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1987–88 Blackpool F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Blackpool F.C.
season	[1987–88](1987-88-in-english-football)
league	Division Three
manager	Sam Ellis
league result	10th
league topscorer	Mark Taylor (21)
season topscorer	Mark Taylor (23)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
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rightarm1	ffa500
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socks1	ffa500
prevseason	[1986–87](1986-87-blackpool-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1988–89](1988-89-blackpool-f-c-season)

The 1987–88 season was '''Blackpool F.C.''''s 80th season (77th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing tenth.

Mark Taylor was the club's top scorer, with 23 goals (21 in the league and two in the FA Cup).

The following players partook in the squad photo before the season's commencement: John Deary, Andy McAteer, Colin Methven, Richard Powell, Tony Cunningham, Barry Siddall, Paul Jones, Neil Matthews, Mark Bradshaw, Mike Davies, Mark Taylor, Craig Madden, Steve Morgan, Mike Walsh, Keith Walwyn, Brian Butler, Carl Lancashire and Alan Mayes.

Table

Results

Third Division

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Third Division

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
	Gillingham	A	0–0		4,430
	Walsall	H	1–2	Cunningham	4,614
	Bury	A	1–3	Walwyn	3,053
	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	Cunningham (2)	3,319
	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–1	Cunningham (2), Taylor	7,166
	Chester City	H	0–1		4,035
	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–2	Cunningham	1,558
	Brentford	A	1–2	Walwyn	3,886
	Preston North End	H	3–0	Walwyn, Wrightson o.g., Madden pen.	8,406
	York City	A	3–1	Cunningham, Morgan, Madden	2,559
	Fulham	H	2–1	Madden (2, 1 pen.)	4,973
	Sunderland	H	0–2		8,476
	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	Taylor	2,260
	Wigan Athletic	H	0–0		4,821
	Mansfield Town	A	0–0		3,221
	Bristol City	H	4–2	Morgan, Taylor, Madden (2, 1 pen.)	3,140
	Rotherham United	H	3–0	Deary, Taylor, Madden	3,447
	Port Vale	A	0–0		3,594
	Northampton Town	H	3–1	Cunningham, Walwyn, Morgan	3,593
	Chesterfield	A	1–1	Taylor	2,279
	Southend United	H	1–1	Walwyn	3,277
	Preston North End	A	1–2	Madden	11,155
	Notts County	H	1–1	Coughlin	4,627
	Bury	H	5–1	Butler, Cunningham, Morgan, Madden, Deary	4,240
	Chester City	A	1–1	Madden	3,093
	Brentford	H	0–1		3,911
	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–3	Lester	4,081
	Notts County	A	3–2	Morgan, Taylor (2)	5,794
	Gillingham	H	3–3	Coughlin, Taylor, Walwyn	3,045
	Walsall	A	2–3	Taylor (2, 1 pen.)	4,252
	Fulham	A	1–3	Walwyn	4,072
	York City	H	2–1	Taylor, Methven	2,249
	Sunderland	A	2–2	Taylor, Walwyn	15,513
	Aldershot	H	3–2	Taylor, Walwyn, Cunningham	2,661
	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	Taylor (2, 1 pen.)	2,847
	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0		4,505
	Aldershot	A	0–0		2,091
	Rotherham United	A	1–0	Deary	3,001
	Port Vale	H	1–2	Taylor	5,516
	Bristol City	A	1–2	Taylor	6,460
	Doncaster Rovers	H	4–2	Madden, Taylor (2), Walwyn	2,291
	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	Walwyn, Taylor (2, 1 pen.)	2,555
	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		3,546
	Northampton Town	A	3–3	Walwyn, Methven, Morgan	5,730
	Chesterfield	H	1–0	Walwyn	2,950
	Southend United	A	0–4		5,541

FA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round		Bishop Auckland	A	4–1	Morgan, Madden pen., Taylor (2)	2,462
Second round		Northwich Victoria	A	2–0	Madden, Walwyn	2,528
Third round		Scunthorpe United	A	0–0		6,217
Third round replay		Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	Madden	6,127
Fourth round		Manchester City	H	1–1	Sendall	10,835
Fourth round replay		Manchester City	A	1–2	Deary	26,503

League Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round, first leg		Chester City	H	2–0	Cunningham, Methven	3,114
First round, second leg		Chester City	A	0–1		2,143
Second round, first leg		Newcastle United	H	1–0	Cunningham	7,691
Second round, second leg		Newcastle United	A	1–4	Morgan	20,808

Associate Members' Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Associate Members' Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Group stage		Chester City	A	1–2	Greenough o.g.	1,226
Group stage		Carlisle United	H	0–1		1,491

References

General

Specific

References

(1988). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89". Queen Anne Press.
(1988). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89". Queen Anne Press.
(1988). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89". Queen Anne Press.
(1988). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988–89". Queen Anne Press.

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