Seasons · Division Two · Season 68

1987/88

Finished 7th · Manager Billy Bremner

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The season · Record

Played: 51
Won: 21
Drawn: 14
Lost: 16
For: 74
Against: 62
Points: 69

The season · Highlights

Biggest win: 5–0; v Sheffield United
Biggest defeat: 3–6; v Plymouth Argyle
Clean sheets: 19
Top scorer: Sheridan; 13 goals
Most assists: -
Avg attendance: 14,971

Final table

Division Two

Final Division Two table, 1987/88
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	44	25	7	12	72	52	+20	82
2	Aston Villa	44	22	12	10	68	41	+27	78
3	Middlesbrough	44	22	12	10	63	36	+27	78
4	Bradford City	44	22	11	11	74	54	+20	77
5	Blackburn Rovers	44	21	14	9	68	52	+16	77
6	Crystal Palace	44	22	9	13	86	59	+27	75
7	Leeds United	44	19	12	13	61	51	+10	69
8	Ipswich Town	44	19	9	16	61	52	+9	66
9	Manchester City	44	19	8	17	80	60	+20	65
10	Oldham Athletic	44	18	11	15	72	64	+8	65
11	Stoke City	44	17	11	16	50	57	-7	62
12	Swindon Town	44	16	11	17	73	60	+13	59
13	Leicester City	44	16	11	17	62	61	+1	59
14	Barnsley	44	15	12	17	61	62	-1	57
15	Hull City	44	14	15	15	54	60	-6	57
16	Plymouth Argyle	44	16	8	20	65	67	-2	56
17	AFC Bournemouth	44	13	10	21	56	68	-12	49
18	Shrewsbury Town	44	11	16	17	42	54	-12	49
19	Birmingham City	44	11	15	18	41	66	-25	48
20	West Bromwich Albion	44	12	11	21	50	69	-19	47
21	Sheffield United	44	13	7	24	45	74	-29	46
22	Reading	44	10	12	22	44	70	-26	42
23	Huddersfield Town	44	6	10	28	41	100	-59	28

Matchlog

Every fixture

Division Two · 44 played

Division Two fixtures, 1987/88
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
16 Aug	A	Barnsley	1–1	9,778	Drew 1–1 v Barnsley
19 Aug	H	Leicester City	1–0	21,034	Won 1–0 v Leicester City
22 Aug	H	Reading	0–0	19,286	Drew 0–0 v Reading
29 Aug	A	Bradford City	0–0	11,428	Drew 0–0 v Bradford City
31 Aug	H	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	19,847	Won 1–0 v West Bromwich Albion
5 Sep	A	Ipswich Town	0–1	11,163	Lost 0–1 v Ipswich Town
12 Sep	H	Hull City	0–2	18,205	Lost 0–2 v Hull City
15 Sep	A	Huddersfield Town	0–0	9,085	Drew 0–0 v Huddersfield Town
19 Sep	A	Middlesbrough	0–2	12,051	Lost 0–2 v Middlesbrough
26 Sep	H	Manchester City	2–0	25,358	Won 2–0 v Manchester City
30 Sep	H	Stoke City	0–0	17,208	Drew 0–0 v Stoke City
3 Oct	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	7,675	Drew 1–1 v Blackburn Rovers
10 Oct	H	Aston Villa	1–3	20,741	Lost 1–3 v Aston Villa
17 Oct	A	Plymouth Argyle	3–6	9,358	Lost 3–6 v Plymouth Argyle
20 Oct	A	Oldham Athletic	1–1	6,312	Drew 1–1 v Oldham Athletic
24 Oct	H	Bournemouth	3–2	15,253	Won 3–2 v Bournemouth
31 Oct	A	Sheffield United	2–2	12,095	Drew 2–2 v Sheffield United
7 Nov	H	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	13,760	Won 2–1 v Shrewsbury Town
14 Nov	A	Millwall	1–3	8,014	Lost 1–3 v Millwall
21 Nov	H	Swindon Town	4–2	15,457	Won 4–2 v Swindon Town
28 Nov	A	Crystal Palace	0–3	8,749	Lost 0–3 v Crystal Palace
5 Dec	H	Birmingham City	4–1	15,977	Won 4–1 v Birmingham City
12 Dec	A	Reading	1–0	6,505	Won 1–0 v Reading
19 Dec	H	Huddersfield Town	3–0	20,111	Won 3–0 v Huddersfield Town
26 Dec	A	Manchester City	2–1	30,153	Won 2–1 v Manchester City
28 Dec	H	Middlesbrough	2–0	34,186	Won 2–0 v Middlesbrough
1 Jan	H	Bradford City	2–0	36,004	Won 2–0 v Bradford City
3 Jan	A	Hull City	1–3	14,694	Lost 1–3 v Hull City
16 Jan	H	Barnsley	0–2	19,028	Lost 0–2 v Barnsley
30 Jan	A	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	9,008	Won 4–1 v West Bromwich Albion
6 Feb	H	Ipswich Town	1–0	19,564	Won 1–0 v Ipswich Town
13 Feb	A	Leicester City	2–3	11,937	Lost 2–3 v Leicester City
23 Feb	A	Stoke City	1–2	10,129	Lost 1–2 v Stoke City
27 Feb	H	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	23,843	Drew 2–2 v Blackburn Rovers
5 Mar	H	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	18,115	Won 1–0 v Plymouth Argyle
12 Mar	A	Aston Villa	2–1	19,677	Won 2–1 v Aston Villa
19 Mar	H	Sheffield United	5–0	22,376	Won 5–0 v Sheffield United
26 Mar	A	Bournemouth	0–0	9,147	Drew 0–0 v Bournemouth
2 Apr	A	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	7,369	Lost 0–1 v Shrewsbury Town
6 Apr	H	Millwall	1–2	24,241	Lost 1–2 v Millwall
23 Apr	H	Oldham Athletic	1–1	13,442	Drew 1–1 v Oldham Athletic
30 Apr	A	Swindon Town	2–1	8,299	Won 2–1 v Swindon Town
2 May	H	Crystal Palace	1–0	13,217	Won 1–0 v Crystal Palace
6 May	A	Birmingham City	0–0	6,024	Drew 0–0 v Birmingham City

League Cup · 4 played

League Cup fixtures, 1987/88
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
23 Sep	H	York City	1–1	11,527	Drew 1–1 v York City
6 Oct	A	York City	4–0	5,996	Won 4–0 v York City
28 Oct	H	Oldham Athletic	2–2	15,600	Drew 2–2 v Oldham Athletic
4 Nov	A	Oldham Athletic	2–4	7,058	Lost 2–4 v Oldham Athletic

Full Members Cup · 2 played

Full Members Cup fixtures, 1987/88
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
25 Nov	H	Sheffield United	3–0	4,425	Won 3–0 v Sheffield United
8 Dec	A	Millwall	0–2	5,034	Lost 0–2 v Millwall

FA Cup · 1 played

FA Cup fixtures, 1987/88
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
9 Jan	H	Aston Villa	1–2	29,002	Lost 1–2 v Aston Villa