1987-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	1	Wimbledon	Highbury	36,144
Nicholas 2, Hayes (p)	Lineups		Fairweather
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	19,744	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Claesen, Galvin
Chelsea	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Stamford Bridge	20,982
McNaught 2, Wegerle	Lineups		Byrne
Coventry City	0	1	Luton Town	Highfield Road	16,667
	Lineups		Stein B
Everton	3	0	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	40,203
Harper, Steven, Sheedy	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	43,334
Jackson P OG, Whiteside, Stapleton, Olsen	Lineups		Jackson D
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Liverpool	City Ground	32,854
Starbuck	Lineups		Rush
Oxford United	3	1	Southampton	Manor Ground	9,777
Aldridge (p), Houghton, Whitehurst	Lineups		Case
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Norwich City	Hillsborough	20,956
Shelton	Lineups		Drinkell
Watford	1	1	Manchester City	Vicarage Road	15,514
Barnes	Lineups		Varadi
West Ham United	4	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	16,625
Cottee 2, Dickens, McAvennie	Lineups		Moran

				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	23	9	3	0	22	4	5	3	3	17	8	27	48	W	W	D	W	D	1987-01-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Everton	23	8	3	1	28	8	5	2	4	18	12	26	44	W	W	W	W	L	1987-01-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Liverpool	23	6	3	2	23	9	5	3	4	18	15	17	39	D	W	L	D	W	1987-01-03	West Ham United	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	23	7	5	0	25	9	4	0	7	21	23	14	38	D	D	L	D	L	1987-01-03	Aston Villa	A
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	5	3	3	16	11	6	2	4	21	16	10	38	W	L	W	W	W	1987-01-04	Arsenal	H
6	-1	Norwich City	23	7	3	1	18	12	3	5	4	14	20	0	38	D	W	W	D	D	1987-01-03	Charlton Athletic	H
7	1	Luton Town	23	7	3	1	14	6	3	3	6	11	17	2	36	W	D	L	L	W	1987-01-03	Chelsea	H
8	4	West Ham United	23	6	2	4	24	20	3	5	3	13	20	-3	34	W	L	L	D	L	1987-01-03	Liverpool	A
9	0	Watford	23	7	3	2	24	10	2	3	6	15	19	10	33	D	W	W	D	L	1987-01-03	Wimbledon	A
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	5	1	25	13	2	4	5	12	19	5	33	D	L	L	W	L	1987-01-03	Leicester City	A
11	-4	Coventry City	22	8	2	2	18	10	1	4	5	6	13	1	33	L	W	L	D	W	1987-01-03	Newcastle United	A
12	-1	Wimbledon	23	5	2	4	15	12	5	0	7	16	19	0	32	L	W	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Watford	H
13	1	Oxford United	23	6	4	2	21	14	1	4	6	7	23	-9	29	W	L	D	D	L	1987-01-03	Manchester City	A
14	1	Manchester United	23	6	2	4	22	13	1	5	5	8	14	3	28	W	L	W	W	D	1987-01-03	Southampton	A
15	-2	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	3	3	17	14	2	3	7	7	16	-6	27	L	W	W	D	D	1987-01-03	Everton	H
16	4	Chelsea	23	3	3	6	13	22	3	4	4	15	20	-14	25	W	W	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Luton Town	A
17	-1	Southampton	22	5	1	4	19	16	2	2	8	17	29	-9	24	L	L	L	D	L	1987-01-03	Manchester United	H
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	3	4	5	15	15	3	1	7	9	19	-10	23	L	W	L	D	D	1987-01-03	Norwich City	A
19	0	Manchester City	23	5	3	3	17	13	0	5	7	6	21	-11	23	D	L	W	D	W	1987-01-03	Oxford United	H
20	-2	Aston Villa	23	5	2	4	16	18	1	3	8	14	32	-20	23	L	L	W	D	D	1987-01-03	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Newcastle United	23	4	2	5	16	18	1	4	7	8	22	-16	21	L	L	L	L	W	1987-01-03	Coventry City	H
22	0	Leicester City	23	3	5	3	16	15	2	1	9	9	27	-17	21	L	L	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	8,696
Kuhl, Clarke, Mortimer	Lineups		Goodyear, Tynan
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Millwall	Goldstone Ground	7,645
	Lineups		Marks
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Grimsby Town	Leeds Road	7,530
	Lineups
Hull City	3	4	Barnsley	Boothferry Park	4,879
Bunn, Roberts, McEwan (p)	Lineups		Chandler 3, Duggan
Ipswich Town	2	0	Leeds United	Portman Road	14,125
Zondervan, Gleghorn	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Sheffield United	Boundary Park	8,493
Futcher (p), Wright 2	Lineups		Morris
Portsmouth	1	0	Reading	Fratton Park	18,289
Mariner	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Victoria Ground	19,382	Largest home gate 1986-87
Saunders	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns	8,420
Hopkins	Lineups		Barber, Wright

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Portsmouth	23	11	1	0	22	6	3	5	3	10	9	17	48	W	W	W	W	L	1987-01-03	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	1	Oldham Athletic	22	7	4	1	17	6	6	1	3	21	15	17	44	W	L	D	W	W	1987-01-03	Barnsley	A
3	-1	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
4	0	Ipswich Town	23	8	3	1	20	5	3	4	4	20	20	15	40	W	W	L	W	W	1987-01-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	2	Stoke City	23	8	2	2	24	10	3	1	7	13	15	12	36	W	W	W	W	D	1987-01-03	Millwall	A
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	6	3	2	19	14	3	5	4	15	17	3	35	L	D	L	L	D	1987-01-03	Hull City	H
7	-1	Leeds United	23	8	1	2	21	9	2	3	7	8	21	-1	34	L	W	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Huddersfield Town	H
8	2	Crystal Palace	23	6	1	4	20	16	5	0	7	13	22	-5	34	W	L	W	W	W	1987-01-03	Derby County	H
9	3	Millwall	22	6	2	3	18	9	3	3	5	9	12	6	32	W	D	W	W	D	1987-01-03	Stoke City	H
10	-2	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	2	4	18	12	3	3	5	12	13	5	32	L	D	L	L	W	1987-01-03	Sheffield United	A
11	2	Birmingham City	23	5	6	1	21	16	3	2	6	12	16	1	32	W	D	D	W	L	1987-01-03	Bradford City	A
12	-3	Sheffield United	23	5	4	2	18	13	3	3	6	14	20	-1	31	L	L	W	L	W	1987-01-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-2	Grimsby Town	23	2	6	3	7	8	5	4	3	15	16	-2	31	D	W	D	L	D	1987-01-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	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	23	7	1	3	13	5	1	2	9	7	25	-10	27	L	L	W	L	W	1987-01-03	Ipswich Town	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	4	3	14	9	1	3	7	9	19	-5	25	L	D	L	W	L	1987-01-03	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Hull City	22	4	2	5	13	20	3	2	6	11	20	-16	25	L	D	L	L	D	1987-01-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	0	Reading	22	3	3	4	17	16	3	3	6	14	21	-6	24	L	D	D	W	L	1987-01-24	Millwall	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	21	5	2	4	20	18	1	2	7	6	18	-10	22	D	W	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Leeds United	A
20	2	Barnsley	22	2	4	5	11	15	2	3	6	10	15	-9	19	W	L	L	L	W	1987-01-03	Oldham Athletic	H
21	-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
22	-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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Swindon Town	Dean Court	10,537
Richards	Lineups
Brentford	2	2	Chesterfield	Griffin Park	3,622
Cooke, Bater	Lineups		Airey, Walker
Bristol City	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	17,122
	Lineups		Smart
Bury	1	3	Wigan Athletic	Gigg Lane	3,324
Robinson L (p)	Lineups		Cribley (p), Jewell, Cook
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	4,652	Largest home gate 1986-87
Gaynor, Redfearn 2	Lineups
Gillingham	4	0	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	6,003
Pritchard 3, Elsey	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	1	Port Vale	Field Mill	3,053
	Lineups		Hazell
Newport County	0	0	Fulham	Somerton Park	2,388
	Lineups
York City	3	1	Middlesbrough	Bootham Crescent	8,611	Largest home gate 1986-87
Butler, Walwyn 2	Lineups		Mowbray

				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	23	7	2	2	19	9	6	4	2	17	11	16	45	L	D	W	W	W	1987-01-03	Newport County	H
2	1	Gillingham	23	9	2	1	24	7	4	3	4	12	15	14	44	W	L	D	W	L	1987-01-03	Notts County	A
3	1	AFC Bournemouth	21	10	0	1	22	10	3	3	4	12	15	9	42	W	W	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Chesterfield	A
4	-2	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
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	23	6	1	4	20	16	5	4	3	17	13	8	38	L	W	W	D	L	1987-01-03	Bury	H
7	0	Bristol City	22	5	4	2	19	10	5	2	4	13	8	14	36	L	W	D	W	W	1987-01-03	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	9	3	0	24	7	1	1	8	11	21	7	34	W	W	L	D	L	1987-01-24	Walsall	H
9	0	Wigan Athletic	23	6	3	2	23	14	4	1	7	19	23	5	34	W	D	D	W	D	1987-01-03	Darlington	H
10	1	Mansfield Town	23	4	6	2	12	13	2	7	2	11	11	-1	31	L	D	D	L	D	1987-01-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	-1	Walsall	23	7	2	2	25	15	2	2	8	16	29	-3	31	L	L	W	L	W	1987-01-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	0	Chesterfield	23	7	1	3	26	22	1	6	5	11	19	-4	31	D	D	W	D	W	1987-01-03	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	0	Fulham	23	3	4	4	17	20	3	5	4	15	17	-5	27	D	L	D	D	D	1987-01-03	Carlisle United	H
14	1	Bristol Rovers	21	2	5	2	10	12	5	1	6	16	21	-7	27	W	W	L	L	D	1987-01-17	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	1	York City	23	6	4	2	18	15	1	2	8	12	29	-14	27	W	D	L	D	L	1987-01-23	Bristol Rovers	A
16	-2	Rotherham United	23	3	3	5	13	15	4	1	7	14	24	-12	25	L	W	D	W	W	1987-01-03	Bristol City	H
17	4	Port Vale	22	2	3	5	14	15	4	3	5	16	18	-3	24	W	W	D	L	W	1987-01-24	Brentford	H
18	0	Brentford	22	4	3	5	17	17	2	3	5	10	17	-7	24	D	L	L	L	D	1987-01-03	Blackpool	A
19	-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
20	-1	Bury	22	3	3	5	16	17	2	4	5	13	16	-4	22	L	L	W	W	D	1987-01-03	Swindon Town	A
21	-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
22	0	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	0	Newport County	23	1	6	5	12	17	3	2	6	15	19	-9	20	D	L	L	L	D	1987-01-03	Middlesbrough	A
24	0	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	0	1	Southend United	Recreation Ground	3,170
	Lineups		Johnson
Burnley	0	3	Rochdale	Turf Moor	4,217
	Lineups		Stanton, Wood, Parlane
Northampton Town	3	2	Colchester United	County Ground	8,215
Benjamin, Gilbert, Morley (p)	Lineups		Adcock 2
Preston North End	1	0	Wrexham	Deepdale	9,373
Thomas	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	2	Hartlepool United	Old Showground	2,726
Richardson	Lineups		Hewitt, Dixon K
Stockport County	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	2,955	Largest home gate 1986-87
Evans, Moss	Lineups		Thomas
Swansea City	1	0	Exeter City	Vetch Field	6,057
Andrews	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	3	Hereford United	Prenton Park	1,441
Moore 2, Muir	Lineups		Kearns, Phillips, Mungall OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	Peterborough United	Molineux	4,399
	Lineups		Phillips, Gallagher, Luke

				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	23	12	1	0	37	15	7	2	1	30	13	39	60	W	W	W	W	D	1987-01-03	Exeter City	A
2	0	Southend United	22	6	3	2	22	14	7	1	3	14	9	13	43	W	W	L	W	D	1987-01-03	Preston North End	H
3	0	Swansea City	23	9	0	3	20	10	2	6	3	12	15	7	39	W	L	D	L	L	1987-01-03	Hartlepool United	A
4	1	Preston North End	22	8	2	2	16	9	3	3	4	15	16	6	38	W	D	D	W	W	1987-01-03	Southend United	A
5	-1	Wrexham	21	5	4	0	20	9	4	4	4	19	15	15	35	L	W	D	L	D	1987-01-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	0	Aldershot	23	8	1	3	21	10	2	2	7	11	22	0	33	L	W	W	W	L	1987-01-24	Peterborough United	H
7	0	Exeter City	23	7	4	0	20	3	0	7	5	10	20	7	32	L	D	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Northampton Town	H
8	0	Colchester United	23	6	2	3	19	12	3	3	6	18	24	1	32	L	L	L	W	L	1987-01-03	Scunthorpe United	H
9	0	Scunthorpe United	22	7	3	2	27	16	1	4	5	10	16	5	31	L	W	D	W	D	1987-01-03	Colchester United	A
10	0	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	2	Hereford United	23	4	5	2	15	10	3	3	6	16	22	-1	29	D	W	W	L	L	1987-01-03	Torquay United	H
12	-1	Cardiff City	21	3	5	2	12	8	4	3	4	12	18	-2	29	L	D	W	W	W	1987-01-03	Stockport County	H
13	4	Peterborough United	22	4	4	3	14	11	3	3	5	15	16	2	28	W	L	D	W	W	1987-01-04	Cambridge United	H
14	-2	Cambridge United	22	4	4	3	22	16	3	3	5	13	20	-1	28	L	W	W	W	L	1987-01-04	Peterborough United	A
15	-1	Tranmere Rovers	22	3	5	3	18	20	4	2	5	12	12	-2	28	D	L	W	L	D	1987-01-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	3	2	7	11	18	5	1	5	11	14	-10	27	L	D	L	L	W	1987-01-03	Wrexham	A
17	-1	Burnley	23	6	3	3	19	14	1	2	8	9	23	-9	26	L	W	D	L	L	1987-01-03	Lincoln City	A
18	0	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	0	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	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	2	7	2	15	19	3	2	7	18	20	-6	24	L	L	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	Hartlepool United	22	2	5	4	10	16	3	4	4	12	12	-6	24	W	D	D	L	W	1987-01-03	Swansea City	H
22	0	Stockport County	22	4	2	5	13	17	1	3	7	3	19	-20	20	W	W	D	W	D	1987-01-03	Cardiff City	A
23	1	Rochdale	21	2	4	3	9	10	1	5	6	11	20	-10	18	W	L	L	L	D	1987-01-24	Northampton Town	A
24	-1	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