1988-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Liverpool	4	0	Coventry City	Anfield Road	38,790
Beardsley 2, Aldridge, Houghton	Lineups
Luton Town	3	0	Chelsea	Kenilworth Road	8,018
Harford, Stein B, Stein M	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	37,257
	Lineups
Norwich City	4	1	West Ham United	Carrow Road	20,394
Gordon, Drinkell, Bowen, Rosario	Lineups		Cottee
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Newcastle United	City Ground	28,583
	Lineups		Gascoigne, Mirandinha
Portsmouth	1	1	Arsenal	Fratton Park	17,336
Connor	Lineups		Smith
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Southampton	Loftus Road	8,631
Bannister, Falco, Fereday	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Everton	Hillsborough	26,433
Proctor	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Watford	White Hart Lane	25,235
Allen C, Moran	Lineups		Morris
Wimbledon	2	1	Derby County	Plough Lane	5,479
Cork, Fashanu	Lineups		Callaghan

				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	22	11	1	0	34	3	6	4	0	21	8	44	56	W	W	W	W	D	1988-01-16	Arsenal	H
2	0	Nottingham Forest	21	6	2	2	23	7	7	2	2	21	11	26	43	L	W	W	W	W	1988-01-03	Everton	A
3	0	Arsenal	23	7	1	3	22	9	5	4	3	14	12	15	41	D	L	L	D	D	1988-01-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	0	Manchester United	22	6	5	0	18	9	4	4	3	17	13	13	39	D	W	L	W	W	1988-01-02	Watford	A
5	1	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	3	2	19	10	4	3	4	11	17	3	39	W	W	D	L	L	1988-01-02	Arsenal	A
6	-1	Everton	23	8	2	1	22	5	2	5	5	10	11	16	37	L	L	W	D	W	1988-01-03	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Wimbledon	23	6	5	1	20	11	4	2	5	13	15	7	37	W	W	W	W	L	1988-01-02	Oxford United	A
8	1	Luton Town	22	6	4	3	21	11	3	0	6	9	14	5	31	W	W	L	D	W	1988-01-02	West Ham United	A
9	2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	1	4	17	13	2	3	6	7	14	-3	31	W	W	L	W	L	1988-01-02	Chelsea	A
10	2	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	1	5	15	16	3	2	6	11	20	-10	30	W	W	W	L	W	1988-01-02	Newcastle United	A
11	-3	Chelsea	23	6	4	0	18	10	2	1	10	13	29	-8	29	L	L	D	D	D	1988-01-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-2	Southampton	22	4	3	3	15	13	3	4	5	16	21	-3	28	L	W	D	D	L	1988-01-03	Portsmouth	H
13	1	Newcastle United	22	3	3	4	9	12	4	4	4	17	21	-7	28	W	L	W	L	D	1988-01-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	-1	West Ham United	23	4	4	4	14	15	2	4	5	12	18	-7	26	L	L	L	W	D	1988-01-02	Luton Town	H
15	3	Norwich City	23	4	2	5	17	15	3	1	8	6	15	-7	24	W	W	W	L	W	1988-01-16	Everton	H
16	-1	Derby County	22	3	3	5	10	10	3	3	5	10	17	-7	24	L	L	L	L	L	1988-01-16	Luton Town	A
17	-1	Coventry City	22	2	4	4	10	17	4	2	6	12	19	-14	24	L	L	W	D	D	1988-01-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	-1	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
19	0	Portsmouth	23	3	6	4	14	16	1	3	6	6	24	-20	21	D	D	L	L	D	1988-01-03	Southampton	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	23	3	4	5	12	16	1	3	7	9	18	-13	19	D	L	W	D	W	1988-01-16	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Watford	22	3	2	5	8	12	1	4	7	7	18	-15	18	L	D	L	L	D	1988-01-02	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	4	2	Birmingham City	Dean Court	7,963
Cooke 2 (1p), Shearer, Puckett	Lineups		Dicks, Wigley
Aston Villa	5	0	Hull City	Villa Park	19,236
Gray S, Aspinall 2, Gray A, McInally	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	10,493
Price, Garner, Barker (p), Hendry	Lineups		Mendonca
Crystal Palace	3	2	Barnsley	Selhurst Park	8,563
McGugan OG, Wright, Bailey	Lineups		Agnew, Lowndes
Leeds United	2	0	Bradford City	Elland Road	36,004	Largest home gate 1987-88
Williams, Snodin	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Leicester City	The Den, New Cross	7,220
Briley	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Middlesbrough	Boundary Park	8,188
Ritchie 2 (1p), Palmer	Lineups		Kerr
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Reading	Home Park	13,298
Tynan (p)	Lineups		Gilkes (p), Jones, Moran
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Gay Meadow	5,448
Brown, Bell, Robinson	Lineups		Cork
Stoke City	1	2	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	9,976
Morgan	Lineups		Lowe, D'Avray
Swindon Town	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	County Ground	12,155
White 2	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	2	Aston Villa	27	4	7	3	19	13	9	3	1	23	10	19	49	W	D	D	D	W	1988-01-02	Barnsley	A
2	-1	Middlesbrough	27	9	3	1	24	7	5	4	5	13	13	17	49	L	L	D	D	W	1988-01-16	Millwall	A
3	1	Crystal Palace	26	10	1	2	32	15	5	2	6	24	24	17	48	W	L	W	L	W	1988-01-02	Leicester City	A
4	1	Millwall	27	10	1	2	29	11	5	2	7	17	23	12	48	W	W	W	L	L	1988-01-02	Ipswich Town	A
5	-3	Bradford City	27	9	2	2	27	12	5	4	5	14	19	10	48	L	D	D	L	W	1988-01-02	Stoke City	H
6	2	Ipswich Town	26	11	1	1	27	7	2	5	6	12	18	14	45	W	L	L	W	W	1988-01-02	Millwall	H
7	2	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	4	2	22	11	4	5	3	14	14	11	45	W	D	D	W	W	1988-01-02	Huddersfield Town	A
8	-2	Hull City	26	8	5	0	21	11	4	4	5	16	20	6	45	L	W	W	D	D	1988-01-03	Leeds United	H
9	1	Leeds United	27	10	2	2	25	11	2	6	5	12	21	5	44	W	W	W	W	W	1988-01-03	Hull City	A
10	-3	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
11	0	Swindon Town	25	8	3	2	30	13	4	1	7	17	22	12	40	W	W	W	L	L	1988-01-02	Birmingham City	A
12	0	Barnsley	25	8	2	3	30	17	2	4	6	9	16	6	36	L	D	W	W	L	1988-01-02	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	27	7	3	4	31	19	3	3	7	12	23	1	36	L	W	W	W	L	1988-01-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	0	Birmingham City	27	5	5	3	14	14	4	2	8	14	27	-13	34	L	D	L	L	L	1988-01-02	Swindon Town	H
15	0	Stoke City	27	6	4	4	20	16	3	2	8	9	21	-8	33	L	L	W	W	L	1988-01-02	Bradford City	A
16	0	AFC Bournemouth	27	5	5	5	25	22	3	2	7	11	21	-7	31	W	W	W	D	L	1988-01-16	Sheffield United	H
17	1	Oldham Athletic	26	5	3	5	16	15	2	4	7	11	22	-10	28	W	L	D	W	W	1988-01-02	Sheffield United	A
18	-1	Sheffield United	27	5	5	4	19	17	2	1	10	11	28	-15	27	L	L	D	W	L	1988-01-02	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Leicester City	25	5	3	5	17	12	1	2	9	12	25	-8	23	L	L	L	L	D	1988-01-02	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	West Bromwich Albion	27	5	3	5	20	17	1	2	11	11	31	-17	23	L	L	L	D	L	1988-01-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	1	Shrewsbury Town	27	3	5	5	15	16	1	5	8	8	23	-16	22	W	D	D	L	D	1988-01-02	Manchester City	A
22	1	Reading	26	2	2	7	10	14	3	4	8	18	34	-20	21	W	W	L	L	L	1988-01-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	-2	Huddersfield Town	27	3	4	5	11	18	1	4	10	18	46	-35	20	L	D	L	L	W	1988-01-02	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Recreation Ground	4,593
Langley 2 (1p), Burvill	Lineups
Blackpool	5	1	Bury	Bloomfield Road	4,240
Butler, Cunningham, Morgan, Madden, Deary	Lineups		Hoyland
Bristol City	2	3	Brentford	Ashton Gate	12,877
Shutt, Galliers	Lineups		Sinton, Blissett 2
Chesterfield	3	1	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,070
Coleman OG, Bloomer, Waller	Lineups		Cassells
Fulham	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage	6,530
Davies	Lineups		Trusson, Jasper
Grimsby Town	0	0	Notts County	Blundell Park	5,297
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	2	Walsall	County Ground	6,034
Chard, Donegal	Lineups		Jones P, Cross
Rotherham United	1	0	Port Vale	Millmoor	3,913
Haycock	Lineups
Southend United	1	3	Gillingham	Roots Hall	5,581
Crown	Lineups		Peacock, Cooper, Lovell
Sunderland	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Roker Park	19,419
Gabbiadini, Lemon 2	Lineups		Burke
Wigan Athletic	2	0	Preston North End	Springfield Park	6,812
Hilditch 2	Lineups
York City	2	0	Chester City	Bootham Crescent	2,686
Clegg, Wilson	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	25	8	4	1	34	13	7	3	2	17	9	29	52	W	D	W	W	W	1988-01-02	Bury	A
2	0	Notts County	25	8	4	1	31	14	5	5	2	16	13	20	48	D	D	W	W	W	1988-01-02	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Walsall	25	6	4	2	16	11	6	5	2	21	13	13	45	D	L	W	W	D	1988-01-02	Rotherham United	H
4	2	Wigan Athletic	24	5	5	2	18	14	7	2	3	20	16	8	43	W	W	W	D	W	1988-01-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	7	4	1	16	8	4	6	3	19	19	8	43	W	L	D	W	W	1988-01-02	Aldershot	H
6	1	Brentford	25	5	5	2	15	10	6	3	4	19	21	3	41	W	D	W	D	D	1988-01-02	Southend United	H
7	-3	Bristol City	25	7	3	2	31	20	4	4	5	17	21	7	40	L	W	D	W	W	1988-01-09	Preston North End	A
8	0	Northampton Town	25	6	4	2	17	9	3	7	3	21	17	12	38	D	D	D	D	L	1988-01-02	Notts County	A
9	2	Blackpool	24	7	3	3	25	13	2	5	4	12	13	11	35	W	D	L	D	D	1988-01-02	Chester City	A
10	-1	Fulham	25	4	3	6	20	16	6	2	4	16	15	5	35	L	D	L	L	L	1988-01-02	Gillingham	A
11	1	Aldershot	23	8	1	2	31	18	3	1	8	13	25	1	35	W	W	L	W	W	1988-01-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	1	Gillingham	25	5	5	3	32	11	3	5	4	17	23	15	34	W	L	D	L	W	1988-01-02	Fulham	H
13	-3	Bury	25	5	5	2	21	14	3	5	5	16	22	1	34	L	D	L	D	D	1988-01-02	Sunderland	H
14	2	Rotherham United	25	5	3	4	17	13	3	5	5	12	20	-4	32	W	W	W	L	L	1988-01-02	Walsall	A
15	3	Chesterfield	25	6	3	3	17	14	3	1	9	7	28	-18	31	W	W	L	W	D	1988-01-02	Port Vale	A
16	-2	Bristol Rovers	25	8	1	4	29	18	0	5	7	12	27	-4	30	L	L	W	L	D	1988-01-16	Northampton Town	A
17	-2	Chester City	25	4	4	5	17	21	3	5	4	14	17	-7	30	L	L	L	D	L	1988-01-02	Blackpool	H
18	-1	Mansfield Town	24	5	4	4	15	9	2	3	6	15	21	0	28	L	D	L	W	D	1988-01-02	Grimsby Town	H
19	0	Port Vale	24	6	5	1	18	10	1	1	10	9	21	-4	27	L	L	D	L	L	1988-01-02	Chesterfield	H
20	1	Grimsby Town	25	3	2	7	15	19	3	3	7	16	21	-9	23	D	W	L	L	L	1988-01-02	Mansfield Town	A
21	-1	Preston North End	25	2	4	6	10	16	3	4	6	10	21	-17	23	L	D	W	L	L	1988-01-02	York City	H
22	0	Southend United	25	3	4	5	19	20	2	3	8	16	37	-22	22	L	W	D	D	W	1988-01-02	Brentford	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	1	7	13	18	1	2	9	8	27	-24	21	L	L	W	L	L	1988-01-02	Wigan Athletic	H
24	0	York City	25	2	6	5	17	24	0	2	10	10	27	-24	14	W	D	L	D	L	1988-01-02	Preston North End	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Scarborough	Burnden Park	6,295
Came, Thomas, Thompson	Lineups		Cook (p)
Cambridge United	1	3	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium	3,975
Clayton	Lineups		Halsall, Luke, Crowe OG
Carlisle United	3	4	Burnley	Brunton Park	4,260	Largest home gate 1987-88
Poskett, Stephens, Halpin	Lineups		Deakin, Davis, Oghani, Wright OG
Colchester United	0	3	Scunthorpe United	Layer Road	2,287
	Lineups		Daws 2, Lister
Darlington	1	1	Hartlepool United	Feethams Ground	4,735	Largest home gate 1987-88
Hine	Lineups		Baker
Leyton Orient	0	2	Torquay United	Brisbane Road	4,839
	Lineups		Caldwell 2
Newport County	1	1	Exeter City	Somerton Park	1,691
Gibbins	Lineups		Olsson
Rochdale	0	0	Halifax Town	Spotland	2,050
	Lineups
Swansea City	2	2	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	9,560	Largest home gate 1987-88
Allon, Raynor	Lineups		Ford, Gilligan
Tranmere Rovers	4	0	Stockport County	Prenton Park	3,670
Muir 2 (1p), Steel, McCarrick	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Hereford United	Molineux	14,577
Bull 2	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	2,939
Russell 2 (1p)	Lineups		Pemberton

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	9	1	3	27	9	5	4	2	15	11	22	47	W	W	W	D	L	1988-01-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	-1	Colchester United	25	6	1	5	15	14	8	3	2	21	10	12	46	L	W	W	W	W	1988-01-02	Peterborough United	A
3	0	Leyton Orient	25	8	1	3	35	16	4	6	3	18	18	19	43	L	D	W	L	W	1988-01-02	Exeter City	A
4	0	Cardiff City	25	9	3	1	24	12	3	4	5	12	16	8	43	D	L	W	W	D	1988-01-16	Carlisle United	A
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	25	10	3	1	25	8	2	3	6	9	17	9	42	W	W	D	W	L	1988-01-12	Halifax Town	A
6	0	Torquay United	24	6	1	4	19	10	6	4	3	19	15	13	41	W	D	W	L	D	1988-01-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	2	Scunthorpe United	25	7	3	3	20	12	3	6	3	21	20	9	39	W	D	W	L	D	1988-01-02	Cambridge United	H
8	-1	Scarborough	25	7	5	0	24	9	3	3	7	11	19	7	38	L	L	W	D	D	1988-01-02	Darlington	H
9	5	Burnley	25	6	4	2	15	11	5	0	8	17	28	-7	37	W	L	W	L	D	1988-01-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	-2	Crewe Alexandra	25	4	7	0	18	10	4	5	5	21	21	8	36	L	W	D	W	D	1988-01-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	-1	Darlington	24	6	4	3	20	15	4	2	5	21	20	6	36	D	W	L	W	W	1988-01-02	Scarborough	A
12	0	Hartlepool United	25	5	5	2	16	13	4	4	5	16	16	3	36	D	W	D	L	D	1988-01-02	Carlisle United	H
13	-2	Cambridge United	25	5	2	5	18	13	5	3	5	13	15	3	35	L	W	D	L	W	1988-01-02	Scunthorpe United	A
14	-1	Swansea City	25	6	3	4	23	18	4	2	6	14	18	1	35	D	D	D	L	W	1988-01-02	Hereford United	A
15	0	Halifax Town	24	7	3	3	22	14	2	4	5	9	15	2	33	D	D	W	W	L	1988-01-12	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	1	Peterborough United	24	6	2	5	19	16	3	3	5	10	16	-3	32	W	L	L	L	D	1988-01-02	Colchester United	H
17	-1	Hereford United	25	4	4	5	16	19	4	3	5	7	11	-7	31	L	D	W	W	D	1988-01-02	Swansea City	H
18	1	Wrexham	25	6	3	3	20	12	2	2	9	8	22	-6	29	W	D	D	L	L	1988-01-16	Peterborough United	H
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	25	7	0	6	23	11	2	2	8	8	22	-2	27	W	W	L	L	W	1988-01-02	Burnley	A
20	-2	Exeter City	24	4	4	3	16	11	3	2	8	15	25	-5	27	D	L	L	L	D	1988-01-02	Leyton Orient	H
21	0	Carlisle United	24	6	2	4	29	22	1	1	10	11	34	-16	24	L	L	W	L	D	1988-01-02	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Stockport County	25	3	3	7	11	16	3	2	7	10	20	-15	23	L	L	D	D	L	1988-01-02	Rochdale	H
23	0	Rochdale	25	2	5	6	16	22	3	2	7	9	32	-29	22	D	L	L	W	W	1988-01-02	Stockport County	A
24	0	Newport County	24	2	2	6	10	12	1	1	12	10	40	-32	12	D	L	L	L	L	1988-01-09	Burnley	A