1987–88 Football League
| Season | 1987–88 |
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| Champions | Liverpool |
| Relegated | Newport County |
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← 1986–87
1988–89 →
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| Season | 1987–88 |
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| Champions | Liverpool (17th English title) |
| Relegated |
Chelsea, Oxford United, Portsmouth, Watford |
| FA Cup winners | Wimbledon (1st FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 420 |
| Top goalscorer | John Aldridge (Liverpool), 26 |
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← 1986–87
1988–89 →
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The 1987–1988 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League.
Liverpool won the league title with a comfortable nine-point margin and just two defeats all season. Second in the league were Manchester United.
The automatically-relegated sides were Watford, Oxford United and Portsmouth. Chelsea were subsequently relegated as well after losing to Middlesbrough in the playoff final.
Millwall lifted the Second Division championship trophy and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. Runners-up were Aston Villa, managed by Graham Taylor. Middlesbrough won promotion for the second season running after negotiating the relegation/promotion play-offs at the expense of Chelsea.
Huddersfield Town, who suffered a 10-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester City in November, were relegated. The Second/Third Division relegation/promotion play-offs once again saw a Second Division club suffer relegation, this time it was Sheffield United.
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