Season

1987-88

Manchester UnitedSir Alex Ferguson

2ndleague finish

of 21 in the First Division

+0.9
goal difference
1.8 scored · 0.9 conceded
48
Played
60%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 21 in the First Division, up from 11th the year before. Brian McClair led the scoring with 31 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 86 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 21 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool40P · 26W 12D 2L · GD +6390
  2. 2Manchester United40P · 23W 12D 5L · GD +3381
  3. 3Nottingham Forest40P · 20W 13D 7L · GD +2873
  4. 4Everton40P · 19W 13D 8L · GD +2670
  6. 20Watford40P · 7W 11D 22L · GD -2432
  7. 21Oxford United40P · 6W 13D 21L · GD -3631

Slice: the final First Division table for 1987-88, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

48 matches
15 Aug 1987 @ Southampton: 2–219 Aug 1987 v Arsenal: 0–022 Aug 1987 v Watford: 2–029 Aug 1987 @ Charlton Athletic: 3–131 Aug 1987 v Chelsea: 3–15 Sep 1987 @ Coventry City: 0–012 Sep 1987 v Newcastle United: 2–219 Sep 1987 @ Everton: 1–223 Sep 1987 v Hull City: 5–026 Sep 1987 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–03 Oct 1987 @ Luton Town: 1–17 Oct 1987 @ Hull City: 1–010 Oct 1987 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 4–217 Oct 1987 v Norwich City: 2–125 Oct 1987 @ West Ham United: 1–128 Oct 1987 v Crystal Palace: 2–131 Oct 1987 v Nottingham Forest: 2–215 Nov 1987 v Liverpool: 1–118 Nov 1987 v Bury: 2–121 Nov 1987 @ Wimbledon: 1–25 Dec 1987 @ Queens Park Rangers: 2–012 Dec 1987 v Oxford United: 3–119 Dec 1987 @ Portsmouth: 2–126 Dec 1987 @ Newcastle United: 0–128 Dec 1987 v Everton: 2–11 Jan 1988 v Charlton Athletic: 0–02 Jan 1988 @ Watford: 1–010 Jan 1988 @ Ipswich Town: 2–116 Jan 1988 v Southampton: 0–220 Jan 1988 @ Oxford United: 0–224 Jan 1988 @ Arsenal: 2–130 Jan 1988 v Chelsea: 2–06 Feb 1988 v Coventry City: 1–010 Feb 1988 @ Derby County: 2–113 Feb 1988 @ Chelsea: 2–120 Feb 1988 @ Arsenal: 1–223 Feb 1988 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–15 Mar 1988 @ Norwich City: 0–112 Mar 1988 v Sheffield Wednesday: 4–119 Mar 1988 @ Nottingham Forest: 0–026 Mar 1988 v West Ham United: 3–12 Apr 1988 v Derby County: 4–14 Apr 1988 @ Liverpool: 3–312 Apr 1988 v Luton Town: 3–030 Apr 1988 v Queens Park Rangers: 2–12 May 1988 @ Oxford United: 2–07 May 1988 v Portsmouth: 4–19 May 1988 v Wimbledon: 2–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.