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The Football League 1986-87

The Football League
Season 1986–87
Champions Everton
Relegated Lincoln City
Football League, First Division
Season 1986–87
Champions Everton (9th English title)
Relegated Aston Villa,
Leicester City
Manchester City
FA Cup winners Coventry City (1st FA Cup title)
European Cup 1987–88 No qualifications
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1215 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Clive Allen (Tottenham Hotspur), 33
Biggest home win Sheff WedQPR 7–1 (2 May 1987);
Nottingham ForestAston Villa 6–0 (20 Sept 1986)
Biggest away win ChelseaNottingham Forest 2–6 (20 Sep 1986);
Aston VillaArsenal 0–4 (29 Nov 1986);
ChelseaWimbledon 0–4 (6 Dec 1986);
NewcastleEverton 0–4 (26 Dec 1986);
SouthamptonArsenal 0–4 (15 Nov 1986)
Highest scoring Sheff WedQPR 7–1 (2 May 1987);
LiverpoolNorwich City 6–2 (1 Nov 1986);
West HamChelsea 5–3 (11 Oct 1986);
ChelseaNottingham Forest 2–6 (20 Sep 1986)
Longest winning run Everton (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run Arsenal (17 games)
Longest losing run Newcastle United (6 games)
Football League, Second Division
Season 1986–87
Champions Derby County (4th title)
Promoted Portsmouth
Relegated Brighton & Hove Albion,
Grimsby Town,
Sunderland
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1131 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Micky Quinn (Portsmouth), 22
Football League, Third Division
Season 1986–87
Champions Bournemouth (1st title)
Promoted Middlesbrough,
Swindon Town
Relegated Bolton Wanderers,
Carlisle United,
Darlington,
Newport County
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1471 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Andy Jones (Port Vale), 29
Football League, Fourth Division
Season 1986–87
Champions Northampton Town (1st title)
Promoted Aldershot,
Preston North End,
Southend United
Failed re-election Lincoln City
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1456 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Richard Hill (Northampton Town), 28

The 19861987 season was the 88th completed season of The Football League.

Play-offs to determine promotion places were introduced in 1987 so that more clubs remained eligible for promotion closer to the end of the season, and at the same time to aid in the reduction over two years of the number of clubs in the First Division from 22 to 20.

At the same time, automatic promotion and relegation between the Fourth Division and the Football Conference was introduced for one club, replacing the annual application for re-election to the League of the bottom four clubs and linking the League to the developing National League System pyramid.

The First Division championship went to Everton in their final season under the management of Howard Kendall before his departure to Athletic Bilbao. To date, this remains Everton's last league title. His side overcame a spate of injuries to fight off competition from runners-up Liverpool and third-placed Tottenham. Fourth place went to George Graham’s emerging young Arsenal side who also won the League Cup in his first season in charge. Fifth place in the league went to newly promoted Norwich City, whose manager Ken Brown built a strong squad on a limited budget to achieve a finish which would have been enough to qualify for UEFA Cup had it not been for the ongoing ban on English clubs in European competitions.

Wimbledon finished sixth in the First Division in only their tenth season as a Football League club. Dave Bassett’s men had led the league for the first two weeks of September, but sixth place was still much higher than most pundits had tipped them for at the start of the season.


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