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font-size: 100%">1986–87 season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Roy Wood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Peacock" title="Keith Peacock">Keith Peacock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5th</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_1986-87" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup 1986-87">FA Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Third round</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Cup" title="1986–87 Football League Cup">League Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Second round</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/1986-87_Associate_Members%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1986-87 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Southern section semi-finals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top goalscorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">League: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Dave Shearer</a> (16 each)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">All: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a> (30)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest home attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">16,775 vs <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (22 May 1987)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest home attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">1,984 vs <a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> (26 January 1987)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; 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left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Gillingham F.C. season">1985–86</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season">1987–88</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87 English football season</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham F.C.</a> competed in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Football League Third Division</a>. It was the 55th season in which the club competed in <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a>, and the 37th since the club was <a href="/wiki/Re-election_(Football_League)" title="Re-election (Football League)">voted back into the league</a> in 1950. Gillingham began the season strongly and were top of the Third Division table shortly before the mid-point of the season. The team's form declined in the second half of the season; to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_play-offs" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League play-offs">play-offs</a> for <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>, the team needed to win their final game and both <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> had to fail to win theirs. A victory over <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>, combined with both the other teams being held to draws, meant that Gillingham finished in fifth place and qualified for the play-offs. After beating <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland F.C.">Sunderland</a> in the semi-finals, Gillingham faced <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> in <a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Football League Third Division play-off Final">the final</a>. The two teams drew 2–2 <a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score">on aggregate</a>, necessitating a <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Neutral_venue" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral venue">neutral venue</a>, which Swindon won 2–0 to claim a place in the Second Division. </p><p>During the season, Gillingham also reached the third round of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, the second round of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a>, and the southern section semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Trophy" title="EFL Trophy">Associate Members' Cup</a>. The team played 63 competitive matches, winning 31, drawing 12 (including one decided by a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a>), and losing 20. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a> was the club's leading goalscorer, with 30 goals in all competitions. <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Howard Pritchard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Haylock" title="Paul Haylock">Paul Haylock</a> made the most appearances; both played in 62 of the club's 63 matches. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, <a href="/wiki/Priestfield_Stadium" title="Priestfield Stadium">Priestfield Stadium</a>, was 16,775, for the home leg of the play-off final. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_pre-season">Background and pre-season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and pre-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87 season</a> was <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a>'s 55th season playing in the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> and the 37th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's 13th consecutive season in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Football League Third Division</a>, the third tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>, since the team gained <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> as runners-up in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 12 seasons since then, the team had achieved a best finish of fourth place, one position away from promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>, a feat achieved in both the <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a> and <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1984–85 in English football">1984–85</a> seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club had never reached the second level of English football in its history.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1985–86 in English football">1985–86 season</a>, Gillingham had finished fifth and missed out on promotion by two places.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200383–90,_114-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Keith_Peacock" title="Keith Peacock">Keith Peacock</a> was the club's <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> for a sixth season, having been appointed in July 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBateson1986252_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBateson1986252-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1949)" title="Paul Taylor (footballer, born 1949)">Paul Taylor</a> served as assistant manager,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Collins_(footballer,_born_1920)" title="Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920)">Bill Collins</a>, who had been with the club in a variety of roles since the early 1960s, held the post of <a href="/wiki/First_team_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="First team (association football)">first-team</a> trainer, and <a href="/wiki/John_Gorman_(footballer)" title="John Gorman (footballer)">John Gorman</a> managed the <a href="/wiki/Youth_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Youth team">youth team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs200194_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs200194-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Mark Weatherly</a> took over as team <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Keith_Oakes" title="Keith Oakes">Keith Oakes</a>, who was only named as a <a href="/wiki/Substitute_(association_football)" title="Substitute (association football)">substitute</a> for the opening game of the season and left the club soon afterwards to join <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001236_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001236-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the season began, a series of disputes took place involving the club's board of directors. In late June, chairman Charles Cox announced that he had dismissed three directors from their posts; the following day, the ousted trio gave an interview to the press and claimed that under his chairmanship the club's debt had reached £700,000 and that it faced the threat of a potential <a href="/wiki/Liquidation" title="Liquidation">liquidation</a> order from the <a href="/wiki/Inland_Revenue" title="Inland Revenue">Inland Revenue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009108_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009108-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four days later, following a showdown meeting between the two parties, Cox resigned as chairman and the three deposed directors returned to the board with one of them, Roy Wood, becoming the new chairman. The directors then issued a statement to Gillingham supporters stating that the club's finances were under control and that money would be available to manager Peacock to sign new players in anticipation of another challenge for promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009112_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009112-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, the club's financial director announced that a settlement had been reached with the Inland Revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the resolution of the issues behind the scenes, Peacock signed six new players before the season began. In July, <a href="/wiki/Midfielder_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Midfielder (association football)">midfielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Quow" title="Trevor Quow">Trevor Quow</a> joined from <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfer fee</a> of £8,500.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001267_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001267-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, Gillingham signed <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Howard Pritchard</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Winger_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winger (association football)">winger</a> who had made one appearance for the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Welsh national team</a> in 1985, from <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> for a fee of £22,500.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001263_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001263-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Pearce_(English_footballer)" title="Graham Pearce (English footballer)">Graham Pearce</a> and midfielder <a href="/wiki/Mel_Eves" title="Mel Eves">Mel Eves</a> arrived from <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> respectively on <a href="/wiki/Free_transfer_(association_football)" title="Free transfer (association football)">free transfers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001115,_251_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001115,_251-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the club paid <a href="/wiki/Semi-professional_sports" title="Semi-professional sports">semi-professional</a> club <a href="/wiki/Welling_United_F.C." title="Welling United F.C.">Welling United</a> a fee of £3,000 to sign winger <a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Dave Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001299_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001299-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Defender <a href="/wiki/Paul_Haylock" title="Paul Haylock">Paul Haylock</a> signed for £25,000 from <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a>, having rejected a new contract shortly after helping the team win the Second Division championship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001152_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001152-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several players left the club, including defender <a href="/wiki/Mel_Sage" title="Mel Sage">Mel Sage</a>, one of the club's most promising young players, who joined <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> of the Second Division for a fee of £60,000. Gillingham had hoped for a significantly higher fee, but with the two clubs unable to agree on terms, the transfer fee had to be set by an independent tribunal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009124_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009124-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Karl Elsey</a> came close to leaving the club, but failed to agree a contract with <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> and so remained at Gillingham.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team prepared for the new season with several <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Exhibition match">friendly matches</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/Testimonial_match" title="Testimonial match">testimonial match</a> for the long-serving Weatherly, for which <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> provided the opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009123_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009123-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team retained the first-choice <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">kit</a> worn in the previous season of blue shirts with a white panel down each side. The <a href="/wiki/Away_kit" class="mw-redirect" title="Away kit">away kit</a>, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the home team, changed from plain red to white with a blue zig-zag band across the chest.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Third_Division">Third Division</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Third Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August–December"><span id="August.E2.80.93December"></span>August–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: August–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Priestfield1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Priestfield Stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Priestfield1.jpg/220px-Priestfield1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Priestfield1.jpg/330px-Priestfield1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Priestfield1.jpg/440px-Priestfield1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>Gillingham's home ground, <a href="/wiki/Priestfield_Stadium" title="Priestfield Stadium">Priestfield Stadium</a> <i>(pictured <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1987)</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The team's first game of the season was an away match against <a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a>; Haylock, Pearce, Pritchard and Quow all made their debuts in a 2–1 victory. Weatherly scored the team's first goal of the season and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Dave Shearer</a> scored the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first home league game took place at <a href="/wiki/Priestfield_Stadium" title="Priestfield Stadium">Priestfield Stadium</a> seven days later against Bristol City in front of a crowd of 4,185, the largest attendance for Gillingham's opening home game since 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200392–96_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200392–96-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shearer scored in a 1–1 draw and then got the only goal of the game away to <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> to give Gillingham the win and seven points out of a possible nine from the first three games of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's unbeaten run in the league extended to six games with a goalless draw against <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> and 2–0 wins against both <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a>, before the first defeat of the season came against <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Colin Greenall</a>, a highly rated defender who had been signed from <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> for £40,000 at the start of September, made his debut in the Middlesbrough game.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001140_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001140-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A game against <a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a> which should have taken place in late September was postponed because of an outbreak of illness among the opposing players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk198714_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk198714-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the defeat at Mansfield, Gillingham were unbeaten for the next seven league games, winning five and drawing two. Shearer scored in four consecutive games, taking his total for the season to seven goals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team had no game on 11 October as the scheduled match away to <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> was postponed because <a href="/wiki/Dorset_Constabulary" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorset Constabulary">Dorset Constabulary</a> did not have sufficient manpower to police both the match and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_Conference_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party Conference (UK)">Conservative Party Conference</a>, which was taking place in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009108_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009108-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unbeaten run came to an end with a 2–0 defeat away to <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> on 7 November, but the team then won 3–1 against fellow promotion-chasers <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a>, a game in which Shearer scored twice.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite a defeat away to <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> on 29 November, in a match which was unusually played in the morning to avoid a clash with an international <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> match taking place in the town,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillingham ended the month in second place in the <a href="/wiki/League_table" class="mw-redirect" title="League table">league table</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The postponed game away to AFC Bournemouth was played on 2 December; since the start of the season Bournemouth had won every league game played at their home stadium, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Court" title="Dean Court">Dean Court</a>. Gillingham, however, secured a 2–0 win with goals from <a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Martin Robinson</a> and Pritchard, which took the team to the top of the Third Division table.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009188_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009188-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the next league game, Gillingham lost 3–0 away to mid-table <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>, a game in which <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a> was <a href="/wiki/Fouls_and_misconduct_(association_football)#Red_card_(dismissal)" title="Fouls and misconduct (association football)">sent off</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillingham bounced back from the defeat with a 4–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> which ensured they were back on top of the division heading into the Christmas period.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team ended 1986 with two games on consecutive days; a draw with Fulham on <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a> followed by a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> the next day left Gillingham in third place in the Third Division table going into the new year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game against Swindon, regarded by fans as one of Gillingham's rivals since the 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> drew an attendance of 9,982, more than 4,000 higher than that at any other match at Priestfield to that point of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–May"><span id="January.E2.80.93May"></span>January–May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: January–May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tony_Cascarino.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Footballer Tony Cascarino" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg/170px-Tony_Cascarino.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg/255px-Tony_Cascarino.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Tony_Cascarino.jpg 2x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a> <i>(pictured <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1987)</i> scored the goal which ensured that Gillingham qualified for the promotion play-offs.</figcaption></figure> <p>Gillingham began 1987 with a home win over <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> on <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a>. Pritchard scored a <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hat-trick (association football)">hat-trick</a> before half-time in a 4–0 victory which brought the team to within one point of league leaders Middlesbrough, who lost away to York City.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001263_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001263-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this the team lost four of their next six matches and increasingly began to lose touch with the teams at the top of the league; following a defeat against Brentford on 21 February Gillingham had dropped to sixth in the table.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February, Shearer sustained an injury, so Peacock signed <a href="/wiki/Colin_Gordon_(footballer)" title="Colin Gordon (footballer)">Colin Gordon</a> on <a href="/wiki/Loan_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loan (association football)">loan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a>; the striker scored twice in four games before returning to his parent club.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001146_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001146-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month, goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Phil_Kite_(footballer)" title="Phil Kite (footballer)">Phil Kite</a> joined from <a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a>, initially on loan, after <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hillyard" title="Ron Hillyard">Ron Hillyard</a> was injured; the transfer was made permanent after some impressive performances and Kite retained the goalkeeping position for the remainder of the season, playing in every match.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001188_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001188-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Midfielder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jacobs_(footballer)" title="Steve Jacobs (footballer)">Steve Jacobs</a>, who had joined the club from <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> in December, made his debut in February and played six consecutive league games, but then did not play again for over a month.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001171_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001171-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987173_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987173-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March, Gillingham won three consecutive league matches for the first time since November, beating <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a>, and Bournemouth.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shearer, in his first start after his injury, scored twice against Carlisle. Against Darlington, Cascarino became the second Gillingham player of the season to score a hat-trick, with three goals in a 4–1 victory. The Bournemouth game, played on <a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a>, drew the club's largest home crowd since the Swindon game in December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experienced defender <a href="/wiki/Les_Berry_(footballer)" title="Les Berry (footballer)">Les Berry</a> joined Gillingham from Brighton & Hove Albion during March; he made his debut in an away defeat to <a href="/wiki/Bury_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Bury A.F.C.">Bury</a> at the end of the month and was an ever-present for the remainder of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs200158_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs200158-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team began April with two consecutive wins against Doncaster Rovers and Blackpool but then lost to Walsall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his return to the team against Walsall, Jacobs was sent off for retaliating after being <a href="/wiki/Foul_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foul (association football)">fouled</a> by an opponent. He did not play in any of the team's remaining games and left the club at the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001171_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001171-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A win against Bristol Rovers on 25 April left Gillingham in fifth place in the league table, but the next three games produced two draws and one defeat, after which the team had fallen to seventh position with one game remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start of the season, the Football League had introduced a new <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League_play-offs" title="English Football League play-offs">play-off system</a>, under which the teams which finished just below the automatic promotion places in the Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions would have the opportunity to compete for one further promotion place; in the Third Division this meant that the teams finishing third, fourth, and fifth in the final table would take part.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoster20158_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoster20158-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBateson1986266_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBateson1986266-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To finish in fifth position and qualify for the play-offs, the team needed to defeat Bolton Wanderers on the last day of the league season and needed both Bristol City and Notts County not to win. A goal from Cascarino secured a 1–0 win, and as both of their rivals were held to 1–1 draws, Gillingham clinched a play-off place.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200384_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200384-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cascarino's goal was his 16th of the season in Third Division matches, tying him with Shearer as the club's top goalscorer in league matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001348_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001348-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Match_results">Match results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Match results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>In result column, Gillingham's score shown first</li> <li>H = Home match</li> <li>A = Away match</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>pen. = <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li>o.g. = <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">Own goal</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Results</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172_24-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987172-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Opponents </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Goalscorers </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td>23 August 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Newport County F.C.">Newport County</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Weatherly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">2,533 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 August 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">4,185 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 September 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">3,243 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 September 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">0–0 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">4,888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 September 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Weatherly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Eves" title="Mel Eves">Eves</a> </td> <td align="center">4,115 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 September 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Eves" title="Mel Eves">Eves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Robinson</a> </td> <td align="center">4,710 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 September 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–1 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">3,046 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 October 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">4,326 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 October 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Greenall</a> </td> <td align="center">2,198 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 October 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">4,204 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 October 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">1,512 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 October 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> (pen.), <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">3,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 November 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">3–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Greenall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">4,373 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 November 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Weatherly</a> </td> <td align="center">5,951 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 November 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–2 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2,691 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 November 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">3–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">5,514 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 November 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">2,492 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 December 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">7,756 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 December 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–3 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">4,867 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 December 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">4–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2) </td> <td align="center">4,473 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 December 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Parker_(footballer)" title="Paul Parker (footballer)">Parker</a> (o.g.), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Collins_(English_footballer)" title="Paul Collins (English footballer)">Collins</a> </td> <td align="center">5,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 December 1986 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Greenall</a> </td> <td align="center">9,982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 January 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">4–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Elsey</a> </td> <td align="center">6,003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 January 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">5,832 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">3,862 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Smith</a> </td> <td align="center">2,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Quow" title="Trevor Quow">Quow</a> </td> <td align="center">4,438 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Newport County F.C.">Newport County</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Gordon_(footballer)" title="Colin Gordon (footballer)">Gordon</a> </td> <td align="center">3,643 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Gordon_(footballer)" title="Colin Gordon (footballer)">Gordon</a> </td> <td align="center">4,015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 February 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">4,251 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–1 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2,026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">0–0 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">3,929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">4–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">2,117 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">4–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">3,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Weatherly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">7,577 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 March 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–1 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2,197 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Elsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">3,501 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> </td> <td align="center">2,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–1 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">5,109 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">4–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> (pen.), <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lovell_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Steve Lovell (Welsh footballer)">Lovell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2) </td> <td align="center">6,123 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–2 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">10,260 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">3,174 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 April 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–3 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">11,937 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 May 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">0–0 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">5,408 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 May 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">10,287 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 May 1987 </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">5,319 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partial_league_table">Partial league table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Partial league table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1986–87 Football League">1986–87 Football League § Third Division</a></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-margin-clear-left"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Football League Third Division final table, leading positions<sup id="cite_ref-league2_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-league2-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Promotion or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">29 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">40 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+36 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">97 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1">Division Champions, promoted </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+37 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">94 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="1">Promoted </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+30 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;" rowspan="3">Participated in play-offs </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">83 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+23 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">85 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></b> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">+17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:inherit; color: inherit;">78 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+27 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+21 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes"></div></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Play-offs">Play-offs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Play-offs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Roker Park football stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg/220px-Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg/330px-Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg/440px-Roker_Park_August_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>Although Gillingham lost at <a href="/wiki/Roker_Park" title="Roker Park">Roker Park</a> <i>(pictured in 1976)</i>, home of <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>, they reached the play-off final.</figcaption></figure> <p>Under the original format of the play-offs, the club which had finished immediately above the automatic <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegation</a> places in the Second Division competed with the three clubs which had finished immediately below the automatic promotion places in the Third Division for a place in the second tier of English football for the following season.<sup id="cite_ref-guardback_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardback-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the semi-final stage, Gillingham were paired with <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>, who had finished the season in 20th place in the Second Division, in a <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_tie" title="Two-legged tie">two-legged tie</a>. Sunderland took a 1–0 lead in the first half of the first leg at Priestfield, but Cascarino scored a hat-trick after the interval to put Gillingham 3–1 up. A late goal for Sunderland made the final score 3–2 to Gillingham.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200987_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200987-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later at <a href="/wiki/Roker_Park" title="Roker Park">Roker Park</a> in Sunderland, Pritchard scored for Gillingham inside the first five minutes to give his team a two-goal lead <a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score">on aggregate</a>, but Sunderland then scored twice. In the second half, Cascarino made the score 2–2 on the day and 5–4 on aggregate, but Sunderland got a third goal in the final minute to bring the aggregate scores level at 5–5 and send the game into <a href="/wiki/Extra_time_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time (association football)">extra time</a>. Both teams got one more goal in the extra period, at the end of which the score was 6–6 on aggregate, but Gillingham progressed to the final because they had scored more <a href="/wiki/Away_goals" class="mw-redirect" title="Away goals">away goals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200989_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200989-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoster2015194_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoster2015194-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Football League Third Division play-off Final">The final</a> against Swindon Town was also played over two legs and again the first match took place at Priestfield, where the attendance of 16,775 was the largest crowd of the season at the stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Violence broke out before the game between the two sets of fans and two <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> officers were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELayton2016_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELayton2016-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the match itself, Swindon were "superior in all departments except the telling ones – finishing and goalkeeping" according to David Powell of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-timesreplegone_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesreplegone-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game remained goal-less until the 81st minute when Smith scored following a <a href="/wiki/Free_kick_(association_football)" title="Free kick (association football)">free kick</a> from Quow to give Gillingham a single-goal lead going into the second leg.<sup id="cite_ref-timesreplegone_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesreplegone-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later at Swindon's <a href="/wiki/County_Ground_(Swindon)" title="County Ground (Swindon)">County Ground</a>, Elsey <a href="/wiki/Volley_(association_football)" title="Volley (association football)">volleyed</a> the ball into the goal to give Gillingham a two-goal lead on aggregate, but goals from <a href="/wiki/Peter_Coyne_(footballer)" title="Peter Coyne (footballer)">Peter Coyne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Henry_(footballer,_born_1962)" title="Charlie Henry (footballer, born 1962)">Charlie Henry</a> for Swindon made the result on the day 2–1 to Swindon and the aggregate score across the two legs 2–2.<sup id="cite_ref-flegtwo_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flegtwo-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike in the semi-final, away goals were not used as a tiebreaker in the final; instead the rules stated that, in the event of the scores finishing level after the two legs, a <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a> would take place at a <a href="/wiki/Neutral_venue" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutral venue">neutral stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200994_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200994-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Armstrong of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> described the second leg as "an epic battle, in the best Anglo-Saxon tradition of the knockout competition".<sup id="cite_ref-flegtwo_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flegtwo-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The replay took place at <a href="/wiki/Selhurst_Park" title="Selhurst Park">Selhurst Park</a>, home of <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>. It was Gillingham's 63rd match of the season, a new record for the highest number of games the team had played in a season since joining the Football League.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200996_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200996-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swindon took the lead after only two minutes following a defensive error by Gillingham.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200996_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200996-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Gillingham were the stronger team in the second half, they could not manage to score a goal, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_White_(footballer)" title="Steve White (footballer)">Steve White</a> of Swindon got his second goal of the match in the second half. Despite further pressure on their goal, Swindon held on for a 2–0 victory and promotion to the Second Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200996_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200996-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-replay_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replay-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Match_results_2">Match results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Match results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>In result column, Gillingham's score shown first</li> <li>H = Home match</li> <li>A = Away match</li> <li>N = Match at a neutral venue</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>pen. = <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li>o.g. = <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">Own goal</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Results</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Round </th> <th scope="col">Opponents </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Goalscorers </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 May 1987 </td> <td>Semi-final, first leg </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">3–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (3) </td> <td align="center">13,804 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 May 1987 </td> <td>Semi-final, second leg </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">3–4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">25,470 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 May 1987 </td> <td>Final, first leg </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Smith</a> </td> <td align="center">16,775 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 May 1987 </td> <td>Final, second leg </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Elsey</a> </td> <td align="center">14,382 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 May 1987 </td> <td>Final, replay </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> (N) </th> <td align="center">0–2 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">18,491 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cup_matches">Cup matches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cup matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FA_Cup">FA Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: FA Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup" title="1986–87 FA Cup">1986–87 FA Cup</a> in the first round, where they were drawn to play <a href="/wiki/Kettering_Town_F.C." title="Kettering Town F.C.">Kettering Town</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Conference">Football Conference</a>, the highest level of <a href="/wiki/Non-League_football" title="Non-League football">non-League football</a>. Gillingham won 3–0 with goals from Robinson, Hinnigan and an <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">own goal</a> from a Kettering player.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987480_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987480-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second round, Gillingham played another non-League team, <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford_City_F.C." title="Chelmsford City F.C.">Chelmsford City</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Football_League" title="Southern Football League">Southern League</a>. Cascarino scored twice in a 2–0 victory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987483_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987483-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillingham's third round opponents were fellow Third Division team Wigan Athletic. The game was twice postponed due to <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_cold_wave" title="1987 United Kingdom and Ireland cold wave">heavy snow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_England" title="Southern England">the south of England</a>, the club at one point hiring a police <a href="/wiki/Land_Rover" title="Land Rover">Land Rover</a> to pick up players who lived in outlying areas after the football authorities initially refused the second postponement.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk198723_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk198723-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that decision was reversed, the match finally took place on 19 January. Greenall scored a goal from a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">penalty kick</a> but Wigan scored twice to end Gillingham's cup run.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987486_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987486-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_results_3">Match results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Match results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>In result column, Gillingham's score shown first</li> <li>H = Home match</li> <li>A = Away match</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>pen. = <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li>o.g. = <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">Own goal</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Results</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Round </th> <th scope="col">Opponents </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Goalscorers </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 November 1986 </td> <td>First </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kettering_Town_F.C." title="Kettering Town F.C.">Kettering Town</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">3–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hinnigan" title="Joe Hinnigan">Hinnigan</a>, Kellock (o.g.) </td> <td align="center">2,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 December 1986 </td> <td>Second </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford_City_F.C." title="Chelmsford City F.C.">Chelmsford City</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2) </td> <td align="center">5,843 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 January 1987 </td> <td>Third </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">1–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Greenall</a> (pen.) </td> <td align="center">3,459 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_Cup">Football League Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Football League Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gillingham entered the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Cup" title="1986–87 Football League Cup">1986–87 Football League Cup</a> in the first round, being drawn against <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> of the Fourth Division. The first round was played over two legs; Gillingham won the first leg at Priestfield 1–0 and drew the second leg at the <a href="/wiki/County_Cricket_Ground,_Northampton" title="County Cricket Ground, Northampton">County Ground</a> 2–2 for a 3–2 aggregate win.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987447,_450_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987447,_450-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second round, Gillingham were drawn against the reigning cup-holders, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first leg was played at Oxford's home ground, the <a href="/wiki/Manor_Ground_(Oxford)" title="Manor Ground (Oxford)">Manor Ground</a>, where Gillingham were comprehensively outplayed, losing 6–0. <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a> international striker <a href="/wiki/John_Aldridge" title="John Aldridge">John Aldridge</a> scored four of the Oxford goals.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the most goals conceded by Gillingham in a match since a 7–1 defeat by York City in November 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200394–96_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200394–96-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Gillingham managed to hold their First Division opponents to a 1–1 draw at Priestfield in the second leg, they lost 7–1 on aggregate and were eliminated from the League Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987453_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987453-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_results_4">Match results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Match results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>In result column, Gillingham's score shown first</li> <li>H = Home match</li> <li>A = Away match</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>pen. = <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li>o.g. = <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">Own goal</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Results</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Round </th> <th scope="col">Opponents </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Goalscorers </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td>25 August 1986 </td> <td>First (first leg) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Weatherly</a> </td> <td align="center">2,948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 September 1986 </td> <td>First (second leg) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">2–2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2) </td> <td align="center">2,724 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 September 1986 </td> <td>Second (first leg) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–6 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">5,246 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 October 1986 </td> <td>Second (second leg) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_United_F.C." title="Oxford United F.C.">Oxford United</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">3,033 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associate_Members'_Cup"><span id="Associate_Members.27_Cup"></span>Associate Members' Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Associate Members' Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_(geograph_2008803).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ashton Gate football stadium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg/220px-Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg/330px-Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg/440px-Ashton_Gate_home_of_Bristol_City_FC_%28geograph_2008803%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1201" /></a><figcaption>Gillingham were eliminated from the <a href="/wiki/Associate_Members%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashton Gate Stadium">Ashton Gate</a> <i>(pictured in 1982)</i>, home of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a>, for the second consecutive season.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1986–87 Associate Members' Cup">1986–87 Associate Members' Cup</a>, a tournament exclusively for Third and Fourth Division teams, began with a preliminary round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three, contested on a <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin</a> basis. Gillingham were drawn with Notts County of the Third Division and Northampton Town of the Fourth and won both games without conceding a goal, defeating Notts County 5–0 away from home and Northampton 1–0 at Priestfield Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987462_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987462-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team thus qualified for the first round, where they were paired with <a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> of the Fourth Division. Goals from Smith and Cascarino gave Gillingham a 2–0 win in front of 1,984 fans, the smallest crowd to attend a match at Priestfield during the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987463_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987463-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the southern section quarter-final, Gillingham played Port Vale; the match finished 3–3 after extra time, meaning that a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a> was required to determine which team would progress to the next round. Gillingham scored all five of their penalties and then Hillyard saved Port Vale's final penalty meaning that Gillingham won the shoot-out 5–4.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunk1987464_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunk1987464-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now just two wins away from the final, Gillingham's next opponents were fellow Third Division promotion challengers Bristol City; it was the second consecutive season in which the two teams had met at this stage of the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200395_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200395-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attendance of 10,540 at Bristol City's home stadium, <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashton Gate Stadium">Ashton Gate</a>, was the largest crowd in front of which Gillingham had played up to that point in the season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillingham lost 2–0, meaning that their participation in the Associate Members' Cup was ended by Bristol City for the second season in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200395_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200395-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Match_results_5">Match results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Match results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>In result column, Gillingham's score shown first</li> <li>H = Home match</li> <li>A = Away match</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>pen. = <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li>o.g. = <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">Own goal</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Results</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Round </th> <th scope="col">Opponents </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Goalscorers </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td>25 November 1986 </td> <td>Preliminary (southern section) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">5–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Shearer</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Robinson</a> </td> <td align="center">1,668 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 December 1986 </td> <td>Preliminary (southern section) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">1–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Pritchard</a> </td> <td align="center">2,047 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 January 1987 </td> <td>First (southern section) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> (H) </th> <td align="center">2–0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a> </td> <td align="center">1,984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 February 1987 </td> <td>Quarter-final (southern section) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">3–3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Elsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Cascarino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Smith</a> </td> <td align="center">2,768 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 March 1987 </td> <td>Semi-final (southern section) </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> (A) </th> <td align="center">0–2 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">10,540 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Kite_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Football physiotherapist Phil Kite attending to an injured player" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Phil_Kite_crop.jpg/170px-Phil_Kite_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Phil_Kite_crop.jpg/255px-Phil_Kite_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Phil_Kite_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kite_(footballer)" title="Phil Kite (footballer)">Phil Kite</a> <i>(left, pictured in 2009)</i> joined Gillingham in February and was first-choice goalkeeper for the remainder of the season.</figcaption></figure> <p>Pritchard and Haylock made the most appearances of any Gillingham player during the season, both missing only a single game. Pritchard was in the starting line-up for 44 of the 46 league games and came on as a substitute in both the others. He also played in all of the club's games in the FA Cup, League Cup, Associate Members' Cup and play-offs with the sole exception of the match against Chelmsford City in the FA Cup, for a total of 62 games in all competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haylock was absent for one league game, against Middlesbrough in April, but played in every match in the other competitions and thus finished the season with the same number of appearances; unlike Pritchard, he was in the starting line-up for all 62 games in which he played.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cascarino had the next highest number of appearances, with 60; he missed three consecutive league games between 26 December and 1 January but started every other match.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oakes, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Westley" title="Graham Westley">Graham Westley</a> and youth-team manager Gorman made the fewest appearances, each playing twice. Gorman, aged 37, was named as a substitute in the first leg of the League Cup tie against Oxford United and was in the starting line-up for the second leg; he had not played a professional match in England since 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHugman2005331_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHugman2005331-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westley's two appearances were both as a substitute, making him the only player to play for Gillingham during the season without starting a game.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The veteran Weatherly made his 500th appearance for the team in April, only the fourth player in the club's history to reach this milestone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate200967_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate200967-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001351_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001351-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cascarino was the team's leading scorer when considering goals in all competitions. The striker scored 16 goals in Third Division matches, 2 in the FA Cup, 3 in the League Cup, 4 in the Associate Members' Cup and 5 in the play-offs for a total of 30 goals. Shearer scored the same number of goals as Cascarino in Third Division matches but only added 2 in other competitions for a total of 18.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cascarino scored a hat-trick on two occasions, once in the Third Division and once in the play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pritchard scored the team's only other hat-trick of the season and was the only other player to reach double figures, scoring 12 goals in the Third Division and 14 overall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Cascarino and Greenall were elected by their fellow professionals into the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year" title="PFA Team of the Year">PFA Team of the Year</a> for the Third Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001352_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001352-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <caption>Player statistics<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrown200396_28-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrown200396-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:20em" scope="col">Player </th> <th rowspan="2">Position </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_play-offs" title="1987 Football League play-offs">Play-offs</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup" title="1986–87 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Cup" title="1986–87 Football League Cup">League Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1986–87 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:10em" scope="col">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th> <th style="width:5em">Apps </th> <th style="width:5em">Goals </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Beeney, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Beeney" title="Mark Beeney">Mark Beeney</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>GK </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Berry, Les"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Les_Berry_(footballer)" title="Les Berry (footballer)">Les Berry</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>16</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Cascarino, Tony"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cascarino" title="Tony Cascarino">Tony Cascarino</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>43</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>60</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Collins, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Collins_(English_footballer)" title="Paul Collins (English footballer)">Paul Collins</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>MF </td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Elsey, Karl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Elsey" title="Karl Elsey">Karl Elsey</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>MF </td> <td>43</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>59</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Eves, Mel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Eves" title="Mel Eves">Mel Eves</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>17</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gernon, Irvin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Irvin_Gernon" title="Irvin Gernon">Irvin Gernon</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gordon, Colin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Gordon_(footballer)" title="Colin Gordon (footballer)">Colin Gordon</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Gorman, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Gorman_(footballer)" title="John Gorman (footballer)">John Gorman</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Greenall, Colin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Greenall" title="Colin Greenall">Colin Greenall</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>37</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>48</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Haylock, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haylock" title="Paul Haylock">Paul Haylock</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>45</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>62</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Hillyard, Ron"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hillyard" title="Ron Hillyard">Ron Hillyard</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>GK </td> <td>27</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Hinnigan, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hinnigan" title="Joe Hinnigan">Joe Hinnigan</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>27</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>35</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Jacobs, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jacobs_(footballer)" title="Steve Jacobs (footballer)">Steve Jacobs</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>MF </td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>12</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Kite, Phil"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Kite_(footballer)" title="Phil Kite (footballer)">Phil Kite</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>GK </td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>23</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Lovell, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lovell_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Steve Lovell (Welsh footballer)">Steve Lovell</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Oakes, Keith"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Oakes" title="Keith Oakes">Keith Oakes</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Pearce, Graham"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Pearce_(English_footballer)" title="Graham Pearce (English footballer)">Graham Pearce</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>33</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>48</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Pritchard, Howard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Pritchard" title="Howard Pritchard">Howard Pritchard</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>46</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>62</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Quow, Trevor"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Quow" title="Trevor Quow">Trevor Quow</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>MF </td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Robinson, Martin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Robinson_(footballer)" title="Martin Robinson (footballer)">Martin Robinson</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>30</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>39</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Shearer, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Shearer" title="Dave Shearer">Dave Shearer</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>36</td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>48</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Smith, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Smith_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="Dave Smith (footballer, born 1961)">Dave Smith</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Weatherly, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weatherly" title="Mark Weatherly">Mark Weatherly</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>DF </td> <td>44</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>55</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><span data-sort-value="Westley, Graham"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Westley" title="Graham Westley">Graham Westley</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>FW </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p>FW = <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">Forward</a>, MF = <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a>, GK = <a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">Goalkeeper</a>, DF = <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a> </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gillingham manager Peacock noted that he felt "as low as I have ever felt in football" after the play-off final defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-replay_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replay-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also rued the absence of Shearer for parts of the season, contending that if the Scottish striker had been fit throughout, his goalscoring partnership with Cascarino would have secured an automatic promotion place.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001291_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001291-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had been speculated during the season that if Gillingham again failed to gain promotion, Cascarino, seen as the team's most valued player, would be signed by a club in a higher division, officials from several top clubs having visited Gillingham matches to watch him in action. Shortly after the play-off final defeat he joined <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> of the Second Division for a transfer fee of £225,000. This was at the time the highest fee which Gillingham had ever received for a player.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs200182–84_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs200182–84-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would go on to play at the highest level in both England and Scotland and represent the Republic of Ireland at <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988" title="UEFA Euro 1988">Euro 1988</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990 World Cup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs200182–84_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs200182–84-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson, who had been a regular starter in the first half of the season but featured less frequently in the latter stages, also moved on, joining <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> for £25,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETriggs2001277–278_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETriggs2001277–278-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gillingham began the following season mounting another challenge for promotion, and in the early part of the season beat Southend United 8–1 and Chesterfield 10–0 on consecutive Saturdays.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009138_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009138-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's form quickly declined and Peacock was sacked in December 1987, to be replaced by his former assistant Taylor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElligate2009203_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElligate2009203-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88 season</a> in 13th place in the Third Division.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Gillingham_F.C._season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Gillingham F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Gillingham F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Gillingham F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Gillingham F.C. season">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Gillingham F.C. season">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Gillingham_F.C._season" class="mw-redirect" title="2006–07 Gillingham F.C. season">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Gillingham F.C. season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Gillingham F.C. season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Gillingham F.C. season">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Gillingham F.C. season">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Gillingham F.C. season">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Gillingham F.C. season">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Gillingham F.C. season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Gillingham F.C. season">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Gillingham F.C. season">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Gillingham F.C. season">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Gillingham F.C. season">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Gillingham F.C. season">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Gillingham F.C. season">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Gillingham F.C. season">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Gillingham F.C. season">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Gillingham F.C. season">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Gillingham F.C. season">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Gillingham F.C. season">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Bobby Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rous_Cup" title="Rous Cup">Rous Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988" title="UEFA Euro 1988">UEFA Euro 1988</a> (<a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying">qualification</a> – <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988_qualifying_Group_4" title="UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 4">Group 4</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 1–4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League" title="1986–87 Football League">Football League</a> <span class="wrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League First Division">First Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_play-offs" title="1987 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_Conference" title="1986–87 Football Conference">Football Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 6–7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Premier_League" title="1986–87 Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 6 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southern_Football_League" title="1986–87 Southern Football League">Southern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southern_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 Southern Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southern_Football_League#Midland_Division" title="1986–87 Southern Football League">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southern_Football_League#Southern_Division" title="1986–87 Southern Football League">Southern</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 8–9</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_North" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">Two North</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_South" title="1986–87 Isthmian League">Two South</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Combined_Counties_Football_League" title="1986–87 Combined Counties Football League">Combined Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Eastern_Counties_Football_League" title="1986–87 Eastern Counties Football League">Eastern Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Essex_Senior_Football_League" title="1986–87 Essex Senior Football League">Essex Senior League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hellenic_Football_League" title="1986–87 Hellenic Football League">Hellenic League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hellenic_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 Hellenic Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hellenic_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Hellenic Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Kent_Football_League" title="1986–87 Kent Football League">Kent League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_London_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 London Spartan League (page does not exist)">London Spartan League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_London_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 London Spartan League (page does not exist)">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_London_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 London Spartan League (page does not exist)">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Midland_Football_Combination" title="1986–87 Midland Football Combination">Midland Football Combination</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_North_West_Counties_Football_League" title="1986–87 North West Counties Football League">North West Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 North West Counties Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1986–87 North West Counties Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League" title="1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League">Northern Counties East League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Football_League" title="1986–87 Northern Football League">Northern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Northern Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1986–87 Northern Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_South_Midlands_League" title="1986–87 South Midlands League">South Midlands League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_South_Midlands_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 South Midlands League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_South_Midlands_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 South Midlands League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Sussex_County_Football_League" title="1986–87 Sussex County Football League">Sussex County League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Sussex County Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1986–87 Sussex County Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_United_Counties_League" title="1986–87 United Counties League">United Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_United_Counties_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 United Counties League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_United_Counties_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 United Counties League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Wessex_Football_League" title="1986–87 Wessex Football League">Wessex League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="1986–87 West Midlands (Regional) League">West Midlands (Regional) League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Western_Football_League" title="1986–87 Western Football League">Western League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Western_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1986–87 Western Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Western_Football_League#Division_One" title="1986–87 Western Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cup<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FA cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup" title="1986–87 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds" title="1986–87 FA Cup qualifying rounds">Qualifying rounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_FA_Cup_final" title="1987 FA Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1986 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Trophy" title="1986–87 FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_FA_Trophy_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 FA Trophy final (page does not exist)">Final</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Football League cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Cup" title="1986–87 Football League Cup">League Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1987 Football League Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Full_Members%27_Cup" title="1986–87 Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1987_Full_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1987 Full Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1986–87 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1987_Associate_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1987 Associate Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Club_seasons258"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League First Division">First Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Charlton Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Coventry_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Coventry City F.C. season">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Everton_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Leicester City F.C. season">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Luton_Town_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Luton Town F.C. season">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Norwich_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Norwich City F.C. season">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Nottingham Forest F.C. season">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Oxford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Oxford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Southampton_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Southampton F.C. season">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Watford_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Watford F.C. season">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1986–87 West Ham United F.C. season">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Wimbledon_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Wimbledon F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Barnsley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Barnsley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season" title="1986–87 Bradford City A.F.C. season">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Crystal Palace F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Derby_County_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Derby County F.C. season">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Grimsby Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._season" title="1986–87 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Hull_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Hull City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Ipswich Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season" title="1986–87 Leeds United A.F.C. season">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Millwall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Millwall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season (page does not exist)">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Portsmouth_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Portsmouth F.C. season (page does not exist)">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Reading_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Reading F.C. season (page does not exist)">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Sheffield_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Sheffield United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Sunderland_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Sunderland A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">West Bromwich Albion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Blackpool F.C. season">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_AFC_Bournemouth_season" title="1986–87 AFC Bournemouth season">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Brentford_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Bristol_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Bristol City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Bristol Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Bury_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Bury F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Carlisle_United_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Carlisle United F.C. season">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Chester_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Chester City F.C. season">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Chesterfield_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Chesterfield F.C. season (page does not exist)">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Darlington_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Darlington F.C. season (page does not exist)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Fulham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Fulham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Mansfield Town F.C. season">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Newport_County_A.F.C._season" title="1986–87 Newport County A.F.C. season">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Port Vale F.C. season">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Notts_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Notts County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Rotherham_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Rotherham United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Swindon_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Swindon Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Walsall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Walsall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Wigan_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Wigan Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_York_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 York City F.C. season (page does not exist)">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1986–87 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Aldershot_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Aldershot F.C. season (page does not exist)">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Burnley_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Burnley F.C. season">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Cardiff_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Cardiff City F.C. season">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Cambridge_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Cambridge United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Colchester_United_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Colchester United F.C. season">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Exeter_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Exeter City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Halifax_Town_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Halifax Town A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Hartlepool_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Hartlepool United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Hereford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Hereford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Lincoln_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Lincoln City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Orient_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Orient F.C. season (page does not exist)">Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Peterborough_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Peterborough United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Preston_North_End_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Preston North End F.C. season (page does not exist)">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Rochdale_A.F.C._season" title="1986–87 Rochdale A.F.C. season">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Scunthorpe United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Southend_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Southend United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Southport_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Southport F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Stockport_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Stockport County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Swansea City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Torquay_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Torquay United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_Wrexham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986–87 Wrexham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wrexham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img 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