Season 1987-1988

Division I


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Liverpool 40 15 5 0 49 9 11 7 2 38 15 90 2. Manchester United 40 14 5 1 41 17 9 7 4 30 21 81 3. Nottingham Forest 40 11 7 2 40 17 9 6 5 27 22 73 4. Everton 40 14 4 2 34 11 5 9 6 19 16 70 5. Queens Park Rangers 40 12 4 4 30 14 7 6 7 18 24 67 6. Arsenal 40 11 4 5 35 16 7 8 5 23 23 66 7. Wimbledon 40 8 9 3 32 20 6 6 8 26 27 57 8. Newcastle United 40 9 6 5 32 23 5 8 7 23 30 56 9. Luton Town 40 11 6 3 40 21 3 5 12 17 37 53 10. Coventry City 40 6 8 6 23 25 7 6 7 23 28 53 11. Sheffield Wednesday 40 10 2 8 27 30 5 6 9 25 36 53 12. Southampton 40 6 8 6 27 26 6 6 8 22 27 50 13. Tottenham Hotspur 40 9 5 6 26 23 3 6 11 12 25 47 14. Norwich City 40 7 5 8 26 26 5 4 11 14 26 45 15. Derby County 40 6 7 7 18 17 4 6 10 17 28 43 16. West Ham United 40 6 9 5 23 21 3 6 11 17 31 42 17. Charlton Athletic 40 7 7 6 23 21 2 8 10 15 31 42 18. Chelsea 40 7 11 2 24 17 2 4 14 26 51 42 19. Portsmouth 40 4 8 8 21 27 3 6 11 15 39 35 20. Watford 40 4 5 11 15 24 3 6 11 12 27 32 21. Oxford United 40 5 7 8 24 34 1 6 13 20 46 31

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 15 Aug  Chelsea................. 1-2    15     21,929   Lee Chapman
 2. Tue 18 Aug  OXFORD UNITED........... 1-1    12     17,868   Lee Chapman
 3. Sat 22 Aug  NEWCASTLE UNITED........ 0-1    17     22,031   
 4. Sat 29 Aug  Everton................. 0-4    19     29,649   
 5. Mon 31 Aug  COVENTRY CITY........... 0-3    20     17,171   

 6. Sat  5 Sep  Southampton............. 1-1    20     12,526   Lee Chapman
 7. Sat 12 Sep  WATFORD................. 2-3    20     16,144   Lee Chapman, Colin West
 8. Sat 19 Sep  Derby County............ 2-2    21     15,869   Gary Megson, Mel Sterland
 9. Sat 26 Sep  CHARLTON ATHLETIC....... 2-0    20     16,350   Lee Chapman 2

10. Sat  3 Oct  Tottenham Hotspur....... 0-2    20     24,311   
11. Sat 10 Oct  MANCHESTER UNITED....... 2-4    20     32,779   Mel Sterland, Own Goal
12. Sat 17 Oct  Nottingham Forest....... 0-3    20     17,685   
13. Sat 24 Oct  NORWICH CITY............ 1-0    19     15,861   Nigel Pearson
14. Sat 31 Oct  Portsmouth.............. 2-1    18     13,582   Colin West 2

15. Sat  7 Nov  West Ham United......... 1-0    16     16,277   Carl Bradshaw
16. Sat 14 Nov  LUTON TOWN.............. 0-2    16     16,960   
17. Sat 28 Nov  QUEENS PARK RANGERS..... 3-1    17     16,933   Gary Megson, Mark Proctor
                                                                Own Goal

18. Sat  5 Dec  Arsenal................. 1-3    17     23,670   Colin West
19. Sat 12 Dec  WIMBLEDON............... 1-0    16     14,289   Lee Chapman
20. Sat 19 Dec  Liverpool............... 0-1    17     35,383   
21. Sat 26 Dec  Watford................. 3-1    16     12,026   Lee Chapman, Nigel Pearson
                                                                Colin West
22. Mon 28 Dec  DERBY COUNTY............ 2-1    12     26,191   Lee Chapman, Colin West

23. Fri  1 Jan  EVERTON................. 1-0    10     26,433   Mark Proctor
24. Sat  2 Jan  Newcastle United........ 2-2    10     25,503   Lee Chapman, Brian Marwood
25. Sat 16 Jan  CHELSEA................. 3-0     9     19,859   Carl Bradshaw, Brian Marwood
                                                                Larry May

26. Sat  6 Feb  SOUTHAMPTON............. 2-1     9     14,769   Lee Chapman, Mel Sterland
27. Sat 13 Feb  Coventry City........... 0-3     9     14,382   
28. Sat 20 Feb  Charlton Athletic....... 1-3     9      4,517   Lee Chapman
29. Sat 27 Feb  TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR....... 0-3    10     18,046   

30. Sat  5 Mar  NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 0-1    12     19,509   
31. Sat 12 Mar  Manchester United....... 1-4    12     33,318   Lee Chapman
32. Sat 19 Mar  PORTSMOUTH.............. 1-0     9     13,731   Mel Sterland
33. Sat 26 Mar  Norwich City............ 3-0     9     13,280   Lee Chapman, Siggi Jonsson
                                                                Mel Sterland

34. Sat  2 Apr  WEST HAM UNITED......... 2-1     8     18,435   Mark Chamberlain, David Hirst
35. Tue  5 Apr  Luton Town.............. 2-2     8      7,337   Lee Chapman, Mel Sterland
36. Wed 13 Apr  Oxford United........... 3-0     8      5,727   Lee Chapman 2, Mel Sterland
37. Sat 23 Apr  Queens Park Rangers..... 1-1     8     12,531   Colin West
38. Sat 30 Apr  ARSENAL................. 3-3     8     16,681   Lee Chapman, David Hirst
                                                                Mel Sterland

39. Tue  3 May  Wimbledon............... 1-1     9      7,854   Lee Chapman
40. Sat  7 May  LIVERPOOL............... 1-5    10     35,893   David Hirst

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 3   Sat  9 Jan  EVERTON................. 1-1     33,304   Colin West
 3R  Wed 13 Jan  Everton................. 1-1     32,935   Colin West
                                          aet              
 3R2 Mon 25 Jan  Everton................. 1-1     37,414   Lee Chapman
                                          aet              
 3R3 Wed 27 Jan  EVERTON................. 0-5     38,953   

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 2L1 Tue 22 Sep  Shrewsbury Town......... 1-1      4,364   Greg Fee
 2L2 Tue  6 Oct  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 2-1      8,572   Colin West 2
     Wednesday won 3-2 on aggregate            

 3   Tue 27 Oct  Barnsley................ 2-1     19,439   Mark Chamberlain, David Hirst

 4   Wed 18 Nov  Aston Villa............. 2-1     25,302   Lee Chapman, Colin West

 5   Wed 20 Jan  ARSENAL................. 0-1     34,531   

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Appearances

                           LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                  Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Mel Sterland              38      8      4      0      5      0     47      8
Nigel Worthington         38      0      4      0      5      0     47      0
Lee Chapman               37     19      4      1      5      1     46     21
Lawrie Madden             38      0      3      0      5      0     46      0
Gary Megson               37      2      4      0      5      0     46      2
Mark Proctor              35      2      4      0      0      0     39      2
Martin Hodge              29      0      4      0      5      0     38      0
Colin West                23/2    7      4      2      5      3     32/2   12
Larry May                 17/1    1      4      0      3      0     24/1    1
Nigel Pearson             19      2      4      0      0      0     23      2
Brian Marwood             16/2    2      4      0      1      0     21/2    2
Mark Chamberlain          15/6    1      1/2    0      3/1    1     19/9    2
David Hirst               19/5    3      0      0      0/2    1     19/7    4
Tony Galvin               12/6    0      0      0      4      0     16/6    0
Gary Owen                 12/2    0      0/2    0      2      0     14/4    0
Siggi Jonsson             11/2    1      0      0      1      0     12/2    1
Kevin Pressman            11      0      0      0      0      0     11      0
Greg Fee                   7/9    0      0      0      3/1    1     10/10   1
Wayne Jacobs               5/1    0      0      0      3      0      8/1    0
Carl Bradshaw              6/14   2      0/1    0      0/2    0      6/17   2
Des Hazel                  5/1    0      0      0      0      0      5/1    0
Steve McCall               5      0      0      0      0      0      5      0
Ian Cranson                4      0      0      0      0      0      4      0
Carl Shutt                 1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0

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