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1987–88 Associate Members' Cup

Field	Value
title	Associate Members Cup
year	1987–88
other_titles	Sherpa Van Trophy
country	England
Wales
prev_season	[1986–87](1986-87-associate-members-cup)
next_season	[1988–89](1988-89-associate-members-cup)

Wales The 1987–88 Associate Members' Cup, known as the 1987–88 Sherpa Van Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh staging of a secondary football league tournament, and the fifth staging of the Associate Members' Cup, a knockout competition for English football clubs in the Third and Fourth Divisions (now known as League One and Two).

The winners were Wolverhampton Wanderers, who defeated Burnley 2–0 in the final. This marked the first time two previous English champions have met in the final of this competition, and made Wolves the first former champions to have won the trophy, Portsmouth the only other having won the EFL trophy in 2019.

The competition began on 13 October 1987 and ended with the final on 29 May 1988. The tournament begins with clubs divided into a Northern and a Southern section, and teams entering a preliminary group stage. Each section then gradually eliminates the qualifying teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists faced each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

Preliminary round

Northern Section

|- ! colspan=4 | Play-off to determine second place: |-

Southern Section

First round

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
19 January	Burnley	1–0	Chester City
19 January	Bury	1–0	Bolton Wanderers
19 January	Halifax Town	2–1	Chesterfield
19 January	Mansfield Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United
19 January	Preston North End	3–1	Rochdale
19 January	Sunderland	1–0	Crewe Alexandra
26 January	Darlington	3–2	Rotherham United
3 February	Carlisle United	0–2	Hartlepool United

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
19 January	Aldershot	1–0	Bristol City
19 January	Colchester United	1–1	Leyton Orient
19 January	Newport County	2–3	Hereford United
19 January	Torquay United	1–0	Port Vale
19 January	Walsall	1–2	Peterborough United
19 January	Wolves	4–0	Brentford
20 January	Brighton	4–2	Southend United
20 January	Notts County	2–0	Cardiff City

Quarter-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
9 February	Bury	0–1	Burnley
9 February	Sunderland	0–1	Hartlepool United
16 February	Preston North End	2–1	Mansfield Town
18 February	Darlington	1–2	Halifax Town

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
9 February	Colchester United	2–3	Notts County
9 February	Wolves	4–0	Peterborough United
10 February	Hereford United	0–1	Brighton
16 February	Aldershot	0–1	Torquay United

Area semi-finals

Northern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Burnley won 5–3 on penalties
8 March	Burnley	0–0	Halifax Town
8 March	Hartlepool United	0–2	Preston North End

Southern Section

Date	Home team	Score	Away team
8 March	Wolves	1–0	Torquay United
9 March	Brighton	1–5	Notts County

Area finals

Northern Area final

Burnley won 3–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1988 Associate Members' Cup Final

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