1989-90 season

1989-90 season
General information
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Captain	Alan Hansen
Performance
Division 1	Winners
FA Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	3rd round
Top scorers
League	Barnes (22)
FA Cup	Rush (6)
League Cup	Staunton (3)
Overall	Barnes (28)
Attendances
Highest	38,730
Lowest	19,231
Average	36,690
←1988-89	1990-91→

The 1989-90 season was Liverpool's 98th season of football since they were established. Liverpool went one step better than the previous season, reclaiming the league championship. John Barnes was in imperious scoring form racking up 28 goals throughout the season (his highest seasonal tally while at Liverpool). This would prove to be Liverpool’s last title for thirty years.

Squad

• GK. Bruce Grobbelaar
• GK. Mike Hooper
• DF. Gary Ablett
• DF. Jim Beglin
• DF. David Burrows
• DF. Gary Gillespie
• DF. Alex Watson
• DF. Steve Staunton
• DF. Glenn Hysen
• DF. Steve Nicol
• DF. Barry Venison
• MF. Alan Hansen
• MF. Nick Tanner
• MF. Kenny Dalglish
• MF. Ronnie Whelan
• MF. Ray Houghton
• MF. Mike Marsh
• MF. Jan Molby
• MF. Steve McMahon
• MF. John Barnes
• MF. Jim Magilton
• FW. Peter Beardsley
• FW. John Aldridge
• FW. Ronny Rosenthal
• FW. Ian Rush

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
29 July 1989	Dynamo Kiev	2-0	Barnes (pen), Aldridge
30 July 1989	Arsenal	0-1
1 August 1989	Malmo	2-1	Rush (18), Hysen (64)
3 August 1989	Vasalunds	1-1	Aldridge (13)
5 August 1989	Halmstads	1-0	Beardsley
7 August 1989	HJK Helsinki	0-0
30 August 1989	Real Madrid	0-2

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 August 1989	Man City	3-1	Barnes (pen 7), Beardsley (60), Nicol (90)
23 August 1989	Aston Villa	1-1	Barnes (24)
26 August 1989	Luton	0-0
9 September 1989	Derby	3-0	Rush (50), Barnes (pen 82), Beardsley (90)
12 September 1989	Crystal Palace	9-0	Nicol (7, 90), McMahon (15), Rush (45), Gillespie (56), Beardsley (61), Aldridge (pen 67), Barnes (79), Hysen (82)
16 September 1989	Norwich	0-0
23 September 1989	Everton	3-1	Barnes (33), Rush (62, 64)
14 October 1989	Wimbledon	2-1	Beardsley (3), Whelan (55)
21 October 1989	Southampton	1-4	Beardsley (pen 57)
29 October 1989	Tottenham	1-0	Barnes (25)
4 November 1989	Coventry	0-1
11 November 1989	Queens Park Rangers	2-3	Barnes (pen 32, 58)
19 November 1989	Millwall	2-1	Barnes (36), Rush (70)
26 November 1989	Arsenal	2-1	McMahon (30), Barnes (65)
29 November 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	0-2
2 December 1989	Man City	4-1	Rush (9, 88), Beardsley (48), McMahon (58)
9 December 1989	Aston Villa	1-1	Beardsley (64)
16 December 1989	Chelsea	5-2	Beardsley (3), Rush (5, 79), Houghton (23), McMahon (51)
23 December 1989	Man Utd	0-0
26 December 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Molby (2), Rush (84)
30 December 1989	Charlton	1-0	Barnes (17)
1 January 1990	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Rush (13, 38)
13 January 1990	Luton	2-2	Barnes (32), Nicol (75)
20 January 1990	Crystal Palace	2-0	Rush (9), Beardsley (62)
3 February 1990	Everton	2-1	Barnes (10), Beardsley (pen 29)
10 February 1990	Norwich	0-0
3 March 1990	Millwall	1-0	Gillespie (83)
18 March 1990	Man Utd	2-1	Barnes (pen 15, 55)
21 March 1990	Tottenham	0-1
31 March 1990	Southampton	3-2	Barnes (15), Osman (og 73), Rush (82)
3 April 1990	Wimbledon	2-1	Rush (10), Gillespie (44)
11 April 1990	Charlton	4-0	Rosenthal (26, 50, 62), Barnes (87)
14 April 1990	Nottingham Forest	2-2	Rosenthal (12), McMahon (15)
18 April 1990	Arsenal	1-1	Barnes (86)
21 April 1990	Chelsea	4-1	Rosenthal (25), McMahon (36, 80), Rush (82)
28 April 1990	Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Rush (40), Barnes (pen 63)
1 May 1990	Derby	1-0	Gillespie (81)
5 May 1990	Coventry	6-1	Rush (16), Barnes (37, 39, 61), Rosenthal (50, 69)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	6 January 1990	Swansea	0-0
3 (R)	9 January 1990	Swansea	8-0	Barnes (21, 43), Whelan (40), Rush (53, 77, 83), Beardsley (54), Nicol (86)
4	28 January 1990	Norwich	0-0
4 (R)	31 January 1990	Norwich	3-1	Nicol (17), Barnes (56), Beardsley (pen 64)
5	17 February 1990	Southampton	3-0	Rush (39), Beardsley (64), Nicol (77)
6	11 March 1990	Queens Park Rangers	2-2	Barnes (55), Rush (80)
6 (R)	14 March 1990	Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Beardsley (4)
Semi-final	8 April 1990	Crystal Palace	3-4	Rush (14), McMahon (81), Barnes (pen 83)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 (1st leg)	19 September 1989	Wigan	5-2	Hysen (4), Rush (64, 66), Beardsley (81), Barnes (88)
2 (2nd leg	4 October 1989	Wigan	3-0	Staunton (59, 72, 88)
3	25 October 1989	Arsenal	0-1

Other

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
12 August 1989	Arsenal	1-0	Beardsley (33)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	38	23	10	5	78	37	41	79
2	Aston Villa	38	21	7	10	57	38	19	70
3	Tottenham	38	19	6	13	59	47	12	63

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Gary Ablett	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
FW	John Aldridge	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
MF	John Barnes	34	22	8	5	2	1	1	0	45	28
FW	Peter Beardsley	29	10	8	4	3	1	1	1	41	16
DF	David Burrows	26	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	33	0
MF	Kenny Dalglish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Gary Gillespie	13	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	16	4
GK	Bruce Grobbelaar	38	0	8	0	3	0	1	0	50	0
MF	Alan Hansen	31	0	8	0	2	0	1	0	42	0
GK	Mike Hooper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Ray Houghton	19	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	25	1
DF	Glenn Hysen	35	1	8	0	2	1	1	0	46	2
MF	Mike Marsh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Steve McMahon	38	5	8	1	2	0	1	0	49	6
MF	Jan Molby	17	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	1
DF	Steve Nicol	23	6	7	3	2	0	1	0	33	9
FW	Ronny Rosenthal	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
FW	Ian Rush	36	18	8	6	3	2	1	0	48	26
DF	Steve Staunton	20	0	6	0	2	3	0	0	28	3
MF	Nick Tanner	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	Barry Venison	25	0	8	0	3	0	1	0	37	0
DF	Alex Watson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Ronnie Whelan	34	1	8	1	3	0	1	0	46	2

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Glenn Hysen	Fiorentina	£600,000	1 June 1989
Steve Harkness	Carlisle	£75,000	17 July 1989

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Jim Beglin	Leeds	Free	June 1989
John Aldridge	Real Sociedad	£1,250,000	13 September 1989