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1988–89 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	West Ham United
season	1988–89
manager	John Lyall
chairman	Len Cearns
stadium	Boleyn Ground
league	First Division
league result	19th (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Sixth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer	Leroy Rosenior (7)
season topscorer	Rosenior (11)
highest attendance	30,188 (v Liverpool, 29 October 1988)
lowest attendance	14,766 (v Southampton, 15 April 1989)
average attendance	20,743
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prevseason	1987–88
nextseason	1989–90

For the 1988–89 West Ham United F.C. season in English football, West Ham United finished 19th in the league.

Season summary

The 1988–89 season saw new signings Allen McKnight and David Kelly both begin their West Ham United careers, but neither supplied the club with the kind of form necessary to stay in the top flight.

On 22 March 1989, it looked as though Lyall had come up with the goods to save West Ham's top flight status when he recaptured Frank McAvennie from Glasgow Celtic for a club record fee of £1.1 million – just after the player had turned down the chance to sign for Arsenal, who went on to win the league. However, McAvennie failed to repeat the goalscoring heroics of his first spell at Upton Park as he didn't score a single goal in nine league appearances and the Hammers were relegated despite winning five of their final seven games.

The club finished in 19th place in the First Division and were relegated to the second tier of the Football League.

John Lyall was sacked as manager after 15 years on 5 June 1989, by which time he was the longest serving manager at any League club. It also ended his 34-year service with the club, which had started in 1955 when he signed for them as an apprentice player from school.

League table

Main article: 1988–89 Football League#First Division

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 August 1988	Southampton	A	0–4	18,407
3 September 1988	Charlton Athletic	H	1–3	19,566	Keen (pen)
10 September 1988	Wimbledon	A	1–0	7,730	Ward
17 September 1988	Aston Villa	H	2–2	19,186	Mountfield (o.g.), Kelly
24 September 1988	Manchester United	A	0–2	39,941
1 October 1988	Arsenal	H	1–4	27,658	Dickens
8 October 1988	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	19,608
15 October 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	14,566	Kelly
22 October 1988	Newcastle United	H	2–0	17,765	Dickens, Stewart (pen)
29 October 1988	Liverpool	H	0–2	30,188
5 November 1988	Coventry City	A	1–1	14,651	Kelly
12 November 1988	Nottingham Forest	H	3–3	21,583	Kelly (2), Rosenior
19 November 1988	Luton Town	A	1–4	9,308	Martin
26 November 1988	Everton	H	0–1	22,176
3 December 1988	Millwall	A	1–0	20,105	Ince
10 December 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	16,676
17 December 1988	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	28,365
27 December 1988	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,491	Stewart (pen)
31 December 1988	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	11,084
2 January 1989	Wimbledon	H	1–2	18,346	Rosenior
14 January 1989	Derby County	A	2–1	16,796	Kelly, Brady
21 January 1989	Manchester United	H	1–3	29,822	Brady (pen)
4 February 1989	Arsenal	A	1–2	40,139	Dicks
25 February 1989	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	17,371
11 March 1989	Coventry City	H	1–1	15,205	Ince
25 March 1989	Aston Villa	A	1–0	22,471	Ince
27 March 1989	Norwich City	H	0–2	27,265
1 April 1989	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	28,376
8 April 1989	Derby County	H	1–1	16,560	Rosenior
11 April 1989	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	16,217	Keen
15 April 1989	Southampton	H	1–2	14,766	Brady (pen)
22 April 1989	Millwall	H	3–0	16,603	Dicks, Dickens, Parris
3 May 1989	Newcastle United	A	2–1	14,202	Keen, Ward
6 May 1989	Luton Town	H	1–0	18,606	Dickens
9 May 1989	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–0	19,905	Dickens, Rosenior
13 May 1989	Everton	A	1–3	21,694	Slater
18 May 1989	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	20,943	Rosenior (2)
23 May 1989	Liverpool	A	1–5	41,855	Rosenior

FA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1989	Arsenal	H	2–2	22,017	Dickens, Bould (o.g.)
R3R	11 January 1989	Arsenal	A	1–0	44,124	Rosenior
R4	28 January 1989	Swindon Town	A	0–0	18,627
R4R	1 February 1989	Swindon Town	H	1–0	24,723	Rosenior
R5	18 February 1989	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	18,785	Slater
R6	18 March 1989	Norwich City	H	0–0	29,119
R6R	22 March 1989	Norwich City	A	1–3	25,785	Ince

League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	27 September 1988	Sunderland	A	3–0	13,691	Kelly (2), Rosenior
R2 2nd leg	12 October 1988	Sunderland	H	2–1 (won 5–1 on agg)	10,558	Kelly, Dickens
R3	1 November 1988	Derby County	H	5–0	14,226	Martin (2), Stewart (pen), Rosenior, Keen
R4	30 November 1988	Liverpool	H	4–1	26,971	Ince (2), Staunton (o.g.), Gale
QF	18 January 1989	Aston Villa	H	2–1	30,110	Ince, Kelly
SF1	12 February 1989	Luton Town	H	0–3	24,602
SF2	1 March 1989	Luton Town	A	0–2 (lost 0–5 on agg)	12,020

Squad

Number	Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Date Signed	Previous club	West Ham United 1988–89 First XI
1	Northern Ireland	Allen McKnight	GK	23		4		6		1988	Celtic
2	England	Steve Potts	RB	23(5)		7		5 (1)		May 1984	Academy
3	England	Julian Dicks	LB	34	2	6		7		March 1988	Birmingham City
4	England	Tony Gale	CB	31		5		6	1	August 1983	Fulham
5	England	Alvin Martin (Captain)	CB	27	1	5		5	2	July 1976	Academy
6	England	Alan Dickens	CM	34(3)	5	5 (2)	1	6	1	1982	Academy
7	England	Mark Ward	RM	30	2	3		5 (1)		August 1985	Oldham Athletic
8	Ireland	David Kelly	CF	21 (4)	6	6		6 (1)	4	1988	Walsall
9	Sierra Leone	Leroy Rosenior	CF	26(2)	7	4	2	5	2	March 1988	Fulham
10	Ireland	Liam Brady	LM	21(1)	3	7		4 (1)		March 1987	Ascoli
11	England	Paul Ince
(Hammer of the Year)	CM	32(1)	3	7	1	7	3	1986	Academy
2	England	George Parris	FB	23(4)	1	1		3		1985	Academy
6	England	Kevin Keen	M	16(8)	3	0 (5)		1 (1)	1	1986	Academy
9	England	Stuart Slater	M/F	16(2)	1	3	1	1		1987	Academy
6	England	Alan Devonshire	LM	14(6)		7		4		October 1976	Southall
1	England	Phil Parkes	GK	13		3		1		February 1979	Queens Park Rangers
5	England	Paul Hilton	CB	9 (2)		0 (1)		2		1984	Bury
8	Scotland	Frank McAvennie	CF	8 (1)						March 1989	Celtic
11	England	Stewart Robson	M	6				1		January 1987	Arsenal
2	Scotland	Ray Stewart	RB	5 (1)	2	2		1	1	September 1979	Dundee United
5	England	Gary Strodder	CB	4 (3)		2 (2)		1		March 1987	Lincoln
1	Scotland	Tom McAlister	GK	2						1981	Bristol Rovers
12	Scotland	Tommy McQueen	LB	0 (2)						March 1987	Aberdeen

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	From	Fee
	F	David Kelly	Walsall
	G	Allen McKnight	Celtic
March 1989	F	Frank McAvennie	Celtic	£1,250,000

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
	F		Tony Cottee	Everton	£2,200,000

References

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"Football photographic encyclopedia, footballer, world cup, champions league, football championship, olympic games & hero images by sporting-heroes.net".
"Manager History for West Ham United".

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