1988-10-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	3	4	Middlesbrough	Highfield Road	14,527
Speedie 3	Lineups		Slaven 3, Burke
Liverpool	1	2	Newcastle United	Anfield Road	39,139
Gillespie	Lineups		Hendrie, Mirandinha (p)
Millwall	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	The Den, New Cross	14,103
Cascarino 2, Hurlock	Lineups		Allen M, Francis
Norwich City	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Carrow Road	11,470
Linighan	Lineups		Williams 2, Mortimer
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Luton Town	City Ground	15,340
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	18,301
Hirst	Lineups
Southampton	0	0	Derby County	The Dell	13,383
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	29,318
Walsh, Waddle	Lineups		Hughes, McClair
West Ham United	1	4	Arsenal	Upton Park	27,658
Dickens	Lineups		Smith 2, Thomas, Rocastle
Wimbledon	2	1	Everton	Plough Lane	6,367
Fashanu, Cork	Lineups		Heath

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Millwall	6	3	0	0	6	3	1	2	0	7	4	6	14	W	D	W	W	W	1988-10-15	Coventry City	A
2	-1	Norwich City	6	2	1	1	6	6	2	0	0	5	2	3	13	L	D	W	W	W	1988-10-08	Derby County	A
3	-1	Liverpool	6	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	11	L	W	D	D	W	1988-10-08	Luton Town	A
4	0	Southampton	6	2	1	1	7	4	1	1	0	3	2	4	11	D	L	D	W	W	1988-10-08	Everton	A
5	0	Manchester United	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	1	4	3	4	11	D	W	W	W	L	1988-10-22	Wimbledon	A
6	1	Arsenal	6	0	1	1	4	5	3	0	1	13	6	6	10	W	L	D	W	L	1988-10-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	5	Sheffield Wednesday	6	3	0	1	5	3	0	1	1	1	3	0	10	W	W	L	L	D	1988-10-22	Southampton	A
8	-2	Coventry City	5	1	0	2	6	5	2	0	0	3	1	3	9	L	W	W	W	L	1988-10-08	Newcastle United	A
9	1	Derby County	6	2	0	1	3	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	8	D	L	D	W	L	1988-10-08	Norwich City	H
10	-2	Everton	6	1	1	1	5	3	1	0	2	3	4	1	7	L	L	L	D	W	1988-10-08	Southampton	H
11	-2	Aston Villa	6	0	3	0	4	4	1	1	1	5	5	0	7	L	D	D	D	W	1988-10-08	Wimbledon	H
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	0	7	L	W	W	L	L	1988-10-08	Nottingham Forest	H
13	3	Charlton Athletic	6	0	1	2	2	8	2	0	1	6	5	-5	7	W	D	L	L	W	1988-10-08	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	1	7	7	0	2	0	3	3	0	6	D	W	D	L	D	1988-10-08	Charlton Athletic	A
15	3	Middlesbrough	6	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	3	6	8	-2	6	W	L	W	L	L	1988-10-08	West Ham United	H
16	-2	Nottingham Forest	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	3	4	-1	5	D	D	D	D	D	1988-10-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	-2	Luton Town	6	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	3	3	-2	5	D	W	L	L	D	1988-10-08	Liverpool	H
18	1	Newcastle United	6	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4	9	-7	5	W	D	L	L	D	1988-10-08	Coventry City	H
19	1	Wimbledon	6	1	0	3	3	8	0	1	1	2	3	-6	4	W	L	L	L	D	1988-10-08	Aston Villa	A
20	-3	West Ham United	6	0	1	2	4	9	1	0	2	1	6	-10	4	L	L	D	W	L	1988-10-08	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	5	Barnsley	St Andrew's	4,892
Atkins, Robinson, Langley	Lineups		Beresford, Broddle, Currie, Rees, Lowndes
Bradford City	2	1	Portsmouth	Valley Parade	11,208
Thomas (p), Sinnott	Lineups		Aspinall (p)
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Leeds United	Goldstone Ground	7,109
Nelson, Bremner	Lineups		Baird
Chelsea	2	1	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	7,050	Terraces at Stamford Bridge closed by order of FA after crowd disorder after match of 28/05/1988
Lee, Roberts (p)	Lineups		Quinn
Crystal Palace	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Selhurst Park	8,047
Wright, Thomas, Bright, Pardew	Lineups		Brimacombe
Hull City	0	0	Walsall	Boothferry Park	4,805
	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road	22,111
Biggins	Lineups
Oxford United	4	1	Shrewsbury Town	Manor Ground	4,388
Phillips J, Mustoe, Foyle, Saunders	Lineups		Moyes
Stoke City	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Victoria Ground	7,485
Shaw, Beagrie	Lineups		Brooks
Sunderland	3	2	Oldham Athletic	Roker Park	12,529
Gabbiadini M, MacPhail (p), Pascoe	Lineups		Bunn 2
Watford	2	3	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	11,657
Holden, Porter	Lineups		Shearer, Barnes, Jones
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	9,357
Whyte	Lineups		Lowe, Dozzell

				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	Ipswich Town	7	2	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	9	3	9	17	W	D	W	W	W	1988-10-04	Crystal Palace	A
2	-1	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	1	0	6	1	3	0	1	6	3	8	16	L	W	W	D	W	1988-10-05	Bradford City	A
3	-1	Watford	8	3	0	1	8	3	2	1	1	7	5	7	16	L	D	W	L	W	1988-10-04	Oldham Athletic	H
4	1	Bradford City	8	3	1	0	5	1	1	2	1	4	4	4	15	W	D	L	W	D	1988-10-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	3	Manchester City	8	2	1	1	6	7	2	1	1	6	4	1	14	W	W	W	W	D	1988-10-05	Portsmouth	H
6	-2	Portsmouth	8	2	1	1	9	4	1	2	1	6	6	5	12	L	D	D	L	D	1988-10-05	Manchester City	A
7	3	Swindon Town	7	2	1	0	7	2	1	2	1	5	6	4	12	W	W	W	D	D	1988-10-05	Oxford United	A
8	4	Oxford United	8	3	1	0	9	4	0	2	2	3	7	1	12	W	L	L	D	D	1988-10-05	Swindon Town	H
9	-3	Oldham Athletic	8	2	2	0	10	3	1	0	3	7	9	5	11	L	D	W	L	W	1988-10-04	Watford	A
10	-3	AFC Bournemouth	7	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	5	7	0	11	L	W	L	D	W	1988-10-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	-2	West Bromwich Albion	8	1	1	2	4	4	1	3	0	4	3	1	10	L	D	W	D	D	1988-10-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	4	Barnsley	8	1	2	1	4	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	10	W	L	L	D	D	1988-10-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
13	4	Chelsea	8	1	1	2	5	7	1	2	1	4	3	-1	9	W	W	L	D	D	1988-10-04	Walsall	H
14	0	Hull City	8	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	2	5	6	-2	9	D	D	L	W	D	1988-10-04	Leicester City	H
15	-4	Leicester City	8	1	2	1	4	4	1	1	2	5	8	-3	9	L	D	W	D	L	1988-10-04	Hull City	A
16	3	Stoke City	8	1	2	1	5	5	1	1	2	2	6	-4	9	W	W	D	L	L	1988-10-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	-2	Walsall	7	1	2	1	8	4	0	3	0	2	2	4	8	D	L	W	D	D	1988-10-04	Chelsea	A
18	2	Crystal Palace	7	1	2	1	6	5	0	3	0	2	2	1	8	W	D	D	D	D	1988-10-04	Ipswich Town	H
19	-6	Plymouth Argyle	7	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	3	3	10	-1	8	L	D	L	W	L	1988-10-04	Birmingham City	A
20	1	Sunderland	7	1	3	0	5	4	0	1	2	2	5	-2	7	W	D	D	L	D	1988-10-04	Leeds United	H
21	-3	Leeds United	7	1	2	1	4	4	0	1	2	1	6	-5	6	L	L	W	D	D	1988-10-04	Sunderland	A
22	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	1	0	3	4	7	0	0	3	3	8	-8	3	W	L	L	L	L	1988-10-05	Barnsley	H
23	-1	Shrewsbury Town	7	0	2	2	3	8	0	1	2	2	6	-9	3	L	D	L	D	D	1988-10-04	Stoke City	A
24	-1	Birmingham City	7	1	0	2	8	10	0	0	4	0	13	-15	3	L	L	L	W	L	1988-10-04	Plymouth Argyle	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	9,345
Thompson 2 (1p)	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Gillingham	Griffin Park	4,839
Sinton (p)	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Swansea City	Ashton Gate	7,786
Walsh, Milne	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Ninian Park	5,023
Gilligan, Bartlett	Lineups		Penrice, Holloway
Chesterfield	1	2	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	1,837
Alleyne	Lineups		Robinson L (p), Valentine
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Fulham	Leeds Road	4,576
Maskell 2	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Notts County	Field Mill	5,908
Hodges	Lineups		McParland
Northampton Town	6	0	Aldershot	County Ground	3,477
Culpin 3, Gilbert, Adcock 2	Lineups
Preston North End	3	2	Southend United	Deepdale	5,348
McAteer, Brazil 2 (1p)	Lineups		Crown, Hall
Reading	3	1	Chester City	Elm Park	4,376
Tait, Knight 2	Lineups		Woodthorpe
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	Port Vale	Molineux	14,018
Bull 2, Thompson	Lineups		Earle, Futcher, Sproson

				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	7	3	0	0	14	2	2	0	2	8	6	14	15	L	W	W	W	L	1988-10-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	0	Port Vale	7	2	0	1	12	3	2	2	0	7	4	12	14	D	W	W	W	D	1988-10-03	Huddersfield Town	H
3	2	Bolton Wanderers	7	3	1	0	10	3	1	1	1	4	3	8	14	W	W	W	D	D	1988-10-04	Swansea City	A
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	2	2	0	6	4	2	0	1	9	5	6	14	D	W	W	D	W	1988-10-05	Fulham	A
5	3	Northampton Town	7	3	0	1	11	2	1	1	1	2	5	6	13	W	L	L	W	W	1988-10-04	Blackpool	A
6	-2	Mansfield Town	7	2	2	0	7	4	1	2	0	2	1	4	13	D	W	W	D	W	1988-10-04	Southend United	A
7	-1	Chester City	7	2	1	0	6	1	1	1	2	7	13	-1	11	L	W	D	L	W	1988-10-05	Brentford	H
8	4	Brentford	7	2	1	1	4	5	1	1	1	3	3	-1	11	W	L	W	D	D	1988-10-05	Chester City	A
9	5	Reading	7	2	1	1	9	5	1	0	2	2	5	1	10	W	W	W	L	D	1988-10-04	Bury	A
10	5	Huddersfield Town	7	3	1	0	8	2	0	0	3	0	7	-1	10	W	L	W	D	L	1988-10-03	Port Vale	A
11	-4	Fulham	7	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	3	5	9	-2	10	L	D	L	W	L	1988-10-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	4	Bristol City	7	2	1	1	7	2	0	2	1	2	4	3	9	W	L	D	D	L	1988-10-04	Gillingham	A
13	-4	Wigan Athletic	6	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	1	4	5	3	9	W	D	W	D	D	1988-10-04	Aldershot	A
14	-3	Bristol Rovers	7	1	1	1	6	6	1	2	1	6	8	-2	9	D	W	L	D	D	1988-10-05	Preston North End	H
15	4	Preston North End	7	2	1	1	8	8	0	2	1	1	3	-2	9	W	D	D	D	W	1988-10-05	Bristol Rovers	A
16	4	Bury	6	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	8	W	L	L	D	D	1988-10-04	Reading	H
17	-7	Swansea City	6	0	2	1	4	7	2	0	1	5	4	-2	8	L	L	D	W	D	1988-10-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	-5	Gillingham	7	1	0	2	4	5	1	1	2	4	4	-1	7	L	L	L	D	W	1988-10-04	Bristol City	H
19	-1	Notts County	7	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	4	-2	7	D	D	L	D	L	1988-10-04	Chesterfield	H
20	-3	Blackpool	7	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	2	4	4	-1	6	L	W	D	D	L	1988-10-04	Northampton Town	H
21	0	Southend United	7	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	3	4	10	-6	5	L	D	L	D	L	1988-10-04	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Cardiff City	6	1	1	1	6	4	0	1	2	1	10	-7	5	D	D	L	W	L	1988-10-08	Reading	H
23	0	Chesterfield	7	1	0	3	3	8	0	0	3	0	12	-17	3	L	L	L	L	L	1988-10-04	Notts County	A
24	0	Aldershot	7	0	1	2	2	7	0	1	3	3	11	-13	2	L	L	L	D	D	1988-10-04	Wigan Athletic	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	1	3	Lincoln City	Layer Road	1,529
Swindlehurst	Lineups		Hobson 2, Hill OG
Darlington	1	1	Burnley	Feethams Ground	3,409
Stonehouse	Lineups		O'Connell
Hereford United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Edgar Street	1,888
Tester, Stant (p)	Lineups		O'Kelly
Rochdale	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	2,227
Edmonds, Smith	Lineups		Cronin
Rotherham United	0	1	Exeter City	Millmoor	4,075
	Lineups		Johnson OG
Scunthorpe United	0	3	Scarborough	Glanford Park	4,167
	Lineups		Adams, Thompson N, Norris
Stockport County	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley Park	1,959
Cooke, Wylde	Lineups
Torquay United	3	0	Leyton Orient	Plainmoor	2,526
Edwards, Lloyd, Joyce	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Peterborough United	Racecourse Ground	1,826
Russell	Lineups		Cusack
York City	5	3	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	2,238
Butler, Bradshaw, Canham, Banton (p), Howlett	Lineups		Allison 2, Horner

				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	7	2	1	1	9	4	3	0	0	8	0	13	16	L	W	W	W	D	1988-10-04	Burnley	A
2	0	Hartlepool United	7	3	0	0	6	3	2	0	2	5	6	2	15	L	W	W	W	L	1988-10-04	Rochdale	H
3	4	Scarborough	7	1	2	0	8	5	3	0	1	11	5	9	14	W	W	L	W	D	1988-10-05	Darlington	H
4	-1	Burnley	7	3	0	0	10	1	1	2	1	3	4	8	14	D	W	L	D	W	1988-10-04	Rotherham United	H
5	3	Rochdale	7	3	0	1	6	4	1	1	1	7	6	3	13	W	W	W	W	D	1988-10-04	Hartlepool United	A
6	-2	Crewe Alexandra	7	2	1	0	6	3	1	2	1	4	4	3	12	L	D	W	W	D	1988-10-04	Cambridge United	H
7	-2	Cambridge United	7	3	0	1	10	6	1	0	2	6	8	2	12	W	L	L	W	W	1988-10-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	3	Torquay United	7	3	0	1	7	2	1	0	2	4	7	2	12	W	L	W	W	W	1988-10-05	Exeter City	A
9	-3	Tranmere Rovers	7	2	1	1	4	3	1	2	0	4	3	2	12	W	W	W	L	D	1988-10-04	Grimsby Town	A
10	3	Lincoln City	7	1	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	7	7	1	11	W	W	W	D	D	1988-10-05	Scunthorpe United	H
11	-2	Wrexham	7	1	2	1	7	5	1	2	0	6	4	4	10	D	D	L	D	D	1988-10-04	Halifax Town	A
12	2	Stockport County	7	1	3	0	3	1	1	1	1	5	3	4	10	W	D	D	D	L	1988-10-05	Peterborough United	A
13	-3	Scunthorpe United	7	1	2	1	5	6	1	1	1	6	6	-1	9	L	D	D	W	D	1988-10-05	Lincoln City	A
14	3	Hereford United	7	2	0	2	7	7	1	0	2	4	6	-2	9	W	L	L	L	W	1988-10-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	3	Exeter City	7	1	1	1	6	5	1	1	2	5	6	0	8	W	D	D	L	W	1988-10-05	Torquay United	H
16	-4	Colchester United	7	2	0	2	5	5	0	2	1	2	4	-2	8	L	L	W	D	L	1988-10-04	Carlisle United	A
17	5	York City	7	1	1	2	9	9	1	0	2	1	7	-6	7	W	W	L	L	L	1988-10-04	Leyton Orient	A
18	-3	Doncaster Rovers	7	1	1	1	5	5	1	0	3	1	7	-6	7	L	D	L	L	W	1988-10-04	Hereford United	H
19	-3	Grimsby Town	7	1	0	2	2	7	1	1	2	5	8	-8	7	L	L	W	L	D	1988-10-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	-1	Carlisle United	7	0	2	1	3	5	0	3	1	7	8	-3	5	L	L	D	D	D	1988-10-04	Colchester United	H
21	-1	Halifax Town	7	0	1	2	6	8	1	1	2	7	10	-5	5	L	L	D	D	L	1988-10-04	Wrexham	H
22	-1	Leyton Orient	7	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	3	1	8	-8	5	L	W	L	L	L	1988-10-04	York City	H
23	0	Peterborough United	7	0	1	2	2	6	0	3	1	5	6	-5	4	D	L	L	D	D	1988-10-05	Stockport County	H
24	0	Darlington	7	0	3	1	6	9	0	0	3	1	5	-7	3	D	L	D	L	D	1988-10-05	Scarborough	A