1987-05-06

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	1	1	Manchester United	Highfield Road	23,407
Gynn	Lineups		Whiteside

				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	41	14	5	2	29	13	4	7	9	17	29	4	66	L	W	D	L	W	1987-05-09	Everton	A
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	Wimbledon	41	11	5	5	32	22	7	4	9	23	28	5	63	W	W	W	D	L	1987-05-09	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	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
9	0	Coventry City	41	14	3	3	34	16	3	8	10	15	28	5	62	D	D	W	W	D	1987-05-09	Southampton	H
10	0	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
11	0	Manchester United	41	12	3	5	35	17	1	11	9	14	27	5	53	D	L	L	D	W	1987-05-09	Aston Villa	H
12	0	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	0	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	0	Chelsea	41	8	5	7	27	27	5	7	9	23	34	-11	51	L	W	L	D	D	1987-05-09	Liverpool	H
15	0	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	0	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	41	8	7	5	30	25	3	5	13	14	44	-25	45	W	L	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Leicester City	H
19	0	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	0	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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Doncaster Rovers	Twerton Park, Bath	3,003
Meacham, Mehew	Lineups		Gaynor, Deane, Redfearn (p)
Carlisle United	0	2	Chester City	Brunton Park	1,287
	Lineups		Rimmer (p), Bennett
Middlesbrough	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Ayresome Park	18,523	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Walsall	County Ground	7,911
	Lineups
Footnotes
Middlesbrough promoted

				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	45	16	5	2	38	11	11	5	6	27	19	35	91	D	W	W	W	W	1987-05-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	0	Swindon Town	45	14	5	4	37	19	11	6	5	39	27	30	86	D	D	W	W	D	1987-05-09	Bristol City	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	45	15	5	3	47	26	9	5	8	33	32	22	82	D	W	D	D	W	1987-05-09	Brentford	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	45	16	4	3	50	27	5	5	12	27	39	11	72	D	D	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Darlington	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	0	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	0	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	2	Doncaster Rovers	45	11	8	3	32	17	3	7	13	24	43	-4	57	W	W	W	D	D	1987-05-09	Middlesbrough	H
13	-1	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
14	2	Chester City	45	7	9	6	31	26	6	8	9	29	31	3	56	W	L	L	L	W	1987-05-09	Port Vale	H
15	-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
16	-1	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
17	0	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	0	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	45	7	8	8	26	29	5	4	13	22	46	-27	48	L	L	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Newport County	A
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	45	6	5	11	23	35	3	3	17	13	43	-42	35	L	L	L	L	L	1987-05-09	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	3	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	3,377
King, McDonald, Johnson	Lineups		Gilbert, Benjamin, Morley
Rochdale	2	1	Stockport County	Spotland	4,840
Parlane, Simmonds	Lineups		Hodkinson
Wrexham	2	2	Hereford United	Racecourse Ground	1,253
Charles, Preece	Lineups		Kearns, Spooner

				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	45	20	2	1	56	20	9	7	6	44	32	48	96	D	D	W	L	W	1987-05-09	Wrexham	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	0	Southend United	45	14	4	5	43	27	10	1	11	23	28	11	77	W	L	L	W	L	1987-05-08	Stockport County	A
4	0	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
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	45	13	5	4	39	20	7	5	11	24	35	8	70	D	W	W	W	L	1987-05-09	Cardiff City	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	1	Wrexham	45	8	13	1	37	21	7	7	9	32	27	21	65	D	D	W	W	D	1987-05-09	Northampton Town	H
9	-1	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
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	45	11	6	5	35	22	5	5	13	23	39	-3	59	L	W	L	L	L	1987-05-09	Hereford United	H
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	0	Hereford United	45	10	6	7	33	23	4	5	13	26	36	0	53	D	W	L	W	L	1987-05-09	Cambridge United	A
16	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Stockport County	45	9	6	7	25	25	4	6	13	15	42	-27	51	L	D	L	W	D	1987-05-08	Southend United	H
20	2	Rochdale	45	8	8	7	31	30	3	9	10	23	41	-17	50	W	W	L	W	W	1987-05-09	Scunthorpe United	A
21	-1	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
22	-1	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
23	0	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	0	Burnley	45	8	7	7	29	34	3	6	14	22	39	-22	46	L	W	L	L	D	1987-05-09	Orient	H