1987-12-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	22,850
Wilson K	Lineups		Parris
Everton	3	0	Derby County	Goodison Park	26,224
Snodin, Steven (p), Heath	Lineups
Manchester United	3	1	Oxford United	Old Trafford	34,709
Strachan 2, Olsen	Lineups		Saunders
Newcastle United	1	1	Portsmouth	St James' Park	20,453
Mirandinha	Lineups		Hardyman
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Wimbledon	Hillsborough	14,289
Chapman	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Liverpool	The Dell	19,507
Clarke, Townsend	Lineups		Barnes 2
Watford	0	1	Luton Town	Vicarage Road	12,152
	Lineups		Foster

				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	Liverpool	18	8	1	0	25	3	5	4	0	18	8	32	44	D	W	W	W	D	1987-12-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Arsenal	18	7	0	2	21	6	5	2	2	12	8	19	38	W	L	L	W	W	1987-12-13	Coventry City	A
3	2	Everton	19	7	2	1	20	5	2	4	3	8	7	16	33	W	D	D	W	W	1987-12-19	Arsenal	A
4	2	Manchester United	18	5	4	0	16	8	3	4	2	15	11	12	32	W	W	L	D	D	1987-12-19	Portsmouth	A
5	-2	Queens Park Rangers	18	5	3	1	12	6	4	2	3	10	12	4	32	L	L	D	D	D	1987-12-13	Nottingham Forest	A
6	-2	Nottingham Forest	16	4	2	1	15	4	5	2	2	17	11	17	31	D	L	W	D	W	1987-12-13	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	0	Chelsea	19	6	3	0	17	9	2	0	8	11	21	-2	27	D	L	D	L	L	1987-12-20	Charlton Athletic	A
8	0	Wimbledon	19	3	5	1	14	9	3	2	5	11	14	2	25	L	D	D	W	D	1987-12-18	Norwich City	H
9	5	Luton Town	18	4	3	3	15	9	3	0	5	9	12	3	24	W	L	W	W	W	1987-12-18	Southampton	H
10	0	Southampton	19	3	3	3	13	12	3	3	4	14	16	-1	24	D	L	L	W	W	1987-12-18	Luton Town	A
11	-2	Derby County	18	3	3	3	8	6	3	3	3	8	13	-3	24	L	D	W	W	D	1987-12-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-1	West Ham United	19	3	4	3	11	12	2	4	3	10	12	-3	23	D	W	D	W	L	1987-12-19	Newcastle United	H
13	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	18	5	1	3	13	10	1	3	5	4	11	-4	22	L	L	D	D	L	1987-12-13	Charlton Athletic	H
14	1	Newcastle United	18	2	3	4	8	12	3	4	2	14	15	-5	22	D	W	W	D	D	1987-12-19	West Ham United	A
15	-2	Oxford United	19	5	1	3	17	14	1	3	6	5	17	-9	22	L	L	D	D	L	1987-12-19	Nottingham Forest	H
16	1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	4	1	5	12	15	2	2	5	8	18	-13	21	W	L	W	L	W	1987-12-19	Liverpool	A
17	-1	Coventry City	18	2	3	4	10	17	3	2	4	9	10	-8	20	D	D	D	D	L	1987-12-13	Arsenal	H
18	0	Portsmouth	19	3	4	3	11	12	1	3	5	5	22	-18	19	D	D	W	L	L	1987-12-19	Manchester United	H
19	0	Watford	19	3	2	4	7	9	1	3	6	5	15	-12	17	L	D	W	L	D	1987-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Norwich City	19	2	2	5	10	14	2	1	7	4	13	-13	15	W	L	D	L	L	1987-12-18	Wimbledon	A
21	0	Charlton Athletic	18	2	3	5	8	13	0	2	6	8	17	-14	11	D	L	D	L	W	1987-12-13	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	27,759	Largest home gate 1987-88
Kennedy	Lineups		Thompson 2
Bradford City	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Valley Parade	10,763
Leonard 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Leeds Road	5,747
Cork 2	Lineups		Cooper S
Middlesbrough	2	0	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	12,289
Hamilton, Slaven	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Manchester City	The Den, New Cross	10,477
	Lineups		Adcock
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Leicester City	Boundary Park	4,785
Wright, Palmer	Lineups
Reading	0	1	Leeds United	Elm Park	6,725
	Lineups		Sheridan (p)
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Hull City	Gay Meadow	2,588
McNally (p), Tester	Lineups		Roberts (p), Saville
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Hawthorns	7,413
	Lineups		Price

				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	Middlesbrough	23	9	2	1	23	6	5	3	3	12	8	21	47	W	D	W	W	W	1987-12-19	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Bradford City	23	9	1	2	26	11	5	3	3	12	14	13	46	W	L	L	W	W	1987-12-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	0	Aston Villa	23	3	5	3	13	12	9	2	1	22	9	14	43	W	W	W	W	L	1987-12-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	4	Manchester City	23	6	2	3	32	14	5	4	3	17	16	19	39	W	L	W	D	W	1987-12-19	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Crystal Palace	21	8	1	1	25	9	4	2	5	20	20	16	39	W	W	L	W	W	1987-12-13	Sheffield United	H
6	-1	Ipswich Town	22	10	1	0	23	4	1	5	5	8	13	14	39	W	L	W	D	W	1987-12-18	Shrewsbury Town	H
7	-1	Millwall	23	8	1	2	25	10	4	2	6	12	18	9	39	L	L	W	W	W	1987-12-19	Barnsley	A
8	-1	Hull City	23	7	5	0	19	10	3	4	4	14	14	9	39	D	D	L	W	L	1987-12-19	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	3	2	15	9	4	4	3	13	13	6	37	W	W	D	W	W	1987-12-19	Birmingham City	H
10	0	Birmingham City	23	5	5	2	14	13	4	1	6	12	21	-8	33	L	L	W	L	D	1987-12-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	0	Barnsley	22	7	1	3	25	15	2	4	5	7	13	4	32	W	L	W	D	W	1987-12-19	Millwall	H
12	1	Leeds United	23	7	2	2	18	11	1	6	5	10	20	-3	32	W	W	L	W	L	1987-12-19	Huddersfield Town	H
13	-1	Swindon Town	21	6	3	2	24	11	3	1	6	16	21	8	31	L	W	W	L	D	1987-12-20	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	3	3	24	15	2	3	7	11	23	-3	27	L	W	W	L	D	1987-12-20	Bradford City	H
15	0	Stoke City	23	5	4	2	14	9	2	2	8	6	21	-10	27	L	D	W	L	L	1987-12-19	Reading	H
16	0	Leicester City	22	5	3	4	17	11	1	2	7	12	20	-2	23	L	D	L	L	D	1987-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
17	0	Sheffield United	22	4	4	4	17	16	2	1	7	8	19	-10	23	D	W	L	L	L	1987-12-13	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	5	3	4	19	13	1	1	9	9	26	-11	22	L	L	D	L	D	1987-12-18	Aston Villa	A
19	0	AFC Bournemouth	23	3	4	5	18	18	2	2	7	10	21	-11	21	L	D	L	L	L	1987-12-19	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	22	4	3	4	12	12	1	3	7	8	20	-12	21	W	D	D	L	L	1987-12-19	Manchester City	A
21	1	Huddersfield Town	23	3	4	4	11	15	1	3	8	16	39	-27	19	W	D	L	W	W	1987-12-19	Leeds United	A
22	-1	Shrewsbury Town	23	2	4	5	12	15	1	4	7	7	20	-16	17	D	L	L	L	W	1987-12-18	Ipswich Town	A
23	0	Reading	22	2	2	6	10	13	1	4	7	10	27	-20	15	L	D	L	D	L	1987-12-19	Stoke City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	2	Mansfield Town	Griffin Park	3,729
Blissett, Carroll	Lineups		Stringfellow, Cassells
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Chester City	Goldstone Ground	6,738
Trusson	Lineups
Bristol City	3	2	York City	Ashton Gate	6,238
Galliers 2, Fitzpatrick	Lineups		Banton 2
Bury	1	1	Fulham	Gigg Lane	2,643
Greenwood	Lineups		Rosenior
Chesterfield	1	1	Blackpool	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,279
Eley	Lineups		Taylor
Grimsby Town	0	2	Wigan Athletic	Blundell Park	2,196
	Lineups		O'Riordan OG, Cook
Northampton Town	0	2	Sunderland	County Ground	7,279
	Lineups		Lemon, Gabbiadini
Port Vale	1	3	Notts County	Vale Park	3,358
Riley	Lineups		Pike, McParland 2
Preston North End	0	2	Aldershot	Deepdale	4,519
	Lineups		Burvill 2
Rotherham United	1	2	Gillingham	Millmoor	2,557
Green	Lineups		Pritchard, Eves
Walsall	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	4,234
	Lineups

				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	Sunderland	21	6	3	1	27	11	6	3	2	15	8	23	42	W	W	D	D	W	1987-12-20	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Notts County	21	6	4	1	25	12	5	3	2	15	12	16	40	W	D	W	W	D	1987-12-19	Preston North End	H
3	0	Walsall	21	5	4	2	13	9	5	4	1	17	9	12	38	D	W	L	D	W	1987-12-18	Gillingham	A
4	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	7	3	1	16	8	2	6	2	13	12	9	36	W	D	D	D	W	1987-12-19	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Fulham	20	4	2	4	16	9	6	2	2	15	8	14	34	D	L	W	D	W	1987-12-15	Bristol City	A
6	-2	Northampton Town	21	6	2	2	15	7	3	5	3	18	14	12	34	L	L	W	D	D	1987-12-19	Wigan Athletic	A
7	2	Wigan Athletic	20	3	4	2	13	12	6	2	3	18	16	3	33	W	D	L	W	W	1987-12-19	Northampton Town	H
8	-1	Brentford	21	4	5	2	12	10	5	1	4	13	16	-1	33	D	W	W	L	W	1987-12-18	York City	A
9	-1	Bury	21	5	5	1	21	12	3	3	4	11	13	7	32	D	D	W	D	W	1987-12-18	Chester City	A
10	2	Gillingham	21	5	4	2	31	9	2	5	3	14	16	20	30	W	D	L	D	L	1987-12-18	Walsall	H
11	-1	Blackpool	20	6	1	3	18	10	2	5	3	11	11	8	30	D	W	D	W	W	1987-12-19	Southend United	H
12	1	Bristol City	20	5	3	1	20	15	3	3	5	14	19	0	30	W	D	D	L	L	1987-12-15	Fulham	H
13	-2	Chester City	21	4	3	4	12	15	3	5	2	14	14	-3	29	L	D	D	D	D	1987-12-18	Bury	H
14	1	Bristol Rovers	21	7	1	3	25	15	0	5	5	10	20	0	27	D	W	L	W	L	1987-12-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-1	Port Vale	20	6	4	1	17	9	1	1	7	8	13	3	26	L	L	D	D	L	1987-12-20	Mansfield Town	A
16	2	Aldershot	19	5	1	2	19	16	3	1	7	13	22	-6	26	W	L	W	W	L	1987-12-19	Grimsby Town	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	20	4	4	3	11	8	2	2	5	12	16	-1	24	D	L	D	D	L	1987-12-20	Port Vale	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	21	3	3	4	15	13	2	5	4	11	17	-4	23	L	W	L	L	D	1987-12-20	Sunderland	A
19	0	Chesterfield	21	4	3	3	12	12	2	1	8	4	25	-21	22	D	D	D	L	L	1987-12-19	Fulham	A
20	0	Grimsby Town	21	2	1	7	12	18	3	3	5	12	15	-9	19	L	L	W	D	L	1987-12-19	Aldershot	A
21	0	Preston North End	21	1	4	6	8	15	3	3	4	7	14	-14	19	L	W	L	D	W	1987-12-19	Notts County	A
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	4	1	6	10	16	1	2	7	7	23	-22	18	L	D	L	W	D	1987-12-19	Bristol City	H
23	0	Southend United	21	2	4	4	14	15	2	1	8	15	36	-22	17	W	W	L	L	L	1987-12-19	Blackpool	A
24	0	York City	21	1	4	5	12	21	0	2	9	10	25	-24	9	L	L	L	D	D	1987-12-18	Brentford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	0	Hereford United	Turf Moor	4,217
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Cardiff City	Gresty Road	2,010
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	1,831
O'Connell (p)	Lineups		Johnson S
Hartlepool United	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Victoria Park	2,631
	Lineups
Leyton Orient	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Brisbane Road	3,684
Castle 2,Shinners	Lineups		McKenna
Scarborough	1	1	Peterborough United	Seamer Road	2,525
Lowe S	Lineups		Luke
Swansea City	3	1	Carlisle United	Vetch Field	3,876
Melville, Allon 2	Lineups		Robinson
Torquay United	1	2	Halifax Town	Plainmoor	2,422
Loram	Lineups		Matthews N, Holden
Wrexham	2	3	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	1,409
Bowden, Cunnington	Lineups		Gavin, Bramhall, Simmonds

				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	Leyton Orient	21	8	0	2	34	13	3	6	2	16	15	22	39	W	W	W	L	W	1987-12-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	6	1	3	20	9	5	4	2	15	11	15	38	D	L	W	W	W	1987-12-19	Leyton Orient	H
3	-1	Colchester United	21	5	1	4	13	10	6	3	2	17	10	10	37	W	D	L	W	W	1987-12-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Cardiff City	21	7	3	1	19	11	3	3	4	9	12	5	36	D	D	W	W	D	1987-12-19	Burnley	H
5	0	Torquay United	21	6	1	4	19	10	4	3	3	13	12	10	34	L	D	W	L	W	1987-12-18	Scunthorpe United	A
6	0	Scarborough	21	6	5	0	21	8	3	2	5	9	14	8	34	D	D	D	W	D	1987-12-19	Stockport County	A
7	1	Scunthorpe United	21	6	3	2	17	9	2	5	3	17	19	6	32	D	L	D	L	W	1987-12-18	Torquay United	H
8	-1	Bolton Wanderers	20	7	3	1	18	6	2	2	5	9	15	6	32	L	D	L	W	W	1987-12-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	4	Swansea City	21	6	1	4	20	15	4	1	5	12	14	3	32	W	W	W	W	L	1987-12-19	Darlington	A
10	-1	Cambridge United	21	4	2	4	16	10	5	2	4	11	12	5	31	W	D	L	W	L	1987-12-18	Carlisle United	A
11	-1	Hartlepool United	21	5	4	2	16	13	3	3	4	11	11	3	31	D	D	L	W	L	1987-12-19	Hereford United	A
12	-1	Burnley	21	5	4	2	11	11	4	0	6	10	19	-9	31	D	L	W	L	L	1987-12-19	Cardiff City	A
13	1	Crewe Alexandra	21	4	6	0	16	8	2	5	4	14	18	4	29	D	W	D	D	L	1987-12-18	Peterborough United	A
14	-2	Darlington	20	4	3	3	13	12	4	2	4	21	19	3	29	W	L	L	W	L	1987-12-19	Swansea City	H
15	0	Peterborough United	20	6	2	3	18	10	2	3	4	6	12	2	29	D	W	L	L	L	1987-12-18	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	1	Halifax Town	21	6	2	3	19	13	2	3	5	9	15	0	28	W	L	D	L	W	1987-12-18	Exeter City	H
17	-1	Exeter City	20	4	4	2	16	9	3	1	6	14	19	2	26	D	L	W	L	D	1987-12-18	Halifax Town	A
18	0	Wrexham	21	5	2	3	18	11	2	1	8	7	19	-5	24	L	W	W	L	L	1987-12-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	0	Hereford United	21	2	4	5	8	15	4	2	4	7	9	-9	24	D	L	L	D	W	1987-12-19	Hartlepool United	H
20	0	Stockport County	21	3	1	7	9	14	3	2	5	9	14	-10	21	L	D	L	W	W	1987-12-19	Scarborough	H
21	0	Carlisle United	21	5	2	3	24	17	1	1	9	10	31	-14	21	L	D	L	W	L	1987-12-18	Cambridge United	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	4	0	5	14	8	2	2	7	8	19	-5	18	L	W	W	W	L	1987-12-15	Bolton Wanderers	H
23	0	Rochdale	21	1	4	5	13	20	3	2	6	9	28	-26	18	W	D	W	L	L	1987-12-19	Newport County	H
24	0	Newport County	20	2	1	5	8	9	1	1	10	8	33	-26	11	L	L	L	L	L	1987-12-19	Rochdale	A