1988-04-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Norwich City	Highbury	19,341
Smith, Groves	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Watford	Selhurst Park	6,196
Lee	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Newcastle United	Baseball Ground	18,591
Gee, Micklewhite	Lineups		O'Neill
Liverpool	3	3	Manchester United	Anfield Road	43,497
Beardsley, Gillespie, McMahon	Lineups		Robson 2, Strachan
Oxford United	0	0	Southampton	Manor Ground	7,657
	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Fratton Park	17,528
	Lineups		Wilson
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Loftus Road	14,866
Kerslake 2	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Everton	Upton Park	21,195
	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	33	13	3	0	41	7	10	5	2	32	13	53	77	D	L	W	L	D	1988-04-13	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Manchester United	35	10	5	1	30	14	8	7	4	28	21	23	66	D	W	W	D	W	1988-04-12	Luton Town	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	33	9	4	2	32	13	9	5	4	26	16	29	63	W	W	W	D	D	1988-04-13	Liverpool	A
4	0	Everton	34	13	3	1	30	7	4	7	6	16	14	25	61	D	D	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Portsmouth	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	34	12	3	4	29	13	6	4	5	13	19	10	61	W	W	W	W	W	1988-04-09	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Arsenal	34	11	3	4	34	14	5	7	4	15	15	20	58	W	D	D	D	D	1988-04-09	Southampton	A
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	0	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	0	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	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	10	11	23	-10	43	L	L	D	L	L	1988-04-23	Liverpool	A
11	0	Newcastle United	33	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	6	20	26	-3	42	L	W	D	D	L	1988-04-09	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	2	Southampton	35	4	7	6	20	22	6	5	7	21	24	-5	42	D	D	W	L	L	1988-04-09	Arsenal	H
13	-1	Norwich City	35	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	10	12	22	-9	42	L	W	L	L	W	1988-04-20	Liverpool	H
14	-1	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
15	2	Derby County	35	5	6	6	16	15	4	5	9	16	26	-9	38	W	L	L	D	W	1988-04-09	Chelsea	A
16	-1	West Ham United	34	5	8	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	-12	37	D	L	L	W	L	1988-04-12	Arsenal	H
17	-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
18	1	Charlton Athletic	35	6	6	6	20	20	2	5	10	13	29	-16	35	W	L	D	W	W	1988-04-09	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Portsmouth	34	4	7	7	18	23	3	5	8	11	30	-24	33	L	W	L	L	L	1988-04-09	Everton	A
20	0	Oxford United	34	5	6	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	-24	30	D	L	D	D	D	1988-04-09	Watford	A
21	0	Watford	34	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	9	10	22	-24	24	L	L	D	L	L	1988-04-09	Oxford United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Villa Park	19,138
Gray S	Lineups		Wright, Bunn
Barnsley	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	7,950
Currie	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Ewood Park	13,741
Hendry, Barker	Lineups		Green, Williams W
Hull City	0	0	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	10,752
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Portman Road	10,732
Yallop	Lineups		Phillips
Manchester City	2	0	Reading	Maine Road	15,172
Stewart 2 (1p)	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Swindon Town	Home Park	13,299
Evans	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	2	Bradford City	Bramall Lane	13,888
Beagrie (p)	Lineups		Hendrie, Ormondroyd
Stoke City	1	1	Crystal Palace	Victoria Ground	9,613
Shaw	Lineups		Bright

				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	40	7	7	6	29	21	13	3	4	36	19	25	70	L	L	L	W	L	1988-04-09	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	39	13	4	2	38	12	6	8	6	16	16	26	69	D	W	D	W	W	1988-04-09	Manchester City	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	12	6	2	37	21	7	6	6	24	26	14	69	D	L	L	D	W	1988-04-09	Swindon Town	A
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	Bradford City	38	11	3	4	38	22	8	7	5	23	25	14	67	W	D	D	D	W	1988-04-09	Hull City	H
6	-1	Crystal Palace	39	14	2	3	45	20	5	6	9	33	36	22	65	D	W	D	D	D	1988-04-09	Aston Villa	H
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	1	Manchester City	39	10	3	7	44	24	7	4	8	26	28	18	58	W	L	L	D	W	1988-04-09	Middlesbrough	A
9	-1	Stoke City	40	11	5	4	32	21	5	5	10	15	28	-2	58	D	L	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Oldham Athletic	A
10	0	Swindon Town	37	10	6	3	41	21	5	3	10	26	31	15	54	L	W	D	D	D	1988-04-09	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	0	Ipswich Town	39	12	3	5	33	17	3	6	10	17	29	4	54	D	D	L	L	W	1988-04-08	Huddersfield Town	A
12	0	Oldham Athletic	38	10	4	5	33	25	5	5	9	26	33	1	54	W	W	D	W	W	1988-04-09	Stoke City	H
13	1	Barnsley	38	11	3	6	40	27	4	5	9	15	25	3	53	W	D	W	L	L	1988-04-09	Reading	A
14	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	11	3	4	41	21	4	4	10	17	32	5	52	W	W	D	W	L	1988-04-09	Millwall	A
15	-2	Hull City	38	9	8	2	27	17	4	5	10	21	35	-4	52	D	D	L	D	L	1988-04-09	Bradford City	A
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	1	West Bromwich Albion	39	8	4	7	25	22	4	3	13	19	39	-17	43	D	W	W	L	W	1988-04-09	Leicester City	H
18	-1	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
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	5	7	7	18	19	4	7	9	18	30	-13	41	D	W	D	L	D	1988-04-08	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	0	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	0	Sheffield United	39	7	5	8	26	28	4	1	14	15	43	-30	39	L	L	W	L	L	1988-04-09	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Reading	37	3	5	10	16	23	5	4	10	23	40	-24	33	L	D	L	D	W	1988-04-09	Barnsley	H
23	0	Huddersfield Town	38	4	5	9	16	30	2	4	14	21	55	-48	27	L	W	L	L	L	1988-04-08	Ipswich Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Southend United	Recreation Ground	3,436
	Lineups		Crown
Blackpool	1	2	Port Vale	Bloomfield Road	5,516
Taylor	Lineups		Ford, Beckford
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Bury	Twerton Park, Bath	4,264
	Lineups
Chester City	1	0	Bristol City	Sealand Road	2,849
Bennett	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	2	Preston North End	Belle Vue	2,167
Chamberlain 3	Lineups		Swann 2
Fulham	3	1	Rotherham United	Craven Cottage	4,402
Barnett 2, Skinner	Lineups		Mendonca
Gillingham	1	2	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,131
Lovell	Lineups		Culpin, Adcock
Notts County	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Meadow Lane	7,422
Barnes	Lineups		Owers, Nelson
Sunderland	3	2	Chesterfield	Roker Park	21,886
Lemon, Pascoe, Gabbiadini	Lineups		Waller 2
Wigan Athletic	1	1	Brentford	Springfield Park	3,597
Campbell	Lineups		Evans
York City	0	2	Grimsby Town	Bootham Crescent	3,315
	Lineups		Stubbs, Agnew
Footnotes
York City relegated

				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	40	13	7	1	48	20	9	5	5	28	24	32	78	W	W	L	D	D	1988-04-09	Southend United	A
2	0	Notts County	41	13	4	4	48	22	7	8	5	25	22	29	72	L	L	L	D	D	1988-04-09	Bury	A
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	40	10	8	2	33	20	9	4	7	32	31	14	69	D	L	W	D	D	1988-04-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	0	Northampton Town	41	11	7	3	31	15	6	10	4	31	25	22	68	W	W	D	D	D	1988-04-10	Mansfield Town	H
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	11	7	1	28	14	7	7	7	28	29	13	68	W	W	D	D	L	1988-04-09	Wigan Athletic	H
7	0	Bristol City	39	11	6	3	44	28	5	5	9	23	30	9	59	L	W	W	D	L	1988-04-09	Blackpool	H
8	0	Brentford	40	9	6	5	23	18	7	5	8	23	31	-3	59	D	W	D	D	L	1988-04-09	Gillingham	H
9	2	Fulham	40	8	5	7	32	22	8	4	8	30	33	7	57	W	L	W	D	W	1988-04-09	Grimsby Town	A
10	2	Port Vale	37	11	5	2	31	14	5	3	11	20	30	7	56	W	W	W	D	W	1988-04-09	Chester City	H
11	-2	Blackpool	39	10	4	6	37	25	4	9	6	22	24	10	55	L	W	D	D	W	1988-04-09	Bristol City	A
12	-2	Gillingham	41	7	9	5	41	19	6	6	8	29	36	15	54	L	L	W	D	L	1988-04-09	Brentford	A
13	0	Bury	41	8	7	5	31	23	5	6	10	24	31	1	52	D	L	L	W	W	1988-04-09	Notts County	H
14	0	Preston North End	41	8	6	6	24	19	5	6	10	18	32	-9	51	L	W	W	L	L	1988-04-08	Bristol Rovers	H
15	2	Chester City	40	9	6	6	26	27	4	6	9	20	30	-11	51	W	L	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Port Vale	A
16	-1	Bristol Rovers	38	10	5	4	36	19	3	6	10	19	32	4	50	D	W	W	D	W	1988-04-08	Preston North End	A
17	-1	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
18	0	Rotherham United	41	7	8	5	26	20	3	8	10	20	37	-11	46	L	L	L	D	W	1988-04-08	York City	H
19	1	Southend United	41	8	6	6	34	28	3	7	11	21	47	-20	46	W	W	W	L	W	1988-04-09	Sunderland	H
20	1	Grimsby Town	41	6	5	9	24	26	5	7	9	22	26	-6	45	W	L	D	D	D	1988-04-09	Fulham	H
21	-2	Aldershot	40	10	2	8	39	32	3	4	13	18	39	-14	45	L	L	D	L	L	1988-04-09	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Chesterfield	40	7	4	8	21	27	4	5	12	14	40	-32	42	L	L	L	W	D	1988-04-09	Aldershot	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	6	5	10	25	33	2	3	14	11	40	-37	32	W	L	L	L	D	1988-04-09	Walsall	A
24	0	York City	40	4	6	10	25	38	2	2	16	17	42	-38	26	L	W	W	L	L	1988-04-08	Rotherham United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Burnley	Burnden Park	9,921	Largest home gate 1987-88
May, Thompson	Lineups		Oghani
Cardiff City	4	0	Newport County	Ninian Park	6,536
Stevenson, Wimbleton, McDermott, Ford	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	4	Wrexham	Brunton Park	2,284
	Lineups		Kearns 2, Russell, Carter
Darlington	2	2	Leyton Orient	Feethams Ground	2,730
Roberts A, Stonehouse	Lineups		Juryeff 2
Halifax Town	2	2	Scarborough	The Shay	1,747
Duffield, Matthews N	Lineups		Cook, Graham
Hereford United	0	0	Torquay United	Edgar Street	2,425
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Swansea City	London Road	3,360
	Lineups		Allon
Rochdale	2	1	Cambridge United	Spotland	1,596
Smart, Holden	Lineups		Fuccillo
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Old Showground	4,136
Flounders, Taylor K	Lineups		Healey
Stockport County	2	1	Exeter City	Edgeley Park	2,161
Colville, Hodkinson (p)	Lineups		Rowbotham
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Hartlepool United	Prenton Park	3,921
Steel, Muir 2	Lineups		Toman
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Colchester United	Molineux	13,443
Bull 2	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	40	13	3	5	43	19	10	5	4	27	18	33	77	W	W	W	L	W	1988-04-10	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Cardiff City	40	12	6	2	34	14	7	7	6	24	24	20	70	W	W	D	L	D	1988-04-09	Torquay United	A
3	0	Scunthorpe United	39	13	3	4	39	18	5	10	4	30	27	24	67	W	D	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Wrexham	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	13	5	2	32	12	6	4	9	20	26	14	66	W	W	D	L	D	1988-04-09	Exeter City	A
5	1	Swansea City	41	8	6	6	30	25	10	3	8	26	26	5	63	W	L	W	L	W	1988-04-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	-1	Torquay United	37	7	5	5	24	13	10	6	4	28	21	18	62	D	W	L	D	W	1988-04-09	Cardiff City	H
7	1	Leyton Orient	40	11	4	5	47	24	5	8	7	26	32	17	60	D	L	W	L	D	1988-04-09	Carlisle United	H
8	1	Darlington	39	12	6	3	37	22	5	3	10	29	33	11	60	D	L	L	W	W	1988-04-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	-2	Burnley	40	10	5	4	25	17	8	1	12	24	37	-5	60	L	L	W	L	L	1988-04-08	Halifax Town	H
10	0	Hartlepool United	40	9	7	4	23	19	6	6	8	23	26	1	58	L	L	W	L	W	1988-04-09	Stockport County	H
11	2	Wrexham	41	11	3	6	40	22	6	3	12	20	29	9	57	W	W	W	W	W	1988-04-09	Scunthorpe United	H
12	-1	Peterborough United	41	9	4	8	26	25	7	5	8	17	26	-8	57	L	W	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Newport County	A
13	-1	Colchester United	39	7	4	8	19	22	9	4	7	24	21	0	56	L	W	D	L	D	1988-04-08	Rochdale	H
14	1	Scarborough	40	10	7	3	33	16	4	5	11	14	27	4	54	D	D	L	L	L	1988-04-09	Hereford United	H
15	-1	Cambridge United	39	10	3	6	27	18	5	6	9	16	27	-2	54	L	W	D	D	D	1988-04-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	1	Tranmere Rovers	40	13	0	7	38	16	3	6	11	13	32	3	52	W	L	W	D	D	1988-04-09	Swansea City	A
17	-1	Crewe Alexandra	39	6	9	4	22	17	6	6	8	29	29	5	51	L	D	D	W	L	1988-04-09	Darlington	H
18	2	Stockport County	40	7	5	8	24	22	4	7	9	14	28	-12	45	W	L	W	W	D	1988-04-09	Hartlepool United	A
19	-1	Hereford United	40	6	7	8	22	26	5	5	9	13	24	-15	45	D	D	L	D	L	1988-04-09	Scarborough	A
20	1	Rochdale	41	5	9	7	26	29	5	6	9	17	39	-25	45	W	W	D	D	D	1988-04-08	Colchester United	A
21	-2	Halifax Town	38	9	6	4	30	20	2	5	12	13	29	-6	43	D	L	L	D	L	1988-04-08	Burnley	A
22	0	Exeter City	41	7	5	8	27	25	3	6	12	18	36	-16	41	L	L	D	L	D	1988-04-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
23	0	Carlisle United	38	8	4	8	33	31	2	2	14	15	45	-28	36	L	W	L	L	L	1988-04-09	Leyton Orient	A
24	0	Newport County	38	4	5	9	18	21	1	2	17	13	57	-47	22	L	L	L	D	L	1988-04-09	Peterborough United	H