1986-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Southampton	Highbury	38,138
Quinn	Lineups
Chelsea	4	1	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	14,637
Pates, Spackman (p), Dixon 2	Lineups		Elliott
Coventry City	4	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	22,181
Houchen, Bennett 2, Regis	Lineups		Allen C 2, Claesen
Manchester United	0	1	Norwich City	Old Trafford	44,610
	Lineups		Drinkell
Oxford United	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Manor Ground	11,082
	Lineups		James
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Liverpool	Hillsborough	40,959	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Rush
Watford	1	0	Newcastle United	Vicarage Road	17,852
Barnes	Lineups
West Ham United	2	3	Wimbledon	Upton Park	19,122
Cottee, Hilton	Lineups		Fashanu, Sayer, Fairweather

				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	22	8	3	0	19	3	5	3	3	17	8	25	45	W	D	W	D	W	1987-01-01	Wimbledon	H
2	0	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	Liverpool	22	6	3	2	23	9	5	2	4	17	14	17	38	W	L	D	W	L	1987-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
4	2	Norwich City	22	7	3	1	18	12	3	4	4	13	19	0	37	W	W	D	D	L	1987-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-2	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
6	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	22	5	3	3	16	11	5	2	4	19	16	8	35	L	W	W	W	D	1987-01-01	Charlton Athletic	A
7	3	Coventry City	21	8	2	1	18	9	1	4	5	6	13	2	33	W	L	D	W	L	1987-01-01	Luton Town	H
8	3	Watford	22	7	2	2	23	9	2	3	6	15	19	10	32	W	W	D	L	W	1987-01-01	Manchester City	H
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	22	6	4	1	24	12	2	4	5	12	19	5	32	L	L	W	L	W	1987-01-01	Norwich City	H
10	2	Wimbledon	22	5	2	4	15	12	5	0	6	15	16	2	32	W	D	L	W	W	1987-01-01	Arsenal	A
11	-3	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
12	-3	West Ham United	22	5	2	4	20	19	3	5	3	13	20	-6	31	L	L	D	L	W	1987-01-01	Leicester City	H
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	3	3	17	14	2	3	6	6	13	-4	27	W	W	D	D	L	1987-01-01	Chelsea	A
14	-1	Oxford United	22	5	4	2	18	13	1	4	6	7	23	-11	26	L	D	D	L	W	1987-01-01	Southampton	H
15	-1	Manchester United	22	5	2	4	18	12	1	5	5	8	14	0	25	L	W	W	D	D	1987-01-01	Newcastle United	H
16	0	Southampton	21	5	1	4	19	16	2	2	7	16	26	-7	24	L	L	D	L	W	1987-01-01	Oxford United	A
17	0	Aston Villa	22	5	2	4	16	18	1	3	7	14	29	-17	23	L	W	D	D	L	1987-01-01	Everton	A
18	0	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	3	Chelsea	22	2	3	6	10	21	3	4	4	15	20	-16	22	W	W	L	L	L	1987-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	-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
21	-1	Newcastle United	22	4	2	5	16	18	1	4	6	7	18	-13	21	L	L	L	W	D	1987-01-01	Manchester United	A
22	-1	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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Reading	Goldstone Ground	10,523
Penney	Lineups		Bremner
Derby County	3	2	Barnsley	Baseball Ground	17,574
Gee, Gregory, Davison	Lineups		Chandler, Gray
Huddersfield Town	5	2	Bradford City	Leeds Road	10,003	Largest home gate 1986-87
Shearer 4, Banks	Lineups		Hendrie, Ormondroyd
Hull City	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Boothferry Park	5,789
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	0	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	15,007
Cole, Deehan, Wilson	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Leeds United	Boundary Park	8,477
	Lineups		Ritchie
Stoke City	5	2	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	17,320
Bould, Saunders 3, Morgan	Lineups		Morris 2 (1p)
Sunderland	0	1	Grimsby Town	Roker Park	13,769
	Lineups		Walsh
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	12,678
	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	2	Derby County	22	8	2	1	24	9	5	2	4	9	11	13	43	W	W	W	D	W	1987-01-03	Crystal Palace	A
2	-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
3	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	6	4	1	14	5	6	1	3	21	15	15	41	L	D	W	W	L	1987-01-01	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	22	7	3	1	18	5	3	4	4	20	20	13	37	W	L	W	W	D	1987-01-01	Leeds United	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	3	2	19	14	3	5	3	13	14	4	35	D	L	L	D	L	1987-01-01	Birmingham City	A
6	2	Leeds United	22	8	1	2	21	9	2	3	6	8	19	1	34	W	D	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Ipswich Town	A
7	3	Stoke City	22	7	2	2	23	10	3	1	7	13	15	11	33	W	W	W	D	W	1987-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	-2	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	2	3	17	10	3	3	5	12	13	6	32	D	L	L	W	W	1987-01-01	Crystal Palace	H
9	-2	Sheffield United	22	5	4	2	18	13	3	3	5	13	17	1	31	L	W	L	W	D	1987-01-01	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-1	Crystal Palace	22	6	1	4	20	16	4	0	7	11	21	-6	31	L	W	W	W	L	1987-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	3	Grimsby Town	22	2	6	3	7	8	5	3	3	15	16	-2	30	W	D	L	D	D	1987-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
12	-1	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
13	-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
14	-1	Sunderland	22	4	5	2	12	8	2	4	5	14	20	-2	27	L	D	W	L	D	1987-01-24	Huddersfield Town	H
15	0	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	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	4	2	14	8	1	3	7	9	19	-4	25	D	L	W	L	D	1987-01-01	Millwall	H
17	0	Hull City	21	4	2	4	10	16	3	2	6	11	20	-15	25	D	L	L	D	L	1987-01-01	Barnsley	H
18	0	Reading	21	3	3	4	17	16	3	3	5	14	20	-5	24	D	D	W	L	L	1987-01-01	Portsmouth	A
19	1	Huddersfield Town	20	5	1	4	20	18	1	2	7	6	18	-10	21	W	W	L	L	L	1987-01-01	Grimsby Town	H
20	-1	Bradford City	21	3	2	6	18	23	2	2	6	11	18	-12	19	L	L	L	L	D	1987-01-03	Birmingham City	H
21	1	Blackburn Rovers	20	2	1	6	10	13	2	4	5	7	14	-10	17	D	L	L	D	L	1987-01-03	Portsmouth	H
22	-1	Barnsley	21	2	4	5	11	15	1	3	6	6	12	-10	16	L	L	L	W	D	1987-01-01	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	2	Fulham	Dean Court	6,670
O'Connor, Newson, Williams J	Lineups		Kerrins, Barnett
Bristol City	2	1	Walsall	Ashton Gate	10,193
Fitzpatrick, MacPhail (p)	Lineups		Kelly
Bury	0	2	Notts County	Gigg Lane	3,232
	Lineups		Clarke, McParland
Carlisle United	3	5	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	2,383
Baker 2, Davies	Lineups		Gooding 2 (1p), Baker OG, Campbell, Trusson
Chester City	1	4	Blackpool	Sealand Road	4,002	Largest home gate 1986-87
Barrow	Lineups		Davies, Butler, Deary, Taylor
Darlington	1	1	Chesterfield	Feethams Ground	2,040
Currie (p)	Lineups		Hewitt
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Belle Vue	3,301
Cornforth 2, Humphries	Lineups
Gillingham	1	3	Swindon Town	Priestfield Stadium	9,982	Largest home gate 1986-87
Greenall	Lineups		Coyne, Jones (p), Elsey OG
Mansfield Town	1	1	Middlesbrough	Field Mill	5,035
Kearney	Lineups		Proudlock
Newport County	0	2	Port Vale	Somerton Park	2,103
	Lineups		Jones (p), Smith
York City	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Bootham Crescent	3,238
Canham	Lineups		Cribley (p)

				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	22	7	2	2	19	9	6	4	1	16	8	18	45	D	W	W	W	L	1987-01-01	York City	A
2	1	Notts County	22	8	2	1	26	7	4	3	4	14	14	19	41	W	D	W	W	W	1987-01-03	Gillingham	H
3	-1	Gillingham	22	8	2	1	20	7	4	3	4	12	15	10	41	L	D	W	L	W	1987-01-01	Walsall	H
4	0	AFC Bournemouth	20	9	0	1	21	10	3	3	4	12	15	8	39	W	W	L	L	W	1987-01-01	Swindon Town	H
5	0	Blackpool	21	6	4	1	18	8	4	4	2	21	13	18	38	W	W	D	D	D	1987-01-03	Brentford	H
6	0	Swindon Town	22	6	1	4	20	16	5	4	2	17	12	9	38	W	W	D	L	W	1987-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	0	Bristol City	21	5	4	1	19	9	5	2	4	13	8	15	36	W	D	W	W	W	1987-01-01	Bristol Rovers	H
8	4	Doncaster Rovers	21	8	3	0	21	7	1	1	8	11	21	4	31	W	L	D	L	W	1987-01-01	Rotherham United	H
9	0	Wigan Athletic	22	6	3	2	23	14	3	1	7	16	22	3	31	D	D	W	D	W	1987-01-01	Bury	A
10	-2	Walsall	22	7	2	2	25	15	2	2	7	16	25	1	31	L	W	L	W	W	1987-01-01	Gillingham	A
11	-1	Mansfield Town	22	4	6	1	12	12	2	7	2	11	11	0	31	D	D	L	D	D	1987-01-01	Port Vale	H
12	-1	Chesterfield	22	7	1	3	26	22	1	5	5	9	17	-4	30	D	W	D	W	D	1987-01-01	Brentford	A
13	0	Fulham	22	3	4	4	17	20	3	4	4	15	17	-5	26	L	D	D	D	W	1987-01-01	Newport County	A
14	5	Rotherham United	22	3	3	5	13	15	4	1	6	14	21	-9	25	W	D	W	W	L	1987-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	1	York City	22	5	4	2	15	14	1	2	8	12	29	-16	24	D	L	D	L	L	1987-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
16	-2	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	2	4	20	14	1	3	7	12	23	-5	23	L	L	L	W	W	1987-01-03	Mansfield Town	H
17	-2	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
18	-1	Bury	21	3	3	4	15	14	2	4	5	13	16	-2	22	L	W	W	D	D	1987-01-01	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-1	Chester City	22	2	7	2	13	16	1	6	4	11	17	-9	22	L	D	D	L	W	1987-01-24	Fulham	A
20	4	Port Vale	21	2	3	5	14	15	3	3	5	15	18	-4	21	W	D	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Mansfield Town	A
21	-1	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
22	-1	Darlington	20	5	3	3	12	13	0	3	6	11	21	-11	21	D	D	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Wigan Athletic	A
23	-1	Newport County	22	1	5	5	12	17	3	2	6	15	19	-9	19	L	L	L	D	L	1987-01-01	Fulham	H
24	-1	Carlisle United	22	4	2	5	14	18	1	2	8	8	20	-16	19	L	L	L	L	L	1987-01-03	Fulham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Colchester United	Recreation Ground	2,594
Langley	Lineups
Burnley	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Turf Moor	2,560
Malley, Murphy, James, Hoskin	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	1	Rochdale	The Shay	1,667
Brown, Matthews M, Black	Lineups		Wood
Preston North End	0	0	Hartlepool United	Deepdale	7,782
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Lincoln City	Old Showground	4,299	Largest home gate 1986-87
Harle, Lister	Lineups		Lund
Stockport County	3	1	Peterborough United	Edgeley Park	2,120
Allatt 3 (1p)	Lineups		Phillips
Swansea City	1	3	Hereford United	Vetch Field	6,274
Pascoe	Lineups		Spooner 2, Phillips
Torquay United	2	2	Orient	Plainmoor	1,372
Dobson, King	Lineups		Godfrey, Foster
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Wrexham	Prenton Park	2,505
	Lineups		Horne, Steel
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Exeter City	Molineux	4,626
Bull, Thompson	Lineups		Roberts, Kellow

				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	22	8	0	3	19	10	2	6	3	12	15	6	36	L	D	L	L	D	1987-01-01	Exeter City	H
4	1	Wrexham	20	5	4	0	20	9	4	4	3	19	14	16	35	W	D	L	D	W	1987-01-01	Preston North End	A
5	-1	Preston North End	21	7	2	2	15	9	3	3	4	15	16	5	35	D	D	W	W	L	1987-01-01	Wrexham	H
6	3	Aldershot	22	8	1	2	21	9	2	2	7	11	22	1	33	W	W	W	L	L	1987-01-01	Southend United	H
7	0	Exeter City	22	7	4	0	20	3	0	7	4	10	19	8	32	D	D	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Swansea City	A
8	-2	Colchester United	22	6	2	3	19	12	3	3	5	16	21	2	32	L	L	W	L	W	1987-01-01	Northampton Town	A
9	2	Scunthorpe United	21	7	3	1	26	14	1	4	5	10	16	6	31	W	D	W	D	D	1987-01-01	Hartlepool United	H
10	-2	Lincoln City	22	6	3	2	21	12	2	4	5	8	17	0	31	L	D	L	W	W	1987-01-03	Burnley	H
11	-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
12	0	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	3	Hereford United	22	4	5	2	15	10	3	2	6	13	19	-1	28	W	W	L	L	D	1987-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	3	4	3	15	17	4	2	5	12	12	-2	27	L	W	L	D	W	1987-01-01	Hereford United	H
15	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	3	2	6	11	15	5	1	5	11	14	-7	27	D	L	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Peterborough United	H
16	3	Burnley	22	6	3	2	19	11	1	2	8	9	23	-6	26	W	D	L	L	L	1987-01-01	Rochdale	H
17	-2	Peterborough United	21	4	4	3	14	11	2	3	5	12	16	-1	25	L	D	W	W	D	1987-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	2	Halifax Town	22	6	2	3	17	12	1	2	8	9	21	-7	25	W	D	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Orient	A
19	-1	Orient	21	7	1	3	18	11	0	3	7	7	21	-7	25	D	L	L	W	D	1987-01-03	Halifax Town	H
20	-3	Crewe Alexandra	22	2	7	2	15	19	3	2	6	17	18	-5	24	L	D	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Stockport County	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	21	2	5	4	10	16	2	4	4	10	11	-7	21	D	D	L	W	L	1987-01-01	Scunthorpe United	A
22	2	Stockport County	21	3	2	5	11	16	1	3	7	3	19	-21	17	W	D	W	D	L	1987-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Torquay United	21	2	5	3	13	15	0	5	6	12	24	-14	16	D	D	L	D	D	1987-01-03	Hereford United	A
24	-2	Rochdale	20	2	4	3	9	10	0	5	6	8	20	-13	15	L	L	L	D	D	1987-01-01	Burnley	A