1989 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season1988–89
ChampionsCrystal Palace
(Second Division)
Port Vale
(Third Division)
Leyton Orient
(Fourth Division)
Matches played18
Goals scored38 (2.11 per match)
Biggest home winC. Palace 3–0 Blackburn
(Second Division)
Biggest away winFulham 0–4 Bristol Rovers
(Third Division)
Highest scoringBlackburn 3–1 C. Palace
Fulham 0–4 Bristol Rovers
Port Vale 3–1 Preston
Wrexham 3–1 Scunthorpe
(4 goals)
Highest attendance30,000 – Crystal Palace v Blackburn
(Second Division final)
Lowest attendance4,377 – Scarborough v Leyton Orient
(Fourth Division semi-final)
Average attendance12,994
1988
1990

The Football League play-offs for the 1988–89 season were held in May 1989, with the two-legged finals taking place at the finalists home stadiums. The play-off semi-finals were also played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Second Division and Football League Third Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Fourth Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches either gaining promotion or avoiding relegation for the following season.