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SEASON: 1986-87

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This 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)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1986-87								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	Everton	42	26	8	8	76	31	16	4	1	49	11	10	4	7	27	20	45	86	Excluded from European Cup	1-0	0-2
2	Liverpool	42	23	8	11	72	42	15	3	3	43	16	8	5	8	29	26	30	77	Excluded from UEFA Cup	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	Excluded from UEFA Cup	2-0	3-2
4	Arsenal	42	20	10	12	58	35	12	5	4	31	12	8	5	8	27	23	23	70	Excluded from UEFA Cup	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 after 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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Competitive Games:: 49
Competitive Goals:: 75
Goals per game:: 1.5
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 65 out of 126 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 51.6%

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	49	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	48	2	2	1	-	1	1	3	3	Everton (1-0), Liverpool (0-3)
3	16	3	4	2	2	-	5	2	8	West Ham United (2-1), Liverpool (1-1), Arsenal (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (2-0)
4	64	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	14	5	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Luton Town (2-4)
6	23	6	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Norwich City (1-1)
7	24	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	13	8	3	1	1	1	4	3	4	Watford (1-1), Southampton (3-1), Coventry City (0-1)
9	3	9	5	1	2	2	6	7	5	Sheffield Wednesday (3-2), Norwich City (1-2), West Ham United (1-1), Coventry City (0-0), Wimbledon (1-2)
10	3	10	2	1	1	-	4	3	4	Tottenham Hotspur (3-2), Watford (1-1)
11		11	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Luton Town (2-2)
12		12	3	2	-	1	3	3	6	Arsenal (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (1-3)
13		13	3	1	-	2	4	7	3	Leicester City (1-3), Wimbledon (3-2), Manchester United (0-2)
14		14	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Southampton (0-0)
15		15	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Charlton Athletic (4-0)
16		16	3	2	-	1	5	3	6	Chelsea (0-1), Oxford United (2-0), Sheffield Wednesday (3-2)
17		17	4	2	-	2	11	8	6	Chelsea (6-2), Oxford United (1-2), Newcastle United (2-3), Newcastle United (2-1)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	2	19	2	2	-	-	3	1	6	Charlton Athletic (1-0), Leicester City (2-1)
20	1	20	2	1	1	-	6	0	4	Aston Villa (6-0), Aston Villa (0-0)
21	1	21	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Manchester United (1-1), Manchester City (0-1)
22		22	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Manchester City (2-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Everton (0-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 34,828 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,298 (Oxford United)
Average League Attendance:: 19,034
Highest Cup Attendance:: 16,036 (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 13,029 (Crystal Palace)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 17
Yellow cards:: 3
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 10
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 23, 1986	Everton	A	0-2	Loss	35,198	19
2	Wed Aug 27, 1986	Charlton Athletic	H	4-0	Win	12,970	9	Webb (37, 72), Birtles (53), Clough (74)
3	Sat Aug 30, 1986	Watford	H	1-1	Draw	14,723	10	Bowyer (27)
4	Tue Sep 02, 1986	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	21,305	3	Webb (64), Clough (66)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1986	Southampton	A	3-1	Win	14,604	3	Webb (11, 74), Birtles (75)
6	Sat Sep 13, 1986	Aston Villa	H	6-0	Win	17,045	1	Carr (8), Birtles (22, 64), Clough (46), Webb (54, 88)
7	Sat Sep 20, 1986	Chelsea	A	6-2	Win	20,171	1	Webb (5, 37, 71), Birtles (30, 42, 78 pen)
8	Sat Sep 27, 1986	Arsenal	H	1-0	Win	25,271	1	Clough (2)
9	Sat Oct 04, 1986	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	34,828	1	Birtles (51)
10	Sat Oct 11, 1986	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	18,402	2	Birtles (42)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	Win	17,199	1	Clough (47)
12	Sat Oct 25, 1986	Oxford United	A	1-2	Loss	10,219	1	Pearce (70 pen)
13	Sat Nov 01, 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-2	Win	23,303	1	Webb (18), Pearce (35 pen), Birtles (73)
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 (25), Birtles (80)
16	Sat Nov 22, 1986	Wimbledon	H	3-2	Win	15,481	2	Clough (23 pen), Thorn (30 OG), Metgod (58)
17	Sat Nov 29, 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-2	Win	30,042	2	Pearce (2 pen), Fairclough (68), Webb (78)
18	Sat Dec 06, 1986	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	19,129	2	Birtles (47), Carr (86)
19	Sat Dec 13, 1986	Newcastle United	A	2-3	Loss	26,191	2	Starbuck (41), Carr (87)
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 (64)
22	Sun Dec 28, 1986	Luton Town	H	2-2	Draw	20,273	4	Clough (63), Bowyer (93)
23	Thu Jan 01, 1987	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	32,854	4	Starbuck (53)
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 (24)
26	Sat Jan 31, 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	Win	5,050	4	Clough (66)
27	Sat Feb 07, 1987	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	15,173	4	Birtles (51)
28	Sat Feb 14, 1987	West Ham United	H	1-1	Draw	19,373	4	Birtles (42 pen)
29	Sat Feb 28, 1987	Chelsea	H	0-1	Loss	18,317	7
30	Sat Mar 07, 1987	Oxford United	H	2-0	Win	12,298	5	Clough (14, 42)
31	Sat Mar 14, 1987	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-3	Loss	18,352	7	Metgod (57)
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 (11), Clough (58)
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 (8, 81), Rice (90)
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 (79)
39	Sat Apr 25, 1987	Wimbledon	A	1-2	Loss	5,012	8	Pearce (17 pen)
40	Sat May 02, 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	Win	19,837	7	Webb (53), Metgod (66)
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	Foster (35), Pearce (41 pen)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jan 11, 1987	Crystal Palace	3			A	0-1	Loss	11,618

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 24, 1986	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	1	A	0-0	Draw	13,266
Wed Oct 08, 1986	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	2	H	3-0	Win	16,036	Carr (37, 61), Pearce (77 pen)
Wed Oct 29, 1986	Crystal Palace	3		A	2-2	Draw	12,020	Pearce (41 pen), Birtles (72)
Wed Nov 05, 1986	Crystal Palace	3		H	1-0	Win	13,029	Clough (77)
Wed Nov 19, 1986	Bradford City	4		A	5-0	Win	16,009	Carr (30), Metgod (35), Clough (40), Mills (72), Fairclough (80)
Wed Jan 21, 1987	Arsenal	Quarter		A	0-2	Loss	38,617

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Aug 17, 1986	Mansfield Town	Final	H	1-1	Loss	3,716	Clough (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jul 20, 1986	Brombella IF	Sweden	A	3-0	Win	1,000	Berner (? OG), Pearce (?), Clough (?)
Tue Jul 22, 1986	KB Cobenhagen	Denmark	A	0-2	Loss	1,800
Fri Jul 25, 1986	Myresjoe IF	Sweden	A	6-1	Win	1,566	Campbell (?, ?), Birtles (?), Webb (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Sun Jul 27, 1986	Aarhus IF	Denmark	A	7-0	Win	2,000	Clough (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Pearce (?)
Tue Jul 29, 1986	Aelmhults	Sweden	A	8-0	Win	1,200	Webb (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Ringberg (?)
Sat Aug 02, 1986	Valleivogels	Netherlands	A	6-1	Win	2,500	Clough (?, ?, ?), Palin (?, ?), Walsh (?)
Sun Aug 03, 1986	Stevo	Netherlands	A	4-2	Win	2,000	Clough (?, ?), Metgod (?, ?)
Tue Aug 05, 1986	Meppeler Sport Club	Netherlands	A	12-0	Win	1,500	Starbuck (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Rice (?, ?, ?), Smalley (?, ?), Carr (?), ? (? OG)
Wed Aug 06, 1986	Den Haag	Netherlands	A	2-1	Win	5,000	Walsh (?), Webb (?)
Sat Aug 09, 1986	Utrecht	Netherlands	A	1-1	Draw	6,000	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	4,284

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 14, 1986	Notts County	England	A	5-2	Win	3,299	Birtles (?, ?, ?, ?), Mills (?)
Tue Nov 25, 1986	Plymouth Argyle	England	A	1-6	Loss	6,303	Clough (?)
Tue Mar 31, 1987	VF Frolunda	Sweden	A	2-1	Win	1,000	Pearce (? pen), Clough (?)
Mon May 11, 1987	Spartak Varna XI	Bulgaria	A	1-1	Draw	40,000	Wilkinson (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Dec 02, 1986	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	2-2	Draw	2,331	Osvold (?), Mills (?)
Fri May 15, 1987	Derby County	England	H	1-1	Draw	8,744	Pearce (?)

Bass Charity Vase

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

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Brian Clough
Sun Jul 20, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Brombella IF			A	3-0	1,000	Berner (? OG), Pearce (?), Clough (?)
Tue Jul 22, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	KB Cobenhagen			A	0-2	1,800
Fri Jul 25, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Myresjoe IF			A	6-1	1,566	Campbell (?, ?), Birtles (?), Webb (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Sun Jul 27, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Aarhus IF			A	7-0	2,000	Clough (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Pearce (?)
Tue Jul 29, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Aelmhults			A	8-0	1,200	Webb (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Ringberg (?)
Sat Aug 02, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Valleivogels			A	6-1	2,500	Clough (?, ?, ?), Palin (?, ?), Walsh (?)
Sun Aug 03, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Stevo			A	4-2	2,000	Clough (?, ?), Metgod (?, ?)
Tue Aug 05, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Meppeler Sport Club			A	12-0	1,500	Starbuck (?, ?, ?, ?, ?), Rice (?, ?, ?), Smalley (?, ?), Carr (?), ? (? OG)
Wed Aug 06, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Den Haag			A	2-1	5,000	Walsh (?), Webb (?)
Fri Aug 08, 1986	Bass Charity Vase	Burton Albion	Final		A	0-1	-
Sat Aug 09, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Utrecht			A	1-1	6,000	Clough (?)
Sun Aug 10, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Top			A	4-1	-	Birtles (?, ?, ?), Starbuck (?)
Tue Aug 12, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Willem II			A	1-2	-	Mills (?)
Wed Aug 13, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Dordrecht			A	1-1	-	Clough (?)
Sun Aug 17, 1986	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final		H	1-1	3,716	Clough (?)
Wed Aug 20, 1986	Pre-Season Friendly	Torpedo Moscow			H	0-2	4,284
Sat Aug 23, 1986	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-2	35,198
Wed Aug 27, 1986	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			H	4-0	12,970	Webb (37, 72), Birtles (53), Clough (74)
Sat Aug 30, 1986	League Tier 1	Watford			H	1-1	14,723	Bowyer (27)
Tue Sep 02, 1986	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-1	21,305	Webb (64), Clough (66)
Sat Sep 06, 1986	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	3-1	14,604	Webb (11, 74), Birtles (75)
Sat Sep 13, 1986	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	6-0	17,045	Carr (8), Birtles (22, 64), Clough (46), Webb (54, 88)
Sat Sep 20, 1986	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	6-2	20,171	Webb (5, 37, 71), Birtles (30, 42, 78 pen)
Wed Sep 24, 1986	League Cup	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	1	A	0-0	13,266
Sat Sep 27, 1986	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	1-0	25,271	Clough (2)
Sat Oct 04, 1986	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-1	34,828	Birtles (51)
Wed Oct 08, 1986	League Cup	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	2	H	3-0	16,036	Carr (37, 61), Pearce (77 pen)
Sat Oct 11, 1986	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-3	18,402	Birtles (42)
Tue Oct 14, 1986	Friendly	Notts County			A	5-2	3,299	Birtles (?, ?, ?, ?), Mills (?)
Sat Oct 18, 1986	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			H	1-0	17,199	Clough (47)
Sat Oct 25, 1986	League Tier 1	Oxford United			A	1-2	10,219	Pearce (70 pen)
Wed Oct 29, 1986	League Cup	Crystal Palace	3		A	2-2	12,020	Pearce (41 pen), Birtles (72)
Sat Nov 01, 1986	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-2	23,303	Webb (18), Pearce (35 pen), Birtles (73)
Wed Nov 05, 1986	League Cup	Crystal Palace	3		H	1-0	13,029	Clough (77)
Sat Nov 08, 1986	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	0-1	16,089
Sat Nov 15, 1986	League Tier 1	Luton Town			A	2-4	11,097	Bowyer (25), Birtles (80)
Wed Nov 19, 1986	League Cup	Bradford City	4		A	5-0	16,009	Carr (30), Metgod (35), Clough (40), Mills (72), Fairclough (80)
Sat Nov 22, 1986	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			H	3-2	15,481	Clough (23 pen), Thorn (30 OG), Metgod (58)
Tue Nov 25, 1986	Friendly	Plymouth Argyle			A	1-6	6,303	Clough (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1986	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	3-2	30,042	Pearce (2 pen), Fairclough (68), Webb (78)
Tue Dec 02, 1986	Testimonial	Doncaster Rovers			A	2-2	2,331	Osvold (?), Mills (?)
Sat Dec 06, 1986	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-0	19,129	Birtles (47), Carr (86)
Sat Dec 13, 1986	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	2-3	26,191	Starbuck (41), Carr (87)
Sat Dec 20, 1986	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	0-0	15,394
Fri Dec 26, 1986	League Tier 1	Norwich City			A	1-2	22,131	Pearce (64)
Sun Dec 28, 1986	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	2-2	20,273	Clough (63), Bowyer (93)
Thu Jan 01, 1987	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-1	32,854	Starbuck (53)
Sat Jan 03, 1987	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-0	19,159
Sun Jan 11, 1987	FA Cup	Crystal Palace	3		A	0-1	11,618
Wed Jan 21, 1987	League Cup	Arsenal	Quarter		A	0-2	38,617
Sun Jan 25, 1987	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	17,009	Webb (24)
Sat Jan 31, 1987	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			A	1-0	5,050	Clough (66)
Sat Feb 07, 1987	League Tier 1	Watford			A	1-1	15,173	Birtles (51)
Sat Feb 14, 1987	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	1-1	19,373	Birtles (42 pen)
Sat Feb 28, 1987	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	0-1	18,317
Sat Mar 07, 1987	League Tier 1	Oxford United			H	2-0	12,298	Clough (14, 42)
Sat Mar 14, 1987	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			A	1-3	18,352	Metgod (57)
Tue Mar 17, 1987	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-0	18,352
Sun Mar 22, 1987	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	2-1	18,679	Carr (11), Clough (58)
Sat Mar 28, 1987	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-2	39,182
Tue Mar 31, 1987	Friendly	VF Frolunda			A	2-1	1,000	Pearce (? pen), Clough (?)
Sat Apr 04, 1987	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	0-0	13,507
Tue Apr 14, 1987	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	3-2	18,597	Clough (8, 81), Rice (90)
Sat Apr 18, 1987	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-3	37,359
Mon Apr 20, 1987	League Tier 1	Norwich City			H	1-1	14,446	Clough (79)
Sat Apr 25, 1987	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			A	1-2	5,012	Pearce (17 pen)
Sat May 02, 1987	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-0	19,837	Webb (53), Metgod (66)
Mon May 04, 1987	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	0-1	21,405
Sat May 09, 1987	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	2-1	17,788	Foster (35), Pearce (41 pen)
Mon May 11, 1987	Friendly	Spartak Varna XI			A	1-1	40,000	Wilkinson (?)
Fri May 15, 1987	Testimonial	Derby County			H	1-1	8,744	Pearce (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £138,000				Out (13) - £1,450,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Calvin Plummer	Bought			Calvin Plummer	Loan Out
	Gary Andrews	Bought			Colin Walsh	Sold
	Paul Wilkinson	Bought			Gary Andrews	Sold
Mar 17, 1987	Colin Foster	Bought	£50,000		Johnny Metgod	Sold
Apr 25, 1987	Kjetil Osvold	Bought	£88,000		Mark Smalley	Sold
				Jan 20, 1981	Ian Bowyer	Sold
				Oct 10, 1981	Garry Birtles	Sold	£1,250,000
				Nov 22, 1986	Ian Butterworth	Sold	£160,000
				1987	Gary Mills	Sold
				May 09, 1987	Chris Fairclough	Sold
				Jun 01, 1987	Garry Birtles	Sold
				Jun 01, 1987	Ian Bowyer	Sold
				Oct 1987	David Riley	Sold	£40,000

SQUAD

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

			Graeme Forbes
		England	Leigh Palin
			T Ringberg

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
16 (1)	Nigel Clough	49
15 (2)	Garry Birtles	33
14	Neil Webb	39
8 (7)	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
1	Own Goals	49

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

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