1986-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	16,692
Birch, Daley	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Arsenal	Filbert Street	19,205	Largest home gate 1986-87
Moran	Lineups		Hayes (p)
Liverpool	0	1	Manchester United	Anfield Road	40,663
	Lineups		Whiteside
Luton Town	0	2	Watford	Kenilworth Road	11,140
	Lineups		Porter, Richardson
Manchester City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Maine Road	30,193
Simpson	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	4	Everton	St James' Park	35,079	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Power, Steven 2, Heath
Norwich City	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	22,131
Crook, Rosario	Lineups		Pearce
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	8,130
Byrne, Bannister, Allen	Lineups		Gynn
Southampton	1	2	Chelsea	The Dell	12,709
Clarke	Lineups		Bumstead, Mclaughlin
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	39,019	Largest home gate 1986-87
Hodge, Allen C 2, Waddle	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	1	Oxford United	Plough Lane	6,491
Hodges (p)	Lineups		Aldridge

				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	21	7	3	0	18	3	5	3	3	17	8	24	42	D	W	D	W	W	1986-12-27	Southampton	H
2	2	Everton	21	6	3	1	20	7	5	2	4	18	12	19	38	W	W	L	W	W	1986-12-28	Leicester City	H
3	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	7	3	0	22	6	4	0	7	21	23	14	36	L	D	L	W	W	1986-12-28	Luton Town	H
4	-1	Liverpool	21	6	3	2	23	9	4	2	4	16	14	16	35	L	D	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	3	3	16	11	5	2	3	16	12	9	35	W	W	W	D	L	1986-12-27	Coventry City	A
6	3	Norwich City	21	7	3	1	18	12	2	4	4	12	19	-1	34	W	D	D	L	W	1986-12-27	Manchester United	A
7	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	6	4	0	24	11	2	4	5	12	19	6	32	L	W	L	W	D	1986-12-27	Liverpool	H
8	-1	Luton Town	21	7	3	1	14	6	2	2	6	8	15	1	32	L	L	W	L	W	1986-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
9	-1	West Ham United	21	5	2	3	18	16	3	5	3	13	20	-5	31	L	D	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Wimbledon	H
10	0	Coventry City	20	7	2	1	14	6	1	4	5	6	13	1	30	L	D	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	1	Watford	21	6	2	2	22	9	2	3	6	15	19	9	29	W	D	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Newcastle United	H
12	-1	Wimbledon	21	5	2	4	15	12	4	0	6	12	14	1	29	D	L	W	W	W	1986-12-27	West Ham United	A
13	0	Oxford United	21	5	4	1	18	12	1	4	6	7	23	-10	26	D	D	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	1	Manchester United	21	5	2	3	18	11	1	5	5	8	14	1	25	W	W	D	D	L	1986-12-27	Norwich City	H
15	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	3	3	17	14	1	3	6	5	13	-5	24	W	D	D	L	D	1986-12-27	Oxford United	A
16	-2	Southampton	20	5	1	4	19	16	2	2	6	16	25	-6	24	L	D	L	W	W	1986-12-27	Arsenal	A
17	3	Aston Villa	21	5	2	4	16	18	1	3	6	13	25	-14	23	W	D	D	L	L	1986-12-27	Chelsea	A
18	3	Manchester City	21	5	3	3	17	13	0	4	6	5	15	-6	22	W	D	W	L	L	1986-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-1	Leicester City	21	3	5	3	16	15	2	1	7	7	18	-10	21	D	L	W	L	D	1986-12-28	Everton	A
20	-3	Newcastle United	21	4	2	5	16	18	1	4	5	7	17	-12	21	L	L	W	D	W	1986-12-27	Watford	A
21	-2	Charlton Athletic	21	2	4	4	10	13	3	1	7	9	19	-13	20	L	D	D	D	L	1986-12-28	Manchester City	H
22	0	Chelsea	21	1	3	6	6	20	3	4	4	15	20	-19	19	W	L	L	L	D	1986-12-27	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	2	Stoke City	Oakwell	7,436
	Lineups		Saunders, Kelly
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Ewood Park	7,144
Garner	Lineups		Shearer, Barker OG
Bradford City	0	1	Derby County	Valley Parade	14,502	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Gregory (p)
Crystal Palace	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	10,365
Irvine, Barber	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	6,469
O'Riordan, Henshaw	Lineups		Futcher, Williams
Leeds United	1	1	Sunderland	Elland Road	21,286
Bennett OG	Lineups		Gates
Millwall	1	0	Ipswich Town	The Den, New Cross	4,737
Salman	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	3	Portsmouth	Home Park	21,249
Coughlin (p), Tynan	Lineups		Quinn, Dillon, Hilaire
Reading	2	2	Birmingham City	Elm Park	7,662
Beavon (p), Bremner	Lineups		Lynex, Clarke
Sheffield United	4	2	Hull City	Bramall Lane	11,296
Beagrie 2, Dempsey, Daws	Lineups		Jobson, Flounders
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Gay Meadow	9,261	Largest home gate 1986-87
Daly	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	Portsmouth	21	9	1	0	18	6	3	5	3	10	9	13	42	W	W	L	W	D	1986-12-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	6	4	0	14	4	6	1	3	21	15	16	41	D	W	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Leeds United	H
3	0	Derby County	21	7	2	1	21	7	5	2	4	9	11	12	40	W	W	D	W	L	1986-12-27	Barnsley	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	21	6	3	1	15	5	3	4	4	20	20	10	34	L	W	W	D	D	1986-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	6	3	2	19	14	3	4	3	13	14	4	34	L	L	D	L	W	1986-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	1	3	17	10	3	3	5	12	13	6	31	L	L	W	W	D	1986-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	1	Sheffield United	21	5	4	2	18	13	3	3	4	11	12	4	31	W	L	W	D	L	1986-12-27	Stoke City	A
8	-1	Leeds United	21	8	1	2	21	9	1	3	6	7	19	0	31	D	L	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Crystal Palace	21	6	1	4	20	16	4	0	6	11	18	-3	31	W	W	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Stoke City	21	6	2	2	18	8	3	1	7	13	15	8	30	W	W	D	W	W	1986-12-27	Sheffield United	H
11	3	Millwall	20	6	2	3	18	9	2	2	5	7	11	5	28	W	W	D	D	W	1986-12-29	Birmingham City	A
12	-1	Birmingham City	21	4	5	1	17	13	3	2	6	12	16	0	28	D	W	L	D	W	1986-12-29	Millwall	H
13	-1	Sunderland	21	4	5	1	12	7	2	4	5	14	20	-1	27	D	W	L	D	L	1986-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
14	-1	Grimsby Town	21	2	6	3	7	8	4	3	3	14	16	-3	27	D	L	D	D	W	1986-12-27	Sunderland	A
15	1	Shrewsbury Town	21	7	1	3	13	5	1	2	7	7	21	-6	27	W	L	W	L	W	1986-12-29	Portsmouth	A
16	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	5	3	2	13	7	1	3	7	9	19	-4	24	L	W	L	D	W	1986-12-27	Reading	H
17	0	Hull City	20	4	1	4	10	16	3	2	6	11	20	-15	24	L	L	D	L	W	1986-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Reading	20	3	3	4	17	16	3	2	5	13	19	-5	23	D	W	L	L	L	1986-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	0	Bradford City	20	3	2	6	18	23	2	2	5	9	13	-9	19	L	L	L	D	L	1986-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A
20	2	Huddersfield Town	19	4	1	4	15	16	1	2	7	6	18	-13	18	W	L	L	L	L	1986-12-27	Bradford City	H
21	-1	Barnsley	20	2	4	5	11	15	1	3	5	4	9	-9	16	L	L	W	D	L	1986-12-27	Derby County	A
22	-1	Blackburn Rovers	19	2	1	6	10	13	2	3	5	7	14	-10	16	L	L	D	L	D	1986-12-27	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	York City	Bloomfield Road	4,515
Stewart 2 (1p)	Lineups		Gabbiadini (p)
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Bury	Burnden Park	10,135	Largest home gate 1986-87
Thompson, Oghani	Lineups		Lee, Taylor, Clark
Bristol Rovers	0	3	AFC Bournemouth	Twerton Park, Bath	3,573
	Lineups		O'Connor, Richards, Williams J
Chesterfield	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,741
Bellamy (p), Caldwell 2, Airey	Lineups		Cornforth
Fulham	2	2	Gillingham	Craven Cottage	5,894
Marshall, Davies	Lineups		Parker OG, Collins
Middlesbrough	1	0	Carlisle United	Ayresome Park	14,216
Gill	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Mansfield Town	Meadow Lane	8,820	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	Bristol City	Vale Park	4,168
	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	0	Darlington	Millmoor	3,272
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Brentford	County Ground	8,086
Jones (p), White	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Newport County	Fellows Park	6,855
Christie, Naughton	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Chester City	Springfield Park	4,187
Campbell, Thompson	Lineups		Bennett 2

				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	Middlesbrough	21	7	2	2	19	9	6	3	1	15	7	18	44	W	W	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Gillingham	21	8	2	0	19	4	4	3	4	12	15	12	41	D	W	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Notts County	21	8	2	1	26	7	3	3	4	12	14	17	38	D	W	W	W	L	1986-12-27	Bury	A
4	0	AFC Bournemouth	19	8	0	1	18	8	3	3	4	12	15	7	36	W	L	L	W	W	1986-12-27	Fulham	H
5	0	Blackpool	20	6	4	1	18	8	3	4	2	17	12	15	35	W	D	D	D	D	1986-12-27	Chester City	A
6	1	Swindon Town	21	6	1	4	20	16	4	4	2	14	11	7	35	W	D	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Gillingham	A
7	-1	Bristol City	20	4	4	1	17	8	5	2	4	13	8	14	33	D	W	W	W	L	1986-12-27	Walsall	H
8	3	Walsall	21	7	2	2	25	15	2	2	6	15	23	2	31	W	L	W	W	W	1986-12-27	Bristol City	A
9	-1	Wigan Athletic	21	6	3	2	23	14	3	0	7	15	21	3	30	D	W	D	W	L	1986-12-27	York City	A
10	-1	Mansfield Town	21	4	5	1	11	11	2	7	2	11	11	0	30	D	L	D	D	L	1986-12-27	Middlesbrough	H
11	1	Chesterfield	21	7	1	3	26	22	1	4	5	8	16	-4	29	W	D	W	D	L	1986-12-27	Darlington	A
12	-2	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	3	0	18	7	1	1	8	11	21	1	28	L	D	L	W	W	1986-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	0	Fulham	21	3	4	4	17	20	3	4	3	13	14	-4	26	D	D	D	W	W	1986-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	A
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	2	4	20	14	1	3	6	12	20	-2	23	L	L	W	W	D	1986-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	0	Brentford	20	4	2	4	14	13	2	3	5	10	17	-6	23	L	L	D	W	D	1986-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
16	0	York City	21	5	3	2	14	13	1	2	8	12	29	-16	23	L	D	L	L	L	1986-12-27	Wigan Athletic	H
17	3	Bury	20	3	3	3	15	12	2	4	5	13	16	0	22	W	W	D	D	L	1986-12-27	Notts County	H
18	0	Chester City	21	2	7	1	12	12	1	6	4	11	17	-6	22	D	D	L	W	W	1986-12-27	Blackpool	H
19	0	Rotherham United	21	3	3	5	13	15	3	1	6	9	18	-11	22	D	W	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Carlisle United	A
20	-3	Bristol Rovers	19	2	5	2	10	12	3	1	6	13	20	-9	21	L	L	D	L	D	1986-12-28	Brentford	A
21	1	Darlington	19	5	2	3	11	12	0	3	6	11	21	-11	20	D	W	L	L	W	1986-12-27	Chesterfield	H
22	-1	Newport County	21	1	5	4	12	15	3	2	6	15	19	-7	19	L	L	D	L	D	1986-12-27	Port Vale	H
23	0	Carlisle United	21	4	2	4	11	13	1	2	8	8	20	-14	19	L	L	L	L	L	1986-12-27	Rotherham United	H
24	0	Port Vale	20	2	3	5	14	15	2	3	5	13	18	-6	18	D	L	W	L	L	1986-12-27	Newport County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	0	0	Swansea City	Ninian Park	11,450	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Cambridge United	Layer Road	3,376
Lowe	Lineups		Crown, Spriggs
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Preston North End	Gresty Road	3,784
Blissett 2	Lineups		Thomas, Atkins
Exeter City	2	2	Torquay United	St James Park	4,327
Roberts, Kellow	Lineups		King, Walsh
Hartlepool United	0	0	Halifax Town	Victoria Park	1,676
	Lineups
Hereford United	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Edgar Street	5,828	Largest home gate 1986-87
Wells, Spooner	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Stockport County	Sincil Bank	2,773
	Lineups
Orient	1	3	Aldershot	Brisbane Road	2,616
Cornwell	Lineups		Barnes (p), Mazzon, Langley
Peterborough United	1	1	Scunthorpe United	London Road	4,267
Luke	Lineups		Russell
Rochdale	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Spotland	1,452
	Lineups		Moore
Southend United	0	4	Northampton Town	Roots Hall	8,541
	Lineups		Hill 2, Benjamin, Donald
Wrexham	2	2	Burnley	Racecourse Ground	4,568
Massey, Horne	Lineups		Parker, Murphy

				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	21	10	1	0	30	12	7	2	1	30	13	35	54	W	W	D	W	W	1986-12-28	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Southend United	20	6	3	2	22	14	5	1	3	11	8	11	37	L	W	D	W	L	1986-12-28	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Swansea City	21	8	0	2	18	7	2	6	3	12	15	8	36	D	L	L	D	W	1986-12-27	Hereford United	H
4	0	Preston North End	20	7	1	2	15	9	3	3	4	15	16	5	34	D	W	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Hartlepool United	H
5	1	Wrexham	19	5	4	0	20	9	3	4	3	17	14	14	32	D	L	D	W	D	1986-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-1	Colchester United	21	6	2	3	19	12	3	3	4	16	20	3	32	L	W	L	W	L	1986-12-27	Aldershot	A
7	0	Exeter City	21	7	4	0	20	3	0	6	4	8	17	8	31	D	L	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	0	Lincoln City	21	6	3	2	21	12	2	4	4	7	15	1	31	D	L	W	W	L	1986-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
9	2	Aldershot	21	7	1	2	20	9	2	2	7	11	22	0	30	W	W	L	L	W	1986-12-27	Colchester United	H
10	-1	Cardiff City	20	3	5	2	12	8	4	3	3	11	14	1	29	D	W	W	W	L	1986-12-28	Northampton Town	A
11	-1	Scunthorpe United	20	6	3	1	24	13	1	4	5	10	16	5	28	D	W	D	D	W	1986-12-27	Lincoln City	H
12	1	Cambridge United	21	4	4	2	21	14	3	3	5	13	20	0	28	W	W	W	L	L	1986-12-28	Southend United	H
13	2	Tranmere Rovers	20	3	4	2	15	15	4	2	5	12	12	0	27	W	L	D	W	D	1986-12-27	Wrexham	H
14	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	3	1	6	9	13	5	1	5	11	14	-7	26	L	L	W	L	L	1986-12-27	Exeter City	H
15	-1	Peterborough United	20	4	4	3	14	11	2	3	4	11	13	1	25	D	W	W	D	D	1986-12-27	Stockport County	A
16	2	Hereford United	21	4	5	2	15	10	2	2	6	10	18	-3	25	W	L	L	D	D	1986-12-27	Swansea City	A
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	2	7	2	15	19	3	2	5	17	14	-1	24	D	L	W	L	L	1986-12-27	Burnley	A
18	-2	Orient	20	7	1	3	18	11	0	2	7	5	19	-7	24	L	L	W	D	L	1986-12-27	Torquay United	A
19	0	Burnley	21	5	3	2	15	11	1	2	8	9	23	-10	23	D	L	L	L	W	1986-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Halifax Town	21	5	2	3	14	11	1	2	8	9	21	-9	22	D	W	L	L	W	1986-12-27	Rochdale	H
21	0	Hartlepool United	20	2	5	4	10	16	2	3	4	10	11	-7	20	D	L	W	L	W	1986-12-27	Preston North End	A
22	0	Rochdale	19	2	4	3	9	10	0	5	5	7	17	-11	15	L	L	D	D	L	1986-12-27	Halifax Town	A
23	0	Torquay United	20	2	4	3	11	13	0	5	6	12	24	-14	15	D	L	D	D	L	1986-12-27	Orient	H
24	0	Stockport County	20	2	2	5	8	15	1	3	7	3	19	-23	14	D	W	D	L	W	1986-12-27	Peterborough United	H