1990 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season	1989–90
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 Stockport; (Fourth Division)
Biggest away win	N'castle 0–2 Sunderland; (Second Division); Stockport 0–2 Chesterfield; (Fourth Division); Maidstone 0–2 Cambridge; (Fourth Division)
Highest scoring	Chesterfield 4–0 Stockport; (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
	← 1989 1991 →

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.