1987-05-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	15,007
Robinson	Lineups		Chapman, Hirst
Leicester City	1	1	Coventry City	Filbert Street	14,903
Ramsey	Lineups		Gynn
Liverpool	1	0	Watford	Anfield Road	40,150
Rush	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	21,405
Varadi	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	3	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	26,950
	Lineups		Miller, Crooks, Leaburn
Norwich City	0	1	Everton	Carrow Road	23,489	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Van Den Hauwe
Queens Park Rangers	1	4	Arsenal	Loftus Road	13,387
McDonald	Lineups		Rix 2, Merson, Hayes
Southampton	1	0	West Ham United	The Dell	16,810
Clarke	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	36,692
Thomas M 2, Allen C (p), Allen P	Lineups
Footnotes
Aston Villa relegated
Everton champions

				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	40	14	4	1	45	10	10	4	7	27	20	42	80	W	D	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Luton Town	H
2	0	Liverpool	41	15	3	3	43	16	8	4	8	26	23	30	76	W	L	W	L	W	1987-05-09	Chelsea	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	3	4	40	14	7	5	7	28	27	27	71	W	L	W	D	L	1987-05-09	Watford	A
4	0	Arsenal	41	12	5	3	30	10	8	5	8	27	23	24	70	W	W	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Norwich City	H
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	41	9	10	2	27	20	7	7	6	24	30	1	65	L	W	D	D	W	1987-05-09	Arsenal	A
7	0	Nottingham Forest	41	11	8	1	34	13	6	3	12	28	37	12	62	L	W	L	D	L	1987-05-09	Newcastle United	H
8	1	Coventry City	40	14	2	3	33	15	3	8	10	15	28	5	61	D	W	W	D	W	1987-05-06	Manchester United	H
9	-1	Watford	41	11	5	4	37	20	6	4	11	29	34	12	60	L	D	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
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	40	12	3	5	35	17	1	10	9	13	26	5	52	L	L	D	W	L	1987-05-06	Coventry City	A
12	2	Sheffield Wednesday	41	9	7	4	39	22	4	6	11	19	35	1	52	W	W	D	D	W	1987-05-09	Wimbledon	H
13	3	Southampton	41	11	5	5	44	24	3	4	13	24	43	1	51	W	D	D	D	D	1987-05-09	Coventry City	A
14	-2	Chelsea	40	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	8	22	32	-10	51	W	L	D	D	L	1987-05-05	Wimbledon	A
15	-2	Queens Park Rangers	41	9	7	5	31	27	4	4	12	16	35	-15	50	L	L	D	L	D	1987-05-09	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-1	West Ham United	41	9	4	7	31	28	4	6	11	19	39	-17	49	L	D	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Manchester City	H
17	0	Newcastle United	41	10	4	7	33	29	2	7	11	13	34	-17	47	L	D	W	L	W	1987-05-09	Nottingham Forest	A
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	1	Charlton Athletic	41	6	7	7	24	21	4	4	13	19	33	-11	41	W	L	D	W	L	1987-05-09	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	-1	Leicester City	41	9	7	5	39	24	2	1	17	15	52	-22	41	D	L	L	L	W	1987-05-09	Oxford United	A
21	0	Manchester City	41	8	6	7	28	24	0	9	11	8	31	-19	39	W	D	W	L	L	1987-05-09	West Ham United	A
22	0	Aston Villa	41	7	7	7	25	25	1	5	14	19	51	-32	36	L	L	W	L	L	1987-05-09	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	8,564	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Cooper
Bradford City	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Valley Parade	10,902
McCall, Futcher	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	18,029	Largest home gate 1986-87
Wright	Lineups
Leeds United	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	24,688
Sheridan (p), Pearson, Ormsby	Lineups		Dyson, Burrows
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Stoke City	Home Park	13,774
Coughlin (p)	Lineups		Saunders 2, Talbot
Reading	2	0	Derby County	Elm Park	9,419
Senior 2	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	0	Ipswich Town	Bramall Lane	8,324
	Lineups
Footnotes
Brighton & Hove Albion relegated

				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	41	13	6	1	38	16	11	3	7	22	20	24	81	L	W	W	W	L	1987-05-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	Portsmouth	41	17	2	1	36	9	6	7	8	16	17	26	78	L	W	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Sheffield United	H
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	1	Leeds United	41	15	4	2	43	16	3	7	10	14	28	13	65	W	L	W	L	D	1987-05-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	-1	Ipswich Town	41	12	5	3	28	9	5	7	9	30	33	16	63	D	W	L	D	L	1987-05-09	Reading	H
6	1	Crystal Palace	41	12	4	5	35	20	7	1	12	16	30	1	62	W	L	W	L	D	1987-05-09	Hull City	A
7	-1	Plymouth Argyle	41	12	6	3	40	23	4	7	9	20	30	7	61	L	L	D	W	D	1987-05-09	Derby County	A
8	1	Stoke City	41	10	5	5	35	20	5	5	11	23	32	6	55	W	L	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Grimsby Town	H
9	-1	Sheffield United	41	10	8	3	31	19	4	5	11	17	29	0	55	D	L	L	D	W	1987-05-09	Portsmouth	A
10	2	Bradford City	41	10	5	6	36	27	5	4	11	24	33	0	54	W	W	W	W	L	1987-05-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	-1	Barnsley	41	8	7	6	26	23	5	6	9	20	27	-4	52	L	W	W	W	D	1987-05-09	Sunderland	A
12	4	Reading	41	11	4	6	33	23	3	6	11	18	35	-7	52	W	L	L	W	D	1987-05-09	Ipswich Town	A
13	-2	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
14	-1	West Bromwich Albion	41	8	5	7	27	20	5	6	10	22	27	2	50	L	L	W	W	L	1987-05-09	Bradford City	H
15	-1	Millwall	40	10	4	6	26	15	4	4	12	12	26	-3	50	L	L	D	W	L	1987-05-05	Sunderland	H
16	-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
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	Huddersfield Town	41	8	6	6	35	30	4	6	11	16	31	-10	48	W	W	D	L	W	1987-05-09	Millwall	H
19	-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
20	0	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	0	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	41	7	6	7	22	19	2	6	13	15	34	-16	39	L	W	L	D	W	1987-05-09	Leeds United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Chester City	Bloomfield Road	2,069
Deary	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Burnden Park	4,838
	Lineups		Redfearn
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Brentford	Twerton Park, Bath	3,513
	Lineups		Sinton
Chesterfield	1	0	Darlington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	1,435
Coyle	Lineups
Fulham	1	3	AFC Bournemouth	Craven Cottage	9,239	Largest home gate 1986-87
Hopkins	Lineups		Aylott 2 (1p), Sealy
Middlesbrough	1	0	Mansfield Town	Ayresome Park	13,545
Hamilton (p)	Lineups
Notts County	1	2	Bury	Meadow Lane	4,457
Clarke	Lineups		Taylor, Lee
Port Vale	6	1	Newport County	Vale Park	2,733
Jones 5 (2p), Sproson	Lineups		Compton
Rotherham United	2	1	Carlisle United	Millmoor	2,598
Evans, Williams	Lineups		Poskett
Swindon Town	1	1	Gillingham	County Ground	10,286
Jones (p)	Lineups		Pritchard
Walsall	1	1	Bristol City	Fellows Park	7,684	Largest home gate 1986-87
Kelly	Lineups		Morgan
Wigan Athletic	3	2	York City	Springfield Park	3,816
Campbell, Lowe, Hamilton	Lineups		Walwyn 2
Footnotes
AFC Bournemouth promoted
Wigan Athletic secure play off place

				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	45	18	3	1	42	14	10	7	6	32	26	34	94	W	D	W	W	D	1987-05-09	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	44	16	4	2	38	11	11	5	6	27	19	35	90	W	W	W	W	W	1987-05-06	Wigan Athletic	H
3	0	Swindon Town	44	14	4	4	37	19	11	6	5	39	27	30	85	D	W	W	D	W	1987-05-06	Walsall	H
4	0	Wigan Athletic	44	15	5	3	47	26	9	4	8	33	32	22	81	W	D	D	W	D	1987-05-06	Middlesbrough	A
5	0	Bristol City	45	14	5	3	41	14	7	8	8	21	21	27	76	D	W	L	D	W	1987-05-09	Swindon Town	H
6	0	Notts County	45	14	6	3	52	24	7	6	9	24	31	21	75	L	L	L	W	W	1987-05-09	York City	A
7	0	Gillingham	45	15	5	2	41	14	7	4	12	23	34	16	75	D	D	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Walsall	44	16	4	3	50	27	5	4	12	27	39	11	71	D	L	W	W	W	1987-05-06	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Blackpool	45	11	7	5	35	20	5	9	8	38	35	18	64	W	D	D	L	D	1987-05-09	Bury	A
10	1	Brentford	45	9	7	6	37	29	6	8	9	25	34	-1	60	W	W	W	L	D	1987-05-09	Wigan Athletic	H
11	-1	Mansfield Town	45	9	8	5	29	22	6	7	10	22	32	-3	60	L	W	W	L	L	1987-05-09	Fulham	H
12	0	Rotherham United	45	10	6	7	29	23	5	6	11	19	32	-7	57	W	L	W	D	W	1987-05-09	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	2	Port Vale	45	8	6	9	43	36	6	6	10	31	33	5	54	W	D	L	L	L	1987-05-09	Chester City	A
14	2	Doncaster Rovers	44	11	8	3	32	17	2	7	13	21	41	-5	54	W	W	D	D	D	1987-05-06	Bristol Rovers	A
15	2	Chesterfield	45	11	5	7	36	33	2	10	10	20	33	-10	54	W	D	L	D	L	1987-05-09	Carlisle United	A
16	-3	Chester City	44	7	9	6	31	26	5	8	9	27	31	1	53	L	L	L	W	L	1987-05-06	Carlisle United	A
17	1	Bury	45	8	7	7	26	25	5	6	12	24	34	-9	52	W	D	L	D	L	1987-05-09	Blackpool	H
18	-4	Fulham	45	8	8	7	35	41	4	8	10	23	35	-18	52	L	W	D	W	L	1987-05-09	Mansfield Town	A
19	0	York City	45	11	7	4	33	28	1	5	17	21	50	-24	48	L	W	L	D	L	1987-05-09	Notts County	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	44	7	8	7	24	26	5	4	13	22	46	-26	48	L	L	W	W	L	1987-05-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Bolton Wanderers	45	8	5	10	29	26	2	10	10	17	31	-11	45	L	L	D	D	W	1987-05-09	Gillingham	A
22	0	Darlington	45	6	10	6	24	25	1	6	16	20	49	-30	37	L	L	L	L	W	1987-05-09	Walsall	H
23	0	Newport County	45	4	9	9	26	33	4	4	15	23	52	-36	37	L	D	L	L	L	1987-05-09	Bristol Rovers	H
24	0	Carlisle United	44	6	5	10	23	33	3	3	17	13	43	-40	35	L	L	L	L	L	1987-05-06	Chester City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	1	1	Northampton Town	Ninian Park	2,682
Curtis	Lineups		Benjamin
Colchester United	0	1	Aldershot	Layer Road	4,310
	Lineups		Ring
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Burnley	Gresty Road	4,175	Largest home gate 1986-87
Platt	Lineups
Exeter City	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James Park	4,915	Largest home gate 1986-87
Kellow (p)	Lineups		Bull, Forman, Kelly
Hartlepool United	2	2	Preston North End	Victoria Park	2,449
Gibb, Toman	Lineups		Thomas, Brazil
Hereford United	2	0	Swansea City	Edgar Street	2,474
Phillips, Carter	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	2,567
McGinley	Lineups		Flounders 2
Orient	3	2	Torquay United	Brisbane Road	4,169
Howard 2, Cunningham	Lineups		Dobson 2
Peterborough United	0	0	Stockport County	London Road	2,968
	Lineups
Rochdale	5	3	Halifax Town	Spotland	2,990
Simmonds (p), Bramhall 2, Wakenshaw, Holden	Lineups		Black, Seasman OG, Brown (p)
Wrexham	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	2,430
Massey	Lineups		Muir (p)
Footnotes
Southend United secure play off place
Wolverhampton Wanderers 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	44	20	2	1	56	20	9	6	6	41	29	48	95	D	W	L	W	L	1987-05-06	Aldershot	A
2	0	Preston North End	45	15	4	3	35	18	10	8	5	36	29	24	87	D	D	W	W	W	1987-05-09	Colchester United	H
3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45	11	3	8	32	23	12	4	7	33	26	16	76	W	W	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Hartlepool United	H
4	-1	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
5	0	Colchester United	45	15	3	5	41	20	6	4	12	23	35	9	70	L	D	W	W	W	1987-05-09	Preston North End	A
6	0	Aldershot	44	13	4	4	36	17	7	5	11	24	35	8	69	W	W	W	L	L	1987-05-06	Northampton Town	H
7	0	Orient	45	15	2	6	40	25	5	7	10	23	34	4	69	W	W	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Burnley	A
8	0	Peterborough United	45	10	7	6	29	21	7	7	8	28	28	8	65	D	D	W	L	L	1987-05-09	Halifax Town	A
9	0	Wrexham	44	8	12	1	35	19	7	7	9	32	27	21	64	D	W	W	D	D	1987-05-06	Hereford United	H
10	0	Scunthorpe United	45	14	3	5	50	27	3	9	11	21	30	14	63	W	W	W	D	W	1987-05-09	Rochdale	H
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	45	12	3	7	29	21	4	8	11	25	40	-7	59	L	L	L	L	L	1987-05-09	Lincoln City	H
13	0	Exeter City	45	11	10	2	37	17	0	13	9	16	31	5	56	L	L	D	D	D	1987-05-08	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	0	Cardiff City	44	5	12	5	20	18	8	4	10	22	31	-7	55	D	L	L	W	L	1987-05-07	Hartlepool United	H
15	3	Hereford United	44	10	6	7	33	23	4	4	13	24	34	0	52	W	L	W	L	W	1987-05-06	Wrexham	A
16	3	Crewe Alexandra	45	8	9	6	38	35	5	4	13	30	35	-2	52	W	L	L	L	W	1987-05-09	Torquay United	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	45	9	5	8	31	32	5	5	13	27	42	-16	52	L	D	L	W	D	1987-05-09	Peterborough United	H
18	-2	Hartlepool United	44	6	11	6	24	30	5	7	9	19	27	-14	51	D	W	D	L	L	1987-05-07	Cardiff City	A
19	-2	Stockport County	44	9	6	7	25	25	4	6	12	14	40	-26	51	D	L	W	D	W	1987-05-06	Rochdale	A
20	0	Lincoln City	45	8	7	8	30	27	4	5	13	15	36	-18	48	L	L	W	L	D	1987-05-09	Swansea City	A
21	0	Torquay United	45	8	7	7	26	27	2	10	11	28	43	-16	47	L	W	W	L	D	1987-05-09	Crewe Alexandra	H
22	2	Rochdale	44	7	8	7	29	29	3	9	10	23	41	-18	47	W	L	W	W	D	1987-05-06	Stockport County	H
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	45	5	10	7	31	37	5	7	11	22	35	-19	47	D	L	L	D	D	1987-05-08	Exeter City	H
24	-1	Burnley	45	8	7	7	29	34	3	6	14	22	39	-22	46	L	W	L	L	D	1987-05-09	Orient	H