1988-03-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	3	3	Chelsea	Highfield Road	16,816
Kilcline, Speedie, Smith D	Lineups		Nevin, Wilson K 2
Derby County	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Baseball Ground	14,769
Callaghan (p)	Lineups		Reid
Everton	1	0	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	25,674
Clarke	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Manchester United	Carrow Road	19,129
Fleck	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Liverpool	Loftus Road	23,171	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Barnes
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	19,509
	Lineups		Webb
Watford	0	1	Southampton	Vicarage Road	11,824
	Lineups		Moore
West Ham United	1	1	Oxford United	Upton Park	14,980
Ward	Lineups		Phillips
Wimbledon	2	0	Luton Town	Plough Lane	4,854
Fashanu, Gibson	Lineups

				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	28	12	2	0	36	3	10	4	0	30	9	54	72	W	W	W	D	W	1988-03-16	Derby County	A
2	0	Manchester United	30	7	5	1	19	11	8	5	4	25	18	15	55	L	D	W	W	W	1988-03-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	27	7	3	2	28	11	8	4	3	23	13	27	52	W	D	W	D	D	1988-03-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Everton	28	12	2	1	27	5	3	5	5	13	11	24	52	W	W	W	W	W	1988-03-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
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	29	9	3	4	22	12	4	4	5	11	19	2	46	L	W	L	W	L	1988-03-16	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Wimbledon	29	7	6	2	23	13	5	3	6	19	19	10	45	W	L	D	D	L	1988-03-19	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	7	4	4	20	16	3	5	7	10	16	-2	39	D	W	D	D	L	1988-03-06	Arsenal	A
9	0	Luton Town	27	8	4	3	29	15	3	1	8	11	19	6	38	L	L	W	W	D	1988-03-15	Coventry City	A
10	2	Southampton	30	4	6	4	17	17	5	4	7	20	24	-4	37	W	D	L	D	L	1988-03-12	Coventry City	H
11	-1	Newcastle United	29	5	4	5	17	18	4	6	5	18	23	-6	37	L	D	W	L	D	1988-03-19	Arsenal	A
12	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	1	7	20	21	3	3	8	14	28	-15	37	L	L	L	L	W	1988-03-12	Manchester United	A
13	0	West Ham United	29	4	7	4	17	18	3	5	6	13	19	-7	33	D	L	D	D	W	1988-03-12	Charlton Athletic	A
14	2	Norwich City	29	5	3	6	18	18	4	3	8	9	16	-7	33	W	D	W	D	D	1988-03-12	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-1	Coventry City	28	3	6	4	16	20	5	3	7	15	22	-11	33	D	W	D	W	L	1988-03-12	Southampton	A
16	-1	Chelsea	30	6	6	1	19	12	2	2	13	19	41	-15	32	D	L	L	L	D	1988-03-12	Everton	H
17	1	Derby County	29	4	4	6	13	13	3	5	7	11	20	-9	30	D	D	W	D	L	1988-03-16	Liverpool	H
18	-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
19	0	Oxford United	28	5	3	6	19	24	1	5	8	14	30	-21	26	D	D	D	L	D	1988-03-16	Norwich City	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	30	4	5	6	16	20	1	5	9	12	27	-19	25	D	L	W	D	L	1988-03-12	West Ham United	H
21	0	Watford	29	3	3	9	9	19	2	5	7	9	19	-20	23	L	L	L	D	D	1988-03-19	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	2	Aston Villa	Dean Court	10,057	Largest home gate 1987-88
Gray A OG	Lineups		Daley, Platt
Birmingham City	1	1	Bradford City	St Andrew's	8,101
Whitton	Lineups		Hendrie
Crystal Palace	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Selhurst Park	7,032
Wright, Nebbeling 2	Lineups		Cecere
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Reading	Leeds Road	6,094
	Lineups		Whitehurst 2
Hull City	1	2	Barnsley	Boothferry Park	7,622
Saville	Lineups		Dobbin, Beresford
Leeds United	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Elland Road	18,115
Baird	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	12,256
Cross	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Ipswich Town	Maine Road	17,402
Morley, Varadi	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Millwall	Gay Meadow	5,408
	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	14,103
Morgan, Shaw	Lineups		Price
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	8,742
	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	35	7	7	3	27	16	12	3	3	33	17	27	67	W	W	L	L	W	1988-03-12	Leeds United	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	4	2	29	15	7	6	4	22	19	17	64	L	D	W	W	W	1988-03-12	AFC Bournemouth	H
3	0	Millwall	35	11	2	3	32	14	7	4	8	22	27	13	60	D	W	D	W	L	1988-03-12	Crystal Palace	H
4	2	Crystal Palace	34	13	1	3	41	19	5	3	9	29	32	19	58	W	L	L	W	L	1988-03-12	Millwall	A
5	-1	Middlesbrough	34	11	3	2	29	11	5	7	6	15	16	17	58	D	L	D	W	D	1988-03-12	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-1	Bradford City	33	10	2	4	33	20	7	5	5	18	21	10	58	D	L	W	W	W	1988-03-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
7	0	Leeds United	35	12	3	3	29	15	3	6	8	20	30	4	54	W	D	L	L	W	1988-03-12	Aston Villa	A
8	2	Manchester City	34	9	2	7	41	23	6	4	6	23	23	18	51	W	W	L	W	L	1988-03-08	Sheffield United	A
9	2	Stoke City	34	10	4	4	28	19	4	4	8	13	22	0	50	W	D	W	D	W	1988-03-12	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-2	Ipswich Town	34	11	2	4	29	14	3	5	9	15	24	6	49	L	W	L	L	L	1988-03-12	Hull City	H
11	-2	Hull City	33	9	6	2	26	16	4	4	8	19	30	-1	49	L	L	L	D	L	1988-03-12	Ipswich Town	A
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	2	Barnsley	31	8	2	6	33	24	4	4	7	13	18	4	42	W	L	L	L	W	1988-03-08	AFC Bournemouth	H
14	-1	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	3	4	34	21	4	3	10	16	31	-2	42	L	L	W	W	L	1988-03-12	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Oldham Athletic	33	8	3	5	23	18	3	5	9	21	31	-5	41	L	D	L	W	W	1988-03-12	Swindon Town	H
16	1	Leicester City	33	8	4	5	26	18	3	3	10	17	28	-3	40	W	W	W	W	L	1988-03-12	Barnsley	A
17	-1	Birmingham City	33	6	7	3	17	16	4	3	10	17	35	-17	40	D	D	W	L	L	1988-03-08	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	2	Shrewsbury Town	35	4	7	6	17	18	4	5	9	14	26	-13	36	D	W	W	W	L	1988-03-19	Middlesbrough	H
19	-1	Sheffield United	34	6	5	6	20	23	4	1	12	15	32	-20	36	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-08	Manchester City	H
20	-1	AFC Bournemouth	32	6	6	7	33	28	3	2	8	11	23	-7	35	L	D	L	W	L	1988-03-08	Barnsley	A
21	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	4	7	23	22	2	2	12	13	33	-19	33	D	L	W	W	L	1988-03-08	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Reading	33	3	3	9	14	19	5	4	9	23	38	-20	31	W	W	D	L	L	1988-03-12	Birmingham City	H
23	0	Huddersfield Town	33	3	5	8	14	27	2	4	11	20	48	-41	24	L	W	D	L	L	1988-03-12	Middlesbrough	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	2	York City	Recreation Ground	2,672
McDonald	Lineups		Helliwell, Hood
Bristol City	1	1	Grimsby Town	Ashton Gate	8,343
Walsh	Lineups		O'Riordan
Bury	0	1	Port Vale	Gigg Lane	2,635
	Lineups		Beckford
Chester City	0	3	Bristol Rovers	Sealand Road	2,067
	Lineups		White, Purnell, Mehew
Chesterfield	0	2	Northampton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,400
	Lineups		McGoldrick, Gilbert
Fulham	3	2	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage	3,860
Rosenior, Skinner, Walker	Lineups		Thompson D, Hilditch
Gillingham	0	0	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium	3,627
	Lineups
Notts County	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	5,816
Lund 2	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Deepdale	5,834
Jemson, Swann 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Southend United	Millmoor	2,531
Airey	Lineups		Butler
Sunderland	2	2	Blackpool	Roker Park	15,513
Armstrong, Gates	Lineups		Taylor, Walwyn
Walsall	4	2	Brentford	Fellows Park	4,548
Christie, O'Kelly, Jones P (p), Forbes	Lineups		Blissett, Evans

				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	36	13	4	2	47	19	7	6	4	23	19	32	70	W	D	W	W	L	1988-03-12	Mansfield Town	A
2	-1	Sunderland	35	12	6	1	44	17	8	4	4	24	20	31	70	D	W	L	L	W	1988-03-12	Wigan Athletic	A
3	0	Walsall	37	11	5	2	32	19	7	7	5	24	20	17	66	W	W	L	W	L	1988-03-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	34	9	5	2	28	16	9	3	6	29	27	14	62	L	W	L	W	L	1988-03-12	Sunderland	H
5	1	Northampton Town	36	10	5	3	27	12	5	9	4	27	22	20	59	W	W	D	W	D	1988-03-11	Rotherham United	H
6	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	9	6	1	24	13	6	6	6	25	26	10	57	L	W	L	W	D	1988-03-12	Walsall	H
7	0	Brentford	35	8	5	4	21	14	7	3	8	22	30	-1	53	L	W	L	L	L	1988-03-12	Bury	H
8	0	Bristol City	34	9	6	3	40	28	5	4	7	23	27	8	52	D	W	D	L	L	1988-03-11	Southend United	A
9	0	Gillingham	36	7	8	4	40	17	5	6	6	28	32	19	50	D	L	W	D	W	1988-03-12	Bristol Rovers	A
10	2	Fulham	35	7	4	7	29	21	6	4	7	22	29	1	47	W	L	W	W	L	1988-03-12	York City	A
11	0	Mansfield Town	32	8	4	4	19	10	4	5	7	20	24	5	45	D	W	W	W	W	1988-03-12	Notts County	H
12	-2	Bury	36	7	7	4	29	21	4	5	9	21	30	-1	45	L	L	W	L	D	1988-03-12	Brentford	A
13	2	Preston North End	36	6	6	6	22	19	5	6	7	14	25	-8	45	W	L	W	D	D	1988-03-12	Port Vale	A
14	-1	Blackpool	33	8	4	5	31	21	3	7	6	21	24	7	44	D	W	L	L	D	1988-03-12	Aldershot	H
15	2	Port Vale	32	8	5	2	21	11	4	2	11	18	29	-1	43	W	L	W	W	W	1988-03-12	Preston North End	H
16	-2	Aldershot	33	10	1	6	39	28	3	3	10	15	32	-6	43	L	L	W	L	L	1988-03-12	Blackpool	A
17	1	Rotherham United	34	6	7	4	24	18	3	7	7	18	30	-6	41	D	D	D	W	D	1988-03-08	Grimsby Town	A
18	-2	Chester City	35	7	6	6	24	27	3	5	8	16	26	-13	41	L	W	L	L	W	1988-03-11	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	1	Bristol Rovers	33	9	3	4	34	19	1	6	10	17	32	0	39	W	D	L	W	D	1988-03-12	Gillingham	H
20	-1	Chesterfield	35	6	4	7	19	25	4	4	10	11	33	-28	38	L	L	D	D	D	1988-03-12	Grimsby Town	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	35	5	3	8	19	21	4	6	9	20	26	-8	36	D	D	W	D	L	1988-03-08	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Southend United	36	5	6	6	26	26	2	7	10	19	45	-26	34	D	L	D	W	D	1988-03-11	Bristol City	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	5	4	9	20	28	2	3	12	10	33	-31	28	L	L	L	D	D	1988-03-11	Chester City	H
24	0	York City	35	3	6	8	22	32	1	2	15	15	40	-35	20	W	L	W	L	L	1988-03-12	Fulham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	3	0	Exeter City	Turf Moor	6,052
Davis, Reeves, Taylor	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	Leyton Orient	Abbey Stadium	2,500
Hildersley, Rigby	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Brunton Park	2,796
	Lineups		Thomas (p), Brookman
Darlington	2	1	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	1,773
Clayton 2	Lineups		Seasman
Newport County	1	2	Swansea City	Somerton Park	2,235
Brook	Lineups		McCarthy (p), Pascoe
Scarborough	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Seamer Road	2,260
Richards, Adams	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	0	Hereford United	Old Showground	3,313
Hill, Shearer, Lister	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Hartlepool United	Plainmoor	2,857
Pearce	Lineups		Barratt

				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	35	10	3	4	33	14	9	5	4	24	18	25	65	L	W	W	D	D	1988-03-12	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	34	11	5	1	29	12	5	6	6	18	21	14	59	D	W	D	L	W	1988-03-13	Hereford United	A
3	1	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	3	2	29	10	5	4	8	18	24	13	58	W	W	L	L	W	1988-03-11	Darlington	H
4	1	Burnley	35	9	5	3	23	14	8	1	9	22	31	0	57	W	W	L	W	W	1988-03-12	Hartlepool United	A
5	1	Scunthorpe United	34	11	3	4	34	17	4	8	4	27	25	19	56	W	D	W	W	W	1988-03-12	Halifax Town	A
6	-3	Leyton Orient	35	10	3	4	43	22	5	7	6	24	28	17	55	L	D	W	L	W	1988-03-12	Colchester United	H
7	0	Torquay United	32	6	4	4	21	12	9	5	4	27	21	15	54	D	W	D	D	W	1988-03-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	2	Darlington	33	10	5	3	31	19	5	2	8	25	26	11	52	W	L	W	L	D	1988-03-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	2	Scarborough	35	10	6	2	33	14	4	4	9	12	23	8	52	W	L	W	W	D	1988-03-12	Exeter City	A
10	-2	Hartlepool United	35	7	7	3	20	17	6	6	6	22	20	5	52	D	L	W	W	D	1988-03-12	Burnley	H
11	1	Swansea City	35	7	6	5	29	22	7	3	7	22	22	7	51	W	L	W	D	D	1988-03-12	Wrexham	A
12	-3	Colchester United	34	6	3	8	17	21	9	3	5	24	17	3	51	L	W	D	L	L	1988-03-12	Leyton Orient	A
13	1	Cambridge United	34	9	2	6	25	17	5	4	8	15	25	-2	48	W	L	L	W	D	1988-03-12	Newport County	A
14	-1	Crewe Alexandra	34	6	7	3	22	16	5	6	7	27	27	6	46	L	L	L	W	W	1988-03-11	Torquay United	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	11	0	7	32	15	3	4	10	12	28	1	44	W	L	W	L	L	1988-03-12	Rochdale	A
16	0	Peterborough United	33	8	3	7	25	24	4	4	7	13	24	-10	43	D	L	L	W	W	1988-03-09	Exeter City	A
17	0	Hereford United	35	6	6	6	21	23	5	3	9	11	22	-13	42	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-13	Cardiff City	H
18	0	Halifax Town	34	9	4	4	26	16	2	5	10	12	26	-4	41	L	L	L	W	L	1988-03-12	Scunthorpe United	H
19	0	Wrexham	34	8	3	5	29	19	4	2	12	13	28	-5	41	W	W	L	L	L	1988-03-12	Swansea City	H
20	0	Exeter City	34	6	4	6	24	20	3	5	10	17	31	-10	36	L	W	D	L	L	1988-03-09	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Rochdale	36	4	7	7	22	26	4	5	9	14	39	-29	36	L	L	L	W	D	1988-03-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Stockport County	35	5	5	8	20	21	3	6	8	13	25	-13	35	W	D	D	D	L	1988-03-12	Peterborough United	A
23	0	Carlisle United	33	8	4	6	33	26	1	2	12	12	38	-19	33	L	W	L	W	L	1988-03-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
24	0	Newport County	34	4	4	8	17	19	1	2	15	12	49	-39	21	L	D	D	L	L	1988-03-12	Cambridge United	H