1988-09-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	3	Aston Villa	Highbury	37,417
Marwood, Smith	Lineups		McInally 2, Gray A
Coventry City	0	1	Everton	Highfield Road	18,625
	Lineups		Cottee
Liverpool	1	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	42,026
Molby (p)	Lineups
Luton Town	2	2	Wimbledon	Kenilworth Road	8,067
Black, Ryan OG	Lineups		Fashanu (p), Fairweather
Middlesbrough	2	3	Norwich City	Ayresome Park	18,595
Mowbray, Burke	Lineups		Rosario, Fleck 2
Millwall	1	0	Derby County	The Den, New Cross	13,040
Sheringham	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	33,508	Largest home gate 1988-89
Thorn, Jackson D	Lineups		Fenwick, Waddle
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	City Ground	18,963
Worthington OG	Lineups		Sterland
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	9,454
	Lineups		Le Tissier
West Ham United	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Upton Park	19,566
Keen	Lineups		Williams 2, Robson OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Everton	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Nottingham Forest	H
2	1	Southampton	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Luton Town	H
3	1	Liverpool	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Aston Villa	A
4	1	Norwich City	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	3	Aston Villa	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Liverpool	H
6	3	Millwall	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Charlton Athletic	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	D	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Coventry City	H
8	-7	Arsenal	2	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	5	1	3	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	-3	Derby County	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Newcastle United	H
10	7	Charlton Athletic	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	-1	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Millwall	H
11	2	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Arsenal	H
12	3	Luton Town	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Southampton	A
13	1	Nottingham Forest	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Everton	A
14	-4	Manchester United	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Middlesbrough	H
15	-4	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Norwich City	A
16	2	Wimbledon	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	2	2	-4	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	West Ham United	H
17	2	Newcastle United	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	-4	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Derby County	A
18	-6	Coventry City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	-3	Middlesbrough	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Manchester United	A
20	0	West Ham United	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	4	-6	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Wimbledon	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Chelsea	Dean Court	8,763
Cooke	Lineups
Barnsley	1	0	Stoke City	Oakwell	5,682
Agnew	Lineups
Birmingham City	2	3	Leicester City	St Andrew's	7,932
Walsh OG, Robinson	Lineups		Newell, Cross, Quinn
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Ewood Park	9,992
Garner 3	Lineups		Marshall (p)
Bradford City	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Valley Parade	9,765
Ormondroyd	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	2	Watford	Selhurst Park	10,474
	Lineups		Porter, Wilkinson
Ipswich Town	2	0	Sunderland	Portman Road	12,835
Atkinson, Dozzell	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	Walsall	Maine Road	17,104
McNab (p), Morley	Lineups		Naughton 2
Oxford United	3	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manor Ground	6,004
Heath, Saunders, Greenall	Lineups		Chivers, Armstrong
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Hull City	Home Park	8,202
Tynan, Skipper OG	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	0	Leeds United	Fratton Park	15,065	Largest home gate 1988-89
Taylor OG, Quinn, Connor, Chamberlain	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Swindon Town	The Hawthorns	7,518
Dyson, Goodman, Paskin	Lineups		White

				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	Portsmouth	3	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	8	9	W	W	W	#	#	1988-09-11	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Watford	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	4	9	W	W	W	#	#	1988-09-10	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	1	Bradford City	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	7	W	D	W	#	#	1988-09-10	Sunderland	A
4	1	Oxford United	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	7	W	W	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Chelsea	A
5	1	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Stoke City	A
6	2	Barnsley	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	W	D	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Hull City	A
7	3	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Watford	A
8	6	Ipswich Town	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Leicester City	A
9	-6	Oldham Athletic	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	4	1	4	L	W	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Birmingham City	H
10	9	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	W	L	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	1	AFC Bournemouth	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	8	Leicester City	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	5	-2	4	W	L	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Ipswich Town	H
13	-6	Hull City	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	-2	3	L	L	W	#	#	1988-09-10	Barnsley	H
14	-3	Walsall	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Crystal Palace	H
15	-6	Stoke City	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	-1	2	L	D	D	#	#	1988-09-10	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	2	Chelsea	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-2	1	L	D	L	#	#	1988-09-10	Oxford United	H
17	0	Swindon Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-11	Portsmouth	H
18	-5	Crystal Palace	2	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Walsall	A
19	-3	Sunderland	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Bradford City	H
20	4	Manchester City	3	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	1	0	1	-4	1	D	L	L	#	#	1988-09-10	Leeds United	A
21	-6	Leeds United	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Manchester City	H
22	0	Birmingham City	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Oldham Athletic	A
23	-2	Shrewsbury Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	-2	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	West Bromwich Albion	H
24	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	AFC Bournemouth	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	2	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	2,477
	Lineups		Shipley, Lovell
Blackpool	0	1	Notts County	Bloomfield Road	4,669
	Lineups		Mills
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Cardiff City	Burnden Park	4,831
Thomas, Henshaw, Darby 2	Lineups
Bristol City	4	0	Chesterfield	Ashton Gate	7,547
Walsh 2, Newman (p), Llewellyn	Lineups
Fulham	1	0	Southend United	Craven Cottage	4,754
Davies	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Preston North End	Leeds Road	5,622
Maskell, Shotton	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	Brentford	County Ground	4,488
Wilson	Lineups
Port Vale	1	2	Chester City	Vale Park	4,213
Futcher	Lineups		Woodthorpe, Johnson
Sheffield United	4	1	Bristol Rovers	Bramall Lane	9,586
Bryson 2, Roberts, Agana	Lineups		Holloway
Swansea City	1	1	Bury	Vetch Field	5,141
James	Lineups		Lee
Wigan Athletic	0	0	Mansfield Town	Springfield Park	2,514
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Reading	Molineux	10,513
Chard, Dennison	Lineups		Whitehurst

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Sheffield United	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Gillingham	A
2	6	Fulham	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Mansfield Town	A
3	11	Bristol City	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Chester City	A
4	-3	Bury	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	D	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Port Vale	H
5	1	Swansea City	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	4	D	W	#	#	#	1988-09-09	Southend United	A
6	5	Chester City	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Bristol City	H
7	6	Northampton Town	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Notts County	A
8	7	Notts County	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Northampton Town	H
9	15	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Reading	A
10	6	Gillingham	2	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Sheffield United	H
11	-9	Port Vale	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Bury	A
12	8	Huddersfield Town	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Cardiff City	A
13	-9	Southend United	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-09	Swansea City	H
14	-5	Brentford	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Wigan Athletic	H
15	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	-1	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Chesterfield	A
16	-11	Bristol Rovers	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	4	-2	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Aldershot	H
17	-10	Chesterfield	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	-3	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-6	Mansfield Town	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Fulham	H
19	-2	Wigan Athletic	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Brentford	A
20	-10	Blackpool	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	-1	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Preston North End	A
21	1	Reading	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	-4	Aldershot	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Bristol Rovers	A
23	-2	Preston North End	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	-4	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Blackpool	H
24	-5	Cardiff City	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	-5	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Huddersfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Scunthorpe United	Gresty Road	1,514
Cutler 2, Sussex	Lineups		Flounders, Lister (p)
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Exeter City	Belle Vue	1,515
Dobson 2 (1p)	Lineups		Neville (p)
Grimsby Town	1	0	Torquay United	Blundell Park	2,889
North	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	Burnley	The Shay	4,071	Largest home gate 1988-89
McPhillips	Lineups		Comstive, O'Connell
Hartlepool United	2	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	2,477
Toman, Smith	Lineups		Stonehouse
Hereford United	4	2	Cambridge United	Edgar Street	1,711
McLoughlin 2, Maddy, Stant	Lineups		Jones OG, Reilly
Peterborough United	1	4	Scarborough	London Road	3,956
Gooding	Lineups		Norris, Thompson N, Bennyworth, Cook
Rochdale	0	2	Rotherham United	Spotland	2,107
	Lineups		Johnson, Williamson
Stockport County	0	0	Leyton Orient	Edgeley Park	1,947
	Lineups
Wrexham	3	0	Lincoln City	Racecourse Ground	2,312
Cooper 2, Russell (p)	Lineups
York City	1	1	Carlisle United	Bootham Crescent	2,303
Banton (p)	Lineups		Walsh

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	3	Rotherham United	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Wrexham	H
2	5	Wrexham	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Rotherham United	A
3	5	Burnley	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	York City	H
4	5	Hartlepool United	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	W	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Torquay United	A
5	10	Scarborough	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Rochdale	H
6	-3	Stockport County	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	4	D	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Cambridge United	A
7	6	Crewe Alexandra	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	W	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Lincoln City	A
8	-7	Colchester United	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	D	W	#	#	#	1988-09-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
9	-7	Cambridge United	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Stockport County	H
10	-5	Scunthorpe United	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Grimsby Town	H
11	-5	Halifax Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	L	W	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Exeter City	A
12	7	Hereford United	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Leyton Orient	A
13	11	Doncaster Rovers	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	-2	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-09	Colchester United	A
14	9	Grimsby Town	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	-2	3	W	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Scunthorpe United	A
15	-4	Carlisle United	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	-2	Leyton Orient	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Hereford United	H
17	-7	Tranmere Rovers	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	D	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Carlisle United	A
18	0	York City	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	1	D	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Burnley	A
19	-7	Peterborough United	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	2	2	-3	1	L	D	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Darlington	A
20	0	Exeter City	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Halifax Town	H
21	-5	Rochdale	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Scarborough	A
22	-1	Torquay United	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	-3	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Hartlepool United	H
23	-1	Darlington	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	-4	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Peterborough United	H
24	-7	Lincoln City	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	-4	0	L	L	#	#	#	1988-09-10	Crewe Alexandra	H