1988-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Villa Park	25,106
McInally 2	Lineups		Francis
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Arsenal	Selhurst Park	18,439
MacKenzie 2	Lineups		Marwood 2 (1p), Merson
Derby County	0	1	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	25,213	Largest home gate 1988-89
	Lineups		Rush
Everton	2	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	32,651
Steven, Cottee	Lineups		Glover (p)
Manchester United	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	39,582
Milne, Hughes	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	25,573
Hirst	Lineups		McDonald, O'Neill
Southampton	2	2	Coventry City	The Dell	16,008
Wallace RS, Moore	Lineups		Phillips, Bannister
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Luton Town	White Hart Lane	27,337
	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	0	Millwall	Plough Lane	11,398
Fairweather	Lineups

				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	Arsenal	17	4	2	1	14	8	6	2	2	23	12	17	34	W	W	D	D	L	1988-12-31	Aston Villa	A
2	-1	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
3	3	Liverpool	18	2	5	2	9	7	5	2	2	13	6	9	28	W	L	D	D	D	1989-01-01	Manchester United	A
4	-1	Millwall	17	6	1	1	16	7	1	5	3	12	14	7	27	L	W	L	L	D	1988-12-31	Derby County	A
5	3	Everton	17	4	3	1	14	7	3	3	3	8	9	6	27	W	D	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Coventry City	H
6	-1	Coventry City	18	4	2	3	11	9	3	4	2	10	8	4	27	D	L	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Everton	A
7	-3	Derby County	17	4	2	4	11	8	3	3	1	9	5	7	26	L	W	L	D	W	1988-12-31	Millwall	H
8	-1	Southampton	18	4	4	2	18	12	2	4	2	13	15	4	26	D	D	D	L	D	1988-12-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	1	Manchester United	18	4	4	1	13	6	1	5	3	9	10	6	24	W	L	L	W	D	1989-01-01	Liverpool	H
10	5	Aston Villa	18	4	3	2	14	10	1	5	3	14	17	1	23	W	D	D	W	L	1988-12-31	Arsenal	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	4	3	17	17	2	3	3	11	11	0	22	D	W	W	L	D	1988-12-31	Newcastle United	H
12	-3	Nottingham Forest	18	1	5	2	7	10	3	5	2	13	13	-3	22	L	L	D	D	W	1988-12-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	17	3	2	3	8	9	2	4	3	7	9	-3	21	L	L	D	D	W	1988-12-31	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-1	Middlesbrough	18	5	2	2	14	10	1	1	7	9	21	-8	21	L	D	D	D	L	1988-12-31	Norwich City	A
15	-1	Queens Park Rangers	18	4	1	3	10	6	1	4	5	8	12	0	20	L	D	D	W	D	1988-12-31	Southampton	A
16	0	Luton Town	18	2	5	1	9	7	2	3	5	8	11	-1	20	D	D	W	D	D	1988-12-31	Wimbledon	A
17	0	Wimbledon	17	3	2	4	8	13	2	2	4	9	13	-9	19	W	W	L	W	D	1988-12-31	Luton Town	H
18	1	Newcastle United	18	2	3	4	10	13	2	2	5	6	19	-16	17	W	D	W	D	D	1988-12-31	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	1	4	5	12	20	2	3	3	7	11	-12	16	L	D	D	L	L	1988-12-31	West Ham United	H
20	0	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	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	13,515	Largest home gate 1988-89
Bremner, Chivers, Nelson	Lineups		Wright
Chelsea	3	0	Ipswich Town	Stamford Bridge	17,621
Durie, Lee, Dixon	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Bradford City	Boothferry Park	8,791
Payton (p)	Lineups		Palin (p)
Leeds United	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	31,622
Baird, Davison	Lineups
Leicester City	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Filbert Street	13,896
	Lineups		Clarke
Oldham Athletic	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Boundary Park	9,827
Philliskirk	Lineups		Goodman, Hopkins, Robson
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Birmingham City	Gay Meadow	7,347
	Lineups
Stoke City	3	1	Manchester City	Victoria Ground	24,056	Largest home gate 1988-89
Kamara 2, Berry (p)	Lineups		Gleghorn
Sunderland	1	0	Barnsley	Roker Park	21,994	Largest home gate 1988-89
Dobbin OG	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground	7,883
Shearer	Lineups
Walsall	1	5	Oxford United	Fellows Park	6,332
Naughton (p)	Lineups		Hill 4, Foyle
Watford	1	0	Portsmouth	Vicarage Road	15,224
Redfearn	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	1	Chelsea	22	6	3	2	23	11	5	4	2	20	12	20	40	W	W	D	W	W	1988-12-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	1	West Bromwich Albion	22	7	2	2	22	9	4	5	2	16	11	18	40	W	W	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Chelsea	A
3	-2	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	1	2	22	12	4	2	5	14	16	8	39	L	W	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Leicester City	A
4	1	Watford	22	7	2	2	21	8	4	3	4	13	14	12	38	W	L	D	D	W	1988-12-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	-1	Manchester City	22	6	4	1	22	13	4	3	4	9	9	9	37	L	D	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Swindon Town	A
6	0	Portsmouth	22	7	3	1	21	7	2	5	4	13	18	9	35	L	W	D	D	L	1988-12-31	Sunderland	A
7	1	AFC Bournemouth	22	7	1	3	15	7	3	3	5	11	17	2	34	W	W	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Watford	A
8	-1	Barnsley	22	7	3	1	20	8	2	3	6	9	19	2	33	L	W	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	4	Sunderland	22	5	6	0	17	8	2	4	5	13	18	4	31	W	W	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Portsmouth	H
10	4	Stoke City	22	6	3	2	18	11	2	4	5	7	22	-8	31	W	L	D	L	L	1988-12-31	Oxford United	H
11	4	Leeds United	22	5	3	3	17	11	2	6	3	9	11	4	30	W	D	L	W	W	1988-12-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	4	Swindon Town	21	5	4	1	16	9	2	5	4	13	19	1	30	W	D	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Manchester City	H
13	-4	Ipswich Town	22	5	2	4	17	14	4	1	6	12	15	0	30	L	W	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Hull City	A
14	-4	Crystal Palace	21	5	5	1	17	9	2	3	5	13	19	2	29	L	D	W	D	L	1988-12-30	Oldham Athletic	A
15	-4	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	3	2	22	11	2	2	7	8	23	-4	29	L	L	D	W	D	1988-12-31	Leeds United	A
16	-4	Leicester City	22	5	4	2	14	9	2	4	5	12	22	-5	29	L	L	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Oxford United	22	5	3	3	21	15	2	3	6	15	18	3	27	W	D	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Stoke City	A
18	0	Bradford City	22	3	6	2	13	11	2	4	5	10	17	-5	25	D	D	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Walsall	A
19	0	Hull City	22	4	6	1	15	9	2	1	8	11	25	-8	25	D	L	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Ipswich Town	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	22	4	5	2	22	15	1	3	7	12	22	-3	23	L	L	D	D	L	1988-12-30	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	1	6	4	8	13	3	4	4	10	15	-10	22	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Barnsley	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	2	4	18	13	1	1	9	10	26	-11	21	W	L	D	L	L	1988-12-31	Birmingham City	H
23	1	Birmingham City	22	2	2	7	11	21	1	4	6	5	21	-26	15	D	L	L	D	W	1988-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	-1	Walsall	22	2	3	6	13	17	0	5	6	6	16	-14	14	L	L	L	L	L	1988-12-31	Bradford City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Blackpool	Griffin Park	6,021
Sinton	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Twerton Park, Bath	8,117
	Lineups
Bury	2	1	Bristol City	Gigg Lane	3,368
Hoyland, Robinson L (p)	Lineups		McGarvey
Cardiff City	2	2	Swansea City	Ninian Park	10,675	Largest home gate 1988-89
Gilligan 2	Lineups		Puckett, Davies
Chester City	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Sealand Road	3,262
Lightfoot	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,539
Bloomer	Lineups		Bent
Gillingham	0	1	Fulham	Priestfield Stadium	5,773	Largest home gate 1988-89
	Lineups		Davies
Mansfield Town	0	1	Port Vale	Field Mill	5,224
	Lineups		Earle
Notts County	1	4	Sheffield United	Meadow Lane	11,590	Largest home gate 1988-89
Pike	Lineups		Pike 2, Duffield, Todd
Preston North End	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Deepdale	12,124
Hughes, Ellis, Joyce	Lineups		Savage
Reading	3	1	Aldershot	Elm Park	6,350
Knight, Tait 2	Lineups		Chandler
Southend United	2	1	Northampton Town	Roots Hall	5,034
Martin, McDonough	Lineups		Adcock

				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	20	8	2	0	29	9	5	2	3	18	14	24	43	D	W	L	W	W	1988-12-31	Brentford	A
2	0	Port Vale	19	7	1	1	27	8	5	3	2	17	11	25	40	W	W	D	W	W	1988-12-30	Gillingham	A
3	0	Sheffield United	19	8	0	1	25	6	4	2	4	21	17	23	38	W	L	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Preston North End	A
4	2	Bury	20	6	3	1	17	9	4	1	5	17	18	7	34	W	L	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Aldershot	H
5	-1	Swansea City	20	5	4	1	16	11	4	3	3	13	13	5	34	D	W	D	D	L	1988-12-31	Bristol Rovers	A
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	20	6	2	2	21	11	3	4	3	16	16	10	33	D	D	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Swansea City	H
7	1	Fulham	20	6	3	1	18	11	4	0	6	12	16	3	33	W	W	L	L	L	1988-12-31	Chesterfield	A
8	1	Chester City	20	6	3	1	18	9	3	3	4	15	22	2	33	W	W	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Northampton Town	H
9	1	Preston North End	20	6	3	1	24	14	2	4	4	10	15	5	31	W	L	D	L	D	1988-12-31	Sheffield United	H
10	-3	Bristol City	20	4	3	3	14	11	4	3	3	11	12	2	30	L	W	W	L	W	1988-12-31	Southend United	A
11	3	Reading	20	5	4	1	20	11	3	1	6	13	19	3	29	W	L	L	D	D	1988-12-30	Blackpool	H
12	3	Brentford	20	7	1	2	16	9	1	4	5	10	15	2	29	W	D	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	20	5	3	2	16	10	3	1	6	9	20	-5	28	D	W	D	W	L	1988-12-31	Mansfield Town	A
14	-3	Mansfield Town	20	4	5	1	15	11	2	4	4	9	15	-2	27	L	L	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Huddersfield Town	H
15	-2	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	2	3	22	13	2	3	5	9	14	4	26	L	L	L	W	L	1988-12-31	Notts County	A
16	1	Southend United	21	4	4	2	14	11	2	2	7	12	27	-12	24	W	W	L	D	W	1988-12-31	Bristol City	H
17	-1	Blackpool	20	4	4	2	16	10	1	4	5	9	12	3	23	L	D	D	D	W	1988-12-30	Reading	A
18	1	Cardiff City	17	5	2	2	15	8	0	4	4	6	18	-5	21	D	L	D	W	W	1988-12-30	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-1	Notts County	19	1	5	4	12	14	3	3	3	9	11	-4	20	L	W	W	L	D	1988-12-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
20	0	Northampton Town	20	4	0	6	19	17	2	1	7	10	18	-6	19	L	L	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Chester City	A
21	0	Wigan Athletic	21	3	2	6	11	13	1	4	5	12	17	-7	18	L	L	W	D	L	1988-12-30	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Gillingham	20	2	0	8	9	17	3	1	6	9	16	-15	16	L	W	L	W	L	1988-12-30	Port Vale	H
23	0	Aldershot	19	2	3	5	9	14	0	3	6	7	25	-23	12	L	D	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Bury	A
24	0	Chesterfield	19	1	2	6	7	20	1	1	8	3	29	-39	9	D	L	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Fulham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	1	3	Wrexham	Turf Moor	9,174
O'Connell	Lineups		Bowden, Kearns, Hunter
Cambridge United	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Abbey Stadium	2,673
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Rochdale	Brunton Park	10,013	Largest home gate 1988-89
Stephens	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Peterborough United	Layer Road	2,828
Walsh	Lineups		Gunn (p), McElhinney
Darlington	0	2	Halifax Town	Feethams Ground	2,131
	Lineups		McPhillips 2
Exeter City	3	1	Hereford United	St James Park	3,229
Taylor, Rowbotham, Cooper	Lineups		Stant
Leyton Orient	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Brisbane Road	4,249
Howard, O'Shea	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Grimsby Town	Sincil Bank	8,038	Largest home gate 1988-89
Smith P, McDermott OG	Lineups		Watson, Alexander
Rotherham United	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Millmoor	7,175
Williamson	Lineups		Fishenden, Harrison
Scarborough	0	0	York City	Seamer Road	5,057
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park	4,595
Harle (p)	Lineups		Allon
Torquay United	2	1	Stockport County	Plainmoor	2,838
Loram, McNichol	Lineups		Colville

				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	Crewe Alexandra	20	5	4	1	16	10	5	3	2	12	9	9	37	W	D	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Scarborough	A
2	2	Wrexham	20	5	4	1	19	11	4	4	2	19	16	11	35	W	W	W	W	D	1988-12-31	Leyton Orient	A
3	-2	Rotherham United	20	5	3	2	19	10	4	4	2	14	7	16	34	L	D	W	D	D	1988-12-31	Halifax Town	H
4	-1	Scarborough	20	4	5	1	14	11	5	2	3	19	12	10	34	D	W	L	L	W	1988-12-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	0	Scunthorpe United	20	5	4	1	15	11	3	4	3	18	18	4	32	D	D	D	W	D	1988-12-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	1	Torquay United	20	8	0	2	18	8	1	4	5	8	16	2	31	W	D	W	L	D	1988-12-31	Peterborough United	H
7	5	Exeter City	20	7	1	2	23	11	2	2	6	8	19	1	30	W	W	W	D	L	1988-12-31	York City	H
8	-2	Tranmere Rovers	20	6	2	2	12	6	1	6	3	11	14	3	29	L	W	D	D	L	1988-12-31	Scunthorpe United	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	2	3	16	16	3	3	4	9	16	-7	29	D	D	D	W	L	1988-12-28	Lincoln City	A
10	4	Leyton Orient	20	7	1	2	26	6	0	6	4	9	17	12	28	W	D	W	D	D	1988-12-31	Wrexham	H
11	0	Lincoln City	20	5	3	2	16	12	3	1	6	12	16	0	28	D	L	L	W	W	1988-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	-3	Burnley	20	6	2	2	20	10	1	4	5	4	11	3	27	L	D	D	L	L	1988-12-31	Grimsby Town	H
13	-3	Rochdale	20	5	4	1	16	11	2	2	6	13	19	-1	27	L	D	L	W	D	1988-12-30	Cambridge United	A
14	2	Peterborough United	20	4	1	5	10	11	3	5	2	13	16	-4	27	W	L	W	D	W	1988-12-31	Torquay United	A
15	3	Halifax Town	20	5	1	4	23	14	3	1	6	18	21	6	26	W	L	L	L	L	1988-12-31	Rotherham United	A
16	-3	Stockport County	20	5	4	1	15	7	1	4	5	10	13	5	26	L	W	L	D	W	1988-12-31	Carlisle United	A
17	-2	Cambridge United	20	5	4	1	19	12	2	1	7	11	21	-3	26	D	L	L	D	D	1988-12-30	Rochdale	H
18	-1	Hartlepool United	20	4	2	4	12	16	3	2	5	7	12	-9	25	D	L	D	D	W	1988-12-30	Colchester United	A
19	1	Grimsby Town	20	5	3	2	16	12	1	3	6	13	21	-4	24	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Burnley	A
20	-1	Hereford United	20	4	4	2	17	14	2	1	7	12	21	-6	23	L	D	L	D	W	1988-12-31	Darlington	A
21	0	York City	20	4	4	2	23	14	2	1	7	5	20	-6	23	D	D	W	L	L	1988-12-31	Exeter City	A
22	0	Carlisle United	20	3	3	4	10	12	2	3	5	13	17	-6	21	W	W	L	W	L	1988-12-31	Stockport County	H
23	0	Darlington	20	0	7	3	12	19	2	1	7	12	21	-16	14	L	L	D	W	W	1988-12-31	Hereford United	H
24	0	Colchester United	20	2	2	6	12	16	1	3	6	10	26	-20	14	L	D	L	L	D	1988-12-30	Hartlepool United	H