The City Ground

SEASON: 1987-88

Prev Season: 1986-87
This Season: 1987-88
Next Season: 1988-89

DIVISION: Barclays First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Liverpool (N) 1-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Manchester City (A) 0-3)
Player Of The Year:: Nigel Clough

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (22 goals)

Competitive Games:: 49
Competitive Goals:: 84
Goals per game:: 1.7
League Games:: 40
League Points:: 73 out of 120 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 60.8%

Highest League Attendance:: 31,061 (Coventry City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 11,610 (Norwich City)
Average League Attendance:: 19,272
Highest Cup Attendance:: 11,617 (Hereford United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 11,617 (Hereford United)

FA Cup:: Wimbledon
League Cup:: Luton Town
League Trophy:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Community Shield:: Everton

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 5
5-0 (Wed Sep 23, 1987, Hereford United, Home, League Cup)
5-0 (Sat Nov 14, 1987, Portsmouth, Home, League Tier 1)
5-3 (Sat May 07, 1988, Oxford United, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 5
5-0 (Wed Sep 23, 1987, Hereford United, Home, League Cup)
5-0 (Sat Nov 14, 1987, Portsmouth, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
0-5 (Wed Apr 13, 1988, Liverpool, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 5
0-5 (Wed Apr 13, 1988, Liverpool, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 22
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 4
Penalties saved:: 1

TABLE

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

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	12 times	6 times	3 times	3 times
Conceded	14 times	7 times	4 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	12 times	5 times	4 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	1 time	1 time		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		1	2	1	-	1	2	6	3	Liverpool (2-1), Liverpool (0-5)
2	55	2	2	1	1	-	2	0	4	Arsenal (2-0), Manchester United (0-0)
3	71	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	83	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	39	5	3	1	1	1	9	6	4	Chelsea (3-4), Manchester United (2-2), Queens Park Rangers (4-0)
6	14	6	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Queens Park Rangers (1-2)
7	12	7	3	1	1	1	3	1	4	Tottenham Hotspur (3-0), Everton (0-1), Wimbledon (0-0)
8		8	4	1	3	-	5	2	6	Everton (0-0), Coventry City (3-0), Wimbledon (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (1-1)
9		9	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Watford (1-0)
10		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11		11	4	1	3	-	6	5	6	Southampton (3-3), Sheffield Wednesday (1-0), Luton Town (1-1), Luton Town (1-1)
12		12	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	Arsenal (0-1), Derby County (1-0), Southampton (1-1)
13		13	3	3	-	-	6	2	9	Newcastle United (1-0), Chelsea (3-2), Norwich City (2-0)
14		14	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Newcastle United (0-2)
15		15	2	1	-	1	6	4	3	West Ham United (2-3), Coventry City (4-1)
16		16	3	3	-	-	6	1	9	Norwich City (2-0), Oxford United (2-0), Derby County (2-1)
17		17	2	1	1	-	5	0	4	Portsmouth (5-0), West Ham United (0-0)
18		18	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Portsmouth (1-0)
19		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20		20	3	1	2	-	5	2	5	Sheffield Wednesday (3-0), Charlton Athletic (2-2), Watford (0-0)
21		21	1	1	-	-	5	3	3	Oxford United (5-3)

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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 15, 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	2-1	6,021	6	Glover (59'), Clough (67')
2	Wed Aug 19, 1987	Watford	H	1-0	14,527	3	Pearce (25' pen)
3	Sat Aug 22, 1987	Everton	H	0-0	20,445	2
4	Sat Aug 29, 1987	Newcastle United	A	1-0	20,111	2	Clough (43')
5	Wed Sep 02, 1987	Southampton	H	3-3	14,173	3	Webb (5'), Pearce (32'), Clough (66')
6	Sat Sep 05, 1987	Chelsea	A	3-4	18,414	6	Foster (9'), Clough (20'), Wilkinson (35')
7	Sat Sep 12, 1987	Arsenal	H	0-1	18,490	6
8	Sat Sep 19, 1987	Coventry City	A	3-0	17,519	4	Wilson (19'), Carr (71'), Pearce (74' pen)
9	Sat Sep 26, 1987	Norwich City	A	2-0	13,755	3	Webb (28', 32')
10	Sat Oct 10, 1987	Derby County	A	1-0	22,394	5	Wilkinson (33')
11	Sat Oct 17, 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	17,685	3	Clough (19'), Carr (59'), Wilkinson (77')
12	Sat Oct 24, 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3-0	23,543	4	Carr (29'), Webb (76'), Clough (85')
13	Sat Oct 31, 1987	Manchester United	A	2-2	44,669	4	Wilkinson (27'), Pearce (76')
14	Sat Nov 14, 1987	Portsmouth	H	5-0	15,851	4	Wilson (3'), Wilkinson (12'), Webb (42'), Rice (77'), Clough (81' pen)
15	Sat Nov 21, 1987	West Ham United	A	2-3	17,216	4	Webb (32'), Clough (70')
16	Sat Dec 05, 1987	Wimbledon	A	1-1	5,170	4	Clough (25')
17	Sun Dec 13, 1987	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	18,130	3	Gaynor (40'), Clough (81', 83', 85' pen)
18	Sat Dec 19, 1987	Oxford United	A	2-0	7,891	3	Rice (56'), Plummer (73')
19	Sat Dec 26, 1987	Arsenal	A	2-0	31,211	2	Wilson (39'), Pearce (89' pen)
20	Mon Dec 28, 1987	Coventry City	H	4-1	31,061	2	Gaynor (30', 73'), Brian Borrows (76' OG), Wilson (82')
21	Fri Jan 01, 1988	Newcastle United	H	0-2	28,583	2
22	Sun Jan 03, 1988	Everton	A	0-1	21,680	2
23	Sat Jan 16, 1988	Charlton Athletic	H	2-2	15,363	2	Plummer (48'), Webb (83')
24	Sat Jan 23, 1988	Watford	A	0-0	13,158	2
25	Sat Feb 06, 1988	Chelsea	H	3-2	18,203	2	Foster (22'), Crosby (46'), Clough (66' pen)
26	Sat Feb 13, 1988	Southampton	A	1-1	13,315	3	Clough (44')
27	Sat Mar 05, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-0	19,509	3	Webb (14')
28	Wed Mar 16, 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	8,316	4	Danny Maddix (57' OG)
29	Sat Mar 19, 1988	Manchester United	H	0-0	27,598	3
30	Sat Mar 26, 1988	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	25,306	5	Clough (67')
31	Wed Mar 30, 1988	Derby County	H	2-1	25,017	4	Clough (24', 47')	Safe
32	Sat Apr 02, 1988	Liverpool	H	2-1	29,188	3	Alan Hansen (24' OG), Webb (59')	Safe
33	Mon Apr 04, 1988	Portsmouth	A	1-0	17,528	3	Wilson (67')	Safe
34	Wed Apr 13, 1988	Liverpool	A	0-5	39,535	5		Safe
35	Wed Apr 20, 1988	West Ham United	H	0-0	15,775	5		Safe
36	Sat Apr 30, 1988	Wimbledon	H	0-0	14,341	5		Safe
37	Wed May 04, 1988	Norwich City	H	2-0	11,610	4	Webb (9'), Glover (41')	Safe
38	Sat May 07, 1988	Oxford United	H	5-3	12,762	3	Webb (5', 87'), Carr (16'), Clough (35', 41')	Safe
39	Fri May 13, 1988	Luton Town	A	1-1	9,108	3	Glover (46')	Safe
40	Sun May 15, 1988	Luton Town	H	1-1	13,106	3	Webb (61')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 09, 1988	Halifax Town	3	A	4-0	4,913	Wilson (23'), Pearce (33'), Plummer (70'), Wilkinson (83')
Sat Jan 30, 1988	Leyton Orient	4	A	2-1	19,212	Glover (67'), Plummer (72')
Sat Feb 20, 1988	Birmingham City	5	A	1-0	34,494	Crosby (9')
Sat Mar 12, 1988	Arsenal	Quarter	A	2-1	50,157	Wilkinson (42'), Rice (73')
Sat Apr 09, 1988	Liverpool	Semi	N	1-2	51,627	Clough (66')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 23, 1987	Hereford United	2	1	H	5-0	11,617	Webb (37', 69'), Carr (53'), Clough (83'), Wilkinson (86')
Wed Oct 07, 1987	Hereford United	2	2	A	1-1	3,905	Clough (89')
Tue Oct 27, 1987	Manchester City	3		A	0-3	15,168

Full Members Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Feb 03, 1988	Reading	3	A	1-2	9,096	Webb (52')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sun Aug 09, 1987	Notts County		H	4-4	5,198	Osvold (29', 85'), Pearce (62'), Campbell (64')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Jul 27, 1987	Halmstad	Sweden	A	3-2	3,273	Carr (?), Clough (?, ?)
Wed Jul 29, 1987	Copenhagen	Denmark	A	4-1	1,200	Campbell (?), Clough (?, ?, ?)
Fri Jul 31, 1987	Waggeryds IK	Sweden	A	7-1	2,000	Rice (?), Campbell (?, ?), Clough (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sun Aug 02, 1987	Hoeganas BK	Sweden	A	6-0	1,000	Stubbs (?, ?), Carr (?), Webb (?, ?, ?)
Tue Aug 04, 1987	Malmo FF	Sweden	A	0-2	5,733

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 23, 1987	Saudi Arabia XI	Saudi Arabia	A	1-1	2,000	Gaynor (?)
Sun May 08, 1988	Lincoln City	England	A	2-2	3,621	Parker (?), Clough (? pen)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Nov 30, 1987	Celtic	Scotland	A	3-1	42,464	Clough (13', 35'), Gaynor (87')

Football League Centenary Tournament

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Apr 16, 1988	Leeds United	1	N	3-0	-	Carr (7'), Pearce (15' pen), Parker (37')
Mon Apr 18, 1988	Aston Villa	Quarter	N	0-0	-
Tue Apr 19, 1988	Tranmere Rovers	Semi	N	2-2	-	Clough (47'), Carr (53')
Tue Apr 19, 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	Final	N	0-0	-

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Mon Jul 27, 1987	Pre-Season Friendly	Halmstad			A	3-2	3,273	Carr (?), Clough (?, ?)
Wed Jul 29, 1987	Pre-Season Friendly	Copenhagen			A	4-1	1,200	Campbell (?), Clough (?, ?, ?)
Fri Jul 31, 1987	Pre-Season Friendly	Waggeryds IK			A	7-1	2,000	Rice (?), Campbell (?, ?), Clough (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sun Aug 02, 1987	Pre-Season Friendly	Hoeganas BK			A	6-0	1,000	Stubbs (?, ?), Carr (?), Webb (?, ?, ?)
Tue Aug 04, 1987	Pre-Season Friendly	Malmo FF			A	0-2	5,733
Sun Aug 09, 1987	County Cup	Notts County			H	4-4	5,198	Osvold (29', 85'), Pearce (62'), Campbell (64')
Sat Aug 15, 1987	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			A	2-1	6,021	Glover (59'), Clough (67')
Wed Aug 19, 1987	League Tier 1	Watford			H	1-0	14,527	Pearce (25' pen)
Sat Aug 22, 1987	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-0	20,445
Sat Aug 29, 1987	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	1-0	20,111	Clough (43')
Wed Sep 02, 1987	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	3-3	14,173	Webb (5'), Pearce (32'), Clough (66')
Sat Sep 05, 1987	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	3-4	18,414	Foster (9'), Clough (20'), Wilkinson (35')
Sat Sep 12, 1987	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	0-1	18,490
Sat Sep 19, 1987	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	3-0	17,519	Wilson (19'), Carr (71'), Pearce (74' pen)
Wed Sep 23, 1987	League Cup	Hereford United	2	1	H	5-0	11,617	Webb (37', 69'), Carr (53'), Clough (83'), Wilkinson (86')
Sat Sep 26, 1987	League Tier 1	Norwich City			A	2-0	13,755	Webb (28', 32')
Wed Oct 07, 1987	League Cup	Hereford United	2	2	A	1-1	3,905	Clough (89')
Sat Oct 10, 1987	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	1-0	22,394	Wilkinson (33')
Sat Oct 17, 1987	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	3-0	17,685	Clough (19'), Carr (59'), Wilkinson (77')
Sat Oct 24, 1987	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	3-0	23,543	Carr (29'), Webb (76'), Clough (85')
Tue Oct 27, 1987	League Cup	Manchester City	3		A	0-3	15,168
Sat Oct 31, 1987	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	2-2	44,669	Wilkinson (27'), Pearce (76')
Sat Nov 14, 1987	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			H	5-0	15,851	Wilson (3'), Wilkinson (12'), Webb (42'), Rice (77'), Clough (81' pen)
Sat Nov 21, 1987	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-3	17,216	Webb (32'), Clough (70')
Mon Nov 23, 1987	Friendly	Saudi Arabia XI			A	1-1	2,000	Gaynor (?)
Mon Nov 30, 1987	Testimonial	Celtic			A	3-1	42,464	Clough (13', 35'), Gaynor (87')
Sat Dec 05, 1987	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			A	1-1	5,170	Clough (25')
Sun Dec 13, 1987	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			H	4-0	18,130	Gaynor (40'), Clough (81', 83', 85' pen)
Sat Dec 19, 1987	League Tier 1	Oxford United			A	2-0	7,891	Rice (56'), Plummer (73')
Sat Dec 26, 1987	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	2-0	31,211	Wilson (39'), Pearce (89' pen)
Mon Dec 28, 1987	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	4-1	31,061	Gaynor (30', 73'), Brian Borrows (76' OG), Wilson (82')
Fri Jan 01, 1988	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	0-2	28,583
Sun Jan 03, 1988	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-1	21,680
Sat Jan 09, 1988	FA Cup	Halifax Town	3		A	4-0	4,913	Wilson (23'), Pearce (33'), Plummer (70'), Wilkinson (83')
Sat Jan 16, 1988	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			H	2-2	15,363	Plummer (48'), Webb (83')
Sat Jan 23, 1988	League Tier 1	Watford			A	0-0	13,158
Sat Jan 30, 1988	FA Cup	Leyton Orient	4		A	2-1	19,212	Glover (67'), Plummer (72')
Wed Feb 03, 1988	Full Members Cup	Reading	3		A	1-2	9,096	Webb (52')
Sat Feb 06, 1988	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	3-2	18,203	Foster (22'), Crosby (46'), Clough (66' pen)
Sat Feb 13, 1988	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	1-1	13,315	Clough (44')
Sat Feb 20, 1988	FA Cup	Birmingham City	5		A	1-0	34,494	Crosby (9')
Sat Mar 05, 1988	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	1-0	19,509	Webb (14')
Sat Mar 12, 1988	FA Cup	Arsenal	Quarter		A	2-1	50,157	Wilkinson (42'), Rice (73')
Wed Mar 16, 1988	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			A	1-2	8,316	Danny Maddix (57' OG)
Sat Mar 19, 1988	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	0-0	27,598
Sat Mar 26, 1988	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-1	25,306	Clough (67')
Wed Mar 30, 1988	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	2-1	25,017	Clough (24', 47')	Safe
Sat Apr 02, 1988	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-1	29,188	Alan Hansen (24' OG), Webb (59')	Safe
Mon Apr 04, 1988	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			A	1-0	17,528	Wilson (67')	Safe
Sat Apr 09, 1988	FA Cup	Liverpool	Semi		N	1-2	51,627	Clough (66')	Safe
Wed Apr 13, 1988	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-5	39,535		Safe
Sat Apr 16, 1988	Football League Centenary Tournament	Leeds United	1		N	3-0	-	Carr (7'), Pearce (15' pen), Parker (37')
Mon Apr 18, 1988	Football League Centenary Tournament	Aston Villa	Quarter		N	0-0	-
Tue Apr 19, 1988	Football League Centenary Tournament	Tranmere Rovers	Semi		N	2-2	-	Clough (47'), Carr (53')	Safe
Tue Apr 19, 1988	Football League Centenary Tournament	Sheffield Wednesday	Final		N	0-0	-		Safe
Wed Apr 20, 1988	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	0-0	15,775		Safe
Sat Apr 30, 1988	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			H	0-0	14,341		Safe
Wed May 04, 1988	League Tier 1	Norwich City			H	2-0	11,610	Webb (9'), Glover (41')	Safe
Sat May 07, 1988	League Tier 1	Oxford United			H	5-3	12,762	Webb (5', 87'), Carr (16'), Clough (35', 41')	Safe
Sun May 08, 1988	Friendly	Lincoln City			A	2-2	3,621	Parker (?), Clough (? pen)
Fri May 13, 1988	League Tier 1	Luton Town			A	1-1	9,108	Glover (46')	Safe
Sun May 15, 1988	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	1-1	13,106	Webb (61')	Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Sep 23, 1987	Hereford United	2	1		H	5-0	11,617
Wed Oct 07, 1987	Hereford United	2	2		A	1-1	3,905
Tue Oct 27, 1987	Manchester City	3			A	0-3	15,168

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Feb 03, 1988	Reading	3	A	1-2	9,096

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sun Aug 09, 1987	Notts County		H	4-4	5,198

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Nov 23, 1987	Saudi Arabia XI	Saudi Arabia	A	1-1	2,000
Sun May 08, 1988	Lincoln City	England	A	2-2	3,621

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Nov 30, 1987	Celtic	Scotland	A	3-1	42,464

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £293,000				Out (3) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Apr 01, 1987	Billy Stubbs	Bought			Kjetil Osvold	Sold
Nov 21, 1987	Tommy Gaynor	Bought		1987	Brett Williams	Loan Out
Jan 16, 1988	Gary Crosby	Bought	£20,000	Sep 19, 1987	David Campbell	Sold
Feb 13, 1988	Darren Wassall	Loan In
Apr 14, 1988	Garry Parker	Bought	£273,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Hans Segers	Netherlands	25	5	1	2	2
GK		Steve Sutton	England	26	44	24	12	8
Defenders
D		Brett Williams	England	19	4	2	2					1
D		Colin Foster	England	23	48	25	13	10	2			2	1
D		Des Walker	England	21	44	22	12	10				1
D		Gary Fleming	N. Ireland	20	26	13	8	5				3	5	9
D		Steve Chettle	England	18	38	18	11	9				1	3	5
D		Stuart Pearce	England	25	43	23	10	10	6
Midfielders
M		Darren Wassall	England	19	3	1	1	1					1	2
M		Neil Webb	England	24	49	25	14	10	16
Forwards
F		Brian Rice	Scotland	23	38	20	10	8	3			3
F		Calvin Plummer	England	24	11	6	3	2	4			4
F		David Campbell	N. Ireland	22	8	4	2	2				2	1
F		Franz Carr	England	20	25	12	8	5	5			3		4
F		Garry Parker	England	21	2	1	1						1	3
F		Gary Crosby	England	23	17	7	7	3	2			1	2	1
F		Kjetil Osvold	Norway	26	4	2	1	1					3	5
F		Lee Glover	England	17	24	12	7	5	4			3	4	12
F		Nigel Clough	England	21	40	22	11	7	22			2			Player Of The Year (2nd time)
F		Paul Wilkinson	England	22	35	19	9	7	8			4	3	2
F		Phil Starbuck	England	18	12	6		6					11	4
F		Terry Wilson	Scotland	18	45	22	13	10	6			6	3
F		Tommy Gaynor	Rep. of Ire.	24	14	8	3	3	3			4	2	4

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num Games
22 (3)	Nigel Clough	40
16	Neil Webb	49
8	Paul Wilkinson	35
6 (3)	Stuart Pearce	43
6	Terry Wilson	45
5	Franz Carr	25
4	Calvin Plummer	11
4	Lee Glover	24
3	Brian Rice	38
3	Own Goals	49
3	Tommy Gaynor	14
2	Colin Foster	48
2	Gary Crosby	17

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Coventry City	Sat Sep 19, 1987	Away	3-0	Mon Dec 28, 1987	Home	4-1
Derby County	Sat Oct 10, 1987	Away	1-0	Wed Mar 30, 1988	Home	2-1
Norwich City	Sat Sep 26, 1987	Away	2-0	Wed May 04, 1988	Home	2-0
Oxford United	Sat Dec 19, 1987	Away	2-0	Sat May 07, 1988	Home	5-3
Portsmouth	Sat Nov 14, 1987	Home	5-0	Mon Apr 04, 1988	Away	1-0
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Oct 17, 1987	Home	3-0	Sat Mar 05, 1988	Away	1-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score