1988-04-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	26,084
Hazard	Lineups		McLaughlin OG
Coventry City	1	0	Oxford United	Highfield Road	15,748
Regis	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Derby County	Old Trafford	40,146
McClair 3, Gibson	Lineups		Cross
Newcastle United	4	0	Luton Town	St James' Park	20,752
O'Neill 3, Goddard	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Carrow Road	15,015
Fox, Drinkell	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Liverpool	City Ground	29,188
Hansen OG, Webb	Lineups		Aldridge (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	West Ham United	Hillsborough	18,435
Hirst, Chamberlain	Lineups		Rosenior
Southampton	2	2	Wimbledon	The Dell	13,036
Baker G, Cockerill	Lineups		Cunningham, Gayle
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	18,616
	Lineups		Horne

				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	32	13	2	0	38	4	10	5	2	32	13	53	76	L	W	L	D	W	1988-04-04	Manchester United	H
2	0	Manchester United	34	10	5	1	30	14	8	6	4	25	18	23	65	W	W	D	W	L	1988-04-04	Liverpool	A
3	2	Nottingham Forest	32	9	4	2	32	13	8	5	4	25	16	28	60	W	W	D	D	L	1988-04-04	Portsmouth	A
4	-1	Everton	33	13	3	1	30	7	4	6	6	16	14	25	60	D	W	W	D	L	1988-04-04	West Ham United	A
5	-1	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	3	4	27	13	6	4	5	13	19	8	58	W	W	W	W	L	1988-04-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	0	Arsenal	33	10	3	4	32	14	5	7	4	15	15	18	55	D	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Norwich City	H
7	0	Wimbledon	33	8	6	2	26	13	5	5	7	24	25	12	50	D	D	L	W	W	1988-04-05	Coventry City	H
8	1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	10	1	7	23	22	4	3	9	18	32	-13	46	W	W	W	L	L	1988-04-05	Luton Town	A
9	3	Coventry City	33	5	6	5	21	23	6	4	7	19	25	-8	43	W	D	L	W	W	1988-04-05	Wimbledon	A
10	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	36	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	9	11	21	-8	43	L	D	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	2	Newcastle United	32	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	5	19	24	-2	42	W	D	D	L	D	1988-04-04	Derby County	A
12	2	Norwich City	34	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	9	12	20	-7	42	W	L	L	W	W	1988-04-04	Arsenal	A
13	-3	Luton Town	30	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	10	11	27	1	41	L	W	L	L	L	1988-04-05	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	-3	Southampton	34	4	7	6	20	22	6	4	7	21	24	-5	41	D	W	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Oxford United	A
15	0	West Ham United	33	5	7	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	-12	36	L	L	W	L	D	1988-04-04	Everton	H
16	1	Chelsea	35	6	9	2	21	15	2	3	13	23	45	-16	36	D	D	L	D	D	1988-04-09	Derby County	H
17	-1	Derby County	34	4	6	6	14	14	4	5	9	16	26	-10	35	L	L	D	W	D	1988-04-04	Newcastle United	H
18	1	Portsmouth	33	4	7	6	18	22	3	5	8	11	30	-23	33	W	L	L	L	L	1988-04-04	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	34	5	6	6	19	20	2	5	10	13	29	-17	32	L	D	W	W	D	1988-04-04	Watford	H
20	0	Oxford United	33	5	5	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	-24	29	L	D	D	D	L	1988-04-04	Southampton	H
21	0	Watford	33	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	8	10	21	-23	24	L	D	L	L	L	1988-04-04	Charlton Athletic	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Hull City	St Andrew's	7,059
Williams	Lineups		Heard
Bradford City	1	1	Barnsley	Valley Parade	15,098
Hendrie	Lineups		Thomas
Crystal Palace	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	Selhurst Park	9,557
Redfearn 2 (2p), Bright	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Manchester City	Leeds Road	7,835
Madrick	Lineups
Middlesbrough	6	0	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	17,340
Senior 2, Ripley 3, Slaven	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Aston Villa	The Den, New Cross	13,697
Salman, Sheringham	Lineups		Thompson
Reading	1	1	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	10,193
Whitehurst	Lineups		Lowe
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Leeds United	Gay Meadow	7,369	Largest home gate 1987-88
Kasule	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	2	Leicester City	County Ground	9,450
Quinn 2, Barnes	Lineups		Osman, McAllister
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Stoke City	The Hawthorns	12,144
Gray, Talbot (p)	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	39	7	7	5	28	19	13	3	4	36	19	26	70	L	L	W	L	W	1988-04-04	Oldham Athletic	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	38	13	4	2	38	12	6	7	6	16	16	26	68	W	D	W	W	D	1988-04-04	Hull City	A
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	5	2	35	19	7	6	6	24	26	14	68	L	L	D	W	L	1988-04-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	0	Millwall	38	13	3	3	39	17	7	4	8	22	27	17	67	W	W	D	D	W	1988-04-06	Leeds United	A
5	1	Crystal Palace	38	14	2	3	45	20	5	5	9	32	35	22	64	W	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Stoke City	A
6	-1	Bradford City	37	11	3	4	38	22	7	7	5	21	24	13	64	D	D	D	W	D	1988-04-04	Sheffield United	A
7	0	Leeds United	39	13	3	3	34	15	4	7	9	22	32	9	61	L	D	W	W	W	1988-04-06	Millwall	H
8	0	Stoke City	39	11	4	4	31	20	5	5	10	15	28	-2	57	L	W	W	D	L	1988-04-04	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Manchester City	38	9	3	7	42	24	7	4	8	26	28	16	55	L	L	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Reading	H
10	1	Swindon Town	36	10	6	3	41	21	5	3	9	26	30	16	54	W	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	-1	Ipswich Town	38	12	2	5	32	16	3	6	10	17	29	4	53	D	L	L	W	L	1988-04-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	37	10	4	5	33	25	4	5	9	24	32	0	51	W	D	W	W	L	1988-04-04	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Hull City	37	9	7	2	27	17	4	5	10	21	35	-4	51	D	L	D	L	L	1988-04-04	Middlesbrough	H
14	1	Barnsley	37	10	3	6	39	27	4	5	9	15	25	2	50	D	W	L	L	D	1988-04-04	Huddersfield Town	H
15	-1	Plymouth Argyle	35	10	3	4	40	21	4	4	10	17	32	4	49	W	D	W	L	L	1988-04-04	Swindon Town	H
16	0	Leicester City	38	9	5	5	29	20	3	5	11	23	35	-3	46	L	W	D	D	D	1988-04-05	Birmingham City	H
17	0	Birmingham City	38	6	8	5	19	21	4	5	10	19	37	-20	43	D	D	L	D	L	1988-04-05	Leicester City	A
18	1	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	4	7	25	22	4	2	13	18	38	-17	42	W	W	L	W	D	1988-04-04	Ipswich Town	A
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	38	5	7	7	18	19	4	6	9	16	28	-13	40	W	D	L	D	W	1988-04-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	-2	AFC Bournemouth	37	6	7	7	33	28	4	2	11	15	32	-12	39	L	D	W	L	L	1988-04-08	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	-1	Sheffield United	38	7	5	7	25	26	4	1	14	15	43	-29	39	L	W	L	L	L	1988-04-04	Bradford City	H
22	0	Reading	36	3	5	10	16	23	5	4	9	23	38	-22	33	D	L	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Manchester City	A
23	0	Huddersfield Town	37	4	5	9	16	30	2	4	13	21	54	-47	27	W	L	L	L	L	1988-04-04	Barnsley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	4,388
Blissett	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	9,262
Penney, Curbishley (p)	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Aldershot	Ashton Gate	8,712
Milne, Walsh	Lineups
Bury	0	1	York City	Gigg Lane	2,277
	Lineups		Clegg
Chesterfield	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,208
	Lineups		Penrice
Grimsby Town	0	1	Sunderland	Blundell Park	7,001	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Gabbiadini
Northampton Town	3	2	Fulham	County Ground	6,211
Adcock, Stannard OG, Culpin	Lineups		Skinner, Barnett
Port Vale	5	0	Doncaster Rovers	Vale Park	3,680
Beckford 3 (1p), Riley, Walker	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Mansfield Town	Deepdale	6,254
Swann	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Blackpool	Millmoor	3,001
	Lineups		Deary
Walsall	1	0	Chester City	Fellows Park	4,978
Hawker	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	1	Sunderland	39	12	7	1	45	18	9	5	5	28	24	31	75	W	L	D	D	D	1988-04-04	Chesterfield	H
2	-1	Notts County	40	13	4	3	47	20	7	8	5	25	22	30	72	L	L	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Walsall	41	13	5	2	35	20	7	7	7	26	24	17	72	W	L	W	L	W	1988-04-05	Mansfield Town	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	39	10	7	2	32	19	9	4	7	32	31	14	68	L	W	D	D	D	1988-04-04	Brentford	H
5	0	Northampton Town	40	11	7	3	31	15	5	10	4	29	24	21	65	W	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Gillingham	A
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	11	7	1	28	14	6	7	7	26	28	12	65	W	D	D	L	W	1988-04-04	Notts County	A
7	0	Bristol City	38	11	6	3	44	28	5	5	8	23	29	10	59	W	W	D	L	D	1988-04-04	Chester City	A
8	0	Brentford	39	9	6	5	23	18	7	4	8	22	30	-3	58	W	D	D	L	L	1988-04-04	Wigan Athletic	A
9	2	Blackpool	38	10	4	5	36	23	4	9	6	22	24	11	55	W	D	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Gillingham	40	7	9	4	40	17	6	6	8	29	36	16	54	L	W	D	L	D	1988-04-04	Northampton Town	H
11	-1	Fulham	39	7	5	7	29	21	8	4	8	30	33	5	54	L	W	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Rotherham United	H
12	1	Port Vale	36	11	5	2	31	14	4	3	11	18	29	6	53	W	W	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Blackpool	A
13	-1	Bury	40	8	7	5	31	23	5	5	10	24	31	1	51	L	L	W	W	L	1988-04-04	Bristol Rovers	A
14	1	Preston North End	40	8	6	6	24	19	5	6	9	16	29	-8	51	W	W	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	2	Bristol Rovers	37	10	4	4	36	19	3	6	10	19	32	4	49	W	W	D	W	W	1988-04-04	Bury	H
16	-2	Mansfield Town	38	9	5	5	22	13	4	5	10	21	29	1	49	L	L	L	W	L	1988-04-05	Walsall	H
17	-1	Chester City	39	8	6	6	25	27	4	6	9	20	30	-12	48	L	W	W	D	L	1988-04-04	Bristol City	H
18	0	Rotherham United	40	7	8	5	26	20	3	8	9	19	34	-9	46	L	L	D	W	D	1988-04-04	Fulham	A
19	0	Aldershot	39	10	2	7	39	31	3	4	13	18	39	-13	45	L	D	L	L	D	1988-04-04	Southend United	H
20	0	Southend United	40	8	6	6	34	28	2	7	11	20	47	-21	43	W	W	L	W	D	1988-04-04	Aldershot	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	40	6	5	9	24	26	4	7	9	20	26	-8	42	L	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	York City	A
22	0	Chesterfield	39	7	4	8	21	27	4	5	11	12	37	-31	42	L	L	W	D	L	1988-04-04	Sunderland	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	5	5	10	22	31	2	3	14	11	40	-38	29	L	L	L	D	L	1988-04-04	Preston North End	H
24	0	York City	39	4	6	9	25	36	2	2	16	17	42	-36	26	W	W	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Grimsby Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	0	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turf Moor	10,386	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Bull, Holmes, Mutch
Exeter City	0	2	Cardiff City	St James Park	2,649
	Lineups		Bartlett 2
Hartlepool United	0	1	Peterborough United	Victoria Park	2,315
	Lineups		Phillips
Leyton Orient	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Brisbane Road	4,537
Comfort	Lineups		Darby, May
Newport County	1	2	Carlisle United	Somerton Park	1,376
Taylor	Lineups		Poskett 2
Scarborough	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Seamer Road	4,677
	Lineups
Swansea City	0	3	Rochdale	Vetch Field	5,367
	Lineups		Simmonds 2, Moss
Torquay United	3	0	Stockport County	Plainmoor	2,919
Caldwell, McNichol, Gibbins	Lineups
Wrexham	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	3,134
Hunter, Kearns, Russell	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	39	12	3	5	41	19	10	5	4	27	18	31	74	W	W	L	W	L	1988-04-04	Colchester United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	39	11	6	2	30	14	7	7	6	24	24	16	67	W	D	L	D	W	1988-04-04	Newport County	H
3	0	Scunthorpe United	38	12	3	4	37	17	5	10	4	30	27	23	64	D	W	W	D	W	1988-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	12	5	2	30	11	6	4	9	20	26	13	63	W	D	L	D	W	1988-04-04	Burnley	H
5	4	Torquay United	36	7	5	5	24	13	10	5	4	28	21	18	61	W	L	D	W	D	1988-04-04	Hereford United	A
6	-1	Swansea City	40	8	6	6	30	25	9	3	8	25	26	4	60	L	W	L	W	W	1988-04-04	Peterborough United	A
7	-1	Burnley	39	10	5	4	25	17	8	1	11	23	35	-4	60	L	W	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-1	Leyton Orient	39	11	4	5	47	24	5	7	7	24	30	17	59	L	W	L	D	L	1988-04-04	Darlington	A
9	-1	Darlington	38	12	5	3	35	20	5	3	10	29	33	11	59	L	L	W	W	D	1988-04-04	Leyton Orient	H
10	0	Hartlepool United	39	9	7	4	23	19	6	6	7	22	23	3	58	L	W	L	W	D	1988-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	2	Peterborough United	40	9	4	7	26	24	7	5	8	17	26	-7	57	W	W	W	D	L	1988-04-04	Swansea City	H
12	-1	Colchester United	38	7	4	8	19	22	9	4	6	24	19	2	56	W	D	L	D	L	1988-04-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	3	Wrexham	40	11	3	6	40	22	5	3	12	16	29	5	54	W	W	W	W	D	1988-04-04	Carlisle United	A
14	-2	Cambridge United	38	10	3	6	27	18	5	6	8	15	25	-1	54	W	D	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Rochdale	A
15	-1	Scarborough	39	10	7	3	33	16	4	4	11	12	25	4	53	D	L	L	L	W	1988-04-04	Halifax Town	A
16	-1	Crewe Alexandra	38	6	9	4	22	17	6	6	7	28	27	6	51	D	D	W	L	L	1988-04-04	Scunthorpe United	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	39	12	0	7	35	15	3	6	11	13	32	1	49	L	W	D	D	W	1988-04-04	Hartlepool United	H
18	0	Hereford United	39	6	6	8	22	26	5	5	9	13	24	-15	44	D	L	D	L	L	1988-04-04	Torquay United	H
19	0	Halifax Town	37	9	5	4	28	18	2	5	12	13	29	-6	42	L	L	D	L	L	1988-04-04	Scarborough	H
20	0	Stockport County	39	6	5	8	22	21	4	7	9	14	28	-13	42	L	W	W	D	W	1988-04-04	Exeter City	H
21	1	Rochdale	40	4	9	7	24	28	5	6	9	17	39	-26	42	W	D	D	D	L	1988-04-04	Cambridge United	H
22	-1	Exeter City	40	7	5	8	27	25	3	6	11	17	34	-15	41	L	D	L	D	W	1988-04-04	Stockport County	A
23	0	Carlisle United	37	8	4	7	33	27	2	2	14	15	45	-24	36	W	L	L	L	L	1988-04-04	Wrexham	H
24	0	Newport County	37	4	5	9	18	21	1	2	16	13	53	-43	22	L	L	D	L	D	1988-04-04	Cardiff City	A