1988-12-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	1	Norwich City	Villa Park	19,653
Gage 2, Platt	Lineups		Putney
Everton	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Goodison Park	29,657
Cottee	Lineups
Luton Town	0	0	Newcastle United	Kenilworth Road	8,338
	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	31,173
Milne, McClair, Hughes	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	West Ham United	The Den, New Cross	20,105
	Lineups		Ince
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Middlesbrough	City Ground	17,742
Chapman 2	Lineups		Brennan, Ripley
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	9,853
Francis, Falco	Lineups		Speedie
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Derby County	Hillsborough	20,609
Sterland	Lineups		Callaghan (p)
Wimbledon	2	1	Southampton	Plough Lane	6,040
Gibson, Fairweather	Lineups		Maddison

				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	15	3	4	1	13	11	5	1	1	12	7	7	29	L	D	D	D	W	1988-12-10	Arsenal	H
2	0	Arsenal	13	3	1	1	11	6	5	1	2	20	10	15	26	L	W	W	W	W	1988-12-04	Liverpool	H
3	0	Millwall	14	5	1	1	15	7	1	5	1	12	11	9	24	L	D	W	D	W	1988-12-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	0	Liverpool	14	2	4	1	8	5	4	1	2	11	5	9	23	D	W	D	W	W	1988-12-04	Arsenal	A
5	2	Derby County	14	4	2	2	11	6	2	3	1	7	5	7	23	D	W	W	D	W	1988-12-10	Luton Town	H
6	-1	Coventry City	15	3	2	2	10	7	3	3	2	8	6	5	23	L	W	D	D	W	1988-12-10	Manchester United	H
7	-1	Southampton	15	4	2	2	15	9	2	3	2	10	12	4	23	L	D	D	W	W	1988-12-10	Nottingham Forest	H
8	1	Everton	14	3	3	1	12	6	3	1	3	7	8	5	22	W	W	D	W	D	1988-12-11	Liverpool	A
9	2	Manchester United	15	3	4	1	11	6	1	5	1	8	7	6	21	W	D	D	D	D	1988-12-10	Coventry City	A
10	-2	Nottingham Forest	15	1	5	1	7	9	3	4	1	12	10	0	21	D	W	D	D	L	1988-12-10	Southampton	A
11	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	14	3	2	2	7	7	2	3	2	7	8	-1	20	D	W	D	L	D	1988-12-10	West Ham United	A
12	0	Middlesbrough	15	5	0	2	11	7	1	1	6	8	19	-7	19	D	L	L	W	L	1988-12-10	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	15	4	0	3	10	6	1	3	4	6	9	1	18	W	D	L	L	W	1988-12-10	Charlton Athletic	A
14	0	Aston Villa	15	3	3	2	12	9	1	3	3	10	13	0	18	W	L	L	L	D	1988-12-10	Middlesbrough	A
15	1	Luton Town	15	2	4	1	8	6	1	2	5	7	11	-2	15	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-10	Derby County	A
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	15	2	3	3	15	17	1	3	3	9	11	-4	15	L	D	D	W	W	1988-12-10	Millwall	H
17	0	Charlton Athletic	15	1	3	4	9	16	2	2	3	7	11	-11	14	L	L	D	L	L	1988-12-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Wimbledon	14	2	2	4	7	13	1	2	3	7	11	-10	13	W	D	D	L	L	1988-12-10	Newcastle United	A
19	0	West Ham United	15	1	2	4	9	15	2	1	5	5	14	-15	12	W	L	L	D	D	1988-12-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Newcastle United	15	1	2	4	5	9	1	2	5	4	18	-18	10	D	D	L	L	L	1988-12-10	Wimbledon	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Dean Court	8,418
Clarke, Blissett	Lineups		Garner
Bradford City	2	2	Birmingham City	Valley Parade	9,503
Leonard, Jewell	Lineups		Whitton, Richards
Crystal Palace	0	0	Manchester City	Selhurst Park	12,444
	Lineups
Hull City	5	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boothferry Park	5,686
Payton 2, Saville, Gatting OG, Daniel	Lineups		Bremner, Gatting
Ipswich Town	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Portman Road	9,959
Lowe, D'Avray	Lineups		Campbell G, Stuart
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Leicester City	Boundary Park	5,789
Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Quinn
Oxford United	2	0	Barnsley	Manor Ground	4,449
Phillips J, Simpson	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Fratton Park	12,764
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	3,524
	Lineups		Geddis
Stoke City	0	3	Chelsea	Victoria Ground	12,288
	Lineups		Roberts (p), Wilson C, McAllister
Sunderland	1	1	Watford	Roker Park	16,330
MacPhail (p)	Lineups		Sherwood
Walsall	0	3	Leeds United	Fellows Park	6,885
	Lineups		Davison 2, Whitlow

				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	Watford	19	6	1	2	19	7	4	3	3	12	12	12	34	D	W	D	L	L	1988-12-10	Oxford United	H
2	2	Chelsea	19	5	2	2	17	8	4	4	2	16	11	14	33	W	W	D	D	W	1988-12-10	Portsmouth	H
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	1	2	19	11	4	2	4	14	14	8	33	L	W	L	W	W	1988-12-10	Ipswich Town	H
4	-1	Manchester City	19	5	3	1	16	11	4	3	3	8	6	7	33	D	W	W	W	D	1988-12-10	Bradford City	H
5	0	Portsmouth	19	6	3	1	19	7	2	4	3	10	14	8	31	D	L	W	W	D	1988-12-10	Chelsea	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	2	2	14	9	3	5	2	13	10	8	31	D	W	D	L	W	1988-12-10	Hull City	H
7	2	Ipswich Town	19	4	2	4	15	13	4	1	4	12	11	3	27	D	L	L	W	W	1988-12-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	5	AFC Bournemouth	19	6	1	3	13	6	2	2	5	9	16	0	27	W	W	L	L	W	1988-12-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	-2	Barnsley	19	5	3	1	16	8	2	3	5	9	18	-1	27	L	W	L	D	D	1988-12-10	Walsall	H
10	-2	Stoke City	19	5	3	2	15	10	2	3	4	6	15	-4	27	L	L	W	W	D	1988-12-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	4	Leeds United	19	4	3	2	13	8	2	5	3	9	11	3	26	W	W	D	D	W	1988-12-10	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	-2	Leicester City	19	4	4	1	11	7	2	4	4	12	19	-3	26	D	W	L	W	D	1988-12-10	Sunderland	H
13	-2	Crystal Palace	18	5	4	1	17	9	1	3	4	11	16	3	25	D	L	W	L	D	1988-12-10	Birmingham City	A
14	-2	Sunderland	19	4	6	0	16	8	1	4	4	8	14	2	25	D	L	D	D	D	1988-12-10	Leicester City	A
15	1	Swindon Town	18	4	3	1	13	7	2	4	4	11	17	0	25	W	W	L	L	L	1988-12-10	Oldham Athletic	H
16	-2	Plymouth Argyle	18	5	2	1	17	6	2	2	6	8	22	-3	25	D	W	W	L	W	1988-12-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	2	Hull City	20	4	5	1	14	8	2	1	7	11	23	-6	24	W	L	L	D	L	1988-12-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	2	Oxford United	20	5	3	3	21	15	1	2	6	9	16	-1	23	W	L	L	W	L	1988-12-10	Watford	A
19	-2	Bradford City	19	3	5	2	11	9	2	3	4	9	12	-1	23	D	L	D	D	L	1988-12-10	Manchester City	A
20	-2	Oldham Athletic	19	4	5	1	21	12	1	2	6	9	18	0	22	D	L	D	D	W	1988-12-10	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	4	1	4	14	11	1	1	7	10	21	-8	17	L	W	W	L	W	1988-12-06	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	19	1	5	4	8	13	2	3	4	5	11	-11	17	L	L	W	D	D	1988-12-10	Leeds United	A
23	0	Walsall	19	2	3	5	12	12	0	5	4	5	13	-8	14	L	L	L	L	L	1988-12-10	Barnsley	A
24	0	Birmingham City	19	2	2	5	10	16	1	3	6	5	21	-22	14	D	W	D	D	L	1988-12-10	Crystal Palace	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	3	Notts County	Recreation Ground	2,191
Barnes, Burvill	Lineups		Kevan, Lund, Rimmer
Brentford	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Griffin Park	4,628
Evans, Cadette 2	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Reading	Ashton Gate	8,045
Walsh, Hawkins	Lineups		Senior
Bury	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Gigg Lane	3,121
Robinson L (p)	Lineups		Entwistle
Chesterfield	1	3	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,236
Waller	Lineups		Coleman 2, Hunter OG
Fulham	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	4,461
	Lineups		Mehew, Penrice
Gillingham	0	2	Chester City	Priestfield Stadium	3,212
	Lineups		Dale, Johnson
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Blackpool	Leeds Road	5,738
Maskell	Lineups		Cunningham
Preston North End	3	3	Cardiff City	Deepdale	4,976
Brazil, Ellis 2	Lineups		Gilligan, Bartlett 2
Swansea City	2	2	Sheffield United	Vetch Field	5,676
Wade, Melville	Lineups		Agana, Deane

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	7	2	0	23	7	5	1	2	17	11	22	39	W	W	W	W	W	1988-12-04	Northampton Town	A
2	1	Sheffield United	17	8	0	0	24	4	3	2	4	17	16	21	35	D	W	W	L	L	1988-12-17	Southend United	H
3	-1	Port Vale	17	6	1	1	24	8	4	3	2	16	11	21	34	D	W	W	W	L	1988-12-17	Reading	H
4	2	Bristol Rovers	18	6	1	2	21	11	3	3	3	15	15	10	31	W	L	W	D	W	1988-12-17	Blackpool	A
5	-1	Bury	18	5	3	1	15	8	4	1	4	15	15	7	31	D	W	W	W	D	1988-12-17	Huddersfield Town	A
6	-1	Swansea City	18	4	4	1	14	11	4	2	3	11	11	3	30	D	D	L	W	L	1988-12-17	Chesterfield	H
7	0	Preston North End	18	5	3	1	21	13	2	4	3	9	13	4	28	D	L	D	D	W	1988-12-17	Fulham	A
8	3	Mansfield Town	18	4	5	0	15	10	2	4	3	7	9	3	27	W	D	W	L	L	1988-12-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	-1	Fulham	18	5	3	1	16	10	3	0	6	11	16	1	27	L	L	L	W	D	1988-12-17	Preston North End	H
10	2	Bristol City	18	3	3	3	12	11	4	3	2	10	10	1	27	W	L	W	L	D	1988-12-17	Cardiff City	H
11	2	Chester City	18	5	3	1	17	9	2	3	4	14	22	0	27	W	L	W	L	W	1988-12-17	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-3	Bolton Wanderers	18	5	2	2	22	12	2	3	4	8	11	7	26	L	W	L	W	D	1988-12-17	Chester City	H
13	-3	Reading	18	4	4	1	17	10	3	1	5	13	16	4	26	L	D	D	L	D	1988-12-17	Port Vale	A
14	1	Brentford	18	6	1	2	15	9	1	3	5	10	15	1	25	W	L	L	W	D	1988-12-18	Aldershot	A
15	-1	Huddersfield Town	18	4	3	2	13	8	3	0	6	8	19	-6	24	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-17	Bury	H
16	0	Blackpool	18	4	3	2	15	9	1	4	4	9	11	4	22	D	D	W	L	D	1988-12-17	Bristol Rovers	H
17	0	Cardiff City	15	5	1	2	13	6	0	4	3	6	16	-3	20	D	W	W	W	W	1988-12-17	Bristol City	A
18	0	Southend United	18	3	4	2	12	10	1	2	6	10	23	-11	18	D	W	D	D	L	1988-12-10	Wigan Athletic	A
19	1	Notts County	17	1	5	3	11	10	2	3	3	8	11	-2	17	W	L	D	L	D	1988-12-18	Wigan Athletic	A
20	-1	Northampton Town	17	3	0	5	15	14	2	1	6	9	16	-6	16	L	L	L	W	L	1988-12-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Wigan Athletic	18	2	2	5	8	12	1	4	4	12	16	-8	15	D	L	L	D	L	1988-12-10	Southend United	H
22	0	Gillingham	18	2	0	7	9	16	2	1	6	7	15	-15	13	L	W	L	W	L	1988-12-18	Northampton Town	A
23	0	Aldershot	17	2	2	5	9	14	0	3	5	6	22	-21	11	L	D	L	W	D	1988-12-18	Brentford	H
24	0	Chesterfield	17	1	1	6	6	19	1	1	7	3	27	-37	8	L	D	L	L	L	1988-12-17	Swansea City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	0	Hartlepool United	Turf Moor	6,289
	Lineups
Darlington	3	3	Scunthorpe United	Feethams Ground	1,745
Worthington 3	Lineups		Smalley, Daws, Lister
Exeter City	4	2	Colchester United	St James Park	2,132
Taylor, Neville, Hiley, Rowbotham	Lineups		Swindlehurst, Tempest
Grimsby Town	2	1	Scarborough	Blundell Park	3,887
Alexander, Cockerill	Lineups		Brook
Leyton Orient	3	1	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	3,093
Hales, Juryeff, Ward	Lineups		Cumming
Peterborough United	1	0	Rochdale	London Road	3,273
Oakes	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Stockport County	Millmoor	4,105
Haycock, Hazel	Lineups		Wylde
Wrexham	2	1	Carlisle United	Racecourse Ground	1,892
Jones J 2	Lineups		Williams OG
York City	4	1	Hereford United	Bootham Crescent	1,698
Helliwell 2, Canham, Himsworth	Lineups		Stant

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Rotherham United	18	5	3	1	18	8	4	3	2	13	6	17	33	W	D	D	D	W	1988-12-16	York City	A
2	-1	Crewe Alexandra	18	5	3	1	16	10	4	3	2	10	8	8	33	W	D	W	L	W	1988-12-16	Torquay United	H
3	0	Scarborough	18	4	4	1	14	11	4	2	3	17	12	8	30	L	L	W	L	W	1988-12-17	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Scunthorpe United	18	5	3	1	14	10	3	3	3	16	16	4	30	D	W	D	D	W	1988-12-17	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	3	Wrexham	18	4	4	1	16	10	3	4	2	16	15	7	29	W	W	D	W	D	1988-12-16	Cambridge United	H
6	-1	Lincoln City	18	5	2	2	14	10	3	1	5	12	15	1	27	L	W	W	W	L	1988-12-17	Stockport County	A
7	-1	Torquay United	18	7	0	2	16	7	1	3	5	8	16	1	27	W	L	D	W	D	1988-12-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-1	Doncaster Rovers	18	5	1	3	14	14	3	2	4	9	16	-7	27	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-17	Scunthorpe United	H
9	2	Burnley	18	6	2	1	19	7	1	3	5	4	11	5	26	D	L	L	L	L	1988-12-17	Hereford United	A
10	-1	Tranmere Rovers	18	5	2	2	10	6	1	6	2	11	12	3	26	D	D	L	W	W	1988-12-16	Darlington	H
11	-1	Rochdale	18	5	3	1	15	10	2	2	5	13	18	0	26	L	W	D	L	L	1988-12-16	Colchester United	H
12	0	Cambridge United	18	5	3	1	19	12	2	1	6	10	18	-1	25	L	D	D	D	W	1988-12-16	Wrexham	A
13	4	Leyton Orient	18	6	1	2	24	6	0	5	4	7	15	10	24	W	D	D	W	L	1988-12-17	Grimsby Town	A
14	4	Exeter City	18	6	1	2	20	10	1	2	6	7	19	-2	24	W	D	L	W	L	1988-12-17	Peterborough United	A
15	4	Peterborough United	18	4	1	4	10	10	2	5	2	11	15	-4	24	W	D	W	L	W	1988-12-17	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Hartlepool United	18	4	2	3	12	14	3	1	5	6	11	-7	24	D	D	W	W	L	1988-12-17	Carlisle United	H
17	-4	Halifax Town	18	5	1	3	23	12	2	1	6	16	21	6	23	L	L	L	W	W	1988-12-17	Scarborough	H
18	-4	Stockport County	18	4	4	1	14	7	1	4	4	9	11	5	23	L	D	W	L	W	1988-12-17	Lincoln City	H
19	-3	Hereford United	18	4	3	2	17	14	2	1	6	11	18	-4	22	L	D	W	L	D	1988-12-17	Burnley	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	18	5	2	2	14	10	1	2	6	11	19	-4	22	W	L	L	W	L	1988-12-17	Leyton Orient	H
21	0	York City	18	4	3	2	22	13	2	0	7	5	20	-6	21	W	L	L	W	D	1988-12-16	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Carlisle United	18	2	3	4	9	12	1	3	5	11	17	-9	15	L	W	L	L	L	1988-12-17	Hartlepool United	A
23	0	Darlington	18	0	7	2	12	17	2	1	6	12	19	-12	14	D	W	W	D	L	1988-12-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Colchester United	18	2	2	5	11	14	1	2	6	9	25	-19	13	L	L	D	L	L	1988-12-16	Rochdale	A