Division Three                                                         
Sat 15 Aug  WIGAN ATHLETIC         D  4-4   6 344    -   Pike 2(1 pen),Birtles 2
Sat 22      york city              W  5-3   2 878    2   McParland 2,Thompson,McKenzie(og),Pike
Sat 29      GRIMSBY TOWN           D  0-0   5 322    9
Tue  1 Sep  fulham                 D  0-0   4 767    9
Sat  5      SOUTHEND UNITED        W  6-2   4 166    6   McParland 2,Lund,Pike 3(2 pens)
Sat 12      northampton town       W  1-0   6 023    2   Lund
Tue 15      ALDERSHOT              W  2-1   4 835    1   Lund,Pike
Sat 19      BRISTOL CITY           L  0-1   5 705    3
Sat 26      chesterfield           L  0-2   3 466    8
Tue 29      BRISTOL ROVERS         D  1-1   4 334    9   Birtles
Sat  3 Oct  chester city           W  2-1   3 365    3   Mills,Pike
Sun 11      MANSFIELD TOWN         D  1-1   8 564    5   Mills
Sat 17      doncaster rovers       W  1-0   2 649    4   Lund
Tue 20      BURY                   W  3-0   4 044    2   Lund 2,Birtles
Sat 24      gillingham             L  1-3   5 551    4   Withe
Sat 31      SUNDERLAND             W  2-1   8 854    4   Birtles 2
Tue  3 Nov  rotherham united       D  1-1   4 157    4   Green (og)
Sat  7      BRENTFORD              W  3-0   5 634    3   Withe,McParland 2
Sat 21      WALSALL                W  3-1   7 211    2   McParland 2,Lund
Sat 28      brighton & hove albion D  1-1   8 725    2   Yates
Sat 12 Dec  port vale              W  3-1   3 358    2   Pike,McParland 2
Sat 19      PRESTON NORTH END      W  4-2   5 730    1   McParland 2,Pike 2
Sat 26      CHESTERFIELD           W  2-0   8 675    2   Lund,Mills
Mon 28      blackpool              D  1-1   4 627    2   Lund
Fri  1 Jan  grimsby town           D  0-0   5 297    2
Sat  2      NORTHAMPTON TOWN       W  3-1   8 149    2   Lund,Thorpe 2
Sat  9      YORK CITY              W  3-0   5 924    2   Mills,Thorpe,Lund
Sat 16      bristol city           L  1-2   9 558    2   Lund
Sat 30      FULHAM                 W  5-1   6 107    2   McParland 3(1 pen),Yates,Lund
Fri  5 Feb  southend united        W  2-1   3 904    2   Pike,McParland(pen)
Sat 13      BLACKPOOL              L  2-3   5 794    2   McParland(pen),Thorpe
Sat 20      wigan athletic         L  1-2   5 182    2   McParland
Tue 23      aldershot              W  2-0   2 880    2   McParland 2
Sat 27      CHESTER CITY           W  1-0   5 868    1   Lund
Wed  2 Mar  bristol rovers         D  1-1   4 075    2   Twentyman(og)
Sat  5      DONCASTER ROVERS       W  2-0   5 816    1   Lund 2
Sat 12      mansfield town         D  1-1   8 002    1   Pike(pen)
Sat 19      sunderland             D  1-1  24 071    1   Barnes
Sat 26      GILLINGHAM             L  0-1   6 473    1
Sat  2 Apr  brentford              L  0-1   4 388    2
Mon  4      BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION L  1-2   7 522    2   Barnes
Sat  9      bury                   W  1-0   2 527    3   Birtles
Sat 23      ROTHERHAM UNITED       W  4-0   7 021    2   Lund 3,Mills
Sat 30      walsall                L  1-2  11 913    4   Lund
Mon  2 May  PORT VALE              L  1-2   7 702    4   Thorpe
Sat  7      preston north end      W  2-1   5 822    4   McParland,Pike
Sun 15      WALSALL (P.O S/F 1L)   L  1-3  11 522        Yates
Wed 18      walsall (p.0 s/f 2L)   D  1-1   8 901        Yates
F.A CUP
Sun 15 Nov  CHESTERFIELD (R1)      D  3-3   4 850        Kevan,McParland,Birtles
Tue 17      chesterfield (replay)  W  1-0   4 482        Pike(pen)
Sat  5 Dec  port vale (r2)         L  0-2   5 039
LEAGUE CUP
Tue 18 Aug  wolverhampton w(r1/L1) L  0-3   5 980
Tue 25      WOLVERHAMPTON W(R1/L2) L  1-2   2 730        Gray
Associate Members Cup
Tue 13 Oct  NORTHAMPTON TOWN(PR)   W  1-0   2 351        Withe
Tue 24 Nov  brentford (pr)         L  2-3   2 005        Birtles,McParland
Wed 20 Jan  CARDIFF CITY (R1)      W  2-0   2 704        Barnes,McParland
Tue  9 Feb  colchester utd(sth q/f)W  3-2   1 564        McParland,Thorpe,Lund
Wed  9 Mar  brighton (south s/f)   W  5-1   8 499        Thorpe,McParland 2,Barnes 2
Tue 12 Apr  WOLVES (SOUTH F 1L)    D  1-1  10 041        McParland
Tue 19      wolves (south f 2L)    L  0-3  18 413

Final League Table           W   D   L   GD Pts   
 1. Sunderland              27  12   7  +44  93    
 2. Brighton & Hove Albion  23  15   8  +22  84
 3. Walsall                 23  13  10  +18  82
 4. Notts County            23  12  11  +33  81
 5. Bristol City            21  12  13  +15  75
 6. Northampton Town        18  19   9  +19  73
 7. Wigan Athletic          20  12  14  +9   72
 8. Bristol Rovers          18  12  16  +12  66
 9. Fulham                  19   9  18  +9   66
10. Blackpool               17  14  15  +9   65
11. Port Vale               18  11  17  +2   65
12. Brentford               16  14  16  -6   62
13. Gillingham              14  17  15  +16  59
14. Bury                    15  14  17  +1   59
15. Chester City            14  16  16  -11  58
16. Preston North End       15  13  18  -11  58
17. Southend United         14  13  19  -18  55
18. Chesterfield            15  10  21  -29  55
19. Mansfield Town          14  12  20  -11  54
20. Aldershot               15   8  23  -10  53
21. Rotherham United        12  16  18  -16  52
22. Grimsby Town            12  14  20  -10  50
23. York City                8   9  29  -43  33
24. Doncaster Rovers         8   9  29  -44  33
Note: the team in the highest relegation place took part in the play offs for this & the previous season.

Manager
John Barnwell                         Joined pre-season. New Chairman Derek Pavis' first manager.
Goalkeepers           Age  League Apps.
Mick Leonard           28      47
Dale Belford           20      1      Joined from Sutton Coldfield pre-season
Defenders
Dean Yates             20      48
Paul Smalley           21      45 (1) Left and joined Scunthorpe United the following season - 29.09.88
Chris Withe            25      37     Joined from Bradford City in October
Paul Hart              34      24     Joined from Birmingham City pre-season, Left for Chesterfield in mid/late 1988
Darren Davis           20      19 (2) Left and joined Lincoln City at start of following season - 25.08.88
Wayne Fairclough       19      14 (17)
Willie McStay          26      8  (3) Joined from Huddersfield Town in February
Andy Gray (loan)       32      3  (1) Loaned from Aston Villa Aug-Sep
Midfield
Geoff Pike             31      48     Joined from West Ham Utd pre-season
Gary Mills             26      48     Joined from Nottingham Forest pre-season
David Kevan            19      31
David Thompson         25      6  (2) Left for Wigan Athletic on 20th October
Forwards
Garry Birtles          31      45     Joined from Nottingham Forest pre-season
Ian McParland          26      42 (3)
Gary Lund              23      33 (8) Joined from Lincoln City pre-season
Adrian Thorpe          24      24 (1) Joined from Bradford City in November 
Paul Barnes            20      5  (8)

Notts County FC 1987/88
Back row; Kevan, Thompson, Belford, Dolan, Leonard, Kimberely, Atkin
Midddle row; Walker(Coach), Yates, Smalley, Birtles, Hart, Young, Lund, Davis, Hill(Youth), Jones(Physio)
Front row; Barnes, Snook, Pike, Barnwell(Manager), Harbottle, Fairclough, Jackson

Home colours
Notts retained the same basic design as the previous season but with a change
of sponsor, now Home Ales, and a change of socks, Notts reverting to black
socks for the first time since the disastrous 1963/64 campaign, the socks had
Admiral logo's on a white hoop.
Change colours
An new all sky blue strip with dark blue trim, the shirt also had a very faint shiny
pin-stripe effect woven into it and a dark blue stripe across the shoulders with the
Admiral logos running along it. The Admiral stripe/hoop also embellished the shorts
and socks.
A third choice strip was in use for trips to Brighton and Bristol Rovers -
this was the same basic design as the sky blue strip but with Yellow shirts and
Black shorts and socks.
 

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