1987-05-08

Fourth Division	Venue	Gate	Notes
Stockport County	0	2	Southend United	Edgeley Park	2,853
	Lineups	Pennyfather, Cadette
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Exeter City	Prenton Park	6,983	Largest home gate 1986-87
Williams	Lineups
Footnotes
Southend United 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	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	46	14	4	5	43	27	11	1	11	25	28	13	80	W	W	L	L	W	End of Season
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	0	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	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
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	Cardiff City	45	6	12	5	24	18	8	4	10	22	31	-3	58	W	D	L	L	W	1987-05-09	Aldershot	A
14	0	Exeter City	46	11	10	2	37	17	0	13	10	16	32	4	56	L	L	L	D	D	End of Season
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	45	6	11	6	24	30	5	7	10	19	31	-18	51	L	D	W	D	L	1987-05-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Stockport County	46	9	6	8	25	27	4	6	13	15	42	-29	51	L	L	D	L	W	End of Season
20	0	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	2	Tranmere Rovers	46	6	10	7	32	37	5	7	11	22	35	-18	50	W	D	L	L	D	End of Season
22	-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
23	-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
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