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Chelsea
1988–89 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Bobby Campbell
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kerry Dixon (25); All: Kerry Dixon (28)
Highest home attendance	30,332 vs Leeds United; (22 April 1989)
Lowest home attendance	5,341 vs Bradford City; (30 November 1988)
Average home league attendance	15,957
Biggest win	7–0 v Walsall; (4 February 1989)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (two matches)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

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 v t e	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	Promotion to the First Division
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.