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1987–88 Football League

April 08, 2024

The 1987–88 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables and results edit

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated.

First Division edit

First Division
Season1987–88
ChampionsLiverpool
17th English title
RelegatedChelsea
Portsmouth
Watford
Oxford United
Matches played420
Goals scored1,049 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Aldridge
(26 goals)[2]

Liverpool won the league title by nine points, and with only two defeats all season. Second in the league were Manchester United.

The automatically relegated sides were Watford, Oxford United and Portsmouth. Chelsea were subsequently relegated as well after losing to Middlesbrough in the playoff final.

Final table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 40 26 12 2 87 24 +63 90 Disqualified from European Cup[3]
2 Manchester United 40 23 12 5 71 38 +33 81 Disqualified from UEFA Cup[4]
3 Nottingham Forest 40 20 13 7 67 39 +28 73
4 Everton 40 19 13 8 53 27 +26 70
5 Queens Park Rangers 40 19 10 11 48 38 +10 67
6 Arsenal 40 18 12 10 58 39 +19 66
7 Wimbledon[a] 40 14 15 11 58 47 +11 57 Disqualified from European Cup Winners' Cup[5]
8 Newcastle United 40 14 14 12 55 53 +2 56
9 Luton Town[b] 40 14 11 15 57 58 −1 53 Disqualified from UEFA Cup[4]
10 Coventry City 40 13 14 13 46 53 −7 53
11 Sheffield Wednesday 40 15 8 17 52 66 −14 53
12 Southampton 40 12 14 14 49 53 −4 50
13 Tottenham Hotspur 40 12 11 17 38 48 −10 47
14 Norwich City 40 12 9 19 40 52 −12 45
15 Derby County 40 10 13 17 35 45 −10 43
16 West Ham United 40 9 15 16 40 52 −12 42
17 Charlton Athletic 40 9 15 16 38 52 −14 42
18 Chelsea (R) 40 9 15 16 50 68 −18 42 Qualified for Second Division play-offs
19 Portsmouth (R) 40 7 14 19 36 66 −30 35 Relegated to Second Division
20 Watford (R) 40 7 11 22 27 51 −24 32
21 Oxford United (R) 40 6 13 21 44 80 −36 31
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Wimbledon would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Luton Town would have qualified as League Cup winners.

First Division results edit

Home \ Away ARS CHA CHE COV DER EVE LIV LUT MUN NEW NWC NOT OXF POR QPR SHW SOU TOT WAT WHU WDN
Arsenal 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 6–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0
Charlton Athletic 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1
Chelsea 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Coventry City 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–4 4–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–3
Derby County 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1
Everton 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2
Liverpool 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1
Luton Town 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 7–4 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
Manchester United 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
Newcastle United 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 4–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–2
Norwich City 2–4 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–1
Nottingham Forest 0–1 2–2 3–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 5–3 5–0 4–0 3–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Oxford United 0–0 2–1 4–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–5 0–2 1–3 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–5
Portsmouth 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Queens Park Rangers 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 2–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–5 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 1–0
Southampton 4–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3
Watford 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
West Ham United 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Wimbledon 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Watford   Graham Taylor Signed by Aston Villa 27 May 1987 Pre-season   Dave Bassett 18 June 1987
Everton   Howard Kendall Signed by Athletic Bilbao 18 June 1987   Colin Harvey 18 June 1987
Wimbledon   Dave Bassett Signed by Watford 18 June 1987   Bobby Gould 25 June 1987
Luton Town   John Moore Resigned 20 June 1987   Ray Harford 22 June 1987
Tottenham Hotspur   David Pleat 23 October 1987 7th   Terry Venables 28 November 1987
Norwich City   Ken Brown Sacked 9 November 1987 19th   Dave Stringer 9 November 1987
Watford   Dave Bassett 11 January 1988 21st   Steve Harrison 15 January 1988
Chelsea   John Hollins 6 March 1988 16th   Bobby Campbell 6 March 1988
Oxford United   Maurice Evans Resigned 18 March 1988 20th   Mark Lawrenson 19 March 1988

First Division maps edit

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1987–1988
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Locations of the Football League First Division 1987–1988 teams

Second Division edit

Second Division
Season1987–88
ChampionsMillwall
PromotedMillwall
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
RelegatedSheffield United
Reading
Huddersfield Town
Matches played506
Goals scored1,389 (2.75 per match)
Biggest home winManchester City 10–1 Huddersfield Town
(7 November 1987)
Biggest away winSheffield United 0–5 Oldham Athletic
(2 January 1988)
Highest scoringManchester City 10–1 Huddersfield Town
(7 November 1987)

Millwall lifted the Second Division championship trophy and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. Runners-up were Aston Villa, and Middlesbrough won promotion via play-offs.

Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United were relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Millwall (C, P) 44 25 7 12 72 52 +20 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Aston Villa (P) 44 22 12 10 68 41 +27 78
3 Middlesbrough (O, P) 44 22 12 10 63 36 +27 78 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4 Bradford City 44 22 11 11 74 54 +20 77
5 Blackburn Rovers 44 21 14 9 68 52 +16 77
6 Crystal Palace 44 22 9 13 86 59 +27 75
7 Leeds United 44 19 12 13 61 51 +10 69
8 Ipswich Town 44 19 9 16 61 52 +9 66
9 Manchester City 44 19 8 17 80 60 +20 65
10 Oldham Athletic 44 18 11 15 72 64 +8 65
11 Stoke City 44 17 11 16 50 57 −7 62
12 Swindon Town 44 16 11 17 73 60 +13 59
13 Leicester City 44 16 11 17 62 61 +1 59
14 Barnsley 44 15 12 17 61 62 −1 57
15 Hull City 44 14 15 15 54 60 −6 57
16 Plymouth Argyle 44 16 8 20 65 67 −2 56
17 Bournemouth 44 13 10 21 56 68 −12 49
18 Shrewsbury Town 44 11 16 17 42 54 −12 49
19 Birmingham City 44 11 15 18 41 66 −25 48
20 West Bromwich Albion 44 12 11 21 50 69 −19 47
21 Sheffield United (R) 44 13 7 24 45 74 −29 46 Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
22 Reading (R) 44 10 12 22 44 70 −26 42 Relegation to the Third Division
23 Huddersfield Town (R) 44 6 10 28 41 100 −59 28
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Second Division play-offs edit

The team fourth from bottom of the First Division played off for one place in that division with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth in the Second Division. In the semi-final, Chelsea of the First Division beat fifth-placed Blackburn Rovers 6–1 on aggregate, and third-placed Middlesbrough beat Bradford City 3–2 on aggregate. The final was also played over two legs. Playing at their Ayresome Park ground in front of a crowd of 25,531, Middlesbrough duly won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Bernie Slaven and Trevor Senior. In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, which was marred by violence perpetrated by some of the 40,550 spectators, Chelsea's Gordon Durie scored the only goal. Thus Middlesbrough won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division for 1988–89, while Chelsea were relegated to the Second.[6][7][8]

Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988 		Final
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
          
5 Blackburn Rovers 0 1 1
1D Chelsea 2 4 6
1D Chelsea 0 1 1
3 Middlesbrough 2 0 2
4 Bradford City 2 0 2
3 Middlesbrough 1 2 3

Source:[9]

Second Division results edit

Home \ Away AST BAR BIR BLB BOU BRA CRY HUD HUL IPS LEE LEI MCI MID MIL OLD PLY REA SHU SHR STK SWI WBA
Aston Villa 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Barnsley 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–2 2–1 5–2 0–1 3–1
Birmingham City 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–6 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Blackburn Rovers 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–1
Bournemouth 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 6–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–2
Bradford City 2–4 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 4–1 2–4 2–0 3–1 5–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 4–1
Crystal Palace 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–1
Huddersfield Town 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–3
Hull City 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0
Ipswich Town 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 4–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–1
Leeds United 1–3 0–2 4–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–0
Leicester City 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–4 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–0
Manchester City 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 10–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 3–0 1–1 4–2
Middlesbrough 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 6–0 4–0 2–0 2–3 2–1
Millwall 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–0
Oldham Athletic 0–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 3–2 2–2 5–1 4–3 2–1
Plymouth Argyle 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 6–1 3–1 0–0 6–3 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–3
Reading 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2
Sheffield United 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0
Shrewsbury Town 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 0–1
Stoke City 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Swindon Town 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 3–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
West Bromwich Albion 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division edit

Sunderland won the Third Division and went back up to the Second Division. They were joined by runners-up Brighton & Hove Albion and playoff winners Walsall. The automatic relegation places were occupied by Grimsby Town, York City and Doncaster Rovers, with Rotherham United relegated after play-offs.[10]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Sunderland (C, P) 46 27 12 7 92 48 +44 93 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Brighton & Hove Albion (P) 46 23 15 8 69 47 +22 84
3 Walsall (O, P) 46 23 13 10 68 50 +18 82 Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
4 Notts County 46 23 12 11 82 49 +33 81
5 Bristol City 46 21 12 13 77 62 +15 75
6 Northampton Town 46 18 19 9 70 51 +19 73
7 Wigan Athletic 46 20 12 14 70 61 +9 72
8 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68 56 +12 66
9 Fulham 46 19 9 18 69 60 +9 66
10 Blackpool 46 17 14 15 71 62 +9 65
11 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 58 56 +2 65
12 Brentford 46 16 14 16 53 59 −6 62
13 Gillingham 46 14 17 15 77 61 +16 59
14 Bury 46 15 14 17 58 57 +1 59
15 Chester City 46 14 16 16 51 62 −11 58
16 Preston North End 46 15 13 18 48 59 −11 58
17 Southend United 46 14 13 19 65 83 −18 55
18 Chesterfield 46 15 10 21 41 70 −29 55
19 Mansfield Town 46 14 12 20 48 59 −11 54
20 Aldershot 46 15 8 23 64 74 −10 53
21 Rotherham United (R) 46 12 16 18 50 66 −16 52 Qualification for the Fourth Division play-offs
22 Grimsby Town (R) 46 12 14 20 48 58 −10 50 Relegation to the Fourth Division
23 York City (R) 46 8 9 29 48 91 −43 33
24 Doncaster Rovers (R) 46 8 9 29 40 84 −44 33
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Third Division play-offs edit

Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988 		Final
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
          
21st Sheffield United (Div 2) 0 1 1
5th Bristol City 1 1 2
3rd Walsall 3 0 3
5th Bristol City 1 2 3
3rd Walsall 3 1 4
4th Notts County 1 1 2
Replay
Walsall4–0Bristol City
Report/Soccerbase [1]
Attendance: 13,007

Third Division results edit

Home \ Away ALD BLP BRE B&HA BRC BRR BRY CHE CHF DON FUL GIL GRI MAN NOR NTC PTV PNE ROT STD SUN WAL WIG YOR
Aldershot 0–0 4–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 6–0 3–2 3–0 4–4 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–2
Blackpool 3–2 0–1 1–3 4–2 2–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1
Brentford 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Bristol City 2–0 2–1 2–3 5–2 3–3 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–2
Bristol Rovers 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–3 2–1
Bury 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–1
Chester City 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 4–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Chesterfield 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1
Doncaster Rovers 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–4 3–4 2–0
Fulham 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 4–0 0–2 5–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 3–1
Gillingham 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 0–1 10–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 8–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1
Grimsby Town 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 5–1
Mansfield Town 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 0–1 2–1
Northampton Town 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0
Notts County 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 4–0 6–2 2–1 3–1 4–4 3–0
Port Vale 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Preston North End 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0
Rotherham United 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1
Southend United 0–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 3–1
Sunderland 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 7–0 1–1 4–1 4–2
Walsall 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–1
Wigan Athletic 4–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1
York City 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–5 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth Division edit

Wolves ended their two-year tenure in the Fourth Division by finishing top of the table and winning promotion to the Third Division. They also won the Sherpa Van Trophy final by defeating Burnley at Wembley.

Bolton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Swansea City were also promoted.

Newport County were relegated for the second successive season. They were replaced in the Football League by Lincoln City.

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 3 5 47 19 12 6 5 35 24 +39 90 Champions - automatically promoted to Third Division
2 Cardiff City 46 15 6 2 39 14 9 7 7 27 27 +25 85 Automatically promoted to Third Division; Welsh Cup Winners - qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 15 6 2 42 12 7 6 10 24 30 +24 78 Automatically promoted to Third Division
4 Scunthorpe United 46 14 5 4 42 20 6 12 5 34 31 +25 77 Participated in Fourth Division play-offs
5 Torquay United 46 10 7 6 34 16 11 7 5 32 25 +25 77
6 Swansea City 46 9 7 7 35 28 11 3 9 27 28 +6 70 Promoted via the Fourth Division play-offs[a]
7 Peterborough United 46 10 5 8 28 26 10 5 8 24 27 −1 70
8 Leyton Orient 46 13 4 6 55 27 6 8 9 30 36 +22 69
9 Colchester United 46 10 5 8 23 22 9 5 9 24 29 −4 67
10 Burnley 46 12 5 6 31 22 8 2 13 26 40 −5 67
11 Wrexham 46 13 3 7 46 26 7 3 13 23 32 +11 66
12 Scarborough[b] 46 12 8 3 38 19 5 6 12 18 29 +8 65
13 Darlington 46 13 6 4 39 25 5 5 13 32 44 +2 65
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 2 7 43 20 5 7 11 18 33 +8 64[c]
15 Cambridge United 46 10 6 7 32 24 6 7 10 18 28 −2 61
16 Hartlepool United 46 9 7 7 25 25 6 7 10 25 32 −7 59
17 Crewe Alexandra 46 7 11 5 25 19 6 8 9 32 34 +4 58
18 Halifax Town 46 11 7 5 37 25 3 7 13 17 34 −5 55[d]
19 Hereford United 46 8 7 8 25 27 6 5 12 16 32 −18 54
20 Stockport County 46 7 7 9 26 26 5 8 10 18 32 −14 51
21 Rochdale 46 5 9 9 28 34 6 6 11 19 42 −29 48
22 Exeter City 46 8 6 9 33 29 3 7 13 20 39 −15 46
23 Carlisle United 46 9 5 9 38 33 3 3 17 19 53 −29 44
24 Newport County 46 4 5 14 19 36 2 2 19 16 69 −70 25 Automatically relegated to the Football Conference
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Swansea City won the play-offs and were thus promoted.
  2. ^ Newly promoted from the Football Conference
  3. ^ Tranmere Rovers were deducted two points.
  4. ^ Halifax Town were deducted one point.

Fourth Division play-offs edit

Main article: Football League Two play-offs § 1988
Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988 		Finals
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
          
21st Rotherham United (Div 3) 0 1 1
6th Swansea City 1 1 2
6th Swansea City 2 3 5
5th Torquay United 1 3 4
4th Scunthorpe United 1 1 2
5th Torquay United 2 1 3

Fourth Division results edit

Home \ Away BOL BUR CAM CAR CRL COL CRE DAR EXE HAL HAR HER LEY NPC PET ROC SCA SCU STP SWA TOR TRA WOL WRE
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
Burnley 2–1 0–2 1–2 4–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0
Cambridge United 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–3 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Cardiff City 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1
Carlisle United 0–2 3–4 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 3–2 0–1 0–4
Colchester United 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–3 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2
Crewe Alexandra 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0
Darlington 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1
Exeter City 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1
Halifax Town 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–0
Hartlepool United 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–5 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Hereford United 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–3 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2
Leyton Orient 1–2 4–1 0–2 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 4–3 2–3 4–1 0–2 4–0 4–1 2–0 8–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–1
Newport County 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–3 2–0
Peterborough United 0–4 5–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Rochdale 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2
Scarborough 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2
Scunthorpe United 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 3–1
Stockport County 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Swansea City 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–4 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1
Torquay United 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 6–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 6–1
Tranmere Rovers 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 6–1 1–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–2 5–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–2
Wrexham 0–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 4–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers edit

The top goalscorers in each division were:

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985–86 until 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster.
  4. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985–86 until 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster.
  5. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985–86 until 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster.
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1987, football, league, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, sep. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1987 88 Football League news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1987 88 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League The Football LeagueSeason1987 88ChampionsLiverpoolRelegatedNewport CountyNew club in LeagueScarborough 1986 871988 89 Contents 1 Final league tables and results 2 First Division 2 1 Final table 2 2 First Division results 2 3 Managerial changes 2 4 First Division maps 3 Second Division 3 1 Second Division play offs 3 2 Second Division results 4 Third Division 4 1 Third Division play offs 4 2 Third Division results 5 Fourth Division 5 1 Fourth Division play offs 5 2 Fourth Division results 6 Goalscorers 7 See also 8 ReferencesFinal league tables and results editThe tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation website 1 with home and away statistics separated First Division editFirst DivisionSeason1987 88ChampionsLiverpool17th English titleRelegatedChelseaPortsmouthWatfordOxford UnitedMatches played420Goals scored1 049 2 5 per match Top goalscorerJohn Aldridge 26 goals 2 1986 871988 89 Liverpool won the league title by nine points and with only two defeats all season Second in the league were Manchester United The automatically relegated sides were Watford Oxford United and Portsmouth Chelsea were subsequently relegated as well after losing to Middlesbrough in the playoff final Final table edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Liverpool C 40 26 12 2 87 24 63 90 Disqualified from European Cup 3 2 Manchester United 40 23 12 5 71 38 33 81 Disqualified from UEFA Cup 4 3 Nottingham Forest 40 20 13 7 67 39 28 734 Everton 40 19 13 8 53 27 26 705 Queens Park Rangers 40 19 10 11 48 38 10 676 Arsenal 40 18 12 10 58 39 19 667 Wimbledon a 40 14 15 11 58 47 11 57 Disqualified from European Cup Winners Cup 5 8 Newcastle United 40 14 14 12 55 53 2 569 Luton Town b 40 14 11 15 57 58 1 53 Disqualified from UEFA Cup 4 10 Coventry City 40 13 14 13 46 53 7 5311 Sheffield Wednesday 40 15 8 17 52 66 14 5312 Southampton 40 12 14 14 49 53 4 5013 Tottenham Hotspur 40 12 11 17 38 48 10 4714 Norwich City 40 12 9 19 40 52 12 4515 Derby County 40 10 13 17 35 45 10 4316 West Ham United 40 9 15 16 40 52 12 4217 Charlton Athletic 40 9 15 16 38 52 14 4218 Chelsea R 40 9 15 16 50 68 18 42 Qualified for Second Division play offs19 Portsmouth R 40 7 14 19 36 66 30 35 Relegated to Second Division20 Watford R 40 7 11 22 27 51 24 3221 Oxford United R 40 6 13 21 44 80 36 31Source World FootballRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored C Champions R RelegatedNotes Wimbledon would have qualified as FA Cup winners Luton Town would have qualified as League Cup winners First Division results edit Home Away ARS CHA CHE COV DER EVE LIV LUT MUN NEW NWC NOT OXF POR QPR SHW SOU TOT WAT WHU WDNArsenal 4 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0Charlton Athletic 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1Chelsea 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1Coventry City 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3Derby County 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1Everton 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 2Liverpool 2 0 3 2 2 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1Luton Town 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 0Manchester United 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 1Newcastle United 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 2Norwich City 2 4 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 1Nottingham Forest 0 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 5 0 4 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Oxford United 0 0 2 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 5 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 5Portsmouth 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1Queens Park Rangers 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0Sheffield Wednesday 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 0Southampton 4 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2Tottenham Hotspur 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 3Watford 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0West Ham United 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2Wimbledon 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 1Source citation needed Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Managerial changes edit Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentWatford nbsp Graham Taylor Signed by Aston Villa 27 May 1987 Pre season nbsp Dave Bassett 18 June 1987Everton nbsp Howard Kendall Signed by Athletic Bilbao 18 June 1987 nbsp Colin Harvey 18 June 1987Wimbledon nbsp Dave Bassett Signed by Watford 18 June 1987 nbsp Bobby Gould 25 June 1987Luton Town nbsp John Moore Resigned 20 June 1987 nbsp Ray Harford 22 June 1987Tottenham Hotspur nbsp David Pleat 23 October 1987 7th nbsp Terry Venables 28 November 1987Norwich City nbsp Ken Brown Sacked 9 November 1987 19th nbsp Dave Stringer 9 November 1987Watford nbsp Dave Bassett 11 January 1988 21st nbsp Steve Harrison 15 January 1988Chelsea nbsp John Hollins 6 March 1988 16th nbsp Bobby Campbell 6 March 1988Oxford United nbsp Maurice Evans Resigned 18 March 1988 20th nbsp Mark Lawrenson 19 March 1988First Division maps edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp ArsenalCharlton AthleticChelseaTottenhamQueens Park RangersWatfordWest HamWimbledonclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1987 1988 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp ArsenalCharltonChelseaCoventryDerby CountyEvertonLiverpoolLuton TownManchester UnitedNewcastleNorwich CityNottingham ForestOxfordPortsmouthQPRSheffield WednesdaySouthamptonTottenhamWatfordWest HamWimbledonclass notpageimage Locations of the Football League First Division 1987 1988 teamsSecond Division editSecond DivisionSeason1987 88ChampionsMillwallPromotedMillwallAston VillaMiddlesbroughRelegatedSheffield UnitedReadingHuddersfield TownMatches played506Goals scored1 389 2 75 per match Biggest home winManchester City 10 1 Huddersfield Town 7 November 1987 Biggest away winSheffield United 0 5 Oldham Athletic 2 January 1988 Highest scoringManchester City 10 1 Huddersfield Town 7 November 1987 1986 871988 89 Millwall lifted the Second Division championship trophy and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history Runners up were Aston Villa and Middlesbrough won promotion via play offs Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United were relegated Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation1 Millwall C P 44 25 7 12 72 52 20 82 Promotion to the First Division2 Aston Villa P 44 22 12 10 68 41 27 783 Middlesbrough O P 44 22 12 10 63 36 27 78 Qualification for the Second Division play offs4 Bradford City 44 22 11 11 74 54 20 775 Blackburn Rovers 44 21 14 9 68 52 16 776 Crystal Palace 44 22 9 13 86 59 27 757 Leeds United 44 19 12 13 61 51 10 698 Ipswich Town 44 19 9 16 61 52 9 669 Manchester City 44 19 8 17 80 60 20 6510 Oldham Athletic 44 18 11 15 72 64 8 6511 Stoke City 44 17 11 16 50 57 7 6212 Swindon Town 44 16 11 17 73 60 13 5913 Leicester City 44 16 11 17 62 61 1 5914 Barnsley 44 15 12 17 61 62 1 5715 Hull City 44 14 15 15 54 60 6 5716 Plymouth Argyle 44 16 8 20 65 67 2 5617 Bournemouth 44 13 10 21 56 68 12 4918 Shrewsbury Town 44 11 16 17 42 54 12 4919 Birmingham City 44 11 15 18 41 66 25 4820 West Bromwich Albion 44 12 11 21 50 69 19 4721 Sheffield United R 44 13 7 24 45 74 29 46 Qualification for the Third Division play offs22 Reading R 44 10 12 22 44 70 26 42 Relegation to the Third Division23 Huddersfield Town R 44 6 10 28 41 100 59 28Source citation needed Rules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R Relegated Second Division play offs edit The team fourth from bottom of the First Division played off for one place in that division with the teams finishing third fourth and fifth in the Second Division In the semi final Chelsea of the First Division beat fifth placed Blackburn Rovers 6 1 on aggregate and third placed Middlesbrough beat Bradford City 3 2 on aggregate The final was also played over two legs Playing at their Ayresome Park ground in front of a crowd of 25 531 Middlesbrough duly won the first leg 2 0 with goals from Bernie Slaven and Trevor Senior In the second leg at Stamford Bridge which was marred by violence perpetrated by some of the 40 550 spectators Chelsea s Gordon Durie scored the only goal Thus Middlesbrough won 2 1 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division for 1988 89 while Chelsea were relegated to the Second 6 7 8 Semi finals1st leg 15 May 2nd leg 18 May 1988Final1st leg 25 May 2nd leg 28 May 1988 5Blackburn Rovers0111DChelsea2461DChelsea0113Middlesbrough2024Bradford City2023Middlesbrough123Source 9 Second Division results edit Home Away AST BAR BIR BLB BOU BRA CRY HUD HUL IPS LEE LEI MCI MID MIL OLD PLY REA SHU SHR STK SWI WBAAston Villa 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0Barnsley 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 2 1 5 2 0 1 3 1Birmingham City 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1Blackburn Rovers 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 1Bournemouth 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 2 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 2Bradford City 2 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 1 2 4 2 0 3 1 5 3 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 4 1Crystal Palace 1 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 3 1 5 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 4 1Huddersfield Town 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 3Hull City 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0Ipswich Town 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 1 1Leeds United 1 3 0 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 1 0Leicester City 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0Manchester City 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 10 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 1 1 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 3 1 3 3 0 1 1 4 2Middlesbrough 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 2 3 2 1Millwall 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 0Oldham Athletic 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 5 1 4 3 2 1Plymouth Argyle 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 6 1 3 1 0 0 6 3 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3 3Reading 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2Sheffield United 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 5 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Shrewsbury Town 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 1Stoke City 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0Swindon Town 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0West Bromwich Albion 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 2Source citation needed Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Third Division editThird DivisionSeason1987 88ChampionsSunderlandPromotedSunderlandBrighton amp Hove AlbionWalsallRelegatedRotherham UnitedGrimsby TownYork CityDoncaster RoversMatches played552 1986 871988 89 Sunderland won the Third Division and went back up to the Second Division They were joined by runners up Brighton amp Hove Albion and playoff winners Walsall The automatic relegation places were occupied by Grimsby Town York City and Doncaster Rovers with Rotherham United relegated after play offs 10 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation1 Sunderland C P 46 27 12 7 92 48 44 93 Promotion to the Second Division2 Brighton amp Hove Albion P 46 23 15 8 69 47 22 843 Walsall O P 46 23 13 10 68 50 18 82 Qualification for the Third Division play offs4 Notts County 46 23 12 11 82 49 33 815 Bristol City 46 21 12 13 77 62 15 756 Northampton Town 46 18 19 9 70 51 19 737 Wigan Athletic 46 20 12 14 70 61 9 728 Bristol Rovers 46 18 12 16 68 56 12 669 Fulham 46 19 9 18 69 60 9 6610 Blackpool 46 17 14 15 71 62 9 6511 Port Vale 46 18 11 17 58 56 2 6512 Brentford 46 16 14 16 53 59 6 6213 Gillingham 46 14 17 15 77 61 16 5914 Bury 46 15 14 17 58 57 1 5915 Chester City 46 14 16 16 51 62 11 5816 Preston North End 46 15 13 18 48 59 11 5817 Southend United 46 14 13 19 65 83 18 5518 Chesterfield 46 15 10 21 41 70 29 5519 Mansfield Town 46 14 12 20 48 59 11 5420 Aldershot 46 15 8 23 64 74 10 5321 Rotherham United R 46 12 16 18 50 66 16 52 Qualification for the Fourth Division play offs22 Grimsby Town R 46 12 14 20 48 58 10 50 Relegation to the Fourth Division23 York City R 46 8 9 29 48 91 43 3324 Doncaster Rovers R 46 8 9 29 40 84 44 33Source citation needed Rules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scored C Champions O Play off winners P Promoted R Relegated Third Division play offs edit Semi finals1st leg 15 May 2nd leg 18 May 1988Final1st leg 25 May 2nd leg 28 May 1988 21stSheffield United Div 2 0115thBristol City1123rdWalsall3035thBristol City1233rdWalsall3144thNotts County112Replay30 May 1988Walsall4 0Bristol CityReport Soccerbase 1 Fellows Park WalsallAttendance 13 007 Third Division results edit Home Away ALD BLP BRE B amp HA BRC BRR BRY CHE CHF DON FUL GIL GRI MAN NOR NTC PTV PNE ROT STD SUN WAL WIG YORAldershot 0 0 4 1 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 6 0 3 2 3 0 4 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 2Blackpool 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1Brentford 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2Brighton amp Hove Albion 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0Bristol City 2 0 2 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 3 2Bristol Rovers 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 3 2 1Bury 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 1Chester City 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0Chesterfield 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1Doncaster Rovers 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 3 4 2 0Fulham 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 3 1Gillingham 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 10 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1Grimsby Town 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1Mansfield Town 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 1Northampton Town 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0Notts County 2 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 1 4 4 3 0Port Vale 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1Preston North End 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 1Southend United 0 1 4 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 1Sunderland 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 7 0 1 1 4 1 4 2Walsall 2 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1Wigan Athletic 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 1York City 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 3 3 1Source citation needed Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Fourth Division editWolves ended their two year tenure in the Fourth Division by finishing top of the table and winning promotion to the Third Division They also won the Sherpa Van Trophy final by defeating Burnley at Wembley Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City and Swansea City were also promoted Newport County were relegated for the second successive season They were replaced in the Football League by Lincoln City Football League Fourth DivisionSeason1987 88ChampionsWolverhampton WanderersPromotedCardiff City Bolton Wanderers Swansea CityRelegatedNewport CountyNew team in LeagueScarboroughMatches played552 1986 871988 89 Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 15 3 5 47 19 12 6 5 35 24 39 90 Champions automatically promoted to Third Division2 Cardiff City 46 15 6 2 39 14 9 7 7 27 27 25 85 Automatically promoted to Third Division Welsh Cup Winners qualified for Cup Winners Cup3 Bolton Wanderers 46 15 6 2 42 12 7 6 10 24 30 24 78 Automatically promoted to Third Division4 Scunthorpe United 46 14 5 4 42 20 6 12 5 34 31 25 77 Participated in Fourth Division play offs5 Torquay United 46 10 7 6 34 16 11 7 5 32 25 25 776 Swansea City 46 9 7 7 35 28 11 3 9 27 28 6 70 Promoted via the Fourth Division play offs a 7 Peterborough United 46 10 5 8 28 26 10 5 8 24 27 1 708 Leyton Orient 46 13 4 6 55 27 6 8 9 30 36 22 699 Colchester United 46 10 5 8 23 22 9 5 9 24 29 4 6710 Burnley 46 12 5 6 31 22 8 2 13 26 40 5 6711 Wrexham 46 13 3 7 46 26 7 3 13 23 32 11 6612 Scarborough b 46 12 8 3 38 19 5 6 12 18 29 8 6513 Darlington 46 13 6 4 39 25 5 5 13 32 44 2 6514 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 2 7 43 20 5 7 11 18 33 8 64 c 15 Cambridge United 46 10 6 7 32 24 6 7 10 18 28 2 6116 Hartlepool United 46 9 7 7 25 25 6 7 10 25 32 7 5917 Crewe Alexandra 46 7 11 5 25 19 6 8 9 32 34 4 5818 Halifax Town 46 11 7 5 37 25 3 7 13 17 34 5 55 d 19 Hereford United 46 8 7 8 25 27 6 5 12 16 32 18 5420 Stockport County 46 7 7 9 26 26 5 8 10 18 32 14 5121 Rochdale 46 5 9 9 28 34 6 6 11 19 42 29 4822 Exeter City 46 8 6 9 33 29 3 7 13 20 39 15 4623 Carlisle United 46 9 5 9 38 33 3 3 17 19 53 29 4424 Newport County 46 4 5 14 19 36 2 2 19 16 69 70 25 Automatically relegated to the Football ConferenceSource citation needed Notes Swansea City won the play offs and were thus promoted Newly promoted from the Football Conference Tranmere Rovers were deducted two points Halifax Town were deducted one point Fourth Division play offs edit Main article Football League Two play offs 1988 Semi finals1st leg 15 May 2nd leg 18 May 1988Finals1st leg 25 May 2nd leg 28 May 1988 21stRotherham United Div 3 0116thSwansea City1126thSwansea City2355thTorquay United1344thScunthorpe United1125thTorquay United213Fourth Division results edit Home Away BOL BUR CAM CAR CRL COL CRE DAR EXE HAL HAR HER LEY NPC PET ROC SCA SCU STP SWA TOR TRA WOL WREBolton Wanderers 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 0Burnley 2 1 0 2 1 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0Cambridge United 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1Cardiff City 1 0 2 1 4 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 1Carlisle United 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 4Colchester United 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0Darlington 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1Exeter City 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 1Halifax Town 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 0Hartlepool United 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 5 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0Hereford United 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2Leyton Orient 1 2 4 1 0 2 4 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 4 1 2 0 8 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 1Newport County 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 0Peterborough United 0 4 5 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0Rochdale 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2Scarborough 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2Scunthorpe United 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 3 1Stockport County 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1Swansea City 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1Torquay United 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 1Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 6 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 2 5 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 2Wrexham 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 2Source citation needed Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Goalscorers editThe top goalscorers in each division were Division 1 John Aldridge 26 11 Division 2 David Currie 28 11 Division 3 David Crown 26 12 Division 4 Steve Bull 34 12 See also edit1987 88 in English footballReferences edit England 1987 88 Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Archived from the original on 27 January 2010 Retrieved 24 February 2010 English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF Retrieved 31 October 2010 English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985 86 until 1990 91 because of the Heysel Disaster English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985 86 until 1990 91 because of the Heysel Disaster English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from season 1985 86 until 1990 91 because of the Heysel Disaster Felton Paul Season 1987 88 Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF Archived from the original on 2 May 2001 Retrieved 26 May 2016 Chelsea Football Club Match Results Season 1987 1988 bounder friardale co uk Retrieved 26 May 2016 Barley Sophie 3 August 2015 The Battle of Stamford Bridge Violent scenes on a victorious day for Boro The Gazette Middlesbrough Retrieved 26 May 2016 English Division One Two old Play Offs 1987 1988 Statto Retrieved 26 May 2016 Edward Ackers Season 1987 88 English Football League Tables Retrieved 6 August 2019 a b James M Ross 15 July 2011 Football League Div 1 amp 2 Leading Goalscorers 1947 92 RSSSF 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