1987-12-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Liverpool	4	0	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	44,637
McMahon, Houghton, Aldridge 2 (1p)	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Kenilworth Road	7,243
Wilson D	Lineups
Manchester United	2	1	Everton	Old Trafford	47,024
McClair 2	Lineups		Watson
Norwich City	3	0	Chelsea	Carrow Road	19,668
Fox, Goss, Drinkell (p)	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	1	Coventry City	City Ground	31,061	Largest home gate 1987-88
Gaynor 2, Borrows OG, Wilson	Lineups		Regis
Portsmouth	1	1	Watford	Fratton Park	14,922
Connor	Lineups		Agana
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Oxford United	Loftus Road	9,125
Falco 2, Allen	Lineups		Rhoades-Brown, Saunders
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Derby County	Hillsborough	26,191
Chapman, West	Lineups		Gee
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	39,456
Fairclough, Waddle	Lineups		Hilton
Wimbledon	3	1	Arsenal	Plough Lane	12,473
Cork, Wise, Jones	Lineups		Quinn

				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	21	10	1	0	30	3	6	4	0	21	8	40	53	W	W	W	D	W	1988-01-01	Coventry City	H
2	0	Nottingham Forest	20	6	2	1	23	5	7	2	2	21	11	28	43	W	W	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Arsenal	22	7	1	3	22	9	5	3	3	13	11	15	40	L	L	D	D	W	1988-01-01	Portsmouth	A
4	1	Manchester United	21	6	4	0	18	9	4	4	3	17	13	13	38	W	L	W	W	W	1988-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
5	-1	Everton	22	8	2	1	22	5	2	5	4	10	10	17	37	L	W	D	W	D	1988-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	6	3	2	16	10	4	3	4	11	17	0	36	W	D	L	L	L	1988-01-01	Southampton	H
7	0	Wimbledon	22	5	5	1	18	10	4	2	5	13	15	6	34	W	W	W	L	D	1988-01-01	Derby County	H
8	0	Chelsea	22	6	4	0	18	10	2	1	9	13	26	-5	29	L	D	D	D	L	1988-01-01	Luton Town	A
9	2	Luton Town	21	5	4	3	18	11	3	0	6	9	14	2	28	W	L	D	W	L	1988-01-01	Chelsea	H
10	-1	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
11	2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	6	1	4	15	12	2	3	6	7	14	-4	28	W	L	W	L	L	1988-01-01	Watford	H
12	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	5	1	5	14	16	3	2	6	11	20	-11	27	W	W	L	W	L	1988-01-01	Everton	H
13	-3	West Ham United	22	4	4	4	14	15	2	4	4	11	14	-4	26	L	L	W	D	W	1988-01-01	Norwich City	A
14	-2	Newcastle United	21	3	3	4	9	12	3	4	4	15	21	-9	25	L	W	L	D	W	1988-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
15	-1	Derby County	21	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	4	9	15	-6	24	L	L	L	L	D	1988-01-01	Wimbledon	A
16	-1	Coventry City	21	2	4	4	10	17	4	2	5	12	15	-10	24	L	W	D	D	D	1988-01-01	Liverpool	A
17	0	Oxford United	22	5	1	5	17	19	1	3	7	7	20	-15	22	L	L	L	L	L	1988-01-02	Wimbledon	H
18	2	Norwich City	22	3	2	5	13	14	3	1	8	6	15	-10	21	W	W	L	W	L	1988-01-01	West Ham United	H
19	-1	Portsmouth	22	3	5	4	13	15	1	3	6	6	24	-20	20	D	L	L	D	D	1988-01-01	Arsenal	H
20	-1	Charlton Athletic	22	3	4	5	12	16	1	2	7	9	18	-13	18	L	W	D	W	D	1988-01-01	Manchester United	A
21	0	Watford	21	3	2	5	8	12	1	4	6	6	16	-14	18	D	L	L	D	W	1988-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Dean Court	8,969
Pulis, Aylott, Shearer	Lineups		Goodman, Gray
Aston Villa	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Villa Park	20,948
Birch	Lineups		Shearer
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Bradford City	Ewood Park	14,123
Hendry	Lineups		Mitchell
Crystal Palace	2	3	Reading	Selhurst Park	12,449
Wright, Cannon	Lineups		Jones, Madden, Beavon
Leeds United	2	0	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	34,186
Davison, Swan	Lineups
Millwall	3	1	Sheffield United	The Den, New Cross	7,255
Sheringham, Cooke, Briley	Lineups		Mendonca
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Hull City	Boundary Park	8,092
Palmer	Lineups		Heard (p), Dyer
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Leicester City	Home Park	15,581
Ramsey OG, Smith, Tynan, Anderson	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Birmingham City	Gay Meadow	6,397
	Lineups
Stoke City	1	3	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	18,020	Largest home gate 1987-88
Berry (p)	Lineups		Stewart 2, Brightwell I
Swindon Town	4	2	Ipswich Town	County Ground	12,429
Cranson OG, Quinn, King, Bamber	Lineups		Lowe, Brennan

				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	26	9	3	1	24	7	5	4	4	12	10	19	49	L	D	D	W	D	1988-01-01	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Bradford City	26	9	2	2	27	12	5	4	4	14	17	12	48	D	D	L	W	L	1988-01-01	Leeds United	A
3	1	Aston Villa	26	3	7	3	14	13	9	3	1	23	10	14	46	D	D	D	W	W	1988-01-01	Hull City	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	25	9	1	2	29	13	5	2	6	24	24	16	45	L	W	L	W	W	1988-01-01	Barnsley	H
5	2	Millwall	26	9	1	2	28	11	5	2	7	17	23	11	45	W	W	L	L	L	1988-01-01	Leicester City	H
6	0	Hull City	25	8	5	0	21	11	4	4	4	16	15	11	45	W	W	D	D	L	1988-01-01	Aston Villa	A
7	2	Manchester City	26	6	2	5	34	18	6	4	3	20	17	19	42	W	L	L	W	L	1988-01-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	-3	Ipswich Town	25	11	1	1	27	7	1	5	6	10	17	13	42	L	L	W	W	L	1988-01-01	Stoke City	A
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	4	2	18	10	4	5	3	14	14	8	42	D	D	W	W	W	1988-01-01	Sheffield United	H
10	0	Leeds United	26	9	2	2	23	11	2	6	5	12	21	3	41	W	W	W	W	W	1988-01-01	Bradford City	H
11	1	Swindon Town	24	7	3	2	28	13	4	1	7	17	22	10	37	W	W	L	L	W	1988-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	-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
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	26	7	3	3	30	16	3	3	7	12	23	3	36	W	W	W	L	W	1988-01-01	Reading	H
14	1	Birmingham City	26	5	5	3	14	14	4	2	7	12	23	-11	34	D	L	L	L	L	1988-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	-1	Stoke City	26	6	4	3	19	14	3	2	8	9	21	-7	33	L	W	W	L	D	1988-01-01	Ipswich Town	H
16	1	AFC Bournemouth	26	4	5	5	21	20	3	2	7	11	21	-9	28	W	W	D	L	D	1988-01-01	Birmingham City	H
17	-1	Sheffield United	26	5	5	4	19	17	2	1	9	10	24	-12	27	L	D	W	L	D	1988-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Oldham Athletic	25	4	3	5	13	14	2	4	7	11	22	-12	25	L	D	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
19	0	Leicester City	24	5	3	5	17	12	1	2	8	12	24	-7	23	L	L	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Millwall	A
20	0	West Bromwich Albion	26	5	3	5	20	17	1	2	10	11	29	-15	23	L	L	D	L	L	1988-01-01	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Huddersfield Town	26	3	4	5	11	18	1	4	9	17	43	-33	20	D	L	L	W	D	1988-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	26	2	5	5	12	15	1	5	8	8	23	-18	19	D	D	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Huddersfield Town	H
23	0	Reading	25	2	2	7	10	14	2	4	8	15	33	-22	18	W	L	L	L	D	1988-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	6	0	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	4,734
Berry, Langley, Riley 2, McDonald, Burvill	Lineups
Blackpool	1	1	Notts County	Bloomfield Road	4,627
Coughlin	Lineups		Lund
Bristol City	5	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ashton Gate	16,058
Pender, Newman, Fitzpatrick, Walsh, Jordan	Lineups		Nelson, Wood
Chesterfield	2	1	Walsall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,916
Hunter, Waller	Lineups		Jones P (p)
Fulham	2	2	Brentford	Craven Cottage	9,340	Largest home gate 1987-88
Wilson, Scott	Lineups		Evans, Birch
Grimsby Town	3	1	Port Vale	Blundell Park	2,941
North 3	Lineups		Hamson
Northampton Town	0	0	Bury	County Ground	6,067
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	5,840
Haycock	Lineups
Southend United	4	2	Bristol Rovers	Roots Hall	4,094
Crown, Smith, Westley, McDonough (p)	Lineups		White, Purnell
Sunderland	1	1	Preston North End	Roker Park	24,814
MacPhail (p)	Lineups		Jones
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Chester City	Springfield Park	4,394
Hilditch	Lineups
York City	2	2	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent	2,781
Banton (p), Helliwell	Lineups		Kent, Charles

				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	24	7	4	1	31	12	7	3	2	17	9	27	49	D	W	W	W	W	1988-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Notts County	24	8	4	1	31	14	5	4	2	16	13	20	47	D	W	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
3	0	Walsall	24	6	4	2	16	11	6	4	2	19	11	13	44	L	W	W	D	W	1988-01-01	Northampton Town	A
4	1	Bristol City	24	7	3	1	29	17	4	4	5	17	21	8	40	W	D	W	W	W	1988-01-01	Brentford	H
5	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	7	4	1	16	8	3	6	3	17	18	7	40	L	D	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Fulham	A
6	0	Wigan Athletic	23	4	5	2	16	14	7	2	3	20	16	6	40	W	W	D	W	D	1988-01-01	Preston North End	H
7	0	Brentford	24	5	5	2	15	10	5	3	4	16	19	2	38	D	W	D	D	W	1988-01-01	Bristol City	A
8	0	Northampton Town	24	6	3	2	15	7	3	7	3	21	17	12	37	D	D	D	L	L	1988-01-01	Walsall	H
9	0	Fulham	24	4	3	5	19	14	6	2	4	16	15	6	35	D	L	L	L	D	1988-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	0	Bury	24	5	5	2	21	14	3	5	4	15	17	5	34	D	L	D	D	D	1988-01-01	Blackpool	A
11	1	Blackpool	23	6	3	3	20	12	2	5	4	12	13	7	32	D	L	D	D	W	1988-01-01	Bury	H
12	3	Aldershot	22	7	1	2	28	18	3	1	8	13	25	-2	32	W	L	W	W	L	1988-01-01	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-2	Gillingham	24	5	5	3	32	11	2	5	4	14	22	13	31	L	D	L	W	D	1988-01-01	Southend United	A
14	-1	Bristol Rovers	24	8	1	4	29	18	0	5	6	12	24	-1	30	L	W	L	D	W	1988-01-01	Aldershot	A
15	-1	Chester City	24	4	4	5	17	21	3	5	3	14	15	-5	30	L	L	D	L	D	1988-01-01	York City	A
16	2	Rotherham United	24	4	3	4	16	13	3	5	5	12	20	-5	29	W	W	L	L	W	1988-01-01	Port Vale	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	23	5	4	4	15	9	2	3	5	14	18	2	28	D	L	W	D	L	1988-01-01	Chesterfield	A
18	1	Chesterfield	24	5	3	3	14	13	3	1	9	7	28	-20	28	W	L	W	D	D	1988-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
19	-2	Port Vale	23	6	5	1	18	10	1	1	9	9	20	-3	27	L	D	L	L	L	1988-01-01	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Preston North End	24	2	4	6	10	16	3	4	5	10	19	-15	23	D	W	L	L	W	1988-01-01	Wigan Athletic	A
21	1	Grimsby Town	24	3	1	7	15	19	3	3	7	16	21	-9	22	W	L	L	L	L	1988-01-01	Notts County	H
22	1	Southend United	24	3	4	4	18	17	2	3	8	16	37	-20	22	W	D	D	W	W	1988-01-01	Gillingham	H
23	-2	Doncaster Rovers	24	5	1	7	13	18	1	2	8	7	24	-22	21	L	W	L	L	D	1988-01-01	Sunderland	A
24	0	York City	24	1	6	5	15	24	0	2	10	10	27	-26	11	D	L	D	L	L	1988-01-01	Chester City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Stockport County	Burnden Park	6,607
Storer, Morgan	Lineups		Worthington
Cambridge United	1	0	Scarborough	Abbey Stadium	3,243
Pugh	Lineups
Colchester United	2	1	Cardiff City	Layer Road	2,599	Largest home gate 1987-88
Tempest, English	Lineups		Kelly
Darlington	4	2	Burnley	Feethams Ground	3,325
Currie 2, Worthington, Stonehouse	Lineups		Reeves 2
Leyton Orient	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Brisbane Road	5,542
Juryeff	Lineups		Harle
Newport County	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Somerton Park	1,918
Downes	Lineups		Nuttell, Allatt
Rochdale	0	2	Hartlepool United	Spotland	1,851
	Lineups		Baker, Whellans
Swansea City	1	1	Torquay United	Vetch Field	6,108
Pascoe	Lineups		Dawkins
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Peterborough United	Prenton Park	3,193
Muir, Martindale, Morrissey	Lineups		Halsall
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Exeter City	Molineux	15,588
Dennison, Mutch, Thompson	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Hereford United	Racecourse Ground	2,443
	Lineups

				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	Colchester United	24	6	1	4	15	11	8	3	2	21	10	15	46	W	W	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Scunthorpe United	H
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	1	3	25	9	5	4	2	15	11	20	44	W	W	D	L	W	1988-01-01	Hereford United	H
3	-1	Leyton Orient	24	8	1	2	35	14	4	6	3	18	18	21	43	D	W	L	W	W	1988-01-01	Torquay United	H
4	-1	Cardiff City	24	9	3	1	24	12	3	3	5	10	14	8	42	L	W	W	D	D	1988-01-01	Swansea City	A
5	2	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	3	1	22	7	2	3	6	9	17	7	39	W	D	W	L	L	1988-01-01	Scarborough	H
6	0	Torquay United	23	6	1	4	19	10	5	4	3	17	15	11	38	D	W	L	D	W	1988-01-01	Leyton Orient	A
7	-2	Scarborough	24	7	5	0	24	9	3	3	6	10	16	9	38	L	W	D	D	D	1988-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	2	Crewe Alexandra	24	4	7	0	18	10	4	5	4	20	19	9	36	W	D	W	D	W	1988-01-01	Wrexham	A
9	-1	Scunthorpe United	24	7	3	3	20	12	2	6	3	18	20	6	36	D	W	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Colchester United	A
10	2	Darlington	23	6	3	3	19	14	4	2	5	21	20	6	35	W	L	W	W	L	1988-01-01	Hartlepool United	H
11	2	Cambridge United	24	5	2	4	17	10	5	3	5	13	15	5	35	W	D	L	W	D	1988-01-01	Peterborough United	H
12	3	Hartlepool United	24	5	5	2	16	13	4	3	5	15	15	3	35	W	D	L	D	D	1988-01-01	Darlington	A
13	-2	Swansea City	24	6	2	4	21	16	4	2	6	14	18	1	34	D	D	L	W	W	1988-01-01	Cardiff City	H
14	-5	Burnley	24	6	4	2	15	11	4	0	8	13	25	-8	34	L	W	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Carlisle United	A
15	-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
16	0	Hereford United	24	4	4	5	16	19	4	3	4	7	9	-5	31	D	W	W	D	L	1988-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Peterborough United	23	6	2	5	19	16	2	3	5	7	15	-5	29	L	L	L	D	W	1988-01-01	Cambridge United	A
18	0	Exeter City	23	4	4	3	16	11	3	1	8	14	24	-5	26	L	L	L	D	L	1988-01-01	Newport County	A
19	0	Wrexham	24	5	3	3	18	11	2	2	9	8	22	-7	26	D	D	L	L	W	1988-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	2	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	0	6	19	11	2	2	8	8	22	-6	24	W	L	L	W	L	1988-01-01	Stockport County	H
21	-1	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
22	-1	Stockport County	24	3	3	7	11	16	3	2	6	10	16	-11	23	L	D	D	L	D	1988-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	0	Rochdale	24	2	4	6	16	22	3	2	7	9	32	-29	21	L	L	W	W	D	1988-01-01	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Newport County	23	2	1	6	9	11	1	1	12	10	40	-32	11	L	L	L	L	L	1988-01-01	Exeter City	H