1988-03-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	1	2	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Highbury	50,157
	Rocastle	Lineups		Wilkinson, Rice
D 1	Luton Town	3	1	Portsmouth	D 1	Kenilworth Road	12,857
	Wilson D, Stein M, Harford	Lineups		Quinn
D 1	Wimbledon	2	1	Watford	D 1	Plough Lane	12,228
	Young, Fashanu	Lineups		Allen

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	3	0	West Ham United	Selhurst Park	8,118
Crooks 2, Stuart	Lineups
Chelsea	0	0	Everton	Stamford Bridge	17,390
	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	33,318
Blackmore, McClair 2, Davenport	Lineups		Chapman
Southampton	1	2	Coventry City	The Dell	12,914
Wallace D	Lineups		Smith D, Kilcline
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Norwich City	White Hart Lane	19,322
Claesen	Lineups		Goss, Fleck, Drinkell

				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	31	8	5	1	23	12	8	5	4	25	18	18	58	W	L	D	W	W	1988-03-19	Nottingham Forest	A
3	1	Everton	30	12	2	1	27	5	3	6	6	14	13	23	53	D	L	W	W	W	1988-03-20	Liverpool	H
4	-1	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
5	0	Arsenal	29	10	2	4	31	13	5	4	4	14	14	18	51	W	W	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Newcastle United	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	33	8	4	5	23	20	3	5	8	11	18	-4	42	L	W	L	D	W	1988-03-19	Wimbledon	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	0	Southampton	31	4	6	5	18	19	5	4	7	20	24	-5	37	L	W	D	L	D	1988-03-19	Charlton Athletic	H
11	0	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	0	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	1	7	20	21	3	3	9	15	32	-18	37	L	L	L	L	L	1988-03-19	Portsmouth	H
13	1	Norwich City	30	5	3	6	18	18	5	3	8	12	17	-5	36	W	W	D	W	D	1988-03-16	Oxford United	H
14	1	Coventry City	29	3	6	4	16	20	6	3	7	17	23	-10	36	W	D	W	D	W	1988-03-15	Luton Town	H
15	-2	West Ham United	30	4	7	4	17	18	3	5	7	13	22	-10	33	L	D	L	D	D	1988-03-19	Watford	H
16	0	Chelsea	31	6	7	1	19	12	2	2	13	19	41	-15	33	D	D	L	L	L	1988-03-19	Oxford United	A
17	0	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	0	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	1	Charlton Athletic	31	5	5	6	19	20	1	5	9	12	27	-16	28	W	D	L	W	D	1988-03-19	Southampton	A
20	-1	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
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
Aston Villa	1	2	Leeds United	Villa Park	19,677
McInally	Lineups		Swan, Taylor
Barnsley	1	1	Leicester City	Oakwell	7,447
Rees	Lineups		Walsh
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	AFC Bournemouth	Ewood Park	10,807
Barker, Price, Archibald	Lineups		Close
Bradford City	4	1	West Bromwich Albion	Valley Parade	12,502
Sinnott, Leonard 2, Hendrie	Lineups		Talbot (p)
Ipswich Town	2	0	Hull City	Portman Road	9,728
Woods, Lowe	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	13,866
Glover (p), Kerr	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	12,815
Sheringham	Lineups		Cannon
Oldham Athletic	4	3	Swindon Town	Boundary Park	5,203
Bunn, Ritchie 2 (1p), Palmer	Lineups		Quinn, Bodin, Henry
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Stoke City	Home Park	8,749
Tynan 2, Uzzell	Lineups
Reading	1	1	Birmingham City	Elm Park	6,598
Whitehurst	Lineups		Handysides

				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	36	7	7	4	28	18	12	3	3	33	17	26	67	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Reading	A
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	12	4	2	32	16	7	6	4	22	19	19	67	W	L	D	W	W	1988-03-19	Leicester City	H
3	2	Middlesbrough	35	12	3	2	31	11	5	7	6	15	16	19	61	W	D	L	D	W	1988-03-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	2	Bradford City	34	11	2	4	37	21	7	5	5	18	21	13	61	W	D	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Crystal Palace	A
5	-2	Millwall	36	11	3	3	33	15	7	4	8	22	27	13	61	D	D	W	D	W	1988-03-19	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-2	Crystal Palace	35	13	1	3	41	19	5	4	9	30	33	19	59	D	W	L	L	W	1988-03-19	Bradford City	H
7	1	Leeds United	36	12	3	3	29	15	4	6	8	22	31	5	57	W	W	D	L	L	1988-03-19	Sheffield United	H
8	-1	Manchester City	35	9	2	7	41	23	7	4	6	25	24	19	54	W	W	W	L	W	1988-03-19	Swindon Town	H
9	1	Ipswich Town	35	12	2	4	31	14	3	5	9	15	24	8	52	W	L	W	L	L	1988-03-19	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	-1	Stoke City	35	10	4	4	28	19	4	4	9	13	25	-3	50	L	W	D	W	D	1988-03-16	Leicester City	A
11	0	Hull City	34	9	6	2	26	16	4	4	9	19	32	-3	49	L	L	L	L	D	1988-03-19	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	1	Barnsley	33	9	3	6	36	26	4	4	7	13	18	5	46	D	W	W	L	L	1988-03-15	Swindon Town	A
13	-1	Swindon Town	31	8	4	3	31	15	5	2	9	25	29	12	45	L	L	L	W	D	1988-03-15	Barnsley	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	9	3	4	37	21	4	3	10	16	31	1	45	W	L	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Hull City	A
15	0	Oldham Athletic	34	9	3	5	27	21	3	5	9	21	31	-4	44	W	L	D	L	W	1988-03-19	Birmingham City	A
16	0	Leicester City	34	8	4	5	26	18	3	4	10	18	29	-3	41	D	W	W	W	W	1988-03-16	Stoke City	H
17	0	Birmingham City	35	6	7	4	17	17	4	4	10	18	36	-18	41	D	L	D	D	W	1988-03-19	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	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	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	7	4	7	23	22	3	2	13	15	37	-21	36	L	W	D	L	W	1988-03-26	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Sheffield United	35	6	5	7	21	25	4	1	12	15	32	-21	36	L	L	W	W	L	1988-03-19	Leeds United	A
21	0	AFC Bournemouth	34	6	6	7	33	28	3	2	10	13	28	-10	35	L	L	L	D	L	1988-03-19	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Reading	34	3	4	9	15	20	5	4	9	23	38	-20	32	D	W	W	D	L	1988-03-19	Aston Villa	H
23	0	Huddersfield Town	34	3	5	8	14	27	2	4	12	20	50	-43	24	L	L	W	D	L	1988-03-19	Millwall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	3	2	Aldershot	Bloomfield Road	2,661
Taylor, Walwyn, Cunningham	Lineups		McDonald, Burvill
Brentford	0	3	Bury	Griffin Park	3,920
	Lineups		Greenwood, Taylor, Parkinson
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	8,345
Dublin, Wood	Lineups		Christie
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Gillingham	Twerton Park, Bath	3,856
Purnell, Penrice	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	3,464
Stubbs	Lineups		Hunter
Mansfield Town	1	1	Notts County	Field Mill	8,002	Largest home gate 1987-88
Owen	Lineups		Pike (p)
Port Vale	3	2	Preston North End	Vale Park	4,647
Sproson, Walker, Atkins OG	Lineups		Brazil, Swann
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Sunderland	Springfield Park	6,949	Largest home gate 1987-88
Cook, Senior	Lineups		Gabbiadini, Gates
York City	1	3	Fulham	Bootham Crescent	2,560
Hood (p)	Lineups		Walker, Rosenior, Davies

				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	Notts County	37	13	4	2	47	19	7	7	4	24	20	32	71	D	W	D	W	W	1988-03-19	Sunderland	A
2	0	Sunderland	36	12	6	1	44	17	8	5	4	26	22	31	71	D	D	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Notts County	H
3	0	Walsall	38	11	5	2	32	19	7	7	6	25	22	16	66	L	W	W	L	W	1988-03-19	Southend United	H
4	0	Wigan Athletic	35	9	6	2	30	18	9	3	6	29	27	14	63	D	L	W	L	W	1988-03-19	Rotherham United	A
5	0	Northampton Town	37	10	6	3	27	12	5	9	4	27	22	20	60	D	W	W	D	W	1988-03-19	Aldershot	H
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	10	6	1	26	14	6	6	6	25	26	11	60	W	L	W	L	W	1988-03-16	Rotherham United	A
7	0	Brentford	36	8	5	5	21	17	7	3	8	22	30	-4	53	L	L	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Bristol Rovers	A
8	0	Bristol City	35	9	6	3	40	28	5	4	8	23	29	6	52	L	D	W	D	L	1988-03-19	Fulham	A
9	0	Gillingham	37	7	8	4	40	17	5	6	7	28	34	17	50	L	D	L	W	D	1988-03-19	Port Vale	H
10	0	Fulham	36	7	4	7	29	21	7	4	7	25	30	3	50	W	W	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Bristol City	H
11	1	Bury	37	7	7	4	29	21	5	5	9	24	30	2	48	W	L	L	W	L	1988-03-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	2	Blackpool	34	9	4	5	34	23	3	7	6	21	24	8	47	W	D	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Mansfield Town	H
13	-2	Mansfield Town	33	8	5	4	20	11	4	5	7	20	24	5	46	D	D	W	W	W	1988-03-19	Blackpool	A
14	1	Port Vale	33	9	5	2	24	13	4	2	11	18	29	0	46	W	W	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Gillingham	A
15	-2	Preston North End	37	6	6	6	22	19	5	6	8	16	28	-9	45	L	W	L	W	D	1988-03-19	Chester City	A
16	0	Aldershot	34	10	1	6	39	28	3	3	11	17	35	-7	43	L	L	L	W	L	1988-03-19	Northampton Town	A
17	2	Bristol Rovers	34	10	3	4	36	19	1	6	10	17	32	2	42	W	W	D	L	W	1988-03-19	Brentford	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	36	6	7	4	24	18	3	8	8	19	32	-7	42	D	L	D	D	D	1988-03-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	-1	Chester City	36	7	6	6	24	27	3	6	8	18	28	-13	42	D	L	W	L	L	1988-03-19	Preston North End	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	37	6	4	8	22	23	4	6	9	20	26	-7	40	D	W	D	D	W	1988-03-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Chesterfield	36	6	4	7	19	25	4	5	10	12	34	-28	39	D	L	L	D	D	1988-03-19	York City	H
22	0	Southend United	37	6	6	6	28	26	2	7	10	19	45	-24	37	W	D	L	D	W	1988-03-19	Walsall	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	5	5	9	22	30	2	3	12	10	33	-31	29	D	L	L	L	D	1988-03-19	Bury	A
24	0	York City	36	3	6	9	23	35	1	2	15	15	40	-37	20	L	W	L	W	L	1988-03-19	Chesterfield	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Exeter City	1	0	Scarborough	St James Park	1,738
Harris	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	2	Scunthorpe United	The Shay	1,807
Duffield 2	Lineups		Harle, Lister
Hartlepool United	2	1	Burnley	Victoria Park	2,893
Baker, Borthwick	Lineups		Oghani
Leyton Orient	0	0	Colchester United	Brisbane Road	3,125
	Lineups
Newport County	0	0	Cambridge United	Somerton Park	1,208
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	0	Stockport County	London Road	2,193
	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Spotland	1,622
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Carlisle United	Molineux	9,262
Bellamy, Mutch, Clark OG	Lineups		Hutchinson
Wrexham	1	2	Swansea City	Racecourse Ground	1,916
Russell (p)	Lineups		Love, James

				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	36	11	3	4	36	15	9	5	4	24	18	27	68	W	L	W	W	D	1988-03-22	Peterborough 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	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	12	4	2	30	11	5	4	8	18	24	13	59	D	W	W	L	L	1988-03-18	Swansea City	A
4	2	Scunthorpe United	35	11	3	4	34	17	4	9	4	29	27	19	57	D	W	D	W	W	1988-03-19	Hartlepool United	H
5	-1	Torquay United	33	6	4	4	21	12	10	5	4	28	21	16	57	W	D	W	D	D	1988-03-19	Peterborough United	H
6	-1	Burnley	36	9	5	3	23	14	8	1	10	23	33	-1	57	L	W	W	L	W	1988-03-18	Stockport County	A
7	0	Leyton Orient	36	10	4	4	43	22	5	7	6	24	28	17	56	D	L	D	W	L	1988-03-22	Burnley	A
8	2	Hartlepool United	36	8	7	3	22	18	6	6	6	22	20	6	55	W	D	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Scunthorpe United	A
9	2	Swansea City	36	7	6	5	29	22	8	3	7	24	23	8	54	W	W	L	W	D	1988-03-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	-2	Darlington	34	10	5	3	31	19	5	3	8	26	27	11	53	D	W	L	W	L	1988-03-15	Peterborough United	H
11	-2	Scarborough	36	10	6	2	33	14	4	4	10	12	24	7	52	L	W	L	W	W	1988-03-19	Wrexham	H
12	0	Colchester United	35	6	3	8	17	21	9	4	5	24	17	3	52	D	L	W	D	L	1988-03-19	Darlington	A
13	0	Cambridge United	35	9	2	6	25	17	5	5	8	15	25	-2	49	D	W	L	L	W	1988-03-19	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	1	Peterborough United	35	8	4	7	25	24	5	4	7	14	24	-9	47	D	W	D	L	L	1988-03-15	Darlington	A
15	-1	Crewe Alexandra	35	6	7	4	22	17	5	6	7	27	27	5	46	L	L	L	L	W	1988-03-19	Carlisle United	A
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	11	0	7	32	15	3	5	10	12	28	1	45	D	W	L	W	L	1988-03-19	Cambridge United	A
17	1	Halifax Town	35	9	5	4	28	18	2	5	10	12	26	-4	42	D	L	L	L	W	1988-03-26	Peterborough United	A
18	-1	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
19	0	Wrexham	35	8	3	6	30	21	4	2	12	13	28	-6	41	L	W	W	L	L	1988-03-16	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Exeter City	36	7	4	7	25	21	3	5	10	17	31	-10	39	W	L	L	W	D	1988-03-19	Hereford United	H
21	0	Rochdale	37	4	8	7	22	26	4	5	9	14	39	-29	37	D	L	L	L	W	1988-03-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Stockport County	36	5	5	8	20	21	3	7	8	13	25	-13	36	D	W	D	D	D	1988-03-18	Burnley	H
23	0	Carlisle United	34	8	4	6	33	26	1	2	13	13	41	-21	33	L	L	W	L	W	1988-03-19	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	0	Newport County	35	4	5	8	17	19	1	2	15	12	49	-39	22	D	L	D	D	L	1988-03-26	Wrexham	A