1987-10-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	0	3	Arsenal	Selhurst Park	15,326
	Lineups		Thomas, Adams, Groves
Chelsea	2	2	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	22,071
Dixon, McCrary OG	Lineups		Goddard, Wharton
Coventry City	1	0	Watford	Highfield Road	16,111
Houchen	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Portsmouth	Anfield Road	44,357
Beardsley, McMahon, Aldridge (p), Whelan	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Manchester United	Kenilworth Road	9,137
Harford	Lineups		McClair
Oxford United	3	0	Norwich City	Manor Ground	6,847
Foyle, Hill, Slatter	Lineups
Southampton	0	4	Everton	The Dell	15,719
	Lineups		Sharp 4
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	24,311
Allen P, Claesen	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Derby County	Upton Park	17,226
Brady	Lineups		Gee
Wimbledon	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Plough Lane	8,552
Fashanu	Lineups		Bannister, Fenwick (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	Queens Park Rangers	10	4	1	0	9	2	4	0	1	7	3	11	25	W	W	L	W	W	1987-10-17	Liverpool	A
2	0	Liverpool	8	4	0	0	13	2	3	1	0	11	4	18	22	W	W	W	W	W	1987-10-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	5	0	0	11	2	1	2	2	3	4	8	20	W	L	W	W	D	1987-10-10	Norwich City	A
4	-1	Chelsea	10	4	1	0	12	6	2	0	3	8	7	7	19	D	W	W	L	W	1987-10-10	Everton	A
5	2	Arsenal	9	3	0	1	11	2	2	2	1	5	3	11	17	W	W	W	W	D	1987-10-10	Oxford United	H
6	0	Manchester United	10	3	2	0	8	3	1	3	1	7	6	6	17	D	W	L	D	D	1987-10-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
7	-3	Nottingham Forest	9	1	2	1	4	4	4	0	1	11	5	6	17	W	W	L	L	D	1987-10-10	Derby County	A
8	0	Coventry City	9	2	1	2	4	8	3	0	1	7	4	-1	16	W	W	L	D	W	1987-10-17	Chelsea	A
9	0	Everton	10	3	1	1	8	3	1	2	2	6	4	7	15	W	L	W	L	D	1987-10-10	Chelsea	H
10	1	Oxford United	9	3	0	1	11	7	1	2	2	3	7	0	14	W	W	W	L	L	1987-10-10	Arsenal	A
11	-1	Wimbledon	10	1	3	1	8	6	2	0	3	4	7	-1	12	L	L	L	D	W	1987-10-17	Luton Town	A
12	1	Derby County	9	1	2	2	3	4	1	2	1	4	7	-4	10	D	L	L	D	W	1987-10-10	Nottingham Forest	H
13	-1	Portsmouth	10	2	2	1	7	8	0	2	3	2	14	-13	10	L	W	D	D	D	1987-10-10	Luton Town	H
14	0	Luton Town	10	1	3	1	6	6	1	0	4	5	9	-4	9	D	L	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Portsmouth	A
15	0	Newcastle United	9	1	0	3	4	8	1	3	1	7	8	-5	9	D	W	L	D	L	1987-10-17	Everton	H
16	0	Watford	9	1	2	2	2	5	1	0	3	3	6	-6	8	L	L	D	W	L	1987-10-17	Southampton	A
17	2	West Ham United	9	1	2	2	4	6	0	2	2	4	6	-4	7	D	L	L	D	D	1987-10-10	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Southampton	9	0	2	2	3	8	1	2	2	8	9	-6	7	L	L	L	D	D	1987-10-17	Watford	H
19	-1	Norwich City	10	1	1	3	5	7	1	0	4	1	7	-8	7	L	L	L	L	W	1987-10-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	10	1	1	3	5	8	0	2	3	4	11	-10	6	L	W	D	L	D	1987-10-10	Manchester United	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	9	1	0	4	3	9	0	1	3	4	10	-12	4	L	L	W	L	D	1987-10-10	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's	6,282
Whitton 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Leeds United	Ewood Park	7,675
Garner	Lineups		Taylor
Bradford City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Valley Parade	14,114
Leonard, Palin	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Barnsley	Portman Road	10,993
Lowe	Lineups
Manchester City	4	2	Leicester City	Maine Road	16,481
Stewart 2, Varadi 2	Lineups		Newell, Rantanen
Millwall	2	2	Swindon Town	The Den, New Cross	7,018
Lawrence, Sheringham	Lineups		Foley, Quinn (p)
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Aston Villa	Home Park	10,515
Smith	Lineups		Walters 2, Lillis
Reading	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Elm Park	5,763
Gilkes	Lineups		Gray, Williamson
Sheffield United	2	1	Hull City	Bramall Lane	10,446
Philliskirk, Mendonca	Lineups		Bunn
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	3,999
Linighan, Steele	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Victoria Ground	8,104
Ford	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	Bradford City	11	5	1	0	12	3	3	1	1	8	6	11	26	W	W	D	W	W	1987-10-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Hull City	11	4	2	0	11	6	1	3	1	6	5	6	20	L	W	W	D	W	1987-10-10	Ipswich Town	H
3	4	Ipswich Town	11	4	1	0	8	3	1	3	2	4	5	4	19	W	D	W	W	L	1987-10-10	Hull City	A
4	-1	Crystal Palace	11	3	1	1	12	7	2	2	2	13	9	9	18	L	L	W	D	W	1987-10-10	Millwall	H
5	0	Swindon Town	11	2	2	1	7	3	3	1	2	10	10	4	18	D	D	W	L	W	1987-10-10	Oldham Athletic	H
6	0	Millwall	11	4	1	0	12	5	1	2	3	4	10	1	18	D	D	W	W	L	1987-10-10	Crystal Palace	A
7	1	Birmingham City	11	3	2	1	6	7	2	1	2	7	7	-1	18	W	L	D	D	W	1987-10-10	Reading	H
8	1	Aston Villa	12	0	4	2	3	6	4	1	1	10	4	3	17	W	D	D	W	W	1987-10-10	Leeds United	A
9	-5	Middlesbrough	11	3	2	1	9	4	2	0	3	4	6	3	17	L	D	W	W	W	1987-10-10	Huddersfield Town	A
10	4	Stoke City	12	3	2	1	7	5	1	2	3	1	7	-4	16	W	D	D	L	W	1987-10-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	4	Manchester City	10	4	0	1	14	5	0	3	2	3	7	5	15	W	L	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Sheffield United	H
12	-1	Leeds United	12	3	2	1	4	2	0	4	2	2	5	-1	15	D	D	W	L	D	1987-10-10	Aston Villa	H
13	-3	Barnsley	11	2	1	2	6	6	2	1	3	4	6	-2	14	L	L	L	L	D	1987-10-10	Leicester City	A
14	5	West Bromwich Albion	12	3	1	2	9	6	1	1	4	7	14	-4	14	W	W	L	W	L	1987-10-10	Bradford City	H
15	-3	Leicester City	11	3	1	2	10	5	1	0	4	7	11	1	13	L	D	W	W	W	1987-10-10	Barnsley	H
16	4	Shrewsbury Town	11	1	3	1	4	3	1	4	1	4	4	1	13	W	D	D	D	D	1987-10-17	Millwall	A
17	-4	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	3	1	12	8	1	1	4	6	13	-3	13	L	D	D	L	L	1987-10-10	Stoke City	A
18	-2	Blackburn Rovers	12	2	2	2	7	7	1	2	3	7	10	-3	13	D	D	L	L	L	1987-10-10	AFC Bournemouth	A
19	2	Sheffield United	11	2	2	2	7	6	1	1	3	5	8	-2	12	W	W	D	L	D	1987-10-10	Manchester City	A
20	-3	Oldham Athletic	11	3	2	1	8	7	0	1	4	1	9	-7	12	D	W	L	L	W	1987-10-10	Swindon Town	A
21	-3	AFC Bournemouth	11	2	1	2	10	7	1	1	4	3	10	-4	11	L	D	L	L	L	1987-10-10	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Reading	10	1	0	4	6	7	1	2	2	1	7	-7	8	L	D	L	L	L	1987-10-10	Birmingham City	A
23	0	Huddersfield Town	10	0	3	2	3	5	0	2	3	6	14	-10	5	L	L	D	L	D	1987-10-10	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	1	Fulham	Bloomfield Road	4,973
Madden 2 (1p)	Lineups		Wilson
Brentford	1	0	Port Vale	Griffin Park	4,007
Sinton	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Bury	Goldstone Ground	6,509
Curbishley (p), Nelson	Lineups		Robinson
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Mansfield Town	Twerton Park, Bath	2,980
Penrice, Meacham	Lineups		Charles
Chester City	1	2	Notts County	Sealand Road	3,365
Rimmer (p)	Lineups		Mills, Pike
Chesterfield	3	2	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,993
Waller 3	Lineups		Grealish, Evans
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Gillingham	Belle Vue	1,747
Gaynor, Miller, Stubbs, Kinsella	Lineups		Lovell, Eves
Grimsby Town	1	3	Southend United	Blundell Park	2,544
O'Riordan	Lineups		Nogan, McDonough, Ling
Northampton Town	3	0	Bristol City	County Ground	6,234
Chard 2, Bunce	Lineups
Sunderland	3	1	Aldershot	Roker Park	12,542
MacPhail, Gabbiadini 2	Lineups		Barnes B
Walsall	1	0	Preston North End	Fellows Park	5,467
Christie	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	1	1	York City	Springfield Park	2,878
Butler	Lineups		Banton (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Northampton Town	11	3	1	1	7	3	3	2	1	10	2	12	21	W	D	W	W	D	1987-10-11	Rotherham United	A
2	2	Walsall	11	2	2	2	6	6	4	1	0	10	4	6	21	W	D	W	L	D	1987-10-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	6	Notts County	11	2	3	1	13	9	3	1	1	8	6	6	19	W	D	L	L	W	1987-10-11	Mansfield Town	H
4	6	Sunderland	11	2	2	1	9	6	3	2	1	8	5	6	19	W	W	L	L	D	1987-10-10	Wigan Athletic	H
5	-4	Bristol City	11	3	2	0	12	8	2	2	2	5	7	2	19	L	W	D	W	D	1987-10-10	Southend United	H
6	6	Brentford	11	3	1	2	6	5	3	0	2	8	9	0	19	W	W	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Bury	A
7	-5	Chester City	11	3	0	3	8	10	3	1	1	8	7	-1	19	L	W	W	W	L	1987-10-17	Bristol Rovers	A
8	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	4	1	1	10	6	1	2	2	6	6	4	18	W	L	L	W	D	1987-10-10	Walsall	A
9	-2	Wigan Athletic	10	1	2	1	4	5	4	1	1	13	10	2	18	D	L	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Sunderland	A
10	-5	Port Vale	10	4	2	0	13	5	1	0	3	3	4	7	17	L	W	L	D	W	1987-10-10	Preston North End	A
11	-5	Fulham	11	2	1	2	7	5	3	1	2	7	6	3	17	L	L	W	D	W	1987-10-10	York City	H
12	-4	Gillingham	11	3	2	1	21	3	1	2	2	8	10	16	16	L	L	D	W	D	1987-10-10	Bristol Rovers	H
13	1	Blackpool	11	3	0	2	8	5	2	1	3	9	9	3	16	W	W	W	L	L	1987-10-17	Sunderland	H
14	-3	Bury	11	2	3	1	9	8	2	1	2	5	4	2	16	L	D	W	W	L	1987-10-10	Brentford	H
15	0	Chesterfield	11	3	1	1	7	5	2	0	4	3	15	-10	16	W	L	W	L	L	1987-10-10	Grimsby Town	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	11	4	0	2	12	9	0	3	2	7	10	0	15	W	D	L	L	W	1987-10-10	Gillingham	A
17	3	Doncaster Rovers	11	4	0	2	8	7	0	1	4	3	11	-7	13	W	L	D	W	W	1987-10-17	Notts County	H
18	-1	Mansfield Town	10	3	0	3	5	4	1	0	3	6	10	-3	12	L	W	L	W	L	1987-10-11	Notts County	A
19	-1	Rotherham United	11	2	1	2	7	5	0	4	2	5	8	-1	11	L	D	W	D	D	1987-10-11	Northampton Town	H
20	-1	Grimsby Town	11	1	0	4	5	9	2	2	2	5	3	-2	11	L	D	L	L	W	1987-10-10	Chesterfield	A
21	0	Aldershot	10	3	0	1	10	8	0	0	6	6	17	-9	9	L	W	W	L	L	1987-10-17	York City	A
22	1	Southend United	11	1	2	2	8	9	1	1	4	9	22	-14	9	W	D	W	L	L	1987-10-10	Bristol City	A
23	-1	Preston North End	11	0	2	4	2	7	1	1	3	4	9	-10	6	L	L	L	D	D	1987-10-10	Port Vale	H
24	0	York City	11	0	2	3	7	13	0	1	5	4	10	-12	3	D	L	D	L	L	1987-10-10	Fulham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	3,833
Thomas (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Hartlepool United	Gresty Road	2,128
Platt (p)	Lineups		Baker (p)
Darlington	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	1,612
	Lineups
Exeter City	0	1	Torquay United	St James Park	6,281	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		McNichol
Halifax Town	2	1	Hereford United	The Shay	1,414
Matthews N, Holden	Lineups		Rodgerson
Newport County	1	2	Colchester United	Somerton Park	1,200
Thompson	Lineups		Wilkins, Chatterton (p)
Peterborough United	1	1	Scunthorpe United	London Road	3,616
Gooding	Lineups		Dixon
Rochdale	1	2	Carlisle United	Spotland	1,940
Smart	Lineups		Poskett 2
Scarborough	1	0	Burnley	Seamer Road	4,782
Hamill	Lineups
Swansea City	1	1	Cambridge United	Vetch Field	3,378
Raynor	Lineups		Butler
Wrexham	2	2	Leyton Orient	Racecourse Ground	2,123
Preece, Steel	Lineups		Nugent, Comfort

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Scarborough	11	5	1	0	14	3	2	0	3	6	10	7	22	W	W	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Exeter City	H
2	-1	Cardiff City	11	4	2	0	12	6	2	1	2	2	4	4	21	W	D	W	W	W	1987-10-10	Hereford United	H
3	-1	Leyton Orient	11	4	0	1	15	6	1	5	0	11	10	10	20	D	W	W	D	W	1987-10-09	Colchester United	A
4	1	Torquay United	11	3	1	2	14	5	3	1	1	6	5	10	20	W	L	W	W	W	1987-10-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	-1	Exeter City	11	2	3	1	9	4	3	0	2	9	7	7	18	L	L	W	D	D	1987-10-10	Scarborough	A
6	0	Hartlepool United	11	3	2	1	12	10	2	1	2	8	7	3	18	D	W	W	W	W	1987-10-10	Burnley	A
7	3	Halifax Town	11	4	1	1	13	8	1	2	2	4	6	3	18	W	D	L	W	W	1987-10-10	Scunthorpe United	A
8	-1	Scunthorpe United	11	3	3	0	10	4	1	2	2	10	12	4	17	D	D	W	W	D	1987-10-10	Halifax Town	H
9	2	Bolton Wanderers	10	4	1	1	8	3	1	1	2	5	7	3	17	W	L	L	D	W	1987-10-10	Darlington	A
10	-2	Burnley	11	3	1	2	6	8	2	0	3	4	7	-5	16	L	D	L	L	W	1987-10-10	Hartlepool United	H
11	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	2	1	2	9	6	2	2	2	9	8	4	15	L	W	L	W	D	1987-10-10	Carlisle United	A
12	0	Cambridge United	11	2	2	1	9	6	2	1	3	5	7	1	15	D	L	W	W	L	1987-10-10	Newport County	H
13	0	Wrexham	11	3	2	0	11	6	1	1	4	3	11	-3	15	D	W	W	L	L	1987-10-10	Swansea City	A
14	0	Peterborough United	11	3	2	1	6	4	1	1	3	3	9	-4	15	D	W	L	W	D	1987-10-10	Stockport County	A
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	11	1	4	0	6	4	1	4	1	10	11	1	14	D	D	W	D	D	1987-10-10	Torquay United	A
16	2	Carlisle United	11	3	1	1	14	8	1	1	4	8	14	0	14	W	D	W	L	D	1987-10-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	2	Colchester United	11	2	0	3	7	8	2	2	2	8	7	0	14	W	W	L	L	L	1987-10-09	Leyton Orient	H
18	-1	Darlington	11	1	2	2	5	8	2	2	2	13	12	-2	13	D	D	L	L	L	1987-10-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-3	Stockport County	11	1	0	5	5	9	3	1	1	6	4	-2	13	L	D	L	L	L	1987-10-10	Peterborough United	H
20	0	Hereford United	11	2	1	3	3	6	1	1	3	3	8	-8	11	L	L	D	W	W	1987-10-10	Cardiff City	A
21	1	Swansea City	11	2	1	2	8	8	1	0	5	4	9	-5	10	D	L	L	L	L	1987-10-10	Wrexham	H
22	-1	Rochdale	11	1	2	2	6	7	1	2	3	3	10	-8	10	L	L	W	D	L	1987-10-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	10	1	0	3	2	4	1	2	3	3	8	-7	8	D	L	L	D	L	1987-10-09	Rochdale	H
24	0	Newport County	11	1	1	3	5	6	0	1	5	4	16	-13	5	L	L	D	L	L	1987-10-10	Cambridge United	A