Blackpool F.C.
Season 1989-90 1989-90 in English football -European competitions:English clubs were still banned from competing in European competitions following the Heysel Stadium disaster.- First Division :...
League	Division Three Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
Manager	Jimmy Mullen (succeeded by Tom White Tom White (Scottish footballer) Thomas "Tom" White is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a forward. His older brother John played for the great Spurs double winning team of 1961 and Scotland.... )
League position	23rd (relegated)
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Garner Andy Garner Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983...  (8) Combined: Andy Garner Andy Garner Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983...  (10)
FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...	Fifth round
League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...	Third round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1988-89 Blackpool F.C. season 1988-89 The 1988-89 season was Blackpool F.C.s 82nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing nineteenth....
Next season	1990-91 Blackpool F.C. season 1990-91 The 1990-91 season was Blackpool F.C.s 84th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football...  →

The 1989-90

1989-90 in English football

-European competitions:English clubs were still banned from competing in European competitions following the Heysel Stadium disaster.- First Division :...

 season was Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

's 83rd season (80th consecutive) in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. They competed in the 24-team Division Three

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

, then the third tier of English league football

Football in England

Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

, finishing second-bottom. As a result, they were relegated to the league's basement division

Football League Fourth Division

The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

.

Jimmy Mullen replaced Sam Ellis

Sam Ellis

Samuel "Sam" Ellis is an English football coach and former player. He left his post as assistant manager of on December 30, 2010.-Career:...

 as manager prior to the start of the season. It was to be his only season in charge of the club.

Blackpool had a prolonged run in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

, eventually succumbing to Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

 after two fifth-round replays.

Andy Garner

Andy Garner

Andrew "Andy" Garner is a retired English professional football player. He is now first-team coach at Derby County.-Playing career:Born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, Garner began his career as an apprentice with Derby County in 1983...

 was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with ten goals (eight in the league, one in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 and one in the League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

).

Table

1. BRISTOL ROVERS (P) 46 15 8 0 43 14 11 7 5 28 21 93
2. BRISTOL CITY (P) 46 15 5 3 40 16 12 5 6 36 24 91
3. NOTTS COUNTY (P) 46 17 4 2 40 18 8 8 7 33 35 87
4. Tranmere Rovers 46 15 5 3 54 22 8 6 9 32 27 80
5. Bury 46 11 7 5 35 19 10 4 9 35 30 74
6. Bolton Wanderers 46 12 7 4 32 19 6 8 9 27 29 69
7. Birmingham City 46 10 7 6 33 19 8 5 10 27 40 66
8. Huddersfield Town 46 11 5 7 30 23 6 9 8 31 39 65
9. Rotherham United 46 12 6 5 48 28 5 7 11 23 34 64
10. Reading 46 10 9 4 33 21 5 10 8 24 32 64
11. Shrewsbury Town 46 10 9 4 38 24 6 6 11 21 30 63
12. Crewe Alexandra 46 10 8 5 32 24 5 9 9 24 29 62
13. Brentford 46 11 4 8 41 31 7 3 13 25 35 61
14. Leyton Orient 46 9 6 8 28 24 7 4 12 24 32 58
15. Mansfield Town 46 13 2 8 34 25 3 5 15 16 40 55
16. Chester City 46 11 7 5 30 23 2 8 13 13 32 54
17. Swansea City 46 10 6 7 25 27 4 6 13 20 36 54
18. Wigan Athletic 46 10 6 7 29 22 3 8 12 19 42 53
19. Preston North End 46 10 7 6 42 30 4 3 16 23 49 52
20. Fulham 46 8 8 7 33 27 4 7 12 22 39 51
21. CARDIFF CITY (R) 46 6 9 8 30 35 6 5 12 21 35 50
22. NORTHAMPTON (R) 46 7 7 9 27 31 4 7 12 24 37 47
23. BLACKPOOL (R) 46 8 6 9 29 33 2 10 11 20 40 46
24. WALSALL (R) 46 6 8 9 23 30 3 6 14 17 42 41

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points