1987-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	2	Nottingham Forest	Highbury	31,211
	Lineups		Wilson, Pearce (p)
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	6,686
Jones, Shirtliff	Lineups		Quinn
Chelsea	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Stamford Bridge	18,020
McLaughlin	Lineups		Kerslake
Derby County	1	2	Norwich City	Baseball Ground	15,452
Wright	Lineups		Fleck, Gordon
Everton	2	0	Luton Town	Goodison Park	32,128
Heath 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Manchester United	St James' Park	26,461	Largest home gate 1987-88
Roeder	Lineups
Oxford United	0	3	Liverpool	Manor Ground	13,680	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Aldridge, Barnes, McMahon
Southampton	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	18,456
Moore, Clarke	Lineups		Fairclough
Watford	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Vicarage Road	12,026
Sterland OG	Lineups		Pearson, West, Chapman
West Ham United	1	2	Wimbledon	Upton Park	18,605
Stewart	Lineups		Sanchez, Fashanu

				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	20	9	1	0	26	3	6	4	0	21	8	36	50	W	W	D	W	W	1987-12-28	Newcastle United	H
2	1	Nottingham Forest	19	5	2	1	19	4	7	2	2	21	11	25	40	W	W	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Coventry City	H
3	-1	Arsenal	21	7	1	3	22	9	5	3	2	12	8	17	40	L	D	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Wimbledon	A
4	1	Everton	21	8	2	1	22	5	2	5	3	9	8	18	37	W	D	W	D	D	1987-12-28	Manchester United	A
5	-1	Manchester United	20	5	4	0	16	8	4	4	3	17	13	12	35	L	W	W	W	L	1987-12-28	Everton	H
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	3	2	13	8	4	3	4	11	17	-1	33	D	L	L	L	L	1987-12-28	Oxford United	H
7	0	Wimbledon	21	4	5	1	15	9	4	2	5	13	15	4	31	W	W	L	D	D	1987-12-28	Arsenal	H
8	0	Chelsea	21	6	4	0	18	10	2	1	8	13	23	-2	29	D	D	D	L	D	1987-12-28	Norwich City	A
9	2	Southampton	21	4	3	3	15	13	3	4	4	16	18	0	28	W	D	D	L	L	1988-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-1	West Ham United	21	4	4	4	14	15	2	4	3	10	12	-3	26	L	W	D	W	D	1987-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	-1	Luton Town	20	4	4	3	17	11	3	0	6	9	14	1	25	L	D	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
12	3	Newcastle United	20	3	3	4	9	12	3	4	3	15	17	-5	25	W	L	D	W	W	1987-12-28	Liverpool	A
13	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	1	4	13	11	2	3	6	7	14	-5	25	L	W	L	L	L	1987-12-28	West Ham United	H
14	-1	Derby County	20	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	3	8	13	-5	24	L	L	L	D	W	1987-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	-1	Coventry City	20	2	4	4	10	17	4	2	4	11	11	-7	24	W	D	D	D	D	1987-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
16	1	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	1	5	12	15	3	2	6	11	20	-12	24	W	L	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Derby County	H
17	-1	Oxford United	21	5	1	5	17	19	1	3	6	5	17	-14	22	L	L	L	L	D	1987-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	0	Portsmouth	21	3	4	4	12	14	1	3	6	6	24	-20	19	L	L	D	D	W	1987-12-28	Watford	H
19	1	Charlton Athletic	21	3	4	5	12	16	1	2	6	9	17	-12	18	W	D	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Luton Town	A
20	1	Norwich City	21	2	2	5	10	14	3	1	8	6	15	-13	18	W	L	W	L	D	1987-12-28	Chelsea	H
21	-2	Watford	20	3	2	5	8	12	1	3	6	5	15	-14	17	L	L	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Oakwell	8,676
Thomas	Lineups		Bunn
Birmingham City	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	St Andrew's	9,166
	Lineups		Tynan (p)
Bradford City	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Valley Parade	12,474
Ellis	Lineups		Green
Huddersfield Town	0	3	Stoke City	Leeds Road	9,510
	Lineups		Morgan, Parkin, Shaw
Ipswich Town	2	3	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	17,200	Largest home gate 1987-88
Lowe 2	Lineups		Redfearn (p), Wright 2
Leicester City	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Filbert Street	11,452
	Lineups		Cooke
Manchester City	1	2	Leeds United	Maine Road	30,153	Largest home gate 1987-88
White	Lineups		Redmond OG, Batty
Middlesbrough	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ayresome Park	23,406
Slaven	Lineups		Garner
Reading	0	1	Swindon Town	Elm Park	9,159
	Lineups		Quinn
Sheffield United	1	1	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane	15,809	Largest home gate 1987-88
Dempsey	Lineups		Thompson
West Bromwich Albion	1	4	Millwall	The Hawthorns	9,291
Morley (p)	Lineups		Sheringham 3, Birley

				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	25	9	3	1	24	7	5	4	3	12	8	21	49	D	D	W	D	W	1987-12-28	Leeds United	A
2	0	Bradford City	25	9	2	2	27	12	5	3	4	13	16	12	47	D	L	W	L	L	1987-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	1	Crystal Palace	24	9	1	1	27	10	5	2	6	24	24	17	45	W	L	W	W	W	1987-12-28	Reading	H
4	-1	Aston Villa	25	3	6	3	13	12	9	3	1	23	10	14	45	D	D	W	W	W	1987-12-28	Huddersfield Town	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	24	11	1	1	27	7	1	5	5	8	13	15	42	L	W	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Swindon Town	A
6	0	Hull City	24	8	5	0	21	11	3	4	4	14	14	10	42	W	D	D	L	W	1987-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
7	2	Millwall	25	8	1	2	25	10	5	2	7	17	23	9	42	W	L	L	L	W	1987-12-28	Sheffield United	H
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	3	2	17	9	4	5	3	14	14	8	41	D	W	W	W	D	1987-12-28	Bradford City	H
9	-1	Manchester City	25	6	2	5	34	18	5	4	3	17	16	17	39	L	L	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Stoke City	A
10	1	Leeds United	25	8	2	2	21	11	2	6	5	12	21	1	38	W	W	W	W	L	1987-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
11	-1	Barnsley	24	8	2	3	30	17	2	4	5	7	13	7	36	D	W	W	L	W	1988-01-01	Crystal Palace	A
12	1	Swindon Town	23	6	3	2	24	11	4	1	7	17	22	8	34	W	L	L	W	W	1987-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
13	1	Plymouth Argyle	25	6	3	3	26	16	3	3	7	12	23	-1	33	W	W	L	W	W	1987-12-28	Leicester City	H
14	1	Stoke City	25	6	4	2	18	11	3	2	8	9	21	-5	33	W	W	L	D	W	1987-12-28	Manchester City	H
15	-3	Birmingham City	25	5	5	3	14	14	4	1	7	12	23	-11	33	L	L	L	L	W	1987-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	0	Sheffield United	25	5	5	4	19	17	2	1	8	9	21	-10	27	D	W	L	D	W	1987-12-28	Millwall	A
17	3	AFC Bournemouth	25	3	5	5	18	18	3	2	7	11	21	-10	25	W	D	L	D	L	1987-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	24	4	3	4	12	12	2	4	7	11	22	-11	25	D	W	W	D	D	1987-12-28	Hull City	H
19	-1	Leicester City	23	5	3	5	17	12	1	2	7	12	20	-3	23	L	L	D	L	L	1987-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	5	3	5	20	17	1	2	9	9	26	-14	23	L	D	L	L	D	1987-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	25	3	4	5	11	18	1	3	9	16	42	-33	19	L	L	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	25	2	4	5	12	15	1	5	8	8	23	-18	18	D	L	D	L	L	1987-12-28	Birmingham City	H
23	0	Reading	24	2	2	7	10	14	1	4	8	12	31	-23	15	L	L	L	D	L	1987-12-28	Crystal Palace	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	0	Aldershot	Griffin Park	5,578
Millen, Sinton, Birch	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Southend United	Goldstone Ground	11,147
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Fulham	Twerton Park, Bath	4,718
Holloway, Penrice, White	Lineups		Rosenior
Bury	0	2	Wigan Athletic	Gigg Lane	4,555
	Lineups		Holden, McEwan
Chester City	1	2	Sunderland	Sealand Road	6,663	Largest home gate 1987-88
Abel	Lineups		MacPhail, Lemon
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	York City	Belle Vue	2,409
Deane, Raven	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Bristol City	Priestfield Stadium	6,261
Smith D	Lineups		Newman (p)
Mansfield Town	0	1	Rotherham United	Field Mill	4,763
	Lineups		Williams (p)
Notts County	2	0	Chesterfield	Meadow Lane	8,677
Lund, Mills	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Northampton Town	Vale Park	4,446
Hamson (p)	Lineups		Singleton
Preston North End	2	1	Blackpool	Deepdale	11,155	Largest home gate 1987-88
Swann, Brazil	Lineups		Madden
Walsall	3	2	Grimsby Town	Fellows Park	6,272
Kelly 2, Cross	Lineups		McGarvey, North

				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	23	7	3	1	30	11	7	3	2	17	9	27	48	W	W	W	W	D	1987-12-28	Preston North End	H
2	0	Notts County	23	8	4	1	31	14	5	3	2	15	12	20	46	W	W	W	D	W	1987-12-28	Blackpool	A
3	0	Walsall	23	6	4	2	16	11	6	4	1	18	9	14	44	W	W	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Chesterfield	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	7	4	1	16	8	3	6	2	15	13	10	40	D	W	W	D	D	1987-12-28	Bristol City	A
5	0	Bristol City	23	6	3	1	24	15	4	4	5	17	21	5	37	D	W	W	W	D	1987-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	2	Wigan Athletic	22	3	5	2	15	14	7	2	3	20	16	5	37	W	D	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Chester City	H
7	2	Brentford	23	5	5	2	15	10	5	2	4	14	17	2	37	W	D	D	W	W	1987-12-28	Fulham	A
8	-2	Northampton Town	23	6	2	2	15	7	3	7	3	21	17	12	36	D	D	L	L	W	1987-12-28	Bury	H
9	-2	Fulham	23	4	2	5	17	12	6	2	4	16	15	6	34	L	L	L	D	L	1987-12-28	Brentford	H
10	0	Bury	23	5	5	2	21	14	3	4	4	15	17	5	33	L	D	D	D	W	1987-12-28	Northampton Town	A
11	1	Gillingham	23	5	5	3	32	11	2	5	3	14	16	19	31	D	L	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Aldershot	A
12	-1	Blackpool	22	6	2	3	19	11	2	5	4	12	13	7	31	L	D	D	W	D	1987-12-28	Notts County	H
13	3	Bristol Rovers	23	8	1	4	29	18	0	5	5	10	20	1	30	W	L	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Southend United	A
14	-1	Chester City	23	4	4	5	17	21	3	5	2	14	14	-4	30	L	D	L	D	D	1987-12-28	Wigan Athletic	A
15	-1	Aldershot	21	6	1	2	22	18	3	1	8	13	25	-8	29	L	W	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Gillingham	H
16	-1	Mansfield Town	22	5	4	4	15	9	2	2	5	12	16	2	27	L	W	D	L	D	1987-12-28	York City	A
17	0	Port Vale	22	6	5	1	18	10	1	1	8	8	17	-1	27	D	L	L	L	D	1987-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
18	1	Rotherham United	23	3	3	4	15	13	3	5	5	12	20	-6	26	W	L	L	W	L	1987-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	-1	Chesterfield	23	4	3	3	12	12	3	1	9	7	28	-21	25	L	W	D	D	D	1987-12-28	Walsall	H
20	1	Preston North End	23	2	4	6	10	16	3	3	5	9	18	-15	22	W	L	L	W	L	1987-12-28	Sunderland	A
21	2	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	1	7	13	18	1	2	7	7	23	-21	21	W	L	L	D	L	1987-12-28	Rotherham United	A
22	-2	Grimsby Town	23	2	1	7	12	18	3	3	7	16	21	-11	19	L	L	L	L	W	1987-12-28	Port Vale	H
23	-1	Southend United	23	2	4	4	14	15	2	3	8	16	37	-22	19	D	D	W	W	L	1987-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
24	0	York City	23	1	5	5	13	22	0	2	10	10	27	-26	10	L	D	L	L	L	1987-12-28	Mansfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	4	0	Rochdale	Turf Moor	7,013
Britton, Farrell, Oghani, Comstive	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Ninian Park	5,233
Gilligan 2, Wimbleton	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Swansea City	Gresty Road	2,976
Platt 2 (1p)	Lineups		Melville, Pascoe
Exeter City	0	2	Colchester United	St James Park	2,675
	Lineups		Wilkins, Tempest
Halifax Town	1	1	Cambridge United	The Shay	1,667
Black	Lineups		Horwood
Hartlepool United	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Victoria Park	4,304	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups
Hereford United	4	2	Newport County	Edgar Street	3,203
Dalziel, Stevens 2, Hodson OG	Lineups		Williams, Downes
Peterborough United	1	2	Leyton Orient	London Road	4,493
Gooding	Lineups		Castle, Hales (p)
Scarborough	3	1	Carlisle United	Seamer Road	3,261
Moss, Mell, McHale	Lineups		Poskett
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Darlington	Old Showground	3,140
Flounders	Lineups
Stockport County	1	1	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	2,504
Colville	Lineups		Russell

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Colchester United	23	5	1	4	13	10	8	3	2	21	10	14	43	W	W	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Cardiff City	H
2	1	Leyton Orient	23	8	0	2	34	13	4	6	3	18	18	21	42	W	L	W	W	W	1987-12-28	Scunthorpe United	H
3	1	Cardiff City	23	9	3	1	24	12	3	3	4	9	12	9	42	W	W	D	D	W	1987-12-28	Colchester United	A
4	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	1	3	22	9	5	4	2	15	11	17	41	W	D	L	W	W	1987-12-28	Exeter City	H
5	1	Scarborough	23	7	5	0	24	9	3	3	5	10	15	10	38	W	D	D	D	D	1987-12-28	Cambridge United	A
6	-1	Torquay United	22	6	1	4	19	10	5	3	3	16	14	11	37	W	L	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Swansea City	A
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	3	1	20	6	2	3	6	9	17	6	36	D	W	L	L	D	1987-12-28	Stockport County	H
8	2	Scunthorpe United	23	7	3	3	20	12	2	5	3	17	19	6	35	W	L	D	L	D	1987-12-28	Leyton Orient	A
9	6	Burnley	23	6	4	2	15	11	4	0	7	11	21	-6	34	W	L	D	L	W	1987-12-28	Darlington	A
10	-2	Crewe Alexandra	23	4	7	0	18	10	3	5	4	18	18	8	33	D	W	D	W	D	1987-12-28	Newport County	A
11	0	Swansea City	23	6	1	4	20	15	4	2	6	14	18	1	33	D	L	W	W	W	1987-12-28	Torquay United	H
12	-3	Darlington	22	5	3	3	15	12	4	2	5	21	20	4	32	L	W	W	L	L	1987-12-28	Burnley	H
13	-1	Cambridge United	23	4	2	4	16	10	5	3	5	13	15	4	32	D	L	W	D	L	1987-12-28	Scarborough	H
14	-1	Halifax Town	23	7	3	3	22	14	2	3	5	9	15	2	32	D	W	W	L	D	1988-01-01	Rochdale	A
15	-1	Hartlepool United	23	5	5	2	16	13	3	3	5	13	15	1	32	D	L	D	D	L	1987-12-28	Rochdale	A
16	1	Hereford United	23	4	4	5	16	19	4	2	4	7	9	-5	30	W	W	D	L	L	1987-12-28	Wrexham	A
17	-1	Peterborough United	22	6	2	5	19	16	2	3	4	6	12	-3	29	L	L	D	W	L	1987-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	0	Exeter City	22	4	4	3	16	11	3	1	7	14	21	-2	26	L	L	D	L	W	1987-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Wrexham	23	5	2	3	18	11	2	2	9	8	22	-7	25	D	L	L	W	W	1987-12-28	Hereford United	H
20	0	Carlisle United	23	6	2	3	26	18	1	1	10	11	34	-15	24	L	W	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Burnley	H
21	0	Stockport County	23	3	3	7	11	16	3	2	5	9	14	-10	23	D	D	L	D	L	1987-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	5	0	6	16	10	2	2	8	8	22	-8	21	L	L	W	L	W	1987-12-28	Peterborough United	H
23	0	Rochdale	23	2	4	5	16	20	3	2	7	9	32	-27	21	L	W	W	D	W	1987-12-28	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Newport County	22	2	1	5	8	9	1	1	12	10	40	-31	11	L	L	L	L	L	1987-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H