The City Ground

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1987-88

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away									Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result		Home	Away
1	Liverpool	40	26	12	2	87	24	15	5	0	49	9	11	7	2	38	15	63	90	Excluded from Europe		2-1	0-5
2	Manchester United	40	23	12	5	71	38	14	5	1	41	17	9	7	4	30	21	33	81	Excluded from Europe		0-0	2-2
3	Nottingham Forest	40	20	13	7	67	39	11	7	2	40	17	9	6	5	27	22	28	73	Excluded from Europe
4	Everton	40	19	13	8	53	27	14	4	2	34	11	5	9	6	19	16	26	70			0-0	0-1
5	Queens Park Rangers	40	19	10	11	48	38	12	4	4	30	14	7	6	7	18	24	10	67			4-0	1-2
6	Arsenal	40	18	12	10	58	39	11	4	5	35	16	7	8	5	23	23	19	66			0-1	2-0
7	Wimbledon	40	14	15	11	58	47	8	9	3	32	20	6	6	8	26	27	11	57			0-0	1-1
8	Newcastle United	40	14	14	12	55	53	9	6	5	32	23	5	8	7	23	30	2	56			0-2	1-0
9	Luton Town	40	14	11	15	57	58	11	6	3	40	21	3	5	12	17	37	-1	53			1-1	1-1
10	Coventry City	40	13	14	13	46	53	6	8	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	-7	53			4-1	3-0
11	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	8	17	52	66	10	2	8	27	30	5	6	9	25	36	-14	53			3-0	1-0
12	Southampton	40	12	14	14	49	53	6	8	6	27	26	6	6	8	22	27	-4	50			3-3	1-1
13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	11	17	38	48	9	5	6	26	23	3	6	11	12	25	-10	47			3-0	1-1
14	Norwich City	40	12	9	19	40	52	7	5	8	26	26	5	4	11	14	26	-12	45			2-0	2-0
15	Derby County	40	10	13	17	35	45	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	43			2-1	1-0
16	West Ham United	40	9	15	16	40	52	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	11	17	31	-12	42			0-0	2-3
17	Charlton Athletic	40	9	15	16	38	52	7	7	6	23	21	2	8	10	15	31	-14	42			2-2	2-1
18	Chelsea	40	9	15	16	50	68	7	11	2	24	17	2	4	14	26	51	-18	42	Relegated via Playoffs		3-2	3-4
19	Portsmouth	40	7	14	19	36	66	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	11	15	39	-30	35	Relegated		5-0	1-0
20	Watford	40	7	11	22	27	51	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	-24	32	Relegated		1-0	0-0
21	Oxford United	40	6	13	21	44	80	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	13	20	46	-36	31	Relegated		5-3	2-0

SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1987-88

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Millwall	44	25	7	12	72	52	15	3	4	45	23	10	4	8	27	29	20	82	Promoted as Champions
2	Aston Villa	44	22	12	10	68	41	9	7	6	31	21	13	5	4	37	20	27	78	Promoted
3	Middlesbrough	44	22	12	10	63	36	15	4	3	44	16	7	8	7	19	20	27	78	Promoted via Playoffs
4	Bradford City	44	22	11	11	74	54	14	3	5	49	26	8	8	6	25	28	20	77	Playoffs
5	Blackburn Rovers	44	21	14	9	68	52	12	8	2	38	22	9	6	7	30	30	16	77	Playoffs
6	Crystal Palace	44	22	9	13	86	59	16	3	3	50	21	6	6	10	36	38	27	75
7	Leeds United	44	19	12	13	61	51	14	4	4	37	18	5	8	9	24	33	10	69
8	Ipswich Town	44	19	9	16	61	52	14	3	5	38	17	5	6	11	23	35	9	66
9	Manchester City	44	19	8	17	80	60	11	4	7	50	28	8	4	10	30	32	20	65
10	Oldham Athletic	44	18	11	15	72	64	13	4	5	43	27	5	7	10	29	37	8	65
11	Stoke City	44	17	11	16	50	57	12	6	4	34	22	5	5	12	16	35	-7	62
12	Swindon Town	44	16	11	17	73	60	10	7	5	43	25	6	4	12	30	35	13	59
13	Leicester City	44	16	11	17	62	61	12	5	5	35	20	4	6	12	27	41	1	59
14	Barnsley	44	15	12	17	61	62	11	4	7	42	32	4	8	10	19	30	-1	57
15	Hull City	44	14	15	15	54	60	10	8	4	32	22	4	7	11	22	38	-6	57
16	Plymouth Argyle	44	16	8	20	65	67	12	4	6	44	26	4	4	14	21	41	-2	56
17	Bournemouth	44	13	10	21	56	68	7	7	8	36	30	6	3	13	20	38	-12	49
18	Shrewsbury Town	44	11	16	17	42	54	7	8	7	23	22	4	8	10	19	32	-12	49
19	Birmingham City	44	11	15	18	41	66	7	9	6	20	24	4	6	12	21	42	-25	48
20	West Bromwich Albion	44	12	11	21	50	69	8	7	7	29	26	4	4	14	21	43	-19	47
21	Sheffield United	44	13	7	24	45	74	8	6	8	27	28	5	1	16	18	46	-29	46	Relegated via playoffs
22	Reading	44	10	12	22	44	70	5	7	10	20	25	5	5	12	24	45	-26	42	Relegated
23	Huddersfield Town	44	6	10	28	41	100	4	6	12	20	38	2	4	16	21	62	-59	28	Relegated

THIRD DIVISION (Tier 3) - 1987-88

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Sunderland	46	27	12	7	92	48	14	7	2	51	22	13	5	5	41	26	44	93	Promoted as Champions
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	23	15	8	69	47	15	7	1	37	16	8	8	7	32	31	22	84	Promoted
3	Walsall	46	23	13	10	68	50	15	6	2	39	22	8	7	8	29	28	18	82	Promoted via playoffs
4	Notts County	46	23	12	11	82	49	14	4	5	53	24	9	8	6	29	25	33	81
5	Bristol City	46	21	12	13	77	62	14	6	3	51	30	7	6	10	26	32	15	75
6	Northampton Town	46	18	19	9	70	51	12	8	3	36	18	6	11	6	34	33	19	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	20	12	14	70	61	11	8	4	36	23	9	4	10	34	38	9	72
8	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	56	14	5	4	43	19	4	7	12	25	37	12	66
9	Fulham	46	19	9	18	69	60	10	5	8	36	24	9	4	10	33	36	9	66
10	Blackpool	46	17	14	15	71	62	13	4	6	45	27	4	10	9	26	35	9	65
11	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	58	56	12	8	3	36	19	6	3	14	22	37	2	65
12	Brentford	46	16	14	16	53	59	9	8	6	27	23	7	6	10	26	36	-6	62
13	Gillingham	46	14	17	15	77	61	8	9	6	45	21	6	8	9	32	40	16	59
14	Bury	46	15	14	17	58	57	9	7	7	33	26	6	7	10	25	31	1	59
15	Chester City	46	14	16	16	51	62	9	8	6	29	30	5	8	10	22	32	-11	58
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	48	59	10	6	7	30	23	5	7	11	18	36	-11	58
17	Southend United	46	14	13	19	65	83	10	6	7	42	33	4	7	12	23	50	-18	55
18	Chesterfield	46	15	10	21	41	70	10	5	8	25	28	5	5	13	16	42	-29	55
19	Mansfield Town	46	14	12	20	48	59	10	6	7	25	21	4	6	13	23	38	-11	54
20	Aldershot	46	15	8	23	64	74	12	3	8	45	32	3	5	15	19	42	-10	53
21	Rotherham United	46	12	16	18	50	66	8	8	7	28	25	4	8	11	22	41	-16	52	Relegated via playoffs
22	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	48	58	6	7	10	25	29	6	7	10	23	29	-10	50	Relegated
23	York City	46	8	9	29	48	91	4	7	12	27	45	4	2	17	21	46	-43	33	Relegated
24	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	9	29	40	84	6	5	12	25	36	2	4	17	15	48	-44	33	Relegated

FOURTH DIVISION (Tier 4) - 1987-88

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	27	9	10	82	43	15	3	5	47	19	12	6	5	35	24	39	90	Promoted as Champions
2	Cardiff City	46	24	13	9	66	41	15	6	2	39	14	9	7	7	27	27	25	85	Promoted
3	Bolton Wanderers	46	22	12	12	66	42	15	6	2	42	12	7	6	10	24	30	24	78	Promoted
4	Scunthorpe United	46	20	17	9	76	51	14	5	4	42	20	6	12	5	34	31	25	77
5	Torquay United	46	21	14	11	66	41	10	7	6	34	16	11	7	5	32	25	25	77
6	Swansea City	46	20	10	16	62	56	9	7	7	35	28	11	3	9	27	28	6	70	Promoted via playoffs
7	Peterborough United	46	20	10	16	52	53	10	5	8	28	26	10	5	8	24	27	-1	70
8	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	85	63	13	4	6	55	27	6	8	9	30	36	22	69
9	Colchester United	46	19	10	17	47	51	10	5	8	23	22	9	5	9	24	29	-4	67
10	Burnley	46	20	7	19	57	62	12	5	6	31	22	8	2	13	26	40	-5	67
11	Wrexham	46	20	6	20	69	58	13	3	7	46	26	7	3	13	23	32	11	66
12		46	17	14	15	56	48	12	8	3	38	19	5	6	12	18	29	8	65
13	Darlington	46	18	11	17	71	69	13	6	4	39	25	5	5	13	32	44	2	65
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	19	9	18	61	53	14	2	7	43	20	5	7	11	18	33	8	64*
15	Cambridge United	46	16	13	17	50	52	10	6	7	32	24	6	7	10	18	28	-2	61
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	14	17	50	57	9	7	7	25	25	6	7	10	25	32	-7	59
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	19	14	57	53	7	11	5	25	19	6	8	9	32	34	4	58
18	Halifax Town	46	14	14	18	54	59	11	7	5	37	25	3	7	13	17	34	-5	55*
19	Hereford United	46	14	12	20	41	59	8	7	8	25	27	6	5	12	16	32	-18	54
20	Stockport County	46	12	15	19	44	58	7	7	9	26	26	5	8	10	18	32	-14	51
21	Rochdale	46	11	15	20	47	76	5	9	9	28	34	6	6	11	19	42	-29	48
22	Exeter City	46	11	13	22	53	68	8	6	9	33	29	3	7	13	20	39	-15	46
23	Carlisle United	46	12	8	26	57	86	9	5	9	38	33	3	3	17	19	53	-29	44
24	Newport County	46	6	7	33	35	105	4	5	14	19	36	2	2	19	16	69	-70	25	Relegated

*Tranmere Rovers deducted 2 points for failing to fulfill a fixture