Leicester started the season poorly with five defeats from their first six league games, which put manager Hamilton under real pressure. He signed strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Mike Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter, but two wins in eleven league games cost Hamilton his job in December. He was replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur manager David Pleat, and fortunes turned in the second half of the season, with Leicester losing only four league games during that period and scoring in each of their final sixteen league fixtures.
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During the 1987 88 English football season Leicester City F C competed in the Football League Second Division Leicester City1987 88 seasonChairmanTerry ShipmanManagerBryan Hamilton until 11 December David Pleat from 24 December Second Division13thFA CupThird roundLeague CupThird roundFull Members CupThird roundTop goalscorerLeague Gary McAllister 9 All Mike Newell 11 Average home league attendance10 157 1986 871988 89 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Results 3 1 Legend 3 2 Football League Second Division 3 3 FA Cup 3 4 League Cup 3 5 Full Members Cup 4 Squad 5 ReferencesSeason summary editLeicester started the season poorly with five defeats from their first six league games which put manager Hamilton under real pressure He signed strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Goteborg and Mike Newell from Luton Town for a club record 350 000 to make prospects a little brighter but two wins in eleven league games cost Hamilton his job in December He was replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur manager David Pleat and fortunes turned in the second half of the season with Leicester losing only four league games during that period and scoring in each of their final sixteen league fixtures Final league table editMain article 1987 88 Football League Second Division Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 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 57Source citation needed Rules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scoredResults editLeicester City s score comes first 1 Legend edit Win Draw Loss Football League Second Division edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 15 August 1987 Shrewsbury Town H 0 1 8 469 19 August 1987 Leeds United A 0 1 21 034 29 August 1987 Millwall H 1 0 7 559 Moran 31 August 1987 Stoke City A 1 2 9 948 McAllister 5 September 1987 Aston Villa H 0 2 10 286 12 September 1987 Crystal Palace A 1 2 8 925 McAllister 16 September 1987 Oldham Athletic H 4 1 7 358 Newell Rantanen Ford Wilson 19 September 1987 Plymouth Argyle H 4 0 8 872 Wilson Ford Newell Rantanen 26 September 1987 Bournemouth A 3 2 7 969 Newell Osman Mauchlen 30 September 1987 Ipswich Town H 1 1 11 533 Moran 3 October 1987 Manchester City A 2 4 16 481 Newell Rantanen 10 October 1987 Barnsley H 0 0 8 665 17 October 1987 Sheffield United A 1 2 10 593 McAllister 21 October 1987 West Bromwich Albion H 3 0 9 262 Walsh Moran 2 24 October 1987 Hull City A 2 2 8 826 McAllister Walsh 31 October 1987 Blackburn Rovers H 1 2 8 650 Moran 7 November 1987 Swindon Town H 3 2 8 346 Ramsey Walsh Venus 14 November 1987 Birmingham City A 2 2 8 666 Walsh Cusack 21 November 1987 Bradford City H 0 2 11 543 28 November 1987 Huddersfield Town A 0 1 6 704 5 December 1987 Middlesbrough H 0 0 9 411 12 December 1987 Oldham Athletic A 0 2 4 785 26 December 1987 Bournemouth H 0 1 11 452 28 December 1987 Plymouth Argyle A 0 4 15 581 1 January 1988 Millwall A 0 1 7 220 2 January 1988 Crystal Palace H 4 4 10 104 Brien McAllister pen Reid Wilkinson 16 January 1988 Shrewsbury Town A 0 0 5 025 30 January 1988 Reading A 2 1 6 645 Osman Walsh 6 February 1988 Aston Villa A 1 2 18 867 Newell 13 February 1988 Leeds United H 3 2 11 937 McAllister 2 1 pen Cross 20 February 1988 Ipswich Town A 2 0 11 084 Reid Newell 27 February 1988 Manchester City H 1 0 13 852 Cross 5 March 1988 Sheffield United H 1 0 12 256 Cross 12 March 1988 Barnsley A 1 1 7 447 Walsh 16 March 1988 Stoke City H 1 1 10 502 Mauchlen 19 March 1988 Blackburn Rovers A 3 3 9 564 Reid 2 Newell 26 March 1988 Hull City H 2 1 10 353 Newell Weir pen 2 April 1988 Swindon Town A 2 3 9 450 Osman McAllister 5 April 1988 Birmingham City H 2 0 13 541 Osman 2 9 April 1988 West Bromwich Albion A 1 1 11 013 Cross 23 April 1988 Reading H 1 0 9 603 Walsh 30 April 1988 Bradford City A 1 4 14 393 Reid 2 May 1988 Huddersfield Town H 3 0 9 803 Cross 2 Groves 7 May 1988 Middlesbrough A 2 1 27 645 Weir McAllister FA Cup edit Main article 1987 88 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 9 January 1988 Oxford United A 0 2 7 557 League Cup edit Main article 1987 88 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R2 1st leg 23 September 1987 Scunthorpe United H 2 1 7 718 McAllister Newell R2 2nd leg 6 October 1987 Scunthorpe United A 2 1 won 4 2 on agg 4 031 Reid Rantanen R3 28 October 1987 Oxford United A 0 0 14 586 Newell Reid R3R 4 November 1987 Oxford United H 2 3 10 476 Newell 2 Full Members Cup edit Main article 1987 88 Full Members Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R1 10 November 1987 Huddersfield Town H 1 0 3 440 Ford R2 1 December 1987 Charlton Athletic H 2 1 a e t 1 327 Jobling 2 R3 19 January 1988 Stoke City A 0 0 lost 3 5 on pens 5 161Squad editNote Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp ENG Ian Andrews DF nbsp ENG Simon Morgan MF nbsp WAL Robbie James DF nbsp ENG Russell Osman DF nbsp ENG Tony Spearing DF nbsp ENG Steve Walsh MF nbsp SCO Ian Wilson MF nbsp ENG Gary Ford MF nbsp SCO Gary McAllister MF nbsp ENG Nick Cusack MF nbsp NIR Paul Ramsey MF nbsp IRL Martin Russell DF nbsp ENG Mark Venus FW nbsp ENG Steve Moran FW nbsp ENG Steve Wilkinson DF nbsp ENG Phil Horner No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp ENG Paul Reid GK nbsp ENG Paul Cooper MF nbsp SCO Ali Mauchlen captain FW nbsp FIN Jari Rantanen FW nbsp ENG Mike Newell DF nbsp IRL Tony Brien DF nbsp IRL Dave Langan on loan from Oxford United MF nbsp ENG Kevin Jobling MF nbsp NOR Kjetil Osvold on loan from Nottingham Forest MF nbsp SCO Kevin MacDonald on loan from Liverpool MF nbsp SCO Peter Weir DF nbsp ENG Steve Prindiville FW nbsp ENG Nicky Cross MF nbsp ENG Phil Turner DF nbsp ENG Grant Brown MF nbsp ENG Paul GrovesReferences edit Leicester City 1987 1988 Home statto com Archived from the original 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