Football League Second Division 1987/88
master
Millwall FC
Climbers Millwall FC, Aston Villa , Middlesbrough FC (as play-off winners)
Relegation ↓
Sheffield United
Relegated
Sheffield United , Reading FC , Huddersfield Town
Teams 23
Games 506
Gates 1,389 (ø 2.75 per game)
Top scorer
David Currie ( Barnsley FC )
← Football League Second Division 1986/87
^ Football League First Division 1987/88
The Football League Second Division 1987/88Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 15, 1987 and ended on May 7, 1988.
Second division champions were the Millwall FC and also rose second-placed Aston Villa and after play-off successes against Bradford City and the first division club Chelsea from the third-placed Middlesbrough FC to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1988/89 against the background of the league expansion from 23 to 24 teams in addition to Chelsea, the three first division clubs Portsmouth , Watford and Oxford United in the table below took the places. Reading FC and Huddersfield Town had to relegate directly from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . In addition, Sheffield United failed in the play-off round against third division clubs FC Walsall , Notts County and Bristol City in the semi-finals at Bristol. Walsall as the later winner took in the following season 1988/89 as well as the third division winner AFC Sunderland and the Brighton & Hove Albion ranked behind one of the vacant positions.
Closing table Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1988/89
Promoted to the Football League First Division in 1988/89
Play-off winners and promoted to Football League First Division in 1988/89
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
Results table The home teams are listed in the left column.
1987/88
AST
BAR
BIR
BLA
BOU
BRA
CRY
HUD
HUL
IPS
LEE
LEI
MNC
MID
Mil
OLD
PLY
REA
SHU
SHR
STO
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 FC 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 AFC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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
Play-off games Play-off round to participate in the First Division Play-off round to participate in the Second Division
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ 1987/88 season. wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
↑ In a replay played in Walsall, FC Walsall won 4-0 goals.
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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David Currie