1986-12-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Luton Town	Highbury	28,213
Quinn, Adams, Hayes	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Liverpool	Selhurst Park	16,564
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	21,576
	Lineups		Allen C 2
Everton	3	0	Wimbledon	Goodison Park	25,553
Steven, Sheedy, Heath	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Leicester City	Old Trafford	34,180
Gibson C, Stapleton	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Southampton	City Ground	15,394
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	2	Aston Villa	Manor Ground	8,364
Aldridge (p), Briggs	Lineups		Thompson, Walters
West Ham United	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Upton Park	17,290
Cottee	Lineups		Fenwick (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Arsenal	20	7	3	0	18	3	5	2	3	16	7	24	41	W	D	W	W	W	1986-12-26	Leicester City	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	20	7	3	0	22	6	4	0	6	20	21	15	36	D	L	W	W	W	1986-12-26	Norwich City	A
3	0	Liverpool	20	6	3	1	23	8	4	2	4	16	14	17	35	D	W	L	W	D	1986-12-26	Manchester United	H
4	0	Everton	20	6	3	1	20	7	4	2	4	14	12	15	35	W	L	W	W	D	1986-12-26	Newcastle United	A
5	4	Tottenham Hotspur	20	4	3	3	12	11	5	2	3	16	12	5	32	W	W	D	L	W	1986-12-26	West Ham United	H
6	-1	Luton Town	20	7	3	0	14	4	2	2	6	8	15	3	32	L	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Watford	H
7	0	West Ham United	20	5	2	3	18	16	3	5	2	13	16	-1	31	D	L	W	L	D	1986-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	-2	Norwich City	20	6	3	1	16	11	2	4	4	12	19	-2	31	D	D	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	4	0	22	11	2	4	4	12	18	5	29	L	W	D	W	D	1986-12-21	Newcastle United	H
10	0	Coventry City	18	7	1	1	12	4	1	4	4	5	10	3	29	W	L	W	L	W	1986-12-21	Manchester City	H
11	0	Wimbledon	20	5	1	4	14	11	4	0	6	12	14	1	28	L	W	W	W	L	1986-12-26	Oxford United	H
12	0	Watford	20	6	2	2	22	9	1	3	6	13	19	7	26	D	L	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Luton Town	A
13	0	Oxford United	20	5	4	1	18	12	1	3	6	6	22	-10	25	D	L	W	L	L	1986-12-26	Wimbledon	A
14	0	Southampton	19	5	1	3	18	14	2	2	6	16	25	-5	24	D	L	W	W	L	1986-12-26	Chelsea	H
15	3	Manchester United	20	5	2	3	18	11	0	5	5	7	14	0	22	W	D	D	L	W	1986-12-26	Liverpool	A
16	-1	Newcastle United	19	4	2	4	16	14	1	4	4	7	15	-6	21	W	D	W	W	D	1986-12-21	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-1	Queens Park Rangers	20	4	3	3	14	13	1	3	6	5	13	-7	21	D	D	L	D	L	1986-12-26	Coventry City	H
18	-1	Leicester City	20	3	4	3	15	14	2	1	7	7	18	-10	20	L	W	L	D	L	1986-12-26	Arsenal	H
19	0	Charlton Athletic	20	2	4	4	10	13	3	1	6	9	17	-11	20	D	D	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Aston Villa	A
20	0	Aston Villa	20	4	2	4	14	18	1	3	6	13	25	-16	20	D	D	L	L	D	1986-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Manchester City	19	4	3	3	16	13	0	3	6	3	13	-7	18	W	L	L	L	W	1986-12-21	Coventry City	A
22	0	Chelsea	20	1	3	6	6	20	2	4	4	13	19	-20	16	L	L	L	D	L	1986-12-26	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Crystal Palace	Leeds Road	4,181
Shearer	Lineups		Bright 2
Portsmouth	2	1	Barnsley	Fratton Park	9,568
Quinn, Dillon (p)	Lineups		Ferry

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Portsmouth	20	9	1	0	18	6	2	5	3	7	7	12	39	W	L	W	D	W	1986-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	-1	Oldham Athletic	18	5	4	0	12	3	6	0	3	19	13	15	37	W	L	W	W	W	1986-12-21	Bradford City	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	20	6	3	1	15	5	3	4	3	20	19	11	34	W	W	D	D	W	1986-12-26	Millwall	A
4	0	Derby County	19	6	2	1	17	7	4	2	4	8	11	7	34	D	W	L	W	W	1986-12-21	Grimsby Town	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	6	3	1	17	11	3	4	3	13	14	5	34	L	D	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Portsmouth	H
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	20	6	1	3	17	10	3	3	4	12	12	7	31	L	W	W	D	L	1986-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	0	Leeds United	19	8	0	2	20	8	1	3	5	5	12	5	30	W	L	W	L	L	1986-12-21	Stoke City	A
8	0	Sheffield United	20	4	4	2	14	11	3	3	4	11	12	2	28	L	W	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Hull City	H
9	3	Crystal Palace	20	5	1	4	18	16	4	0	6	11	18	-5	28	W	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	-1	Birmingham City	20	4	5	1	17	13	3	1	6	10	14	0	27	W	L	D	W	W	1986-12-26	Reading	A
11	-1	Grimsby Town	19	2	5	3	5	6	4	3	2	14	12	1	26	D	D	W	L	L	1986-12-21	Derby County	A
12	-1	Millwall	19	5	2	3	17	9	2	2	5	7	11	4	25	W	D	D	W	L	1986-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
13	0	Stoke City	19	5	2	2	11	6	2	1	7	11	15	1	24	D	W	W	W	L	1986-12-21	Leeds United	H
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	19	6	1	3	12	5	1	2	6	7	18	-4	24	W	L	W	D	W	1986-12-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	0	Hull City	19	4	1	4	10	16	3	2	5	9	16	-13	24	L	D	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Sheffield United	A
16	0	Sunderland	19	3	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	13	19	-4	23	L	D	L	D	D	1986-12-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Reading	19	3	2	4	15	14	3	2	5	13	19	-5	22	W	L	L	L	W	1986-12-26	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	4	3	2	10	7	1	3	6	9	17	-5	21	L	D	W	L	L	1986-12-21	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Bradford City	18	3	2	5	18	22	2	2	4	8	11	-7	19	L	D	L	L	W	1986-12-21	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	17	2	1	5	9	11	2	3	4	7	11	-6	16	D	L	D	W	L	1986-12-21	Sunderland	A
21	0	Barnsley	19	2	4	4	11	13	1	3	5	4	9	-7	16	L	W	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Stoke City	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	18	4	1	4	15	16	0	2	7	4	17	-14	15	L	L	L	L	W	1986-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	4	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ashton Gate	8,208
Neville, Newman, Riley, Walsh	Lineups		Elliott
Bury	4	0	Walsall	Gigg Lane	2,311
Robinson L 3, White	Lineups
Newport County	1	2	Rotherham United	Somerton Park	1,760
Dungworth OG	Lineups		Pugh, Trusson
York City	1	1	Fulham	Bootham Crescent	2,670
Gabbiadini (p)	Lineups		Oakes

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Gillingham	20	8	2	0	19	4	4	2	4	10	13	12	40	W	L	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Fulham	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	19	6	2	2	18	9	5	3	1	14	7	16	38	W	L	W	W	D	1986-12-21	Brentford	A
3	0	Notts County	19	8	1	1	26	7	2	3	4	10	14	15	34	W	W	L	W	L	1986-12-21	Carlisle United	A
4	0	AFC Bournemouth	18	8	0	1	18	8	2	3	4	9	15	4	33	L	L	W	W	L	1986-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Blackpool	19	5	4	1	16	7	3	4	2	17	12	14	32	D	D	D	D	W	1986-12-26	York City	H
6	1	Bristol City	19	4	4	1	17	8	5	1	4	13	8	14	32	W	W	W	L	L	1986-12-26	Port Vale	A
7	-1	Swindon Town	19	5	1	4	18	16	4	3	2	12	9	5	31	L	W	L	W	D	1986-12-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	0	Mansfield Town	19	4	5	0	10	6	2	6	2	11	11	4	29	D	D	L	W	D	1986-12-21	Wigan Athletic	H
9	0	Walsall	20	6	2	2	23	15	2	2	6	15	23	0	28	L	W	W	W	W	1986-12-26	Newport County	H
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	18	7	2	0	16	5	1	1	7	10	17	4	27	L	W	W	D	W	1986-12-21	Swindon Town	H
11	0	Wigan Athletic	19	6	2	2	21	12	2	0	7	10	20	-1	26	D	W	L	W	D	1986-12-21	Mansfield Town	A
12	0	Chesterfield	20	6	1	3	22	21	1	4	5	8	16	-7	26	D	W	D	L	D	1986-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	0	Fulham	20	3	3	4	15	18	3	4	3	13	14	-4	25	D	D	W	W	L	1986-12-26	Gillingham	H
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	2	3	18	11	1	3	6	12	20	-1	23	L	W	W	D	L	1986-12-26	Bury	H
15	0	Brentford	18	4	2	3	14	12	2	3	4	10	15	-3	23	D	W	D	D	W	1986-12-21	Middlesbrough	H
16	0	York City	20	5	3	2	14	13	1	2	7	11	27	-15	23	D	L	L	L	D	1986-12-26	Blackpool	A
17	0	Bristol Rovers	18	2	5	1	10	9	3	1	6	13	20	-6	21	L	D	L	D	W	1986-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
18	0	Chester City	20	2	7	1	12	12	1	5	4	9	15	-6	21	D	L	W	W	D	1986-12-26	Wigan Athletic	A
19	3	Rotherham United	20	3	2	5	13	15	3	1	6	9	18	-11	21	W	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Darlington	H
20	4	Bury	19	3	3	3	15	12	1	4	5	10	14	-1	19	W	D	D	L	D	1986-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-2	Newport County	20	1	5	4	12	15	3	2	5	15	17	-5	19	L	D	L	D	L	1986-12-26	Walsall	A
22	-2	Darlington	18	5	2	3	11	12	0	2	6	11	21	-11	19	W	L	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Rotherham United	A
23	-2	Carlisle United	19	4	2	3	11	11	1	2	7	8	19	-11	19	L	L	L	L	W	1986-12-21	Notts County	H
24	-1	Port Vale	19	2	2	5	14	15	2	3	5	13	18	-6	17	L	W	L	L	L	1986-12-26	Bristol City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground	1,718
Foyle	Lineups
Cambridge United	3	0	Rochdale	Abbey Stadium	1,838
Cooper 3	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Orient	Deepdale	5,925
Williams O	Lineups
Swansea City	1	2	Colchester United	Vetch Field	4,515
McCarthy (p)	Lineups		English T, Farrell
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Southend United	Molineux	4,129
Bull	Lineups		Ling, McDonough

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Northampton Town	19	9	1	0	27	11	6	2	1	26	13	29	48	D	W	W	W	W	1986-12-21	Lincoln City	H
2	1	Southend United	19	6	3	1	22	10	5	1	3	11	8	15	37	W	D	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Northampton Town	H
3	-1	Swansea City	20	8	0	2	18	7	2	5	3	12	15	8	35	L	L	D	W	D	1986-12-26	Cardiff City	A
4	2	Preston North End	19	7	1	2	15	9	3	2	4	13	14	5	33	W	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	3	Colchester United	20	6	2	2	18	10	3	3	4	16	20	4	32	W	L	W	L	D	1986-12-26	Cambridge United	H
6	-2	Wrexham	18	5	3	0	18	7	3	4	3	17	14	14	31	L	D	W	D	W	1986-12-26	Burnley	H
7	-2	Exeter City	20	7	3	0	18	1	0	6	4	8	17	8	30	L	W	L	W	D	1986-12-26	Torquay United	H
8	-1	Lincoln City	19	6	2	2	21	12	2	4	3	6	12	3	30	W	W	L	D	W	1986-12-21	Northampton Town	A
9	0	Cardiff City	19	3	4	2	12	8	4	3	3	11	14	1	28	W	W	W	L	L	1986-12-26	Swansea City	H
10	0	Scunthorpe United	19	6	3	1	24	13	1	3	5	9	15	5	27	W	D	D	W	W	1986-12-26	Peterborough United	A
11	3	Aldershot	20	7	1	2	20	9	1	2	7	8	21	-2	27	W	L	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Orient	A
12	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	1	6	9	13	5	1	4	11	12	-5	26	L	W	L	L	W	1986-12-26	Hereford United	A
13	4	Cambridge United	20	4	4	2	21	14	2	3	5	11	19	-1	25	W	W	L	L	D	1986-12-26	Colchester United	A
14	-2	Peterborough United	19	4	3	3	13	10	2	3	4	11	13	1	24	W	W	D	D	W	1986-12-26	Scunthorpe United	H
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	19	3	4	2	15	15	3	2	5	11	12	-1	24	L	D	W	D	L	1986-12-26	Rochdale	A
16	-1	Orient	19	7	1	2	17	8	0	2	7	5	19	-5	24	L	W	D	L	D	1986-12-26	Aldershot	H
17	-1	Crewe Alexandra	20	2	6	2	13	17	3	2	5	17	14	-1	23	L	W	L	L	D	1986-12-26	Preston North End	H
18	0	Hereford United	20	3	5	2	13	10	2	2	6	10	18	-5	22	L	L	D	D	D	1986-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Burnley	20	5	3	2	15	11	1	1	8	7	21	-10	22	L	L	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Wrexham	A
20	0	Halifax Town	20	5	2	3	14	11	1	1	8	9	21	-9	21	W	L	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Hartlepool United	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	19	2	4	4	10	16	2	3	4	10	11	-7	19	L	W	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Halifax Town	H
22	0	Rochdale	18	2	4	2	9	9	0	5	5	7	17	-10	15	L	D	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
23	0	Torquay United	19	2	4	3	11	13	0	4	6	10	22	-14	14	L	D	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Exeter City	A
24	0	Stockport County	19	2	2	5	8	15	1	2	7	3	19	-23	13	W	D	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Lincoln City	A