1989-90 season

**1989-90 season**
	1989-90 season
Club information
Chairman	Jimmy Hill
Manager	Ray Lewington
Club Captain	Jeff Eckhardt
Ground	Craven Cottage
League season information
League	Third Division
Position	20th/24
Matches played	46 (W12 D15 L19)
Other competitions
FA Cup	2nd round (v Bristol City)
League Cup	2nd round (v Sunderland)
Associate Members Cup	Preliminary round (v Notts County)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Clive Walker (13)
Top goalscorer (All)	Clive Walker (15)
Most appearances (League)	Jim Stannard (44)
Most appearances (All)	Jim Stannard (53)
Biggest home win	4-0 v Wigan (25 Nov 1989)
Biggest away win	5-3 v Oxford Utd (30 Aug 1989)
Biggest home defeat	2-5 v Cardiff (11 Nov 1989)
Biggest away defeat	1-5 v Bristol City (16 Apr 1990)
Biggest home attendance	7,141 v Leyton Orient (5 May 1990)
Biggest away attendance	16,139 v Bristol City (16 Apr 1990)
Lowest home attendance	1,317 v Notts County (28 Nov 1989)
Lowest away attendance	1,939 v Peterborough (8 Nov 1989)
Previous season	Next season
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Overview[]

The 1989-90 season was not one to remember for most Fulham fans. Within twelve months of challenging for promotion, the club dropped to the other end of the table. They escaped the ignominy of relegation to the Fourth Division for the first time only on the final day of the season when Cardiff City failed to win. It was a collapse in the last third of the season that put the Whites in peril. They won just one of their last thirteen matches, and dropped from 12th to within a point of the League basement. During this poor run, Alan Dicks, coach at Jimmy Hill's Coventry in the 1960's, took on a consultancy role. The following season, he became manager whilst Ray Lewington became club coach.

This was also the season when the future of Craven Cottage seemed more important than what happened on the pitch, with controversy surrounding the local council's compulsory purchase order and the club's agreement with property company Cabra.

When the season began, Fulham had already lost the services of Doug Rougvie to Dunfermline, Robert Wilson to Huddersfield Town and Michael Cole had sustained a serious back injury. Crystal Palace's Gavin Nebbeling arrived to fill the gap in the centre of defence and Dunfermline striker John Watson came south as Rougvie went north. With the team struggling, Ray Lewington added to the squad. He signed striker Steve Milton from non-League Whyteleafe, and defenders Mark Newson and Martin Pike from Bournemouth and Sheffield United respectively.

Injuries clearly contributed to the club's difficulties, particularly to Glen Thomas and Gordon Davies. Only three players had played more than 40 matches, and included in the 30 used were three loan signings, two non-contract players, manager Lewington and his assistant Gary Peters. Altogether, there were thirteen players whose total appearances were in single figures.

Tables[]

Third Division[]

Associate Members Cup Southern Section Group 3[]

Squad[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Prev Apps	Prev Gls	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
GK	Jim Stannard	26	148	0	June 1980	Youth
GK	Laurence Batty	25	8	0	Sept 1984	Youth
Defenders
LB	~~Hugh Burns~~	24	0	0	~~Dec 1989~~	~~Loan~~
LB	~~Alan Dowson~~	19	0	0	~~Jan 1990~~	~~Loan~~
LB	Gary Elkins	23	107	1	Aug 1982	Youth
CB	Shaun Gore	20	36	1	Jul 1985	Youth
RB	Steve Greaves	19	1	0	Jul 1986	Youth
LB	~~Garry Kimble~~	23	0	0	~~Aug 1989~~	~~Free~~
RB	Richard Langley	24	41	0	Nov 1986	Nominal
CB	Gary Nebbeling	26	0	0	Jul 1989	£80,000
R/CB	Mark Newson	29	0	0	Mar 1990	£125,000
R/LB	Gary Peters	35	85	4	Aug 1979/Aug 1988/Sept 1989	£40,000/Free/Free
LB	Martin Pike	25	0	0	Feb 1990	£55,000
C/LB	Glen Thomas	21	78	1	Oct 1984	Youth
LB	Des Vertannes	17	0	0	Jul 1988	Youth
Midfielders
AM/CF	Gary Barnett	26	180	34	Dec 1984/Sept 1985	Loan/£20,000
CM	Des Bremner	36	0	0	Aug 1989	Free
DM	Martin Ferney	17	0	0	Jul 1988	Youth
CM/RB	Jeff Eckhardt (c)	23	79	3	Nov 1987	£50,000
AM	Leo Donnellan	24	79	4	Aug 1985	Nominal
CM	Ray Lewington	32	272	24	Mar 1980/Jul 1986	£50,000/£25,000
R/CM	John Marshall	25	230	22	Jun 1980	Youth
CM/RB	Ronnie Mauge	20	15	0	Aug 1988	Free
CM	Justin Skinner	20	86	16	Jul 1985	Youth
CM	Peter Scott	25	205	25	May 1980	Youth
Forwards
RW	Michael Cole	22	49	4	Mar 1988	£45,000
RW/CF	Gordon Davies	34	405	167	Mar 1978/Oct 1986	£4,000/£45,000
CF	~~Iain Dowie~~	24	0	0	~~Sept 1989~~	~~Loan~~
CF	Steve Milton	26	0	0	Oct 1989	£20,000
CF	~~Andy Sayer~~	23	34	11	~~Aug 1988~~	~~£70,000~~
LW	Clive Walker	32	74	17	Oct 1987	Nominal
CF	~~John Watson~~	30	0	0	~~Aug 1989~~	~~£40,000~~

Staff[]

Board[]

Position	Name
Chairman	Jimmy Hill
Vice Chairman	Bill Muddyman
Director	Andy Muddyman
Director	Dave Gardner
Director	Cyril Swain
General Manager	Stuart Dalrymple

Coaching staff[]

Until 1 Sept 1989[]

Position	Name
Player/Manager	Ray Lewington
Assistant Manager	Jack Burkett
Club Coach	Terry Bullivant

From 1 Sept 1989[]

Position	Name
Player/Manager	Ray Lewington
Player/Assistant Manager	Gary Peters
Youth Team Development Officer/Chief Scout	Jack Burkett
Youth Team Coach	Terry Bullivant

Medical staff[]

Position	Name
Head physio	Glen Hunter
Physio	Peter Westacott

Other staff[]

Position	Name
Club Secretary	Yvonne Haines

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
Jul 1989	CB	Gavin Nebbeling	Crystal Palace	£80,000
17 Aug 1989	CM	Des Bremner	Birmingham City	Free
17 Aug 1989	CF	John Watson	Dunfermline Athletic	£40,000
Aug 1989	LB	Garry Kimble	Doncaster Rovers	Free
Aug 1989	R/LB	Gary Peters	Unattached	Free
Oct 1989	CF	Steve Milton	Whyteleafe	£20,000
Feb 1990	LB	Martin Pike	Sheffield United	£55,000
Feb 1990	R/CB	Mark Newson	Bournemouth	£125,000
/	/	/	Total	£320,000

Loans in[]

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date
Sept 1989	CF	Iain Dowie	Luton Town	Oct 1989
Dec 1989	LB	Hugh Burns	Dunfermline Athletic	Jan 1990
Jan 1989	LB	Alan Dowson	Millwall	Feb 1989

Transfers out[]

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
Jun 1989	CF	Chris Pike	Cardiff City	Free
Jun 1989	CF	Colin Gordon	Birmingham City	£80,000
Jul 1989	CB	Doug Rougvie	Dunfermline Athletic	£30,000
Jul 1989	AM	Robert Wilson	Huddersfield Town	£20,000
Aug 1989	CM	Kevin Hoddy	Roeselare	Free
Sept 1989	LB	Wayne Kerrins	Sutton United	Free
Sept 1989	LB	Garry Kimble	Maidstone United	Free
Feb 1990	CF	John Watson	Airdrieonians	£5,000
Feb 1990	CF	Andy Sayer	Leyton Orient	£70,000
/	/	/	Total	£205,000

Loans out[]

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
23 Dec 1989	LB	Gary Elkins	Exeter City	30 Jun 1990
Feb 1990	GK	Laurence Batty	Farnborough Town	30 Jun 1990
Mar 1990	AM	Leo Donnellan	Farnborough Town	30 Jun 1990
Apr 1990	RB	Steve Greaves	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 Jun 1990

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Wed 19 Jul 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Lost	1-3
2	Sat 29 Jul 1989	Crawley Town	Away	Won	4-0
3	Tue 1 Aug 1989	Carshalton Athletic	Away	Lost	0-1
4	Thu 3 Aug 1989	Chesham United	Away	Won	2-0
5	Sat 5 Aug 1989	Chelsea	Home	Drew	0-0
6	Tue 8 Aug 1989	Maidstone United	Home	Drew	1-1
7	Wed 9 Aug 1989	Tooting & Mitcham United	Away	Lost	1-3
8	Thu 10 Aug 1989	Southwick	Away	Lost	0-2
9	Sat 12 Aug 1989	Gillingham	Away	Won	2-1

Additional friendlies[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Wed 9 May 1990	Chelsea	Home	Lost	1-2	Peter Scott & John Marshall Benefit Match

Third Division[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Sat 19 Aug 1989	Tranmere Rovers	Home	Lost	1-2
2	Sat 26 Aug 1989	Bolton Wanderers	Away	Drew	0-0
3	Sat 2 Sept 1989	Mansfield Town	Home	Won	1-0
4	Sat 9 Sept 1989	Crewe Alexandra	Away	Won	3-2
5	Sat 16 Sept 1989	Swansea City	Home	Won	2-0
6	Sat 23 Sept 1989	Walsall	Away	Drew	0-0
7	Tue 26 Sept 1989	Huddersfield Town	Home	Drew	0-0
8	Sat 30 Sept 1989	Chester City	Away	Won	2-0
9	Sat 7 Oct 1989	Bristol Rovers	Away	Lost	0-2
10	Sat 14 Oct 1989	Rotherham United	Home	Drew	1-1
11	Tue 17 Oct 1989	Reading	Away	Lost	2-3
12	Sat 21 Oct 1989	Bury	Home	Drew	2-2
13	Sat 28 Oct 1989	Brentford	Away	Lost	0-2
14	Tue 31 Oct 1989	Northampton Town	Home	Drew	1-1
15	Sun 5 Nov 1989	Leyton Orient	Away	Drew	1-1
16	Sat 11 Nov 1989	Cardiff City	Home	Lost	2-5
17	Sat 25 Nov 1989	Wigan Athletic	Home	Won	4-0
18	Sat 2 Dec 1989	Notts County	Away	Lost	0-2
19	Sat 16 Dec 1989	Blackpool	Away	Won	1-0
20	Tue 26 Dec 1989	Bristol City	Home	Lost	0-1
21	Sat 30 Dec 1989	Shrewsbury Town	Home	Won	2-1
22	Mon 1 Jan 1990	Birmingham City	Away	Drew	1-1
23	Sat 6 Jan 1990	Preston North End	Away	Lost	0-1
24	Sat 13 Jan 1990	Bolton Wanderers	Home	Drew	2-2
25	Fri 19 Jan 1990	Tranmere Rovers	Away	Lost	1-2
26	Sat 27 Jan 1990	Crewe Alexandra	Home	Drew	1-1
27	Sat 10 Feb 1990	Swansea City	Away	Lost	2-4
28	Tue 13 Feb 1990	Mansfield Town	Away	Lost	0-3
29	Sat 17 Feb 1990	Notts County	Home	Won	5-2
30	Sat 24 Feb 1990	Wigan Athletic	Away	Lost	1-2
31	Sat 3 Mar 1990	Preston North End	Home	Won	3-1
32	Tue 6 Mar 1990	Chester City	Home	Won	1-0
33	Sat 10 Mar 1990	Huddersfield Town	Away	Won	1-0
34	Sat 17 Mar 1990	Bristol Rovers	Home	Lost	1-2
35	Tue 20 Mar 1990	Rotherham United	Away	Lost	1-2
36	Sat 24 Mar 1990	Reading	Home	Lost	1-2
37	Sat 31 Mar 1990	Bury	Away	Drew	0-0
38	Wed 4 Apr 1990	Walsall	Home	Drew	0-0
39	Sat 7 Apr 1990	Northampton Town	Away	Drew	2-2
40	Tue 10 Apr 1990	Brentford	Home	Won	1-0
41	Sat 14 Apr 1990	Birmingham City	Home	Lost	1-2
42	Mon 16 Apr 1990	Bristol City	Away	Lost	1-5
43	Sat 21 Apr 1990	Blackpool	Home	Drew	0-0
44	Tue 24 Apr 1990	Shrewsbury Town	Away	Lost	0-2
45	Sat 28 Apr 1990	Cardiff City	Away	Drew	3-3
46	Sat 5 May 1990	Leyton Orient	Home	Lost	1-2

League Cup[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1st Round 1st Leg	Wed 23 Aug 1989	Oxford United	Home	Lost	0-1
1st Round 2nd Leg	Wed 30 Aug 1989	Oxford United	Away	Won	5-3	Fulham won 5-4 on aggregate
2nd Round 1st Leg	Tue 19 Sept 1989	Sunderland	Away	Drew	1-1
2nd Round 2nd Leg	Tue 3 Oct 1989	Sunderland	Home	Lost	0-3	Sunderland won 4-1 on aggregate

Associate Members Cup[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
Preliminary Round Group 3	Wed 8 Nov 1989	Peterborough United	Away	Lost	0-1
Preliminary Round Group 3	Tue 28 Nov 1989	Notts County	Home	Lost	0-1

FA Cup[]

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1st Round	Sun 19 Nov 1989	Bath City	Away	Drew	2-2
1st Round Replay	Wed 22 Nov 1989	Bath City	Home	Won	2-1
2nd Round	Sat 9 Dec 1989	Bristol City	Away	Lost	1-2

Statistics[]

Appearances & goals[]

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Third Division		League Cup		Associate Members Cup		FA Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Jim Stannard	24	0	17	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
		DF	Jeff Eckhardt	17	1	11+1	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
		DF	Gary Elkins	8	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
		DF	Richard Langley	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		DF	Ronnie Mauge	18	1	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Gavin Nebbeling	21	0	16	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
		DF	Gary Peters	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
		DF	Glen Thomas	13	1	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Des Vertannes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Gary Barnett	13	0	6+2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
		MF	Des Bremner	10	0	2+6	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Leo Donnellan	7	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
		MF	Ray Lewington	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
		MF	John Marshall	23	4	16	3	4	0	1	0	2	1
		MF	Peter Scott	20	3	15	1	4	2	1	0	0	0
		MF	Justin Skinner	24	5	17	3	4	2	1	0	2	0
		MF	Clive Walker	24	6	16+1	4	3+1	1	1	0	2	1
		FW	Gordon Davies	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Steve Milton	6	1	3+2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
		FW	Andy Sayer	22	6	17	6	3	0	0	0	2	0
		FW	John Watson	12	2	5+1	0	4	1	1	0	1	1
Players who left the club during 1989-90:
		DF	Garry Kimble	5	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Iain Dowie	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers[]

When total goals are equal, the list is sorted by player who achieved that number first

#	Pos.	Name	Third Division	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	MF	Clive Walker	4	1	1	6
1	FW	Andy Sayer	6	0	0	6
3	MF	Justin Skinner	3	2	0	5
4	MF	John Marshall	3	0	1	4
5	MF	Peter Scott	1	2	0	3
6	FW	John Watson	0	1	1	2
7	DF	Jeff Eckhardt	1	0	0	1
	DF	Glen Thomas	1	0	0	1
	FW	Iain Dowie	1	0	0	1
	DF	Ronnie Mauge	1	0	0	1
	FW	Steve Milton	1	0	0	1
	DF	Gary Peters	0	0	1	1
		Own Goals	0	0	0	0
		Total	22	6	4	32

Disciplinary record[]

Cards[]

#	Pos.	Name	Third Division	League Cup	Associate Members Cup	FA Cup	Total

1	DF	Peter Scott	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2	DF	Jeff Eckhardt	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	DF	Gavin Nebbeling	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
4	DF	Glen Thomas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	FW	Andy Sayer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	FW	Iain Dowie	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7	DF	Garry Kimble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Ronnie Mauge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	John Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Gary Elkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	Clive Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Gary Peters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total	18	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	1	2

Suspensions[]

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Peter Scott	25 May 1989		1 match (v Tranmere (h))

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Club information
1989-90 season


Chairman	Jimmy Hill
Manager	Ray Lewington
Club Captain	Jeff Eckhardt
Ground	Craven Cottage
League season information
League	Third Division
Position	20th/24
Matches played	46 (W12 D15 L19)
Other competitions
FA Cup	2nd round (v Bristol City)
League Cup	2nd round (v Sunderland)
Associate Members Cup	Preliminary round (v Notts County)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer (League)	Clive Walker (13)
Top goalscorer (All)	Clive Walker (15)
Most appearances (League)	Jim Stannard (44)
Most appearances (All)	Jim Stannard (53)
Biggest home win	4-0 v Wigan (25 Nov 1989)
Biggest away win	5-3 v Oxford Utd (30 Aug 1989)
Biggest home defeat	2-5 v Cardiff (11 Nov 1989)
Biggest away defeat	1-5 v Bristol City (16 Apr 1990)
Biggest home attendance	7,141 v Leyton Orient (5 May 1990)
Biggest away attendance	16,139 v Bristol City (16 Apr 1990)
Lowest home attendance	1,317 v Notts County (28 Nov 1989)
Lowest away attendance	1,939 v Peterborough (8 Nov 1989)


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