Season 1987-88

[ Results Summary ]

Football League Division One

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 13 6 6 1 19 11
Away 16 2 1 13 15 37
Total 29 8 7 14 34 48
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
15th Aug 1987 Sheffield Wed (H) 21929 2-0 Dixon, Durie
18th Portsmouth (A) 16917 3-0 Dixon, Nevin, Clive Wilson
22nd Tottenham (A) 37079 0-1  
29th Luton Town (H) 16075 3-0 Coady, Dixon, Nevin
31st Manchester Utd (A) 46478 1-3 Walsh (og)
5th Sep 1987 Nottm Forest (H) 18414 4-3 Clarke, Durie (2), Clive Wilson
12th QPR (A) 22583 1-3 Durie
19th Norwich City (H) 15242 1-0 Dixon
26th Watford (A) 16213 3-0 Dixon, Durie (2)
3rd Oct 1987 Newcastle Utd (H) 22071 2-2 Dixon, McCreery (og)
10th Everton (A) 32004 1-4 Dixon
17th Coventry City (H) 16699 1-0 Dixon
24th Southampton (A) 11890 0-3  
31st Oxford Utd (H) 15027 2-1 Nevin, Wegerle
3rd Nov 1987 Arsenal (A) 40230 1-3 Nevin
22nd Derby County (A) 18644 0-2  
28th Wimbledon (H) 15608 1-1 Durie
6th Dec 1987 Liverpool (A) 31211 1-2 Durie
12th West Ham Utd (H) 22850 1-1 Kevin Wilson
20th Charlton (A) 10893 2-2 Bodley, Wood
26th QPR (H) 18020 1-1 McLaughlin
28th Norwich City (A) 19668 0-3  
1st Jan 1988 Luton Town (A) 8018 0-3  
2nd Tottenham (H) 29317 0-0  
16th Sheffield Wed (A) 19859 0-3  
23rd Portsmouth (H) 15856 0-0  
30th Manchester Utd (A) 50816 0-2  
6th Feb 1988 Nottm Forest (A) 18203 2-3 Dixon, Kevin Wilson
13th Manchester Utd (H) 25014 1-2 West

Gate Statistics (Football League Division One)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 15027 (Oxford Utd) 29317 (Tottenham) 252122 / 13 19394
Away 8018 (Luton Town) 50816 (Manchester Utd) 400706 / 16 25044
All 8018 (Luton Town, Away) 50816 (Manchester Utd, Away) 652828 / 29 22511

FA Cup

Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 9th Jan 1988 Derby County (A) 18753 3-1 Dixon, McAllister, Wegerle

League Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 1 0 1 4 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 1st Leg 23rd Sep 1987 Reading (A) 11034 1-3 Durie
2nd Leg 7th Oct 1987 Reading (H) 15469 3-2 (4-5 agg) Durie (3)

Full Members' Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 2 0 1 4 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 18th Nov 1987 Barnsley (H) 8501 2-1 Coady, Durie
2nd Round 16th Dec 1987 Manchester City (A) 6406 2-0 Dixon, Kevin Wilson
3rd Round 19th Jan 1988 Swindon Town (A) 12317 0-4  

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  FM Cup   Full Members' Cup

Player Total League FA Cup Lge Cup FM Cup
Gordon Durie 13 8   4 1
Kerry Dixon 11 9 1   1
Pat Nevin 4 4      
Kevin Wilson 3 2     1
Clive Wilson 2 2      
Roy Wegerle 2 1 1    
John Coady 2 1     1
Micky Bodley 1 1      
Steve Clarke 1 1      
Joe McLaughlin 1 1      
Colin West 1 1      
Darren Wood 1 1      
Kevin McAllister 1   1    
Total 43 32 3 4 4

Appearances

Key

  League   Football League Division One
  Lge Cup   League Cup
  FM Cup   Full Members' Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League FA Cup Lge Cup FM Cup
Tony Dorigo 35/- 29/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Joe McLaughlin 35/- 29/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Darren Wood 35/- 29/- 1/- 2/- 3/-
Steve Clarke 32/- 27/- 1/- 2/- 2/-
Clive Wilson 31/3 26/2 1/- 2/- 2/1
Pat Nevin 28/2 24/2   2/- 2/-
Kerry Dixon 28/- 23/- 1/- 2/- 2/-
Gordon Durie 24/- 20/- 1/- 2/- 1/-
Mickey Hazard 21/2 17/1 1/- 2/- 1/1
Roger Freestone 19/- 15/- 1/-   3/-
Kevin Wilson 16/8 13/7   -/1 3/-
Eddie Niedzwiecki 16/- 14/-   2/-  
Colin Pates 14/1 11/1   1/- 2/-
John Bumstead 9/- 7/- 1/-   1/-
Roy Wegerle 8/5 7/3 -/1   1/1
Kevin McAllister 7/1 5/1 1/-   1/-
Steve Wicks 7/- 7/-      
Micky Bodley 7/- 5/-   1/- 1/-
John Coady 5/7 4/6   -/1 1/-
Gareth Hall 5/1 4/1     1/-
Jerry Murphy 2/- 2/-      
John McNaught 1/- 1/-      
Colin West -/3 -/3      
Games Played 35 29 1 2 3