1988-09-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Villa Park	23,029
Gage	Lineups		Carr
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Newcastle United	Selhurst Park	6,088
Williams, Lee R	Lineups		Jackson D, Tinnion
Derby County	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Baseball Ground	14,008
	Lineups		Stein
Everton	0	2	Luton Town	Goodison Park	26,002
	Lineups		Black, Oldfield
Manchester United	2	0	West Ham United	Old Trafford	39,941
Davenport, Hughes	Lineups
Norwich City	2	2	Millwall	Carrow Road	16,616
Crook, Rosario	Lineups		Cascarino, O'Callaghan
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Arsenal	Hillsborough	17,830
Megson, Pearson	Lineups		Smith
Southampton	1	3	Liverpool	The Dell	21,046	Largest home gate 1988-89
Statham (p)	Lineups		Beardsley, Aldridge, Molby (p)
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Middlesbrough	White Hart Lane	23,427
Fenwick (p), Waddle, Howells D	Lineups		Slaven, Mowbray
Wimbledon	0	1	Coventry City	Plough Lane	4,474
	Lineups		Bannister

				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	Norwich City	5	2	1	0	5	3	2	0	0	5	2	5	13	D	W	W	W	W	1988-10-01	Charlton Athletic	H
2	2	Liverpool	5	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	7	2	6	11	W	D	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Millwall	5	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	7	4	5	11	D	W	W	W	D	1988-10-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	-2	Southampton	5	2	0	1	7	4	1	1	0	3	2	4	10	L	D	W	W	W	1988-10-01	Derby County	H
5	3	Manchester United	5	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	4	10	W	W	W	L	D	1988-10-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	3	Coventry City	4	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	9	W	W	W	L	#	1988-10-01	Middlesbrough	H
7	-2	Arsenal	5	0	1	1	4	5	2	0	1	9	5	3	7	L	D	W	L	W	1988-10-01	West Ham United	A
8	-2	Everton	5	1	1	1	5	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	7	L	L	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Wimbledon	A
9	1	Aston Villa	5	0	3	0	4	4	1	1	0	5	4	1	7	D	D	D	W	D	1988-10-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	-3	Derby County	5	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	7	L	D	W	L	W	1988-10-01	Southampton	A
11	0	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	W	W	L	L	D	1988-10-01	Millwall	A
12	0	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	1	3	-1	7	W	L	L	D	W	1988-10-01	Aston Villa	H
13	4	Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	0	1	5	5	0	2	0	3	3	0	5	W	D	L	D	#	1988-10-01	Manchester United	H
14	0	Nottingham Forest	5	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	4	-1	4	D	D	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Luton Town	H
15	3	Luton Town	5	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	3	3	-2	4	W	L	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Charlton Athletic	5	0	1	2	2	8	1	0	1	3	4	-7	4	D	L	L	W	L	1988-10-01	Norwich City	A
17	-4	West Ham United	5	0	1	1	3	5	1	0	2	1	6	-7	4	L	D	W	L	L	1988-10-01	Arsenal	H
18	-3	Middlesbrough	5	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	3	L	W	L	L	L	1988-10-01	Coventry City	A
19	1	Newcastle United	5	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	8	-8	2	D	L	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Liverpool	A
20	-1	Wimbledon	5	0	0	3	1	7	0	1	1	2	3	-7	1	L	L	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Everton	H
Manager of the month
Dave Stringer - Norwich City

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Oxford United	Dean Court	6,532
Aylott, Newson	Lineups		Mustoe
Barnsley	1	2	Manchester City	Oakwell	9,300
Shotton	Lineups		White, Morley
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Birmingham City	Ewood Park	7,562
Hendry, Garner 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Bradford City	Portman Road	13,074
Atkinson	Lineups		Mitchell
Leeds United	0	2	Chelsea	Elland Road	26,080
	Lineups		Bumstead, Durie
Leicester City	2	2	Watford	Filbert Street	10,957
Walsh, Reid	Lineups		Porter, Wilkinson
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Hull City	Boundary Park	6,329
Bunn 2	Lineups		Marshall OG, Terry
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Home Park	8,539
Tynan	Lineups		Phillips
Portsmouth	1	1	Crystal Palace	Fratton Park	11,249
Aspinall (p)	Lineups		Wright
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Sunderland	Gay Meadow	4,195
	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	6,585
Barnes, White, Calderwood	Lineups
Walsall	1	2	Stoke City	Fellows Park	7,795
Callaghan	Lineups		Morgan, Stainrod

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Blackburn Rovers	6	2	1	0	6	1	3	0	0	6	2	9	16	W	W	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Manchester City	A
2	-1	Watford	7	3	0	0	6	0	2	1	1	7	5	8	16	D	W	L	W	W	1988-10-01	Swindon Town	H
3	-1	Ipswich Town	6	2	1	0	6	3	2	1	0	7	2	8	14	D	W	W	W	W	1988-10-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Portsmouth	7	2	1	1	9	4	1	2	0	5	4	6	12	D	D	L	D	W	1988-10-01	Bradford City	A
5	0	Bradford City	7	2	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	4	4	3	12	D	L	W	D	W	1988-10-01	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	7	2	2	0	10	3	1	0	2	5	6	6	11	D	W	L	W	L	1988-10-01	Sunderland	A
7	2	AFC Bournemouth	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	4	5	1	11	W	L	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Stoke City	A
8	2	Manchester City	7	1	1	1	5	7	2	1	1	6	4	0	11	W	W	W	D	D	1988-10-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-2	West Bromwich Albion	7	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	0	4	3	2	10	D	W	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Ipswich Town	H
10	6	Swindon Town	6	2	1	0	7	2	0	2	1	2	4	3	9	W	W	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Watford	A
11	0	Leicester City	7	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	1	4	6	-2	9	D	W	D	L	W	1988-10-01	Chelsea	A
12	-4	Oxford United	7	2	1	0	5	3	0	2	2	3	7	-2	9	L	L	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	6	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	2	2	6	2	8	D	L	W	L	W	1988-10-01	Crystal Palace	A
14	1	Hull City	7	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	5	6	-2	8	D	L	W	D	L	1988-10-01	Walsall	H
15	-3	Walsall	6	1	2	1	8	4	0	2	0	2	2	4	7	L	W	D	D	D	1988-10-01	Hull City	A
16	-2	Barnsley	7	1	2	1	4	4	0	2	1	1	3	-2	7	L	L	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Birmingham City	A
17	3	Chelsea	7	0	1	2	3	6	1	2	1	4	3	-2	6	W	L	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Leicester City	H
18	-1	Leeds United	6	1	2	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	-4	6	L	W	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	2	Stoke City	7	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	2	2	6	-5	6	W	D	L	L	L	1988-10-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	-2	Crystal Palace	6	0	2	1	2	4	0	3	0	2	2	-2	5	D	D	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	-2	Sunderland	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	5	-3	4	D	D	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Oldham Athletic	H
22	1	Shrewsbury Town	6	0	2	2	3	8	0	1	1	1	2	-6	3	D	L	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Oxford United	A
23	-1	Birmingham City	6	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	4	0	13	-13	3	L	L	W	L	L	1988-10-01	Barnsley	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	3	3	8	-9	0	L	L	L	L	L	1988-10-01	Leeds United	H
Manager of the month
Don MacKay - Blackburn Rovers

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	3	Bolton Wanderers	Recreation Ground	2,126
	Lineups		Stevens 2, Brookman
Brentford	1	4	Sheffield United	Griffin Park	6,577
Sinton (p)	Lineups		Todd, Agana 2, Roberts
Bristol City	0	1	Port Vale	Ashton Gate	7,235
	Lineups		Walker
Bury	0	1	Mansfield Town	Gigg Lane	2,412
	Lineups		Cassells
Chester City	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Sealand Road	3,319
Newhouse, Johnson (p), Tucker OG	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	2	Blackpool	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,128
	Lineups		Garner, Taylor
Fulham	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage	3,431
Sayer	Lineups		Butler
Gillingham	0	1	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	4,446
	Lineups		Moran
Northampton Town	1	2	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	3,886
Adcock	Lineups		Smith, Penrice
Notts County	0	0	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	5,045
	Lineups
Swansea City	2	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vetch Field	5,240
Holdsworth, Melville	Lineups		Bull 2, Chard, Dennison, Robinson

				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	Sheffield United	6	3	0	0	14	2	2	0	1	8	4	16	15	W	W	W	L	W	1988-10-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Port Vale	6	2	0	1	12	3	2	1	0	4	1	12	13	W	W	W	D	L	1988-10-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	9	5	6	13	W	W	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Port Vale	H
4	1	Mansfield Town	6	2	1	0	6	3	1	2	0	2	1	4	12	W	W	D	W	D	1988-10-01	Notts County	H
5	2	Bolton Wanderers	6	2	1	0	8	3	1	1	1	4	3	6	11	W	W	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Sheffield United	H
6	4	Chester City	6	2	1	0	6	1	1	1	1	6	10	1	11	W	D	L	W	W	1988-10-01	Reading	A
7	-1	Fulham	6	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	5	7	0	10	D	L	W	L	W	1988-10-01	Huddersfield Town	A
8	-4	Northampton Town	6	2	0	1	5	2	1	1	1	2	5	0	10	L	L	W	W	W	1988-10-01	Aldershot	H
9	-1	Swansea City	5	0	2	1	4	7	2	0	0	5	2	0	8	L	D	W	D	W	1988-10-01	Bristol City	A
10	7	Bristol Rovers	6	1	1	1	6	6	1	1	1	4	6	-2	8	W	L	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Cardiff City	A
11	-2	Brentford	6	1	1	1	3	5	1	1	1	3	3	-2	8	L	W	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Gillingham	H
12	-1	Gillingham	6	1	0	2	4	5	1	1	1	4	3	0	7	L	L	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Brentford	A
13	7	Reading	6	1	1	1	6	4	1	0	2	2	5	-1	7	W	W	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Chester City	H
14	-2	Huddersfield Town	6	2	1	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	7	-3	7	L	W	D	L	W	1988-10-01	Fulham	H
15	-1	Wigan Athletic	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	4	5	2	6	D	W	D	D	L	1988-09-30	Blackpool	H
16	-3	Bristol City	6	1	1	1	5	2	0	2	1	2	4	1	6	L	D	D	L	W	1988-10-01	Swansea City	H
17	5	Blackpool	6	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	1	3	2	0	6	W	D	D	L	L	1988-09-30	Wigan Athletic	A
18	-2	Notts County	6	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	-2	6	D	L	D	L	W	1988-10-01	Mansfield Town	A
19	-1	Preston North End	6	1	1	1	5	6	0	2	1	1	3	-3	6	D	D	D	W	L	1988-10-01	Southend United	H
20	-5	Bury	5	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	L	L	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Chesterfield	A
21	-2	Southend United	6	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	7	-5	5	D	L	D	L	L	1988-10-01	Preston North End	A
22	-1	Cardiff City	5	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	2	1	10	-7	4	D	L	W	L	L	1988-10-01	Bristol Rovers	H
23	0	Chesterfield	6	1	0	2	2	6	0	0	3	0	12	-16	3	L	L	L	L	L	1988-10-01	Bury	H
24	0	Aldershot	6	0	1	2	2	7	0	1	2	3	5	-7	2	L	L	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Northampton Town	A
Manager of the month
Dave Bassett - Sheffield United

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	2	0	Colchester United	Turf Moor	7,177
O'Connell, Rowell	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	2	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	2,862
	Lineups		Haycock, Williamson
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Wrexham	Belle Vue	1,631
Beattie, Rankine	Lineups		Hunter, Russell
Exeter City	2	2	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	1,876
Neville, Taylor	Lineups		Daws, Rumble
Grimsby Town	1	3	Rochdale	Blundell Park	2,939
North	Lineups		Smith 2, Mellish
Hartlepool United	3	2	Cambridge United	Victoria Park	2,357
Dixon 2 (2p), Toman	Lineups		Chapple, Taylor
Lincoln City	2	0	Hereford United	Sincil Bank	2,915
Gamble, Hobson	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	York City	London Road	2,756
	Lineups		Helliwell
Scarborough	5	2	Torquay United	Seamer Road	1,986
Brook, Thompson N 2, Morris, Adams	Lineups		McNichol, Edwards

				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	Rotherham United	6	2	1	0	9	3	3	0	0	8	0	14	16	W	W	W	D	W	1988-10-01	Exeter City	H
2	1	Hartlepool United	6	3	0	0	6	3	2	0	1	4	4	3	15	W	W	W	L	W	1988-09-30	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	1	Burnley	6	3	0	0	10	1	1	1	1	2	3	8	13	W	L	D	W	W	1988-10-01	Darlington	A
4	-2	Crewe Alexandra	6	2	1	0	6	3	1	2	0	3	2	4	12	D	W	W	D	W	1988-10-01	Rochdale	A
5	4	Scarborough	6	1	2	0	8	5	2	0	1	8	5	6	11	W	L	W	D	W	1988-10-01	Scunthorpe United	A
6	7	Rochdale	6	2	0	1	4	3	1	1	1	7	6	2	10	W	W	W	D	L	1988-10-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	1	Wrexham	6	1	1	1	6	4	1	2	0	6	4	4	9	D	L	D	D	W	1988-10-01	Peterborough United	H
8	2	Scunthorpe United	6	1	2	0	5	3	1	1	1	6	6	2	9	D	D	W	D	L	1988-10-01	Scarborough	H
9	-4	Cambridge United	6	2	0	1	7	4	1	0	2	6	8	1	9	L	L	W	W	L	1988-09-30	Carlisle United	H
10	-3	Tranmere Rovers	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	4	3	1	9	W	W	L	D	D	1988-09-30	Hartlepool United	H
11	-5	Torquay United	6	2	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	4	7	-1	9	L	W	W	W	L	1988-10-01	Leyton Orient	H
12	-1	Colchester United	6	2	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	2	4	0	8	L	W	D	L	D	1988-10-01	Lincoln City	H
13	6	Lincoln City	6	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	4	6	-1	8	W	W	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Colchester United	A
14	-2	Stockport County	6	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	2	7	D	D	D	L	D	1988-10-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	6	1	1	1	5	5	1	0	2	1	5	-4	7	D	L	L	W	W	1988-10-01	Stockport County	A
16	-2	Grimsby Town	6	1	0	2	2	7	1	1	1	4	6	-7	7	L	W	L	D	W	1988-10-01	Hereford United	A
17	-2	Hereford United	6	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	2	4	6	-3	6	L	L	L	W	W	1988-10-01	Grimsby Town	H
18	3	Exeter City	6	1	1	1	6	5	0	1	2	4	6	-1	5	D	D	L	W	L	1988-10-01	Rotherham United	A
19	-2	Carlisle United	6	0	2	1	3	5	0	3	0	5	5	-2	5	L	D	D	D	D	1988-09-30	Cambridge United	A
20	-2	Halifax Town	6	0	1	2	6	8	1	1	1	4	5	-3	5	L	D	D	L	L	1988-10-01	York City	A
21	-1	Leyton Orient	6	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	5	-5	5	W	L	L	L	D	1988-10-01	Torquay United	A
22	2	York City	6	0	1	2	4	6	1	0	2	1	7	-8	4	W	L	L	L	D	1988-10-01	Halifax Town	H
23	-1	Peterborough United	6	0	1	2	2	6	0	2	1	4	5	-5	3	L	L	D	D	L	1988-10-01	Wrexham	A
24	-1	Darlington	6	0	2	1	5	8	0	0	3	1	5	-7	2	L	D	L	D	L	1988-10-01	Burnley	H
Manager of the month
Billy McEwan - Rotherham United