Football League Fourth Division  1989/90

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Exeter City 46 28 5 13 83 48 +35 89 ▲Champions
2nd  Grimsby Town 46 22 13 11 70 47 +23 79 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Southend United 46 22 9 15 61 48 +13 75 ▲Promoted
4th  Stockport County 46 21 11 14 68 62 +6 74 Playoffs
5th  Maidstone United 46 22 7 17 77 61 +16 73 Playoffs
6th  Cambridge United 46 21 10 15 86 66 +20 73 ▲PO Winners
7th  Chesterfield 46 19 14 13 63 50 +13 71 Playoffs
8th  Carlisle United 46 21 8 17 61 50 +11 71 -
9th  Peterborough United 46 17 17 12 59 46 +13 68 -
10th  Lincoln City 46 18 14 14 48 48 0 68 -
11th  Scunthorpe United 46 17 15 14 69 54 +15 66 -
12th  Rochdale 46 17 15 14 52 55 -3 66 -
13th  York City 46 16 16 14 55 53 +2 64 -
14th  Gillingham 46 17 11 18 46 48 -2 62 -
15th  Torquay United 46 15 12 19 53 66 -13 57 -
16th  Burnley 46 14 14 18 45 55 -10 56 -
17th  Hereford United 46 15 10 21 56 62 -6 55 -
18th  Scarborough 46 15 10 21 60 73 -13 55 -
19th  Hartlepool United 46 15 10 21 66 88 -22 55 -
20th  Doncaster Rovers 46 14 9 23 53 60 -7 51 -
21st  Wrexham 46 13 12 21 51 67 -16 51 -
22nd  Aldershot 46 12 14 20 49 69 -20 50 -
23rd  Halifax Town 46 12 13 21 57 65 -8 49 -
24th  Colchester United 46 11 10 25 48 75 -27 43 Relegated

 

Football League Fourth Division Playoffs

Semi Finals 1st Leg

Date Home Score Away
Sun May 13 Cambridge United 1-1 Maidstone United
Sun May 13 Chesterfield 4-0 Stockport County

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

Wed May 16 Maidstone United 0-2 Cambridge United
Cambridge United Won 3-1 on aggregate
Wed May 16 Stockport County 0-2 Chesterfield
Chesterfield Won 6-0 on aggregate
Final
Sat May 26 Cambridge United 1-0 Chesterfield

 

End of Season Notes

 ▼Cardiff City were Relegated from the Third Division
 ▼Northampton Town were Relegated from the Third Division
 ▼Blackpool were Relegated from the Third Division
 ▼Walsall were Relegated from the Third Division
 ▲Exeter City were Promoted to the Third Division
 ▲Grimsby Town were Promoted to the Third Division
 ▲Southend United were Promoted to the Third Division
  ♦ Stockport County Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦ Maidstone United Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦ Cambridge United Qualified for the Playoffs
  ♦ Chesterfield Qualified for the Playoffs
 ♦▲Cambridge United were Promoted to the Third Division via the Playoffs
 ▼Colchester United were automatically Relegated to the Conference after finishing bottom of the Football League
 ▲Darlington were Promoted from the Football Conference