1987-88_Football_League

Second Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Millwall
Promoted	Millwall; Aston Villa; Middlesbrough
Relegated	Sheffield United; Reading; Huddersfield Town
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,389 (2.75 per match)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 10–1 Huddersfield Town; (7 November 1987)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United 0–5 Oldham Athletic; (2 January 1988)
Highest scoring	Manchester City 10–1 Huddersfield Town; (7 November 1987)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

First Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Liverpool; 17th English title
Relegated	Chelsea; Portsmouth; Watford; Oxford United
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,049 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Aldridge; (26 goals)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The Football League
Season	1987–88
Champions	Liverpool
Relegated	Newport County
New club in League	Scarborough
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 Football League

89th season of the Football League

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

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

First Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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.

First Division results

More information Home \ Away, ARS ...

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.

Second Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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.

More information Pos, Team ...

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 results

More information Home \ Away, AST ...

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

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

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.^[11]

More information Pos, Team ...

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 results

More information Home \ Away, ALD ...

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

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.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

More information Pos, Team ...

Source: ^{[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 results

More information Home \ Away, BOL ...

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

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_WIM0.3302645787272-5] Wimbledon would have qualified as FA Cup winners.

[table_note_LUT0.3302645787272-7] Luton Town would have qualified as League Cup winners.

[table_note_res_PPP0.062006893130954-14] Swansea City won the play-offs and were thus promoted.

[table_note_SCA0.062006893130954-15] Newly promoted from the Football Conference

[table_hth_TRA0.062006893130954-16] Tranmere Rovers were deducted two points.

[table_hth_HAL0.062006893130954-17] Halifax Town were deducted one point.

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	40	14	11	15	57	58	−1	53	Disqualified from UEFA Cup^[6]
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

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	Resigned	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

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	Promotion to the First Division
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	Relegation to the Third Division

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

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	Promotion to the Second Division
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

1987-88_Football_League

1987–88 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

Final table

First Division results

Managerial changes

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division play-offs

Second Division results

Third Division

Third Division play-offs

Third Division results

Fourth Division

Fourth Division play-offs

Fourth Division results

Goalscorers

See also

References

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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	Participated in Fourth Division play-offs
6	Swansea City	46	9	7	7	35	28	11	3	9	27	28	+6	70	Promoted via the Fourth Division play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}
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^{[lower-alpha 4]}
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

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