1987–88 Everton F.C. season

Everton
	1987–88 season
Manager	Colin Harvey
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	4th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Graeme Sharp (13); All: Graeme Sharp (22)
Highest home attendance	48,270 vs. Liverpool (21 February 1988)
Lowest home attendance	5,204 vs. Luton Town (16 February 1988)
← 1986–87	1988–89 →

During the 1987–88 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 4th in the table with 70 points. The Toffees advanced to the 5th round of the FA Cup, losing to Liverpool, and to the semifinals of the League Cup, losing to Arsenal.

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	40	15	5	0	49	9	11	7	2	38	15	87	24	+63	90	All English teams excluded from European competition as a result of Heysel
2	Manchester United	40	14	5	1	41	17	9	7	4	30	21	71	38	+33	81
3	Nottingham Forest	40	11	7	2	40	17	9	6	5	27	22	67	39	+28	73
4	Everton	40	14	4	2	34	11	5	9	6	19	16	53	27	+26	70
5	Queens Park Rangers	40	12	4	4	30	14	7	6	7	18	24	48	38	+10	67
6	Arsenal	40	11	4	5	35	16	7	8	5	23	23	58	39	+19	66
7	Wimbledon	40	8	9	3	32	20	6	6	8	26	27	58	47	+11	57	FA Cup winners
8	Newcastle United	40	9	6	5	32	23	5	8	7	23	30	55	53	+2	56
9	Luton Town	40	11	6	3	40	21	3	5	12	17	37	57	58	–1	53	Football League Cup winners
10	Coventry City	40	6	8	6	23	25	7	6	7	23	28	46	53	–7	53
11	Sheffield Wednesday	40	10	2	8	27	30	5	6	9	25	36	52	66	–14	53
12	Southampton	40	6	8	6	27	26	6	6	8	22	27	49	53	–4	50
13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	9	5	6	26	23	3	6	11	12	25	38	48	–10	47
14	Norwich City	40	7	5	8	26	26	5	4	11	14	26	40	52	–12	45
15	Derby County	40	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	35	45	–10	43
16	West Ham United	40	6	9	5	23	21	3	6	11	17	31	40	52	–12	42
17	Charlton Athletic	40	7	7	6	23	21	2	8	10	15	31	38	52	–14	42
18	Chelsea	40	7	11	2	24	17	2	4	14	26	51	50	68	–18	42	^{[notes 1]}
19	Portsmouth	40	4	8	8	21	27	3	6	11	15	39	36	66	–30	35
20	Watford	40	4	5	11	15	24	3	6	11	12	27	27	51	–24	32
21	Oxford United	40	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	13	20	46	44	80	–36	31

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

↑ Chelsea lost in the final round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.

Results

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1987	Norwich City	H	1-0	31,728	Power
18 August 1987	Wimbledon	A	1-1	7,763	Sharp
22 August 1987	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	20,445
29 August 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4-0	29,649	Clarke 2, Steven 2 (1 pen)
2 September 1987	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	15,380
5 September 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	32,389
12 September 1987	Luton Town	A	1-2	8,124	Pointon
19 September 1987	Manchester United	H	2-1	38,439	Clarke 2
26 September 1987	Coventry City	H	1-2	28,153	Clarke
3 October 1987	Southampton	A	4-0	15,719	Sharp 4
10 October 1987	Chelsea	H	4-1	32,004	Sharp 2, Heath 2
17 October 1987	Newcastle United	A	1-1	20,266	Snodin
24 October 1987	Watford	H	2-0	28,501	Heath, Sharp
1 November 1987	LIverpool	A	0-2	44,760
14 November 1987	West Ham	H	3-1	29,405	Watson, Reid, Sharp
21 November 1987	Portsmouth	A	1-0	17,724	Sharp
28 November 1987	Oxford United	H	0-0	25,443
5 December 1987	Charlton Athletic	A	0-0	7,208
12 December 1987	Derby County	H	3-0	26,224	Snodin, Steven (pen), Heath
19 December 1987	Arsenal	A	1-1	34,857	Watson
26 December 1987	Luton Town	H	2-0	32,242	Heath 2
28 December 1987	Manchester United	A	1-2	47,024	Watson
1 January 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	26,443
3 January 1988	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	21,680	Clarke
16 January 1988	Norwich City	A	3-0	15,750	Sharp 2, Heath
13 February 1988	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-0	24,724	Parker (og), Pointon
27 February 1988	Southampton	H	1-0	20,764	Power
5 March 1988	Newcastle United	H	1-0	25,674	Clarke
9 March 1988	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	18,662	Fenwick (og)
12 March 1988	Chelsea	A	0-0	17,390
20 March 1988	Liverpool	H	1-0	44,162	Clarke
26 March 1988	Watford	A	2-1	13,503	Sheedy Clarke
29 March 1988	Wimbledon	H	2-2	20,351	Steven (pen), Pointon
4 April 1988	West Ham	A	0-0	21,195
9 April 1988	Portsmouth	H	2-1	21,292	Heath, Steven
19 April 1988	Coventry City	A	2-1	15,641	Sharp, Heath
23 April 1988	Oxford United	A	1-1	7,619	Clarke
30 April 1988	Charlton Athletic	H	1-1	20,372	Steven (pen)
2 May 1988	Derby County	A	0-0	17,974
7 May 1988	Arsenal	H	1-2	22,445	Watson

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FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	9 January 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	33,304	Reid
3 (rep)	13 January 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1 (aet)	32,935	Sharp
3 (2nd rep)	25 January 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1 (aet)	37,414	Steven
3 (3rd rep)	27 January 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	5-0	38,953	Sharp 3, Heath, Snodin
4	30 January 1988	Middlesbrough F.C.	H	1-1	36,564	Sharp
4 (rep)	3 February 1988	Middlesbrough F.C.	A	2-2 (aet)	25,235	Watson, Steven
4 (2nd rep)	9 February 1988	Middlesbrough F.C.	H	2-1	32,222	Sharp, Mowbray (og)
5	21 February 1988	Liverpool	H	0-1	48,270

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League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	22 September 1987	Rotherham	H	3-2	15,369	Snodin, Wilson, Clarke (pen)
2:2	6 October 1987	Rotherham	A	0-0 (agg 3-2)	12,995
3	28 October 1987	LIverpool	A	1-0	44071	Stevens
4	17 November 1987	Oldham Athletic	H	2-1	23,315	Watson, Adams
QF	20 January 1988	Manchester City	H	2-0	40,014	Heath, Sharp
SF:1	7 February 1988	Arsenal	H	0-1	25,476
SF:2	24 February 1988	Arsenal	A	1-3 (agg 1-4)	51,148	Heath

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Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Neil Adams
		MF	Paul Bracewell
		FW	Wayne Clarke
		DF	Alan Harper
		FW	Adrian Heath
		FW	Ian Marshall
		GK	Bobby Mimms
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Neil Pointon
		DF	Paul Power
		DF	Kevin Ratcliffe
		MF	Peter Reid

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Graeme Sharp
		MF	Kevin Sheedy
		DF	Ian Snodin
		GK	Neville Southall
		MF	Trevor Steven
		DF	Gary Stevens
		DF	Pat Van Den Hauwe
		DF	Dave Watson
		MF	Ian Wilson
		GK	Alec Chamberlain
		GK	Mike Stowell

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References

[1] Chelsea lost in the final round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.

[8788results-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Everton's Record in 1987-88

[3] 1987-1988 Summary: Appearances and Goals

[notes 1]

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1987–88 Everton F.C. season

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Final League Table

Results

Football League First Division

FA Cup

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