19 17 10 +16 74 6. Preston North End 19 15 12 +19 72 7. Brentford 18 14 14 +5 68 8. Chester City 19 11 16 +3 68 9. Notts County 18 13 15 +10 67 10. Bolton Wanderers 16 16 14 +4 64 11. Bristol City 18 9 19 -2 63 12. Swansea City 15 16 15 -2 61 13. Bury 16 13 17 -12 61 14. Huddersfield Town 17 9 20 -10 60 15. Mansfield Town 14 17 15 -4 59 16. Cardiff City 14 15 17 -12 57 17. Wigan Athletic 14 14 18 +2 56 18. Reading 15 11 20 -4 56 19. Blackpool 14 13 19 -3 55 20. Northampton Town 16 6 24 -10 54 21. Southend United 13 15 18 -19 54 22. Chesterfield 14 7 25 -35 49 23. Gillingham 12 4 30 -34 40 24. Aldershot 8 13 25 -30 37
Managers John Barnwell Sacked on November 28th John Newman (Caretaker) December 2nd - January 5th Neil Warnock Joined from Scarborough on January 5th, Took charge of the team from the Blackpool home game. Goalkeepers Age League Apps. Mick Leonard 29 27 Left for Chesterfield in February Steve Cherry 28 18 Joined from Chesterfield in February Aidan Davison 20 1 Defenders Chris Withe 26 45 Left for Bury after the end of the season Nicky Law 27 42 (2) Joined from Plymouth Argyle pre-season Dean Yates 21 41 Willie McStay 27 27 (6) Wayne Fairclough 20 14 (6) Charlie Palmer 25 11 Joined from Hull City in February David Norton 23 8 Joined from Aston Villa pre-season Midfield Don O�Riordan 31 40 (3) Joined from Grimsby Town pre-season Geoff Pike 32 34 (2) Left for Leyton Orient at the end of the season Gary Mills 27 29 Left for Leicester City in March Mark Draper 18 16 (4) David Kevan 20 16 (2) Phil Turner 26 16 Joined from Leicester City in March Forwards Gary Lund 24 37 (5) Adrian Thorpe 25 26 (10)Left for Walsall after the end of the season Ian McParland 27 19 (4) Left for Hull City in March Garry Birtles 32 19 (1) Left for Grimsby Town after end of season Paul Barnes 21 11 (4) Tommy Johnson 17 6 (4) Stuart Rimmer 24 3 (1) Joined from Watford in November, left for Walsall later on in the seasonplayers ages correct as of 31st December 1988.
Notts County FC 1988/89
Back row; Machin, Fairclough, Atkin, Leonard, Davison,
Norton, Draper, Johnson
Middle row; Barnwell(Manager), Walker(Coach), Law,
Yates, Smalley, Lund, Jackson, Kevan, Hart(Youth), Newman(Asst.Man)
Front row; Withe, McParland, McStay, Birtles, Pike,
O'Riordan, Mills, Thorpe
Home colours
The third and final strip designed for Notts
by Admiral was used for just this one
season - Two broad black stripes, black shorts,
black socks, and - for the the very
first time - yellow trimming (albeit subtle).
Home Ales continued as the sponsor
Change colours
Notts favoured the yellow strip with black trim
which had been the 3rd choice kit in 1987/88.
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