| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
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| 2 | statistics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | club | season | division | league |  | fa cup |  | other |  | total |  |
| 4 |  |  |  | apps | goals | apps | goals | apps | goals | apps | goals |
| 5 | sunderland | 1983-84 | first division | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 |  | 1984-85 | first division | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 |  | 1985-86 | second division | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 |  | 1986-87 | second division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 |  | 1987-88 | third division | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| 10 |  | total |  | 60 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 76 | 7 |
| 11 | port vale | 1988-89 | third division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 |  | 1989-90 | second division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | 1990-91 | second division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  | total |  | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 15 | hartlepool united | 1989-90 | fourth division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | career total |  |  | 75 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 11 |

Question: paul atkinson began his career at sunderland, which division did he play in the 1987-88?
Answer: third division