Division Three                                                         
Sat 19 Aug  leyton orient          W  1-0   5 364    -   Stant
Sat 26      BLACKPOOL              L  0-1   4 852   13   
Sat  2 Sep  bristol rovers         L  2-3   4 753   18   Yates,Johnsom
Sat  9      READING                D  0-0   4 697   15
Fri 15      chester city           D  3-3   2 394   16   Chapman,Short,Draper
Sat 23      ROTHERHAM UNITED       W  2-0   5 891   13   Chapman 2
Tue 26      BOLTON WANDERERS       W  2-1   5 392   10   Johnson,Lund
Sat 30      swansea city           D  0-0   3 075   10
Sat  7 Oct  walsall                D  2-2   4 592   11   Johnson,Draper
Sat 14      TRANMERE ROVERS        W  1-0   6 332    8   Chapman
Tue 17      bristol city           L  0-2   8 331   12
Sat 21      PRESTON NORTH END      W  2-1   5 276    9   Palmer,Johnson
Sat 28      northampton town       D  0-0   3 734    9
Tue 31      BRENTFORD              W  3-1   4 586    9   Turner,Lund 2
Sat  4 Nov  mansfield town         W  3-1   6 016    7   Robinson,Johnson 2
Sat 11      WIGAN ATHLETIC         D  1-1   5 443    7   Lund
Sat 25      huddersfield town      W  2-1   5 416    6   Turner,Yates
Sat  2 Dec  FULHAM                 W  2-0   5 133    4   Johnson,Robinson
Sat 16      cardiff city           W  3-1   3 610    2   Stant 2,Turner
Tue 26      SHRESBURY TOWN         W  4-0   7 819    1   Stant 2,Yates,Turner
Sat 30      BIRMINGHAM CITY        W  3-2   7 786    1   Palmer,Johnson,Lund
Mon  1 Jan  crewe alexandra        L  0-1   4 786    1
Sat  6      BURY                   L  0-4   6 059    1
Sat 13      blackpool              D  0-0   3 146    2
Sat 20      LEYTON ORIENT          W  1-0   5 344    2   Palmer
Sat  3 Feb  rotherham united       W  2-1   7 218    2   Barnes,Yates
Sat 10      CHESTER CITY           D  0-0   5 184    2
Sat 17      fulham                 L  2-5   4 625    2   Yates,Johnson
Sat 24      HUDDERSFIELD TOWN      W  1-0   7 632    2   Lund
Sat  3 Mar  bury                   L  2-3   3 007    4   Johnson,Draper(pen)
Tue  6      SWANSEA CITY           W  2-1   4 859    4   Lund,Palmer
Sat 10      bolton wanderers       L  0-3   8 420    4
Sat 17      WALSALL                W  2-0   5 207    4   Bartlett,Johnson
Mon 19      tranmere rovers        L  0-2   9 718    4
Sat 24      BRISTOL CITY           D  0-0   9 598    4
Sat 31      preston north end      W  4-2   5 810    4   Norton,Yates,Bartlett 2
Sat  7 Apr  brentford              W  1-0   5 105    4   Bartlett
Tue 10      NORTHAMPTON TOWN       W  3-2   5 396    4   Johnson(pen),Thomas,Stant
Sat 14      CREWE ALEXANDRA        W  2-0   6 403    4   Johnson,Bartlett
Tue 17      shrewsbury town        D  2-2   3 536    4   Johnson,Bartlett
Sat 21      CARDIFF CITY           W  2-1   5 532    4   Short,Bartlett
Tue 24      birmingham city        W  2-1  10 533    3   Lund,Palmer
Thu 26      BRISTOL ROVERS         W  3-1  10 151    3   Turner,Johnson 2(1pen)
Sat 28      wigan athletic         D  1-1   2 433    3   A Johnson(og)
Tue  3 May  reading                D  1-1   3 132    3   Bartlett
Sat  5      MANSFIELD TOWN         W  4-2   6 906    3   Lund,Turner,Johnson 2(1pen)
Sun 13      bolton w(po sf 1L)     D  1-1  15 108        Lund
Wed 16      BOLTON W(PO SF 2L)     W  2-0  15 197        Johnson,Bartlett
Sun 27      tranmere(final wembley)W  2-0  29 252        Johnson,Short
F.A CUP
Sat 18 Nov  doncaster rovers(r1)   L  0-1   3 817
LEAGUE CUP
Tue 22 Aug  shrewsbury town(r1/L1) L  0-3   2 848        
Tue 29      SHREWSBURY TOWN(R1/L2) W  3-1   2 559        Robinson,Short,Stant
Associate Members Cup
Tue 28 Nov  fulham(pr)             W  1-0   1 317        Palmer
Tue 12 Dec  PETERBOROUGH(PR)       D  2-2   1 616        Draper,Lund
Tue 23 Jan  bristol city(r1)       W  1-0   4 902        Barnes
Wed 21 Feb  hereford utd(qf)       D  1-1   3 409        (Won on pens) Barnes
Wed 14 Mar  maidstone utd(south sf)W  1-0   2 114        (AET) Turner
Wed 28      bristol r(south f 1L)  L  0-1   6 480
Mon  2 Apr  BRISTOL R(SOUTH F 2L)  D  0-0  10 857

Final League Table           W   D   L   GD Pts   
 1. Bristol Rovers          26  15   5  +36  93    
 2. Bristol City            27  10   9  +36  91
 3. Notts County            25  12   9  +20  87
 4. Tranmere Rovers         23  11  12  +37  80
 5. Bury                    21  11  14  +21  74
 6. Bolton Wanderers        18  15  13  +11  69
 7. Birmingham City         18  12  16  +1   66
 8. Huddersfield Town       17  14  15  -1   65
 9. Rotherham United        17  13  16  +9   64
10. Reading                 15  19  12  +4   64
11. Shrewsbury Town         16  15  15  +5   63
12. Crewe Alexandra         15  17  14  +3   62
13. Brentford               18   7  21   0   61
14. Leyton Orient           16  10  20  -4   58
15. Mansfield Town          16   7  23  -15  55
16. Chester City            13  15  18  -12  54
17. Swansea City            14  12  20  -18  54
18. Wigan Athletic          13  14  19  -16  53
19. Preston North End       14  10  22  -14  52
20. Fulham                  12  15  19  -11  51
21. Cardiff City            12  14  20  -19  50
22. Northampton Town        11  14  21  -17  47
23. Blackpool               10  16  20  -24  46
24. Walsall                  9  14  23  -32  41

Manager                 
Neil Warnock                    
Goalkeeper            Age  League Apps.
Steve Cherry           29      49
Defenders       
Dean Yates             22      48
Nicky Platnauer        28      47     Joined from Cardiff City pre-season
Craig Short            21      46     Joined from Scarborough pre-season
Charlie Palmer         26      39 (1)
David Norton           24      12 (5)
Wayne Fairclough       21      5  (3) Left for Mansfield Town on March 1st
Gary Fleming (loan)    22      2  (1) Loaned from Manchester City March 8th - March 22nd when he joined Barnsley
Nicky Law              28      2  (1) Left for Rotherham Utd after end of season
Willie McStay          28      0  (3) Left for Kilmarnock after end of season
Midfield
Phil Robinson          22      49     Joined from Wolves pre-season
Phil Turner            27      47
Mark Draper            19      29 (5)
Don O�Riordan          32      15 (2)
Dean Thomas            28      13     Joined from Northampton Town on March 21st
David Kevan            21      1  (2) Left for Stoke City on January 26th
Forwards
Gary Lund              25      43
Tommy Johnson          18      37 (6)
Kevin Bartlett         27      17     Joined from West Bromwich A. on March 12th
Phil Stant             27      14 (8) Joined from Hereford Utd pre-season
Gary Chapman           25      13 (6) Loaned from Bradford City Sep 14th - Nov 6th then Joined on February 22nd
Paul Barnes            22      10 (3) Left for Stoke City on March 22nd
John Chiedozie         29      1      Loaned from Derby County January 29th - March 21st, he then joined Chesterfield
Steve Norris (loan)    28      0  (1) Loaned from Scarborough November 7th - December 4th

Notts County FC 1989/90
Back row; Lund, Palmer, Law, Cherry, Yates, Davison, Short, O'Riordan, Platnauer
Middle; Newman(Asst.Man), Stant, Robinson, Pike, Norton, McStay, Fairclough, Machin, Cox, Kevan, Wilson(Physio)
Front; Barnes, Johnson, Hopcroft(Director), Mounteney(Vice Chair), Warnock(Manager), Pavis(Chairman), Hook(Chief Exec.), Turner, Draper

Home colours
A new strip designed by Matchwinner. The subtle use of yellow used in the previous
year had now expanded its hue down the sleeves. Although the programme covers
depict Notts in black socks, white ones were used throughout except when a clash
deemed the black ones neccessary (as was the case in the Wembley play off final),
the white socks had a dual black and yellow hoop, the black shorts had a yellow and
white flash on the right hand side.
The shirt had a button up collar (the first buttons to be seen on a Notts shirt since 1956).
The sponsor was now Home Bitter.
Change colours
Matchwinner designed an all Sky Blue strip with navy trim.
This shirt, like the home kit, had a button up collar which was yellow under the flap. A
yellow and navy flash embellished the shorts and a yellow/navy hoop decorated the socks.
The sponsor on this shirt was McEwans Lager who were the parent company of Nottingham's
Home Ales.
 

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