For the 1989–90 season, Norwich City F.C. competed in Football League Division One, as well as the FA Cup, League Cup and Full Members' Cup.
Overview The previous season had been Norwich City's most successful to that point, with the club finishing fourth in Division One and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, so they might have been expected to be in competition to win one or more trophies. This, however, was not to be the case. While Norwich never looked in danger of being relegated from the top flight, they would finish mid-table and be eliminated early from all three cup competitions.
Although they defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 5–0 in the Full Members' Cup, they would not win a league game by more than 2–0, which they achieved eight times. Their heaviest defeat was 4–0 away at Tottenham. The highest scoring game was a 4–4 home draw with Southampton.
Squad Squad at end of season (5 May 1990)
Transfers In DatePosNameFromFeeReference4 July 1989DFAndy TheodosiouTottenham HotspurFree1991 Club Directory p.39518 July 1989MFTim SherwoodWatford£175,00031 July 1989MFDavid PhillipsCoventry City£550,00015 August 1989GKMark WaltonColchester United£75,0002 October 1989MFHenrik MortensenAarhus£400,000
Out DatePosNameToFeeReference8 June 1989MFMike PhelanManchester United£750,0001991 Club Directory p.35114 August 1989MFTrevor PutneyMiddlesbrough£300,0001991 Club Directory p.36518 August 1989FWAlan ReevesChester City£10,0001991 Club Directory p.1651 November 1989MFPaul CookWolverhampton Wanderers£250,0001991 Club Directory p.6434 December 1989MFMike FlynnPreston North End£125,0001991 Club Directory p.46320 March 1990FWMalcolm AllenMillwall£400,0001991 Club Directory p. 373
Loans in DatePosNameFromUntilReference1 March 1990DFNicky TannerLiverpool31 March 1990
Loans out DatePosNameToUntilReference22 September 1989GKJon SheffieldAldershot11 November 198921 March 1990GKJon SheffieldIpswich TownEnd of season
Final table
Results Division One
FA Cup
League Cup
Full Members Cup
Source:
Appearances Player League FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Subs Goals Goalkeepers GK Bryan Gunn 37 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 0 GK Mark Walton 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 1 0 0 Defenders RB Ian Culverhouse 31 1 0 4 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 36 1 0 LB Mark Bowen 38 0 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 047 0 7 CB Ian Butterworth 22 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 029 0 0 CB Andy Linighan 37 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 2 RCB Adrian Pennock 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – –1 0 0 CB Nicky Tanner 6 0 0 – – – – – – – – –6 0 0 Midfielders CM Andy Townsend 35 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 044 0 3 CM Ian Crook 34 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 143 1 1 RW Dale Gordon 26 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 135 0 6 LW David Phillips 38 0 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 147 0 5 DM Tim Sherwood 22 5 3 – – – 3 0 0 1 1 126 6 4 AM Ruel Fox 6 1 3 – – – – – – – – –6 1 3 AM Henrik Mortensen 12 3 0 – – – – – – 1 0 113 3 1 CM Jeremy Goss 3 4 0 – – – – – – – – –3 4 0 CM Paul Cook 0 2 0 – – – – – – – – –0 2 0 CM David Smith 0 1 0 – – – – – – – – –0 1 0 Forwards ST Robert Fleck 25 2 7 4 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 034 2 12 ST Robert Rosario 29 2 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 138 2 7 ST Malcolm Allen 9 3 3 – – – 0 1 0 0 1 09 5 3 ST Dean Coney 6 3 0 – – – – – – – – –6 3 0 ST Lee Power 0 1 0 – – – – – – – – –0 1 0
Source:
Goalscorers Rank Position Player FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total 1 ST Robert Fleck 7 2 3 0 12 2 LB Mark Bowen 7 0 0 0 7 ST Robert Rosario 5 0 1 1 7 3 RW Dale Gordon 3 1 1 1 6 4 LW David Phillips 4 0 0 1 5 5 RB/DM Tim Sherwood 3 0 0 1 4 6 CM Andy Townsend 3 0 0 0 3 ST Malcolm Allen 3 0 0 0 3 RW Ruel Fox 3 0 0 0 3 7 CB Andy Linighan 2 0 0 0 2 8 CM Ian Crook 0 0 0 1 1 ST Henrik Mortensen 0 0 0 1 1 Own goals 4 0 0 0 4
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Notes
References
Bibliography
Barclays League Club Directory 1991: Editor Tony Williams