1987-03-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	0	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	25,386
Nevin	Lineups
Everton	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Goodison Park	27,291
Steven (p), Stevens	Lineups		Melrose
Manchester City	0	0	Newcastle United	Maine Road	23,060
	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Luton Town	Carrow Road	16,142
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Manchester United	Hillsborough	29,888
Hirst	Lineups
Southampton	5	0	Aston Villa	The Dell	13,686
Clarke 2, Hobson, Wallace, Cockerill	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Arsenal	Vicarage Road	18,127
Porter, Blissett	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Plough Lane	6,938
Sayer	Lineups		Rosenior

				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	Liverpool	33	12	3	2	35	13	8	4	4	25	18	29	67	W	W	W	W	W	1987-03-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Everton	32	12	3	1	38	10	6	4	6	21	16	33	61	W	W	L	D	D	1987-03-28	Arsenal	A
3	0	Arsenal	32	9	5	1	22	5	6	5	6	20	15	22	55	L	D	L	L	D	1987-03-28	Everton	H
4	0	Luton Town	32	12	3	1	22	9	3	6	7	14	22	5	54	D	W	L	W	D	1987-03-24	Southampton	A
5	0	Norwich City	32	7	9	1	23	17	6	5	4	20	21	5	53	D	W	D	D	W	1987-03-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	32	9	6	1	29	11	5	3	8	24	27	15	51	D	L	W	L	D	1987-03-22	Leicester City	H
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	9	3	4	28	13	6	2	4	21	16	20	50	W	W	W	W	L	1987-03-22	Liverpool	H
8	0	Coventry City	31	12	2	3	28	14	2	5	7	9	19	4	49	W	W	W	W	L	1987-03-24	Wimbledon	A
9	1	Watford	30	9	4	2	29	12	4	3	8	21	25	13	46	W	W	W	L	D	1987-03-25	Aston Villa	A
10	-1	Wimbledon	31	8	4	4	23	15	5	2	8	17	22	3	45	D	D	D	W	W	1987-03-24	Coventry City	H
11	1	Chelsea	33	7	4	6	22	23	5	5	6	20	27	-8	45	W	W	W	W	D	1987-04-04	Everton	H
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	32	9	3	4	25	18	3	4	9	10	20	-3	43	D	L	W	L	W	1987-03-25	Leicester City	A
13	0	Manchester United	32	9	3	4	29	14	1	8	7	11	19	7	41	L	L	W	D	D	1987-03-28	Nottingham Forest	H
14	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	7	7	2	28	16	2	4	9	13	30	-5	38	W	L	L	D	L	1987-03-24	West Ham United	A
15	-1	West Ham United	31	6	2	6	24	23	4	6	7	19	28	-8	38	L	L	L	L	D	1987-03-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	1	Southampton	31	8	2	5	32	19	2	2	12	18	37	-6	34	W	L	W	L	L	1987-03-24	Luton Town	H
17	-1	Oxford United	32	6	6	4	24	21	2	4	10	8	33	-22	34	L	L	L	D	D	1987-03-24	Charlton Athletic	A
18	2	Manchester City	32	6	5	5	20	17	0	7	9	7	25	-15	30	D	L	L	L	D	1987-03-28	Leicester City	A
19	-1	Leicester City	31	6	5	4	26	19	2	1	13	12	41	-22	30	W	L	L	L	L	1987-03-22	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	32	4	5	6	17	17	3	3	11	13	28	-15	29	L	L	W	L	L	1987-03-24	Oxford United	H
21	0	Aston Villa	32	5	5	5	18	21	1	4	12	17	45	-31	27	L	L	D	D	D	1987-03-25	Watford	H
22	0	Newcastle United	30	5	3	6	21	23	1	5	10	10	29	-21	26	D	W	L	L	D	1987-03-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	1	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	9,823
	Lineups		Hilaire
Bradford City	0	0	Barnsley	Valley Parade	9,648
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Ipswich Town	Goldstone Ground	8,393
Gatting	Lineups		Wilson, D'Avray
Crystal Palace	1	0	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	8,781
Gray (p)	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Stoke City	Leeds Road	7,222
Shearer, Cork	Lineups		Ford, Bertschin
Hull City	1	1	Derby County	Boothferry Park	9,684	Largest home gate 1986-87
Saville	Lineups		Hindmarch
Plymouth Argyle	5	0	Grimsby Town	Home Park	9,671
Nisbet 2, Tynan 2, Clayton	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Sheffield United	Elm Park	6,357
Senior, Vaughan	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Millwall	Gay Meadow	2,799
Geddis	Lineups		Mehmet, Sheringham
Sunderland	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Roker Park	10,250
	Lineups		Irwin, Wright
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Hawthorns	8,565
	Lineups		Hendry

				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	Derby County	33	10	5	1	33	15	9	3	5	18	15	21	65	D	W	W	W	D	1987-04-04	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Portsmouth	32	14	2	0	28	7	5	6	5	12	12	21	65	W	D	D	W	L	1987-03-28	Sunderland	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	32	10	4	2	26	11	8	3	5	26	19	22	61	W	D	W	W	W	1987-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	32	11	3	2	25	6	4	5	7	25	27	17	53	W	W	W	L	W	1987-03-25	Stoke City	A
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	11	4	2	35	17	3	5	7	17	23	12	51	W	L	W	W	L	1987-03-28	Leeds United	A
6	2	Crystal Palace	32	10	2	5	31	18	5	0	10	14	27	0	47	W	L	W	W	L	1987-03-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	0	Stoke City	31	10	2	2	30	11	3	4	10	18	27	10	45	D	W	L	L	L	1987-03-25	Ipswich Town	H
8	-2	Leeds United	31	10	4	2	27	12	2	5	8	9	23	1	45	L	D	W	W	D	1987-03-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	2	Millwall	32	8	4	4	22	12	4	3	9	11	20	1	43	W	D	L	L	L	1987-03-28	Crystal Palace	H
10	-1	Sheffield United	33	8	6	2	23	15	3	4	10	15	26	-3	43	L	W	D	W	L	1987-03-28	Bradford City	H
11	1	Reading	32	9	3	4	27	18	3	4	9	17	30	-4	43	W	W	L	D	W	1987-04-04	Barnsley	A
12	-2	Grimsby Town	33	5	7	4	16	14	5	5	7	19	30	-9	42	L	W	L	W	L	1987-03-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	0	Birmingham City	32	6	8	2	23	17	3	5	8	16	29	-7	40	L	L	D	D	L	1987-03-28	Barnsley	A
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	7	4	5	23	15	3	5	8	16	21	3	39	L	L	L	D	D	1987-03-28	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Sunderland	31	7	5	4	18	14	3	4	8	17	25	-4	39	L	L	W	L	W	1987-03-28	Portsmouth	A
16	2	Blackburn Rovers	32	7	2	6	19	17	3	6	8	11	22	-9	38	W	L	W	L	L	1987-03-24	Bradford City	H
17	-1	Barnsley	32	6	5	5	19	18	3	5	8	13	20	-6	37	D	W	L	W	L	1987-03-28	Birmingham City	H
18	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	7	5	4	29	24	2	4	10	12	27	-10	36	D	D	D	D	L	1987-03-31	Barnsley	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	32	9	2	5	18	10	1	3	12	10	32	-14	35	L	L	L	D	D	1987-03-24	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Hull City	31	6	4	5	16	21	3	4	9	12	27	-20	35	D	L	D	W	D	1987-03-28	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Bradford City	31	6	5	6	28	25	2	3	9	14	24	-7	32	D	L	W	L	D	1987-03-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	5	4	7	16	17	2	4	10	12	26	-15	29	L	L	L	D	L	1987-03-28	Stoke City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	1	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road	7,132	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Stephens
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Walsall	Burnden Park	4,308
Elliott	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Mansfield Town	Griffin Park	3,336
Cooke, Carroll 2	Lineups		Cassells
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Twerton Park, Bath	2,635
Hibbitt	Lineups
Chester City	2	0	Newport County	Sealand Road	2,561
Houghton, Rimmer	Lineups
Darlington	0	1	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	2,029
	Lineups		Poskett
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Bury	Belle Vue	1,439
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Priestfield Stadium	7,577
Weatherly, Shearer	Lineups		Heffernan
Port Vale	2	2	Chesterfield	Vale Park	2,903
Bowden, Sproson	Lineups		Caldwell 2
Rotherham United	1	1	Notts County	Millmoor	3,787
Gooding	Lineups		McParland
Swindon Town	2	0	Fulham	County Ground	7,426
Quinn 2	Lineups
York City	1	1	Bristol City	Bootham Crescent	2,874
Canham	Lineups		Tanner

				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	AFC Bournemouth	35	15	2	1	38	14	6	5	6	21	22	23	70	L	W	W	W	W	1987-03-28	Darlington	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	35	12	2	2	28	9	8	5	6	23	18	24	67	W	W	L	W	L	1987-03-28	Rotherham United	H
3	-1	Notts County	35	13	3	1	45	16	6	5	7	20	25	24	65	D	L	W	W	W	1987-03-24	Wigan Athletic	A
4	0	Swindon Town	32	11	1	4	28	16	8	5	3	26	16	22	63	W	W	W	W	W	1987-03-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Gillingham	35	13	4	2	35	12	5	3	8	20	26	17	61	W	W	W	D	L	1987-03-28	Bury	A
6	0	Bristol City	34	10	4	2	34	11	6	5	7	18	17	24	57	D	D	W	L	W	1987-03-28	Chester City	H
7	0	Blackpool	35	8	6	3	29	14	5	7	6	35	30	20	52	L	D	L	D	L	1987-03-28	Walsall	A
8	0	Wigan Athletic	31	9	5	2	34	19	6	1	8	24	26	13	51	L	D	W	W	W	1987-03-24	Notts County	H
9	0	Mansfield Town	36	6	7	4	22	19	6	7	6	20	22	1	50	L	W	L	W	D	1987-03-28	York City	H
10	0	Chesterfield	36	9	4	5	32	29	2	8	8	16	26	-7	45	D	D	L	L	W	1987-03-28	Bristol Rovers	H
11	3	Chester City	32	5	9	3	26	21	4	7	4	22	21	6	43	W	W	W	D	D	1987-03-25	Bury	H
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	6	3	28	15	1	4	10	16	33	-4	43	D	L	D	L	D	1987-03-28	Carlisle United	A
13	0	Rotherham United	37	6	6	7	21	21	5	4	9	18	28	-10	43	D	W	D	D	D	1987-03-28	Middlesbrough	A
14	-3	Walsall	31	8	2	3	28	18	4	4	10	23	34	-1	42	L	L	W	W	W	1987-03-24	York City	H
15	0	Port Vale	34	6	6	6	32	28	4	5	7	18	24	-2	41	D	L	W	D	W	1987-03-28	Fulham	A
16	0	Brentford	35	7	5	6	30	26	3	6	8	17	28	-7	41	W	D	L	L	W	1987-04-04	Chester City	H
17	2	Bolton Wanderers	35	7	4	7	26	22	2	8	7	15	25	-6	39	W	D	D	D	L	1987-03-24	Swindon Town	A
18	0	Bury	35	6	5	6	22	22	3	6	9	19	25	-6	38	D	D	L	W	L	1987-03-25	Chester City	A
19	-2	Fulham	35	5	7	5	26	29	3	7	8	21	30	-12	38	L	D	L	D	D	1987-03-28	Port Vale	H
20	0	York City	34	8	6	3	24	22	1	4	12	15	38	-21	37	D	L	W	D	L	1987-03-24	Walsall	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	33	4	7	4	12	17	5	3	10	21	40	-24	37	W	D	L	L	D	1987-03-28	Chesterfield	A
22	1	Darlington	33	5	9	5	19	22	0	5	9	15	36	-24	29	L	L	D	D	D	1987-03-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	-1	Newport County	35	2	7	7	15	23	4	4	11	21	38	-25	29	L	L	L	W	L	1987-03-31	Wigan Athletic	H
24	0	Carlisle United	33	5	4	8	22	29	2	3	11	10	28	-25	28	W	D	L	L	D	1987-03-28	Doncaster Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	1	Aldershot	Turf Moor	2,690
	Lineups		King
Cambridge United	2	0	Preston North End	Abbey Stadium	2,804
Cooper, Williams OG	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	0	Wrexham	Ninian Park	1,556
	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	4	Torquay United	The Shay	1,246
Galloway, Allison	Lineups		Dobson 4
Hereford United	4	0	Hartlepool United	Edgar Street	1,832
Phillips, Kearns 3	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Exeter City	Sincil Bank	1,558
Gamble	Lineups		Kellow (p)
Northampton Town	2	1	Stockport County	County Ground	5,466
Chard 2	Lineups		Entwistle
Orient	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Brisbane Road	2,967
Shinners	Lineups		Platt
Rochdale	3	2	Peterborough United	Spotland	2,170
Simmonds 2, Bramhall	Lineups		Gregory 2
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Swansea City	Old Showground	1,590
Johnson, Flounders, Lister	Lineups		McCarthy 2
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Prenton Park	3,675
	Lineups		Dennison

				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	36	17	2	1	50	18	9	5	2	36	18	50	85	W	L	W	W	D	1987-04-03	Preston North End	A
2	0	Preston North End	34	11	3	2	26	12	8	5	5	28	24	18	65	L	W	D	W	D	1987-03-28	Burnley	H
3	0	Southend United	35	9	4	5	33	25	10	1	6	21	16	13	62	W	L	L	W	L	1987-03-27	Orient	H
4	0	Peterborough United	36	8	5	5	23	16	7	5	6	27	24	10	55	L	W	W	W	D	1987-03-28	Hereford United	H
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	7	3	8	26	23	9	4	6	26	24	5	55	W	W	W	L	W	1987-03-28	Scunthorpe United	H
6	-1	Colchester United	37	12	3	4	35	17	4	3	11	21	34	5	54	L	W	W	W	L	1987-03-28	Wrexham	A
7	0	Swansea City	34	10	3	4	25	15	4	7	6	21	28	3	52	L	L	L	L	D	1987-03-29	Halifax Town	H
8	2	Cambridge United	36	9	6	4	32	20	4	5	8	18	27	3	50	W	L	L	W	W	1987-03-27	Stockport County	A
9	2	Aldershot	35	10	4	3	28	13	4	4	10	18	32	1	50	W	W	D	D	W	1987-03-24	Halifax Town	H
10	-2	Orient	35	11	2	5	30	21	3	6	8	16	27	-2	50	D	W	D	L	W	1987-03-24	Cardiff City	A
11	-2	Exeter City	35	11	6	1	31	9	0	10	7	12	24	10	49	D	L	W	D	L	1987-03-28	Rochdale	H
12	0	Wrexham	33	6	9	0	27	15	5	5	8	25	23	14	47	D	W	D	L	D	1987-03-25	Rochdale	A
13	2	Scunthorpe United	35	10	3	5	40	25	1	7	9	16	26	5	43	W	D	L	L	D	1987-03-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Crewe Alexandra	36	5	9	3	24	27	5	4	10	27	29	-5	43	D	L	W	W	D	1987-03-28	Cardiff City	H
15	-1	Cardiff City	33	3	8	5	13	14	7	4	6	19	23	-5	42	D	L	L	D	W	1987-03-24	Orient	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	5	8	5	28	29	4	5	8	18	28	-11	40	L	L	L	W	D	1987-03-28	Torquay United	A
17	1	Lincoln City	35	7	5	5	26	21	3	5	10	12	29	-12	40	D	D	D	L	L	1987-03-29	Hartlepool United	A
18	2	Hereford United	35	6	6	6	25	19	4	3	10	22	28	0	39	W	L	L	L	L	1987-03-28	Peterborough United	A
19	-2	Halifax Town	35	7	3	8	28	31	4	3	10	19	30	-14	39	L	L	W	L	D	1987-03-24	Aldershot	A
20	-1	Burnley	35	7	5	6	25	29	2	6	9	18	32	-18	38	L	W	W	D	D	1987-03-28	Preston North End	A
21	0	Hartlepool United	35	4	8	5	17	23	3	7	8	16	26	-16	36	L	W	L	D	D	1987-03-29	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Torquay United	33	5	6	5	21	22	1	9	7	21	32	-12	33	W	D	D	W	D	1987-03-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
23	1	Rochdale	31	4	7	4	17	16	2	6	8	14	29	-14	31	W	W	D	D	D	1987-03-25	Wrexham	H
24	-1	Stockport County	33	5	5	6	17	20	2	4	11	9	34	-28	30	L	L	L	L	D	1987-03-27	Cambridge United	H