Season

1988-89

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

11thleague finish

of 20 in the First Division

+0.5
goal difference
1.3 scored · 0.9 conceded
48
Played
38%
Win rate

Season in brief

11th of 20 in the First Division, down from 2nd the year before. Home form carried the season — 56% of home matches won against 17% away. Mark Hughes led the scoring with 16 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 63 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Arsenal38P · 22W 10D 6L · GD +3776
  3. 9Queens Park Rangers38P · 14W 11D 13L · GD +653
  4. 10Millwall38P · 14W 11D 13L · GD -553
  5. 11Manchester United38P · 13W 12D 13L · GD +1051
  6. 12Wimbledon38P · 14W 9D 15L · GD +451
  7. 13Southampton38P · 10W 15D 13L · GD -1445
  9. 19West Ham United38P · 10W 8D 20L · GD -2538
  10. 20Newcastle United38P · 7W 10D 21L · GD -3131

Slice: the final First Division table for 1988-89, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

48 matches
27 Aug 1988 v Queens Park Rangers: 0–03 Sep 1988 @ Liverpool: 0–110 Sep 1988 v Middlesbrough: 1–017 Sep 1988 @ Luton Town: 2–024 Sep 1988 v West Ham United: 2–028 Sep 1988 @ Rotherham United: 1–01 Oct 1988 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–212 Oct 1988 v Rotherham United: 5–022 Oct 1988 @ Wimbledon: 1–126 Oct 1988 v Norwich City: 1–230 Oct 1988 @ Everton: 1–12 Nov 1988 @ Wimbledon: 1–25 Nov 1988 v Aston Villa: 1–112 Nov 1988 @ Derby County: 2–219 Nov 1988 v Southampton: 2–223 Nov 1988 v Sheffield Wednesday: 1–127 Nov 1988 @ Newcastle United: 0–03 Dec 1988 v Charlton Athletic: 3–010 Dec 1988 @ Coventry City: 0–117 Dec 1988 @ Arsenal: 1–226 Dec 1988 v Nottingham Forest: 2–01 Jan 1989 v Liverpool: 3–12 Jan 1989 @ Middlesbrough: 0–17 Jan 1989 v Queens Park Rangers: 0–011 Jan 1989 @ Queens Park Rangers: 2–214 Jan 1989 v Millwall: 3–021 Jan 1989 @ West Ham United: 3–123 Jan 1989 v Queens Park Rangers: 3–028 Jan 1989 v Oxford United: 4–05 Feb 1989 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–011 Feb 1989 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 2–018 Feb 1989 @ AFC Bournemouth: 1–122 Feb 1989 v AFC Bournemouth: 1–025 Feb 1989 @ Norwich City: 1–212 Mar 1989 @ Aston Villa: 0–018 Mar 1989 v Nottingham Forest: 0–125 Mar 1989 v Luton Town: 2–027 Mar 1989 @ Nottingham Forest: 0–22 Apr 1989 v Arsenal: 1–18 Apr 1989 @ Millwall: 0–015 Apr 1989 v Derby County: 0–222 Apr 1989 @ Charlton Athletic: 0–129 Apr 1989 v Coventry City: 0–12 May 1989 v Wimbledon: 1–06 May 1989 @ Southampton: 1–28 May 1989 @ Queens Park Rangers: 2–310 May 1989 v Everton: 1–213 May 1989 v Newcastle United: 2–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.