Football League Second Division 1986/87

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Football League Second Division 1986/87
Football League logo until 1988
master Derby County
Climbers Derby County, Portsmouth FC
Relegation ↓ Sunderland AFC
Relegated Sunderland AFC , Grimsby Town , Brighton & Hove Albion
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,131  (ø 2.45 per game)
Top scorer Micky Quinn ( Portsmouth FC )
← Football League Second Division 1985/86
^ Football League First Division 1986/87

The Football League Second Division 1986/87 was the 84th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 23, 1986 and ended on May 9, 1987.

Second division champion was Derby County and also the second-placed Portsmouth FC rose to the Football League First Division . From the play-off round, in which the third to fifth placed Oldham Athletic , Leeds United and Ipswich Town also took part in the table nineteenth of the First Division Charlton Athletic , Charlton emerged as the winner, so that no other club entered the Second Division left towards First Division. For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1987/88 against the background of the league expansion from 22 to 23 teams, the three first division clubs Leicester City , Manchester City and Aston Villa ranked in the table below . Grimsby Town and Brighton & Hove Albion had to relegate directly from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . In addition, Sunderland AFC failed in the play-off round against third division clubs Swindon Town , Wigan Athletic and Gillingham FC in the semi-finals at Gillingham. Swindon as the later winner took in the following season 1987/88 as well as the third division winners AFC Bournemouth and behind them Middlesbrough FC one of the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Derby County (N)  42  25th  9  8th 064:380 +26 84
 2. Portsmouth FC  42  23  9  10 053:280 +25 78
 3. Oldham Athletic  42  22nd  9  11 065:440 +21 75
 4th Leeds United  42  19th  11  12 058:440 +14 68
 5. Ipswich Town (A)  42  17th  13  12 059:430 +16 64
 6th Crystal Palace  42  19th  5  18th 051:530  −2 62
 7th Plymouth Argyle (N)  42  16  13  13 062:570  +5 61
 8th. Stoke City  42  16  10  16 063:530 +10 58
 9. Sheffield United  42  15th  13  14th 050:490  +1 58
10. Bradford City  42  15th  10  17th 062:620  ± 0 55
11. Barnsley FC  42  14th  13  15th 049:520  −3 55
12. Blackburn Rovers  42  15th  10  17th 045:550 −10 55
13. Reading FC (N)  42  14th  11  17th 052:590  −7 53
14th Hull City  42  13  14th  15th 041:550 −14 53
15th West Bromwich Albion (A)  42  13  12  17th 051:490  +2 51
16. Millwall FC  42  14th  9  19th 039:450  −6 51
17th Huddersfield Town  42  13  12  17th 054:610  −7 51
18th Shrewsbury Town  42  15th  6th  21st 041:530 −12 51
19th Birmingham City (A)  42  11  17th  14th 047:590 −12 50
20th Sunderland AFC  42  12  12  18th 049:590 −10 48
21st Grimsby Town  42  10  14th  18th 039:590 −20 44
22nd Brighton & Hove Albion  42  9  12  21st 037:540 −17 39

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1987/88
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1987/88
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the First Division
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the second division
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1985/86
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1985/86

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1986/87 BAR BIR BLA BRA BHA CRY OF THE GRI HUD HUL IPS LEE Mil OLD PLY POR REA SHU SHR STO SUN WBA
    Barnsley FC 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 2
    Birmingham City 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 1
    Blackburn Rovers 4: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1-0 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1 6: 1 0: 1
    Bradford City 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 4: 2 4: 3 2-0 3: 4 2-0 4-0 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 4 3: 2 1: 3
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 0: 3 2-0
    Crystal Palace 0: 1 6-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 3 1-0 5: 1 3: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 3 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 2-0 1: 1
    Derby County 3: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 4: 1 1-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 4: 2 0-0 3-0 2-0 3: 1 0-0 3: 2 1: 1
    Grimsby Town 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1
    Huddersfield Town 2: 2 2: 2 1: 2 5: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 3 1: 2 1: 1 3-0 5: 4 1: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 0: 2 2: 1
    Hull City 3: 4 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 0: 2 0: 2 0-0 3-0 0: 4 1-0 2-0
    Ipswich Town 1-0 3-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 0: 2 1: 1 3-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0
    Leeds United 2: 2 4-0 0-0 1-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0 2-0 1: 1 3-0 3: 2 2-0 0: 2 4-0 3: 1 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 2
    Millwall FC 1-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 4-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1
    Oldham Athletic 2-0 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 4 1: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 4-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1
    Plymouth Argyle 2-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 5-0 1: 1 4-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 2: 3 1-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 3 2: 4 1-0
    Portsmouth FC 2: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 3-0 3-0 3: 1 2: 1
    Reading FC 0-0 2: 2 4-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 3 3: 2 1-0 1: 4 2: 1 0: 1 2: 3 2-0 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Sheffield United 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 4: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 3 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 1-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 4: 1 0: 1 1-0
    Stoke City 1: 2 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 3: 1 0: 2 5: 1 2-0 1: 1 0-0 7: 2 2-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 3-0 5: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 1
    Sunderland AFC 2: 3 2-0 3-0 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 3
    West Bromwich Albion 0: 1 3: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 4 3-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 4: 1 2: 2

    Play-off games

    Play-off round to participate in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                             
    FD 19  Charlton Athletic 0 2 2      
    5  Ipswich Town 0 1 1  
    FD 19  Charlton Athletic 1 0 1
      4th  Leeds United 0 1 1
    3  Oldham Athletic 0 2 2
     
    4th  Leeds United 1 1 2  

    Play-off round to participate in the Second Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) final
                             
    20th  Sunderland AFC 2 4th 6th      
    TD 5  Gillingham FC 3 3 6th  
    TD 5  Gillingham FC 1 1 2
      TD 3  Swindon Town 0 2 2
    TD 3  Swindon Town 3 0 3
     
    TD 4  Wigan Athletic 2 0 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Mickey Quinn Portsmouth FC 22nd

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1986/87 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
    3. ↑ In a playoff game played at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham , Charlton Athletic won 2-1 after extra time.
    4. ↑ a b Decision on the away goals rule .
    5. ↑ Swindon Town won 2-0 goals in a play-off held in London's Selhurst Park .