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1987–88 Newcastle United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newcastle United
season	1987–88
chairman	Stan Seymour, Jr.
manager	Willie McFaul
stadium	St James' Park
league	First Division
league result	8th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fifth round proper
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	Full Members Cup
cup3 result	Second round
league topscorer	Michael O'Neill (12)
season topscorer	Michael O'Neill
Mirandinha (13)
highest attendance	28,796
(vs Wimbledon)
lowest attendance	7,787 (25 November 1987 vs Shrewsbury Town, Full Members Cup)
average attendance	21,059
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prevseason	1986-87
nextseason	1988-89

Mirandinha (13) (vs Wimbledon)

During the 1987–88 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League First Division. Following the sale of star player Peter Beardsley to Liverpool for a club record fee of £1.9 million, manager Willie McFaul recruited the Brazilian international Mirandinha. With the Brazilian joining Paul Goddard and Paul Gascoigne, the team made a mediocre start to the season. Midfielder Glyn Hodges arrived from Wimbledon but only managed seven games in his 86-day stay, before heading back south. McFaul signed young Northern Irishman Michael O'Neill in the winter; hailed as a new George Best by some, the 18-year-old went on a run of 12 goals in 19 games that saw Newcastle finish 8th, their highest finish since being promoted back to the top flight.

League table

Main article: 1987–88 Football League#First Division

Kit

English company Umbro remained Newcastle United's kit manufacturers for the eighth consecutive season, and introduced a new kit for the season. Greenall's Beers remained kit sponsors, although the "Beers" was dropped from the kit sponsorship.

Appearances, goals and cards

:(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Simod Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	IRE Gary Kelly	37	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	44	0
GK	WAL Martin Thomas	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
GK	NIR Tommy Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	IRE John Anderson	33 (2)	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	38 (2)	1
DF	ENG John Bailey	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
DF	ENG Peter Jackson	28	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	36	2
DF	ENG Neil McDonald	40	3	3	1	3	1	2	0	48	5
DF	ENG Glenn Roeder	37	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	43	1
DF	ENG Kevin Scott	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	2
DF	ENG Kenny Wharton	28 (3)	2	3	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	33 (4)	2
MF	ENG Ian Bogie	3 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5 (4)	1
MF	ENG John Cornwell	20 (4)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	25 (4)	1
MF	SCO Albert Craig	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	3 (3)	0
MF	ENG Paul Gascoigne	34 (1)	7	3	3	3	1	2	0	42 (1)	11
MF	WAL Glyn Hodges	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MF	NIR David McCreery	35	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	39	1
MF	NIR Michael O'Neill	19 (2)	12	2 (1)	1	0	0	1 (1)	0	22 (4)	13
MF	ENG Paul Stephenson	5 (2)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	6 (3)	0
MF	ENG Andy Thomas	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0
MF	ENG Brian Tinnion	15 (1)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	18 (1)	1
FW	ENG Paul Goddard	35	8	3	1	3	1	0	0	41	10
FW	SCO Darren Jackson	24 (7)	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	30 (7)	4
FW	ENG Anth Lormor	3 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	2
FW	BRA Mirandinha	25 (1)	11	2	0	2	1	2	1	31 (1)	13

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
July 1987	Glyn Hodges	Wimbledon	first=Paul	last=Joannou	title=The Black 'N' White Alphabet	publisher=Polar	year=1997	isbn=1-899538-03-8}}
August 1987	Mirandinha	Palmeiras	£575,000
October 1987	Michael O'Neill	Coleraine	£100,000
March 1988	Tommy Wright	Linfield	£30,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
July 1987	Joe Allon	Swansea	Free
September 1987	Glyn Hodges	Watford	£300,000

Total spending: £30,000

References

{{cite book | author=Joannou, Paul | title=Newcastle United: The Ultimate Record 1881-2011 | year=2011 | publisher=N Publishing | isbn=9780956815606 }}

References

[http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Newcastle_United/Newcastle_United.htm Newcastle United kit history]. ''Historical football kits''. Retrieved 14 August 2013
Joannou, Paul. (1997). "The Black 'N' White Alphabet". Polar.
Joannou, Paul. (1997). "The Black 'N' White Alphabet". Polar.
[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=37913 Sporting heroes]
[http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1823&comp_id=1&teamTabs=transfers Newcastle transfers 1987/88]. ''soccerbase''. Retrieved 14 August 2013

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