1986-12-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	2	2	Manchester City	Highfield Road	12,689
Culpin, Adams	Lineups		Redmond 2
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	28,897
Chapman, Bradshaw	Lineups

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	4	0	24	11	2	4	4	12	18	7	32	W	L	W	D	W	1986-12-26	Manchester City	A
6	-1	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
7	-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
8	-1	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
9	-1	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
10	0	Coventry City	19	7	2	1	14	6	1	4	4	5	10	3	30	D	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
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	0	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	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
17	-1	Newcastle United	20	4	2	4	16	14	1	4	5	7	17	-8	21	L	W	D	W	W	1986-12-26	Everton	H
18	0	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	20	4	3	3	16	13	0	4	6	5	15	-7	19	D	W	L	L	L	1986-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
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
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	8,220
Saunders 2 (1p), Armstrong	Lineups
Derby County	4	0	Grimsby Town	Baseball Ground	14,440
Micklewhite, Davison 2, Gee	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Bradford City	Boundary Park	7,113
Futcher, Williams	Lineups		Abbott (p)
Stoke City	7	2	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	12,358
Morgan 3, Saunders, Dixon, Kelly, Ford	Lineups		Baird, Sheridan (p)
Sunderland	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	11,843
Lemon, Gates, Buchanan	Lineups

				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	Oldham Athletic	19	6	4	0	14	4	6	0	3	19	13	16	40	W	W	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
2	-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
3	1	Derby County	20	7	2	1	21	7	4	2	4	8	11	11	37	W	D	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Bradford City	A
4	-1	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
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	20	8	0	2	20	8	1	3	6	7	19	0	30	L	W	L	W	L	1986-12-26	Sunderland	H
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	0	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	3	Stoke City	20	6	2	2	18	8	2	1	7	11	15	6	27	W	D	W	W	W	1986-12-26	Barnsley	A
11	-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
12	4	Sunderland	20	4	5	1	12	7	2	3	5	13	19	-1	26	W	L	D	L	D	1986-12-26	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Grimsby Town	20	2	5	3	5	6	4	3	3	14	16	-3	26	L	D	D	W	L	1986-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
14	-2	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
15	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	5	3	2	13	7	1	3	6	9	17	-2	24	W	L	D	W	L	1986-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
16	-2	Shrewsbury Town	20	6	1	3	12	5	1	2	7	7	21	-7	24	L	W	L	W	D	1986-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	-2	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
18	-1	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
19	0	Bradford City	19	3	2	5	18	22	2	2	5	9	13	-8	19	L	L	D	L	L	1986-12-26	Derby County	H
20	1	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
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	18	2	1	5	9	11	2	3	5	7	14	-9	16	L	D	L	D	W	1986-12-26	Huddersfield Town	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
Brentford	0	1	Middlesbrough	Griffin Park	5,504
	Lineups		Slaven
Carlisle United	0	2	Notts County	Brunton Park	2,811
	Lineups		Yates, Waitt
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Swindon Town	Belle Vue	2,974
Burke, Russell	Lineups		White, Henry
Mansfield Town	1	5	Wigan Athletic	Field Mill	3,035
Collins	Lineups		Lowe 3, Campbell, Jewell

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Middlesbrough	20	6	2	2	18	9	6	3	1	15	7	17	41	W	W	L	W	W	1986-12-26	Carlisle United	H
2	-1	Gillingham	20	8	2	0	19	4	4	2	4	10	13	12	40	W	L	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Fulham	A
3	0	Notts County	20	8	1	1	26	7	3	3	4	12	14	17	37	W	W	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
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	0	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	0	Swindon Town	20	5	1	4	18	16	4	4	2	14	11	5	32	D	L	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Brentford	H
8	3	Wigan Athletic	20	6	2	2	21	12	3	0	7	15	21	3	29	W	D	W	L	W	1986-12-26	Chester City	H
9	-1	Mansfield Town	20	4	5	1	11	11	2	6	2	11	11	0	29	L	D	D	L	W	1986-12-26	Notts County	A
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	19	7	3	0	18	7	1	1	7	10	17	4	28	D	L	W	W	D	1986-12-26	Chesterfield	A
11	-2	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
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	19	4	2	4	14	13	2	3	4	10	15	-4	23	L	D	W	D	D	1986-12-26	Swindon Town	A
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Carlisle United	20	4	2	4	11	13	1	2	7	8	19	-13	19	L	L	L	L	L	1986-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
24	0	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	Notes
Northampton Town	3	1	Lincoln City	County Ground	7,063
Gilbert (p), McGoldrick, Benjamin	Lineups		Lund

				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	20	10	1	0	30	12	6	2	1	26	13	31	51	W	D	W	W	W	1986-12-26	Southend United	A
2	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Lincoln City	20	6	2	2	21	12	2	4	4	7	15	1	30	L	W	W	L	D	1986-12-26	Stockport County	H
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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