# 1987–88 Fulham RLFC season

The 1987–88 Fulham RLFC season was the eighth in the club's history. They competed in the 1987–88 Second Division of the Rugby Football League. They also competed in the 1987–88 Challenge Cup, 1987–88 Lancashire Cup and the 1987–88 League Cup. They finished the season in 17th place in the second tier of British professional rugby league.

## 1987-88 Second Division league table
### Second Division

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| 1 | Oldham | 28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 771 | 335 | 47 |
| 2 | Featherstone Rovers | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 712 | 353 | 44 |
| 3 | Wakefield Trinity | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 666 | 315 | 41 |
| 4 | Springfield Borough | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 448 | 356 | 36 |
| 5 | Sheffield Eagles | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 490 | 429 | 33 |
| 6 | York | 28 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 558 | 526 | 31 |
| 7 | Mansfield Marksman | 28 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 439 | 412 | 31 |
| 8 | Keighley | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 497 | 428 | 30 |
| 9 | Barrow | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 382 | 397 | 30 |
| 10 | Workington Town | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 380 | 441 | 30 |
| 11 | Carlisle | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 388 | 444 | 29 |
| 12 | Runcorn Highfield | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 420 | 469 | 28 |
| 13 | Whitehaven | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 417 | 452 | 21 |
| 14 | Bramley | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 400 | 600 | 21 |
| 15 | Dewsbury | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 417 | 519 | 20 |
| 16 | Doncaster | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 406 | 512 | 20 |
| 17 | Fulham | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 382 | 559 | 20 |
| 18 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 322 | 514 | 20 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Barracudas | 28 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 383 | 597 | 15 |
| 20 | Batley | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 305 | 523 | 13 |

## 1987-88 squad

| Name | Appearances | Substitute | Total Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points |
| David Aitken | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Adrian Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Bader | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Bibby | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Russ Bridge | 28 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Adrian Cambriani | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ian Chatterton | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Paul Cheetham | 17 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Dominic Cooper | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Elgar | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Feighan | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Colin Fenn | 21 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 80 |
| Jamie Fletcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Huw Francis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Gillan | 29 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Nick Grimoldby | 29 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Steve Guyett | 22 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 54 |
| Chris Hanson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Herbert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hutchinson | 29 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lawrence Johannson | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Jones | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Keating | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Kelly | 13 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Geordie Lawrie | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Roy Leslie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Manning | 19 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Santi Masa | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Gerry McMullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mighty | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Craig Miller | 23 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Keiron Murphy | 31 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ricky Oliver | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul O'Riley | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Huw Rees | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Craig Taylor | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ian Wightman | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |