1987-05-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Aston Villa	Highbury	18,463
Hayes 2	Lineups		Aspinall
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Luton Town	Selhurst Park	5,469
	Lineups		Harford
Chelsea	3	1	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	11,975
Durie, Dixon 2	Lineups		Smith
Coventry City	1	0	Liverpool	Highfield Road	26,709	Largest home gate 1986-87
Pickering	Lineups
Everton	0	0	Manchester City	Goodison Park	37,541
	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Wimbledon	Old Trafford	31,686
	Lineups		Wise
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	19,837
Webb, Metgod	Lineups
Oxford United	0	1	Norwich City	Manor Ground	8,394
	Lineups		Gordon
Sheffield Wednesday	7	1	Queens Park Rangers	Hillsborough	16,501
Hirst 2, Marwood 2, Megson, Sterland, Chamberlain	Lineups		Peacock
Watford	1	1	Southampton	Vicarage Road	13,067
Terry	Lineups		Le Tissier
West Ham United	1	1	Newcastle United	Upton Park	17,844
Ward	Lineups		McDonald (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	39	14	4	1	45	10	9	4	7	26	20	41	77	D	L	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Norwich City	A
2	0	Liverpool	40	14	3	3	42	16	8	4	8	26	23	29	73	L	W	L	W	L	1987-05-04	Watford	H
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	13	3	4	36	14	7	5	7	28	27	23	68	L	W	D	L	W	1987-05-04	Manchester United	H
4	0	Arsenal	40	12	5	3	30	10	7	5	8	23	22	21	67	W	L	W	W	L	1987-05-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	0	Luton Town	40	14	5	1	27	10	4	7	9	17	29	5	66	W	D	L	W	D	1987-05-05	Oxford United	H
6	0	Norwich City	40	9	10	1	27	19	7	7	6	24	30	2	65	W	D	D	W	W	1987-05-04	Everton	H
7	1	Nottingham Forest	40	11	8	1	34	13	6	3	11	28	36	13	62	W	L	D	L	W	1987-05-04	Manchester City	A
8	-1	Watford	40	11	5	4	37	20	6	4	10	29	33	13	60	D	L	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Liverpool	A
9	0	Coventry City	39	14	2	3	33	15	3	7	10	14	27	5	60	W	W	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Leicester City	A
10	0	Wimbledon	40	10	5	5	30	21	7	4	9	23	28	4	60	W	W	D	L	L	1987-05-05	Chelsea	H
11	0	Manchester United	39	12	3	5	35	17	1	10	8	13	22	9	52	L	D	W	L	D	1987-05-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	1	Chelsea	40	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	8	22	32	-10	51	W	L	D	D	L	1987-05-05	Wimbledon	A
13	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	9	7	4	30	23	4	4	12	16	35	-12	50	L	D	L	D	D	1987-05-04	Arsenal	H
14	2	Sheffield Wednesday	40	9	7	4	39	22	3	6	11	17	34	0	49	W	D	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Aston Villa	A
15	-1	West Ham United	40	9	4	7	31	28	4	6	10	19	38	-16	49	D	L	W	L	D	1987-05-04	Southampton	A
16	-1	Southampton	40	10	5	5	43	24	3	4	13	24	43	0	48	D	D	D	D	W	1987-05-04	West Ham United	H
17	0	Newcastle United	40	10	4	6	33	26	2	7	11	13	34	-14	47	D	W	L	W	W	1987-05-04	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Oxford United	40	8	7	5	30	25	2	5	13	11	42	-26	42	L	L	W	L	D	1987-05-05	Luton Town	A
19	0	Leicester City	40	9	6	5	38	23	2	1	17	15	52	-22	40	L	L	L	W	D	1987-05-04	Coventry City	H
20	0	Charlton Athletic	40	6	7	7	24	21	3	4	13	16	33	-14	38	L	D	W	L	L	1987-05-04	Newcastle United	A
21	1	Manchester City	40	7	6	7	27	24	0	9	11	8	31	-20	36	D	W	L	L	D	1987-05-04	Nottingham Forest	H
22	-1	Aston Villa	40	7	7	6	24	23	1	5	14	19	51	-31	36	L	W	L	L	D	1987-05-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Grimsby Town	St Andrew's	4,457
Whitton	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Sheffield United	Goldstone Ground	5,383
Wilson, Connor	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	20,087
Gee, Davison	Lineups		Ashurst
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Reading	Leeds Road	4,549
Shearer, Wilson P	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Boothferry Park	5,114
Heard (p), Dyer 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Portman Road	10,703
Wilson 3	Lineups		Hendry
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	6,542
Williams, Palmer	Lineups		Law
Portsmouth	2	0	Millwall	Fratton Park	15,777
Mariner, O'Callaghan	Lineups
Stoke City	2	3	Bradford City	Victoria Ground	6,229
Gayle 2	Lineups		Abbott 2 (1p), Hendrie
Sunderland	1	0	Crystal Palace	Roker Park	11,461
Armstrong	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Barnsley	The Hawthorns	6,361
	Lineups		Clarke
Footnotes
Derby County promoted

				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	40	13	6	1	38	16	11	3	6	22	18	26	81	W	W	W	L	D	1987-05-04	Reading	A
2	0	Portsmouth	40	17	2	1	36	9	6	7	7	16	16	27	78	W	L	W	L	D	1987-05-04	Crystal Palace	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	40	12	6	2	33	16	9	3	8	29	26	20	72	W	W	L	D	L	1987-05-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	2	Ipswich Town	40	12	5	3	28	9	5	6	9	30	33	16	62	W	L	D	L	W	1987-05-04	Sheffield United	A
5	-1	Leeds United	40	14	4	2	40	14	3	7	10	14	28	12	62	L	W	L	D	W	1987-05-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	-1	Plymouth Argyle	40	12	6	2	39	20	4	7	9	20	30	9	61	L	D	W	D	D	1987-05-04	Stoke City	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	40	11	4	5	34	20	7	1	12	16	30	0	59	L	W	L	D	D	1987-05-04	Portsmouth	H
8	0	Sheffield United	40	10	7	3	31	19	4	5	11	17	29	0	54	L	L	D	W	W	1987-05-04	Ipswich Town	H
9	0	Stoke City	40	10	5	5	35	20	4	5	11	20	31	4	52	L	L	W	L	L	1987-05-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	3	Barnsley	40	8	7	5	26	22	5	6	9	20	27	-3	52	W	W	W	D	L	1987-05-04	Huddersfield Town	H
11	-1	Blackburn Rovers	40	10	4	6	29	22	4	6	10	15	30	-8	52	L	D	W	W	D	1987-05-05	Birmingham City	H
12	3	Bradford City	40	9	5	6	34	27	5	4	11	24	33	-2	51	W	W	W	L	W	1987-05-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	-2	West Bromwich Albion	40	8	5	7	27	20	5	6	9	20	24	3	50	L	W	W	L	D	1987-05-04	Leeds United	A
14	-2	Millwall	40	10	4	6	26	15	4	4	12	12	26	-3	50	L	L	D	W	L	1987-05-05	Sunderland	H
15	1	Birmingham City	40	8	9	3	27	19	3	8	9	20	37	-9	50	W	L	D	D	L	1987-05-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-2	Reading	40	10	4	6	31	23	3	6	11	18	35	-9	49	L	L	W	D	D	1987-05-04	Derby County	H
17	0	Hull City	40	9	6	5	22	22	3	7	10	14	31	-17	49	W	W	L	D	D	1987-05-05	Grimsby Town	A
18	1	Sunderland	40	8	6	6	23	20	4	5	11	23	35	-9	47	W	L	W	D	L	1987-05-05	Millwall	A
19	2	Huddersfield Town	40	8	6	6	35	30	3	6	11	15	31	-11	45	W	D	L	W	L	1987-05-04	Barnsley	A
20	-2	Shrewsbury Town	40	10	3	7	22	14	3	3	14	15	39	-16	45	L	L	W	W	L	1987-05-05	Oldham Athletic	H
21	-1	Grimsby Town	40	5	7	8	16	19	5	6	9	20	33	-16	43	L	L	D	L	L	1987-05-05	Hull City	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	7	6	7	22	19	2	6	12	15	32	-14	39	W	L	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Bradford City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Port Vale	Dean Court	9,559
	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Rotherham United	Griffin Park	3,425
Cooke, Nogan	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Notts County	Ashton Gate	9,189
Jordan, Marshall, Morgan	Lineups		McParland
Bury	1	1	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	1,715
McIlroy	Lineups		Henderson
Carlisle United	0	3	Swindon Town	Brunton Park	2,086
	Lineups		Parkin, Wade, Jones (p)
Chester City	1	2	Middlesbrough	Sealand Road	3,788
Rimmer	Lineups		Mowbray, Hamilton
Darlington	0	1	Fulham	Feethams Ground	1,322
	Lineups		Donnellan
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Belle Vue	1,206
Miller, Gaynor	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Priestfield Stadium	5,408
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Walsall	Field Mill	3,389
Cassells, Kearney (p)	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Blackpool	Somerton Park	1,247
Staniforth	Lineups		Taylor
York City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Bootham Crescent	4,079
Butler, Canham	Lineups		Hartford
Footnotes
Carlisle United relegated. Swindon Town secure play off place
Darlington relegated
Newport County relegated

				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	44	18	3	1	42	14	9	7	6	29	25	32	91	D	W	W	D	W	1987-05-04	Fulham	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	43	15	4	2	37	11	11	5	6	27	19	34	87	W	W	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Mansfield Town	H
3	0	Swindon Town	43	14	3	4	36	18	11	6	5	39	27	30	84	W	W	D	W	D	1987-05-04	Gillingham	H
4	0	Wigan Athletic	43	14	5	3	44	24	9	4	8	33	32	21	78	D	D	W	D	W	1987-05-04	York City	H
5	2	Bristol City	44	14	5	3	41	14	7	7	8	20	20	27	75	W	L	D	W	W	1987-05-04	Walsall	A
6	-1	Notts County	44	14	6	2	51	22	7	6	9	24	31	22	75	L	L	W	W	D	1987-05-04	Bury	H
7	-1	Gillingham	44	15	5	2	41	14	7	3	12	22	33	16	74	D	L	W	L	W	1987-05-04	Swindon Town	A
8	0	Walsall	43	16	3	3	49	26	5	4	12	27	39	11	70	L	W	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Bristol City	H
9	0	Blackpool	44	10	7	5	34	20	5	9	8	38	35	17	61	D	D	L	D	W	1987-05-04	Chester City	H
10	0	Mansfield Town	44	9	8	5	29	22	6	7	9	22	31	-2	60	W	W	L	L	L	1987-05-04	Middlesbrough	A
11	0	Brentford	44	9	7	6	37	29	5	8	9	24	34	-2	57	W	W	L	D	W	1987-05-04	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Rotherham United	44	9	6	7	27	22	5	6	11	19	32	-8	54	L	W	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Carlisle United	H
13	0	Chester City	43	7	9	6	31	26	5	8	8	27	30	2	53	L	L	W	L	L	1987-05-04	Blackpool	A
14	2	Fulham	44	8	8	6	34	38	4	8	10	23	35	-16	52	W	D	W	L	W	1987-05-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	-1	Port Vale	44	7	6	9	37	35	6	6	10	31	33	0	51	D	L	L	L	W	1987-05-04	Newport County	H
16	1	Doncaster Rovers	43	11	8	3	32	17	1	7	13	20	41	-6	51	W	D	D	D	D	1987-05-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	-2	Chesterfield	44	10	5	7	35	33	2	10	10	20	33	-11	51	D	L	D	L	L	1987-05-04	Darlington	H
18	0	Bury	44	8	7	7	26	25	4	6	12	22	33	-10	49	D	L	D	L	L	1987-05-04	Notts County	A
19	2	York City	44	11	7	4	33	28	1	5	16	19	47	-23	48	W	L	D	L	L	1987-05-04	Wigan Athletic	A
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	43	7	8	6	24	25	5	4	13	22	46	-25	48	L	W	W	L	W	1987-05-04	Brentford	H
21	-1	Bolton Wanderers	44	8	5	9	29	25	2	10	10	17	31	-10	45	L	D	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Darlington	44	6	10	6	24	25	1	6	15	20	48	-29	37	L	L	L	W	L	1987-05-04	Chesterfield	A
23	0	Newport County	44	4	9	9	26	33	4	4	14	22	46	-31	37	D	L	L	L	W	1987-05-04	Port Vale	A
24	0	Carlisle United	43	6	5	10	23	33	3	3	16	12	41	-39	35	L	L	L	L	L	1987-05-04	Rotherham United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	2,176
King, Ring	Lineups		Watson
Burnley	2	1	Southend United	Turf Moor	3,991
Grewcock, James	Lineups		O'Shea
Preston North End	0	0	Peterborough United	Deepdale	7,919
	Lineups
Swansea City	0	3	Wrexham	Vetch Field	3,134
	Lineups		Horne, Steel, Preece
Torquay United	2	1	Rochdale	Plainmoor	3,020
McNichol, Dobson	Lineups		Bramhall
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Lincoln City	Molineux	7,285
Bull 2, Barnes	Lineups
Footnotes
Northampton Town champions

				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	43	20	2	1	56	20	9	5	6	40	28	48	94	W	L	W	L	W	1987-05-04	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Preston North End	44	15	4	3	35	18	10	7	5	34	27	24	86	D	W	W	W	D	1987-05-04	Hartlepool United	A
3	0	Southend United	44	13	4	5	40	26	10	1	11	23	28	9	74	L	L	W	L	W	1987-05-05	Cambridge United	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	11	3	8	32	23	11	4	7	30	25	14	73	W	L	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Exeter City	A
5	0	Colchester United	44	15	3	4	41	19	6	4	12	23	35	10	70	D	W	W	W	W	1987-05-04	Aldershot	H
6	2	Aldershot	43	13	4	4	36	17	6	5	11	23	35	7	66	W	W	L	L	W	1987-05-04	Colchester United	A
7	-1	Orient	44	14	2	6	37	23	5	7	10	23	34	3	66	W	L	W	W	L	1987-05-04	Torquay United	H
8	-1	Peterborough United	44	10	6	6	29	21	7	7	8	28	28	8	64	D	W	L	L	D	1987-05-04	Stockport County	H
9	0	Wrexham	43	8	11	1	34	18	7	7	9	32	27	21	63	W	W	D	D	D	1987-05-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Scunthorpe United	44	14	3	5	50	27	2	9	11	19	29	13	60	W	W	D	W	W	1987-05-04	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Cambridge United	44	11	6	5	35	22	5	5	12	22	36	-1	59	W	L	L	L	L	1987-05-05	Southend United	A
12	0	Swansea City	44	12	3	7	29	21	4	8	10	25	38	-5	59	L	L	L	L	W	1987-05-04	Hereford United	A
13	0	Exeter City	44	11	10	1	36	14	0	13	9	16	31	7	56	L	D	D	D	D	1987-05-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	0	Cardiff City	43	5	11	5	19	17	8	4	10	22	31	-7	54	L	L	W	L	W	1987-05-04	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Halifax Town	44	9	5	8	31	32	5	5	12	24	37	-14	52	D	L	W	D	W	1987-05-04	Rochdale	A
16	0	Hartlepool United	43	6	10	6	22	28	5	7	9	19	27	-14	50	W	D	L	L	W	1987-05-04	Preston North End	H
17	0	Stockport County	43	9	6	7	25	25	4	5	12	14	40	-26	50	L	W	D	W	L	1987-05-04	Peterborough United	A
18	0	Hereford United	43	9	6	7	31	23	4	4	13	24	34	-2	49	L	W	L	W	L	1987-05-04	Swansea City	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	7	9	6	37	35	5	4	13	30	35	-3	49	L	L	L	W	L	1987-05-04	Burnley	H
20	0	Lincoln City	44	8	7	7	29	25	4	5	13	15	36	-17	48	L	W	L	D	L	1987-05-04	Scunthorpe United	H
21	1	Torquay United	44	8	7	7	26	27	2	10	10	26	40	-15	47	W	W	L	D	L	1987-05-04	Orient	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	44	5	10	7	31	37	5	6	11	21	34	-19	46	L	L	D	D	L	1987-05-04	Wrexham	A
23	1	Burnley	44	8	7	7	29	34	3	6	13	22	38	-21	46	W	L	L	D	W	1987-05-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	-1	Rochdale	43	6	8	7	24	26	3	9	10	23	41	-20	44	L	W	W	D	L	1987-05-04	Halifax Town	H