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SEASON: 1986-87

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DIVISION:: Today First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Crystal Palace (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Arsenal (A) 0-2)
Player Of The Year:: Des Walker

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (16 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	10 times	6 times	1 time	3 times
Conceded	14 times	13 times	4 times	1 time
Won By	12 times	4 times	1 time	2 times	2 times
Lost By	8 times	6 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 34,828
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,970
Average League Attendance:: 19,327
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 17
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Everton	42	26	8	8	76	31	16	4	1	49	11	10	4	7	27	20	45	86	Excluded from Europe	1-0	0-2
2	Liverpool	42	23	8	11	72	42	15	3	3	43	16	8	5	8	29	26	30	77		1-1	0-3
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	8	13	68	43	14	3	4	40	14	7	5	9	28	29	25	71		2-0	3-2
4	Arsenal	42	20	10	12	58	35	12	5	4	31	12	8	5	8	27	23	23	70		1-0	0-0
5	Norwich City	42	17	17	8	53	51	9	10	2	27	20	8	7	6	26	31	2	68		1-1	1-2
6	Wimbledon	42	19	9	14	57	50	11	5	5	32	22	8	4	9	25	28	7	66		3-2	1-2
7	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	47	45	14	5	2	29	13	4	7	10	18	32	2	66		2-2	2-4
8	Nottingham Forest	42	18	11	13	64	51	12	8	1	36	14	6	3	12	28	37	13	65
9	Watford	42	18	9	15	67	54	12	5	4	38	20	6	4	11	29	34	13	63		1-1	1-1
10	Coventry City	42	17	12	13	50	45	14	4	3	35	17	3	8	10	15	28	5	63		0-0	0-1
11	Manchester United	42	14	14	14	52	45	13	3	5	38	18	1	11	9	14	27	7	56		1-1	0-2
12	Southampton	42	14	10	18	69	68	11	5	5	44	24	3	5	13	25	44	1	52		0-0	3-1
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	13	16	58	59	9	7	5	39	24	4	6	11	19	35	-1	52		3-2	3-2
14	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	53	64	8	6	7	30	30	5	7	9	23	34	-11	52		0-1	6-2
15	West Ham United	42	14	10	18	52	67	10	4	7	33	28	4	6	11	19	39	-15	52		1-1	2-1
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	48	64	9	7	5	31	27	4	4	13	17	37	-16	50		1-0	1-3
17	Newcastle United	42	12	11	19	47	65	10	4	7	33	29	2	7	12	14	36	-18	47		2-1	2-3
18	Oxford United	42	11	13	18	44	69	8	8	5	30	25	3	5	13	14	44	-25	46		2-0	1-2
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	11	20	45	55	7	7	7	26	22	4	4	13	19	33	-10	44	Remained in the First division after winning playoffs	4-0	1-0
20	Leicester City	42	11	9	22	54	76	9	7	5	39	24	2	2	17	15	52	-22	42	Relegated	2-1	1-3
21	Manchester City	42	8	15	19	36	57	8	6	7	28	24	0	9	12	8	33	-21	39	Relegated	2-0	0-1
22	Aston Villa	42	8	12	22	45	79	7	7	7	25	25	1	5	15	20	54	-34	36	Relegated	6-0	0-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 23, 1986	Everton	A	0-2	Loss	35,198	18
2	Wed Aug 27, 1986	Charlton Athletic	H	4-0	Win	12,970	9	Webb (?, ?), Clough (?), Birtles (?)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1986	Watford	H	1-1	Draw	14,723	10	Bowyer (?)
4	Tue Sep 02, 1986	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	21,305	3	Webb (?), Clough (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1986	Southampton	A	3-1	Win	14,604	2	Webb (?, ?), Birtles (?)
6	Sat Sep 13, 1986	Aston Villa	H	6-0	Win	17,045	1	Carr (?), Webb (?, ?), Clough (?), Birtles (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 20, 1986	Chelsea	A	6-2	Win	20,171	1	Webb (?, ?, ?), Birtles (?, ?, ? pen)
8	Sat Sep 27, 1986	Arsenal	H	1-0	Win	25,371	1	Clough (?)
9	Sat Oct 04, 1986	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	34,828	1	Birtles (?)
10	Sat Oct 11, 1986	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	18,402	2	Birtles (?)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	Win	17,199	1	Clough (?)
12	Sat Oct 25, 1986	Oxford United	A	1-2	Loss	10,219	1	Pearce (?)
13	Sat Nov 01, 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	Win	23,303	1	Pearce (?), Webb (?), Birtles (?)
14	Sat Nov 08, 1986	Coventry City	A	0-1	Loss	16,089	2
15	Sat Nov 15, 1986	Luton Town	A	2-4	Loss	11,097	3	Bowyer (?), Birtles (?)
16	Sat Nov 22, 1986	Wimbledon	H	3-2	Win	15,481	2	Metgod (?), Clough (? pen), Thorn (? OG)
17	Sat Nov 29, 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-2	Win	30,042	2	Pearce (? pen), Fairclough (?), Webb (?)
18	Sat Dec 06, 1986	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	19,129	2	Carr (?), Birtles (?)
19	Sat Dec 13, 1986	Newcastle United	A	2-3	Loss	26,191	2	Carr (?), Starbuck (?)
20	Sat Dec 20, 1986	Southampton	H	0-0	Draw	15,394	2
21	Fri Dec 26, 1986	Norwich City	A	1-2	Loss	22,131	3	Pearce (?)
22	Sun Dec 28, 1986	Luton Town	H	2-2	Draw	20,273	4	Bowyer (?), Clough (?)
23	Thu Jan 01, 1987	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	32,854	4	Starbuck (?)
24	Sat Jan 03, 1987	Aston Villa	A	0-0	Draw	19,159	4
25	Sun Jan 25, 1987	Everton	H	1-0	Win	17,009	4	Webb (?)
26	Sat Jan 31, 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	Win	5,050	4	Clough (?)
27	Sat Feb 07, 1987	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	15,173	4	Birtles (?)
28	Sat Feb 14, 1987	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	19,373	4	Birtles (?)
29	Sat Feb 28, 1987	Chelsea	H	0-1	Loss	18,317	7
30	Sat Mar 07, 1987	Oxford United	H	2-0	Win	18,352	5	Clough (?, ?)
31	Sat Mar 14, 1987	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	Loss	18,352	7	Metgod (?)
32	Tue Mar 17, 1987	Arsenal	A	0-0	Draw	18,352	6
33	Sun Mar 22, 1987	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	18,679	4	Carr (?), Clough (?)
34	Sat Mar 28, 1987	Manchester United	A	0-2	Loss	39,182	6
35	Sat Apr 04, 1987	Coventry City	H	0-0	Draw	13,507	6
36	Tue Apr 14, 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-2	Win	18,597	6	Clough (?, ?), Rice (?)
37	Sat Apr 18, 1987	Liverpool	A	0-3	Loss	37,359	7
38	Mon Apr 20, 1987	Norwich City	H	1-1	Draw	14,446	7	Clough (?)
39	Sat Apr 25, 1987	Wimbledon	A	1-2	Loss	5,012	8	Pearce (?)
40	Sat May 02, 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	Win	19,837	7	Metgod (?), Webb (?)
41	Mon May 04, 1987	Manchester City	A	0-1	Loss	21,405	7
42	Sat May 09, 1987	Newcastle United	H	2-1	Win	17,788	8	Pearce (?), Foster (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Jan 11, 1987	Crystal Palace	3			A	0-1	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Wed Sep 24, 1986	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	1	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Oct 08, 1986	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	2	H	3-0	Win	-	Carr (?, ?), Pearce (?)
Wed Oct 29, 1986	Crystal Palace	3		A	2-2	Draw	-	Pearce (?), Birtles (?)
Wed Nov 05, 1986	Crystal Palace	3		H	1-0	Win	-	Clough (?)
Wed Nov 19, 1986	Bradford City	4		A	5-0	Win	-	Metgod (?), Carr (?), Clough (?), Mills (?), Fairclough (?)
Wed Jan 21, 1987	Arsenal	Quarter		A	0-2	Loss	38,617

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jul 05, 1986	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	1-0	Win	-	Birtles (?)
Tue Jul 08, 1986	Notts County	Final	H	2-1	Win	-	Carr (?), Rice (?)
Sun Aug 17, 1986	Mansfield Town	Final	H	1-1	Draw	-	Clough (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Jul 20, 1986	Brombella IF	Sweden	A	3-1	Win	-	Berner (? OG), Pearce (?), Clough (?)
Tue Jul 22, 1986	KB Cobenhagen	Denmark	A	0-2	Loss	-
Fri Jul 25, 1986	Myresjoe IF	Sweden	A	6-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Birtles (?), Webb (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Sun Jul 27, 1986	Aarhus IF	Denmark	A	7-1	Win	-	Clough (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Pearce (?)
Tue Jul 29, 1986	Aelmhults	Sweden	A	8-0	Win	-	Webb (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Ringberg (?)
Sat Aug 02, 1986	Valleivogels	Netherlands	A	6-1	Win	-	Clough (?, ?, ?), Palin (?, ?), Walsh (?)
Sun Aug 03, 1986	Stevo	Netherlands	A	4-2	Win	-	Clough (?, ?), Metgod (?, ?)
Tue Aug 05, 1986	Meppeler Sport Club	Netherlands	A	12-1	Win	-	Starbuck (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Rice (?, ?, ?), Smalley (?, ?), Carr (?), ? (? OG)
Wed Aug 06, 1986	Den Haag	Netherlands	A	2-1	Win	-	Walsh (?), Webb (?)
Sat Aug 09, 1986	Utrecht	Netherlands	A	1-1	Draw	-	Clough (?)
Sun Aug 10, 1986	Top	Netherlands	A	4-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?, ?), Starbuck (?)
Tue Aug 12, 1986	Willem II	Netherlands	A	1-2	Loss	-	Mills (?)
Wed Aug 13, 1986	Dordrecht	Netherlands	A	1-1	Draw	-	Clough (?)
Wed Aug 20, 1986	Torpedo Moscow	Russia	H	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Oct 14, 1986	Notts County	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?, ?, ?), Mills (?)
Tue Nov 25, 1986	Plymouth Argyle	England	A	1-6	Loss	-	Clough (?)
Tue Mar 31, 1987	VF Frolunda	Sweden	A	2-1	Win	-	Pearce (? pen), Clough (?)
Mon May 11, 1987	Spartak Varna XI	Bulgaria	A	1-1	Draw	-	Wilkinson (?)
Fri May 15, 1987	Derby County	England	H	1-1	Draw	-	Pearce (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Dec 02, 1986	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Osvold (?), Mills (?)

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Fri Aug 08, 1986	Burton Albion	Final	A	0-1	Loss	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Hans Segers	18	7	5	6
GK		Steve Sutton	31	14	8	9				1
D		Brett Williams	5	2	1	2
D		Colin Foster	9	3	2	4	1				2
D		Des Walker	48	20	13	15							Player Of The Year
D		Gary Fleming	38	15	11	12
D		Ian Butterworth	7	4	1	2
D		Mark Smalley
D		Stuart Pearce	44	19	12	13	8
M		Chris Fairclough	30	10	10	10	2				3
M		Gary Andrews	1	1							1
M		Steven Murray (1983-86)
F		Brian Rice	4	2	1	1	1				1
F		Calvin Plummer
F		Colin Walsh
F		David Campbell	18	9	4	5				3	1
F		David Riley	1			1					1
F		Franz Carr	42	19	12	11	7			1
F		Garry Birtles	33	16	9	8	15			2
F		Gary Mills	38	17	10	11	1			1	6
F		Ian Bowyer	40	15	12	13	3			3
F		Johnny Metgod	44	21	8	15	4			1	1
F		Kjetil Osvold	4	2		2
F		Lee Glover	1	1							1
F		Neil Webb	39	18	11	10	14			2
F		Nigel Clough	49	21	13	15	16			1
F		Paul Wilkinson	8	3	1	4				3
F		Phil Starbuck	6		2	4	2			1	2
F		Terry Wilson
		Graeme Forbes
		Leigh Palin
		T Ringberg

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
16	Nigel Clough	49
15	Garry Birtles	33
14	Neil Webb	39
8	Stuart Pearce	44
7	Franz Carr	42
4	Johnny Metgod	44
3	Ian Bowyer	40
2	Chris Fairclough	30
2	Phil Starbuck	6
1	Brian Rice	4
1	Colin Foster	9
1	Gary Mills	38

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1986-87

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Charlton Athletic	Wed Aug 27, 1986	H	4-0	Sat Jan 31, 1987	A	1-0
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Nov 01, 1986	H	3-2	Tue Apr 14, 1987	A	3-2
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Nov 29, 1986	A	3-2	Sat May 02, 1987	H	2-0