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SEASON: 1986-87

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This Season: 1986-87
Next Season: 1987-88

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

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								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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GAMES

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 (?, ?), 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	3	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	Scorers
Sun Jan 11, 1987	Crystal Palace	3			A	0-1	Loss	-

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	-
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
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	Scorers
Tue Dec 02, 1986	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	2-2	Draw	-	Osvold (?), Mills (?)

Bass Charity Vase

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

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (13)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Calvin Plummer	Bought			Calvin Plummer	Loan Out
	Gary Andrews	Bought			Colin Walsh	Sold
	Paul Wilkinson	Bought			David Riley	Sold	£20,000
Mar 17, 1987	Colin Foster	Bought	£50,000		Gary Andrews	Sold
Apr 25, 1987	Kjetil Osvold	Bought	£88,000		Johnny Metgod	Sold
					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
				May 09, 1987	Chris Fairclough	Sold
				May 09, 1987	Gary Mills	Sold
				Jun 01, 1987	Garry Birtles	Sold
				Jun 01, 1987	Ian Bowyer	Sold

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