1988-12-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Manchester United	Highbury	37,422
Thomas, Merson	Lineups		Hughes
Coventry City	0	2	Derby County	Highfield Road	17,227
	Lineups		Saunders, McMinn
Liverpool	0	1	Norwich City	Anfield Road	34,225
	Lineups		Townsend
Luton Town	1	1	Aston Villa	Kenilworth Road	8,785
Wegerle	Lineups		Johnson M OG
Middlesbrough	0	0	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	16,065
	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	11,197
Sheringham	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	3	Southampton	St James' Park	20,103
Brock, O'Neill 2	Lineups		Le Tissier 2, Wallace RS
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Everton	Loftus Road	10,067
	Lineups
West Ham United	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	28,365
	Lineups		Thomas, Mabbutt

				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	17	3	5	1	13	11	6	1	1	13	7	8	33	W	D	L	D	D	1988-12-27	West Ham United	H
2	0	Arsenal	16	4	2	1	14	8	5	2	2	20	10	16	31	W	D	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
3	2	Millwall	16	6	1	1	16	7	1	5	2	12	13	8	27	W	L	L	D	W	1988-12-26	Wimbledon	A
4	3	Derby County	16	4	2	3	11	7	3	3	1	9	5	8	26	W	L	D	W	W	1988-12-26	Liverpool	H
5	-2	Coventry City	17	4	2	3	11	9	3	3	2	8	6	4	26	L	W	L	W	D	1988-12-26	Southampton	A
6	-2	Liverpool	17	2	5	2	9	7	4	2	2	12	6	8	25	L	D	D	D	W	1988-12-26	Derby County	A
7	-1	Southampton	17	4	3	2	16	10	2	4	2	13	15	4	25	D	D	L	D	D	1988-12-26	Coventry City	H
8	0	Everton	16	3	3	1	12	6	3	3	3	8	9	5	24	D	D	W	W	D	1988-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Nottingham Forest	16	1	5	1	7	9	3	5	1	13	11	0	22	D	D	W	D	D	1988-12-18	Wimbledon	H
10	0	Manchester United	17	3	4	1	11	6	1	5	3	9	10	4	21	L	L	W	D	D	1988-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
11	5	Tottenham Hotspur	17	3	3	3	17	17	2	3	3	11	11	0	21	W	W	L	D	D	1988-12-26	Luton Town	H
12	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	16	3	2	2	7	7	2	4	3	7	9	-2	21	L	D	D	W	D	1988-12-26	Newcastle United	H
13	-1	Middlesbrough	17	5	2	2	14	10	1	1	6	8	19	-7	21	D	D	D	L	L	1988-12-26	Everton	A
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	17	4	1	3	10	6	1	4	4	7	10	1	20	D	D	W	D	L	1988-12-26	Aston Villa	A
15	-1	Aston Villa	17	3	3	2	12	9	1	5	3	14	17	0	20	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-1	Luton Town	17	2	5	1	9	7	2	2	5	8	11	-1	19	D	W	D	D	W	1988-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	17	1	4	4	10	17	2	3	3	7	11	-11	16	D	D	L	L	D	1988-12-26	Arsenal	H
18	2	Newcastle United	17	2	3	4	10	13	1	2	5	4	18	-17	14	D	W	D	D	L	1988-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	-1	Wimbledon	15	2	2	4	7	13	1	2	4	8	13	-11	13	L	W	D	D	L	1988-12-18	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-1	West Ham United	17	1	3	5	9	17	2	1	5	5	14	-17	13	L	D	W	L	L	1988-12-27	Norwich City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Walsall	Dean Court	6,985
Aylott, Blissett	Lineups		Shakespeare
Barnsley	3	0	Leicester City	Oakwell	6,477
Currie (p), McGugan, Agnew	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Watford	Ewood Park	8,808
Hildersley, Gayle	Lineups		Holdsworth DC
Bradford City	2	2	Swindon Town	Valley Parade	9,462
Palin, Jewell	Lineups		Geddis, Shearer
Crystal Palace	0	0	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	9,847
	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Maine Road	19,613
Hinchcliffe 2 (1p)	Lineups		Griffiths 2
Portsmouth	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	12,465
Aspinall, Hardyman	Lineups

				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	21	8	1	2	22	12	4	2	4	14	14	10	39	W	W	L	W	L	1988-12-26	Leeds United	A
2	-1	Chelsea	21	5	3	2	20	11	5	4	2	20	12	17	37	W	D	W	W	D	1988-12-26	Ipswich Town	H
3	-1	Manchester City	21	6	4	1	22	13	4	3	3	8	6	11	37	D	W	D	W	W	1988-12-26	Stoke City	A
4	0	Watford	21	6	2	2	20	8	4	3	4	13	14	11	35	L	D	D	W	D	1988-12-26	Portsmouth	H
5	1	Portsmouth	21	7	3	1	21	7	2	5	3	13	17	10	35	W	D	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Watford	A
6	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	6	2	2	16	9	3	5	2	13	10	10	34	W	D	W	D	L	1988-12-18	Stoke City	H
7	1	Barnsley	21	7	3	1	20	8	2	3	5	9	18	3	33	W	W	L	W	L	1988-12-26	Sunderland	A
8	4	AFC Bournemouth	21	7	1	3	15	7	2	3	5	10	17	1	31	W	D	W	W	L	1988-12-26	Leicester City	A
9	-2	Ipswich Town	21	5	2	4	17	14	4	1	5	12	12	3	30	W	L	D	L	L	1988-12-26	Chelsea	A
10	1	Crystal Palace	20	5	5	1	17	9	2	3	4	12	16	4	29	D	W	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	-2	Plymouth Argyle	20	6	3	1	21	7	2	2	6	8	22	0	29	D	W	D	W	W	1988-12-18	Sunderland	H
12	-2	Leicester City	21	5	4	1	14	8	2	4	5	12	22	-4	29	L	W	D	W	L	1988-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	0	Stoke City	20	5	3	2	15	10	2	4	4	7	16	-4	28	D	L	L	W	W	1988-12-18	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	0	Leeds United	21	4	3	3	15	11	2	6	3	9	11	2	27	D	L	W	W	D	1988-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Swindon Town	20	4	4	1	15	9	2	5	4	13	19	0	27	D	D	W	W	L	1988-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	0	Sunderland	20	4	6	0	16	8	1	4	5	9	17	0	25	L	D	L	D	D	1988-12-18	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	0	Oxford United	21	5	3	3	21	15	1	3	6	10	17	-1	24	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Walsall	A
18	2	Bradford City	21	3	6	2	13	11	2	3	5	9	16	-5	24	D	L	D	L	D	1988-12-26	Hull City	A
19	-1	Hull City	21	4	5	1	14	8	2	1	8	11	25	-8	24	L	W	L	L	D	1988-12-26	Bradford City	H
20	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	4	5	1	21	12	1	3	7	12	22	-1	23	L	D	D	L	D	1988-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	1	5	4	8	13	3	4	4	10	15	-10	21	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	2	4	15	12	1	1	9	10	26	-13	18	L	D	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
23	0	Walsall	21	2	3	5	12	12	0	5	6	6	16	-10	14	L	L	L	L	L	1988-12-26	Oxford United	H
24	0	Birmingham City	21	2	2	7	11	21	1	3	6	5	21	-26	14	L	L	D	W	D	1988-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Bloomfield Road	3,240
Garner	Lineups		Purnell
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Chester City	Burnden Park	4,318
	Lineups		Dale
Bristol City	2	0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	7,493
Newman, Hawkins	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Preston North End	Craven Cottage	3,858
Skinner, Walker	Lineups		Patterson
Huddersfield Town	3	2	Bury	Leeds Road	5,150
Bent, O'Regan, Maskell	Lineups		Robinson L, Elliott
Port Vale	3	0	Reading	Vale Park	4,779
Hicks OG, Beckford, Riley	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	2	Southend United	Bramall Lane	9,556
Francis	Lineups		Robinson, Pike OG
Swansea City	2	0	Chesterfield	Vetch Field	3,656
Davies, Bodak	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	2	Mansfield Town	Molineux	12,134
Bull 3, Gooding, Mutch, Thompson	Lineups		Coleman, Leishman

				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	19	8	2	0	29	9	5	1	3	18	14	24	42	W	L	W	W	W	1988-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
2	1	Port Vale	18	7	1	1	27	8	4	3	2	16	11	24	37	W	D	W	W	W	1988-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
3	-1	Sheffield United	18	8	0	1	25	6	3	2	4	17	16	20	35	L	D	W	W	L	1988-12-26	Notts County	A
4	2	Swansea City	19	5	4	1	16	11	4	2	3	11	11	5	33	W	D	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Cardiff City	A
5	-1	Bristol Rovers	19	6	1	2	21	11	3	4	3	16	16	10	32	D	W	L	W	D	1988-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	-1	Bury	19	5	3	1	15	8	4	1	5	17	18	6	31	L	D	W	W	W	1988-12-26	Bristol City	H
7	3	Bristol City	19	4	3	3	14	11	4	3	2	10	10	3	30	W	W	L	W	L	1988-12-26	Bury	A
8	1	Fulham	19	6	3	1	18	11	3	0	6	11	16	2	30	W	L	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Gillingham	A
9	2	Chester City	19	5	3	1	17	9	3	3	4	15	22	1	30	W	W	L	W	L	1988-12-26	Wigan Athletic	H
10	-3	Preston North End	19	5	3	1	21	13	2	4	4	10	15	3	28	L	D	L	D	D	1988-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	-3	Mansfield Town	19	4	5	0	15	10	2	4	4	9	15	-1	27	L	W	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Port Vale	H
12	3	Huddersfield Town	19	5	3	2	16	10	3	0	6	8	19	-5	27	W	D	W	L	L	1988-12-26	Chesterfield	A
13	-1	Bolton Wanderers	19	5	2	3	22	13	2	3	4	8	11	6	26	L	L	W	L	W	1988-12-26	Preston North End	A
14	-1	Reading	19	4	4	1	17	10	3	1	6	13	19	1	26	L	L	D	D	L	1988-12-26	Aldershot	H
15	-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
16	0	Blackpool	19	4	4	2	16	10	1	4	4	9	11	4	23	D	D	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Brentford	A
17	3	Southend United	20	3	4	2	12	10	2	2	7	12	27	-13	21	W	L	D	W	D	1988-12-26	Northampton Town	H
18	-1	Cardiff City	16	5	1	2	13	6	0	4	4	6	18	-5	20	L	D	W	W	W	1988-12-26	Swansea City	H
19	-1	Northampton Town	18	4	0	5	18	15	2	1	6	9	16	-4	19	W	L	L	L	W	1988-12-18	Gillingham	H
20	-1	Wigan Athletic	19	3	2	5	11	12	1	4	4	12	16	-5	18	W	D	L	L	D	1988-12-18	Notts County	H
21	0	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
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	18	1	1	6	6	19	1	1	8	3	29	-39	8	L	L	D	L	L	1988-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	3,381
Dobson (p), Daly	Lineups		Hodkinson, Flounders
Grimsby Town	2	2	Leyton Orient	Blundell Park	3,445
Lever, Saunders	Lineups		Juryeff, Comfort
Halifax Town	0	2	Scarborough	The Shay	1,890
	Lineups		Matthews, Norris
Hartlepool United	0	2	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	1,863
	Lineups		Saddington, Halpin
Hereford United	0	0	Burnley	Edgar Street	2,442
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Exeter City	London Road	3,149
	Lineups		Neville
Stockport County	1	0	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	2,355
Williams (p)	Lineups

				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	19	5	3	1	18	8	4	4	2	14	7	17	34	D	W	D	D	D	1988-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	4	1	16	10	4	3	2	10	8	8	34	D	W	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Rotherham United	A
3	1	Scarborough	19	4	4	1	14	11	5	2	3	19	12	10	33	W	L	L	W	L	1988-12-26	York City	H
4	-1	Wrexham	19	5	4	1	19	11	3	4	2	16	15	9	32	W	W	W	D	W	1988-12-26	Burnley	A
5	0	Scunthorpe United	19	5	3	1	14	10	3	4	3	18	18	4	31	D	D	W	D	D	1988-12-26	Hartlepool United	H
6	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	6	2	2	12	6	1	6	2	11	12	5	29	W	D	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
7	0	Torquay United	19	7	0	2	16	7	1	4	5	8	16	1	28	D	W	L	D	W	1988-12-26	Stockport County	H
8	2	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	2	3	16	16	3	2	4	9	16	-7	28	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-26	Cambridge United	A
9	2	Burnley	19	6	2	1	19	7	1	4	5	4	11	5	27	D	D	L	L	L	1988-12-26	Wrexham	H
10	-1	Rochdale	19	5	4	1	16	11	2	2	5	13	18	0	27	D	L	W	D	L	1988-12-26	Carlisle United	A
11	-3	Lincoln City	19	5	2	2	14	10	3	1	6	12	16	0	27	L	L	W	W	W	1988-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
12	2	Exeter City	19	6	1	2	20	10	2	2	6	8	19	-1	27	W	W	D	L	W	1988-12-26	Hereford United	H
13	5	Stockport County	19	5	4	1	15	7	1	4	4	9	11	6	26	W	L	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Torquay United	A
14	-1	Leyton Orient	19	6	1	2	24	6	0	6	4	9	17	10	25	D	W	D	D	W	1988-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	-3	Cambridge United	19	5	3	1	19	12	2	1	7	11	21	-3	25	L	L	D	D	D	1988-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-1	Peterborough United	19	4	1	5	10	11	2	5	2	11	15	-5	24	L	W	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Colchester United	A
17	-1	Hartlepool United	19	4	2	4	12	16	3	1	5	6	11	-9	24	L	D	D	W	W	1988-12-26	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	19	5	1	4	23	14	2	1	6	16	21	4	23	L	L	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Darlington	A
19	0	Hereford United	19	4	4	2	17	14	2	1	6	11	18	-4	23	D	L	D	W	L	1988-12-26	Exeter City	A
20	0	Grimsby Town	19	5	3	2	16	12	1	2	6	11	19	-4	23	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Lincoln City	A
21	0	York City	19	4	4	2	23	14	2	0	7	5	20	-6	22	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-26	Scarborough	A
22	0	Carlisle United	19	2	3	4	9	12	2	3	5	13	17	-7	18	W	L	W	L	L	1988-12-26	Rochdale	H
23	0	Darlington	19	0	7	2	12	17	2	1	7	12	21	-14	14	L	D	W	W	D	1988-12-26	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Colchester United	19	2	2	5	11	14	1	3	6	10	26	-19	14	D	L	L	D	L	1988-12-26	Peterborough United	H