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First team 1987-88 - Football League : Division Four

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Home Matches   Away Matches   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A W D L F A
0-2 1-1   1 Wolverhampton Wanderers   46   15 3 5 47 19   12 6 5 35 24   39   90
0-1 0-0   2 Cardiff City [wal]   46   15 6 2 39 14   9 7 7 27 27   25   85
1-2 1-2   3 Bolton Wanderers   46   15 6 2 42 12   7 6 10 24 30   24   78
1-1 0-0   4 Scunthorpe United   46   14 5 4 42 20   6 12 5 34 31   25   77
2-1 0-3   5 Torquay United   46   10 7 6 34 16   11 7 5 32 25   25   77
0-2 1-1   6 Swansea City [wal]   46   9 7 7 35 28   11 3 9 27 28   6   70
0-1 0-0   7 Peterborough United   46   10 5 8 28 26   10 5 8 24 27   -1   70
1-2 1-1   8 Leyton Orient   46   13 4 6 55 27   6 8 9 30 36   22   69
1-1 0-2   9 Colchester United   46   10 5 8 23 22   9 5 9 24 29   -4   67
2-0 1-1   10 Burnley   46   12 5 6 31 22   8 2 13 26 40   -5   67
1-1 1-2   11 Wrexham [wal]   46   13 3 7 46 26   7 3 13 23 32   11   66
1-1 1-1   12 Scarborough   46   12 8 3 38 19   5 6 12 18 29   8   65
1-1 2-1   13 Darlington   46   13 6 4 39 25   5 5 13 32 44   2   65
1-2 0-4   14 Tranmere Rovers   46   14 2 7 43 20   5 7 11 18 33   8   64
0-2 0-2   15 Cambridge United   46   10 6 7 32 24   6 7 10 18 28   -2   61
1-0 3-1   16 Hartlepool United   46   9 7 7 25 25   6 7 10 25 32   -7   59
1-1 1-3   17 Crewe Alexandra   46   7 11 5 25 19   6 8 9 32 34   4   58
1-0 0-2   18 Halifax Town   46   11 7 5 37 25   3 7 13 17 34   -5   55
0-2 1-0   19 Hereford United   46   8 7 8 25 27   6 5 12 16 32   -18   54
x x   20 Stockport County   46   7 7 9 26 26   5 8 10 18 32   -14   51
1-1 1-0   21 Rochdale   46   5 9 9 28 34   6 6 11 19 42   -29   48
2-1 1-2   22 Exeter City   46   8 6 9 33 29   3 7 13 20 39   -15   46
3-0 0-2   23 Carlisle United   46   9 5 9 38 33   3 3 17 19 53   -29   44
5-1 2-1   24 Newport County [wal]   46   4 5 14 19 36   2 2 19 16 69   -70   25
     

Tranmere Rovers had 2 points deudtced for postponing a game due to Police costs. Mansfield Town had 1 point deducted.

First team 1987-88 - Football League Freight Rover Trophy : Northern Group Seven

Results   Pos Team   Pl   Home Matches   Away Matches   GA/GD   Pts
Home Away W D L F A W D L F A
2-5   1 Preston North End   2   1 0 0 5 2   0 1 0 0 0   3   4
1-3   2 Bolton Wanderers   2   0 1 0 0 0   1 0 0 3 1   2   4
x x   3 Stockport County   2   0 0 1 1 3   0 0 1 2 5   -5   0
     
Date Opponents Comp FT Scorers
Jul A Poynton FR 6-1  
Thu 30 Jul N Doncaster Rov FR 0-2  
Sat 1 Aug A Buxton FR 2-1 Evans, Sertori
Tue 4 Aug A Oldham Ath FR -  
Fri 7 Aug A Chester C FR 1-0 Hendrie
Mon 10 Aug A Cheadle T FR 7-0 Cronin 3
Sat 15 Aug H Swansea C LG 0-2  
Tue 18 Aug H Carlisle U FL 0-1  
Sat 22 Aug A Darlington LG 2-1 Evans 2
Tue 25 Aug A Carlisle U FL 0-3  
Fri 28 Aug H Tranmere Rov LG 1-2 Hodkinson
Mon 31 Aug A Newport Co LG 2-1 Evans, Hodkinson
Fri 4 Sep H Carlisle U LG 3-0 Evans, Hodkinson, Cronin
Sat 12 Sep A Rochdale LG 1-0 Edwards
Tue 15 Sep H Leyton O LG 1-2 Hodkinson
Sat 19 Sep H Wolverhampton W LG 0-2  
Sat 26 Sep A Wrexham LG 1-2 Colville
Tue 29 Sep A Scunthorpe U LG 0-0  
Fri 2 Oct H Cardiff C LG 0-1  
Sat 10 Oct H Peterborough U LG 0-1  
Fri 16 Oct A Halifax T LG 0-2  
Tue 20 Oct A Crewe Alex LG 1-3 Colville
Fri 23 Oct H Hereford U LG 0-2  
Tue 27 Oct A Preston NE AM 2-5 Colville, Birch
Sat 31 Oct A Burnley LG 1-1 Entwistle
Tue 3 Nov H Hartlepool U LG 1-0 Birch
Fri 6 Nov H Torquay U LG 2-1 Robinson, Entwistle
Sat 14 Nov A Telford U FA 1-1 Entwistle
Tue 17 Nov H Telford U FA 2-0 Hodkinson 1p, Colville
Sat 21 Nov A Exeter C LG 1-2 Birch
Tue 24 Nov H Bolton W AM 1-3 Farnaby
Fri 27 Nov H Colchester U LG 1-1 Farnaby
Sat 5 Dec A Runcorn FA 1-0 Colville
Fri 11 Dec A Cambridge U LG 0-2  
Sat 19 Dec H Scarborough LG 1-1 Worthington
Sat 26 Dec H Wrexham LG 1-1 Colville
Mon 28 Dec A Bolton W LG 1-2 Worthington
Fri 1 Jan A Tranmere Rov LG 0-4  
Sat 2 Jan H Rochdale LG 1-1 Worthington
Sat 9 Jan H Leyton O FA 1-2 Colville
Sat 16 Jan A Wolverhampton W LG 1-1 Worthington
Sat 23 Jan A Leyton O LG 1-1 Colville
Fri 29 Jan H Newport Co LG 5-1 Robinson, Hendrie, Colville 2, Birch
Sat 6 Feb A Carlisle U LG 0-2  
Fri 12 Feb H Bolton W LG 1-2 Worthington
Fri 19 Feb A Swansea C LG 1-1 Worthington
Sat 27 Feb A Cardiff C LG 0-0  
Tue 1 Mar H Scunthorpe U LG 1-1 Colville
Fri 4 Mar H Halifax T LG 1-0 Colville
Sat 12 Mar A Peterborough U LG 0-0  
Fri 18 Mar H Burnley LG 2-0 Hodkinson 1p, Colville
Sat 26 Mar A Hereford U LG 1-0 Entwistle
Sat 2 Apr A Torquay U LG 0-3  
Mon 4 Apr H Exeter C LG 2-1 Hodkinson 1p, Colville
Sat 9 Apr A Hartlepool U LG 3-1 Colville 2, Edwards
Tue 19 Apr H Darlington LG 1-1 Colville
Fri 22 Apr H Crewe Alex LG 1-1 Colville
Fri 29 Apr A Colchester U LG 0-2  
Mon 2 May H Cambridge U LG 0-2  
Sat 7 May A Scarborough LG 1-1 Williams 1p

First Team 1987-88 Appearance and Goal Totals

Appearance totals for non senior competitions may not be complete

  LG AM FA FL FR
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
Neil Bailey 34   0 2   0 4   0 2   0 2   0
Alan Birch 18 2 3 2   1 4   0 0   0 0   0
Lee Broomhead 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Steve Bullock 41   0 2   0 4   0 1   0 1   0
Steve Burke 5   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Ian Chandler 4 1 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Rob Colville 40   14 2   1 4   3 0   0 0   0
Steve Crompton 2   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Denis Cronin 11 4 1 0   0 0   0 2   0 2   3
Levi Edwards 12 7 2 1   0 0   0 2   0 2   0
Wayne Entwistle 15 10 3 2   0 2 1 1 0   0 4   0
Clive Evans 5   4 0   0 0   0 2   0 3   1
Craig Farnaby 17 5 1 1   1 0   0 0   0 0   0
Asa Hartford 30 1 0 1   0 4   0 1   0 3   0
Paul Hendrie 17 5 1 0 1 0 1   0 0   0 2   1
Andy Hodkinson 36 3 6 1 1 0 3   1 2   0 4   0
Mark Howard 2   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Chris Marples 44   0 2   0 4   0 2   0 4   0
Ian McKenzie 12   0 0   0 0   0 1   0 3 1 0
Neil Mills 5 2 0 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0
Dave Mossman 0   0 0   0 0   0 1   0 0 1 0
Mike Pickering 8   0 1   0 2   0 0   0 2 1 0
Les Robinson 37   2 2   0 4   0 2   0 3 1 0
Ian Scott 15 1 0 1   0 1   0 0   0 0   0
Mark Sertori 0 1 0 0   0 0   0 1   0 2   1
Tommy Sword 3 1 0 0   0 0   0 1   0 4   0
Andy Thorpe 20   0 0   0 1   0 0   0 0   0
Bill Williams 45   1 2   0 4   0 2   0 2   0
Jim Willis 10   0 0   0 0   0 0   0 0   0
Frank Worthington 18 1 6 0   0 2   0 0   0 0   0