1988-02-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Highbury	25,394
Merson 2, Thomas, Smith	Lineups
Derby County	1	0	West Ham United	Baseball Ground	16,301
Callaghan	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Southampton	Goodison Park	20,764
Power	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	1	Chelsea	St James' Park	17,858
Mirandinha 2, Gascoigne	Lineups		Wilson K
Portsmouth	0	2	Liverpool	Fratton Park	28,117	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Barnes 2
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Wimbledon	Loftus Road	9,080
Byrne	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	18,046
	Lineups		Allen C, Allen P, Claesen
Watford	0	1	Coventry City	Vicarage Road	12,052
	Lineups		Speedie

				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	27	12	2	0	36	3	9	4	0	29	9	53	69	W	W	D	W	W	1988-03-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Manchester United	29	7	5	1	19	11	8	5	3	25	17	16	55	D	W	W	W	W	1988-03-05	Norwich City	A
3	0	Nottingham Forest	26	7	3	2	28	11	7	4	3	22	13	26	49	D	W	D	D	L	1988-03-05	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	0	Everton	27	11	2	1	26	5	3	5	5	13	11	23	49	W	W	W	W	L	1988-03-05	Newcastle United	H
5	0	Arsenal	28	9	2	4	29	12	5	4	4	14	14	17	48	W	W	L	L	D	1988-03-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	9	3	3	22	11	4	4	5	11	19	3	46	W	L	W	L	D	1988-03-05	Liverpool	H
7	0	Wimbledon	28	6	6	2	21	13	5	3	6	19	19	8	42	L	D	D	L	W	1988-03-05	Luton Town	H
8	0	Luton Town	26	8	4	3	29	15	3	1	7	11	17	8	38	L	W	W	D	W	1988-03-05	Wimbledon	A
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	29	7	3	4	20	16	3	5	7	10	16	-2	38	W	D	D	L	D	1988-03-01	Derby County	H
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	29	8	1	6	20	20	3	3	8	14	28	-14	37	L	L	L	W	W	1988-03-05	Nottingham Forest	H
11	1	Newcastle United	27	5	4	5	17	18	4	5	4	17	21	-5	36	W	L	D	W	D	1988-03-01	Southampton	A
12	-1	Southampton	28	4	5	4	16	16	4	4	7	19	24	-5	33	L	D	L	D	W	1988-03-01	Newcastle United	H
13	0	West Ham United	28	4	6	4	16	17	3	5	6	13	19	-7	32	L	D	D	W	D	1988-03-05	Oxford United	H
14	3	Coventry City	27	3	5	4	13	17	5	3	7	15	22	-11	32	W	D	W	L	D	1988-03-05	Chelsea	H
15	-1	Chelsea	29	6	6	1	19	12	2	1	13	16	38	-15	31	L	L	L	D	L	1988-03-05	Coventry City	A
16	-1	Norwich City	28	4	3	6	17	18	4	3	8	9	16	-8	30	D	W	D	D	L	1988-03-05	Manchester United	H
17	-1	Portsmouth	29	4	7	5	18	21	2	5	6	9	25	-19	30	L	D	W	D	D	1988-03-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	0	Derby County	27	4	3	6	12	12	3	4	7	11	20	-9	28	W	D	L	L	L	1988-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Oxford United	27	5	3	6	19	24	1	4	8	13	29	-21	25	D	D	L	D	L	1988-03-05	West Ham United	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	29	4	5	6	16	20	1	4	9	11	26	-19	24	L	W	D	L	L	1988-03-05	Derby County	A
21	0	Watford	28	3	3	8	9	18	2	5	7	9	19	-19	23	L	L	D	D	W	1988-03-05	Southampton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Stoke City	Dean Court	6,871
	Lineups
Aston Villa	5	2	Plymouth Argyle	Villa Park	16,142
Gray S (p), Platt, Birch 2, Thompson	Lineups		Tynan, Hodges
Barnsley	2	3	Ipswich Town	Oakwell	6,512
Currie 2	Lineups		Atkinson 2, Atkins (p)
Crystal Palace	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst Park	8,210
Redfearn (p)	Lineups		O'Doherty Og, Irvine
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Birmingham City	Leeds Road	5,441
Banks, Barham	Lineups		Robinson, Whitton
Hull City	1	2	Sheffield United	Boothferry Park	8,832
Saville	Lineups		Cadette, Beagrie
Leeds United	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	23,843
Sheridan (p), Snodin	Lineups		Garner, Hendry
Leicester City	1	0	Manchester City	Filbert Street	13,852	Largest home gate 1987-88
Cross	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	2	Bradford City	Ayresome Park	21,079
Cooper	Lineups		Ormondroyd 2
Swindon Town	0	1	Millwall	County Ground	9,570
	Lineups		Cascarino
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Reading	The Hawthorns	8,509
	Lineups		Jones

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Aston Villa	34	7	7	3	27	16	11	3	3	31	16	26	64	W	L	L	W	W	1988-03-05	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	-1	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	4	2	29	15	7	6	3	21	17	18	64	D	W	W	W	W	1988-03-05	Stoke City	A
3	1	Millwall	34	11	2	3	32	14	7	3	8	22	27	13	59	W	D	W	L	L	1988-03-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	-1	Middlesbrough	33	11	3	2	29	11	5	6	6	15	16	17	57	L	D	W	D	W	1988-03-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	1	Bradford City	31	10	2	3	33	19	7	4	5	17	20	11	57	W	W	W	L	L	1988-03-01	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-1	Crystal Palace	33	12	1	3	38	18	5	3	9	29	32	17	55	L	L	W	L	L	1988-03-05	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Leeds United	34	11	3	3	28	15	3	6	8	20	30	3	51	D	L	L	W	W	1988-03-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	1	Ipswich Town	33	11	2	4	29	14	3	5	8	15	22	8	49	W	L	L	L	L	1988-03-05	Manchester City	A
9	-1	Hull City	31	9	6	1	25	14	4	4	7	19	28	2	49	L	D	L	L	W	1988-03-02	Manchester City	A
10	0	Stoke City	33	9	4	4	26	18	4	4	8	13	22	-1	47	D	W	D	W	W	1988-03-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	0	Manchester City	32	7	2	7	37	23	6	4	6	23	23	14	45	L	W	L	L	L	1988-03-02	Hull City	H
12	0	Swindon Town	30	8	4	3	31	15	5	2	8	22	25	13	45	L	L	W	D	D	1988-03-12	Oldham Athletic	A
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	31	8	3	4	34	21	4	3	9	16	30	-1	42	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-05	Leeds United	A
14	0	Oldham Athletic	32	8	3	5	23	18	3	5	8	20	28	-3	41	D	L	W	W	W	1988-03-05	Crystal Palace	A
15	0	Barnsley	30	8	2	6	33	24	3	4	7	11	17	3	39	L	L	L	W	L	1988-03-05	Hull City	A
16	0	Birmingham City	32	6	6	3	16	15	4	3	10	17	35	-17	39	D	W	L	L	D	1988-03-05	Bradford City	H
17	0	Leicester City	32	7	4	5	25	18	3	3	10	17	28	-4	37	W	W	W	L	W	1988-03-05	Sheffield United	H
18	1	Sheffield United	33	6	5	6	20	23	4	1	11	15	31	-19	36	W	W	L	L	W	1988-03-05	Leicester City	A
19	-1	AFC Bournemouth	31	6	6	6	32	26	3	2	8	11	23	-6	35	D	L	W	L	W	1988-03-05	Aston Villa	H
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	34	4	6	6	17	18	4	5	9	14	26	-13	35	W	W	W	L	L	1988-03-05	Millwall	H
21	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	7	3	7	23	22	2	2	12	13	33	-19	32	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-05	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Reading	32	3	3	9	14	19	4	4	9	21	38	-22	28	W	D	L	L	L	1988-03-05	Huddersfield Town	A
23	0	Huddersfield Town	31	3	5	7	14	25	1	4	11	19	48	-40	21	D	L	L	L	L	1988-03-01	Bradford City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	2	Sunderland	Recreation Ground	6,042	Largest home gate 1987-88
Berry, Langley, Riley	Lineups		MacPhail (p), Gabbiadini
Bristol City	2	2	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	8,578
Walsh, Reed OG	Lineups		Adcock, Chard
Bury	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gigg Lane	2,557
Robinson 2	Lineups		Nelson
Fulham	3	1	Blackpool	Craven Cottage	4,072
Scott, Rosenior, Walker	Lineups		Walwyn
Gillingham	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	4,049
Lovell 2 (1p), Cooper	Lineups		Rankine
Mansfield Town	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Field Mill	3,191
Cassells	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Chester City	Meadow Lane	5,869
Lund	Lineups
Port Vale	1	0	Brentford	Vale Park	3,876
Beckford	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Walsall	Deepdale	6,479
Brazil (p)	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Chesterfield	Millmoor	3,440
Williams (p)	Lineups		Phillips
York City	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Bootham Crescent	2,366
Helliwell, Banton 2	Lineups		Jewell

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Notts County	34	12	4	2	45	19	7	5	4	22	18	30	66	W	W	L	L	W	1988-03-02	Bristol Rovers	A
2	-1	Sunderland	33	11	5	1	40	15	8	4	4	24	20	29	66	L	L	W	D	D	1988-03-01	Fulham	H
3	0	Walsall	35	9	5	2	26	16	7	7	5	24	20	14	60	L	W	L	D	D	1988-03-01	Bury	H
4	0	Wigan Athletic	32	8	5	2	24	16	9	3	5	27	24	11	59	L	W	L	W	D	1988-03-01	Aldershot	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	8	6	1	22	13	6	6	5	25	23	11	54	L	W	D	W	W	1988-03-02	Port Vale	H
6	0	Northampton Town	34	9	5	3	23	12	4	9	4	25	22	14	53	D	W	D	W	D	1988-03-02	Southend United	H
7	0	Brentford	33	7	5	4	19	14	7	3	7	20	26	-1	50	L	L	L	L	W	1988-03-01	Preston North End	H
8	1	Gillingham	34	7	7	4	40	17	5	6	5	27	29	21	49	W	D	W	W	D	1988-03-02	Chester City	A
9	-1	Bristol City	32	9	5	3	39	27	4	4	7	19	26	5	48	D	L	L	D	W	1988-03-01	Chesterfield	A
10	0	Bury	34	7	7	3	29	20	4	5	8	20	28	1	45	W	L	D	L	W	1988-03-01	Walsall	A
11	0	Fulham	33	6	4	7	26	19	6	4	6	22	27	2	44	W	W	L	D	L	1988-03-01	Sunderland	A
12	1	Aldershot	31	10	1	5	38	26	3	3	9	15	28	-1	43	W	L	L	W	D	1988-03-01	Wigan Athletic	A
13	2	Preston North End	34	5	6	6	19	19	5	6	6	14	23	-9	42	W	D	D	W	D	1988-03-01	Brentford	A
14	2	Mansfield Town	30	8	4	4	19	10	3	4	7	18	24	3	41	W	W	W	D	L	1988-03-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	-3	Blackpool	31	7	4	5	29	20	3	6	6	19	22	6	40	L	L	D	W	L	1988-03-01	York City	H
16	2	Port Vale	30	8	5	2	21	11	3	2	10	17	27	0	40	W	W	W	D	W	1988-03-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	-3	Rotherham United	33	6	6	4	23	17	3	7	7	18	30	-6	40	D	D	W	D	L	1988-03-05	Southend United	H
18	-1	Chester City	33	6	6	5	21	23	3	5	8	16	26	-12	38	L	L	W	L	W	1988-03-02	Gillingham	H
19	0	Chesterfield	33	6	4	5	18	19	4	4	10	11	33	-23	38	D	D	D	D	L	1988-03-01	Bristol City	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	31	9	2	4	33	18	0	6	10	14	32	-3	35	L	W	D	D	L	1988-03-02	Notts County	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	34	5	3	8	19	21	4	5	9	19	25	-8	35	D	W	D	L	L	1988-03-05	Bristol City	A
22	0	Southend United	34	5	6	6	26	26	2	6	9	18	40	-22	33	D	W	D	L	D	1988-03-02	Northampton Town	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	5	4	8	20	26	2	3	11	10	31	-27	28	L	D	D	L	D	1988-03-01	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	York City	33	3	6	8	22	32	0	2	14	12	37	-35	17	W	L	L	L	L	1988-03-01	Blackpool	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	1	Scarborough	Turf Moor	7,645
	Lineups		Thompson
Cambridge United	0	3	Swansea City	Abbey Stadium	2,080
	Lineups		Harrison, Love 2
Cardiff City	0	0	Stockport County	Ninian Park	3,937
	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Rochdale	Brunton Park	1,983
Holdsworth, Wright	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	1,624
Toman (p), Baker	Lineups		Cutler
Hereford United	2	1	Halifax Town	Edgar Street	1,905
Stevens, Spooner	Lineups		Holden
Leyton Orient	2	1	Wrexham	Brisbane Road	3,448
Comfort, Sitton	Lineups		Massey
Scunthorpe United	5	0	Peterborough United	Old Showground	3,378
Shearer, Flounders 3, Gunn OG	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Exeter City	Plainmoor	3,803
McNichol	Lineups		Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	12,430
Bull 2, Dennison, Robinson	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	3	4	33	14	8	5	3	23	15	27	62	W	D	D	L	W	1988-03-01	Rochdale	A
2	0	Cardiff City	32	11	4	1	29	12	4	6	6	17	21	13	55	D	L	W	W	D	1988-03-01	Halifax Town	A
3	1	Leyton Orient	33	10	3	4	43	22	5	6	5	24	26	19	54	W	L	W	L	L	1988-03-01	Newport County	A
4	3	Scunthorpe United	32	10	3	4	31	17	4	7	4	26	24	16	52	W	W	W	L	L	1988-03-01	Stockport County	A
5	-2	Bolton Wanderers	32	11	3	2	27	10	4	4	8	16	24	9	52	L	L	W	W	W	1988-03-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	3	Hartlepool United	33	7	7	3	20	17	6	5	5	21	18	6	51	W	W	D	W	L	1988-03-02	Exeter City	A
7	-2	Burnley	33	8	5	3	20	14	7	1	9	21	31	-4	51	L	W	W	D	W	1988-03-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-2	Torquay United	30	6	3	4	20	11	8	5	4	25	20	14	50	D	D	W	L	D	1988-03-02	Scarborough	A
9	-1	Darlington	32	9	5	3	29	18	5	2	8	25	26	10	49	L	W	L	D	W	1988-03-05	Rochdale	H
10	2	Scarborough	33	9	6	1	30	12	4	4	9	12	23	7	49	W	W	D	D	L	1988-03-02	Torquay United	H
11	2	Swansea City	33	7	6	4	28	20	6	3	7	20	21	7	48	W	D	D	W	D	1988-03-01	Colchester United	H
12	-2	Colchester United	32	6	3	7	16	19	8	3	5	22	16	3	48	D	L	L	L	L	1988-03-01	Swansea City	A
13	-2	Crewe Alexandra	32	6	7	2	22	15	5	6	6	27	25	9	46	L	W	W	W	L	1988-03-01	Burnley	H
14	0	Cambridge United	32	8	2	6	23	17	5	4	7	15	22	-1	45	L	W	D	W	L	1988-03-01	Wrexham	A
15	0	Peterborough United	32	8	3	7	25	24	4	3	7	13	24	-10	42	L	L	W	W	L	1988-03-04	Cardiff City	A
16	2	Hereford United	34	6	6	6	21	23	5	3	8	11	19	-10	42	W	W	L	L	L	1988-03-05	Scunthorpe United	A
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	33	10	0	7	29	15	3	4	9	12	26	0	41	W	L	L	W	W	1988-03-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	32	9	4	3	26	15	2	5	9	12	25	-2	41	L	W	L	W	L	1988-03-01	Cardiff City	H
19	0	Rochdale	34	4	7	6	22	25	4	5	8	13	37	-27	36	L	W	D	W	W	1988-03-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Wrexham	32	7	3	5	26	19	3	2	12	11	27	-9	35	L	L	L	W	L	1988-03-01	Cambridge United	H
21	0	Exeter City	32	5	4	6	23	20	3	5	9	17	28	-8	33	D	L	L	L	D	1988-03-02	Hartlepool United	H
22	1	Carlisle United	32	8	4	5	33	24	1	2	12	12	38	-17	33	W	L	W	L	D	1988-03-05	Bolton Wanderers	H
23	-1	Stockport County	33	4	4	8	18	20	3	6	8	13	25	-14	31	D	D	L	L	W	1988-03-01	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Newport County	32	4	3	7	16	17	1	2	15	12	49	-38	20	D	L	L	W	L	1988-03-01	Leyton Orient	H