1988-01-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Highbury	28,269
	Lineups
Chelsea	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	29,317
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	25,503
Goddard 2	Lineups		Marwood, Chapman
Oxford United	2	5	Wimbledon	Manor Ground	6,926
Foyle, Saunders (p)	Lineups		Fairweather, Sanchez, Fashanu, Cork 2
Watford	0	1	Manchester United	Vicarage Road	18,038
	Lineups		McClair
West Ham United	1	1	Luton Town	Upton Park	16,716
Ince	Lineups		Stein M

				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	24	7	2	3	22	9	5	4	3	14	12	15	42	D	D	L	L	D	1988-01-16	Liverpool	A
4	0	Manchester United	23	6	5	0	18	9	5	4	3	18	13	14	42	W	D	W	L	W	1988-01-16	Southampton	H
5	2	Wimbledon	24	6	5	1	20	11	5	2	5	18	17	10	40	W	W	W	W	W	1988-01-16	Watford	H
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	7	3	2	19	10	4	4	4	11	17	3	40	D	W	W	D	L	1988-01-16	West Ham United	H
7	-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
8	0	Luton Town	23	6	4	3	21	11	3	1	6	10	15	5	32	D	W	W	L	D	1988-01-16	Derby County	H
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	7	1	4	17	13	2	4	6	7	14	-3	32	D	W	W	L	W	1988-01-16	Coventry City	H
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	6	1	5	15	16	3	3	6	13	22	-10	31	D	W	W	W	L	1988-01-16	Chelsea	H
11	0	Chelsea	24	6	5	0	18	10	2	1	10	13	29	-8	30	D	L	L	D	D	1988-01-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	1	Newcastle United	23	3	4	4	11	14	4	4	4	17	21	-7	29	D	W	L	W	L	1988-01-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-1	Southampton	22	4	3	3	15	13	3	4	5	16	21	-3	28	L	W	D	D	L	1988-01-03	Portsmouth	H
14	0	West Ham United	24	4	5	4	15	16	2	4	5	12	18	-7	27	D	L	L	L	W	1988-01-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Oxford United	23	5	1	6	19	24	1	3	7	7	20	-18	22	L	L	L	L	L	1988-01-16	Portsmouth	A
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	23	3	2	6	8	13	1	4	7	7	18	-16	18	L	L	D	L	L	1988-01-16	Wimbledon	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	3	Aston Villa	Oakwell	11,542
Foreman	Lineups		Aspinall, Birch, McInally
Birmingham City	1	1	Swindon Town	St Andrew's	7,829
Childs	Lineups		Barnes
Bradford City	1	4	Stoke City	Valley Parade	12,223
Ormondroyd	Lineups		Morgan, Ford, Dixon, Henry
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	10,735
May (p)	Lineups		Garner, Barker
Ipswich Town	1	1	Millwall	Portman Road	13,710
D'Avray	Lineups		Cascarino
Leicester City	4	4	Crystal Palace	Filbert Street	10,104
Brien, McAllister (p), Reid, Wilkinson	Lineups		Barber, Pennyfather, Wright 2
Manchester City	1	3	Shrewsbury Town	Maine Road	21,455
Lake (p)	Lineups		Moyes 2, Bell
Sheffield United	0	5	Oldham Athletic	Bramall Lane	9,574
	Lineups		Bunn 2, Flynn, Wright, Palmer
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	8,445
Goodman	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	Aston Villa	28	4	7	3	19	13	10	3	1	26	11	21	52	W	W	D	D	D	1988-01-16	Ipswich Town	H
2	1	Crystal Palace	27	10	1	2	32	15	5	3	6	28	28	17	49	D	W	L	W	L	1988-01-16	Huddersfield Town	H
3	-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
4	0	Millwall	28	10	1	2	29	11	5	3	7	18	24	12	49	D	W	W	W	L	1988-01-16	Middlesbrough	H
5	2	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	4	2	22	11	5	5	3	16	15	12	48	W	W	D	D	W	1988-01-16	Hull City	H
6	-1	Bradford City	28	9	2	3	28	16	5	4	5	14	19	7	48	L	L	D	D	L	1988-02-06	Millwall	A
7	-1	Ipswich Town	27	11	2	1	28	8	2	5	6	12	18	14	46	D	W	L	L	W	1988-01-16	Aston Villa	A
8	0	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	0	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	0	Manchester City	27	6	2	6	35	21	6	4	3	20	17	17	42	L	W	L	L	W	1988-01-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	0	Swindon Town	26	8	3	2	30	13	4	2	7	18	23	12	41	D	W	W	W	L	1988-02-06	Middlesbrough	H
12	0	Barnsley	26	8	2	4	31	20	2	4	6	9	16	4	36	L	L	D	W	W	1988-01-16	Leeds United	A
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	28	7	3	4	31	19	3	3	8	12	24	0	36	L	L	W	W	W	1988-01-16	Manchester City	H
14	1	Stoke City	28	6	4	4	20	16	4	2	8	13	22	-5	36	W	L	L	W	W	1988-01-16	Birmingham City	H
15	-1	Birmingham City	28	5	6	3	15	15	4	2	8	14	27	-13	35	D	L	D	L	L	1988-01-16	Stoke City	A
16	1	Oldham Athletic	27	5	3	5	16	15	3	4	7	16	22	-5	31	W	W	L	D	W	1988-01-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	-1	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
18	0	Sheffield United	28	5	5	5	19	22	2	1	10	11	28	-20	27	L	L	L	D	W	1988-01-16	AFC Bournemouth	A
19	1	West Bromwich Albion	28	6	3	5	21	17	1	2	11	11	31	-16	26	W	L	L	L	D	1988-01-16	Oldham Athletic	A
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	28	3	5	5	15	16	2	5	8	11	24	-14	25	W	W	D	D	L	1988-01-16	Leicester City	H
21	-2	Leicester City	26	5	4	5	21	16	1	2	9	12	25	-8	24	D	L	L	L	L	1988-01-16	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	0	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	0	Huddersfield Town	28	3	4	6	12	20	1	4	10	18	46	-36	20	L	L	D	L	L	1988-01-16	Crystal Palace	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Southend United	Griffin Park	5,752
Stanislaus	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Aldershot	Goldstone Ground	9,426
Dublin	Lineups		Trusson OG
Bury	2	3	Sunderland	Gigg Lane	4,883	Largest home gate 1987-88
Robinson 2	Lineups		Valentine OG, Doyle, Gates
Chester City	1	1	Blackpool	Sealand Road	3,093
Bennett	Lineups		Madden
Doncaster Rovers	3	4	Wigan Athletic	Belle Vue	2,464
Brannigan, Raven, Kinsella	Lineups		Thompson D, Ainscow, Jewell, Cook
Gillingham	2	2	Fulham	Priestfield Stadium	5,918
Cooper 2	Lineups		Rosenior 2
Mansfield Town	1	0	Grimsby Town	Field Mill	3,315
Ryan	Lineups
Notts County	3	1	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	8,153
Lund, Thorpe 2	Lineups		Morley (p)
Port Vale	0	1	Chesterfield	Vale Park	3,495
	Lineups		Arnott (p)
Preston North End	3	0	York City	Deepdale	6,302
Brazil, Miller, Mooney	Lineups
Walsall	5	2	Rotherham United	Fellows Park	5,051
Cross 3, Kelly, Shakespeare	Lineups		Haycock, Airey (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	0	Sunderland	26	8	4	1	34	13	8	3	2	20	11	30	55	W	W	D	W	W	1988-01-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Notts County	26	9	4	1	34	15	5	5	2	16	13	22	51	W	D	D	W	W	1988-01-09	York City	H
3	0	Walsall	26	7	4	2	21	13	6	5	2	21	13	16	48	W	D	L	W	W	1988-01-09	Aldershot	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	25	5	5	2	18	14	8	2	3	24	19	9	46	W	W	W	W	D	1988-01-16	Walsall	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	7	5	1	17	9	4	6	3	19	19	8	44	D	W	L	D	W	1988-01-16	Sunderland	A
6	0	Brentford	26	6	5	2	16	10	6	3	4	19	21	4	44	W	W	D	W	D	1988-01-09	Northampton Town	H
7	0	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	26	6	4	2	17	9	3	7	4	22	20	10	38	L	D	D	D	D	1988-01-09	Brentford	A
9	0	Blackpool	25	7	3	3	25	13	2	6	4	13	14	11	36	D	W	D	L	D	1988-01-16	Brentford	H
10	0	Fulham	26	4	3	6	20	16	6	3	4	18	17	5	36	D	L	D	L	L	1988-01-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	0	Aldershot	24	8	1	2	31	18	3	2	8	14	26	1	36	D	W	W	L	W	1988-01-09	Walsall	H
12	0	Gillingham	26	5	6	3	34	13	3	5	4	17	23	15	35	D	W	L	D	L	1988-01-16	York City	A
13	0	Bury	26	5	5	3	23	17	3	5	5	16	22	0	34	L	L	D	L	D	1988-01-09	Rotherham United	H
14	1	Chesterfield	26	6	3	3	17	14	4	1	9	8	28	-17	34	W	W	W	L	W	1988-01-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	-1	Rotherham United	26	5	3	4	17	13	3	5	6	14	25	-7	32	L	W	W	W	L	1988-01-09	Bury	A
16	2	Mansfield Town	25	6	4	4	16	9	2	3	6	15	21	1	31	W	L	D	L	W	1988-01-15	Southend United	A
17	0	Chester City	26	4	5	5	18	22	3	5	4	14	17	-7	31	D	L	L	L	D	1988-01-09	Southend United	H
18	-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
19	0	Port Vale	25	6	5	2	18	11	1	1	10	9	21	-5	27	L	L	L	D	L	1988-01-16	Fulham	A
20	1	Preston North End	26	3	4	6	13	16	3	4	6	10	21	-14	26	W	L	D	W	L	1988-01-09	Bristol City	H
21	-1	Grimsby Town	26	3	2	7	15	19	3	3	8	16	22	-10	23	L	D	W	L	L	1988-01-16	Chester City	H
22	0	Southend United	26	3	4	5	19	20	2	3	9	16	38	-23	22	L	L	W	D	D	1988-01-09	Chester City	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	5	1	8	16	22	1	2	9	8	27	-25	21	L	L	L	W	L	1988-01-09	Fulham	H
24	0	York City	26	2	6	5	17	24	0	2	11	10	30	-27	14	L	W	D	L	D	1988-01-09	Notts County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Turf Moor	7,401
Comstive	Lineups		Martindale
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Gresty Road	4,629	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Mutch 2
Exeter City	2	3	Leyton Orient	St James Park	2,568
Batty, Edwards	Lineups		Juryeff 2, Comfort
Hartlepool United	0	0	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	3,139
	Lineups
Hereford United	0	0	Swansea City	Edgar Street	3,504	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	0	Colchester United	London Road	3,666
White, Luke	Lineups
Scarborough	0	1	Darlington	Seamer Road	3,371
	Lineups		Currie
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Cambridge United	Old Showground	3,253
Hill, Taylor K, Daws	Lineups		Beattie, Smith (p)
Stockport County	1	1	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	2,441
Worthington	Lineups		Gavin

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	9	1	3	27	9	6	4	2	17	11	24	50	W	W	W	W	D	1988-01-16	Stockport County	H
2	1	Leyton Orient	26	8	1	3	35	16	5	6	3	21	20	20	46	W	L	D	W	L	1988-01-16	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	-1	Colchester United	26	6	1	5	15	14	8	3	3	21	12	10	46	L	L	W	W	W	1988-01-15	Hartlepool United	H
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	2	Scunthorpe United	26	8	3	3	23	14	3	6	3	21	20	10	42	W	W	D	W	L	1988-01-16	Newport County	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	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
8	3	Darlington	25	6	4	3	20	15	5	2	5	22	20	7	39	W	D	W	L	W	1988-01-09	Carlisle United	H
9	-1	Scarborough	26	7	5	1	24	10	3	3	7	11	19	6	38	L	L	L	W	D	1988-01-16	Swansea City	A
10	-1	Burnley	26	6	5	2	16	12	5	0	8	17	28	-7	38	D	W	L	W	L	1988-01-09	Newport County	H
11	1	Hartlepool United	26	5	6	2	16	13	4	4	5	16	16	3	37	D	D	W	D	L	1988-01-15	Colchester United	A
12	-2	Crewe Alexandra	26	4	7	1	18	12	4	5	5	21	21	6	36	L	L	W	D	W	1988-01-16	Leyton Orient	A
13	1	Swansea City	26	6	3	4	23	18	4	3	6	14	18	1	36	D	D	D	D	L	1988-01-09	Exeter City	A
14	-1	Cambridge United	26	5	2	5	18	13	5	3	6	15	18	2	35	L	L	W	D	L	1988-01-16	Burnley	H
15	1	Peterborough United	25	7	2	5	21	16	3	3	5	10	16	-1	35	W	W	L	L	L	1988-01-09	Rochdale	H
16	-1	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
17	0	Hereford United	26	4	5	5	16	19	4	3	5	7	11	-7	32	D	L	D	W	W	1988-01-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	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	0	Tranmere Rovers	26	7	0	6	23	11	2	3	8	9	23	-2	28	D	W	W	L	L	1988-01-09	Hereford United	A
20	0	Exeter City	25	4	4	4	18	14	3	2	8	15	25	-6	27	L	D	L	L	L	1988-01-09	Swansea City	H
21	0	Carlisle United	25	6	2	4	29	22	1	2	10	11	34	-16	25	D	L	L	W	L	1988-01-09	Darlington	A
22	0	Stockport County	26	3	4	7	12	17	3	2	7	10	20	-15	24	D	L	L	D	D	1988-01-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
23	0	Rochdale	26	2	5	6	16	22	3	3	7	10	33	-29	23	D	D	L	L	W	1988-01-09	Peterborough United	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