1987–88 Football League























The Football League
Season 1987–88
Champions Liverpool
Relegated Newport County

← 1986–87


1988–89 →


The 1987–88 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League.




Contents






  • 1 Final league tables and results


  • 2 First Division


    • 2.1 Stats


    • 2.2 First Division results




  • 3 Second Division


    • 3.1 Second Division play-offs


    • 3.2 Second Division results




  • 4 Third Division


    • 4.1 Third Division play-offs




  • 5 Fourth Division


    • 5.1 Fourth Division play-offs




  • 6 Goalscorers


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





Final league tables and results


The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated.



First Division
































Football League, First Division
Season 1987–88
Champions
Liverpool (17th English title)
Relegated
Chelsea
Oxford United
Portsmouth
Watford

FA Cup winners

Wimbledon (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 420
Top goalscorer
John Aldridge (Liverpool), 26 [2]

← 1986–87


1988–89 →


Liverpool won the league title with a comfortable nine-point margin and just two defeats all season. Second in the league were Manchester United.


The automatically-relegated sides were Watford, Oxford United and Portsmouth. Chelsea were subsequently relegated as well after losing to Middlesbrough in the playoff final.




































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

HW

HD

HL

HGF

HGA

AW

AD

AL

AGF

AGA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation
1

Liverpool (C)
40
15
5
0
49
9
11
7
2
38
15
+63
90
Football League Champions[a]
2

Manchester United
40
14
5
1
41
17
9
7
4
30
21
+33
81
Excluded from UEFA Cup[a]
3

Nottingham Forest
40
11
7
2
40
17
9
6
5
27
22
+28
73

4

Everton
40
14
4
2
34
11
5
9
6
19
16
+26
70
5

Queens Park Rangers
40
12
4
4
30
14
7
6
7
18
24
+10
67
6

Arsenal
40
11
4
5
35
16
7
8
5
23
23
+19
66
7

Wimbledon
40
8
9
3
32
20
6
6
8
26
27
+11
57

FA Cup winners
8

Newcastle United
40
9
6
5
32
23
5
8
7
23
30
+2
56

9

Luton Town
40
11
6
3
40
21
3
5
12
17
37
−1
53

Football League Cup winners
10

Coventry City
40
6
8
6
23
25
7
6
7
23
28
−7
53

11

Sheffield Wednesday
40
10
2
8
27
30
5
6
9
25
36
−14
53
12

Southampton
40
6
8
6
27
26
6
6
8
22
27
−4
50
13

Tottenham Hotspur
40
9
5
6
26
23
3
6
11
12
25
−10
47
14

Norwich City
40
7
5
8
26
26
5
4
11
14
26
−12
45
15

Derby County
40
6
7
7
18
17
4
6
10
17
28
−10
43
16

West Ham United
40
6
9
5
23
21
3
6
11
17
31
−12
42
17

Charlton Athletic
40
7
7
6
23
21
2
8
10
15
31
−14
42
18

Chelsea
40
7
11
2
24
17
2
4
14
26
51
−18
42
Relegated via the Second Division play-offs[b]
19

Portsmouth
40
4
8
8
21
27
3
6
11
15
39
−30
35
Automatically relegated to the Second Division
20

Watford
40
4
5
11
15
24
3
6
11
12
27
−24
32
21

Oxford United
40
5
7
8
24
34
1
6
13
20
46
−36
31

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:




  1. ^ ab All English teams excluded from European competition as a result of Heysel


  2. ^ Chelsea lost in the final round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.




Stats


Record



  • Most wins: Liverpool (26)

  • Least losses: Liverpool (2)

  • Most goals scored: Liverpool (87)

  • Least goals conceded: Liverpool (24)

  • Best goal difference ratio: Liverpool (+63)

  • Most draws: Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, West Ham United, Wimbledon (15)

  • Least draws: Sheffield Wednesday

  • Most losses: Watford (22)

  • Least wins: Oxford United (6)

  • Least goals scored: Watford (27)

  • Most goals conceded: Oxford United (80)

  • Worst goal difference ratio: Oxford United (-36)



First Division results



















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Home Away

ARS

CHA

CHE

COV

DER

EVE

LIV

LUT

MUN

NEW

NWC

NOT

OXF

POR

QPR

SHW

SOU

TOT

WAT

WHU

WDN

Arsenal

4–0

3–1
1–1
2–1
1–1
1–2
2–1

1–2
1–1
2–0
0–2
2–0
6–0
0–0
3–1
0–1

2–1
0–1
1–0
3–0

Charlton Athletic
0–3

2–2
2–2
0–1
0–0
0–2
1–0
1–3
2–0
2–0
1–2
0–0
2–1
0–1
3–1
1–1
1–1
1–0
3–0
1–1

Chelsea

1–1
1–1

1–0
1–0
0–0
1–1
3–0
1–2
2–2
1–0
4–3
2–1
0–0
1–1
2–1
0–1
0–0
1–1
1–1
1–1

Coventry City
0–0
0–0
3–3

0–3
1–2
1–4
4–0
0–0
1–3
0–0
0–3
1–0
1–0
0–0
3–0
2–3
2–1
1–0
0–0
3–3

Derby County
0–0
1–1
2–0
2–0

0–0
1–1
1–0
1–2
2–1
1–2

0–1
0–1
0–0
0–2
2–2
2–0
1–2
1–1
1–0
0–1

Everton
1–2
1–1
4–1
1–2
3–0


1–0
2–0
2–1
1–0
1–0
1–0
0–0
2–1
2–0
4–0
1–0
0–0
2–0
3–1
2–2

Liverpool
2–0
3–2
2–1
4–0
4–0

2–0

1–1

3–3
4–0
0–0
5–0
2–0
4–0
4–0
1–0
1–1
1–0
4–0
0–0
2–1

Luton Town
1–1
1–0
3–0
0–1
1–0
2–1
0–1

1–1
4–0
1–2
1–1
7–4
4–1
2–1
2–2
2–2
2–0

2–1
2–2
2–0

Manchester United

0–0
0–0
3–1
1–0
4–1
2–1

1–1
3–0

2–2
2–1
2–2
3–1
4–1
2–1
4–1
0–2
1–0
2–0
3–1
2–1

Newcastle United
0–1
2–1
3–1
2–2
0–0
1–1
1–4
4–0
1–0

1–3
0–1
3–1
1–1
1–1
2–2
2–1
2–0
3–0
2–1
1–2

Norwich City
2–4
2–0
3–0
3–1
1–2
0–3
0–0
2–2
1–0
1–1

0–2
4–2
0–1
1–1
0–3
0–1
2–1
0–0
4–1
0–1

Nottingham Forest
0–1
2–2
3–2
4–1

2–1
0–0
2–1
1–1
0–0
0–2
2–0

5–3
5–0
4–0
3–0
3–3
3–0
1–0
0–0
0–0

Oxford United
0–0
2–1
4–4
1–0
0–0
1–1
0–3
2–5
0–2
1–3
3–0
0–2

4–2
2–0
0–3
0–0
0–0
1–1
1–2
2–5

Portsmouth
1–1
1–1
0–3
0–0
2–1
0–1
0–2
3–1
1–2
1–2
2–2
0–1
2–2

0–1
1–2
2–2
0–0
1–1
2–1
2–1

Queens Park Rangers
2–0
2–0
3–1
1–2
1–1
1–0
0–1
2–0
0–2
1–1
3–0
2–1
3–2
2–1

1–1
3–0
2–0
0–0
0–1
1–0

Sheffield Wednesday
3–3
2–0
3–0
0–3
2–1
1–0
1–5
0–2
2–4
0–1
1–0
0–1
1–1
1–0
3–1

2–1
0–3
2–3
2–1
1–0

Southampton
4–2
0–1
3–0
1–2
1–2
0–4
2–2
1–1
2–2
1–1
0–0
1–1
3–0
0–2
0–1
1–1

2–1
1–0
2–1
2–2

Tottenham Hotspur

1–2
0–1
1–0
2–2
0–0
2–1
0–2
2–1
1–1
3–1
1–3
1–1
3–0
0–1
1–1
2–0
2–1

2–1
2–1
0–3

Watford
2–0
2–1
0–3
0–1
1–1
1–2
1–4

0–1
0–1
1–1
0–1
0–0
3–0
0–0
0–1
1–3
0–1
1–1

1–2
1–0

West Ham United
0–1
1–1
4–1
1–1
1–1
0–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–1
2–0
3–2
1–1
1–1
0–3
0–1
2–1
0–1
1–0

1–2

Wimbledon
3–1
4–1
2–2
1–2
2–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
2–1
0–0
1–0
1–1
1–1
2–2
1–2
1–1
2–0
3–0
1–2
1–1


Source:[citation needed]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Second Division


Millwall lifted the Second Division championship trophy and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. Runners-up were Aston Villa, managed by Graham Taylor. Middlesbrough won promotion for the second season running after negotiating the relegation/promotion play-offs at the expense of Chelsea.


Huddersfield Town, who suffered a 10-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester City in November, were relegated. The Second/Third Division relegation/promotion play-offs once again saw a Second Division club suffer relegation, this time it was Sheffield United.




































































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

HW

HD

HL

HGF

HGA

AW

AD

AL

AGF

AGA

GD

Pts
Promotion or relegation
1

Millwall
44
15
3
4
45
23
10
4
8
27
29
+20
82
Division Champions - automatically promoted to First Division
2

Aston Villa
44
9
7
6
31
21
13
5
4
37
20
+27
78
Division runners-up - automatically promoted to First Division
3

Middlesbrough
44
15
4
3
44
16
7
8
7
19
20
+27
78
Promoted via the Second Division play-offs[a]
4

Bradford City
44
14
3
5
49
26
8
8
6
25
28
+20
77
Participated in Second Division play-offs
5

Blackburn Rovers
44
12
8
2
38
22
9
6
7
30
30
+16
77
6

Crystal Palace
44
16
3
3
50
21
6
6
10
36
38
+27
75

7

Leeds United
44
14
4
4
37
18
5
8
9
24
33
+10
69
8

Ipswich Town
44
14
3
5
38
17
5
6
11
23
35
+9
66
9

Manchester City
44
11
4
7
50
28
8
4
10
30
32
+20
65
10

Oldham Athletic
44
13
4
5
43
27
5
7
10
29
37
+8
65
11

Stoke City
44
12
6
4
34
22
5
5
12
16
35
−7
62
12

Swindon Town
44
10
7
5
43
25
6
4
12
30
35
+13
59
13

Leicester City
44
12
5
5
35
20
4
6
12
27
41
+1
59
14

Barnsley
44
11
4
7
42
32
4
8
10
19
30
−1
57
15

Hull City
44
10
8
4
32
22
4
7
11
22
38
−6
57
16

Plymouth Argyle
44
12
4
6
44
26
4
4
14
21
41
−2
56
17

Bournemouth
44
7
7
8
36
30
6
3
13
20
38
−12
49
18

Shrewsbury Town
44
7
8
7
23
22
4
8
10
19
32
−12
49
19

Birmingham City
44
7
9
6
20
24
4
6
12
21
42
−25
48
20

West Bromwich Albion
44
8
7
7
29
26
4
4
14
21
43
−19
47
21

Sheffield United
44
8
6
8
27
28
5
1
16
18
46
−29
46
Relegated via the Third Division play-offs[b]
22

Reading
44
5
7
10
20
25
5
5
12
24
45
−26
42
Automatically relegated to the Third Division
23

Huddersfield Town
44
4
6
12
20
38
2
4
16
21
62
−59
28

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:




  1. ^ Middlesbrough won the play-offs and were thus promoted.


  2. ^ Sheffield United lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.




Second Division play-offs


The team fourth from bottom of the First Division played off for one place in that division with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth in the Second Division. In the semi-final, Chelsea of the First Division beat fifth-placed Blackburn Rovers 6–1 on aggregate, and third-placed Middlesbrough beat Bradford City 3–2 on aggregate. The final was also played over two legs. Playing at their Ayresome Park ground in front of a crowd of 25,531, Middlesbrough duly won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Bernie Slaven and Trevor Senior. In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, which was marred by violence perpetrated by some of the 40,550 spectators, Chelsea's Gordon Durie scored the only goal. Thus Middlesbrough won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division for 1988–89, while Chelsea were relegated to the Second.[3][4][5]






























































































Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988
Final
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
                   

Blackburn Rovers
0
1
1

Chelsea (Div 1)
2
4

6

Chelsea (Div 1)
0
1
1


Middlesbrough
2
0

2

Bradford City
2
0

2

Middlesbrough
1
2
3

Source:[6]



Second Division results



















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Home Away

AST

BAR

BIR

BLB

BOU

BRA

CRY

HUD

HUL

IPS

LEE

LEI

MCI

MID

MIL

OLD

PLY

REA

SHU

SHR

STK

SWI

WBA

Aston Villa

0–0
0–2
1–1
1–1
1–0
4–1
1–1
5–0
1–0
1–2
2–1
1–1
0–1
1–2
1–2
5–2
2–1
1–1
1–0
0–1
2–1
0–0

Barnsley
1–3

2–2
0–1
2–1
3–0
2–1
1–0
1–3
2–3
1–1
1–1
3–1
0–3
4–1
1–1
2–1
5–2
1–2
2–1
5–2
0–1
3–1

Birmingham City
1–2
2–0

1–0
1–1
1–1
0–6
2–0
1–1
1–0
0–0
2–2
0–3
0–0
1–0
1–3
0–1
2–2
1–0
0–0
2–0
1–1
0–1

Blackburn Rovers
3–2
0–1
2–0

3–1
1–1
2–0
2–2
2–1
1–0
1–1
3–3
2–1
0–2
2–1
1–0
1–1
1–1
4–1
2–2
2–0
0–0
3–1

Bournemouth
1–2
1–2
4–2
1–1

2–0
2–3
0–2
6–2
1–1
0–0
2–3
0–2
0–0
1–2
2–2
2–2
3–0
1–2
2–0
0–0
2–0
3–2

Bradford City
2–4
1–1
4–0
2–1
2–0

2–0
0–1
2–0
2–3
0–0
4–1
2–4
2–0
3–1
5–3
3–1
3–0
2–0
1–1
1–4
2–0
4–1

Crystal Palace
1–1
3–2
3–0
2–0
3–0
1–1

2–1
2–2
1–2
3–0
2–1
2–0
3–1
1–0
3–1
5–1
2–3
2–1
1–2
2–0
2–1
4–1

Huddersfield Town
0–1
2–2
2–2
1–2
1–2
1–2
2–2

0–2
1–2
0–0
1–0
1–0
1–4
2–1
2–2
2–1
0–2
0–2
0–0
0–3
0–3
1–3

Hull City
2–1
1–2
2–0
2–2
2–1
0–0
2–1
4–0

1–0
3–1
2–2
3–1
0–0
0–1
1–0
1–1
2–2
1–2
1–1
0–0
1–4
1–0

Ipswich Town
1–1
1–0
1–0
0–2
1–2
4–0
2–3
3–0
2–0

1–0
0–2
3–0
4–0
1–1
2–0
1–2
2–1
1–0
2–0
2–0
3–2
1–1

Leeds United
1–3
0–2
4–1
2–2
3–2
2–0
1–0
3–0
0–2
1–0

1–0
2–0
2–0
1–2
1–1
1–0
0–0
5–0
2–1
0–0
4–2
1–0

Leicester City
0–2
0–0
2–0
1–2
0–1
0–2
4–4
3–0
2–1
1–1
3–2

1–0
0–0
1–0
4–1
4–0
1–0
1–0
0–1
1–1
3–2
3–0

Manchester City
0–2
1–1
3–0
1–2
2–0
2–2
1–3
10–1
2–0
2–0
1–2
4–2

1–1
4–0
1–2
2–1
2–0
2–3
1–3
3–0
1–1
4–2

Middlesbrough
2–1
2–0
1–1
1–1
3–0
1–2
2–1
2–0
1–0
3–1
2–0
1–2
2–1

1–1
1–0
3–1
0–0
6–0
4–0
2–0
2–3
2–1

Millwall
2–1
3–1
3–1
1–4
1–2
0–1
1–1
4–1
2–0
2–1
3–1
1–0
0–1
2–1

1–1
3–2
3–0
3–1
4–1
2–0
2–2
2–0

Oldham Athletic
0–1
1–0
1–2
4–2
2–0
0–2
1–0
3–2
1–2
3–1
1–1
2–0
1–1
3–1
0–0

0–1
4–2
3–2
2–2
5–1
4–3
2–1

Plymouth Argyle
1–3
0–0
1–1
3–0
1–2
2–1
1–3
6–1
3–1
0–0
6–3
4–0
3–2
0–1
1–2
1–0

1–3
1–0
2–0
3–0
1–0
3–3

Reading
0–2
2–1
1–1
0–0
0–0
1–1
2–3
3–2
0–0
1–1
0–1
1–2
0–2
0–0
2–3
3–0
0–1

2–1
1–0
0–1
0–1
1–2

Sheffield United
1–1
1–0
0–2
3–1
0–1
1–2
1–1
2–2
2–1
4–1
2–2
2–1
1–2
0–2
1–2
0–5
1–0
4–1

0–1
0–0
1–0
0–0

Shrewsbury Town
1–2
1–1
0–0
1–2
2–1
2–2
2–0
3–1
2–2
0–0
1–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
0–0
2–3
2–1
0–1
2–0

0–3
2–1
0–1

Stoke City
0–0
3–1
3–1
2–1
1–0
1–2
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–2
2–1
2–1
1–3
1–0
1–2
2–2
1–0
4–2
1–0
1–1

1–0
3–0

Swindon Town
0–0
3–0
0–2
1–2
4–2
2–2
2–2
4–1
0–0
4–2
1–2
3–2
3–4
1–1
0–1
2–0
1–1
4–0
2–0
1–1
3–0

2–0

West Bromwich Albion
0–2
2–2
3–1
0–1
3–0
0–1
1–0
3–2
1–1
2–2
1–4
1–1
1–1
0–0
1–4
0–0
1–0
0–1
4–0
2–1
2–0
1–2


Source:[citation needed]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Third Division


Sunderland won the Third Division and went back up to the Second Division. They were joined by runners-up Brighton & Hove Albion and playoff winners Walsall.


The Third Division relegation places were occupied by Rotherham United, Grimsby Town, York City and Doncaster Rovers.





















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

HW

HD

HL

HGF

HGA

AW

AD

AL

AGF

AGA

GD

Pts
Promotion or relegation
1

Sunderland
46
14
7
2
51
22
13
5
5
41
26
+44
93
Division Champions - automatically promoted to Second Division
2

Brighton & Hove Albion
46
15
7
1
37
16
8
8
7
32
31
+22
84
Division Runners-up - automatically promoted to Second Division
3

Walsall
46
15
6
2
39
22
8
7
8
29
28
+18
82
Promoted via the Third Division play-offs[a]
4

Notts County
46
14
4
5
53
24
9
8
6
29
25
+33
81
Participated in Third Division play-offs
5

Bristol City
46
14
6
3
51
30
7
6
10
26
32
+15
75
6

Northampton Town
46
12
8
3
36
18
6
11
6
34
33
+19
73

7

Wigan Athletic
46
11
8
4
36
23
9
4
10
34
38
+9
72
8

Bristol Rovers
46
14
5
4
43
19
4
7
12
25
37
+12
66
9

Fulham
46
10
5
8
36
24
9
4
10
33
36
+9
66
10

Blackpool
46
13
4
6
45
27
4
10
9
26
35
+9
65
11

Port Vale
46
12
8
3
36
19
6
3
14
22
37
+2
65
12

Brentford
46
9
8
6
27
23
7
6
10
26
36
−6
62
13

Gillingham
46
8
9
6
45
21
6
8
9
32
40
+16
59
14

Bury
46
9
7
7
33
26
6
7
10
25
31
+1
59
15

Chester City
46
9
8
6
29
30
5
8
10
22
32
−11
58
16

Preston North End
46
10
6
7
30
23
5
7
11
18
36
−11
58
17

Southend United
46
10
6
7
42
33
4
7
12
23
50
−18
55
18

Chesterfield
46
10
5
8
25
28
5
5
13
16
42
−29
55
19

Mansfield Town
46
10
6
7
25
21
4
6
13
23
38
−11
54
20

Aldershot
46
12
3
8
45
32
3
5
15
19
42
−10
53
21

Rotherham United
46
8
8
7
28
25
4
8
11
22
41
−16
52
Relegated via the Fourth Division play-offs[b]
22

Grimsby Town
46
6
7
10
25
29
6
7
10
23
29
−10
50
Automatically relegated to the Fourth Division
23

York City
46
4
7
12
27
45
4
2
17
21
46
−43
33
24

Doncaster Rovers
46
6
5
12
25
36
2
4
17
15
48
−44
33

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:




  1. ^ Walsall won the play-offs and were thus promoted.


  2. ^ Rotherham United lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.




Third Division play-offs





































































































Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988
Final
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
                   
21st

Sheffield United (Div 2)
0
1
1

5th

Bristol City
1
1

2

3rd

Walsall
3
0

3

5th

Bristol City
1
2
3

3rd

Walsall
3
1

4
4th

Notts County
1
1
2

Replay

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30 May 1988












Walsall 4 – 0 Bristol City
Report/Soccerbase [1]


Fellows Park, Walsall

Attendance: 13,007




Fourth Division


Wolves ended their two-year tenure in the Fourth Division by finishing top of the table and winning promotion to the Third Division. They also won the Sherpa Van Trophy final by defeating Burnley at Wembley.


Bolton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Swansea City were also promoted.


Newport County were relegated for the second successive season. They were replaced in the Football League by Lincoln City.


Scunthorpe United left the Old Showground and moved into Glanford Park.





















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

HW

HD

HL

HGF

HGA

AW

AD

AL

AGF

AGA

GD

Pts
Promotion or relegation
1

Wolverhampton Wanderers
46
15
3
5
47
19
12
6
5
35
24
+39
90
Division Champions - automatically promoted to Third Division
2

Cardiff City
46
15
6
2
39
14
9
7
7
27
27
+25
85

Welsh Cup Winners - qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
3

Bolton Wanderers
46
15
6
2
42
12
7
6
10
24
30
+24
78
Division Runners-up - automatically promoted to Third Division
4

Scunthorpe United
46
14
5
4
42
20
6
12
5
34
31
+25
77
Participated in Fourth Division play-offs
5

Torquay United
46
10
7
6
34
16
11
7
5
32
25
+25
77
6

Swansea City
46
9
7
7
35
28
11
3
9
27
28
+6
70
Promoted via the Fourth Division play-offs[a]
7

Peterborough United
46
10
5
8
28
26
10
5
8
24
27
−1
70

8

Leyton Orient
46
13
4
6
55
27
6
8
9
30
36
+22
69
9

Colchester United
46
10
5
8
23
22
9
5
9
24
29
−4
67
10

Burnley
46
12
5
6
31
22
8
2
13
26
40
−5
67
11

Wrexham
46
13
3
7
46
26
7
3
13
23
32
+11
66
12

Scarborough[b]
46
12
8
3
38
19
5
6
12
18
29
+8
65
13

Darlington
46
13
6
4
39
25
5
5
13
32
44
+2
65
14

Tranmere Rovers
46
14
2
7
43
20
5
7
11
18
33
+8
64[c]
15

Cambridge United
46
10
6
7
32
24
6
7
10
18
28
−2
61
16

Hartlepool United
46
9
7
7
25
25
6
7
10
25
32
−7
59
17

Crewe Alexandra
46
7
11
5
25
19
6
8
9
32
34
+4
58
18

Halifax Town
46
11
7
5
37
25
3
7
13
17
34
−5
55[d]
19

Hereford United
46
8
7
8
25
27
6
5
12
16
32
−18
54
20

Stockport County
46
7
7
9
26
26
5
8
10
18
32
−14
51
21

Rochdale
46
5
9
9
28
34
6
6
11
19
42
−29
48
22

Exeter City
46
8
6
9
33
29
3
7
13
20
39
−15
46
23

Carlisle United
46
9
5
9
38
33
3
3
17
19
53
−29
44
24

Newport County
46
4
5
14
19
36
2
2
19
16
69
−70
25
Automatically relegated to the Football Conference

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:




  1. ^ Swansea City won the play-offs and were thus promoted.


  2. ^ Newly promoted from the Football Conference


  3. ^ Tranmere Rovers were deducted two points.


  4. ^ Halifax Town were deducted one point.




Fourth Division play-offs



Both the semifinals and the finals were decided over two legs
The full results can be found in the main article (see link above).




































































































Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1988
Finals
1st leg – 25 May; 2nd leg – 28 May 1988
                   
21st

Rotherham United (Div 3)
0
1
1

6th

Swansea City
1
1

2

6th

Swansea City
2
3

5

5th

Torquay United
1
3
4
4th

Scunthorpe United
1
1
2

5th

Torquay United
2
1

3


Goalscorers


The top goalscorers in each division were:



  • Division 1 - John Aldridge (26) [7]

  • Division 2 - David Currie (28)[7]

  • Division 3 - David Crown (26)[8]

  • Division 4 - Steve Bull (34)[8]



See also


  • 1987–88 in English football


References





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  5. ^ Barley, Sophie (3 August 2015). "'The Battle of Stamford Bridge': Violent scenes on a victorious day for Boro". The Gazette. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 26 May 2016.


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