1987-02-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Highfield Road	12,261
Downs, Regis	Lineups		Melrose
Liverpool	1	0	Southampton	Anfield Road	33,133
Aldridge	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	11,101
Nicholas, Grimes	Lineups		Cottee
Manchester United	0	0	Everton	Old Trafford	47,421
	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Aston Villa	Carrow Road	15,070
Phelan	Lineups		Elliott
Nottingham Forest	0	1	Chelsea	City Ground	18,317
	Lineups		Nevin
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Manchester City	Loftus Road	10,715
Allen	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Watford	Hillsborough	20,530
	Lineups		Blissett
Wimbledon	3	1	Newcastle United	Plough Lane	6,779
Sayer 3	Lineups		Beardsley

				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	29	10	3	1	33	9	6	4	5	20	14	30	55	D	D	W	L	W	1987-03-08	Watford	A
2	1	Liverpool	29	10	3	2	31	12	6	4	4	21	17	23	55	W	D	W	W	W	1987-03-07	Luton Town	H
3	-1	Arsenal	28	9	4	0	22	4	6	5	4	20	12	26	54	D	D	L	D	W	1987-03-07	Chelsea	A
4	2	Luton Town	29	11	3	1	20	8	3	5	6	14	20	6	50	W	D	W	D	W	1987-03-07	Liverpool	A
5	2	Norwich City	29	7	7	1	23	17	5	5	4	18	21	3	48	D	W	D	W	D	1987-03-07	Wimbledon	H
6	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	27	8	3	4	27	13	6	2	4	21	16	19	47	W	W	W	L	W	1987-03-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	29	8	6	1	27	11	5	2	7	23	24	15	47	L	D	D	W	W	1987-03-07	Oxford United	H
8	0	Coventry City	29	10	2	3	24	14	2	5	7	9	19	0	43	W	W	L	L	L	1987-03-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	0	Wimbledon	28	8	3	4	22	14	5	0	8	17	22	3	42	W	W	L	D	W	1987-03-04	Aston Villa	A
10	1	Watford	28	7	4	2	25	11	4	3	8	21	25	10	40	W	L	D	W	L	1987-03-08	Everton	H
11	2	Queens Park Rangers	28	8	3	4	22	17	3	3	7	8	16	-3	39	W	W	W	W	L	1987-03-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Manchester United	29	8	3	4	27	14	1	8	5	10	16	7	38	D	D	W	D	W	1987-03-07	Manchester City	H
13	-3	West Ham United	28	6	2	5	24	21	4	6	5	18	25	-4	38	L	D	L	W	L	1987-03-07	Charlton Athletic	A
14	2	Chelsea	30	5	4	6	20	23	4	5	6	18	26	-11	36	W	D	L	W	W	1987-03-07	Arsenal	H
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	29	6	7	2	27	16	2	4	8	13	29	-5	35	L	D	L	D	L	1987-03-07	Coventry City	A
16	-1	Oxford United	29	6	6	3	23	18	2	4	8	8	28	-15	34	D	D	L	W	L	1987-03-07	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	Manchester City	29	6	4	4	19	15	0	7	8	7	23	-12	29	L	D	D	D	L	1987-03-07	Manchester United	A
18	0	Southampton	28	6	2	5	23	19	2	2	11	18	34	-12	28	L	L	L	W	L	1987-03-07	Leicester City	H
19	0	Leicester City	29	5	5	4	25	19	2	1	12	12	37	-19	27	L	L	L	W	L	1987-03-07	Southampton	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	29	3	5	6	15	16	3	3	9	12	25	-14	26	L	L	D	L	D	1987-03-07	West Ham United	H
21	0	Aston Villa	29	5	4	5	18	21	1	4	10	16	38	-25	26	D	D	L	L	L	1987-03-04	Wimbledon	H
22	0	Newcastle United	28	4	3	6	19	22	1	4	10	10	29	-22	22	L	L	D	L	L	1987-03-07	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Hull City	St Andrew's	6,858
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Selhurst Park	5,891
Wright, Irvine	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Sheffield United	Blundell Park	5,051
O'Riordan	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Bradford City	Elland Road	21,802
Edwards	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Derby County	The Den, New Cross	7,169	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups		Callaghan
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Boundary Park	8,911
Wright 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Barnsley	Home Park	9,588
Nelson 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	0	Stoke City	Fratton Park	14,607
Quinn 2, Dillon (p)	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Reading	Gay Meadow	3,445
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Ipswich Town	Roker Park	11,781
Proctor (p)	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Hawthorns	8,359
	Lineups

				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	Portsmouth	29	14	1	0	27	6	4	5	5	11	12	20	60	W	L	W	W	W	1987-03-04	Derby County	A
2	0	Derby County	28	8	4	1	27	12	8	2	5	16	14	17	54	W	D	W	D	W	1987-03-04	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	29	9	4	2	22	11	7	2	5	24	19	16	54	W	W	W	L	L	1987-03-06	Reading	H
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	29	9	4	2	29	17	3	5	6	16	21	7	45	W	L	D	L	W	1987-03-07	Millwall	H
5	-1	Ipswich Town	29	9	3	2	23	6	3	5	7	23	26	14	44	L	W	L	L	D	1987-03-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Stoke City	28	9	2	2	27	11	3	3	9	15	23	8	41	L	L	W	D	D	1987-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	3	Leeds United	28	9	4	2	25	12	2	4	7	8	21	0	41	W	D	D	D	D	1987-03-07	Grimsby Town	H
8	3	Crystal Palace	29	8	2	5	24	18	5	0	9	14	26	-6	41	W	L	D	L	L	1987-03-14	Birmingham City	H
9	-1	West Bromwich Albion	29	7	4	4	23	14	3	5	6	15	17	7	39	D	D	W	L	D	1987-03-03	Ipswich Town	A
10	-3	Millwall	29	8	3	4	22	12	3	3	8	9	18	1	39	L	L	W	L	W	1987-03-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	-2	Birmingham City	29	6	8	1	23	16	3	4	7	14	21	0	39	D	L	W	D	D	1987-03-03	Huddersfield Town	A
12	2	Grimsby Town	30	4	7	4	13	13	5	5	5	19	23	-4	39	W	L	W	L	D	1987-03-07	Leeds United	A
13	0	Reading	29	7	3	4	24	18	3	4	8	17	26	-3	37	D	W	W	L	W	1987-03-06	Oldham Athletic	A
14	2	Sunderland	27	6	5	3	16	11	3	4	6	17	21	1	36	W	L	W	L	W	1987-03-03	Hull City	A
15	-3	Sheffield United	29	6	6	2	21	15	3	3	9	14	23	-3	36	L	W	L	D	L	1987-03-07	Barnsley	H
16	-1	Shrewsbury Town	29	9	2	4	17	8	1	3	10	8	27	-10	35	D	D	L	L	W	1987-03-03	Barnsley	A
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	28	6	2	6	17	16	2	6	6	8	17	-8	32	L	W	D	W	W	1987-03-07	Bradford City	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	28	7	2	4	24	19	2	3	10	12	27	-10	32	L	W	L	W	W	1987-03-03	Birmingham City	H
19	0	Barnsley	28	4	5	5	14	16	3	4	7	13	19	-8	30	L	W	D	W	W	1987-03-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
20	0	Hull City	27	5	2	5	14	20	3	4	8	12	26	-20	30	D	L	W	D	L	1987-03-03	Sunderland	H
21	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	5	4	5	15	14	2	4	9	11	23	-11	29	D	L	L	L	L	1987-03-07	Derby County	H
22	-1	Bradford City	28	5	4	6	26	25	2	3	8	14	23	-8	28	L	D	D	W	L	1987-03-07	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	0	York City	Dean Court	5,805
Cooke, Richards 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Notts County	Twerton Park, Bath	2,978
	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Brentford	Gigg Lane	2,317
Greenwood	Lineups		Stevens
Carlisle United	2	2	Newport County	Brunton Park	2,191
McGarvey, Bishop	Lineups		Gilligan, Vinter
Chesterfield	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,202
	Lineups
Darlington	0	0	Bristol City	Feethams Ground	2,044
	Lineups
Fulham	2	2	Walsall	Craven Cottage	5,994
Barnett, Donnellan	Lineups		Christie (p), Cross
Gillingham	2	0	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,251
Cascarino, Pritchard	Lineups
Port Vale	1	6	Blackpool	Vale Park	3,765
Sproson	Lineups		Stewart 3 (1p), Davies, McGinlay, Madden
Swindon Town	1	0	Middlesbrough	County Ground	11,341
White	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	1	Rotherham United	Springfield Park	3,917
Dungworth OG, Lowe	Lineups		Dungworth

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	AFC Bournemouth	31	13	2	1	34	13	5	5	5	17	20	18	61	W	W	L	W	D	1987-03-03	Middlesbrough	H
2	-1	Middlesbrough	30	10	2	2	25	9	7	5	4	21	14	23	58	L	W	D	L	W	1987-03-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	0	Notts County	30	11	3	1	37	12	5	4	6	17	21	21	55	D	W	W	L	W	1987-03-03	Newport County	H
4	1	Swindon Town	28	9	1	4	25	16	6	5	3	20	15	14	51	W	W	D	W	W	1987-03-03	York City	A
5	1	Gillingham	30	11	3	2	29	10	4	3	7	16	23	12	51	W	L	D	L	L	1987-03-03	Chesterfield	A
6	1	Blackpool	29	8	5	1	27	10	5	6	4	31	23	25	50	W	W	D	L	D	1987-03-03	Bristol City	A
7	-3	Bristol City	29	8	4	2	27	10	6	3	6	16	14	19	49	D	W	W	W	W	1987-03-03	Blackpool	H
8	0	Wigan Athletic	28	9	4	2	33	18	5	1	7	22	25	12	47	W	W	W	W	D	1987-03-03	Carlisle United	A
9	0	Mansfield Town	31	6	6	3	20	16	4	7	5	14	18	0	43	L	W	L	L	L	1987-03-03	Rotherham United	H
10	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	10	5	1	27	10	1	2	10	14	31	0	40	D	D	W	L	L	1987-03-03	Fulham	A
11	0	Chesterfield	31	8	4	4	30	26	2	6	7	13	22	-5	40	D	L	D	W	W	1987-03-03	Gillingham	H
12	1	Fulham	31	5	6	5	26	29	3	6	6	20	26	-9	36	D	L	D	W	L	1987-03-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	-1	Rotherham United	32	5	4	7	19	20	5	2	9	18	28	-11	36	L	L	D	W	L	1987-03-03	Mansfield Town	A
14	2	Brentford	30	6	4	5	26	23	2	6	7	14	26	-9	34	D	W	D	W	D	1987-03-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-1	Chester City	28	3	8	3	22	20	3	7	4	19	19	2	33	D	W	L	W	D	1987-03-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	Walsall	26	7	2	3	27	18	2	4	8	19	32	-4	33	D	L	D	L	L	1987-03-07	Brentford	A
17	1	Bury	30	5	4	6	20	21	3	5	7	19	22	-4	33	D	D	W	W	W	1987-03-03	Port Vale	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	30	6	3	6	25	20	2	6	7	14	24	-5	33	D	W	D	W	D	1987-03-03	Brentford	H
19	-4	Port Vale	29	4	5	6	24	25	4	4	6	18	23	-6	33	L	D	D	L	W	1987-03-03	Bury	H
20	0	York City	29	7	5	2	21	17	1	3	11	14	36	-18	32	L	D	D	L	W	1987-03-03	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	28	3	6	3	11	14	5	2	9	19	35	-19	32	D	L	L	L	L	1987-03-03	Darlington	A
22	0	Newport County	30	1	7	6	14	20	4	4	8	19	27	-14	26	D	L	D	D	W	1987-03-03	Notts County	A
23	0	Darlington	28	5	6	4	15	17	0	5	8	14	32	-20	26	D	D	L	L	D	1987-03-03	Bristol Rovers	H
24	0	Carlisle United	29	5	4	6	20	23	1	2	11	9	28	-22	24	D	L	L	L	D	1987-03-03	Wigan Athletic	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	1	Swansea City	Recreation Ground	2,592
Friar, Barnes, Foyle, Langley	Lineups		Pascoe
Burnley	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Turf Moor	2,394
Rodaway, Grewcock	Lineups		Muir, Bell
Cambridge United	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium	2,136
Crown	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	1	Peterborough United	Ninian Park	2,620
	Lineups		Luke
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Hartlepool United	Gresty Road	1,314
Bodak	Lineups
Orient	2	1	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	2,900
Godfrey, Comfort	Lineups		Mitchell
Preston North End	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	12,592
Swann, Worthington	Lineups		Holmes, Stoutt
Wrexham	2	2	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	1,901
Massey, Comstive	Lineups		Stanton, Bramhall

				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	31	14	1	1	43	16	9	5	1	35	16	46	75	W	W	D	L	D	1987-03-04	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Preston North End	30	10	3	2	23	12	7	4	4	26	21	16	58	D	W	W	W	W	1987-03-04	Exeter City	A
3	0	Southend United	30	8	4	4	30	22	9	1	4	17	11	14	56	W	W	W	W	L	1987-03-03	Torquay United	A
4	0	Swansea City	31	10	3	3	25	14	4	7	4	19	21	9	52	L	D	W	D	W	1987-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	2	Peterborough United	31	7	4	5	19	14	5	5	5	22	20	7	45	W	W	W	W	L	1987-03-04	Burnley	H
6	-1	Colchester United	32	10	3	3	27	13	3	3	10	19	32	1	45	W	L	W	L	L	1987-03-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	-1	Exeter City	30	10	6	0	29	7	0	8	6	11	22	11	44	L	W	W	D	D	1987-03-04	Preston North End	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	5	3	8	20	23	7	4	5	20	18	-1	43	D	D	W	W	W	1987-03-03	Colchester United	H
9	0	Wrexham	28	6	7	0	25	13	4	4	7	22	22	12	41	D	L	D	L	L	1987-03-03	Scunthorpe United	H
10	1	Orient	29	9	1	5	24	19	3	4	7	13	22	-4	41	W	W	W	W	D	1987-03-02	Stockport County	A
11	1	Cambridge United	30	6	6	3	27	17	4	4	7	18	24	4	40	W	W	D	L	D	1987-03-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	4	Aldershot	30	9	3	3	27	13	2	3	10	13	31	-4	39	W	L	D	L	D	1987-03-03	Hereford United	H
13	-3	Scunthorpe United	30	9	3	4	36	20	1	5	8	13	22	7	38	L	L	L	L	W	1987-03-03	Wrexham	A
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	31	4	8	3	23	24	4	5	7	18	25	-8	37	D	W	D	D	D	1987-03-03	Lincoln City	H
15	-2	Lincoln City	30	7	3	4	23	17	3	4	9	11	26	-9	37	L	W	L	L	L	1987-03-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	-2	Hereford United	31	5	6	5	21	18	4	3	8	22	26	-1	36	L	L	L	L	L	1987-03-03	Aldershot	A
17	-2	Cardiff City	27	3	6	4	13	12	6	3	5	16	20	-3	36	L	L	W	W	L	1987-03-03	Halifax Town	H
18	1	Crewe Alexandra	31	4	8	3	22	26	4	3	9	22	26	-8	35	W	D	L	L	W	1987-03-03	Cambridge United	H
19	-1	Halifax Town	30	7	3	5	23	20	3	2	10	15	27	-9	35	L	L	D	L	L	1987-03-03	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Hartlepool United	30	3	7	5	15	22	3	6	6	14	18	-11	31	L	L	D	W	D	1987-03-04	Northampton Town	A
21	0	Burnley	30	6	4	5	23	27	1	5	9	16	31	-19	30	D	D	L	D	D	1987-03-04	Peterborough United	A
22	0	Stockport County	28	5	4	5	15	17	2	4	8	7	24	-19	29	D	W	W	L	D	1987-03-02	Orient	H
23	0	Torquay United	29	4	5	5	17	19	0	8	7	16	29	-15	25	D	L	L	D	W	1987-03-03	Southend United	H
24	0	Rochdale	27	3	5	4	13	13	1	6	8	13	29	-16	23	D	W	L	L	D	1987-03-10	Cardiff City	H