1988-89 season
Aug 27 a ultimate dog vitamin
Chelsea........W 2-1 gayle 2 8,722
Sep 3 h Oldham A.......W 3-1 garner 3 9,992
10 a Stoke C........W 1-0 hendry 8,625
17 h Swindon T......D 0-0 7,622
20 a Hull C.........W 3-1 hendry,garner 2 6,681
24 h Birmingham C...W 3-0 garner 2,hendry 7,562
Oct 1 a Manchester C...L 0-1 22,111
5 a Bradford C.....D 1-1 hendry 13,022
8 h Crystal P......W 5-4 gayle 2,garner,hendry 8,022
15 h Barnsley.......W 2-1 kennedy,gayle 9,316
22 a Oxford U.......D 1-1 garner 6,498
25 a Sunderland.....L 0-2 16,601
29 h West Brom A....L 1-2 hill 9,503
Nov 5 a Plymouth A.....L 3-4 reid,garner,kennedy 7,823
12 h Brighton HA....W 2-1 kennedy 2 6,980
19 a Wallsall.......W 2-1 kennedy 2 5,848
22 h Shrewsbury T...L 0-1 6,898
26 h Portsmouth.....W 3-1 hendry,gayle 2 8,146
Dec 3 a Bournemouth....L 1-2 garner 8,418
10 h Ipswich T......W 1-0 gayle 7,262
17 h Watford........W 2-1 hildersley,gayle 8,808
26 a Leeds U........L 0-2 31,595
31 a Leicester C....L 0-4 10,820
Jan 2 h Stoke C........W 4-3 atkins,gayle,hildersley,kennedy 11,629
14 a Shrewsbury T...D 1-1 hildersley 3,879
21 h Chelsea........D 1-1 hill 11,713
Feb 4 h Bradford C.....W 2-1 gayle,atkins 9,571
11 a Crystal P......D 2-2 gayle,miller 11,270
21 h Oxford U.......W 3-1 hendry,og,diamond 5,724
25 a Barnsley.......W 1-0 garner 8,777
28 h Sunderland.....D 2-2 atkins,og 8,288
Mar 4 a Brighton HA....L 0-3 8,075
11 h Plymouth A.....L 1-2 hildersley 7,462
15 a West Brom A....L 0-2 12,821
18 h Hull C.........W 4-0 garner,gayle 2,kennedy 5,864
24 a Oldham A.......D 1-1 garner 11,752
27 h Leeds U........W 2-0 kennedy,gayle 11,533
Apr 1 a Swindon T......D 1-1 gayle 8,220
4 a Watford........D 2-2 atkins,gayle 8,667
8 h Leicester C....D 0-0 8,103
15 h Manchester C...W 4-0 kennedy,garner 3 16,927
22 a Birmingham C...L 0-2 5,813
29 a Portsmouth.....W 2-1 gayle 2 6,057
May 1 h Bournemouth....W 2-0 atkins,garner 9,345
6 h Walsall........W 3-0 garner,sellars 2 8,229
13 a Ipswich T......L 0-2 11,081
Play-Offs - semifinal
May 21 h Watford.........D 0-0 14,008
24 a Watford.........D 1-1 garner 13,854
Final
May 31 h Crystal P.......W 3-1 gayle 2,garner 16,421
Jun 4 a Crystal P.......L 0-3 26,358
Final League Position: 5th in Division Two
Manager: Don MacKay
FA Cup: 5th round
League Cup: 3rd round
League Records;
Simon Garner - 20 goals
Scott Sellars - 46 apps
Mark Atkins - 46 apps
Average Gate; 9,380
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Back row (left to right): Atkins, Hendry, O'Keefe, Gennoe, Collier, Kennedy, Hill.
Middle: Hall, May, Diamond, Miller, Gayle, Mackay, Johnrose, Millar, Dawson, Mail, Furnell.
Front: Parkes, Hildersley, Curry, Ainscow, Garner, Sulley, Sellars, Finnigan, Cunningham.
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