1987-88 Season

Season Overview

Division: Barclays League Division Three
Final Position: 17
Chairman: Vic Jobson
FA Cup: R1
League Cup: R3
Sherpa Van Trophy: SVan R2

Managers

Dick Bate — from 30 June 1987 to 1 September 1987

Paul Clark — from 2 September 1987 to 1 May 1988

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	46	27	12	7	92	48	44	93	pr
2	Brighton + Hove Albion	46	23	15	8	69	47	22	84	pr
3	Walsall	46	23	13	10	68	50	18	82	ppl
4	Notts. County	46	23	12	11	82	49	33	81	pl
5	Bristol City	46	21	12	13	77	62	15	75	pl
6	Northampton Town	46	18	19	9	70	51	19	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	20	12	14	70	61	9	72
8	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	56	12	66
9	Fulham	46	19	9	18	69	60	9	66
10	Blackpool	46	17	14	15	71	62	9	65
11	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	58	56	2	65
12	Brentford	46	16	14	16	53	59	-6	62
13	Gillingham	46	14	17	15	77	61	16	59
14	Bury	46	15	14	17	58	57	1	59
15	Chester City	46	14	16	16	51	62	-11	58
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	48	59	-11	58
17	Southend United	46	14	13	19	65	83	-18	55
18	Chesterfield	46	15	10	21	41	70	-29	55
19	Mansfield Town	46	14	12	20	48	59	-11	54
20	Aldershot	46	15	8	23	64	74	-10	53
21	Rotherham United	46	12	16	18	50	66	-16	52
22	Grimsby Town	46	12	14	20	48	58	-10	50	r
23	York City	46	8	9	29	48	91	-43	33	r
24	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	9	29	40	84	-44	33	r

Matches

Date		Opponent		Score		Att.
25 July 1987	Away	Bishops Stortford	Friendly	1–1	D	0	→
28 July 1987	Away	Basildon Utd	Friendly	3–0	W	0	→
31 July 1987	Home	Plymouth Argyle	Friendly	0–1	L	0	→
1 August 1987	Away	Dartford	Friendly	0–2	L	0	→
4 August 1987	Home	Peterborough Utd	Friendly	3–2	W	0	→
10 August 1987	Home	Ipswich Town	Friendly	2–3	L	0	→
15 August 1987	Away	Bury	League	2–2	D	1937	→
18 August 1987	Away	Brentford	League Cup	1–2	L	2839	→
22 August 1987	Home	Chester City	League	2–2	D	2369	→
25 August 1987	Home	Brentford	League Cup	4–2	W	2111	→
29 August 1987	Away	Gillingham	League	1–8	L	4145	→
1 September 1987	Home	Preston North End	League	1–2	L	2600	→
5 September 1987	Away	Notts County	League	2–6	L	4166	→
12 September 1987	Home	Brentford	League	2–3	L	2335	→
14 September 1987	Away	Port Vale	League	1–4	L	3670	→
19 September 1987	Away	Mansfield Town	League	0–1	L	2854	→
22 September 1987	Home	Derby County	League Cup	1–0	W	4605	→
26 September 1987	Home	Brighton + H.A.	League	2–1	W	3789	→
29 September 1987	Home	Northampton Town	League	1–1	D	3407	→
3 October 1987	Away	Grimsby Town	League	3–1	W	2544	→
7 October 1987	Away	Derby County	League Cup	0–0	D	12118	→
10 October 1987	Away	Bristol City	League	2–3	L	8606	→
13 October 1987	Home	Fulham	Trophy	1–0	W	1442	→
16 October 1987	Home	Rotherham United	League	1–1	D	2217	→
20 October 1987	Home	Fulham	League	0–2	L	3419	→
24 October 1987	Away	Chesterfield	League	1–3	L	1726	→
27 October 1987	Away	Ipswich Town	League Cup	0–1	L	13444	→
30 October 1987	Home	Walsall	League	1–1	D	2692	→
3 November 1987	Away	Sunderland	League	0–7	L	15754	→
7 November 1987	Away	Wigan A	League	0–1	L	3081	→
14 November 1987	Home	Walsall	FA Cup	0–0	D	3053	→
17 November 1987	Away	Walsall	FA Cup	1–2	L	5162	→
21 November 1987	Home	Aldershot	League	0–1	L	2362	→
25 November 1987	Away	Brighton + H.A.	Trophy	2–3	L	3565	→
28 November 1987	Away	York City	League	3–0	W	2225	→
11 December 1987	Home	Doncaster Rovers	League	4–1	W	2268	→
19 December 1987	Away	Blackpool	League	1–1	D	3277	→
26 December 1987	Away	Brighton + H.A.	League	0–0	D	11147	→
28 December 1987	Home	Bristol Rovers	League	4–2	W	4094	→
1 January 1988	Home	Gillingham	League	1–3	L	5254	→
2 January 1988	Away	Brentford	League	0–1	L	5752	→
9 January 1988	Away	Chester City	League	1–1	D	2065	→
15 January 1988	Home	Mansfield Town	League	2–1	W	3091	→
20 January 1988	Away	Brighton + H.A.	Trophy	2–4	L	6654	→
22 January 1988	Home	Port Vale	League	3–3	D	3038	→
30 January 1988	Away	Preston North End	League	1–1	D	6180	→
5 February 1988	Home	Notts County	League	1–2	L	3904	→
13 February 1988	Away	Bristol Rovers	League	0–0	D	3092	→
20 February 1988	Home	Bury	League	1–0	W	3003	→
26 February 1988	Home	Grimsby Town	League	0–0	D	3409	→
2 March 1988	Away	Northampton Town	League	0–4	L	4249	→
5 March 1988	Away	Rotherham United	League	1–1	D	2531	→
11 March 1988	Home	Bristol City	League	2–0	W	3664	→
19 March 1988	Away	Walsall	League	1–2	L	4479	→
25 March 1988	Home	Chesterfield	League	3–0	W	3315	→
29 March 1988	Home	F.C. Leiftur	Friendly	4–2	W	0	→
1 April 1988	Home	Wigan A	League	3–2	W	5003	→
4 April 1988	Away	Aldershot	League	1–0	W	3436	→
9 April 1988	Home	Sunderland	League	1–4	L	8109	→
13 April 1988	Home	Norwich City	Friendly	2–3	L	0	→
23 April 1988	Away	Fulham	League	1–3	L	5043	→
29 April 1988	Home	York City	League	3–1	W	3768	→
2 May 1988	Away	Doncaster Rovers	League	1–0	W	1306	→
7 May 1988	Home	Blackpool	League	4–0	W	5541	→