1987-04-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	4	0	West Ham United	Villa Park	13,584
Hunt, Aspinall 2, Stainrod	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	Watford	Filbert Street	9,448
Moran	Lineups		Sterling, Bardsley
Liverpool	3	1	Everton	Anfield Road	44,827	Largest home gate 1986-87
McMahon, Rush 2	Lineups		Sheedy
Luton Town	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Kenilworth Road	9,278
	Lineups
Manchester City	3	0	Arsenal	Maine Road	18,072
Varadi 2, Stewart	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Chelsea	St James' Park	21,962
Goddard	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Coventry City	Carrow Road	14,610
Drinkell	Lineups		Butterworth OG
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Manchester United	Loftus Road	15,184
Byrne	Lineups		Strachan
Southampton	2	2	Charlton Athletic	The Dell	13,534
Bond, Lawrence	Lineups		Melrose, Lee
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Oxford United	White Hart Lane	20,064
Allen P, Waddle, Hoddle	Lineups		Saunders
Wimbledon	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Plough Lane	5,012
Hodges (p), Fashanu	Lineups		Pearce (p)

				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	38	14	3	1	45	10	9	4	7	26	20	41	76	L	W	W	W	W	1987-05-02	Manchester City	H
2	0	Liverpool	39	14	3	3	42	16	8	4	7	26	22	30	73	W	L	W	L	L	1987-05-02	Coventry City	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	3	4	36	14	7	5	6	28	25	25	68	W	D	L	W	D	1987-05-02	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Arsenal	39	11	5	3	28	9	7	5	8	23	22	20	64	L	W	W	L	W	1987-05-02	Aston Villa	H
5	0	Luton Town	39	14	5	1	27	10	3	7	9	16	29	4	63	D	L	W	D	D	1987-05-02	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Norwich City	39	9	10	1	27	19	6	7	6	23	30	1	62	D	D	W	W	L	1987-05-02	Oxford United	A
7	1	Watford	38	11	4	3	34	16	6	4	10	29	33	14	59	W	W	W	W	L	1987-04-30	Coventry City	H
8	-1	Nottingham Forest	39	10	8	1	32	13	6	3	11	28	36	11	59	L	D	L	W	D	1987-05-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	0	Wimbledon	39	10	5	5	30	21	6	4	9	22	28	3	57	W	D	L	L	D	1987-05-02	Manchester United	A
10	0	Coventry City	37	13	2	3	32	15	2	7	10	11	25	3	54	D	W	L	D	L	1987-04-30	Watford	A
11	0	Manchester United	38	12	3	4	35	16	1	10	8	13	22	10	52	D	W	L	D	W	1987-05-02	Wimbledon	H
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	7	4	30	23	4	4	11	15	28	-6	50	D	L	D	D	W	1987-05-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Chelsea	39	7	5	7	24	26	5	7	8	22	32	-12	48	L	D	D	L	D	1987-05-02	Leicester City	H
14	0	West Ham United	39	9	3	7	30	27	4	6	10	19	38	-16	48	L	W	L	D	L	1987-05-02	Newcastle United	H
15	0	Southampton	39	10	5	5	43	24	3	3	13	23	42	0	47	D	D	D	W	W	1987-05-02	Watford	A
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	8	7	4	32	21	3	6	11	17	34	-6	46	D	D	W	L	L	1987-05-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	0	Newcastle United	39	10	4	6	33	26	2	6	11	12	33	-14	46	W	L	W	W	D	1987-05-02	West Ham United	A
18	0	Oxford United	39	8	7	4	30	24	2	5	13	11	42	-25	42	L	W	L	D	L	1987-05-02	Norwich City	H
19	0	Leicester City	39	9	6	5	38	23	2	1	16	14	49	-20	40	L	L	W	D	L	1987-05-02	Chelsea	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	39	6	7	6	24	20	3	4	13	16	33	-13	38	D	W	L	L	D	1987-05-02	Luton Town	H
21	0	Aston Villa	39	7	7	6	24	23	1	5	13	18	49	-30	36	W	L	L	D	D	1987-05-02	Arsenal	A
22	0	Manchester City	39	7	6	7	27	24	0	8	11	8	31	-20	35	W	L	L	D	L	1987-05-02	Everton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Ipswich Town	Oakwell	5,536
Thomas, Wylde	Lineups		Cranson
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ewood Park	6,509
Sellars	Lineups		Wilson (p)
Bradford City	2	0	Hull City	Valley Parade	10,390
Hendrie 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Selhurst Park	6,097
Wright, Bright	Lineups		Ormondroyd
Grimsby Town	0	2	Portsmouth	Blundell Park	5,085
	Lineups		Mariner, Quinn
Leeds United	4	0	Birmingham City	Elland Road	19,100
Sheridan, Baird 2, Edwards	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Den, New Cross	3,158
	Lineups		Williamson
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Home Park	13,342
Law	Lineups		Cork
Reading	0	1	Stoke City	Elm Park	6,147
	Lineups		Morgan
Sheffield United	0	1	Derby County	Bramall Lane	19,166	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Gee
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Sunderland	Gay Meadow	5,431
	Lineups		Bennett

				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	39	12	6	1	36	15	11	3	6	22	18	25	78	W	W	L	D	W	1987-05-02	Leeds United	H
2	0	Portsmouth	38	16	2	1	34	9	6	7	6	16	15	26	75	W	L	D	W	L	1987-04-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	38	11	6	2	31	15	8	3	8	27	26	17	66	L	D	L	L	D	1987-04-28	Stoke City	A
4	2	Leeds United	39	14	4	2	40	14	3	7	9	13	26	13	62	W	L	D	W	W	1987-05-02	Derby County	A
5	-1	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	6	2	39	20	4	7	8	19	28	10	61	D	W	D	D	D	1987-05-02	Oldham Athletic	A
6	-1	Ipswich Town	39	11	5	3	25	8	5	6	9	30	33	14	59	L	D	L	W	L	1987-05-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	39	11	4	5	34	20	7	1	11	16	29	1	59	W	L	D	D	W	1987-05-02	Sunderland	A
8	0	Sheffield United	39	10	7	3	31	19	4	5	10	17	27	2	54	L	D	W	W	W	1987-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	2	Stoke City	38	10	5	3	33	15	4	5	11	20	31	7	52	W	L	L	D	D	1987-04-28	Oldham Athletic	H
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	39	10	4	6	29	22	4	6	9	14	27	-6	52	D	W	W	D	W	1987-05-02	Ipswich Town	A
11	-1	Millwall	39	10	4	6	26	15	4	4	11	12	24	-1	50	L	D	W	L	W	1987-05-02	Portsmouth	A
12	2	Barnsley	39	8	7	5	26	22	4	6	9	19	27	-4	49	W	W	D	L	W	1987-05-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	-1	Reading	39	10	4	6	31	23	3	6	10	18	33	-7	49	L	W	D	D	D	1987-05-02	Huddersfield Town	A
14	2	West Bromwich Albion	38	7	5	6	26	19	5	6	9	20	24	3	47	W	L	D	W	D	1987-04-29	Portsmouth	H
15	-2	Birmingham City	39	7	9	3	26	19	3	8	9	20	37	-10	47	L	D	D	L	D	1987-05-02	Grimsby Town	H
16	3	Bradford City	38	9	5	6	34	27	3	4	11	18	29	-4	45	W	L	W	W	W	1987-04-28	Sunderland	A
17	-2	Shrewsbury Town	39	10	3	7	22	14	3	3	13	15	36	-13	45	L	W	W	L	L	1987-05-02	Hull City	A
18	2	Sunderland	38	7	6	5	20	17	4	5	11	23	35	-9	44	W	D	L	L	D	1987-04-28	Bradford City	H
19	-2	Grimsby Town	39	5	7	8	16	19	5	6	8	20	32	-15	43	L	D	L	L	L	1987-05-02	Birmingham City	A
20	-2	Hull City	38	7	6	5	18	22	3	7	10	14	31	-21	43	L	D	D	W	D	1987-04-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Huddersfield Town	39	7	6	6	33	30	3	6	11	15	31	-13	42	D	L	W	L	L	1987-05-02	Reading	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	6	6	7	20	19	2	6	11	15	31	-15	36	D	W	L	D	D	1987-04-28	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	3	AFC Bournemouth	Bloomfield Road	2,866
Methven	Lineups		Richards, Jones OG, Cooke
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Bristol City	Burnden Park	4,414
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Gillingham	Twerton Park, Bath	3,174
	Lineups		Cascarino
Chesterfield	0	1	Chester City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	1,667
	Lineups		Rimmer
Fulham	1	0	York City	Craven Cottage	4,107
Barnett	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Brentford	Ayresome Park	9,942
Slaven, Turnbull	Lineups
Port Vale	1	2	Darlington	Vale Park	2,492
Jones	Lineups		Roberts A, Bell
Rotherham United	3	1	Newport County	Millmoor	2,555
Williams, Evans 2	Lineups		Compton
Swindon Town	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	County Ground	8,218
Wade	Lineups		Redfearn
Walsall	3	1	Bury	Fellows Park	5,146
Shakespeare, Cross 2	Lineups		Valentine
Wigan Athletic	3	0	Mansfield Town	Springfield Park	3,395
Lowe, Campbell, Jewell	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	43	18	2	1	42	14	9	7	6	29	25	32	90	W	W	D	W	W	1987-05-02	Port Vale	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	41	14	4	2	34	11	10	5	6	25	18	30	81	W	W	W	W	D	1987-04-28	Gillingham	H
3	0	Swindon Town	41	14	3	4	36	18	9	6	5	33	25	26	78	D	W	D	D	W	1987-04-28	Notts County	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	41	14	5	3	44	24	9	2	8	31	30	21	76	W	D	W	W	L	1987-04-28	Fulham	A
5	2	Gillingham	42	15	4	2	41	14	7	3	11	22	30	19	73	W	L	W	L	W	1987-04-28	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	Bristol City	42	13	5	2	38	11	7	7	8	20	20	27	72	D	W	W	D	L	1987-04-28	Brentford	H
7	-2	Notts County	41	13	6	1	47	18	7	6	8	23	28	24	72	W	D	D	D	D	1987-04-26	Carlisle United	H
8	0	Walsall	41	15	3	3	44	24	5	4	11	27	37	10	67	W	W	W	W	W	1987-04-28	Port Vale	H
9	0	Blackpool	42	10	6	5	33	19	5	8	8	37	34	17	59	L	D	W	L	W	1987-04-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	0	Mansfield Town	42	7	8	5	26	22	6	7	9	22	31	-5	54	L	L	L	W	L	1987-04-28	Darlington	H
11	1	Rotherham United	43	9	6	7	27	22	5	6	10	19	30	-6	54	W	D	W	L	W	1987-05-02	Brentford	A
12	2	Chester City	41	7	9	5	30	24	5	8	7	25	27	4	53	W	L	L	D	W	1987-04-28	Bristol Rovers	A
13	-2	Brentford	42	8	7	6	35	29	4	8	9	22	34	-6	51	L	D	W	D	D	1987-04-28	Bristol City	A
14	-1	Port Vale	42	7	6	9	37	35	6	5	9	29	28	3	50	L	L	W	W	L	1987-04-28	Walsall	A
15	0	Chesterfield	43	10	5	7	35	33	2	9	10	19	32	-11	50	L	D	L	L	L	1987-05-02	Bury	A
16	0	Bury	43	8	6	7	25	24	4	6	12	22	33	-10	48	L	D	L	L	W	1987-05-02	Chesterfield	H
17	1	Fulham	42	8	7	6	32	36	3	8	10	22	35	-17	48	W	L	W	W	L	1987-04-28	Wigan Athletic	H
18	-1	Doncaster Rovers	41	10	8	3	30	17	1	6	13	19	40	-8	47	D	D	D	L	D	1987-04-28	Blackpool	A
19	1	Bolton Wanderers	43	8	5	9	29	25	2	10	9	16	29	-9	45	D	D	W	L	L	1987-05-02	York City	A
20	-1	York City	43	10	7	4	31	27	1	5	16	19	47	-24	45	L	D	L	L	W	1987-05-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	40	5	8	6	19	22	5	4	12	22	44	-25	42	L	W	L	D	L	1987-04-28	Chester City	H
22	2	Darlington	41	6	10	5	24	24	1	6	13	19	45	-26	37	W	L	D	L	L	1987-04-28	Mansfield Town	A
23	-1	Newport County	43	4	8	9	25	32	4	4	14	22	46	-31	36	L	L	L	W	L	1987-05-02	Blackpool	H
24	-1	Carlisle United	41	6	5	9	23	30	3	3	15	11	39	-35	35	L	L	L	W	L	1987-04-26	Notts County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	1	0	Burnley	Ninian Park	2,003
Wimbleton (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	3	Aldershot	Gresty Road	1,351
Platt	Lineups		King, McDonald 2
Exeter City	0	0	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	1,525
	Lineups
Orient	1	2	Preston North End	Brisbane Road	5,255	Largest home gate 1986-87
Cornwell (p)	Lineups		Brazil, Chapman L
Peterborough United	2	1	Torquay United	London Road	3,083
Gunn 2 (1p)	Lineups		Dawkins
Rochdale	2	0	Cambridge United	Spotland	1,698
Simmonds (p), Parlane	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	1,433
	Lineups
Footnotes
Preston North End promoted

				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	42	14	3	3	33	18	10	7	5	34	27	22	82	W	W	D	L	D	1987-04-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	Southend United	42	13	4	5	40	26	10	1	9	22	22	14	74	W	L	W	L	L	1987-04-30	Wrexham	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	10	3	8	29	23	11	4	7	30	25	11	70	L	W	W	W	W	1987-05-02	Lincoln City	H
5	0	Colchester United	43	15	3	4	41	19	6	3	12	23	35	10	69	W	W	W	W	L	1987-04-29	Halifax Town	A
6	1	Peterborough United	43	10	6	6	29	21	7	6	8	28	28	8	63	W	L	L	D	D	1987-05-02	Preston North End	A
7	1	Aldershot	42	12	4	4	34	16	6	5	11	23	35	6	63	W	L	L	W	D	1987-05-02	Exeter City	H
8	-2	Orient	43	14	2	6	37	23	4	7	10	20	33	1	63	L	W	W	L	W	1987-05-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Swansea City	41	12	3	6	29	18	4	8	8	24	33	2	59	L	W	D	L	L	1987-04-27	Stockport County	A
10	0	Wrexham	41	7	11	1	30	18	6	7	9	29	27	14	57	D	D	D	W	L	1987-04-30	Southend United	H
11	1	Exeter City	43	11	10	1	36	14	0	13	8	15	29	8	56	D	D	D	D	L	1987-05-02	Aldershot	A
12	-1	Cambridge United	43	10	6	5	33	21	5	5	12	22	36	-2	56	L	L	L	L	W	1987-05-01	Cardiff City	H
13	0	Scunthorpe United	42	12	3	5	45	25	2	9	11	19	29	10	54	D	W	W	L	W	1987-04-28	Burnley	H
14	0	Cardiff City	41	5	11	5	19	17	8	4	8	21	28	-5	54	W	L	W	D	L	1987-04-28	Torquay United	A
15	0	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	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	7	9	6	37	35	5	4	12	29	33	-2	49	L	L	W	L	L	1987-04-29	Northampton Town	A
17	0	Hartlepool United	42	6	10	6	22	28	4	7	9	17	27	-16	47	D	L	L	W	W	1987-05-01	Stockport County	A
18	2	Stockport County	41	8	6	6	22	22	4	5	12	14	40	-26	47	D	W	L	W	W	1987-04-27	Swansea City	H
19	-1	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
20	-1	Tranmere Rovers	42	5	10	6	30	34	5	6	10	21	32	-15	46	D	D	L	D	L	1987-04-28	Preston North End	A
21	0	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	42	7	7	7	27	33	3	6	12	21	36	-21	43	L	D	W	D	L	1987-04-28	Scunthorpe United	A
23	0	Torquay United	42	6	7	7	23	26	2	10	10	26	40	-17	41	L	D	L	D	L	1987-04-28	Cardiff City	H
24	0	Rochdale	41	5	8	7	22	26	3	9	9	22	39	-21	41	W	D	L	W	L	1987-04-29	Swansea City	H