1988–89 Rugby Football League season
Introduction The '''1988–89 Rugby Football League season''' was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1988 until May, 1989 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
Season summary Springfield Borough (previously Blackpool Borough) relocated were renamed Chorley Borough.Huddersfield Barracudas reverted to their original name Huddersfield.Wigan beat Salford 22–17 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 33–12 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables ===Championship final Standings===TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 '''Widnes'''262015726345+381'''41'''2 Wigan261907543434+109'''38'''3 Leeds261808530380+150'''36'''4 Hull261709427355+72'''34'''5 Castleford261529601480+121'''32'''6 Featherstone Rovers2613112482545-63'''27'''7 St. Helens2612113513529-16'''25'''8 Bradford Northern2611114545518+27'''23'''9 Wakefield Trinity2611114413540-37'''23'''10 Salford2611015469526-57'''22'''11 Warrington2610016456455+1'''20'''12 Oldham268117462632-170'''17'''13 Halifax266119335535-200'''13'''14 Hull Kingston Rovers266119408636-228'''13''''''Champions'''Relegated===Second Division Final Standings===TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Leigh282602925338+587522Barrow282116726326+400433Sheffield Eagles281918669362+307394York2817110585383+202355Swinton2816210621482+139346Doncaster2817011599464+135347Whitehaven2815211522378+144328Keighley2816012551525+26329Rochdale Hornets2815013655677-223010Bramley2814113600514+862911Carlisle2814113512441+712912Batley2813312461416+452913Dewsbury2813015518626-1082614Hunslet2812115473540-672515Fulham2810018464650-1862016Chorley Borough289118408533-1251917Workington Town289118365549-1841918Huddersfield289118400615-2151919Mansfield Marksman284123308769-461920Runcorn Highfield282125224998-7745'''Promoted'''
Premiership
Challenge Cup Wigan defeated St. Helens 27-0 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 78,000.Ellery Hanley, Wigan's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance. This was the first time a side had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup final.
Lancashire Cup
Yorkshire Cup The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results
John Player Special Trophy This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
References
Sources * 1988-89 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* Great Britain Competitions 1988-1989 at hunterlink.net.au