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1987-88

Second Division

Finished 2nd of 23 · P44 W22 D12 L10 · 68 scored, 41 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
15 Aug 1987	A	Ipswich Town	1–1	D
22 Aug 1987	H	Birmingham City	0–2	L
29 Aug 1987	A	Hull City	1–2	L
31 Aug 1987	H	Manchester City	1–1	D
5 Sept 1987	A	Leicester City	2–0	W
8 Sept 1987	H	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
12 Sept 1987	H	Barnsley	0–0	D
16 Sept 1987	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	W
19 Sept 1987	A	Huddersfield Town	1–0	W
26 Sept 1987	H	Sheffield United	1–1	D
30 Sept 1987	H	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	D
3 Oct 1987	A	Plymouth Argyle	3–1	W
10 Oct 1987	A	Leeds United	3–1	W
17 Oct 1987	H	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	D
21 Oct 1987	H	Crystal Palace	4–1	W
24 Oct 1987	A	Stoke City	0–0	D
31 Oct 1987	H	Reading	2–1	W
3 Nov 1987	A	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	W
7 Nov 1987	H	Millwall	1–2	L
14 Nov 1987	A	Oldham Athletic	1–0	W
28 Nov 1987	A	Bradford City	4–2	W
5 Dec 1987	H	Swindon Town	2–1	W
12 Dec 1987	A	Birmingham City	2–1	W
18 Dec 1987	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	D
26 Dec 1987	A	Sheffield United	1–1	D
28 Dec 1987	H	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
1 Jan 1988	H	Hull City	5–0	W
2 Jan 1988	A	Barnsley	3–1	W
16 Jan 1988	H	Ipswich Town	1–0	W
23 Jan 1988	A	Manchester City	2–0	W
6 Feb 1988	H	Leicester City	2–1	W
14 Feb 1988	A	Middlesbrough	1–2	L
20 Feb 1988	A	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	L
27 Feb 1988	H	Plymouth Argyle	5–2	W
5 Mar 1988	A	AFC Bournemouth	2–1	W
12 Mar 1988	H	Leeds United	1–2	L
19 Mar 1988	A	Reading	2–0	W
26 Mar 1988	H	Stoke City	0–1	L
2 Apr 1988	A	Millwall	1–2	L
4 Apr 1988	H	Oldham Athletic	1–2	L
9 Apr 1988	A	Crystal Palace	1–1	D
23 Apr 1988	H	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	W
2 May 1988	H	Bradford City	1–0	W
7 May 1988	A	Swindon Town	0–0	D

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	44	25	7	12	72	52	+20	82
2	Aston Villa	44	22	12	10	68	41	+27	78
3	Middlesbrough	44	22	12	10	63	36	+27	78
4	Bradford City	44	22	11	11	74	54	+20	77
5	Blackburn Rovers	44	21	14	9	68	52	+16	77
6	Crystal Palace	44	22	9	13	86	59	+27	75
7	Leeds United	44	19	12	13	61	51	+10	69
8	Ipswich Town	44	19	9	16	61	52	+9	66
9	Manchester City	44	19	8	17	80	60	+20	65
10	Oldham Athletic	44	18	11	15	72	64	+8	65
11	Stoke City	44	17	11	16	50	57	-7	62
12	Swindon Town	44	16	11	17	73	60	+13	59
13	Leicester City	44	16	11	17	62	61	+1	59
14	Barnsley	44	15	12	17	61	62	-1	57
15	Hull City	44	14	15	15	54	60	-6	57
16	Plymouth Argyle	44	16	8	20	65	67	-2	56
17	AFC Bournemouth	44	13	10	21	56	68	-12	49
18	Shrewsbury Town	44	11	16	17	42	54	-12	49
19	Birmingham City	44	11	15	18	41	66	-25	48
20	West Bromwich Albion	44	12	11	21	50	69	-19	47
21	Sheffield United	44	13	7	24	45	74	-29	46
22	Reading	44	10	12	22	44	70	-26	42
23	Huddersfield Town	44	6	10	28	41	100	-59	28

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.