1987–88 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 1987–88 football season
During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division .
Leicester started the season poorly with five defeats from their first six league games, which put manager Hamilton under real pressure. He signed strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Mike Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter, but two wins in eleven league games cost Hamilton his job in December. He was replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur manager David Pleat , and fortunes turned in the second half of the season, with Leicester losing only four league games during that period and scoring in each of their final sixteen league fixtures.
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[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Leicester City's score comes first [ 1]
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
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 9 January 1988 Oxford United A 0–2 7,557
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