1988-05-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Coventry City	Highbury	16,963
Marwood (p)	Lineups		Smith D
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	13,977
Reid (p)	Lineups		Hodge
Derby County	0	0	Everton	Baseball Ground	17,974
	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Southampton	Anfield Road	37,610
Aldridge	Lineups		Wallace R
Luton Town	2	1	Watford	Kenilworth Road	10,409
Oldfield, Wilson D (p)	Lineups		Johnson M OG
Oxford United	0	2	Manchester United	Manor Ground	8,966
	Lineups		Anderson, Strachan
Portsmouth	1	2	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	12,468
Quinn	Lineups		Lormor, Scott
West Ham United	4	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	28,521
Rosenior 2, Cottee, Hilton	Lineups		West
Footnotes
Watford relegated
Oxford United relegated

				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	38	15	4	0	48	8	10	7	2	33	14	59	86	D	D	W	D	W	1988-05-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Manchester United	38	12	5	1	35	15	9	7	4	30	21	29	75	W	W	W	D	W	1988-05-07	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Everton	39	14	4	1	33	9	5	9	6	19	16	27	70	D	D	D	W	W	1988-05-07	Arsenal	H
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	12	4	4	30	14	7	5	7	18	24	10	66	L	D	L	W	D	1988-05-07	Coventry City	A
5	0	Nottingham Forest	36	9	6	2	32	13	9	5	5	26	21	24	65	D	D	L	W	W	1988-05-04	Norwich City	H
6	0	Arsenal	39	11	4	5	35	16	6	8	5	21	22	18	63	D	D	L	W	L	1988-05-07	Everton	A
7	0	Wimbledon	37	8	8	3	31	19	5	6	7	24	25	11	53	D	D	D	L	D	1988-05-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	2	Newcastle United	39	8	6	5	30	22	5	8	7	23	30	1	53	W	W	L	D	W	1988-05-07	West Ham United	H
9	0	Coventry City	39	6	7	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	52	D	W	D	L	D	1988-05-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	38	10	2	7	26	25	5	5	9	24	35	-10	52	D	D	W	D	W	1988-05-03	Wimbledon	A
11	1	Luton Town	35	11	5	3	39	20	3	2	11	13	32	0	49	W	D	W	L	D	1988-05-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	-1	Southampton	39	6	7	6	26	25	6	6	8	22	27	-4	49	D	W	L	W	D	1988-05-07	Luton Town	H
13	0	Norwich City	38	7	5	7	26	25	5	4	10	14	24	-9	45	D	D	D	L	W	1988-05-04	Nottingham Forest	A
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	8	5	6	24	22	3	6	11	12	25	-11	44	D	L	L	L	D	1988-05-04	Luton Town	H
15	0	Derby County	40	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43	D	D	W	L	L	End of Season
16	2	West Ham United	39	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	10	16	29	-11	42	W	L	D	D	L	1988-05-07	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	39	7	7	6	23	21	2	7	10	14	30	-14	41	D	D	W	D	W	1988-05-07	Chelsea	A
18	-2	Chelsea	39	7	10	2	23	16	2	4	14	26	51	-18	41	L	D	D	W	D	1988-05-07	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	Portsmouth	39	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	10	14	35	-27	35	L	L	D	D	L	1988-05-07	Manchester United	A
20	0	Watford	40	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	L	D	D	W	L	End of Season
21	0	Oxford United	39	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	12	17	41	-34	31	L	L	D	L	L	1988-05-07	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Swindon Town	Dean Court	9,212
Newson (p), Close	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	0	Bradford City	Villa Park	36,423	Largest home & D 2 gate 1987-88
Platt	Lineups
Barnsley	0	3	Middlesbrough	Oakwell	13,240	Largest home gate 1987-88
	Lineups		Ripley, Slaven 2
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Reading	Ewood Park	11,373
Hendry	Lineups		Whitehurst
Hull City	0	1	Millwall	Boothferry Park	10,811
	Lineups		O'Callaghan (p)
Ipswich Town	1	0	Birmingham City	Portman Road	11,067
Atkinson	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Crystal Palace	Elland Road	13,217
Sheridan (p)	Lineups
Leicester City	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Filbert Street	9,803
Cross 2, Groves	Lineups
Manchester City	4	2	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	16,490
Morley, Stewart 2 (2p), Varadi	Lineups		Dyson, Lynex
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Home Park	6,084
Marker	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Victoria Ground	7,452
Stainrod	Lineups		Brown
Footnotes
Aston Villa secure play off place
Middlesbrough secure play off place
Millwall champions & promoted
Bradford City secure play off place

				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	Millwall	43	15	3	3	44	19	10	4	8	27	29	23	82	W	W	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	43	15	4	2	43	14	7	8	7	19	20	28	78	W	W	L	W	D	1988-05-07	Leicester City	H
3	1	Aston Villa	43	9	7	6	31	21	13	4	4	37	20	27	77	W	W	D	L	L	1988-05-07	Swindon Town	A
4	-2	Bradford City	43	14	3	4	47	23	8	8	6	25	28	21	77	L	W	D	W	W	1988-05-07	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	8	2	38	22	8	6	7	26	29	13	74	D	L	D	W	D	1988-05-07	Millwall	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	43	15	3	3	48	21	6	6	10	36	38	25	72	L	W	W	D	D	1988-05-07	Manchester City	H
7	0	Leeds United	43	14	4	4	37	18	5	7	9	24	33	10	68	W	W	D	L	L	1988-05-06	Birmingham City	A
8	0	Manchester City	43	11	4	7	50	28	8	4	9	30	30	22	65	W	W	D	L	W	1988-05-07	Crystal Palace	A
9	2	Ipswich Town	43	14	3	5	38	17	4	6	11	20	33	8	63	W	L	W	W	D	1988-05-07	Bradford City	A
10	-1	Oldham Athletic	43	12	4	5	41	27	5	7	10	29	37	6	62	L	W	D	D	W	1988-05-07	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	-1	Stoke City	44	12	6	4	34	22	5	5	12	16	35	-7	62	D	L	W	L	D	End of Season
12	0	Swindon Town	43	10	6	5	43	25	6	4	12	30	35	13	58	L	L	D	L	W	1988-05-07	Aston Villa	H
13	3	Leicester City	43	12	5	5	35	20	3	6	12	25	40	0	56	W	L	W	D	W	1988-05-07	Middlesbrough	A
14	1	Plymouth Argyle	43	12	4	6	44	26	4	4	13	20	39	-1	56	W	L	L	L	L	1988-05-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	-2	Barnsley	43	11	4	7	42	32	4	7	10	17	28	-1	56	L	D	D	D	L	1988-05-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	-2	Hull City	43	10	8	4	32	22	4	6	11	22	38	-6	56	L	D	W	L	L	1988-05-07	Reading	A
17	1	AFC Bournemouth	43	7	7	8	36	30	6	3	12	20	36	-10	49	W	W	W	L	D	1988-05-07	Oldham Athletic	A
18	-1	Birmingham City	43	7	8	6	20	24	4	6	12	21	42	-25	47	L	L	D	W	L	1988-05-06	Leeds United	H
19	1	Shrewsbury Town	43	6	8	7	21	21	4	8	10	19	32	-13	46	D	D	L	W	D	1988-05-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	-1	West Bromwich Albion	43	8	6	7	27	24	4	4	14	21	43	-19	46	L	D	D	D	D	1988-05-07	Barnsley	H
21	0	Sheffield United	43	8	6	8	27	28	4	1	16	16	46	-31	43	L	D	W	L	L	1988-05-07	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Reading	43	5	6	10	20	25	5	5	12	24	45	-26	41	D	W	L	L	D	1988-05-07	Hull City	H
23	0	Huddersfield Town	43	4	6	11	20	36	2	4	16	21	62	-57	28	L	L	L	D	L	1988-05-07	Sheffield United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Preston North End	Recreation Ground	3,465
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Chesterfield	Bloomfield Road	2,950
Walwyn	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Walsall	Twerton Park, Bath	6,328	Largest home gate 1987-88
Mehew, Holloway, White	Lineups
Chester City	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sealand Road	3,345
Abel, Barrow	Lineups		Wilkins 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Southend United	Belle Vue	1,306
	Lineups		Westley
Fulham	0	1	Bury	Craven Cottage	5,283
	Lineups		Hoyland
Gillingham	0	2	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium	2,943
	Lineups		Haycock, Mendonca
Mansfield Town	2	1	Brentford	Field Mill	2,664
Kent, Charles (p)	Lineups		Carroll
Notts County	1	2	Port Vale	Meadow Lane	7,702
Thorpe	Lineups		Beckford, Earle
Sunderland	3	1	Northampton Town	Roker Park	29,454	Largest home & D 3 gate 1987-88
MacPhail (p), Armstrong, Pascoe	Lineups		Adcock
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Grimsby Town	Springfield Park	2,705
	Lineups		North
York City	0	1	Bristol City	Bootham Crescent	2,616
	Lineups		Milne
Footnotes
Sunderland champions

				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	45	14	7	2	51	22	12	5	5	37	25	41	90	W	W	W	L	W	1988-05-07	Rotherham United	A
2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	14	7	1	35	15	8	8	7	32	31	21	81	D	W	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Bristol Rovers	H
3	-1	Walsall	45	15	5	2	39	22	8	7	8	29	28	18	81	L	W	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Gillingham	H
4	0	Notts County	45	14	4	5	53	24	8	8	6	27	24	32	78	L	L	W	W	L	1988-05-07	Preston North End	A
5	0	Northampton Town	46	12	8	3	36	18	6	11	6	34	33	19	73	L	D	D	L	W	End of Season
6	1	Bristol City	45	13	6	3	50	30	7	6	10	26	32	14	72	W	W	W	D	L	1988-05-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	-1	Wigan Athletic	46	11	8	4	36	23	9	4	10	34	38	9	72	L	L	L	L	W	End of Season
8	1	Bristol Rovers	45	14	5	4	43	19	4	7	11	24	35	13	66	W	D	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	-1	Fulham	45	10	5	8	36	24	9	4	9	33	35	10	66	L	L	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Chesterfield	A
10	0	Blackpool	45	13	4	6	45	27	4	10	8	26	31	13	65	W	D	L	W	W	1988-05-07	Southend United	A
11	1	Port Vale	45	12	7	3	35	18	6	3	14	22	37	2	64	W	L	W	L	D	1988-05-07	Mansfield Town	H
12	-1	Brentford	45	9	8	5	26	21	7	6	10	26	36	-5	62	L	D	D	L	D	1988-05-07	York City	H
13	2	Bury	45	9	7	6	33	25	6	7	10	25	31	2	59	W	W	D	L	D	1988-05-07	Chester City	H
14	-1	Gillingham	45	8	9	6	45	21	6	7	9	32	40	16	58	L	L	W	D	L	1988-05-07	Walsall	A
15	-1	Preston North End	45	10	6	6	29	21	5	7	11	18	36	-10	58	D	W	L	W	L	1988-05-07	Notts County	H
16	0	Chester City	45	9	8	6	29	30	4	8	10	21	32	-12	55	D	D	D	L	D	1988-05-07	Bury	A
17	2	Mansfield Town	45	10	6	7	25	21	4	5	13	22	37	-11	53	W	L	L	D	L	1988-05-07	Port Vale	A
18	0	Aldershot	45	12	3	8	45	32	3	4	15	18	41	-10	52	D	L	W	W	L	1988-05-07	Grimsby Town	A
19	1	Rotherham United	45	8	8	6	27	21	4	8	11	22	41	-13	52	W	W	L	L	L	1988-05-07	Sunderland	H
20	1	Southend United	45	9	6	7	38	33	4	7	12	23	50	-22	52	W	W	L	L	W	1988-05-07	Blackpool	H
21	-4	Chesterfield	45	9	5	8	24	28	5	5	13	16	42	-30	52	L	D	W	W	W	1988-05-07	Fulham	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	45	6	6	10	24	28	6	7	10	23	29	-10	49	W	D	L	L	W	1988-05-07	Aldershot	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	6	5	12	25	36	2	4	16	15	47	-43	33	L	D	L	L	L	1988-05-07	Bristol City	A
24	0	York City	45	4	7	12	27	45	3	2	17	19	45	-44	30	L	L	D	L	W	1988-05-07	Brentford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Colchester United	Burnden Park	5,540
Thomas, Savage, Came, Chandler	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Ninian Park	9,852	Largest home gate 1987-88
Bartlett, McDermott	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	1	Swansea City	Brunton Park	1,854
	Lineups		Knill
Darlington	0	2	Newport County	Feethams Ground	1,675
	Lineups		Thompson, Taylor
Halifax Town	2	3	Torquay United	The Shay	1,218
Duffield, Brown (p)	Lineups		Dobson, Impey, Dawkins
Hereford United	2	1	Burnley	Edgar Street	2,304
Leonard, Pejic	Lineups		Deakin
Peterborough United	0	0	Scarborough	London Road	3,244
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	2	Wrexham	Spotland	1,539
Warren	Lineups		Preece, Russell
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Exeter City	Old Showground	6,736	Largest home gate 1987-88
Shearer	Lineups		Edwards
Stockport County	0	2	Cambridge United	Edgeley Park	1,842
	Lineups		Chapple, Bull
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Leyton Orient	Prenton Park	3,604
Steel, Higgins	Lineups		Juryeff
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Hartlepool United	Molineux	17,895	Largest home & D 4 gate 1987-88
Bull 2	Lineups
Footnotes
Bolton Wanderers secure play off place
Cardiff City promoted
Scunthorpe United secure play off place
Wolverhampton Wanderers champions

				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	45	15	3	5	47	19	11	6	5	33	24	37	87	W	L	W	W	D	1988-05-07	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Cardiff City	45	15	6	2	39	14	8	7	7	25	26	24	82	W	W	W	W	L	1988-05-07	Burnley	A
3	0	Torquay United	44	10	7	5	33	14	11	7	4	32	24	27	77	W	W	D	D	W	1988-05-04	Burnley	A
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	45	15	6	2	42	12	6	6	10	23	30	23	75	W	D	W	D	L	1988-05-07	Wrexham	A
5	-1	Scunthorpe United	45	14	5	4	42	20	5	12	5	32	30	24	74	D	D	D	D	W	1988-05-07	Torquay United	A
6	0	Leyton Orient	45	13	4	5	55	25	6	8	9	30	36	24	69	L	W	W	L	W	1988-05-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	3	Swansea City	45	8	7	7	32	28	11	3	9	27	28	3	67	W	D	L	L	W	1988-05-07	Darlington	H
8	0	Peterborough United	45	10	5	8	28	26	9	5	8	23	27	-2	67	D	W	W	W	L	1988-05-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	3	Wrexham	45	13	3	6	46	25	7	3	13	23	32	12	66	W	W	L	W	W	1988-05-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	-3	Colchester United	45	10	4	8	23	22	9	5	9	24	29	-4	66	L	W	L	W	D	1988-05-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	-2	Darlington	45	13	6	4	39	25	5	5	12	32	41	5	65	L	L	D	W	D	1988-05-07	Swansea City	A
12	1	Scarborough	45	12	7	3	37	18	5	6	12	18	29	8	64	D	W	L	W	W	1988-05-07	Stockport County	H
13	-2	Burnley	44	11	5	5	29	20	8	2	13	26	40	-5	64	L	L	D	W	L	1988-05-04	Torquay United	H
14	0	Tranmere Rovers	45	14	2	7	43	20	5	6	11	18	33	8	63	W	W	D	D	W	1988-05-06	Colchester United	A
15	2	Cambridge United	45	10	6	6	31	22	6	7	10	18	28	-1	61	W	D	L	D	D	1988-05-07	Carlisle United	H
16	-1	Hartlepool United	45	9	7	6	24	23	6	7	10	25	32	-6	59	L	L	L	D	L	1988-05-07	Hereford United	H
17	-1	Crewe Alexandra	45	7	11	4	25	18	6	8	9	32	34	5	58	L	D	D	D	D	1988-05-07	Peterborough United	H
18	0	Halifax Town	45	11	7	5	37	25	2	7	13	15	33	-6	52	L	D	D	W	D	1988-05-07	Exeter City	A
19	1	Hereford United	45	8	7	8	25	27	5	5	12	14	31	-19	51	W	L	W	L	L	1988-05-07	Hartlepool United	A
20	-1	Stockport County	45	7	7	9	26	26	5	7	10	17	31	-14	50	L	L	D	D	W	1988-05-07	Scarborough	A
21	0	Exeter City	45	8	6	8	32	27	3	7	13	20	39	-14	46	D	W	L	D	L	1988-05-07	Halifax Town	H
22	0	Rochdale	45	5	9	9	28	34	5	6	11	18	42	-30	45	L	L	L	L	W	1988-05-07	Newport County	A
23	0	Carlisle United	45	9	5	9	38	33	2	3	17	17	52	-30	41	L	L	D	W	D	1988-05-07	Cambridge United	A
24	0	Newport County	45	4	5	13	19	35	2	2	19	16	69	-69	25	W	L	L	L	L	1988-05-07	Rochdale	H