Chelsea
1988–89 season
ChairmanKen Bates
ManagerBobby Campbell
StadiumStamford Bridge
Second Division1st
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Full Members CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kerry Dixon (25)
All: Kerry Dixon (28)
Highest home attendance30,332 vs Leeds United
(22 April 1989)
Lowest home attendance5,341 vs Bradford City
(30 November 1988)
Average home league attendance15,957
Biggest win7–0 v Walsall
(4 February 1989)
Biggest defeat1–4 (two matches)

The 1988–89 season was Chelsea Football Club's seventy-fifth competitive season. The club returned to the First Division at the first attempt by winning the Second Division championship. Due to crowd trouble following the Football League play-off match against Middlesbrough the previous season, the Stamford Bridge terraces were closed for the first six home games of the season.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C, P) 46 29 12 5 96 50 +46 99 Promotion to the First Division
2 Manchester City (P) 46 23 13 10 77 53 +24 82
3 Crystal Palace (O, P) 46 23 12 11 71 49 +22 81 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4 Watford 46 22 12 12 74 48 +26 78
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 22 11 13 74 59 +15 77
Source: thestatcat.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

  • Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
  • Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.
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