1987-04-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	4	1	Leicester City	Highbury	18,767
Davis, Hayes 2 (1p), Nicholas	Lineups		Osman
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Aston Villa	Selhurst Park	5,595
Shirtliff, Stuart, Melrose	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	11,512
Nevin	Lineups		Clarke
Coventry City	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Highfield Road	20,926
Gynn, Regis 2, Phillips	Lineups		Bannister
Everton	3	0	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	43,576
Clarke 3	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Liverpool	Old Trafford	54,103	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1986-87
Davenport	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Norwich City	City Ground	14,446
Clough	Lineups		Rosario
Oxford United	3	1	Wimbledon	Manor Ground	8,615
Saunders 2, Whitehurst	Lineups		Hodges
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Manchester City	Hillsborough	19,769
Marwood (p), Chapman	Lineups		Varadi
West Ham United	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	23,972
Cottee, McAvennie	Lineups		Allen C

				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	37	14	3	1	45	10	9	4	6	25	17	43	76	W	W	W	W	W	1987-04-25	Liverpool	A
2	0	Liverpool	38	13	3	3	39	15	8	4	7	26	22	28	70	L	W	L	L	L	1987-04-25	Everton	H
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	36	12	3	4	33	13	7	4	6	26	23	23	64	L	W	D	W	W	1987-04-22	Wimbledon	A
4	1	Arsenal	38	11	5	3	28	9	7	5	7	23	19	23	64	W	W	L	W	L	1987-04-25	Manchester City	A
5	-1	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
6	0	Norwich City	38	9	9	1	26	18	6	7	6	23	30	1	61	D	W	W	L	L	1987-04-25	Coventry City	H
7	0	Nottingham Forest	38	10	8	1	32	13	6	3	10	27	34	12	59	D	L	W	D	L	1987-04-25	Wimbledon	A
8	0	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	Coventry City	36	13	2	3	32	15	2	6	10	10	24	3	53	W	L	D	L	L	1987-04-25	Norwich City	A
10	-1	Wimbledon	37	9	4	5	26	18	6	4	9	22	28	2	53	L	L	D	D	W	1987-04-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	1	Manchester United	37	12	3	4	35	16	1	9	8	12	21	10	51	W	L	D	W	W	1987-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	38	9	6	4	29	22	4	4	11	15	28	-6	49	L	D	D	W	D	1987-04-25	Manchester United	H
13	0	Chelsea	38	7	5	7	24	26	5	7	7	22	31	-11	48	D	D	L	D	L	1987-04-25	Newcastle United	A
14	0	West Ham United	38	9	3	7	30	27	4	6	9	19	34	-12	48	W	L	D	L	W	1987-04-25	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Southampton	37	10	3	5	40	21	3	3	13	23	42	0	45	D	W	W	D	L	1987-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	8	7	4	32	21	3	4	11	16	33	-6	44	W	L	L	L	L	1987-04-22	Southampton	A
17	-1	Newcastle United	38	9	4	6	32	26	2	6	11	12	33	-15	43	L	W	W	D	W	1987-04-25	Chelsea	H
18	1	Oxford United	38	8	7	4	30	24	2	5	12	10	39	-23	42	W	L	D	L	W	1987-04-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	-1	Leicester City	38	9	6	4	37	21	2	1	16	14	49	-19	40	L	W	D	L	W	1987-04-25	Watford	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	38	6	7	6	24	20	3	3	13	14	31	-13	37	W	L	L	D	W	1987-04-25	Southampton	A
21	0	Aston Villa	38	6	7	6	20	23	1	5	13	18	49	-34	33	L	L	D	D	W	1987-04-25	West Ham United	H
22	0	Manchester City	38	6	6	7	24	24	0	8	11	8	31	-23	32	L	L	D	L	D	1987-04-25	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Reading	St Andrew's	5,427
Frain	Lineups		Bremner
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	10,062
Wilson, Hughes	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	Bradford City	Baseball Ground	17,274
Lillis	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	7,731
Cork	Lineups		Garner 2
Hull City	0	0	Sheffield United	Boothferry Park	8,765
	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Fratton Park	17,171
	Lineups		Summerfield
Stoke City	1	2	Barnsley	Victoria Ground	7,260
Morgan	Lineups		Thomas, Clarke
Sunderland	1	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	14,725
Gates	Lineups		Pearson
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	The Hawthorns	7,307
Williamson	Lineups		Robinson, Geddis
Footnotes
Derby County secure play off place

				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	Derby County	38	12	6	1	36	15	10	3	6	21	18	24	75	W	L	D	W	W	1987-04-25	Sheffield United	A
2	-1	Portsmouth	37	16	2	1	34	9	5	7	6	14	15	24	72	L	D	W	L	W	1987-04-25	Grimsby Town	A
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	2	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	5	2	38	19	4	7	8	19	28	10	60	W	D	D	D	W	1987-04-25	Huddersfield Town	H
5	0	Leeds United	37	13	4	2	36	14	3	7	8	12	24	10	59	D	W	W	D	W	1987-04-22	Reading	A
6	-2	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
7	0	Crystal Palace	38	10	4	5	32	19	7	1	11	16	29	0	56	L	D	D	W	W	1987-04-25	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Sheffield United	38	10	7	2	31	18	4	5	10	17	27	3	54	D	W	W	W	D	1987-04-25	Derby County	H
9	2	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	3	6	28	21	4	6	9	14	27	-6	51	W	W	D	W	L	1987-04-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	-1	Stoke City	37	10	5	3	33	15	3	5	11	19	31	6	49	L	L	D	D	D	1987-04-25	Reading	A
11	-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
12	0	Birmingham City	38	7	9	3	26	19	3	8	8	20	33	-6	47	D	D	L	D	W	1987-04-25	Leeds United	A
13	2	Barnsley	38	7	7	5	24	21	4	6	9	19	27	-5	46	W	D	L	W	D	1987-04-25	Ipswich Town	H
14	-1	Reading	37	9	4	5	29	21	3	6	10	18	33	-7	46	D	D	D	L	L	1987-04-22	Leeds United	H
15	3	Shrewsbury Town	38	10	3	6	22	13	3	3	13	15	36	-12	45	W	W	L	L	W	1987-04-25	Sunderland	H
16	-2	West Bromwich Albion	37	7	5	6	26	19	4	6	9	19	24	2	44	L	D	W	D	L	1987-04-25	Millwall	A
17	2	Hull City	37	7	6	5	18	22	3	7	9	14	29	-19	43	D	D	W	D	D	1987-04-25	Bradford City	A
18	-2	Bradford City	37	8	5	6	32	27	3	4	11	18	29	-6	42	L	W	W	W	D	1987-04-25	Hull City	H
19	-2	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
20	1	Sunderland	37	7	6	5	20	17	3	5	11	22	35	-10	41	D	L	L	D	L	1987-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	-1	Huddersfield Town	38	7	6	6	33	30	3	5	11	14	30	-13	41	L	W	L	L	D	1987-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	6	6	7	20	19	2	5	11	14	30	-15	35	W	L	D	D	D	1987-04-25	Blackburn Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	10,034
Aylott, Cooke	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Swindon Town	Griffin Park	7,443	Largest home gate 1986-87
Cooke	Lineups		Wade
Bristol City	1	0	Port Vale	Ashton Gate	8,669
Walsh	Lineups
Bury	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Gigg Lane	4,969	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	1	Middlesbrough	Brunton Park	5,993	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Pallister
Chester City	1	2	Wigan Athletic	Sealand Road	3,813
Rimmer	Lineups		Hilditch, Cribley (p)
Darlington	1	1	Rotherham United	Feethams Ground	1,567
Currie (p)	Lineups		Gooding (p)
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Chesterfield	Belle Vue	1,545
Miller	Lineups		Wood
Gillingham	4	1	Fulham	Priestfield Stadium	6,123
Shearer (p), Lovell, Cascarino 2	Lineups		Donnellan
Newport County	2	4	Walsall	Somerton Park	2,003
Taylor, Thackeray	Lineups		Shakespeare, Christie 2 (1p), Cross
York City	1	1	Blackpool	Bootham Crescent	2,694
Pickering	Lineups		Taylor

				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	42	18	2	1	42	14	8	7	6	26	24	30	87	W	D	W	W	D	1987-04-25	Blackpool	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	40	13	4	2	32	11	10	5	6	25	18	28	78	W	W	W	D	D	1987-04-25	Brentford	H
3	0	Swindon Town	39	13	2	4	34	17	9	6	5	33	25	25	74	D	D	W	W	L	1987-04-22	Darlington	H
4	1	Wigan Athletic	39	13	5	3	41	24	9	1	8	30	29	18	72	W	W	L	W	W	1987-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	1	Gillingham	40	15	4	2	41	14	6	3	10	21	28	20	70	W	L	W	W	L	1987-04-22	Bristol City	A
6	-2	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
7	0	Bristol City	40	12	5	2	36	11	7	6	8	20	20	25	68	W	D	L	D	W	1987-04-22	Gillingham	H
8	1	Walsall	39	13	3	3	40	23	5	4	11	27	37	7	61	W	W	W	L	W	1987-04-22	Chester City	H
9	-1	Blackpool	41	10	6	4	32	16	5	8	8	37	34	19	59	D	W	L	W	L	1987-04-25	AFC Bournemouth	H
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	Brentford	41	8	7	6	35	29	4	8	8	22	32	-4	51	D	W	D	D	D	1987-04-25	Middlesbrough	A
12	2	Rotherham United	42	8	6	7	24	21	5	6	10	19	30	-8	51	D	W	L	W	D	1987-04-25	Newport County	H
13	-2	Port Vale	41	7	6	8	36	33	6	5	9	29	28	4	50	L	W	W	L	L	1987-04-25	Darlington	H
14	-2	Chester City	39	7	9	5	30	24	4	8	6	24	26	4	50	L	D	W	L	W	1987-04-22	Walsall	A
15	0	Chesterfield	42	10	5	6	35	32	2	9	10	19	32	-10	50	D	L	L	L	W	1987-04-25	Chester City	H
16	0	Bury	42	8	6	7	25	24	4	6	11	21	30	-8	48	D	L	L	W	L	1987-04-25	Walsall	A
17	1	Doncaster Rovers	39	10	7	3	29	16	1	5	13	18	39	-8	45	D	L	D	L	L	1987-04-22	Wigan Athletic	H
18	-1	Fulham	41	7	7	6	31	36	3	8	10	22	35	-18	45	L	W	W	L	D	1987-04-25	York City	H
19	0	York City	42	10	7	4	31	27	1	5	15	19	46	-23	45	D	L	L	W	L	1987-04-25	Fulham	A
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	42	8	4	9	29	25	2	10	9	16	29	-9	44	D	W	L	L	L	1987-04-25	Bristol City	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	38	4	8	5	15	21	5	4	12	22	44	-28	39	L	D	L	L	D	1987-04-22	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Newport County	42	4	8	9	25	32	4	4	13	21	43	-29	36	L	L	W	L	D	1987-04-25	Rotherham United	A
23	0	Carlisle United	40	6	5	9	23	30	3	3	14	11	35	-31	35	L	L	W	L	D	1987-04-22	Bristol Rovers	A
24	0	Darlington	39	6	10	5	24	24	0	6	12	17	43	-26	34	D	L	L	W	D	1987-04-22	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Orient	Recreation Ground	3,183
Johnson	Lineups		Cornwell, Juryeff
Burnley	0	0	Wrexham	Turf Moor	4,090
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Hartlepool United	The Shay	1,115
Allison	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Southend United	County Ground	7,383
Hill, McPherson	Lineups		Cadette
Preston North End	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Deepdale	11,107
Davis OG, Thomas (p)	Lineups		Bodak
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Peterborough United	Old Showground	2,470
Hill, Gage OG	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	2,529
Hodkinson	Lineups
Swansea City	2	0	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	6,653
Atkinson, Boyle OG	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Exeter City	Plainmoor	2,692
McLoughlin	Lineups		Edwards
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Rochdale	Prenton Park	2,168
Moore	Lineups		Simmonds (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Hereford United	Molineux	10,730	Largest home gate 1986-87
Purdie	Lineups
Footnotes
Preston North End secure play off place

				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	41	19	2	1	54	19	9	5	5	39	25	49	91	W	L	W	L	L	1987-04-26	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Preston North End	41	14	3	3	33	18	9	7	5	32	26	21	79	W	D	L	D	W	1987-04-25	Orient	A
3	0	Southend United	41	12	4	5	39	26	10	1	9	22	22	13	71	L	W	L	L	W	1987-04-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	3	8	29	23	11	4	6	30	24	12	70	W	W	W	W	W	1987-04-24	Southend United	A
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	2	Orient	42	14	2	5	36	21	4	7	10	20	33	2	63	W	W	L	W	W	1987-04-25	Preston North End	H
7	-1	Peterborough United	42	9	6	6	27	20	7	6	8	28	28	7	60	L	L	D	D	L	1987-04-25	Torquay United	H
8	-1	Aldershot	41	12	4	4	34	16	5	5	11	20	34	4	60	L	L	W	D	W	1987-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	1	Swansea City	40	12	3	6	29	18	4	8	7	23	31	3	59	W	D	L	L	W	1987-04-24	Colchester United	A
10	1	Wrexham	40	7	10	1	30	18	6	7	9	29	27	14	56	D	D	W	L	W	1987-04-25	Stockport County	H
11	-2	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
12	0	Exeter City	42	11	9	1	36	14	0	13	8	15	29	8	55	D	D	D	L	D	1987-04-25	Scunthorpe United	H
13	1	Scunthorpe United	41	12	3	5	45	25	2	8	11	19	29	10	53	W	W	L	W	D	1987-04-25	Exeter City	A
14	-1	Cardiff City	40	4	11	5	18	17	8	4	8	21	28	-6	51	L	W	D	L	D	1987-04-25	Burnley	H
15	1	Halifax Town	42	9	4	8	31	32	5	5	11	24	36	-13	51	W	D	W	D	D	1987-04-26	Hereford United	A
16	-1	Crewe Alexandra	42	7	9	5	36	32	5	4	12	29	33	0	49	L	W	L	L	W	1987-04-25	Aldershot	H
17	0	Hereford United	41	8	6	7	30	23	4	4	12	23	31	-1	46	L	W	L	W	D	1987-04-26	Halifax Town	H
18	0	Hartlepool United	41	6	9	6	21	27	4	7	9	17	27	-16	46	L	L	W	W	D	1987-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	2	Stockport County	40	8	6	6	22	22	4	4	12	14	40	-26	46	W	L	W	W	W	1987-04-25	Wrexham	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	5	10	6	30	34	5	5	10	20	31	-15	45	D	L	D	L	L	1987-04-24	Hartlepool United	A
21	-2	Lincoln City	42	7	7	7	26	24	4	5	12	15	33	-16	45	L	D	L	W	D	1987-04-26	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Burnley	41	7	7	7	27	33	3	6	11	21	35	-20	43	D	W	D	L	L	1987-04-25	Cardiff City	A
23	0	Torquay United	41	6	7	7	23	26	2	10	9	25	38	-16	41	D	L	D	L	W	1987-04-25	Peterborough United	A
24	0	Rochdale	40	4	8	7	20	26	3	9	9	22	39	-23	38	D	L	W	L	L	1987-04-25	Cambridge United	H