1987-01-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	1	3	West Ham United	Highfield Road	14,191
Borrows (p)	Lineups		Cottee 3
Liverpool	2	0	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	38,054
Walsh, Rush	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Leicester City	Kenilworth Road	9,102
Newell	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Arsenal	Old Trafford	51,367
Strachan, Gibson T	Lineups
Norwich City	2	2	Chelsea	Carrow Road	16,562
Rosario, Drinkell	Lineups		Bumstead, Wicks
Oxford United	1	3	Watford	Manor Ground	9,710
Houghton	Lineups		Callaghan, Barnes, Falco
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	8,271
Byrne, Bannister	Lineups		Case
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Hillsborough	17,365
Shutt	Lineups		Melrose
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	19,121
Hodge 2, Claesen	Lineups
Wimbledon	0	0	Manchester City	Plough Lane	5,667
	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	26	9	4	0	22	4	6	3	4	19	11	26	52	L	D	W	W	W	1987-02-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Everton	25	9	3	1	30	8	6	2	4	19	12	29	50	W	W	W	W	W	1987-01-25	Nottingham Forest	A
3	0	Liverpool	26	8	3	2	26	9	6	3	4	19	15	21	48	W	W	W	D	W	1987-02-14	Leicester City	H
4	1	Luton Town	25	9	3	1	16	6	3	3	6	11	17	4	42	W	W	W	D	L	1987-02-07	Newcastle United	A
5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	25	6	3	4	20	13	6	2	4	21	16	12	41	W	L	W	L	W	1987-02-14	Southampton	H
6	0	Norwich City	25	7	5	1	21	15	3	5	4	14	20	0	40	D	D	D	W	W	1987-02-07	Southampton	A
7	-3	Nottingham Forest	24	7	5	0	25	9	4	1	7	21	23	14	39	D	D	D	L	D	1987-01-25	Everton	H
8	0	Coventry City	25	8	2	3	19	13	2	5	5	8	14	0	37	L	D	W	L	W	1987-02-03	Southampton	A
9	1	West Ham United	25	6	2	4	24	20	4	5	4	16	22	-2	37	W	L	W	L	L	1987-02-07	Oxford United	H
10	1	Watford	25	7	3	2	24	10	3	3	7	19	22	11	36	W	L	D	W	W	1987-02-07	Nottingham Forest	H
11	-2	Wimbledon	25	6	3	4	17	13	5	0	7	16	19	1	36	D	W	L	W	D	1987-02-07	Leicester City	A
12	0	Sheffield Wednesday	26	6	6	1	26	14	2	4	7	13	27	-2	34	D	L	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Chelsea	A
13	0	Manchester United	25	7	2	4	24	13	1	6	5	9	15	5	32	W	D	W	L	W	1987-02-07	Charlton Athletic	A
14	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	6	3	4	19	16	2	3	7	7	16	-6	30	W	L	L	W	W	1987-02-07	Aston Villa	A
15	-1	Oxford United	25	6	4	3	22	17	1	4	7	7	24	-12	29	L	L	W	L	D	1987-02-07	West Ham United	A
16	0	Manchester City	26	6	3	4	18	14	0	6	7	6	21	-11	27	D	L	W	D	L	1987-02-14	Norwich City	A
17	1	Chelsea	25	3	3	6	13	22	3	5	5	17	23	-15	26	D	L	W	W	W	1987-02-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	-1	Southampton	24	5	2	4	20	17	2	2	9	18	31	-10	25	L	D	L	L	L	1987-02-03	Coventry City	H
19	0	Charlton Athletic	25	3	4	5	15	15	3	3	7	11	21	-10	25	D	D	L	W	L	1987-01-31	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Leicester City	25	4	5	3	22	16	2	1	10	9	28	-13	24	L	W	L	L	D	1987-02-07	Wimbledon	H
21	0	Aston Villa	25	5	3	4	16	18	1	3	9	14	35	-23	24	L	D	L	L	W	1987-02-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Newcastle United	25	4	2	6	17	20	1	4	8	8	24	-19	21	L	L	L	L	L	1987-02-07	Luton Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Stoke City	St Andrew's	10,643
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	1	Barnsley	Selhurst Park	6,011
	Lineups		MacDonald
Grimsby Town	1	1	Ipswich Town	Blundell Park	4,981
Robinson	Lineups		Dozzell
Leeds United	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	14,458
	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Reading	The Den, New Cross	4,125
Briley, marks	Lineups		Smillie
Oldham Athletic	1	4	Derby County	Boundary Park	9,540	Largest home gate 1986-87
Futcher	Lineups		Davison, Gregory (p), Gee, Micklewhite
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Bradford City	Home Park	11,215
Tynan, Summerfield, Hodges	Lineups		McCall 2
Portsmouth	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	12,992
Dillon (p)	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Sheffield United	Gay Meadow	3,832
McNally (p)	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Roker Park	10,486
Lemon, Buchanan	Lineups		Winter
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Hull City	The Hawthorns	6,707
Reilly	Lineups		Jobson

				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	25	12	1	0	23	6	3	5	4	10	10	17	51	W	L	W	W	W	1987-02-07	Ipswich Town	A
2	1	Derby County	24	8	2	1	24	9	6	2	5	13	13	15	46	W	L	W	W	W	1987-02-07	Birmingham City	H
3	-1	Oldham Athletic	24	7	4	2	18	10	6	2	3	22	16	14	45	L	D	W	L	D	1987-01-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	0	Ipswich Town	25	8	3	1	20	5	3	5	5	22	23	14	41	D	L	W	W	L	1987-02-07	Portsmouth	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	8	3	2	26	16	3	5	4	15	17	8	41	W	W	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Reading	A
6	0	Stoke City	25	8	2	2	24	10	3	3	7	14	16	12	38	D	D	W	W	W	1987-02-07	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	25	7	1	5	21	17	5	0	7	13	22	-5	37	L	W	W	L	W	1987-02-07	Stoke City	A
8	2	Millwall	25	7	3	3	21	11	3	3	6	9	16	3	36	W	L	D	W	D	1987-02-07	Barnsley	A
9	-1	Leeds United	25	8	3	2	22	10	2	3	7	8	21	-1	36	D	D	L	W	D	1987-02-07	Sheffield United	A
10	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	6	3	4	19	13	3	4	5	13	14	5	34	D	D	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Huddersfield Town	A
11	0	Birmingham City	25	5	7	1	21	16	3	3	6	12	16	1	34	D	D	W	D	D	1987-02-07	Derby County	A
12	1	Grimsby Town	26	2	7	4	9	11	5	5	3	17	18	-3	33	D	D	L	D	W	1987-02-07	Bradford City	A
13	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	9	1	3	16	6	1	2	9	7	25	-8	33	W	W	L	L	W	1987-02-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	-2	Sheffield United	25	5	5	2	19	14	3	3	7	14	21	-2	32	L	D	L	L	W	1987-02-07	Leeds United	H
15	1	Sunderland	23	5	5	2	14	9	2	4	5	14	20	-1	30	W	L	D	W	L	1987-01-31	Reading	A
16	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	5	4	3	14	9	2	3	8	11	21	-5	28	L	W	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Sunderland	H
17	0	Hull City	24	4	2	5	13	20	3	3	7	12	25	-20	26	D	L	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Reading	23	3	3	4	17	16	3	3	7	15	23	-7	24	L	L	D	D	W	1987-01-31	Sunderland	H
19	3	Barnsley	24	2	5	5	12	16	3	3	6	11	15	-8	23	W	D	W	L	L	1987-02-07	Millwall	H
20	-1	Bradford City	24	4	3	6	22	23	2	2	7	13	21	-9	23	L	W	D	L	L	1987-02-07	Grimsby Town	H
21	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	5	2	4	20	18	1	3	8	8	21	-11	23	L	D	D	W	W	1987-02-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	3	2	6	13	15	2	5	5	7	14	-9	22	D	D	W	D	L	1987-01-31	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	0	Notts County	Dean Court	6,022
Cooke, Aylott, Richards	Lineups
Bury	0	3	Middlesbrough	Gigg Lane	3,485
	Lineups		Slaven 2, Laws (p)
Carlisle United	3	1	Blackpool	Brunton Park	3,044
McGarvey, Baker, Haigh	Lineups		Davies
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Walsall	Belle Vue	2,613
Redfearn (p)	Lineups		Christie
Fulham	0	5	Chester City	Craven Cottage	3,067
	Lineups		Kelly 2, Graham, Barrow, Bennett
Port Vale	4	1	Brentford	Vale Park	3,062
Jones 2 (1p), Earle, Smith	Lineups		Cooke
Wigan Athletic	3	1	Bristol City	Springfield Park	3,092
Hilditch, Campbell 2	Lineups		Walsh

				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	25	8	2	2	21	9	7	4	2	20	11	21	51	W	W	L	D	W	1987-02-07	Bristol Rovers	H
2	2	AFC Bournemouth	24	11	1	1	26	11	3	4	4	13	16	12	47	W	D	D	W	W	1987-01-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	-1	Notts County	24	9	2	1	29	8	4	3	5	14	17	18	44	L	W	W	D	W	1987-01-31	Darlington	H
4	-1	Gillingham	24	9	2	1	24	7	4	3	5	13	18	12	44	L	W	L	D	W	1987-02-03	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Blackpool	23	7	4	1	20	8	4	4	3	22	16	18	41	L	W	W	W	D	1987-02-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
6	0	Swindon Town	24	7	1	4	21	16	5	4	3	17	13	9	41	W	L	W	W	D	1987-01-25	Newport County	H
7	1	Wigan Athletic	25	7	4	2	27	16	4	1	7	19	23	7	38	W	D	W	D	D	1987-02-07	Walsall	A
8	-1	Bristol City	24	5	4	2	19	10	5	2	6	14	13	10	36	L	L	L	W	D	1987-01-31	Chesterfield	H
9	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	9	4	0	25	8	1	1	8	11	21	7	35	D	W	W	L	D	1987-02-03	Port Vale	A
10	0	Mansfield Town	24	4	6	2	12	13	3	7	2	12	11	0	34	W	L	D	D	L	1987-01-25	Chesterfield	A
11	1	Walsall	24	7	2	2	25	15	2	3	8	17	30	-3	32	D	L	L	W	L	1987-02-07	Wigan Athletic	H
12	-1	Chesterfield	24	7	2	3	27	23	1	6	5	11	19	-4	32	D	D	D	W	D	1987-01-25	Mansfield Town	H
13	0	Bristol Rovers	23	3	5	2	11	12	5	2	6	18	23	-6	31	W	D	W	W	L	1987-01-31	Mansfield Town	A
14	0	Fulham	25	4	4	5	20	25	3	5	4	15	17	-7	30	L	W	D	L	D	1987-02-01	Brentford	A
15	0	Rotherham United	24	4	3	5	15	15	4	1	7	14	24	-10	28	W	L	W	D	W	1987-01-27	Port Vale	H
16	2	Port Vale	23	3	3	5	18	16	4	3	5	16	18	0	27	W	W	W	D	L	1987-01-27	Rotherham United	A
17	-1	York City	24	6	4	2	18	15	1	2	9	12	30	-15	27	L	W	D	L	D	1987-02-07	Gillingham	H
18	3	Chester City	23	2	7	2	13	16	2	6	4	16	17	-4	25	W	L	D	D	L	1987-02-07	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	-2	Brentford	25	4	3	5	17	17	2	4	7	12	24	-12	25	L	D	L	D	L	1987-02-01	Fulham	H
20	-1	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	3	5	22	17	1	3	7	12	23	-6	24	D	L	L	L	L	1987-01-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
21	-1	Bury	24	3	3	6	16	20	2	4	6	13	17	-8	22	L	L	L	L	W	1987-01-31	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Darlington	21	5	3	3	12	13	0	4	6	12	22	-11	22	D	D	D	W	L	1987-01-31	Notts County	A
23	1	Carlisle United	24	5	2	5	17	19	1	2	9	8	23	-17	22	W	L	L	L	L	1987-02-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
24	-1	Newport County	24	1	6	5	12	17	3	2	7	15	21	-11	20	L	D	L	L	L	1987-01-25	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Peterborough United	Recreation Ground	2,093
Barnes	Lineups		Phillips (p)
Burnley	0	6	Hereford United	Turf Moor	1,961
	Lineups		Harvey (p), Kearns 2, Phillips 3
Cambridge United	3	0	Hartlepool United	Abbey Stadium	1,749
Spriggs, Cooper, Crown	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	3,331
	Lineups		Bull, Thompson
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Gresty Road	1,430
Platt, Blissett (p)	Lineups		De Mange, Broddle
Northampton Town	5	0	Rochdale	County Ground	5,484
McMenemy 2, Chard, McGoldrick, Hill	Lineups
Orient	1	4	Swansea City	Brisbane Road	2,605
Godfrey	Lineups		Pascoe, McCarthy 2, Emmanuel
Preston North End	3	0	Lincoln City	Deepdale	7,821
Brazil, Swann, Jemson	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Torquay United	Racecourse Ground	2,129
Massey, Horne	Lineups		Walsh

				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	25	13	1	0	42	15	7	3	1	31	14	44	64	W	D	W	W	W	1987-01-31	Peterborough United	A
2	1	Preston North End	25	9	2	2	19	9	4	4	4	18	18	10	45	W	D	W	W	D	1987-02-07	Halifax Town	A
3	-1	Southend United	24	6	4	3	25	18	7	1	3	14	9	12	44	D	L	W	W	L	1987-01-31	Swansea City	A
4	0	Swansea City	26	9	1	3	21	11	3	7	3	17	17	10	44	W	D	D	W	L	1987-01-31	Southend United	H
5	2	Wrexham	23	6	5	0	22	10	4	4	4	19	15	16	39	W	D	L	W	D	1987-01-31	Halifax Town	A
6	-1	Colchester United	27	8	3	3	23	13	3	3	7	18	26	2	39	D	L	W	W	L	1987-01-31	Torquay United	A
7	-1	Exeter City	26	8	5	0	23	4	0	8	5	10	20	9	37	D	W	D	L	D	1987-01-31	Cambridge United	H
8	1	Aldershot	24	8	2	3	22	11	2	2	7	11	22	0	34	D	L	W	W	W	1987-02-07	Scunthorpe United	A
9	-1	Lincoln City	25	7	3	2	23	13	2	4	7	8	22	-4	34	L	L	W	L	D	1987-02-07	Cardiff City	H
10	2	Hereford United	25	4	6	2	17	12	4	3	6	22	22	5	33	W	D	D	W	W	1987-01-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	-1	Peterborough United	26	5	4	4	16	13	3	5	5	18	19	2	33	D	L	D	W	W	1987-01-31	Northampton Town	H
12	-1	Scunthorpe United	24	7	3	2	27	16	1	5	6	12	19	4	32	D	L	L	W	D	1987-01-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	2	Cambridge United	25	5	5	3	25	16	3	3	6	14	22	1	32	W	D	L	L	W	1987-01-31	Exeter City	A
14	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	3	2	7	11	18	6	3	5	13	14	-8	32	W	D	D	L	D	1987-01-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	-1	Tranmere Rovers	25	3	6	3	19	21	4	3	6	15	16	-3	30	D	D	L	D	L	1987-01-31	Scunthorpe United	A
16	-3	Cardiff City	23	3	6	3	13	11	4	3	4	12	18	-4	30	L	D	L	D	W	1987-02-07	Lincoln City	A
17	2	Crewe Alexandra	25	3	8	2	20	23	3	2	7	18	20	-5	28	D	W	L	L	D	1987-01-28	Hereford United	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	23	6	2	3	17	12	2	2	8	12	22	-5	28	W	W	D	W	L	1987-01-31	Wrexham	H
19	-1	Orient	24	7	1	5	20	18	1	3	7	8	21	-11	28	L	W	L	D	L	1987-02-07	Rochdale	A
20	0	Hartlepool United	25	2	6	4	11	17	3	5	5	13	16	-9	26	L	D	D	W	D	1987-01-31	Burnley	H
21	0	Burnley	25	6	3	4	19	20	1	2	9	10	25	-16	26	L	L	L	W	D	1987-01-31	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Stockport County	24	4	3	5	13	17	1	4	7	4	20	-20	22	D	D	W	W	D	1987-02-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
23	0	Rochdale	22	2	4	3	9	10	1	5	7	11	25	-15	18	L	W	L	L	L	1987-02-07	Orient	H
24	0	Torquay United	23	2	5	3	13	15	0	6	7	15	28	-15	17	L	D	D	D	L	1987-01-31	Colchester United	H