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1988–89 Newcastle United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newcastle United
season	1988–89
manager	Willie McFaul
(until 9 October)
Colin Suggett
(caretaker until 14 December)
Jim Smith
(from 14 December)
chairman	Gordon McKeag
stadium	St James' Park
league	First Division
league result	20th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
cup3	Full Members Cup
cup3 result	Third round
cup4	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy
cup4 result	Semi-final
league topscorer	Mirandinha (9)
season topscorer	Mirandinha (11)
highest attendance	33,508
(vs. Tottenham Hotspur)
lowest attendance	14,445
(vs. West Ham United)
average attendance	22,815
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prevseason	1987-88
nextseason	1989-90

(until 9 October)* Colin Suggett (caretaker until 14 December) Jim Smith (from 14 December) (vs. Tottenham Hotspur) (vs. West Ham United) During the 1988–89 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League First Division. During the summer the club invested heavily in their squad, attempting to offset the loss of rising star Paul Gascoigne to Tottenham Hotspur for a then club record fee. The FA Cup winners Dave Beasant and Andy Thorn were signed from Wimbledon for £850,000 each, and the Scotsmen John Robertson and John Hendrie also joined as the club spent the £2.2 million it received for Gascoigne. The loss of Gascoigne proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back so soon after selling Peter Beardsley and Chris Waddle, and promising youngster Michael O'Neill, struggling with loss of form and injuries along with the enigmatic Brazilian Mirandinha, were in and out of the team all season.

Newcastle United were relegated, finishing bottom after changing their manager two months into the season. Willie McFaul was sacked as manager after a 3–0 home defeat to Coventry City, a week after the team had beaten the League champions Liverpool at Anfield. The new manager Jim Smith, who struggled to change the team's fortunes, set about 'wheeling and dealing' that saw many changes to the squad. Beasant and Robertson were replaced by the inexperienced Northern Irish goalkeeper Tommy Wright and the expatriate striker Rob McDonald. Other signings included the ex-England international Kenny Sansom, the experienced right back Ray Ranson and the Danish pair Bjørn Kristensen and Frank Pingel, but these changes had little effect and failed to stop the club's slide towards the Second Division, as they collected only two points from their last nine matches.

League table

Main article: 1988–89 Football League#First Division

Results

Squad

:(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Simod Cup	MCC Trophy	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG Dave Beasant	20	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	26	0
GK	IRE Gary Kelly	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
GK	NIR Tommy Wright	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
DF	IRE John Anderson	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	24	1
DF	ENG Steve Howey	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
DF	ENG Peter Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
DF	DEN Bjørn Kristensen	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0
DF	ENG Ray Ranson	13 (1)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	1
DF	ENG Glenn Roeder	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
DF	ENG Kenny Sansom	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
DF	ENG Kevin Scott	29	0	4	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	36 (1)	0
DF	ENG Andy Thorn	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	31	1
DF	ENG Kenny Wharton	14 (4)	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	23 (4)	0
MF	ENG Ian Bogie	3 (3)	0	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	5 (6)	0
MF	ENG Kevin Brock	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	3
MF	ENG John Cornwell	8 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	11 (2)	0
MF	SCO Albert Craig	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	SCO Archie Gourlay	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	NIR David McCreery	36	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	42	0
MF	IRE Liam O'Brien	17 (3)	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22 (3)	3
MF	NIR Michael O'Neill	17 (10)	4	1 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	21 (11)	5
MF	ENG Lee Payne	6 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	0
MF	ENG David Roche	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
MF	ENG Paul Stephenson	7 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9 (1)	0
MF	SCO Paul Sweeney	6 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	0
MF	ENG Brian Tinnion	12 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	15 (2)	1
FW	ENG Gary Brazil	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	0
FW	SCO John Hendrie	34	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	43	5
FW	SCO Darren Jackson	13 (2)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	18 (2)	2
FW	ENG Anth Lormor	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
FW	ENG Rob McDonald	6 (4)	1	1 (3)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8 (7)	2
FW	BRA Mirandinha	22 (6)	9	2 (1)	1	2	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	27 (8)	11
FW	DEN Frank Pingel	13 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (1)	1
FW	SCO John Robertson	7 (5)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	9 (7)	0
FW	ENG David Robinson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0

Coaching staff

Sources

{{cite book | author=Powter, David | title=Newcastle United: The 25 Year Record 1970-71 to 1994-95 | year=1995 | publisher=Soccer Book Publishing Ltd | isbn=0-947808-54-X }}
{{cite book | author=Joannou, Paul | title=Newcastle United: The Ultimate Record 1881-2011 | year=2011 | publisher=N Publishing | isbn=978-0-9568156-0-6 }}

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