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1987–88 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season

Field	Value
club	West Ham United
season	1987–88
manager	John Lyall
chairman	Len Cearns
stadium	Boleyn Ground
league	First Division
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer	Tony Cottee (13)
season topscorer	Cottee (15)
highest attendance	29,865 (vs Liverpool, 5 September 1987)
lowest attendance	14,975 (vs Southampton, 5 December 1987)
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prevseason	1986–87
nextseason	1988–89

For the 1987–88 West Ham United F.C. season in English football, West Ham United finished 16th in the league.

Season summary

Again John Lyall waited until three quarters of the season had passed before bringing any new signings to the club. Even so, the two players he did eventually bring in, Julian Dicks and Leroy Rosenior, would play a major part in helping the club to just avoid relegation for the second season running.

Alan Dickens had to play most of the season as a striker as Frank McAvennie had signed for Celtic without a replacement being found until Rosenior's arrival.

West Ham finally finished in 16th place in the First Division.

Stewart Robson, a midfielder, won the club player of the year award, although Tony Cottee continued to score the most goals, with 13 in the league and 15 in all competitions. However, Cottee would be sold to Everton for a national record £2.2 million by the start of the following season, leaving manager Lyall with a big gap to fill in the forward positions as he had lost his two highest goalscorers within a year of each other.

League table

Main article: 1987–88 Football League#First Division

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1987	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–3	22,881
22 August 1987	Luton Town	A	2–2	18,073	Brady, Stewart (pen)
29 August 1987	Norwich City	H	2–0	16,394	Cottee (2)
31 August 1987	Portsmouth	A	1–2	16,104	Strodder
5 September 1987	Liverpool	H	1–1	29,865	Cottee
12 September 1987	Wimbledon	A	1–1	8,507	Cottee
19 September 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	27,750
26 September 1987	Arsenal	A	0–1	40,127
3 October 1987	Derby County	H	1–1	17,226	Brady
10 October 1987	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	15,757	Ince
17 October 1987	Oxford United	A	2–1	9,092	Caton (o.g.), Cottee
25 October 1987	Manchester United	H	1–1	19,863	Stewart (pen)
31 October 1987	Watford	A	2–1	14,427	Dickens, Cottee
7 November 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	16,277
14 November 1987	Everton	A	1–3	29,405		Hilton
21 November 1987	Nottingham Forest	H	3–2	17,216	Cottee (2), Stewart (pen)
28 November 1987	Coventry City	A	0–0	16,740
5 December 1987	Southampton	H	2–1	14,975	Keen, Dickens
12 December 1987	Chelsea	A	1–1	22,850	Parris
19 December 1987	Newcastle United	H	2–1	18,679	Robson, Ince
26 December 1987	Wimbledon	H	1–2	18,605	Stewart (pen)
28 December 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	39,456	Hilton
1 January 1988	Norwich City	A	1–4	20,069	Cottee
2 January 1988	Luton Town	H	1–1	16,716	Ince
16 January 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	14,509	Dickens
6 February 1988	Liverpool	A	0–0	42,049
13 February 1988	Portsmouth	H	1–1	18,639	Cottee
27 February 1988	Derby County	A	0–1	16,301
5 March 1988	Oxford United	H	1–1	14,980		Ward
12 March 1988	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3	8,118
19 March 1988	Watford	H	1–0	16,051	Rosenior
26 March 1988	Manchester United	A	1–3	37,269	Rosenior
2 April 1988	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	18,435	Rosenior
4 April 1988	Everton	H	0–0	21,195
12 April 1988	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,746
20 April 1988	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	15,775
23 April 1988	Coventry City	H	1–1	17,733		Cottee
30 April 1988	Southampton	A	1–2	15,652	Cottee
7 May 1988	Chelsea	H	4–1	28,521	Rosenior (2), Hilton, Cottee
14 May 1988	Newcastle United	A	1–2	23,731	Robson

FA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	9 January 1988	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	22,043	Brady, Cottee
	R4	30 January 1988	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–3	23,651	Cottee

League Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R2 1st leg	22 September 1987	Barnsley	A	0–0	10,330
	R2 2nd leg	6 October 1987	Barnsley	H	2–5aet (lost 2–5 on agg)	12,403	Robson, Keen

Squad

Number	Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Date Signed	Previous club	West Ham United 1987-88 First XI
1	Scotland	Tom McAlister	GK	39		2		2		1981	Bristol Rovers
2	Scotland	Ray Stewart	RB	33	4	2				September 1979	Dundee United
3	England	George Parris	LB	27(3)	1			2		1985	Academy
4	England	Billy Bonds (Captain)	CB	22		2				1967	Charlton Athletic
5	England	Gary Strodder	CB	27(3)	1	2		2		March 1987	Lincoln City
6	Ireland	Liam Brady	LM	21(1)	2	2	1	2		March 1987	Ascoli
7	England	Mark Ward	RM	37	1	2		2		August 1985	Oldham Athletic
8	England	Alan Dickens	F	25(3)	3	1		0 (1)		1982	Academy
9	England	Paul Ince	CM	26(2)	3	0 (1)		2		1986	Academy
10	England	Tony Cottee	CF	40	13	2	2	2		September 1982	Academy
11	England	Stewart Robson (Hammer of the Year)	CM	37	2	2		2	1	January 1987	Arsenal
6	England	Kevin Keen	M	19(4)	1			1	1	1986	Academy
6	England	Tony Gale	CB	17(1)		2				August 1983	Fulham
5	England	Alvin Martin	CB	15				2		July 1976	Academy
3	Scotland	Tommy McQueen	LB	10(2)		1		1 (1)		March 1987	Aberdeen
5	England	Paul Hilton	CB	9 (5)	3	1 (1)		0 (1)		1984	Bury
9	England	Leroy Rosenior	CF	9	5					March 1988	Fulham
8	Scotland	Frank McAvennie	CF	8				1		June 1985	St Mirren
3	England	Julian Dicks	LB	8						March 1988	Birmingham City
2	England	Steve Potts	D	7 (1)		1		1		May 1984	Academy
12	Ireland	Eamonn Dolan	CF	1 (3)						1986	Academy
1	England	Phil Parkes	GK	1						February 1979	Queens Park Rangers
6	England	Alan Devonshire	LM	1						October 1976	Southall
4	Scotland	Neil Orr	CM	1						January 1982	Morton
12	England	Stuart Slater	M/F	0 (2)						1987	Academy

References

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