The Football League 1986-87
| Season | 1986–87 |
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| Champions | Everton |
| Relegated | Lincoln City |
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| Season | 1986–87 |
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| 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 Wed – QPR 7–1 (2 May 1987); Nottingham Forest – Aston Villa 6–0 (20 Sept 1986) |
| Biggest away win |
Chelsea – Nottingham Forest 2–6 (20 Sep 1986); Aston Villa – Arsenal 0–4 (29 Nov 1986); Chelsea – Wimbledon 0–4 (6 Dec 1986); Newcastle – Everton 0–4 (26 Dec 1986); Southampton – Arsenal 0–4 (15 Nov 1986) |
| Highest scoring |
Sheff Wed – QPR 7–1 (2 May 1987); Liverpool – Norwich City 6–2 (1 Nov 1986); West Ham – Chelsea 5–3 (11 Oct 1986); Chelsea – Nottingham 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) |
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| Season | 1986–87 |
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| 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 |
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| Season | 1986–87 |
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| 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 |
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| Season | 1986–87 |
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| 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 |
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The 1986–1987 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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