1987-04-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	1	Everton	Villa Park	31,218
	Lineups		Sheedy
Leicester City	2	0	West Ham United	Filbert Street	10,434
Smith, O'Neill	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Anfield Road	37,359
Dalglish, Whelan, Ablett	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	9,380
Stein B, Newell	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Watford	Maine Road	18,541
McNab	Lineups		Sterling, Bardsley
Newcastle United	2	1	Manchester United	St James' Park	32,706
Goddard, Roeder	Lineups		Strachan
Norwich City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Carrow Road	17,924
Putney	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Chelsea	Loftus Road	15,186
Bannister	Lineups		Coady
Southampton	3	0	Oxford United	The Dell	15,025
Hobson, Wallace, Cockerill	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	26,926
Allen C	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	2	Arsenal	Plough Lane	8,515
Thorn	Lineups		Davis, Merson

				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	Everton	36	13	3	1	42	10	9	4	6	25	17	40	73	W	W	W	W	W	1987-04-20	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Liverpool	37	13	3	3	39	15	8	4	6	26	21	29	70	W	L	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Manchester United	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	12	3	4	33	13	7	4	5	25	21	24	64	W	D	W	W	L	1987-04-20	West Ham United	A
4	0	Luton Town	37	14	4	1	27	10	3	7	8	16	27	6	62	W	D	D	W	L	1987-04-21	Watford	A
5	0	Arsenal	37	10	5	3	24	8	7	5	7	23	19	20	61	W	L	W	L	L	1987-04-20	Leicester City	H
6	1	Norwich City	37	9	9	1	26	18	6	6	6	22	29	1	60	W	W	L	L	D	1987-04-20	Nottingham Forest	A
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	37	10	7	1	31	12	6	3	10	27	34	12	58	L	W	D	L	W	1987-04-20	Norwich City	H
8	1	Watford	36	10	4	3	32	16	5	4	10	27	32	11	53	W	W	L	L	L	1987-04-21	Luton Town	H
9	-1	Wimbledon	36	9	4	5	26	18	6	4	8	21	25	4	53	L	D	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Oxford United	A
10	0	Coventry City	35	12	2	3	28	14	2	6	10	10	24	0	50	L	D	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	37	9	6	4	29	22	4	4	10	14	24	-3	49	D	D	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Coventry City	A
12	-1	Manchester United	36	11	3	4	34	16	1	9	8	12	21	9	48	L	D	W	W	L	1987-04-20	Liverpool	H
13	0	Chelsea	37	7	4	7	23	25	5	7	7	22	31	-11	47	D	L	D	L	W	1987-04-20	Southampton	H
14	0	West Ham United	37	8	3	7	28	26	4	6	9	19	34	-13	45	L	D	L	W	W	1987-04-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	0	Southampton	36	10	3	5	40	21	3	2	13	22	41	0	44	W	W	D	L	W	1987-04-20	Chelsea	A
16	1	Newcastle United	37	9	4	6	32	26	2	6	10	12	30	-12	43	W	W	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Everton	A
17	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	36	7	7	4	30	20	3	4	11	16	33	-7	41	L	L	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Manchester City	H
18	1	Leicester City	37	9	6	4	37	21	2	1	15	13	45	-16	40	W	D	L	W	W	1987-04-20	Arsenal	A
19	-1	Oxford United	37	7	7	4	27	23	2	5	12	10	39	-25	39	L	D	L	W	D	1987-04-20	Wimbledon	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	37	5	7	6	21	20	3	3	13	14	31	-16	34	L	L	D	W	D	1987-04-20	Aston Villa	H
21	0	Aston Villa	37	6	7	6	20	23	1	5	12	18	46	-31	33	L	D	D	W	D	1987-04-20	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Manchester City	37	6	6	7	24	24	0	8	10	7	29	-22	32	L	D	L	D	L	1987-04-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Hull City	Oakwell	5,607
Wylde	Lineups		Skipper
Bradford City	3	2	Sunderland	Valley Parade	11,483
Palin, Futcher (p), Hendrie	Lineups		Proctor 2 (1p)
Crystal Palace	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Selhurst Park	7,127
Taylor	Lineups		Goodman
Grimsby Town	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Blundell Park	4,198
	Lineups		Jones
Leeds United	3	2	Ipswich Town	Elland Road	24,839	Largest home gate 1986-87
McDonald, Sheridan, Ormsby	Lineups		Humes 2
Millwall	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	3,851
Walker, Carter, Hurlock	Lineups		Young
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Birmingham City	Home Park	13,372
	Lineups
Reading	2	2	Portsmouth	Elm Park	9,769	Largest home gate 1986-87
Peters, Bremner	Lineups		Quinn, Hilaire
Sheffield United	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Bramall Lane	11,336
Kuhl, Morris	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Stoke City	Gay Meadow	6,777
Robinson, Geddis, Tester, Dixon OG	Lineups		Saunders

				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	36	16	2	0	34	8	5	7	6	14	15	25	72	D	W	L	W	W	1987-04-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	-1	Derby County	37	11	6	1	35	15	10	3	6	21	18	23	72	L	D	W	W	D	1987-04-20	Bradford City	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	36	11	5	2	30	14	8	3	7	26	24	18	65	L	L	D	W	W	1987-04-21	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	37	11	4	3	25	8	5	6	8	29	31	15	58	L	W	L	D	D	1987-04-21	Millwall	H
5	1	Leeds United	36	13	4	2	36	14	3	6	8	11	23	10	58	W	W	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Sunderland	A
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	12	5	2	38	19	3	7	8	18	28	9	57	D	D	D	W	L	1987-04-20	Portsmouth	A
7	0	Crystal Palace	37	10	4	5	32	19	7	1	10	16	27	2	56	D	D	W	W	D	1987-04-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	0	Sheffield United	37	10	7	2	31	18	4	4	10	17	27	3	53	W	W	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Hull City	A
9	0	Stoke City	36	10	5	2	32	13	3	5	11	19	31	7	49	L	D	D	D	D	1987-04-20	Barnsley	H
10	1	Millwall	37	10	4	5	26	14	4	3	11	12	24	0	49	W	L	W	L	L	1987-04-21	Ipswich Town	A
11	-1	Blackburn Rovers	37	10	3	6	28	21	3	6	9	12	26	-7	48	W	D	W	L	W	1987-04-20	Huddersfield Town	A
12	0	Birmingham City	37	7	8	3	25	18	3	8	8	20	33	-6	46	D	L	D	W	D	1987-04-20	Reading	H
13	0	Reading	36	9	4	5	29	21	3	5	10	17	32	-7	45	D	D	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Birmingham City	A
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	7	5	5	25	17	4	6	9	19	24	3	44	D	W	D	L	L	1987-04-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	0	Barnsley	37	7	7	5	24	21	3	6	9	17	26	-6	43	D	L	W	D	D	1987-04-20	Stoke City	A
16	3	Bradford City	36	8	5	6	32	27	3	4	10	18	28	-5	42	W	W	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Derby County	A
17	-1	Grimsby Town	37	5	7	7	16	17	5	5	8	19	31	-13	42	L	L	L	L	L	1987-04-21	Oldham Athletic	A
18	2	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	3	6	22	13	2	3	13	13	35	-13	42	W	L	L	W	D	1987-04-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	-2	Hull City	36	7	5	5	18	22	3	7	9	14	29	-19	42	D	W	D	D	D	1987-04-20	Sheffield United	H
20	1	Huddersfield Town	37	7	6	5	32	28	3	5	11	14	30	-12	41	W	L	L	D	D	1987-04-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	-3	Sunderland	36	7	5	5	19	16	3	5	11	22	35	-10	40	L	L	D	L	L	1987-04-20	Leeds United	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	5	6	7	18	19	2	5	11	14	30	-17	32	L	D	D	D	L	1987-04-20	Crystal Palace	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Darlington	Bloomfield Road	2,612
Thomson, Davies	Lineups		Currie
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Carlisle United	Burnden Park	4,241
Neal, Stevens	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Bristol City	Twerton Park, Bath	4,695
	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Brentford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,116
Hewitt	Lineups		Cooke, Williamson OG
Fulham	2	0	Newport County	Craven Cottage	4,234
Coney, Compton OG	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	1	York City	Ayresome Park	10,546
Ripley, Stephens, Turnbull	Lineups		Walwyn
Notts County	1	1	Chester City	Meadow Lane	4,528
Thompson	Lineups		Rimmer
Port Vale	3	2	Mansfield Town	Vale Park	2,625
Beckford, Jones, Maguire	Lineups		Cassells 2
Rotherham United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	3,687
Haycock, Williams	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	14,302	Largest home gate 1986-87
Hockaday	Lineups		Williams J
Walsall	1	0	Gillingham	Fellows Park	5,109
Cross	Lineups

				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	41	17	2	1	40	14	8	7	6	26	24	28	84	D	W	W	D	W	1987-04-20	Bristol Rovers	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	39	13	4	2	32	11	9	5	6	24	18	27	75	W	W	D	D	W	1987-04-20	Carlisle United	A
3	-1	Swindon Town	38	13	2	4	34	17	9	5	5	32	24	25	73	D	W	W	L	L	1987-04-20	Brentford	A
4	1	Notts County	40	13	6	1	47	18	6	6	8	21	27	23	69	D	D	D	D	L	1987-04-21	Mansfield Town	A
5	-1	Wigan Athletic	38	13	5	3	41	24	8	1	8	28	28	17	69	W	L	W	W	W	1987-04-20	Chester City	A
6	0	Gillingham	39	14	4	2	37	13	6	3	10	21	28	17	67	L	W	W	L	W	1987-04-20	Fulham	H
7	0	Bristol City	39	11	5	2	35	11	7	6	8	20	20	24	65	D	L	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Port Vale	H
8	0	Blackpool	40	10	6	4	32	16	5	7	8	36	33	19	58	W	L	W	L	L	1987-04-20	York City	A
9	0	Walsall	38	13	3	3	40	23	4	4	11	23	35	5	58	W	W	L	W	D	1987-04-20	Newport County	A
10	0	Mansfield Town	40	7	8	4	25	20	6	7	8	22	28	-1	54	L	W	L	D	L	1987-04-21	Notts County	H
11	2	Port Vale	40	7	6	8	36	33	6	5	8	29	27	5	50	W	W	L	L	L	1987-04-20	Bristol City	A
12	-1	Chester City	38	7	9	4	29	22	4	8	6	24	26	5	50	D	W	L	W	L	1987-04-20	Wigan Athletic	H
13	1	Brentford	40	8	6	6	34	28	4	8	8	22	32	-4	50	W	D	D	D	W	1987-04-20	Swindon Town	H
14	2	Rotherham United	41	8	6	7	24	21	5	5	10	18	29	-8	50	W	L	W	D	D	1987-04-20	Darlington	A
15	-3	Chesterfield	41	10	5	6	35	32	2	8	10	18	31	-10	49	L	L	L	W	D	1987-04-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	-1	Bury	41	8	5	7	25	24	4	6	11	21	30	-8	47	L	L	W	L	W	1987-04-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	2	Fulham	40	7	7	6	31	36	3	8	9	21	31	-15	45	W	W	L	D	L	1987-04-20	Gillingham	A
18	-1	Doncaster Rovers	38	10	6	3	28	15	1	5	13	18	39	-8	44	L	D	L	L	D	1987-04-20	Chesterfield	H
19	-1	York City	41	10	6	4	30	26	1	5	15	19	46	-23	44	L	L	W	L	W	1987-04-20	Blackpool	H
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	41	8	4	9	29	25	2	9	9	16	29	-9	43	W	L	L	L	D	1987-04-20	Bury	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	37	4	8	5	15	21	5	4	11	22	42	-26	39	D	L	L	D	W	1987-04-20	AFC Bournemouth	A
22	0	Newport County	41	4	8	8	23	28	4	4	13	21	43	-27	36	L	W	L	D	W	1987-04-20	Walsall	H
23	0	Carlisle United	39	6	5	8	23	29	3	3	14	11	35	-30	35	L	W	L	D	L	1987-04-20	Middlesbrough	H
24	0	Darlington	38	6	9	5	23	23	0	6	12	17	43	-26	33	L	L	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	3	1	Torquay United	Ninian Park	1,840
Mardenborough, Curtis, Wheeler	Lineups		Loram
Exeter City	2	2	Swansea City	St James Park	2,330
Kellow 2	Lineups		Pascoe, Raynor
Hereford United	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Edgar Street	2,010
Carter	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Halifax Town	Sincil Bank	1,673
	Lineups
Orient	3	0	Cambridge United	Brisbane Road	2,990
Godfrey, Cornwell, Comfort	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London Road	9,547
	Lineups		Bull
Rochdale	0	2	Burnley	Spotland	5,739	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Gallagher, Devaney
Southend United	2	0	Aldershot	Roots Hall	3,656
Hall (p), Cadette	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Preston North End	Racecourse Ground	4,850
Steel	Lineups		Williams O

				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	40	18	2	1	52	18	9	5	5	39	25	48	88	L	W	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Southend United	H
2	0	Preston North End	40	13	3	3	31	17	9	7	5	32	26	20	76	D	L	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Southend United	40	12	4	5	39	26	10	1	8	21	20	14	71	W	L	L	W	W	1987-04-20	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	9	3	8	28	23	11	4	6	30	24	11	67	W	W	W	W	W	1987-04-20	Hereford United	H
5	0	Colchester United	41	14	3	4	39	18	5	3	12	22	35	8	63	W	W	L	W	L	1987-04-21	Cambridge United	A
6	0	Peterborough United	41	9	6	6	27	20	7	6	7	28	26	9	60	L	D	D	L	W	1987-04-20	Scunthorpe United	A
7	0	Aldershot	40	12	4	3	33	14	5	5	11	20	34	5	60	L	W	D	W	W	1987-04-20	Orient	H
8	0	Orient	41	14	2	5	36	21	3	7	10	18	32	1	60	W	L	W	W	L	1987-04-20	Aldershot	A
9	0	Cambridge United	41	10	6	4	33	20	5	5	11	22	34	1	56	L	L	W	W	L	1987-04-21	Colchester United	H
10	0	Swansea City	39	11	3	6	27	18	4	8	7	23	31	1	56	D	L	L	W	L	1987-04-20	Cardiff City	H
11	0	Wrexham	39	7	10	1	30	18	6	6	9	29	27	14	55	D	W	L	W	L	1987-04-20	Burnley	A
12	0	Exeter City	41	11	9	1	36	14	0	12	8	14	28	8	54	D	D	L	D	D	1987-04-20	Torquay United	A
13	2	Cardiff City	39	4	11	5	18	17	8	4	7	21	26	-4	51	W	D	L	D	W	1987-04-20	Swansea City	A
14	-1	Scunthorpe United	40	11	3	5	43	25	2	8	11	19	29	8	50	W	L	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Peterborough United	H
15	-1	Crewe Alexandra	41	7	9	5	36	32	5	4	11	28	31	1	49	W	L	L	W	L	1987-04-20	Preston North End	A
16	0	Halifax Town	41	8	4	8	30	32	5	5	11	24	36	-14	48	D	W	D	D	W	1987-04-20	Hartlepool United	H
17	3	Hereford United	40	8	6	7	30	23	4	4	11	23	30	0	46	W	L	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Hartlepool United	40	6	9	6	21	27	4	7	8	17	26	-15	46	L	W	W	D	W	1987-04-20	Halifax Town	A
19	0	Lincoln City	41	7	7	7	26	24	4	5	11	15	32	-15	45	D	L	W	D	L	1987-04-20	Stockport County	A
20	-2	Tranmere Rovers	40	5	9	6	29	33	5	5	10	20	31	-15	44	L	D	L	L	W	1987-04-20	Rochdale	H
21	0	Stockport County	39	7	6	6	21	22	4	4	12	14	40	-27	43	L	W	W	W	D	1987-04-20	Lincoln City	H
22	1	Burnley	40	7	6	7	27	33	3	6	11	21	35	-20	42	W	D	L	L	L	1987-04-20	Wrexham	H
23	-1	Torquay United	40	6	6	7	22	25	2	10	9	25	38	-16	40	L	D	L	W	L	1987-04-20	Exeter City	H
24	0	Rochdale	39	4	8	7	20	26	3	8	9	21	38	-23	37	L	W	L	L	D	1987-04-20	Tranmere Rovers	A