1989–90 Football League Cup

Football tournament season

1989–90 Football League CupLeague Cup, Littlewoods Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Country|  England
Wales
Teams| 92
Final positions
Champions| Nottingham Forest (4th title)
Runner-up| Oldham Athletic
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)| Andy Ritchie (10)

<- 1988–89

1990–91 ->

The 1989–90 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.

The competition began on 21 August 1989, and ended with the final on 29 April 1990 at the Old Wembley Stadium. The cup was won by Nottingham Forest who beat Oldham Athletic in the final, who regained the trophy after winning it the previous season. This was the second time that Nottingham Forest had won the trophy in successive seasons, having won previously in 1978 and 1979.

## First round

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A total of 56 teams took part in the first round. All of the Third Division and Fourth Division sides entered, with eight of the Second Division clubs also starting in this round. The eight clubs consisted of the three teams promoted from the Third Division and the five teams finishing 17th to 21st in the Second Division from the 1988–89 season. Each tie was played across two legs.

### First leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Birmingham City | 2–1 | Chesterfield | 22 August 1989
Blackpool | 2–2 | Burnley | 22 August 1989
Brighton and Hove Albion | 0–3 | Brentford | 23 August 1989
Bristol City | 2–3 | Reading | 22 August 1989
Bristol Rovers | 1–0 | Portsmouth | 23 August 1989
Cambridge United | 3–1 | Maidstone United (1897) | 22 August 1989
Cardiff City | 0–3 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 August 1989
Colchester United | 3–4 | Southend United | 22 August 1989
Crewe Alexandra | 4–0 | Chester City | 22 August 1989
Exeter City | 3–0 | Swansea City | 23 August 1989
Fulham | 0–1 | Oxford United | 23 August 1989
Gillingham | 1–4 | Leyton Orient | 22 August 1989
Halifax Town | 3–1 | Carlisle United | 22 August 1989
Hartlepool United | 3–3 | York City | 23 August 1989
Huddersfield Town | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 August 1989
Hull City | 1–0 | Grimsby Town | 22 August 1989
Mansfield Town | 1–1 | Northampton Town | 22 August 1989
Peterborough United | 2–0 | Aldershot | 23 August 1989
Preston North End | 3–4 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 August 1989
Rochdale | 2–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 August 1989
Scarborough | 2–0 | Scunthorpe United | 22 August 1989
Sheffield United | 1–1 | Rotherham United | 22 August 1989
Shrewsbury Town | 3–0 | Notts County | 22 August 1989
Stockport County | 1–0 | Bury | 21 August 1989
Torquay United | 1–0 | Hereford United | 22 August 1989
Walsall | 1–2 | Port Vale | 22 August 1989
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Lincoln City | 22 August 1989
Wrexham | 0–0 | Wigan Athletic | 22 August 1989

### Second leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date  | Agg

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Aldershot | 6–2[1] | Peterborough United | 29 August 1989 | 6–4
Bolton Wanderers | 5–1 | Rochdale | 29 August 1989 | 6–3
Brentford | 1–1 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 29 August 1989 | 4–1
Burnley | 0–1 | Blackpool | 29 August 1989 | 2–3
Bury | 1–1 | Stockport County | 29 August 1989 | 1–2
Carlisle United | 1–0 | Halifax Town | 29 August 1989 | 2–3
Chester City | 0–2 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 August 1989 | 0–6
Chesterfield | 1–1 | Birmingham City | 29 August 1989 | 2–3
Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town | 29 August 1989 | 2–3
Grimsby Town | 2–0[1] | Hull City | 29 August 1989 | 2–1
Hereford United | 3–0 | Torquay United | 30 August 1989 | 3–1
Leyton Orient | 3–0 | Gillingham | 29 August 1989 | 7–1
Lincoln City | 0–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 August 1989 | 0–3
Maidstone United (1897) | 0–1 | Cambridge United | 30 August 1989 | 1–4
Northampton Town | 0–2 | Mansfield Town | 5 September 1989 | 1–3
Notts County | 3–1 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 August 1989 | 3–4
Oxford United | 3–5 | Fulham | 30 August 1989 | 4–5
Plymouth Argyle | 0–2 | Cardiff City | 29 August 1989 | 3–2
Port Vale | 1–0 | Walsall | 28 August 1989 | 3–1
Portsmouth | 2–0[1] | Bristol Rovers | 29 August 1989 | 2–1
Reading | 2–2 | Bristol City | 29 August 1989 | 5–4
Rotherham United | 1–0 | Sheffield United | 29 August 1989 | 2–1
Scunthorpe United | 1–1 | Scarborough | 29 August 1989 | 1–3
Southend United | 2–1 | Colchester United | 29 August 1989 | 6–4
Swansea City | 1–1 | Exeter City | 29 August 1989 | 1–4
Tranmere Rovers | 3–1 | Preston North End | 29 August 1989 | 7–4
Wigan Athletic | 5–0 | Wrexham | 30 August 1989 | 5–0
York City | 4–1 | Hartlepool United | 29 August 1989 | 7–4

## Second round

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A total of 64 teams took part in the second round, including the 28 winners from round one. The remaining Second Division clubs entered in this round, as well as the 20 sides from the First Division. Each tie was again played across two legs.

### First leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Arsenal | 2–0 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 September 1989
Aston Villa | 2–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 September 1989
Barnsley | 1–1 | Blackpool | 19 September 1989
Birmingham City | 1–2 | West Ham United | 19 September 1989
Bolton Wanderers | 2–1 | Watford | 19 September 1989
Brentford | 2–1 | Manchester City | 19 September 1989
Cambridge United | 2–1 | Derby County | 19 September 1989
Charlton Athletic | 3–1 | Hereford United | 20 September 1989
Chelsea | 1–1 | Scarborough | 19 September 1989
Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | Bournemouth | 19 September 1989
Crystal Palace | 1–2 | Leicester City | 19 September 1989
Exeter City | 3–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 September 1989
Grimsby Town | 3–1 | Coventry City | 19 September 1989
Ipswich Town | 0–1 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 September 1989
Leyton Orient | 0–2 | Everton | 19 September 1989
Liverpool | 5–2 | Wigan Athletic | 19 September 1989
Mansfield Town | 3–4 | Luton Town | 19 September 1989
Middlesbrough | 4–0 | Halifax Town | 20 September 1989
Norwich City | 1–1 | Rotherham United | 20 September 1989
Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Huddersfield Town | 20 September 1989
Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Leeds United | 19 September 1989
Port Vale | 1–2 | Wimbledon | 18 September 1989
Portsmouth | 2–3 | Manchester United | 20 September 1989
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Stockport County | 20 September 1989
Reading | 3–1 | Newcastle United | 19 September 1989
Sheffield Wednesday | 0–0 | Aldershot | 20 September 1989
Shrewsbury Town | 0–3 | Swindon Town | 19 September 1989
Stoke City | 1–0 | Millwall | 19 September 1989
Sunderland | 1–1 | Fulham | 19 September 1989
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Southend United | 20 September 1989
West Bromwich Albion | 1–3 | Bradford City | 20 September 1989
York City | 0–1 | Southampton | 20 September 1989

### Second leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date  | Agg

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|
|
|

Aldershot | 0–8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 October 1989 | 0–8
Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | Exeter City | 3 October 1989 | 2–4
Blackpool | 1–1[1][2] | Barnsley | 3 October 1989 | 2–2
Bournemouth | 0–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 October 1989 | 1–0
Bradford City | 3–5[1][3] | West Bromwich Albion | 4 October 1989 | 6–6
Coventry City | 3–0 | Grimsby Town | 4 October 1989 | 4–3
Derby County | 5–0 | Cambridge United | 4 October 1989 | 6–2
Everton | 2–2 | Leyton Orient | 3 October 1989 | 4–2
Fulham | 0–3 | Sunderland | 3 October 1989 | 1–4
Halifax Town | 0–1 | Middlesbrough | 3 October 1989 | 0–5
Hereford United | 0–1 | Charlton Athletic | 4 October 1989 | 1–4
Huddersfield Town | 3–3[1] | Nottingham Forest | 3 October 1989 | 4–4
Leeds United | 1–2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 October 1989 | 2–4
Leicester City | 2–3[1][4] | Crystal Palace | 4 October 1989 | 4–4
Luton Town | 7–2 | Mansfield Town | 3 October 1989 | 11–5
Manchester City | 4–1 | Brentford | 4 October 1989 | 5–3
Manchester United | 0–0 | Portsmouth | 3 October 1989 | 3–2
Millwall | 2–0[1] | Stoke City | 4 October 1989 | 2–1
Newcastle United | 4–0 | Reading | 4 October 1989 | 5–3
Plymouth Argyle | 1–6 | Arsenal | 3 October 1989 | 1–8
Rotherham United | 0–2 | Norwich City | 3 October 1989 | 1–3
Scarborough | 3–2[1] | Chelsea | 4 October 1989 | 4–3
Southampton | 2–0 | York City | 3 October 1989 | 3–0
Southend United | 3–2[1][5] | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 October 1989 | 3–3
Stockport County | 0–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 October 1989 | 1–2
Swindon Town | 3–1 | Shrewsbury Town | 3 October 1989 | 6–1
Tranmere Rovers | 1–0 | Ipswich Town | 3 October 1989 | 2–0
Watford | 1–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 October 1989 | 2–3
West Ham United | 1–1 | Birmingham City | 4 October 1989 | 3–2
Wigan Athletic | 0–3 | Liverpool | 4 October 1989 | 2–8
Wimbledon | 3–0 | Port Vale | 4 October 1989 | 5–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | Aston Villa | 4 October 1989 | 2–3

## Third round

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A total of 32 teams took part in the third round, all 32 winners from round two. Unlike the previous two rounds, this round was played over one leg. Frank Bunn scores a new League Cup record six goals in Oldham's 7–0 victory over Scarborough.

### Ties

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Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

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|
|

Arsenal | 1–0 | Liverpool | 25 October 1989
Aston Villa | 0–0 | West Ham United | 25 October 1989
Crystal Palace | 0–0 | Nottingham Forest | 24 October 1989
Derby County | 2–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 October 1989
Everton | 3–0 | Luton Town | 24 October 1989
Exeter City | 3–0 | Blackpool | 25 October 1989
Manchester City | 3–1 | Norwich City | 25 October 1989
Manchester United | 0–3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 October 1989
Middlesbrough | 1–1 | Wimbledon | 25 October 1989
Newcastle United | 0–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 October 1989
Oldham Athletic | 7–0 | Scarborough | 25 October 1989
Queens Park Rangers | 1–2 | Coventry City | 25 October 1989
Southampton | 1–0 | Charlton Athletic | 24 October 1989
Sunderland | 1–1 | Bournemouth | 24 October 1989
Swindon Town | 3–3 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 October 1989
Tranmere Rovers | 3–2 | Millwall | 23 October 1989

25 October 1989

Arsenal| 1 – 0| Liverpool

|
|

Smith 80' |  |

Highbury, London

25 October 1989

Aston Villa| 0 – 0| West Ham United

|
|

|  |

Villa Park, Birmingham

25 October 1989

Crystal Palace| 0 – 0| Nottingham Forest

|
|

|  |

Selhurst Park, South Norwood, London

24 October 1989

Everton| 3 – 0| Luton Town

|
|

Newell (2)
Nevin |  |

Goodison Park, Liverpool

25 October 1989

Manchester United| 0 – 3| Tottenham Hotspur

|
|

|  | Lineker 22'
Samways
Nayim 88'

Old Trafford, Manchester

25 October 1989

Oldham Athletic| 7 – 0| Scarborough

|
|

Bunn (6)
Ritchie |  |

Boundary Park, Oldham

### Replays

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Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

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Bolton Wanderers | 1–1[1] | Swindon Town | 7 November 1989
Bournemouth | 0–1 | Sunderland | 7 November 1989
Nottingham Forest | 5–0 | Crystal Palace | 1 November 1989
West Ham United | 1–0 | Aston Villa | 8 November 1989
Wimbledon | 1–0 | Middlesbrough | 8 November 1989

7 November 1989

Bournemouth| 0 – 1| Sunderland

|
|

|  | Gabbiadini

Dean Court, Bournemouth

8 November 1989

West Ham United| 1 – 0| Aston Villa

|
|

Dicks |  |

Upton Park, London

### 2nd Replay

[edit]

Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

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|
|

Bolton Wanderers | 1–1[1] | Swindon Town | 14 November 1989

### 3rd Replay

[edit]

Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

|
|
|

Swindon Town | 2–1[1] | Bolton Wanderers | 20 November 1989

## Fourth round

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A total of 16 teams took part in the fourth round, all 16 winners from round three. Once again this round was played over one leg.

### Ties

[edit]

Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

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|
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Derby County | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 November 1989
Exeter City | 2–2 | Sunderland | 29 November 1989
Manchester City | 0–1 | Coventry City | 22 November 1989
Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Everton | 22 November 1989
Oldham Athletic | 3–1 | Arsenal | 22 November 1989
Swindon Town | 0–0 | Southampton | 29 November 1989
Tranmere Rovers | 2–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 November 1989
West Ham United | 1–0 | Wimbledon | 22 November 1989

29 November 1989

Exeter City| 2 – 2| Sunderland

|
|

Rowbotham 17'
Neville |  | Armstrong
Gates

St James Park, Exeter

22 November 1989

Nottingham Forest| 1 – 0| Everton

|
|

Chapman 83' |  |

The City Ground, Nottingham

22 November 1989

Oldham Athletic| 3 – 1| Arsenal

|
|

Ritchie 45'
Henry |  | Quinn 90'

Boundary Park, Oldham

29 November 1989

Swindon Town| 0 – 0| Southampton

|
|

|  |

The County Ground, Swindon

22 November 1989

Tranmere Rovers| 2 – 2| Tottenham Hotspur

|
|

Vickers
Steele |  | Gascoigne
Lineker

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

### Replays

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Home team  | Result  | Away team  | Date

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|
|

Southampton | 4–2[1] | Swindon Town | 16 January 1990
Sunderland | 5–2 | Exeter City | 5 December 1989
Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 November 1989

29 November 1989

Tottenham Hotspur| 4 – 0| Tranmere Rovers

|
|

Howells 30'
Stewart
Mabbutt
Allen |  |

White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London

## Fifth round

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The eight winners from the fourth round took part in the fifth round. Once again this round was played over one leg.

### Ties

[edit]

17 January 1990

Nottingham Forest| 2 – 2| Tottenham Hotspur

|
|

Crosby
Parker |  | Lineker
Sedgley

City Ground, Nottingham

24 January 1990

Southampton| 2 – 2| Oldham Athletic

|
|

Le Tissier pen.' |  | Ritchie 90'

The Dell, Southampton

17 January 1990

Sunderland| 0 – 0| Coventry City

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|

|  |

Roker Park, Sunderland

17 January 1990

West Ham Utd| 1 – 1| Derby County

|
|

Dicks |  | Saunders

London E13, West Ham United

Attendance: 27,854

### Replays

[edit]

24 January 1990

Coventry City| 5 – 0| Sunderland

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|

Livingstone (4)
Gynn |  |

Highfield Road, Coventry

24 January 1990

Derby County| 0 – 0 a.e.t.| West Ham Utd

|
|

|  |

Baseball Ground, Derby

31 January 1990

Oldham Athletic| 2 – 0| Southampton

|
|

Ritchie
Milligan |  |

Boundary Park, Oldham

24 January 1990

Tottenham Hotspur| 2 – 3| Nottingham Forest

|
|

Nayim
Walsh |  | Hodge
Jemson

White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London

### 2nd Replay

[edit]

31 January 1990

West Ham United| 2 – 1| Derby County

|
|

Slater
Keen |  | Saunders

Upton Park, London

## Semi-finals

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As with the first two rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs. Holders Nottingham Forest narrowly defeated Coventry City, while West Ham United bowed out in the semi-finals for the second year running, this time at the hands of Oldham Athletic 6–3 on aggregate. Oldham's 6-0 first leg victory all but sealed their first ever appearance in a major final and at Wembley, was a record for a league cup semi-final until Manchester City defeated Burton Albion 9–0 in the first-leg of the semi-final tie in 2019. Five years earlier, in 2014, City had equaled Oldham's record, again at the expense of West Ham, with a 6-0 first-leg semi-final victory, and on that occasion City's 3–0 win in the second leg at Upton Park had set a record for an aggregate victory (9-0) which City themselves surpassed in 2019 with a 1-0 second-leg win at Burton for a 10-0 aggregate semi-final win.

### First leg

[edit]

11 February 1990

Nottingham Forest| 2 – 1| Coventry City

|
|

Clough 36' (pen.)
Pearce 79' |  | Livingstone 72'

City Ground, Nottingham

14 February 1990

Oldham Athletic| 6 – 0| West Ham United

|
|

Adams 12'
Ritchie 18'
Barrett 33'
R. Holden 46'
Palmer 70' |  |

Boundary Park, Oldham

Referee: Lester Shapter (Torquay)

### Second leg

[edit]

25 February 1990

Coventry City| 0 – 0| Nottingham Forest

|
|

|  |

Highfield Road, Coventry

Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 March 1990

West Ham United| 3 – 0| Oldham Athletic

|
|

Martin
Dicks pen.'
Kelly |  |

Upton Park, London

Referee: Terry Holbrook (Walsall)

Oldham Athletic won 6–3 on aggregate.

## Final

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Main article: 1990 Football League Cup Final

29 April 1990

15:00

Nottingham Forest| 1–0| Oldham Athletic

|
|

Jemson 47' |  |

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 74,343

Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)

## References

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### General

[edit]

* "English League Cup 1989/1990". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
* "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
* "English League Cup 1989–1990 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

### Specific

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n After Extra Time
2. ^ Blackpool F.C. won 5–4 on penalties
3. ^ West Bromwich Albion won on the away goals rule
4. ^ Crystal Palace won on the away goals rule
5. ^ Tottenham Hotspur won on the away goals rule

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