1990 Football League play-offs
| Season | 1989–90 |
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| Champions |
Swindon Town (Second Division) Notts County (Third Division) Cambridge United (Fourth Division) |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 28 (1.87 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Chesterfield 4–0 (Fourth Division) |
| Biggest away win |
N'castle 0–2 Sunderland (Second Division) 0–2 Chesterfield (Fourth Division) Maidstone 0–2 Cambridge (Fourth Division) |
| Highest scoring |
Chesterfield 4–0 (4 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 72,873 – Sunderland v Swindon (Second Division final) |
| Lowest attendance | 5,538 – Maidstone v Cambridge (Fourth Division semi-final) |
| Average attendance | 19,433 |
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The Football League play-offs for the 1989–90 season were held in May 1990, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium. 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, the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place 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 gaining promotion for the following season. The 1990 play-offs finals were the first to be played at Wembley Stadium.
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places. For the first three seasons the final was played over two legs but this was changed to a single match at Wembley Stadium from 1990.
Sunderland won 2–0 on aggregate.
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