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title="1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season">1988–89</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League" title="1987–88 Football League">1987–88 season</a> was <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>'s 81st season in <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> and 28th in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>. </p><p>After the previous season's decent performance there was great optimism ahead for <a href="/wiki/Mick_Mills" title="Mick Mills">Mick Mills</a>' third season in charge. However it turned out to be a frustrating season with Stoke unable to maintain a good run of form and they unsurprisingly finished in mid-table in a season of little progress.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_review">Season review</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Season review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League">League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mick_Mills" title="Mick Mills">Mick Mills</a> now entering into his third season as City boss had the support of the fans following last season's improvement and for the third season running the club played in the Isle of Man Trophy, with Stoke beating <a href="/wiki/Dundee_F.C." title="Dundee F.C.">Dundee</a> in the final.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This created great optimism amongst supporters that they would enjoy a good league campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However that quickly vanished on the opening day of the season as <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> scored the first goal after just 45 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This seemed to set the tone for a frustrating season.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team made a poor start winning just three of their first nine matches and it always looked too much for them to recover from.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Stoke did hit a run of form in January injury prevented any meaningful attempt to mount a push for a play-off place and the side made no progress and finished in 11th place.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lee_Dixon" title="Lee Dixon">Lee Dixon</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in January for £375,000 a good price for a full back in 1988 and with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bould" title="Steve Bould">Steve Bould</a>'s contract running out he also joined the "Gunners" for a fee of £390,000 which was settled at a tribunal.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: FA Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stoke drew First Division side <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> in the third round and produced two excellent performances. In the first game at Stoke almost 32,000 saw a goalless draw which Stoke should have won but <a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Graham Shaw</a> missed an easy chance.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the replay a battling Stoke lost by a goal to nil.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_Cup">League Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: League Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the League Cup Stoke beat <a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a>, but then lost in the next round to <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_Members'_Cup"><span id="Full_Members.27_Cup"></span>Full Members' Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Full Members' Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stoke had their best run in the Full Members' Cup beating <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> before losing to eventual runner-up <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> in the quarter-final.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_league_table">Final league table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Final league table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">−7 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; 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:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">60 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="No source parameter defined (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legend">Legend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"><small>Win</small> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"><small>Draw</small> </td> <td style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"><small>Loss</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_League_Second_Division">Football League Second Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Football League Second Division"><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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League" title="1987–88 Football League">1987–88 Football League</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Match</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>1</td> <td>15 August 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_(stadium)" title="St Andrew's (stadium)">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>13,137</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>2</td> <td>18 August 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–1</td> <td>9,139</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 68' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>3</td> <td>22 August 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>9,345</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 60' (pen) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>4</td> <td>29 August 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portman_Road" title="Portman Road">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>11,149</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>5</td> <td>31 August 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>9,948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Saunders_(footballer)" title="Carl Saunders (footballer)">Saunders</a> 4' <a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 45' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>6</td> <td>5 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bramall_Lane" title="Bramall Lane">A</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>10,086</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>7</td> <td>12 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>9,571</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 50' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>8</td> <td>16 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elm_Park_(stadium)" title="Elm Park (stadium)">A</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>5,349</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Parkin" title="Steve Parkin">Parkin</a> 50' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>9</td> <td>19 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_Road" title="Maine Road">A</a></td> <td>0–3</td> <td>19,322</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>10</td> <td>26 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–1</td> <td>8,665</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 74' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>11</td> <td>30 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">A</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>17,208</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>12</td> <td>3 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>8,104</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 77' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>13</td> <td>10 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>8,275</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 10' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>14</td> <td>17 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ewood_Park" title="Ewood Park">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>7,280</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>15</td> <td>20 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Ground_(Swindon)" title="County Ground (Swindon)">A</a></td> <td>0–3</td> <td>9,160</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>16</td> <td>24 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>13,494</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>17</td> <td>31 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakwell" title="Oakwell">A</a></td> <td>2–5</td> <td>5,908</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 62', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 75' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>18</td> <td>7 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td>9,992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 16' (pen), <a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 45', <a href="/wiki/Steve_Parkin" title="Steve Parkin">Parkin</a> 77' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>19</td> <td>14 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Selhurst_Park" title="Selhurst Park">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>8,309</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>20</td> <td>21 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>7,998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 36' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>21</td> <td>28 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gay_Meadow" title="Gay Meadow">A</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td>5,158</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Dixon" title="Lee Dixon">Dixon</a> 22', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 25', <a href="/wiki/Carl_Saunders_(footballer)" title="Carl Saunders (footballer)">Saunders</a> 32' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>22</td> <td>8 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–2</td> <td>6,470</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 14', <a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 77' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>23</td> <td>12 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayresome_Park" title="Ayresome Park">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>12,289</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>24</td> <td>19 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>4–2</td> <td>6,968</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 52', <a href="/wiki/Brian_Talbot" title="Brian Talbot">Talbot</a> 72', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Henry_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Tony Henry (footballer, born 1957)">Henry</a> 82', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 85' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>25</td> <td>26 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Road" title="Leeds Road">A</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td>9,510</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 55', <a href="/wiki/Steve_Parkin" title="Steve Parkin">Parkin</a> 75', <a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 84' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>26</td> <td>28 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–3</td> <td>18,020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 82' (pen) </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>27</td> <td>1 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–2</td> <td>9,976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 8' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>28</td> <td>2 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valley_Parade" title="Valley Parade">A</a></td> <td>4–1</td> <td>12,223</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 10', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Ford</a> 14', <a href="/wiki/Lee_Dixon" title="Lee Dixon">Dixon</a> 39', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Henry_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Tony Henry (footballer, born 1957)">Henry</a> 64' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>29</td> <td>16 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td>10,076</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Talbot" title="Brian Talbot">Talbot</a> 7', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Henry_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Tony Henry (footballer, born 1957)">Henry</a> (2) 82', 87' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>30</td> <td>6 February 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>9,344</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Saunders_(footballer)" title="Carl Saunders (footballer)">Saunders</a> 63' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>31</td> <td>13 February 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boothferry_Park" title="Boothferry Park">A</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>6,424</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>32</td> <td>23 February 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>10,129</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 35', <a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 90' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>33</td> <td>27 February 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Court" title="Dean Court">A</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>6,871</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>34</td> <td>5 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>14,098</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 14', <a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 76' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>35</td> <td>12 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_Park" title="Home Park">A</a></td> <td>0–3</td> <td>8,749</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>36</td> <td>16 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Filbert_Street" title="Filbert Street">A</a></td> <td>1–1</td> <td>10,502</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 72' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>37</td> <td>19 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td>8,029</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Daly" title="Gerry Daly">Daly</a> 53', <a href="/wiki/Tony_Henry_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Tony Henry (footballer, born 1957)">Henry</a> 60', <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hemming" title="Chris Hemming">Hemming</a> 78' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>38</td> <td>26 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">A</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>20,392</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 71' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>39</td> <td>2 April 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Hawthorns" title="The Hawthorns">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>12,144</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>40</td> <td>4 April 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–1</td> <td>9,613</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 43' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>41</td> <td>9 April 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Park" title="Boundary Park">A</a></td> <td>1–5</td> <td>6,505</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 23' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>42</td> <td>23 April 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>6,293</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stainrod" title="Simon Stainrod">Stainrod</a> 16' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>43</td> <td>30 April 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Den" title="The Old Den">A</a></td> <td>0–2</td> <td>12,636</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>44</td> <td>2 May 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>1–1</td> <td>7,452</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Stainrod" title="Simon Stainrod">Stainrod</a> 59' </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FA_Cup_2">FA Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: FA Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_FA_Cup" title="1987–88 FA Cup">1987–88 FA Cup</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFFFCC;"> <td>R3</td> <td>9 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>0–0</td> <td>31,979</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>R3 Replay</td> <td>12 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">A</a></td> <td>0–1</td> <td>39,147</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_Cup_2">League Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: League Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Cup" title="1987–88 Football League Cup">1987–88 Football League Cup</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R2 1st Leg</td> <td>22 September 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–0</td> <td>7,189</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> (2) 18', 65' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R2 2nd Leg</td> <td>6 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Priestfield_Stadium" title="Priestfield Stadium">A</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>5,039</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> 12' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R3</td> <td>27 October 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–1</td> <td>8,603</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Daly" title="Gerry Daly">Daly</a> 14', <a href="/wiki/Brian_Talbot" title="Brian Talbot">Talbot</a> 17' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>R4</td> <td>17 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">A</a></td> <td>0–3</td> <td>30,059</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_Members'_Cup_2"><span id="Full_Members.27_Cup_2"></span>Full Members' Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Full Members' Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Full_Members%27_Cup" title="1987–88 Full Members' Cup">1987–88 Full Members' Cup</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Scorers </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R1</td> <td>10 November 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fratton_Park" title="Fratton Park">A</a></td> <td>3–0</td> <td>3,226</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Heath</a> 16', <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Daly" title="Gerry Daly">Daly</a> 36', <a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 51' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R2</td> <td>2 December 1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Stadium" title="Hillsborough Stadium">A</a></td> <td>1–0</td> <td>15,228</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">Berry</a> 54' </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>R3</td> <td>19 January 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Filbert_Street" title="Filbert Street">A</a></td> <td>0–0 (5–3 pens)</td> <td>5,161</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #FFCCCC;"> <td>QF</td> <td>1 March 1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenilworth_Road" title="Kenilworth Road">A</a></td> <td>1–4</td> <td>4,480</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Shaw</a> 71' </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Isle_of_Man_Trophy">Isle of Man Trophy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Isle of Man Trophy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Round</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>Group match 1</td> <td>Isle of Man XI</td> <td>3–1 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>Group match 2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a></td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>Semi-final</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hibernian_F.C." title="Hibernian F.C.">Hibernian</a></td> <td>1–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #CCFFCC;"> <td>Final</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dundee_F.C." title="Dundee F.C.">Dundee</a></td> <td>1–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friendlies">Friendlies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Friendlies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Match</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr style="background: #CCFFCC;"> <td align="center">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>2–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFFFCC;"> <td align="center">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Hanley_F.C." title="Eastwood Hanley F.C.">Eastwood Hanley</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFFFCC;"> <td align="center">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Town_F.C." title="Newcastle Town F.C.">Newcastle Town</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>0–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFFFCC;"> <td align="center">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">H</a></td> <td>0–0 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFFFCC;"> <td align="center">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>1–1 </td></tr> <tr style="background: #FFFFCC;"> <td align="center">6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telford_United_F.C." title="Telford United F.C.">Telford United</a></td> <td>A</td> <td>3–3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squad_statistics">Squad statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Squad statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" valign="bottom">Pos. </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">League </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">FA Cup </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">League Cup </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">Full Members' Cup </th> <th colspan="2" width="85">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Barrett_(footballer)" title="Scott Barrett (footballer)">Scott Barrett</a> </td> <td>27</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">GK</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fox_(footballer)" title="Peter Fox (footballer)">Peter Fox</a> </td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>21</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bould" title="Steve Bould">Steve Bould</a> </td> <td>30</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>36</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Carr" title="Cliff Carr">Cliff Carr</a> </td> <td>39(2)</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>48(2)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Dixon" title="Lee Dixon">Lee Dixon</a> </td> <td>29</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>38</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Fowler_(footballer,_born_1969)" title="Lee Fowler (footballer, born 1969)">Lee Fowler</a> </td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hemming" title="Chris Hemming">Chris Hemming</a> </td> <td>20(4)</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>23(4)</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Holmes_(footballer)" title="Andy Holmes (footballer)">Andy Holmes</a> </td> <td>1(1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2(1)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Lewis_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="Kevin Lewis (footballer, born 1970)">Kevin Lewis</a> </td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mick_Mills" title="Mick Mills">Mick Mills</a> </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></tr> <tr> <td align="left">DF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Talbot" title="Brian Talbot">Brian Talbot</a> </td> <td>19(3)</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>24(3)</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Allinson" title="Ian Allinson">Ian Allinson</a> </td> <td>6(3)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7(3)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Beeston" title="Carl Beeston">Carl Beeston</a> </td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Berry_(footballer)" title="George Berry (footballer)">George Berry</a> </td> <td>35(1)</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>45(1)</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Daly" title="Gerry Daly">Gerry Daly</a> </td> <td>16(5)</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>24(5)</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ford_(footballer,_born_1959)" title="Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)">Tony Ford</a> </td> <td>44</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>54</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Henry_(footballer,_born_1957)" title="Tony Henry (footballer, born 1957)">Tony Henry</a> </td> <td>22</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>24</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Parkin" title="Steve Parkin">Steve Parkin</a> </td> <td>42(1)</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>49(1)</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Puckett" title="David Puckett">David Puckett</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">MF</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ware" title="Paul Ware">Paul Ware</a> </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></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(footballer)" title="Ian Gibbons (footballer)">Ian Gibbons</a> </td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0(1)</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Hackett" title="Gary Hackett">Gary Hackett</a> </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></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Heath_(footballer)" title="Phil Heath (footballer)">Phil Heath</a> </td> <td>32(7)</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3(1)</td> <td>1</td> <td>39(8)</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Nicky Morgan (footballer)">Nicky Morgan</a> </td> <td>27(1)</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>35(1)</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Saunders_(footballer)" title="Carl Saunders (footballer)">Carl Saunders</a> </td> <td>15(2)</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2(1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>18(3)</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Shaw_(footballer,_born_1967)" title="Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)">Graham Shaw</a> </td> <td>30(3)</td> <td>6</td> <td>0(2)</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2(1)</td> <td>2</td> <td>36(6)</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">FW</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Stainrod" title="Simon Stainrod">Simon Stainrod</a> </td> <td>11(1)</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>15(1)</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=1987%E2%80%9388_Stoke_City_F.C._season&action=edit&section=16" 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 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season">1883–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884%E2%80%9385_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1884–85 Stoke F.C. season">1884–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885%E2%80%9386_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1885–86 Stoke F.C. season">1885–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886%E2%80%9387_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1886–87 Stoke F.C. season">1886–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887%E2%80%9388_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1887–88 Stoke F.C. season">1887–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888%E2%80%9389_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1888–89 Stoke F.C. season">1888–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889%E2%80%9390_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1889–90 Stoke F.C. season">1889–90</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span><a href="/wiki/1890%E2%80%9391_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1890–91 Stoke F.C. season">1890–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891%E2%80%9392_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1891–92 Stoke F.C. season">1891–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892%E2%80%9393_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1892–93 Stoke F.C. season">1892–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1893–94 Stoke F.C. season">1893–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1894–95 Stoke F.C. season">1894–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Stoke F.C. season">1895–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1896–97 Stoke F.C. season">1896–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1897–98 Stoke F.C. season">1897–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Stoke F.C. season">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1899–1900 Stoke F.C. season">1899–1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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title="1908–09 Stoke F.C. season">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1909–10 Stoke F.C. season">1909–10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1910–11 Stoke F.C. season">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1911–12 Stoke F.C. season">1911–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1912–13 Stoke F.C. season">1912–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1913–14 Stoke F.C. season">1913–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Stoke F.C. season">1914–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915%E2%80%9316_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1915–16 Stoke F.C. season">1915–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916%E2%80%9317_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1916–17 Stoke F.C. season">1916–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%9318_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1917–18 Stoke F.C. season">1917–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918%E2%80%9319_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1918–19 Stoke F.C. season">1918–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Stoke F.C. season">1919–20</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1920–21 Stoke F.C. season">1920–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Stoke F.C. season">1921–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Stoke F.C. season">1922–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1923–24 Stoke F.C. season">1923–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_Stoke_F.C._season" title="1924–25 Stoke F.C. season">1924–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season">1925–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1926–27 Stoke City F.C. season">1926–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1927–28 Stoke City F.C. season">1927–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1928–29 Stoke City F.C. season">1928–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1929–30 Stoke City F.C. season">1929–30</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1930–31 Stoke City F.C. season">1930–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1931–32 Stoke City F.C. season">1931–32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1932–33 Stoke City F.C. season">1932–33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1933–34 Stoke City F.C. season">1933–34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1934–35 Stoke City F.C. season">1934–35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season">1935–36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Stoke City F.C. season">1938–39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1939–40 Stoke City F.C. season">1939–40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Stoke City F.C. season">1948–49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1949–50 Stoke City F.C. season">1949–50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Stoke City F.C. season">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Stoke City F.C. season">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Stoke City F.C. season">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Stoke City F.C. season">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Stoke City F.C. season">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1955–56 Stoke City F.C. season">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1956–57 Stoke City F.C. season">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1957–58 Stoke City F.C. season">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Stoke City F.C. season">1959–60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Stoke City F.C. season">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1962–63 Stoke City F.C. season">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1965–66 Stoke City F.C. season">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1966–67 Stoke City F.C. season">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1968–69 Stoke City F.C. season">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1969–70 Stoke City F.C. season">1969–70</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1970–71 Stoke City F.C. season">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1971–72 Stoke City F.C. season">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1972–73 Stoke City F.C. season">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1973–74 Stoke City F.C. season">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1974–75 Stoke City F.C. season">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1975–76 Stoke City F.C. season">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1976–77 Stoke City F.C. season">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1977–78 Stoke City F.C. season">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1978–79 Stoke City F.C. season">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1979–80 Stoke City F.C. season">1979–80</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1980–81 Stoke City F.C. season">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1981–82 Stoke City F.C. season">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1983–84 Stoke City F.C. season">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1985–86 Stoke City F.C. season">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season">1986–87</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1988–89 Stoke City F.C. season">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1989–90 Stoke City F.C. season">1989–90</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00</span><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1990–91 Stoke City F.C. season">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1991–92 Stoke City F.C. season">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1992–93 Stoke City F.C. season">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1993–94 Stoke City F.C. season">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1994–95 Stoke City F.C. season">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1995–96 Stoke City F.C. season">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1996–97 Stoke City F.C. season">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1997–98 Stoke City F.C. season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Stoke City F.C. season">1999–2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Stoke City F.C. season">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Stoke City F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Stoke City F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Stoke City F.C. season">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Stoke City F.C. season">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Stoke City F.C. season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Stoke City F.C. season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Stoke City F.C. season">2009–10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Stoke City F.C. season">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Stoke City F.C. season">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Stoke City F.C. season">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Stoke City F.C. season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Stoke City F.C. season">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Stoke City F.C. season">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Stoke City F.C. season">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Stoke City F.C. season">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Stoke City F.C. season">2019–20</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Stoke City F.C. season">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Stoke City F.C. season">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Stoke City F.C. season">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2023–24 Stoke City F.C. season">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="2024–25 Stoke City F.C. season">2024–25</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2025–26</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2026–27</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2027–28</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2028–29</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">2029–30</span></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" aria-labelledby="1987–88_in_English_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="Template:1987–88 in English football"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="Template talk:1987–88 in English football"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1987–88 in English football"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="1987–88_in_English_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88 in English football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div style="float: left;"> « <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a></div> <div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1988–89 in English football">1988–89</a> » </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</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><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League" title="1987–88 Football League">Football League</a> <span class="wrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 Football League First Division">First Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_Football_League_play-offs" title="1988 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_Conference" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Premier_League" title="1987–88 Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Premier_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Northern Premier League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Premier_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Northern Premier League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southern_Football_League" title="1987–88 Southern Football League">Southern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southern_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Southern Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southern_Football_League#Midland_Division" title="1987–88 Southern Football League">Midland</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southern_Football_League#Southern_Division" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_North" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">Two North</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Isthmian_League#Division_Two_South" title="1987–88 Isthmian League">Two South</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Combined_Counties_Football_League" title="1987–88 Combined Counties Football League">Combined Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Eastern_Counties_Football_League" title="1987–88 Eastern Counties Football League">Eastern Counties League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Essex_Senior_Football_League" title="1987–88 Essex Senior Football League">Essex Senior League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Hellenic_Football_League" title="1987–88 Hellenic Football League">Hellenic League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Hellenic_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Hellenic Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Hellenic_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Hellenic Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Kent_Football_League" title="1987–88 Kent Football League">Kent League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Midland_Football_Combination" title="1987–88 Midland Football Combination">Midland Football Combination</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_North_West_Counties_Football_League" title="1987–88 North West Counties Football League">North West Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 North West Counties Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_North_West_Counties_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1987–88 North West Counties Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League" title="1987–88 Northern Counties East Football League">Northern Counties East League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Northern Counties East Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Counties_East_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Northern Counties East Football League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League" title="1987–88 Northern Football League">Northern League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Northern Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1987–88 Northern Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_South_Midlands_League" title="1987–88 South Midlands League">South Midlands League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_South_Midlands_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 South Midlands League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_South_Midlands_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 South Midlands League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Spartan League (page does not exist)">Spartan League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Spartan League (page does not exist)">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Spartan_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Spartan League (page does not exist)">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Sussex_County_Football_League" title="1987–88 Sussex County Football League">Sussex County League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 Sussex County Football League">One</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Sussex_County_Football_League#Division_Two" title="1987–88 Sussex County Football League">Two</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_Counties_League" title="1987–88 United Counties League">United Counties League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_Counties_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 United Counties League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_Counties_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 United Counties League">One</a></span>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Wessex_Football_League" title="1987–88 Wessex Football League">Wessex League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_West_Midlands_(Regional)_League" title="1987–88 West Midlands (Regional) League">West Midlands (Regional) League</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;">level 8 only</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Western_Football_League" title="1987–88 Western Football League">Western League</a> <span class="wrap">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Western_Football_League#Premier_Division" title="1987–88 Western Football League">Premier</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Western_Football_League#Division_One" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_FA_Cup" title="1987–88 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds" title="1987–88 FA Cup qualifying rounds">Qualifying rounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_FA_Cup_final" title="1988 FA Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1987 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_FA_Trophy" title="1987–88 FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_FA_Trophy_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Cup" title="1987–88 Football League Cup">League Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1988_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1988 Football League Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Full_Members%27_Cup" title="1987–88 Full Members' Cup">Full Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1988_Full_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1988 Full Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Associate_Members%27_Cup" title="1987–88 Associate Members' Cup">Associate Members' Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1988_Associate_Members%27_Cup_final" title="1988 Associate Members' Cup final">Final</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Centenary_Tournament" title="Football League Centenary Tournament">Football League Centenary Tournament</a></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_seasons"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Charlton Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Coventry_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Coventry City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Derby_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Derby County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Everton_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Luton_Town_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Luton Town F.C. season">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Newcastle_United_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Newcastle United F.C. season">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Norwich_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Norwich City F.C. season">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Nottingham Forest F.C. season">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Oxford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Oxford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oxford United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Portsmouth_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Portsmouth F.C. season">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Southampton_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Southampton F.C. season">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season (page does not exist)">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Watford_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Watford F.C. season (page does not exist)">Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1987–88 West Ham United F.C. season">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Wimbledon_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Wimbledon F.C. season">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 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="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Barnsley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Barnsley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_AFC_Bournemouth_season" title="1987–88 AFC Bournemouth season">Bournemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season" title="1987–88 Bradford City A.F.C. season">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Crystal Palace F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._season" title="1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Hull_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Hull City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Ipswich Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season" title="1987–88 Leeds United A.F.C. season">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Leicester_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Millwall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Millwall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season (page does not exist)">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Reading_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Reading F.C. season (page does not exist)">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Sheffield_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Sheffield United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Swindon_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Swindon Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 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="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Aldershot_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Aldershot F.C. season (page does not exist)">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Blackpool F.C. season">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Brentford_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Bristol_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Bristol City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Bristol Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Bury_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Bury F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Chester_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Chester City F.C. season">Chester City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Chesterfield_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Chesterfield F.C. season (page does not exist)">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Fulham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Fulham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Gillingham_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Grimsby Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Mansfield Town F.C. season">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Port Vale F.C. season">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Preston_North_End_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Preston North End F.C. season (page does not exist)">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Notts_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Notts County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Rotherham_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Rotherham United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Southend_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Southend United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Sunderland_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Sunderland A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Walsall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Walsall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Wigan_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Wigan Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wigan Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_York_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 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/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1987–88 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="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Burnley_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Burnley F.C. season">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Cardiff_City_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Cardiff City F.C. season">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Cambridge_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Cambridge United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Cambridge United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Carlisle_United_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Carlisle United F.C. season">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Colchester_United_F.C._season" title="1987–88 Colchester United F.C. season">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Darlington_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Darlington F.C. season (page does not exist)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Exeter_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Exeter City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Halifax_Town_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Halifax Town A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Hartlepool_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Hartlepool United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Hereford_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Hereford United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hereford United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Leyton_Orient_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Leyton Orient F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Newport_County_A.F.C._season" title="1987–88 Newport County A.F.C. season">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Peterborough_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Peterborough United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Peterborough United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Rochdale_A.F.C._season" title="1987–88 Rochdale A.F.C. season">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Scarborough_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Scarborough F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Scunthorpe United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Southport_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Southport F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Stockport_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Stockport County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Swansea City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swansea City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Torquay_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Torquay United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987%E2%80%9388_Wrexham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987–88 Wrexham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wrexham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    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