1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1987–88 season, Leicester started poorly with 5 defeats in their first 6 league games which put manager Hamilton under real pressure which forced him to snap up strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter but 2 wins in 11 league games cost Hamilton his job and during the Christmas period, former Tottenham manager David Pleat was unveiled as Leicester's new boss and fortunes turned in the second half of the season where they only lost 4 league games during that period and scored in each of their final 16 league fixtures.

Final league table

Main article: 1987–88 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Millwall	44	15	3	4	45	23	10	4	8	27	29	72	52	+20	82
2	Aston Villa	44	9	7	6	31	21	13	5	4	37	20	68	41	+27	78
3	Middlesbrough	44	15	4	3	44	16	7	8	7	19	20	63	36	+27	78	^{[notes2 1]}
4	Bradford City	44	14	3	5	49	26	8	8	6	25	28	74	54	+20	77
5	Blackburn Rovers	44	12	8	2	38	22	9	6	7	30	30	68	52	+16	77
6	Crystal Palace	44	16	3	3	50	21	6	6	10	36	38	86	59	+27	75
7	Leeds United	44	14	4	4	37	18	5	8	9	24	33	61	51	+10	69
8	Ipswich Town	44	14	3	5	38	17	5	6	11	23	35	61	52	+9	66
9	Manchester City	44	11	4	7	50	28	8	4	10	30	32	80	60	+20	65
10	Oldham Athletic	44	13	4	5	43	27	5	7	10	29	37	72	64	+8	65
11	Stoke City	44	12	6	4	34	22	5	5	12	16	35	50	57	– 7	62
12	Swindon Town	44	10	7	5	43	25	6	4	12	30	35	73	60	+13	59
13	Leicester City	44	12	5	5	35	20	4	6	12	27	41	62	61	+1	59
14	Barnsley	44	11	4	7	42	32	4	8	10	19	30	61	62	– 1	57
15	Hull City	44	10	8	4	32	22	4	7	11	22	38	54	60	– 6	57
16	Plymouth Argyle	44	12	4	6	44	26	4	4	14	21	41	65	67	– 2	56
17	Bournemouth	44	7	7	8	36	30	6	3	13	20	38	56	68	– 12	49
18	Shrewsbury Town	44	7	8	7	23	22	4	8	10	19	32	42	54	– 12	49
19	Birmingham City	44	7	9	6	20	24	4	6	12	21	42	41	66	– 25	48
20	West Bromwich Albion	44	8	7	7	29	26	4	4	14	21	43	50	69	– 19	47
21	Sheffield United	44	8	6	8	27	28	5	1	16	18	46	45	74	– 29	46	^{[notes2 2]}
22	Reading	44	5	7	10	20	25	5	5	12	24	45	44	70	– 26	42
23	Huddersfield Town	44	4	6	12	20	38	2	4	16	21	62	41	100	– 59	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Middlesbrough won the play-offs and were thus promoted.
↑ Sheffield United lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1987	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–1	8,469
19 August 1987	Leeds United	A	0–1	21,034
29 August 1987	Millwall	H	1–0	7,559	Moran
31 August 1987	Stoke City	A	1–2	9,948	McAllister
5 September 1987	Aston Villa	H	0–2	10,286
12 September 1987	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	8,925	McAllister
16 September 1987	Oldham Athletic	H	4–1	7,358	Newell, Rantanen, Ford, Wilson
19 September 1987	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–0	8,872	Wilson, Ford, Newell, Rantanen
26 September 1987	Bournemouth	A	3–2	7,969	Newell, Osman, Mauchlen
30 September 1987	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	11,533	Moran
3 October 1987	Manchester City	A	2–4	16,481	Newell, Rantanen
10 October 1987	Barnsley	H	0–0	8,665
17 October 1987	Sheffield United	A	1–2	10,593	McAllister
21 October 1987	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	9,262	Walsh, Moran (2)
24 October 1987	Hull City	A	2–2	8,826	McAllister, Walsh
31 October 1987	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	8,650	Moran
7 November 1987	Swindon Town	H	3–2	8,346	Ramsey, Walsh, Venus
14 November 1987	Birmingham City	A	2–2	8,666	Walsh, Cusack
21 November 1987	Bradford City	H	0–2	11,543
28 November 1987	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1	6,704
5 December 1987	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	9,411
12 December 1987	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	4,785
26 December 1987	Bournemouth	H	0–1	11,452
28 December 1987	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–4	15,581
1 January 1988	Millwall	A	0–1	7,220
2 January 1988	Crystal Palace	H	4–4	10,104	Brien, McAllister (pen), Reid, Wilkinson
16 January 1988	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–0	5,025
30 January 1988	Reading	A	2–1	6,645	Osman, Walsh
6 February 1988	Aston Villa	A	1–2	18,867	Newell
13 February 1988	Leeds United	H	3–2	11,937	McAllister (2, 1 pen), Cross
20 February 1988	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	11,084	Reid, Newell
27 February 1988	Manchester City	H	1–0	13,852	Cross
5 March 1988	Sheffield United	H	1–0	12,256	Cross
12 March 1988	Barnsley	A	1–1	7,447	Walsh
16 March 1988	Stoke City	H	1–1	10,502	Mauchlen
19 March 1988	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–3	9,564	Reid (2), Newell
26 March 1988	Hull City	H	2–1	10,353	Newell, Weir (pen)
2 April 1988	Swindon Town	A	2–3	9,450	Osman, McAllister
5 April 1988	Birmingham City	H	2–0	13,541	Osman (2)
9 April 1988	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	11,013	Cross
23 April 1988	Reading	H	1–0	9,603	Walsh
30 April 1988	Bradford City	A	1–4	14,393	Reid
2 May 1988	Huddersfield Town	H	3–0	9,803	Cross (2), Groves
7 May 1988	Middlesbrough	A	2–1	27,645	Weir, McAllister

FA Cup

Main article: 1987-88 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	9 January 1988	Oxford United	A	0–2	7,557

League Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	23 September 1987	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	7,718	McAllister, Newell
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1987	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1 (won 4-2 on agg)	4,031	Reid, Rantanen
R3	28 October 1987	Oxford United	A	0–0	14,586	Newell, Reid
R3R	4 November 1987	Oxford United	H	2–3	10,476	Newell (2)

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 November 1987	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	3,440	Ford
R2	1 December 1987	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	1,327	Jobling (2)
R3	19 January 1988	Stoke City	A	0–0 (lost 3-5 on pens)	5,161

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Ian Andrews
-	DF	Simon Morgan
-	MF	Robbie James
-	DF	Russell Osman
-	DF	Tony Spearing
-	DF	Steve Walsh
-	MF	Ian Wilson
-	MF	Gary Ford
-	MF	Gary McAllister
-	MF	Nick Cusack
-	MF	Paul Ramsey
-	MF	Martin Russell
-	DF	Mark Venus
-	FW	Steve Moran
-	FW	Steve Wilkinson
-	DF	Phil Horner

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Paul Reid
-	GK	Paul Cooper
-	MF	Ali Mauchlen (captain)
-	FW	Jari Rantanen
-	FW	Mike Newell
-	DF	Tony Brien
-	DF	Dave Langan (on loan from Oxford United)
-	MF	Kevin Jobling
-	MF	Kjetil Osvold (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
-	MF	Kevin MacDonald (on loan from Liverpool)
-	MF	Peter Weir
-	DF	Steve Prindiville
-	FW	Nicky Cross
-	MF	Phil Turner
-	DF	Grant Brown
-	MF	Paul Groves

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1987-1988

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