1988-12-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Oldham Athletic	2	3	Crystal Palace	Boundary Park	6,562
Skipper, Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Thomas, Wright 2 (1p)

				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	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	5	Crystal Palace	22	5	5	1	17	9	3	3	5	16	21	3	32	W	L	D	W	D	1989-01-02	Walsall	H
10	-1	Sunderland	22	5	6	0	17	8	2	4	5	13	18	4	31	W	W	L	D	L	1988-12-31	Portsmouth	H
11	-1	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
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	-1	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
15	0	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	0	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	23	4	5	3	24	18	1	3	7	12	22	-4	23	L	L	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Birmingham City	A
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	0	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	0	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
Cardiff City	2	2	Wigan Athletic	Ninian Park	4,621
Bartlett, Curtis	Lineups		Entwistle, Griffiths
Gillingham	1	0	Port Vale	Priestfield Stadium	4,593
Cooper	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Blackpool	Elm Park	5,554
Senior (p), Knight	Lineups		Cunningham

				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	20	7	1	1	27	8	5	3	3	17	12	24	40	L	W	W	D	W	1989-01-02	Notts County	H
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	2	Reading	21	6	4	1	22	12	3	1	6	13	19	4	32	W	W	L	L	D	1989-01-02	Swansea City	A
10	-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
11	-1	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
12	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Blackpool	21	4	4	2	16	10	1	4	6	10	14	2	23	L	L	D	D	D	1989-01-02	Bury	H
18	0	Cardiff City	18	5	3	2	17	10	0	4	4	6	18	-5	22	D	D	L	D	W	1989-01-02	Aldershot	A
19	0	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	22	3	2	6	11	13	1	5	5	14	19	-7	19	D	L	L	W	D	1989-01-02	Gillingham	H
22	0	Gillingham	21	3	0	8	10	17	3	1	6	9	16	-14	19	W	L	W	L	W	1989-01-02	Wigan Athletic	A
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
Cambridge United	2	0	Rochdale	Abbey Stadium	2,319
Ryan, Kimble (p)	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Hartlepool United	Layer Road	2,359
English	Lineups		Borthwick, Stokes

				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	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Lincoln City	21	6	3	2	19	13	3	1	6	12	16	2	31	W	D	L	L	W	1989-01-02	York City	A
7	0	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
8	0	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
9	0	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
10	7	Cambridge United	21	6	4	1	21	12	2	1	7	11	21	-1	29	W	D	L	L	D	1989-01-03	Peterborough United	A
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	5	2	3	16	16	3	3	5	10	19	-9	29	L	D	D	D	W	1989-01-02	Scarborough	H
12	-1	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
13	5	Hartlepool United	21	4	2	4	12	16	4	2	5	9	13	-8	28	W	D	L	D	D	1989-01-02	Rotherham United	H
14	-2	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
15	-2	Rochdale	21	5	4	1	16	11	2	2	7	13	21	-3	27	L	L	D	L	W	1989-01-02	Leyton Orient	H
16	-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
17	-2	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
18	-2	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
19	0	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	0	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	21	2	2	7	13	18	1	3	6	10	26	-21	14	L	L	D	L	L	1989-01-02	Grimsby Town	A