1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The season finale in which Bryant had his career-high scoring performance at the Carrier Dome before 33,015 against archrival Syracuse – the largest on-campus crowd in NCAA basketball history – was a wild game. Thompson was ejected – only his third ejection since taking over the Georgetown program in 1972 – and the Hoyas clung to a two-point lead with five seconds left in the game and Syracuse having little prospect of making even a long-range shot to tie. However, senior forward and team co-captain Sam Jefferson unnecessarily fouled Syracuse sophomore power forward Billy Owens, who sank both of his free throws to tie the game. Syracuse prevailed in overtime, beating the Hoyas 89-87.


1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Beginning with the regular-season-finale loss at Syracuse, the Hoyas stumbled in their final five games, losing three, each of them by five or fewer points. After a bye in the first round of the 1989 Big East Tournament, Georgetown defeated Providence in the quarterfinals but lost to Connecticut in the semifinals.


1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas were the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 12th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances – and defeated Texas Southern in the first round before the Midwest Region' No. 6 seed, 25th-ranked Xavier, upset them in the second round. In the final seven games of the year, Mourning had been limited to an average of just over six shots per game, and that had hurt the Georgetown offense.


1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1989-90 Hoyas were ranked No. 8 in the season's final Associated Press Poll and No. 6 in the final Coaches' Poll. Mark Tillmon and Dwayne Bryant graduated in May 1990, Tillmon having had the best season of his career, averaging 19.8 points per game for the year and 12.7 for his career, and Bryant with a school-record shooting average from three-point range of 39.9%. During their four seasons on the team, the Hoyas had posted a record of 102-24 overall and 53-5 at home.


1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Sophomore guard Ronny Thompson was the son of head coach John Thompson, Jr.


1989–90 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team
The 1989–90 Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Hugh Durham, and played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia. The Bulldogs won the SEC Regular season title, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. They were defeated by No. 10 seed Texas in the opening round to finish the season at 20–9 (13–5 SEC).


1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by 9th year head coach Bobby Cremins and the talented trio dubbed "Lethal Weapon 3" – ACC Player of the Year Dennis Scott, National Freshman of the Year Kenny Anderson, and Brian Oliver – the Yellow Jackets were ACC Tournament Champions and reached the 1990 Final Four.


1989–90 Golden State Warriors season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Warriors' 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the fourteenth pick in the 1989 NBA draft, the Warriors drafted Tim Hardaway, who teamed with All-Star forward Chris Mullin, and second-year star Mitch Richmond to form the threesome later known as Run TMC. The Warriors got off to a bad start losing 14 of their first 18 games, but posted two six-game winning streaks afterwards winning 12 of their next 15 games.


1989–90 Golden State Warriors season
However, midway through the season they struggled and fell below .500, missing the playoffs by finishing fifth in the Pacific Division with a 37–45 record. In a win over the Boston Celtics in the 38th game of the season, Hardaway, Mullin and Richmond all surpassed 20 points in the same game for the first time. The Warriors led the NBA in scoring during the season.


1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 8–19 (.296) overall in the regular season (3–11 in WCC, last), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (formerly known as Kennedy Pavilion) in Spokane, Washington.


1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
At the fourth conference tournament, the Zags lost again in the quarterfinals, to top seed Loyola Marymount, to finish at 8–20 (.286). Their first tournament wins came two years later in 1992; they advanced to the final, but fell by three to top-seeded Pepperdine.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup
The 1989–90 Greek Football Cup was the 48th edition of the Greek Football Cup.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Totally 76 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
It was a very interesting competition, that was characterized by undecided confrontations and enough surprises, from which the mainer was the elimination of AEK Athens by neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Ionikos, in Second Round. At the same time, PAOK eliminated Sparti on penalty shootout. PAOK's goalkeeper, Gitsioudis, warded off all 4 shots of rival players). Iraklis eliminated Ilisiakos after extra time, with away goals rule.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
In the Third Round, PAOK was eliminated on penalties by Olympiacos, after two eventful matches, while in quarter-finals there were impressive qualifications of both Panathinaikos, against Iraklis (6–1 at first leg), and OFI, against Athinaikos, that reversed 5–0 the first leg's 0–3. In two very interesting semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Panathinaikos after extra time, while OFI qualified against Apollon Athens with a goal in last minutes of the second leg.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
In Final, Olympiacos overcame 4–2 OFI and won the Cup after 9 years. For the Cretan team, it was the second and last time until present that they achieved to qualify for a Greek Cup Final. Top scorers of the season were Lajos Détári and Dimitris Saravakos, with 8 goals each.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, First round
The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs were played on February 14, 1990, and second legs on March 7.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
First legs were played on March 23, 1990, while second legs on April 4.


1989–90 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 46th Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season
The 1988–90 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' eleventh season in the National Hockey League.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On May 12, 1989, the Whalers announced that general manager Emile Francis would be promoted to team president. Replacing Francis as general manager of the club was Eddie Johnston. Johnston had previously held the general manager position with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1983-1988. During his tenure with the Penguins, the club drafted Mario Lemieux with the first overall selection in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
Four days later, on May 16, Johnston fired head coach Larry Pleau. Pleau led the Whalers to a 81-117-26 record over parts of five seasons as head coach of the club from 1980-1988. Pleau also had previously been the general manager of the club from 1981-1983. Just over two weeks later, Hartford hired Rick Ley to take over as head coach of the team. Ley had played with the Whalers when they played in the World Hockey Association from 1972-79, then in the National Hockey League from 1979-1981.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
Ley would have his number retired by the club on December 26, 1982. In 1981-82, Ley worked as an assistant coach with the Whalers. Midway in the 1982-83, Ley took over head coaching duties with the Binghamton Whalers, leading them to a 22-17-5 record in 44 games. From 1984-1988, Ley was the head coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the IHL, leading the club to three 50+ win seasons in four years, while winning the Turner Cup during the 1985-86 season. In 1988-89, Ley coached the Milwaukee Admirals, leading the team to a 54-23-5 record in his only season with the club.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
At the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota on June 17th, the Whalers selected Bobby Holik from Dukla Jihlava of the Czechoslovak Extraliga. In 36 games during the 1988-89 season, Holik scored 10 goals and 25 points in 35 games. Other notable selections that Hartford made include Blair Atcheynum, Jim McKenzie, James Black, Scott Daniels and Michel Picard.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
At the draft, the Whalers made a trade with the New Jersey Devils. Hartford acquired Pat Verbeek from the Devils in exchange for Sylvain Turgeon. In 1988-89, Verbeek scored 26 goals and 47 points in 77 games. His best season with New Jersey was in 1987-88, as Verbeek scored 46 goals and 77 points in 73 games, helping the club reach the post-season for the first time since the team relocated to New Jersey. In 463 career games, Verbeek scored 170 goals and 320 points since joining the Devils in 1982.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
At the 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft, the Whalers selected Chris Tancill. In 44 games during the 1988-89 season with the Wisconsin Badgers, Tancill scored 20 goals and 43 points.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On July 1, Brent Peterson announced his retirement from hockey. Nineteen days later, the Whalers hired Peterson as an assistant coach.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
The Whalers acquired Mikael Andersson from the Minnesota North Stars at the Waiver Draft held on October 2. Andersson played in 14 games with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1988-89 season, earning an assist. In 56 games with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, Andersson scored 18 goals and 51 points.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs
The Whalers lost to the Bruins 4 games to 3 in the Adams semi-finals.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Transactions
The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.


1989–90 Hartford Whalers season, Draft picks
Hartford's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.


1989–90 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 1989–90 season was Heart of Midlothian's seventh consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.


1989–90 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Overview
During the 1989–90 season, Hearts reached the quarter finals of both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup losing to Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic respectively. After a relatively successful season, finishing third in the Scottish Premier Division.


1989–90 Hellenic Football League
The 1989–90 Hellenic Football League season was the 37th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1989–90 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


1989–90 Hellenic Football League, Division One
Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1989–90 Hibernian F.C. season
The 1989–90 season saw Hibernian compete in the Scottish Premier Division, in which they finished 7th. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, where they reached the fifth round, the Scottish League Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round, and the UEFA Cup, in which they were eliminated in the second round.


1989–90 Highland Football League
The 1989–1990 Highland Football League was won by Elgin City. Clachnacuddin finished bottom.


1989–90 Honduran Liga Nacional
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1989–90 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 1989–90 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 24th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


1989–90 Honduran Segunda División
The 1989–90 Honduran Segunda División was the 23rd season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Roberto Scalessi, Tela Timsa won the tournament after finishing first in the final round (or Hexagonal) and obtained promotion to the 1990–91 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1989–90 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1989–90 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 79th since its establishment. Each team was allowed to sign 2 foreign players.


1989–90 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Houston Cougars men's basketball team represented the University of Houston as a member of the Southwest Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Pat Foster, and the team played its home games at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas.


1989–90 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars played in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three seasons, and lost in the opening round to UC Santa Barbara, 70–66. Houston finished with a record of 25–8 (13–3 SWC).


1989–90 Houston Rockets season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Rockets' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 19th season in the city of Houston. After a 9–6 start to the season, the Rockets would struggle posting a 12–18 record as they entered the New Year. However, they would manage to win seven of their next nine games. At midseason, the Rockets acquired Vernon Maxwell from the San Antonio Spurs as they continued to play .500 basketball for the rest of the season.


1989–90 Houston Rockets season
They finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 41–41 record, winning a tie-breaker over the Seattle SuperSonics for the #8 seed in the Western Conference. Akeem Olajuwon led the Rockets with 24.3 points, 14.0 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game, while being selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game. However, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in four games.


1989–90 Houston Rockets season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1989–90 campaign was a fairly successful season, with the exception of Town's failure of reaching the play-offs, after they finished in 8th place, just 2 places and 4 points off the play-offs.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following a disappointing first season back in the 3rd Division, many were wondering if Town were going to mount any serious promotion challenge, and if Craig Maskell was going to carry on his goalscoring form from the previous season. Town did start the season brightly and only lost two of their first 13 league games.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
The middle part of the season saw Town carry on their good start to the season and during the Christmas/New Year season, they won 6 out of 8 and by February, Town reached 5th place, with a play-off place at least seeming to be the minimum requirement for Town's season. However, from February onwards, Town's promotion dreams took a major downward spiral into nothingness.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Amongst the interesting records set by Town during the end of the season were the unwanted record of losing 5 consecutive home league games set between 3 March and 3 April. Also, Bury beat Town 6–0 at Gigg Lane in April, 12 months after Town beat them 6–0 at Gigg Lane. On a brighter note, Craig Maskell became only the third Town player to score 4 goals in an away match in Town's 5–1 win at Cardiff City, equalling the feat set by Charlie Wilson and George Brown.


1989–90 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 I-Divisioona season
The 1989–90 I-Divisioona season was the 16th season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 12 teams participated in the league, and Ässät Pori won the championship. Ässät Pori and Hockey-Reipas Lahti qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga.


1989–90 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The 1989–90 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the fourteenth edition of IHF's competition for European women's handball national cup champions.


1989–90 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
Rostselmash defeated previous European Cup's semifinalist Debreceni VSC in the final, becoming the second Soviet team to win the Cup Winners' Cup. They previously defeated defending champion Ştiinţa Bacău in the quarterfinals. For the first time in the competition's history, the East German and West German sides, SC Magdeburg and VfL Oldenburg, faced each other, two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, with Magdeburg making it to the quarterfinals.


1989–90 IHL season
The 1989–90 IHL season was the 45th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Nine teams participated in the regular season, and the Indianapolis Ice won the Turner Cup.


1989–90 IIHF European Cup
The 1989–90 European Cup was the 25th edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October 13, 1989, and finished on February 4, 1990.


1989–90 IIHF European Cup
The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, who won the final group.


1989–90 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Kermit Davis and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.


1989–90 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 23–5 overall in the regular season and 13–3 in conference play, champions in the regular season standings. At the conference tournament in Boise, the Vandals earned a third consecutive bye into the semifinals, where they beat sixth seed Montana State by nine points. In the final against league runner-up Eastern Washington, Idaho's Ricardo Boyd sank a three-pointer as time expired to break a tie and give the Vandals a second consecutive NCAA berth.


1989–90 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Seeded thirteenth again in the West Regional, Idaho lost to Louisville by nineteen points in Salt Lake City in the first round. Davis left in late March for Texas A&M, and was succeeded by Larry Eustachy, a former fellow UI assistant in Tim Floyd's first season (1986–87).


1989–90 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
This was Idaho's fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in ten years, but remains its most recent.


1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1989–90 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Coming off the Final Four season a year earlier, Illinois went 21-8 overall, 11-7 in the Big Ten in 1990. Kendall Gill, a senior, became the first player since Ken Norman in 1987 to average 20 points per game. Gill was named a First-Team All-American by UPI. Gill led the Big Ten in scoring and was a finalist for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. He was the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft, going to the Charlotte Hornets.


1989–90 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by first year head coach Bob Bender, played their first full season of home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference.


1989–90 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds finished the season 18–13, 9–5 in conference play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They were the number two seed for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament by virtue of holding tie-breakers over Creighton University and Tulsa University. They defeated Drake University in the quarterfinal round, Creighton University in the semifinal round, and Southern Illinois University in the final round to win the championship (their second in the conference).


1989–90 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds won the conference autobid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. They were assigned to the West Regional as the number fourteen seed and lost to the University of Michigan in the first round.


1989–90 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 19th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1989–90 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 18–11 and a conference record of 8–10, finishing 7th in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers were invited to participate in the 1990 NCAA Tournament as an 8-seed; however, IU made a quick exit with a first-round loss to 9-seed California.


1989–90 Indiana Pacers season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Pacers' 14th season in the National Basketball Association, and 23rd season as a franchise. The Pacers would jump out of the gate fast winning their first four games, on their way to a solid 19–9 start. However, they struggled losing 14 of their next 18 games. The Pacers played around .500 for the remainder of the season, finishing fourth in the Central Division with a 42–40 record, and entering the playoffs as the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference.


1989–90 Indiana Pacers season
Reggie Miller had a breakout season leading the team in scoring averaging 24.6 points per game, while becoming the first Pacer in 13 years to play in the All-Star Game, being selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game. However, in the first round of the playoffs, they were swept by the defending champion Detroit Pistons in three straight games.


1989–90 Inter Milan season, Season
The reigning champions of Internazionale changed his centre-forward, Ramón Díaz, with Jürgen Klinsmann: in German league, he had scored at least 15 goals for season since 1985. In fact, he soon proved his skills scoring twice in Coppa Italia. However, the long-awaited European campaign expired out in the first round: Malmö, champions of Sweden, beaten Inter for 1–0 and then equalized 1–1 in Milan, defeating Trapattoni's side.


1989–90 Inter Milan season, Season
Despite the conquest of domestic supercup, Internazionale was not able to solve the problem of partnership between Klinsmann and Aldo Serena: they also were not strong enough for Milan and Napoli, finishing the league with only a third place.


1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 12–16 overall and 4–14 in Big Ten play.


1989–90 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 10th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.


1989–90 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 10–18, 4–10 in Big Eight play to finish in sixth place. They lost to third-seeded Kansas in the 1990 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals.


1989–90 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Games were televised by ESPN, Raycom Sports, and the Cyclone Television Network.


1989–90 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team, Previous season
The previous season the Cyclones finished the season 17–12, 7–7 in Big Eight play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Oklahoma State in the 1990 Big Eight conference tournament quarterfinals before losing to Oklahoma, 76-74, in the semifinals. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament, losing to UCLA in the first round of the Southeast Regional.


1989–90 Iraq FA Cup
The 1989–90 Iraq FA Cup was the 14th edition of the Iraq FA Cup. The tournament was won by Al-Zawraa for the sixth time, beating Al-Shabab 2–1 on penalties in the final after a 0–0 draw. The first three rounds were between teams from the lower divisions, before the top-flight clubs began to enter at the round of 32.


1989–90 Iraq FA Cup, Bracket, Second preliminary round
The first legs were played on 16 October 1989, and the second legs were played on 30 October 1989.


1989–90 Iraq FA Cup, Bracket, Third preliminary round
The first legs were played on 6 November 1989, and the second legs were played on 20 November 1989.


1989–90 Iraqi National League
The 1989–90 Iraqi National League of Clubs was the 16th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. The name of the league was changed from Iraqi Pan-National League back to Iraqi National League and it was organised by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Al-Tayaran (now known as Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya) achieved their second Premier League title, having previously won the inaugural title in the 1974–75 season.


1989–90 Irish Cup
The 1989–90 Irish Cup was the 110th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It began on 20 January 1990 and concluded on 5 May 1990 with the final.


1989–90 Irish Cup
Ballymena United were the defending champions after winning their 6th Irish Cup last season, defeating Larne 1–0 in the 1989 final. However, this season they went out in the first round to Dungannon Swifts. Glentoran went on to win the cup for the fifth time in six seasons, and 15th time overall. They defeated Portadown 3–0 in the final.


1989–90 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1989–90 comprised 14 teams, and Portadown won the championship.


1989–90 Irish League Cup
The 1989–90 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 19 December 1989 with the final.


1989–90 Irish League Cup
Glentoran were the defending champions after defeating arch-rivals Linfield 2–1 in the previous final. This season they went out at the quarter-final stage with a defeat to Portadown. Glenavon were the eventual winners, becoming the fourth different winner of the competition in its first four seasons. They defeated Newry Town 3–1 in the final.


1989–90 Irish League Cup, First round
Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town both received byes into the second round.


1989–90 Israel State Cup
The 1989–90 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 51st season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 36th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1989–90 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Hapoel Kfar Saba who have beaten Shimshon Tel Aviv 1–0 in the final.


1989–90 Israel State Cup, Results, Eighth Round
Byes: Hapoel Bat Yam, Hapoel Lod, Hapoel Yeruham, Maccabi Jaffa.


1989–90 Isthmian League
The 1989–90 season was the 75th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.


1989–90 Isthmian League
The league consisted of three divisions. Division Two was divided into two sections.


1989–90 Isthmian League
Slough Town were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title and were promoted to the Conference.


1989–90 Isthmian League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1989–90 Isthmian League, Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:


1989–90 Isthmian League, Division Two North
Division Two North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1989–90 Isthmian League, Division Two South
Division Two South consisted of 21 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1989–90 Japan Ice Hockey League season
The 1989–90 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 24th season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.


1989–90 Japan Soccer League, League tables, First Division
Nissan won a second title, spurred by increasing links between the team, its parent company and their hometown, Yokohama. Fujita Industries and Hitachi were relegated.


1989–90 Japan Soccer League, League tables, Second Division
Fallen giant Mitsubishi and struggler Toyota Motors returned to the top flight. Mazda Auto Hiroshima, who had been put as an A-squad to rival its parent company, and Teijin went back to their regional leagues (Chugoku and Shikoku, respectively).


1989–90 Juventus F.C. season
Juventus finished in 4th place in the league this season, but won the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.


1989–90 KK Crvena zvezda season
The 1989–90 Crvena zvezda season is the 45th season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Yugoslav Federal A League and the FIBA Korać Cup.


1989–90 KK Crvena zvezda season, Overview
Guards Nebojša Ilić and Saša Obradović, and forward Slobodan Kaličanin were ruled out for the season due to the compulsory military service in the Yugoslav People's Army. Youth players Dragan Aleksić, Mirko Pavlović, Dušan Stević, Mlađan Šilobad, and Časlav Trifunović were promoted from the junior selection.


1989–90 KNVB Cup
The 72nd edition of the KNVB Cup started on September 2, 1989. The final was played on April 25, 1990: PSV beat Vitesse Arnhem 1–0 and won the cup for the sixth time.


1989–90 KNVB Cup, First round
The matches of the first round were played on September 2 and 3, 1989.


1989–90 KNVB Cup, First round, Intermediary Round
There was only room for 32 teams in the next round, so this intermediary round was held on October 4, 1989.


1989–90 KNVB Cup, Second round
The matches of the second round were played on December 8, 9, 10 and 13 1989. The ten highest ranked Eredivisie teams from last season entered the tournament this round.


1989–90 KNVB Cup, Round of 16
The matches of the round of 16 were played on January 13 and 14, 1990.


1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 92nd basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 2nd year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. The team set an NCAA record for largest unranked to ranked jump. Following the preseason NIT, where the Jayhawks defeated the 2nd, 1st, and 25th ranked teams in the nation, the Jayhawks jumped to the 4th ranked team in the nation.


1989–90 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
They remained in the top two for the remainder of the regular season. The season also marked the beginning of an NCAA record 30 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances that as of the 2021 tournament (there was no tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) is still active. The Jayhawks 150–95 victory over Kentucky on December 9, remains the most points scored in a game in Kansas basketball history and the worst defeat in Kentucky's history.


1989–90 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big 8 Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lon Kruger who was in his fourth (and final) season at the helm of his alma mater. The team played its home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. The Wildcats finished with a record of 17–15 (7–7 Big 8), and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. Kansas State lost to Xavier in the opening round of the tournament.


1989–90 Kent Football League
The 1989–90 Kent Football League season was the 24th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.


1989–90 Kent Football League
The league was won by Faversham Town, for the fourth time in their history.


1989–90 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:


1989–90 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1989-90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Rick Pitino and the team finished the season with an overall record of 14-14. The team utilized a fast-paced offense predicated on taking many three-point shots; after the team hit 18 of 41 three-point attempts in a game against Tennessee Tech, Lexington Herald-Leader columnist John McGill dubbed them "Pitino's Bombinos", a nickname which stuck.


1989–90 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Coming off the controversy of the Eddie Sutton scandal, the NCAA banned the Kentucky Wildcats from television for one season. Pitino knew this and still took the challenge of making this team successful despite the many deficient parts of the program. Coming off an iffy season in the NBA with the Knicks, Pitino missed the college experience and felt that Kentucky would be the most interesting choice. The 14-14 record was a direct reflection of this, but Pitino definitely bounced back over the next few years.


1989–90 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Coming into the new season, not all of Kentucky's players were completely committed to playing due to the program being in shambles. Some players were reported to have skipped class or not put forth 100% effort into practices. Ironically, the students that did not compete were focusing more on their grades so they could graduate. Despite Rick Pitino's intense coaching effort, the season included many difficult moments for the Wildcats, including a 150-95 loss to Kansas (which is the largest margin of defeat in Kentucky history). Combining all of these obstacles, the Wildcats finished with an disappointing .500 record, though Pitino was named SEC Coach of the Year (for the first of three times) for guiding Kentucky to a 10-8 record in conference.


1989–90 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Al Jahra won the championship.


1989–90 LSU Tigers basketball team
The 1989-90 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1989–90 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.


1989–90 La Liga
The 1989–90 La Liga season, the 59th since its establishment, started on September 2, 1989, and finished on May 6, 1990. Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the fifth season running.


1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Speedy Morris, the team established the single-season school record for wins with a 30-2 record (16-0 MAAC), including a 22-game win streak. National Player of the Year Lionel "L-Train" Simmons finished his collegiate career third in NCAA scoring with 3,217 points, and also accumulated 1,429 rebounds. He was the first player in NCAA history to score more than 3,000 points and grab more than 1,100 rebounds.


1989–90 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team, Rankings
*Final AP and Coaches rankings released prior to NCAA tournament


1989–90 Lancashire Cup
The 1989–90 Lancashire Cup was the 77th occasion on which the completion had been held. Warrington won the trophy  by beating Oldham by the score of 24-16 in the final. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9.990 and receipts were £41,804.


1989–90 Lancashire Cup, Background
This season, Chorley Borough (see note 1) joined the league, bringing the total number of entrants up to  17. This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game). The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of  any  “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.


1989–90 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1989–90 Lancashire Cup, Notes
1 * Chorley Borough (2) were elected to the league during the close season after the previous team of the same name moved out and to Altrincham as Trafford Borough.


1989–90 Lancashire Cup, Notes
This was the first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly formed and elected club and also to be played at the new venue, home of  Chorley F.C. 2 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the reformed and newly named Trafford Borough     The half time score was 2-6 in favour of Trafford Borough3 * Match played at Leigh's Hilton Park4 * Match played at Carlisle United's Brunton Park 5 * This was the 25th successive defeat for Runcorn Highfield 6 * The venue is given by RUGBYLEAGUEprojects as Chiswick Poly Sports Grd - Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990–91 gives the venue as Claremont Road stadium which, at that date, was the home ground of Hendon F.C. 7 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-19938 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010. The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league)
This was the nineteenth season for the competition, known from this season onwards as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship reasons.


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league)
Wigan won the final, beating Halifax by the score of 24-12 in the match was played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 17,810 and receipts were £73688


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw two changes in the  existing members, and two new members, a new Chorley Borough (2) and an additional (now three in total) junior clubThis brought the number of entrants up to thirty-eightThe  changes in details are :-1 Mansfield Marksman changed their name to Nottingham City and moved to a new Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham2 York had been renamed as Ryedale-York and moved to the new Ryedale Stadium on the  outskirts of the  city3 Chorley Borough re-formed, this time as Trafford Borough and moved out of Chorley and to Moss Lane the home ground of Altrincham F.C. 4 and this left a vacancy in Chorley which was filled by a newly formed club using the name of the recently departed club, yet another Chorley Borough (2)


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * Crossfields are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington2 * Score at half time was 8-83 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull4 * Rothmans Yearbooks 1991–92 and 1991–92 and RUGBYLEAGUEproject give score as 28-14 but Wigan official archives gives it as 27-145 * Kells are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria6 * The score at half time was 0-27 * The game was played at Whitehaven's ground8 * This result is missing from the details given in RUGBYLEAGUEproject 9


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
* This match played at Thrum Hall, home of Halifax - NOTE After the Hillsborough Stadium disaster Sheffield Eagles were unable to play at their home ground and during this season used 7 different venues as temporary "home" grounds10 * At this time Fulham were a bit nomadic, using a collection of grounds as their "home", but the  likelihood was that this match was probably played at Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground11 * This match played at Saltergate, the home of Chesterfield F.C. - NOTE After the Hillsborough Stadium disaster Sheffield Eagles were unable to play at their home ground and during this season used 7 different venues as temporary "home" grounds12  * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was  40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995–96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1989–90 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1989–90 League of Ireland First Division
The 1989–90 League of Ireland First Division season was the fifth season of the League of Ireland First Division.


1989–90 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Waterford United F.C. won the division.


1989–90 League of Ireland First Division, First Division Play-off
After Waterford United and Sligo Rovers finished level on points, a play-off was held to decide the overall title winners.


1989–90 League of Ireland First Division, First Division Play-off, 2nd Leg
Waterford United won 2–1 on aggregate and were declared champions.


1989–90 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 1989–90  League of Ireland Premier Division was the fifth season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.


1989–90 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the championship.


1989–90 Lebanese Premier League
The 1989–90 Lebanese Premier League season was the 30th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese professional league for association football clubs in the country, established in 1934.


1989–90 Lebanese Premier League
Ansar, who were the defending champions, won their second consecutive Lebanese Premier League title, and second overall.


1989–90 Leeds United A.F.C. season
During the 1989–90 season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1989–90 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1989–90 season, Leeds were promoted to the First Division, having finished as champions of the Second Division on 85 points.


1989–90 Leeds United A.F.C. season, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1989–90 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1989–90 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1989–90 season, the Foxes had a very poor start to the season with only 1 win from the first 12 league games that saw Leicester bottom of the second tier of English football for the first time since February 1915. At the end of the year, the Foxes found form with 6 wins from 7 games guided Leicester to mid-table and stayed there for most of the season, settling for a 13th-place finish. In March 1990, there was another chapter in the club's boardroom history when chairman Terry Shipman's father Len died at the age of 87.


1989–90 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad, Left club during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Liga Alef
The 1989–90 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Acre and Hapoel Ashdod promoted to Liga Artzit as the respective winners of the north and south division. They were joined by Ironi Ashdod who won the promotion/relegation play-offs.


1989–90 Liga Alef
Hapoel Bnei Nazareth, Beitar Haifa, Hapoel Or Yehuda and Hapoel Dimona were all relegated to Liga Bet.


1989–90 Liga Alef, North Division
The division's top scorer was Hisham Zuabi of Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel with 15 goals.


1989–90 Liga Alef, South Division
The division's top scorer was Naor Galili of Ironi Ashdod with 15 goals.


1989–90 Liga Alef, Promotion/relegation play-offs
The two second-placed clubs (Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel and Ironi Ashdod) played off to face the 14th-placed club from Liga Artzit (Maccabi Tamra). Ironi Ashdod won both matches and were promoted, whilst Tamra were relegated to Liga Alef.


1989–90 Liga Artzit
The 1989–90 Liga Artzit season in Israel saw Tzafririm Holon and Hapoel Tel Aviv promoted to Liga Leumit. At the other end of the table, Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Hapoel Lod were automatically relegated to Liga Alef, whilst Maccabi Tamra went down after losing the promotion-relegation play-offs. Maccabi Yavne's Benny Tabak was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.


1989–90 Liga Artzit, Promotion-relegation play-offs
14th-placed Maccabi Tamra had to play-off against Liga Alef play-off winners Ironi Ashdod:


1989–90 Liga Leumit
The 1989–90 Liga Leumit season saw Bnei Yehuda won their first, and to date only title, whilst Hapoel Ramat Gan and Shimshon Tel Aviv were relegated to Liga Artzit. Uri Malmilian of Maccabi Tel Aviv was the league's top scorer with 16 goals.


1989–90 Liga Leumit
After the first two rounds of matches (22 matches) the league split into two groups of six clubs; a Championship group and a Relegation group, with clubs playing the others in their group twice more.


1989–90 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino
The 1989–90 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino was the second season of the Spanish women's football top tier. Atlético Villa de Madrid won their first title ever.


1989–90 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 1989–90 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 16th season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Six teams participated in the league, and CH Txuri Urdin won the championship.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1989–90 season was the 98th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, and their 28th consecutive year in the top flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool finished the season as league champions for the 18th time, and looked on course for another double, only to be knocked off course in the final stages of the FA Cup for the third season running – this time by a dramatic 4–3 semi-final defeat against a Crystal Palace side they had beaten 9–0 in the league earlier in the season. They did finish the season nine points ahead of runners-up Aston Villa in the league, but had faced a stiff challenge from Villa for much of the season and earlier in the season from neighbouring Everton. This would be Liverpool's last title for 30 years, until the 2019-20 season.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season
The autumn of 1989 saw the departure of striker John Aldridge to Spain. Aldridge had lost his place in the starting line-up to a resurgent Ian Rush, who had returned to the club a year earlier after an unhappy season in Italy. Injury-plagued defender Jim Beglin was transferred to Leeds United just before the start of the season, with the defence being bolstered by the arrival of Swedish star Glenn Hysén.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies
Liverpool's entered the four-team Makita International Tournament, played at Wembley Stadium, where they lost against Arsenal in the final, having beaten Dinamo Kiev. This was followed by a tour of Scandinavia which saw wins against Malmö FF and Halmstads BK and draws with Vasalunds IF and HJK Helsinki.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August
As FA Cup holders, Liverpool entered the Charity Shield, facing league champions Arsenal, in a rematch of the last game of the previous season when Arsenal had won the title at Anfield in dramatic circumstances. Liverpool gained some small revenge with a 1–0 win, thanks to a Peter Beardsley goal. The league campaign began with a 3–1 win over Manchester City, followed by away draws against Luton Town and Aston Villa. The month ended with a trip to Spain with a friendly against Real Madrid for the Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu. The Reds lost 2–0.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, August
The month ended with Liverpool fifth in the table, with newly promoted Chelsea top of the league, Millwall (in only their second top flight campaign) second, local rivals Everton third and Coventry City fourth.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
September began with a third consecutive away game, this time a 3–0 win at Derby County, followed by a 9–0 hammering of Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eight different players scored in this game, which was also notable as John Aldridge's last game for the club. Aldridge, who was leaving to join Real Sociedad, came off the bench to convert a penalty, and threw his boots and kit into the Kop at the end of the game.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
Aldridge had remained a first-choice player in 1988–89 after Rush's return, either playing in a three-man attack alongside Rush and Beardsley or alongside Beardsley in a two-man attack in the 14 league games that Rush was unfit for, but for 1989–90 Dalglish had decided to stick with a two-man attack of Rush and Beardsley, and Aldridge knew that leaving Anfield would be his best chance of regular first team action.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, September
After a 0–0 home draw with Norwich City, Wigan Athletic were defeated 5–2 in the League Cup, before the first Merseyside derby of the season. Just as in the previous season's FA Cup final, and in so many derbies before, Ian Rush was the match winner, as the Reds won 3–1 at Goodison Park.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
First up in October were Wigan in the so-called "away" leg (played at Anfield because Wigan's pitch was unplayable) of the League Cup second round. Liverpool won 3–0, with substitute Steve Staunton scoring a hat-trick to secure an 8–2 aggregate victory. Back in the league, Wimbledon were beaten 2–1 at Plough Lane before Southampton dealt the Reds a 4–1 hammering at The Dell. The misery was to continue four days later, as Arsenal ended Liverpool's League Cup campaign with a 1–0 win at Highbury.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, October
The league campaign resumed with a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, which saw Liverpool reclaim their lead of the First Division from Everton, who seemed to be re-emerging as a top club after two slightly less successful seasons under the management of Colin Harvey, since Howard Kendall's departure. Chelsea and Arsenal were still giving the two Merseyside clubs a serious run for their money, while a surprise challenge was also starting to mount from Southampton, Norwich and Aston Villa. After a generally very disappointing September, Manchester United had started to improve and were just seven points (though 10 places) behind Liverpool. The challenge from Millwall and Coventry, however, appeared to have ended as both clubs were now some way down the table.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
November was a miserable month for Liverpool. It began with a 1–0 home defeat against Coventry City, which was compounded by a 3–2 loss at QPR. Wins at Millwall and at home to Arsenal followed, before an away game at Sheffield Wednesday. This was Liverpool's first game at Hillsborough after the tragedy of seven months earlier, and it ended in a 2–0 defeat. However, they ended the month top of the league with 27 points – bracketed together on goal difference with Arsenal, Villa and Chelsea.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, November
Southampton and Coventry were both just four points behind the leading pack, but Everton's title hopes were fading fast as they had slumped from top place to 12th within a few short weeks. Manchester United's steady improvement had continued as they had continued to narrow the gap between themselves and Liverpool – now standing at nine places but just six points.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
December was a better month for Liverpool, who began it with an impressive 4–1 win at Manchester City (now managed by former Everton boss Howard Kendall). A 1–1 home draw with Villa followed, before a superb 5–2 win over fellow title contenders Chelsea on 16 December. A goalless draw with Manchester United came at Anfield on 23 December, with Liverpool's great rivals now enduring another run of bad form and effectively out of the title race.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
The next two games – against Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic – were both won, and so Liverpool ended the 1980s as First Division leaders. They had a four-point lead over their nearest rivals Aston Villa and a four-point lead over Arsenal. The challenge from the likes of Southampton, Chelsea and Norwich was becoming more distant, though a threat from North London was emerging in the shape of a Tottenham Hotspur side spearheaded by two of England's finest players – Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, December
The challenge from Everton was now looking well and truly over, as Colin Harvey's men were now 10th in the league and 13 points adrift of Liverpool, though with a game in hand. Any hopes that Manchester United might have had of beating Liverpool to the title were now almost completely dead, as Alex Ferguson's team now stood 15th in the league and were just two points above the relegation zone.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January
A new year and a new decade began with a 2–2 draw for Liverpool at Nottingham Forest on New Year's Day. Then came an FA Cup third round clash with Swansea City at Vetch Field. The Swans were now in the Third Division and the run for their money that they had given Liverpool eight years earlier was now very much a distant memory, but the Swans gave Liverpool a scare by holding them to a goalless draw. However, Liverpool blew Swansea to pieces in the replay at Anfield three days later by winning 8–0.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, January
Their FA Cup action (a fourth round clash with Norwich ending in a 3–1 replay win at Anfield after a goalless draw in the first game at Carrow Road) meant that there would be just two more league games that month – the first a 2–2 home draw with Luton, the second a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. However, Liverpool remained top of the league – level on points with Aston Villa with Arsenal as the only other serious contenders, though Nottingham Forest had now climbed into fourth place and were starting to raise a few eyebrows among observers in the title race.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, February
Liverpool remained on course for a unique second double as they beat Southampton 3–0 in the fifth round at Anfield on 17 February. Bad weather meant that there were just two league games for Liverpool that month, the first a 2–1 Merseyside derby win over Everton at Anfield, the second a goalless draw at Norwich.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March
Liverpool moved closer to a second double on 14 March when they beat QPR 1–0 in the quarter-final replay at Anfield, three days after drawing the first match 2–2 at Loftus Road. In the league, they defeated Millwall, Manchester United and Southampton but lost to Tottenham Hotspur. They were still top of the league, on goal difference ahead of Aston Villa and with a game in hand. Arsenal were now the only other team looking like a serious threat to the Reds, and, although Everton's recent revival had seen them climb to fifth place, it was now almost certainly too late for them to pip Liverpool to the league title.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, March
22 March saw the arrival at Anfield of 26-year-old Israeli striker Ronny Rosenthal on loan from Belgian club Standard Liège.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, April
April was a very mixed month for Liverpool. They finally clinched the league title on 28 April with two games to spare, thanks to a 2–1 home win over QPR, but 8 April saw their "double double" hopes ended in dramatic fashion for the third season running, this time in the shape of an FA Cup semi-final defeat to Crystal Palace (the team they had beaten 9–0 in the league seven months earlier) where the South Londoners had beaten them 4–3 in extra time to book a Wembley date with Manchester United in the final. Liverpool had now been champions of England on no fewer than 18 occasions – more than any other side at the time.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, May
The Reds proved themselves as worthy champions by winning both of their final two games: a slender 1–0 home win over Derby followed by a 6–1 hammering of Coventry at Highfield Road on the final day of the season.


1989–90 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season, May
Ronny Rosenthal's loan deal became permanent at the end of the season when Liverpool paid Standard Liège £1 million for his services, which had already seen him net seven goals in just eight league games – including a hat-trick in the 4–0 away win over relegation-bound Charlton.


1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Clippers' 20th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 6th in Los Angeles. With the second overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, the Clippers selected Danny Ferry out of Duke University. However, Ferry would never join the Clippers signing with a team in Italy. This would force General Manager Elgin Baylor into trading his draft rights along with Reggie Williams to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ron Harper. The Clippers were approaching .500 at 16–19 when Harper went down to a knee injury after 28 games. They won their next two games, but would lose 12 of their next 14 games, including a 7-game losing streak. The Clippers lost their final five games of the season, finishing sixth in the Pacific Division with a 30–52 record.


1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season
Despite another 50-loss season, the team's second-year stars posted stellar seasons. Last year's top draft pick Danny Manning averaged 16.3 points per game, Charles D. Smith led the Clippers in scoring with 21.1 points per game, and guard Gary Grant led them with 10.0 assists per game.


1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions
The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 23rd season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings compile a record of 34-39-7 for 75 points, good enough for fourth place in the Smythe Division. They defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the second round. For the Kings, this was the second consecutive year that they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round of the playoffs, only to be swept in the following round by the eventual Cup champions. In both years, they involved both teams from the province of Alberta.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season
This season saw the Kings' captain, Wayne Gretzky, become the all-time leading scorer in NHL history (see below for more details). Gretzky also led the league in scoring for the year, winning the Art Ross Trophy.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Offseason, NHL Draft
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
Mario Gosselin was the first goaltender in NHL history to lose a game without giving up a goal. Gosselin filled in for Kelly Hrudey and the Kings would give up an empty net goal. The result was a 7-6 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season
On Wednesday, October 25, 1989, the Kings were shut out at home 5-0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the team had been shut out in a regular-season game since Wednesday, March 12, 1986, when they lost at home 3-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to the loss against the Flames, the Kings had scored at least one goal in 261 consecutive regular-season games.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Wayne Gretzky's scoring record
On October 15, 1989, playing in only his 780th career game, Wayne Gretzky became the all-time leading scorer in NHL history, breaking the record of 1,850 career points set by his idol, Gordie Howe. Gretzky set the new record on a game-tying goal against Bill Ranford in the final minute of a contest against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers, in Edmonton. Afterwards, Howe was on hand to congratulate Gretzky on his accomplishment. The Kings went on to win the game in overtime.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Lakers' 42nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 30th in the city of Los Angeles. Despite the retirement of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and an NBA Finals defeat in which they were swept in four games by the Detroit Pistons, the Lakers got off to a fast start winning ten of their first eleven games, on their way finishing the regular season with a league-best 63–19 record.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season
However, after defeating the Houston Rockets in four games in the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers were upset in the Western Conference Semifinals by the 5th-seeded Phoenix Suns in five games. It was the first time in nine years that the Lakers did not reach the Western Conference Finals, ending a run that started in 1981—the longest series of consecutive NBA Conference Finals appearances since Bill Russell's Boston Celtics in 1969.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season
Ninth-year head coach Pat Riley resigned after the season and was replaced by Mike Dunleavy. He would return to coach the New York Knicks for the 1991–92 season. Following the season, Orlando Woolridge was traded to the Denver Nuggets.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season
Magic Johnson won the league's MVP trophy—his third in four years—in a controversial voting over Charles Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers. Johnson received fewer first-place votes (27 of the 92 cast) than Barkley (38), but totaled 636 points in the ballot compared to Barkley's 614.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season
Three members of the team, Johnson, James Worthy and A.C. Green were all selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game.


1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


1989–90 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Denny Crum and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27–8.


1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Westhead. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference.


1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team
Powered by consensus Second-Team All-Americans Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble, LMU led the nation in scoring for the third consecutive year and established an NCAA record of 122.4 points per game. Kimble won the NCAA individual scoring title by averaging 35.3 points per game.


1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team
On March 4, 1990, Gathers collapsed and died during a WCC Tournament Semifinal matchup against Portland. The team is remembered for honoring Gathers with a run to the Elite Eight as the 11 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Lions defeated New Mexico State 111–92, defending National Champion Michigan 149–115, and Alabama 62–60 before falling 131–101 to UNLV, the eventual National Champions.


1989–90 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team, Rankings
*Final AP and Coaches rankings released prior to NCAA tournament


1989–90 Luton Town F.C. season
During the 1989–90 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 17th in the First Division, only escaping relegation on goal difference. There was a managerial change halfway through the season when Ray Harford was sacked after two-and-a-half years in charge to be succeeded by Jimmy Ryan.


1989–90 Luton Town F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Luxembourg National Division
The 1989–90 Luxembourg National Division was the 76th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1989–90 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 10 teams, and FC Avenir Beggen won the championship.


1989–90 Magyar Kupa
The 1989–90 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 50th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season
The 1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season was the 12th in league history.


1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season, Final standings, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1989–90 Maltese Premier League
The 1989–90 Maltese Premier League was the 10th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 75th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 9 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.


1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1989–90 season was Manchester City's first season back in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.


1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Manchester City F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1989–90 season was Manchester United's 88th season in the Football League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
The season brought their lowest league finish since their relegation from the First Division 15 years earlier, as they finished 13th in the league, and by Christmas there were continued calls from fans for Alex Ferguson to be sacked as manager. However, the season ended on a high as United won the FA Cup by beating Crystal Palace 1–0 in a replay after drawing the first game 3–3. It was their first major trophy for five years, and their first since the appointment of Alex Ferguson as manager.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
It also saw them enter European competition as England's representatives in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup following the end of the ban on English clubs in European competition arising from the Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
1989–90 saw Mark Hughes top the club's goalscoring charts for the second year running, while the club welcomed four new major signings in the early part of the season–Danny Wallace, Neil Webb, Paul Ince and Gary Pallister.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
Young striker Mark Robins enjoyed regular appearances in the first team this season, often as a substitute, and scored 10 goals - including the winning goal against Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup. Lee Martin, who scored the winning goal in the FA Cup final replay, became the club's regular left-back this season.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
This season also saw the attempted purchase of the club by businessman Michael Knighton after chairman Martin Edwards considered selling the club for a reported £10 million. The sale fell through after Knighton was found to not have the money required to maintain the club. This period is best remembered for Knighton–wearing a United kit and tracksuit top–performing a keepie uppie routine before the opening game of the season at home to Arsenal. According to Alex Ferguson in his autobiography; Managing My Life (published nearly a decade later), this display of showboating annoyed Ferguson as he felt it was detrimental to his teams' preparation for the forthcoming match–although United did go on to win the game 4–1 against the defending champions.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
Ferguson also revealed in the autobiography that in spite of Manchester United's dismal form during the first half of the season, he was assured by the club's directors that his position as manager was never at risk; although naturally disappointed with the club's lack of progress in the league, they understood the reason for this - namely that a number of key players, including Neil Webb, were unavailable for long spells due to injury.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season
However, Ferguson also admitted in his autobiography that had he not achieved success with United that season, he feared that fan and media pressure on the club's board to sack him could eventually have become irresistible. There had been numerous calls from fans during the season for Ferguson to be sacked, and media reports had suggested that the former Everton manager Howard Kendall would be appointed as his successor; Kendall was appointed by United's local rivals Manchester City during the season. Similarly, there were also reports that Knighton wanted to recruit England manager Bobby Robson, who had announced his intention to stand down after the 1990 FIFA World Cup; the collapse of Knighton’s takeover rendered this moot, and Robson instead became manager of PSV Eindhoven after the World Cup.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Alex Ferguson began his fourth season as Manchester United manager desperate to bring a major trophy–and ultimately the league title–to Old Trafford for the first time in his reign. During the close season, he brought in Mike Phelan signs from Norwich City for £750,000 and Neil Webb from Nottingham Forest for £1.5 million, rebuilding his midfield following the sale of Gordon Strachan to Leeds United for £300,000 and midfielder Norman Whiteside to Everton for £750,000. Paul McGrath was sold to Aston Villa for £400,000, with Ferguson making an approach for Swedish defender Glenn Hysen, but lost out to Liverpool.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
By the end of the first month of the season, he had brought in Middlesbrough defender Gary Pallister for a club record fee of £2.3 million–also a national record for a defender and the second highest fee to be paid by an English club. Ferguson then signed Paul Ince, the 21-year-old West Ham United midfielder, for £1.7 million after a long wait that resulted from a failed medical.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Just 48 hours before the First Division campaign kicked off, Martin Edwards was reportedly on the verge of selling control of Manchester United for a deal in the region of £20 million, nine years after he inherited control of the club from his late father Louis. The next day, Michael Knighton, a 37-year-old property developer, agreed a takeover deal for the club.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The First Division season began with an excellent 4–1 home win over defending champions Arsenal. The goals come from Steve Bruce, Mark Hughes, Brian McClair and the debutant Neil Webb, raising hopes that 1989–90 could finally be the season where the league title returned to United.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
However, by 9 September, United had lost three league games in a row and unrest was growing among the fans, prompting rumours that Ferguson could be on the verge of dismissal. Some reports even suggested that the former Everton manager Howard Kendall was about to be appointed as manager of Manchester United, but the board denied that Ferguson's position was at risk. By Christmas, Kendall was indeed in Manchester, but as manager of City rather than United.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 16 September, Danny Wallace moved to Manchester United for £1.2 million, giving United a much needed boost on the left wing following the dismal form of Ralph Milne, who was signed last year, and a more experienced alternative to the 18-year-old Lee Sharpe.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Five days after Wallace's arrival, Martin Edwards agreed to sell his controlling interest in Manchester United to Michael Knighton for £20 million.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
23 September saw the first Manchester derby for three seasons, and it was a catastrophic one for United as they were defeated 5–1 at Maine Road by City. leaving them 14th in the First Division with seven points from their first seven games.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Despite Manchester United's erratic start to the season, the board offered Alex Ferguson a new contract with the club to take him up to the end of the 1992–93 season, and he accepted it.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
By mid October, Michael Knighton had pulled out of his takeover bid, and accepted a non-executive role on the board of directors.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Later that month, Manchester United's hopes of winning the League Cup for the first time were ended with a 3–0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in the third round.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 30 December 1989, Manchester United played their final game of the 1980s, a 2–2 draw at Wimbledon, meaning that they had gone without a win since 18 November and were 15th in the First Division, just two points above the relegation zone.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
What had been anticipated as a title challenge appeared to have dissolved into a relegation battle, but the board continued to stand by Alex Ferguson and insisted that he will not be sacked; though naturally disappointed by the lack of success in the league, they understood the reasons; not least the injury crisis which had plagued the club constantly since the previous autumn.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 7 January 1990, a goal by 20-year-old striker Mark Robins gave Manchester United a 1–0 win at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round. When the FA Cup third round draw was made a month earlier, many journalists anticipated the tie as the game that would end in defeat for United and drive Ferguson out of his job.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Later that month, a 2–0 defeat at Norwich City pushed Manchester United just one place and one point short of the relegation zone, but they continued to progress in the FA Cup as Clayton Blackmore scored the only goal of the game for a United side who eliminated Hereford United from the FA Cup in the fourth round tie at Edgar Street.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
A month later, they progressed to the FA Cup sixth round for the second year running by defeating Newcastle United 3–2 at St James' Park, and three weeks after that they booked their place in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since they won the trophy in 1985, thanks to a 1–0 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The FA Cup semi-final at Maine Road on 8 April ended in a 3–3 draw with Oldham Athletic. They got through to the final with a 2–1 win in the replay, where they would be paired with a Crystal Palace side managed by former United player Steve Coppell.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
United's league season ended with a 13th-place finish and only beating relegation by five points–their lowest since relegation 16 years earlier.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 12 May, Manchester United took to the field at Wembley against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. 18 minutes into the game, Palace (who had never played in the final before) took the lead through Gary O'Reilly, only for Bryan Robson to equalise in the 35th minute. Mark Hughes put United ahead in the 62nd minute, but Palace equalised in the 72nd minute through Ian Wright. The scores were still level at full-time, and the match went into extra time. Just two minutes into extra time, Wright put Palace ahead and it looked as though the FA Cup would be heading to Selhurst Park for the first time ever. Then, with seven minutes of extra time remaining, Mark Hughes equalised to force a replay.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Goalkeeper Jim Leighton had been performing erratically for much of the 1989–90 season, and his form in the FA Cup final was no different. Alex Ferguson then decided to drop Leighton for the replay and draft in Les Sealey, who had joined on loan from Luton Town the previous December and only played for the club twice before.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The replay was played at Wembley on 17 May, and Sealey pulled off a series of spectacular saves in the first half to prevent Palace from taking the lead. In the 59th minute, Lee Martin fired in a pass from Neil Webb to score only the second goal of his career and give the trophy to United.


1989–90 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Three weeks after the final, Manchester United signed Republic of Ireland defender Denis Irwin, 24, from Oldham Athletic for £625,000, with Alex Ferguson intending to use him as a right-back with Mike Phelan being switched to midfield.


1989–90 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1989–90 season was Mansfield Town's 53rd season in the Football League and 19th in the Third Division they finished in 15th position with 55 points.


1989–90 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 1989–90 men's college basketball season. Their head coach was Kevin O'Neill. The Golden Eagles finished the regular season with a record of 15–14, 9—5. This was the first year in which Marquette played in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.


1989–90 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
Guard Tony Smith was the team's leading scorer with 689 points and 225 assists in 29 games. Other statistical leaders included Forward Trevor Powell with 158 rebounds.


1989–90 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and Puebla won the championship.


1989–90 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
Potros Neza was promoted from Segunda División, however, the team sold its license to Veracruz.


1989–90 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
Atlante F.C. was relocated from Mexico City to Querétaro. The same team was relegated to Segunda División.


1989–90 Mexican Primera División season, Moves
After this season Querétaro bought the Tampico Madero franchise in order to come into Primera Division for the 1990-91 season.


1989–90 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1989–90 Segunda División was the 41st season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 18 August 1989 and concluded on 3 June 1990. It was won by León.


1989–90 Miami Heat season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the second season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat moved from the Midwest Division of the Western Conference, where they played during the team's inaugural season, to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The Heat looked to fix their scoring woes via the draft, and selected both Glen Rice and Sherman Douglas. The Heat still suffered the pains of an expansion team, posting long losing streaks throughout the entire season. However, they finished fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 3-win improvement from 1988–89 with an 18–64 record. Second-year center Rony Seikaly led the team averaging 16.6 points per game, and was named the 1989–90 NBA Most Improved Player. Despite the awful season, the Heat would only receive the ninth overall pick in the Draft Lottery.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at newly opened Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 14th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 28–6, 15–3 to win the Big Ten championship by two games.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
As the No. 3-ranked team in the country, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Southeast region. In the First Round, they narrowly avoided becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose a No. 16 seed, beating Murray State in overtime. They then defeated UC Santa Barbara in the Second Round to earn a trip to the Sweet Sixteen, their first trip since 1986. There they lost in overtime to Georgia Tech.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
Ken Redfield was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 1988–89 season 18–15, 6–12 to finish in eighth place in Big Ten play. Michigan State received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There the Spartans beat Kent State, Wichita State, and Villanova to reach the final four at Madison Square Garden. In the semifinals, they lost to Saint Louis before losing to UAB in the third-place game.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary
The Spartans were led by junior Steve Smith (20.2 points and 7.0 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game), senior Kirk Manns (15.5 points per game), and Ken Redfield  (11.6 points per game). The team also featured sophomore Mark Montgomery and freshman Dwayne Stephens who would both later become assistant coaches at Michigan State under Tom Izzo.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary
MSU began their season by traveling to Alaska to participate in the Great Alaska Shootout. There, they defeated Auburn, Texas A&M, and Kansas State to capture the Shootout championship. They suffered their first loss of the season at UIC after being ranked for the first time that season. Two games later, the Spartans lost at Breslin Center to Bowling Green. They finished their non-conference schedule with an 11–2 record.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary
Michigan State started the Big Ten season 3–0 before losing to No. 7 Illinois on the road. In a four-game stretch against ranked teams, the Spartans defeated No. 12 Indiana in Bloomington, but lost to rival No. 7 Michigan at home. A loss to No. 19 Minnesota preceded a win over No. 8 Purdue and left the Spartans at 6–3 in the Big Ten. Following the victory over Purdue, MSU entered the AP rankings at No. 23. The Spartans won their remaining nine games to finish the season on a 10-game winning streak.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary
The streak included wins over No. 15 Illinois, No. 25 Indiana, No. 8 Michigan, No. 17 Minnesota, and No. 10 Purdue in a six-game stretch. The finish gave the Spartans the Big Ten championship by two games over Purdue with a 15–3 record and they finished the season ranked No. 3 in the country.


1989–90 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Season summary
The Spartans received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed. In the Tournament, the Spartans narrowly defeated 16th-seeded Murray State, led by Popeye Jones, in overtime to avoid becoming the only No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed. They again narrowly defeated ninth-seeded UC Santa Barbara in the Second Round by four points to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1986. In the Sweet Sixteen, the Spartans 12-game winning streak came to end as they lost to fourth-seeded Georgia Tech. The game featured a controversial last second basket by Tech's Kenny Anderson to force overtime where the Spartans fell 80–81.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1989–90 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Head coach Steve Fisher led the team to a third-place finish in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned the number three seed in the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
For the third consecutive year, the team was ranked every week of the season in the AP Poll, which expanded from a top twenty poll to a top twenty-five poll that year. It began the season at number four, ended at number thirteen and peaked at number three. and it ended the season ranked fifteenth in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Terry Mills and Rumeal Robinson served as team co-captains and shared team co-MVP honors. The team's leading scorers were Robinson (575 points), Mills (562 points), and Loy Vaught (480 points). The leading rebounders were Vaught (346), Mills (247), and Robinson (127).


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team established the current Big Ten Conference single-game field goals made record against Iowa on March 10, 1990, when it made 55. The team earned numerous conference statistical championships. Loy Vaught won the rebounding championship for conference games with a 10.7 average and all games with an 11.2 average, while Robinson won the assists title for all games. This was the first year that the conference recognized both conference games and all games statistical champions.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Vaught also set the Michigan career field goal percentage record at 67.1%. The record would stand until 1998. On March 8, 1990, against Wisconsin, the team tied the school's February 21, 1987, single-game free throw percentage record by making all fifteen of its free throws, a mark that has only been outdone by the March 2, 2002 16-for-16 performance. Robinson set the current school career assist average of 5.75 per game, surpassing Gary Grant's 1988 mark. Loy Vaught ended his career with 135 games played, which surpassed Glen Rice's 1989 school record of 134 games to establish the record. In 2012, Stu Douglass finished his career with 136 games.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
In the 64-team NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, number three seeded Michigan advanced one round by defeating the fourteen-seeded Illinois State 76–70 before losing to the eleven-seeded Loyola Marymount 149–115. The March 18, 1990 264-point contest with Loyola Marymount stands as the highest scoring single game in NCAA tournament history. It is also the highest combined total in Michigan history.


1989–90 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1989–90 Middlesbrough F.C. season
During the 1989–90 English football season, Middlesbrough F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1989–90 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1989–90 season, Boro finished 21st in the Second Division, only escaping relegation by two points.


1989–90 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad, Appearances and goals
Appearance and goalscoring records for all the players who were in the Middlesbrough F.C. first team squad during the 1989–90 season.


1989–90 Midland Football Combination
The 1989–90 Midland Football Combination season was the 53rd in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.


1989–90 Midland Football Combination, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


1989–90 Milwaukee Bucks season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Bucks' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association. For the first time since 1978-79 season, Sidney Moncrief was not on the opening day roster. During the offseason, the Bucks acquired All-Star guard Alvin Robertson and Greg "Cadillac" Anderson from the San Antonio Spurs. Early into the season, the Bucks defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in a quintuple-overtime game on November 9, 155–154 at the Bradley Center. However, they fell under .500 along the way.


1989–90 Milwaukee Bucks season
Despite a season full of injuries, the Bucks won nine out of ten games between December and January, as they finished third in the Central Division with a 44–38 record. Ricky Pierce was named Sixth Man of The Year averaging 23.0 points per game off the bench, despite playing in just 59 games due to injury. However, in the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the Chicago Bulls in four games.


1989–90 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Clem Haskins, the Golden Gophers advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament and finished with a 23–9 record (11–7 Big Ten).


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 23rd season.


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season
Coached by Pierre Pagé, the team compiled a record of 36–40–4 for 76 points to finish the regular season 4th in the Norris Division. The North Stars were nearly unbeatable at the Met Center, winning 26, the best in the Norris Division and third-best home record overall. In the playoffs, they lost the division semi-finals 4-3 to the Chicago Blackhawks.


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Defencemen
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1989–90 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L=  Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season
The 1989–90 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 1st season in the National Basketball Association. Nearly 30 years since the Lakers left for Los Angeles, the NBA returned to Minnesota with an expansion team known as the "Timberwolves". The T-Wolves made their debut on November 3 losing to the Seattle SuperSonics, 106–94 on the road. Five days later, they made their home debut at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome losing to the Chicago Bulls 96–84. Just two nights later, the Wolves would finally get their first win beating the Philadelphia 76ers at home in overtime, 125–118 on November 10. However, the Timberwolves struggled in their first season, posting two nine-game losing streaks, finishing sixth place in the Midwest Division with a 22–60 record. Tony Campbell led the team in scoring averaging 23.2 points per game, and top draft pick Pooh Richardson made the All-Rookie First Team.


1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season, NBA Expansion Draft
Prior to the 1989 NBA draft, the NBA held a coin toss between the Timberwolves and the other new expansion team, the Orlando Magic, to determine their order for the NBA Draft and the expansion draft. The Magic won the coin toss and chose to have the first pick in the expansion draft and pick 11th in the NBA Draft, while the Timberwolves picked second in the expansion draft and 10th in the NBA Draft.


1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season, NBA Expansion Draft
The previous season's expansion teams, the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, were not involved in this year's expansion draft and did not lose any player.


1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
The 1989–90 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1989–90 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers won the Big Eight regular season title and were the No. 1 ranked team in the country before an upset by Colorado in the Big Eight Conference Tourney and a stunning loss to 14-seed Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tourney NCAA Tournament. The Tigers finished with an overall record of 26–6 (12–2 Big Eight).


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 81st season. The Canadiens were eliminated in the Adams Division final by the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1.


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season, Offseason
Captain Bob Gainey retired in July 1989. The Canadiens named Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios co-captains, in August. Meanwhile, longtime defenceman Larry Robinson signed with the Los Angeles Kings via free-agency.


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season, Offseason, NHL Draft
Montreal's draft picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The Canadiens finished the regular season with only 234 goals allowed, second only to the Boston Bruins. Their power play struggled throughout the season and they finished last in power-play goals scored (54) and power-play percentage (15.88%). Although the Canadiens scored the fewest short-handed goals in the league, with 4, they only allowed 7, good enough for 4th place in the league (tied with the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers).


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1989–90 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy