1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1988–89 season
Chairman Peter Coates
Manager Mick Mills
Stadium Victoria Ground
Football League Second Division 13th (59 Points)
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second Round
Full Members Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Peter Beagrie (7)
All: Dave Bamber & Peter Beagrie (8)
Highest home attendance 24,056 vs Manchester City (26 December 1988)
Lowest home attendance 5,841 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (13 May 1989)
Average home league attendance 9,871
Home colours

The 1988–89 season was Stoke City's 82nd season in the Football League and 29th in the Second Division.

With the sale of both Lee Dixon and Steve Bould to Arsenal manager Mick Mills was able to enter the transfer market where he bought Peter Beagrie and Chris Kamara. The hope now would be that Stoke could mount a serious promotion challenge but again results were far too inconsistent and Stoke ended the season in mid-table for a third straight season.[1]

Season review

League

During the summer of 1988 Phil Heath moved to Oxford United for £80,000 and that, combined with the fee received for Lee Dixon and Steve Bould, allowed manager Mills to bring in some new faces.[1] He brought to the club Peter Beagrie signed from Sheffield United for £215,000 and midfielder Chris Kamara from Swindon Town as well as veteran John Gidman.[1] Stoke started the 1988–89 season with a 1–1 draw at home to Ipswich Town and it took until their seventh match against Walsall to claim their first victory of the season.[1] By this time two defenders Mark Higgins and John Butler had been added to the ranks and with Stoke's back line more secure results started to improve and after a 4–0 win against Hull City in mid-November Stoke lay in 7th position.[1]

However performances dropped and by the new year Stoke had fallen into 13th in the table.[1] And that is where Stoke remained despite a rather worrying end to the season which saw Stoke register just one win in their last 14 matches.[1] This prompted rumours that Mills' contract would not be extended for another year but the board eventually agreed to give him another chance, a decision that they would go on to regret.[1]

FA Cup

Stoke beat Crystal Palace 1–0 thanks to a goal from Graham Shaw and after an entertaining 3–3 with Barnsley, the "Tykes" won the replay 2–1.[1]

League Cup

Fourth Division Leyton Orient knocked Stoke out in the second round via a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 aggregated draw.[1]

Full Members Cup

Stoke were well beaten 3–0 by Southampton in the first round at The Dell, Danny Wallace scoring a hat trick.[1]

Final league table

PosClubPWDLFAGDPts
1Chelsea46291259650+4699
2Manchester City462313107753+2482
3Crystal Palace462312117149+2281
4Watford462212127448+2678
5Blackburn Rovers462211137459+1577
6Swindon Town462016106853+1576
7Barnsley462014126658+874
8Ipswich Town46227177161+1073
9West Bromwich Albion461818106541+2472
10Leeds United461716135950+967
11Sunderland461615156060063
12Bournemouth46188205362–962
13Stoke City461514175772–1559
14Bradford City461317165259–756
15Leicester City461316175663–755
16Oldham Athletic461121147572+354
17Oxford United461412206270–854
18Plymouth Argyle461412205566–1154
19Brighton & Hove Albion46149235766–951
20Portsmouth461312215362–951
21Hull City461114215268–1647
22Shrewsbury Town46818204067–2742
23Birmingham City46811273176–4535
24Walsall46516254180–3931

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

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 27 August 1988 Ipswich TownH1–18,639Kamara 43'
2 29 August 1988 Bradford CityA0–011,918
3 3 September 1988 BarnsleyA0–15,682
4 10 September 1988 Blackburn RoversH0–18,624
5 17 September 1988 Plymouth ArgyleA0–47,823
6 20 September 1988 PortsmouthH2–27,025Stainrod 28', Hackett 90'
7 24 September 1988 WalsallA2–17,795Morgan 40', Stainrod 75'
8 1 October 1988 BournemouthH2–17,485Shaw 33', Beagrie 69'
9 4 October 1988 Shrewsbury TownH0–08,075
10 8 October 1988 Oldham AthleticA2–26,600Kamara 57', Stainrod 85'
11 15 October 1988 Leicester CityA0–210,312
12 22 October 1988 WatfordH2–07,878Coton 29' (o.g.), Beagrie 84'
13 25 October 1988 Birmingham CityA1–06,292Stainrod 73'
14 29 October 1988 Crystal PalaceH2–19,118Shaw 1', Henry 62'
15 5 November 1988 SunderlandA1–118,023Shaw 7'
16 13 November 1988 Hull CityH4–010,505Henry 20', Beagrie 48', Hackett 65', Carr 74'
17 19 November 1988 Swindon TownH2–19,339Berry 50' (pen), Shaw 85'
18 26 November 1988 Leeds UnitedA0–419,993
19 3 December 1988 ChelseaH0–312,758
20 10 December 1988 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–17,443Beagrie 26'
21 18 December 1988 West Bromwich AlbionA0–617,631
22 26 December 1988 Manchester CityH3–124,056Kamara 48', Bamber 54', Berry 59' (pen)
23 31 December 1988 Oxford UnitedH1–010,552Henry 24'
24 2 January 1989 Blackburn RoversA3–411,654Saunders (2) 20', 22', Atkins 44' (o.g.)
25 14 January 1989 Bradford CityH2–19,919Hackett 14', Henry 34'
26 21 January 1989 Ipswich TownA1–514,692Bamber 74'
27 4 February 1989 Shrewsbury TownA2–16,646Moyes 46' (o.g.), Shaw 82'
28 11 February 1989 Oldham AthleticH0–010,992
29 25 February 1989 Leicester CityH2–29,666Beagrie 35', Bamber 37'
30 28 February 1989 Birmingham CityH1–07,904Berry 33'
31 4 March 1989 Hull CityA4–15,915Hackett 13', Morgan 20', Beeston (2) 37', 40'
32 11 March 1989 SunderlandH2–012,489Hackett 30', Beagrie 86'
33 18 March 1989 PortsmouthA0–07,624
34 25 March 1989 BarnsleyH1–110,209Berry 32' (pen)
35 27 March 1989 Manchester CityA1–228,303Butler 65'
36 1 April 1989 Plymouth ArgyleH2–28,363Bamber 25', Henry 44'
37 4 April 1989 West Bromwich AlbionH0–011,151
38 8 April 1989 Oxford UnitedA2–35,297Bamber 37', Henry 73'
39 11 April 1989 WatfordA2–39,086Morgan (2) 30', 87'
40 15 April 1989 BournemouthA1–06,834Ware 67'
41 22 April 1989 WalsallH0–38,132
42 29 April 1989 Leeds UnitedH2–39,061Bamber (2) 22', 33'
43 1 May 1989 ChelseaA1–214,948Higgins 12'
44 6 May 1989 Swindon TownA0–39,543
45 9 May 1989 Crystal PalaceA0–112,159
46 13 May 1989 Brighton & Hove AlbionH2–25,841Morgan 30', Beagrie 53'

FA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R37 January 1989 Crystal PalaceH1–012,294Shaw 74'
R428 January 1989 BarnsleyH3–318,540Bamber 29', Berry 77', Beagrie 83'
R4 Replay31 January 1989 BarnsleyA1–221,136Bamber 64'

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R2 1st Leg27 September 1988 Leyton OrientA2–13,154Morgan 48', Kamara 73'
R2 2nd Leg11 October 1988 Leyton OrientH1–2 (2–3 pens)5,756Stainrod 86' (pen)

Full Members Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R18 November 1988 SouthamptonA0–34,627

Friendlies

MatchOpponentVenueResult
1IFK ÅmålA4–1
2IFK StrömstadA0–3
3Ängelholms FFA4–3
4Skepplanda BTKA2–0
5IFK VärnamoA2–0
6Lerums ISA1–0
7Newcastle TownA3–0
8Wolverhampton WanderersH1–2
9Port ValeA0–1
10Luton TownH0–1
11Port ValeH1–1

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Scott Barrett 170101010200
GKEngland Peter Fox 290201000320
DFEngland John Butler 251000000251
DFEngland Cliff Carr 40(1)1300(1)01044(2)1
DFEngland John Gidman 7(3)0001(1)00(1)08(5)0
DFEngland Chris Hemming 4000200(1)06(1)0
DFEngland Mark Higgins 331300010371
DFEngland Chris Kamara 384302110445
MFEngland Carl Beeston 22(1)200200024(1)2
MFWales George Berry 32(1)431001036(1)5
MFEngland Tony Ford 270202010320
MFEngland Tony Henry 37(3)630201042(3)6
MFEngland Steve Parkin 4000000040
MFEngland Paul Ware 9(2)1100(1)01011(3)1
FWEngland Dave Bamber 236320000268
FWEngland Peter Beagrie 417312000468
FWEngland Gary Hackett 45(1)530201051(1)5
FWEngland Nicky Morgan 11(7)500110012(7)6
FWEngland Carl Saunders 27(6)22(1)0101031(7)2
FWEngland Graham Shaw 19(9)51(2)1101022(12)6
FWEngland Simon Stainrod 164002100185
Own goals 30003

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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