# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1987/88

1987/88 was het 90e seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Liverpool werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Liverpool | Manchester United |
| Second Division | Millwall | Aston Villa |
| Third Division | Sunderland | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Fourth Division | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Cardiff City |
| FA Cup | Wimbledon | Liverpool |
| League Cup | Luton Town | Arsenal |
| Charity Shield | Everton | Coventry City |

## First Division
### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| | Liverpool | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 87 | 24 | +63 | 90 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 81 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 73 |
| 4 | Everton | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 70 |
| 5 | Queen's Park Rangers | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 67 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 40 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 66 |
| 7 | Wimbledon | 40 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 57 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 56 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 58 | –1 | 53 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 53 | –7 | 53 |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 66 | –14 | 53 |
| 12 | Southampton | 40 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 53 | –4 | 50 |
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 48 | –10 | 47 |
| 14 | Norwich City | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 52 | –12 | 45 |
| 15 | Derby County | 40 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 45 | –10 | 43 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 52 | –12 | 42 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 52 | –14 | 42 |
| 18 | Chelsea | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 50 | 68 | –18 | 42 |
| 19 | Portsmouth | 40 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 66 | –30 | 35 |
| 20 | Watford | 40 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 51 | –24 | 32 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 40 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 80 | –36 | 31 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | CHA | CHE | COV | DER | EVE | LIV | LUT | MNU | NEW | NOR | NOT | OXF | POR | QPR | SHW | SOT | TOT | WAT | WHU | WDN |
| Arsenal | | 4 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 |
| Charlton Athletic | 0 - 3 | | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Chelsea | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Coventry City | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 3 | | 0 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 3 |
| Derby County | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
| Everton | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 |
| Liverpool | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Luton Town | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 7 - 4 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Manchester United | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Newcastle United | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 4 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
| Norwich City | 2 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 0 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 5 - 3 | 5 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Oxford United | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 5 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | | 4 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 5 |
| Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 2 | | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Southampton | 4 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 |
| Watford | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 |
| West Ham United | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 2 |
| Wimbledon | 3 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | |

### Liverpool FC

Bijgaand een overzicht van de spelers van Liverpool FC, die in het seizoen 1987/88 onder leiding van trainer-coach Kenny Dalglish voor de zeventiende keer in de clubgeschiedenis kampioen van Engeland werden.
| Naam | Min. | Duels | B | | | | | | |
| Steve McMahon | 3160' | 40 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 9 | ? | ? | ? |
| Steve Nicol | 3556' | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ? | ? | ? |
| Alan Hansen | 3466' | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | ? |
| John Barnes | 3361' | 38 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 15 | ? | ? | ? |
| Peter Beardsley | 3196' | 38 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ? | ? | ? |
| Bruce Grobbelaar | 3420' | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| John Aldridge | 2873' | 36 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 26 | ? | ? | ? |
| Gary Gillespie | 3018' | 35 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ? | ? | ? |
| Craig Johnston | 1811' | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | ? | ? | ? |
| Ray Houghton | 2384' | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ? | ? | ? |
| Ronnie Whelan | 2384' | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | ? |
| Nigel Spackman | 1842' | 27 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Barry Venison | 1532' | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Gary Ablett | 1438' | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Mark Lawrenson | 988' | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Paul Walsh | 325' | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Jan Mølby | 310' | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Kenny Dalglish | 88' | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Mike Hooper | 180' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Alex Watson | 180' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Kevin MacDonald | 44' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| John Wark | 44' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Jim Beglin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Durnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Magilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Staunton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Second Division
### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| 1 | Millwall | 44 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 82 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 78 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 78 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 74 | 54 | +20 | 77 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 77 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 86 | 59 | +27 | 75 |
| 7 | Leeds United | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 69 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 66 |
| 9 | Manchester City | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 65 |
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 65 |
| 11 | Stoke City | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 57 | –7 | 62 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 73 | 60 | +13 | 59 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 59 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 62 | –1 | 57 |
| 15 | Hull City | 44 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 60 | –6 | 57 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 65 | 67 | –2 | 56 |
| 17 | Bournemouth | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 56 | 68 | –12 | 49 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 54 | –12 | 49 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 44 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 66 | –25 | 48 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 69 | –19 | 47 |
| 21 | Sheffield United | 44 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 74 | –29 | 46 |
| 22 | Reading | 44 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 70 | –26 | 42 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 44 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 100 | –59 | 28 |

### Play-offs

| Halve finale | Halve finale | Halve finale | Finale | Finale | Finale |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 1 |
| Chelsea | 2 | 4 |
| Chelsea | 2 | 4 | Chelsea | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 |
| Bradford City | 2 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 |
| Middlesbrough | 1 | 2 |

## Third Division
### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| 1 | Sunderland | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 93 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 84 |
| 3 | Walsall | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 82 |
| 4 | Notts County | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 81 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 75 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 73 |
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 72 |
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 66 |
| 9 | Fulham | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 66 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 65 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 65 |
| 12 | Brentford | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 59 | –6 | 62 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 77 | 61 | +16 | 59 |
| 14 | Bury | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 59 |
| 15 | Chester City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 62 | –11 | 58 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 59 | –11 | 58 |
| 17 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 83 | –18 | 55 |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 41 | 70 | –29 | 55 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 59 | –11 | 54 |
| 20 | Aldershot | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 64 | 74 | –10 | 53 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 50 | 66 | –16 | 52 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 58 | –10 | 50 |
| 23 | York City | 46 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 48 | 91 | –43 | 33 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 40 | 84 | –44 | 33 |

### Play-offs

| Halve finale | Halve finale | Halve finale | Finale | Finale | Finale |
| Bristol City | 1 | 1 |
| Sheffield United | 0 | 1 |
| Sheffield United | 0 | 1 | Bristol City | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Walsall | 3 | 0 |
| Notts County | 1 | 1 | Walsall | 3 | 0 |
| Walsall | 3 | 1 |

## Fourth Division
### Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 90 |
| 2 | Cardiff City | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 85 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 78 |
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 77 |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 77 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 70 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 53 | –1 | 70 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 85 | 63 | +22 | 69 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | –4 | 67 |
| 10 | Burnley | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 62 | –5 | 67 |
| 11 | Wrexham | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 66 |
| 12 | Scarborough | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 65 |
| 13 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 65 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 52 | –2 | 61 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 57 | –7 | 59 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 58 |
| 18 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 54 | 59 | –5 | 55 |
| 19 | Hereford United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 59 | –18 | 54 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 44 | 58 | –14 | 51 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 76 | –29 | 48 |
| 22 | Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 53 | 68 | –15 | 46 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 57 | 86 | –29 | 44 |
| 24 | Newport County | 46 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 105 | –70 | 25 |

### Play-offs

| Halve finale | Halve finale | Halve finale | Finale | Finale | Finale |
| Swansea City | 1 | 1 |
| Rotherham United | 0 | 1 |
| Rotherham United | 0 | 1 | Swansea City | 2 | 3 |
| | | | Torquay United | 1 | 3 |
| Torquay United | 2 | 1 | Torquay United | 1 | 3 |
| Scunthorpe United | 1 | 1 |