1986–87 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1986–87 season
Chairman Mr Peter Coates
Manager Mick Mills
Football League Second Division 8th (58 Points)
FA Cup Round 5
League Cup Round 2
Top goalscorer Carl Saunders (14)
Highest home attendance 19,382 vs Shrewsbury Town (1 January 1987)
Lowest home attendance 6,229 vs Bradford City (2 May 1987)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season was Stoke's 87th season of league football and the 27th in the Second Division.

Contents

Overview

The 1886–87 season signalled a new era for Stoke with local business man Peter Coates taking over as chairman. The board back manager Mick Mills in the transfer market as Stoke looked to gain promotion via the new Play-off system. Stoke went eleven games without defeat as they brilliantly beat Leeds 7–2 and Sheffield United 5–2. However Stoke failed to keep up their good form but still managed to keep scoring many goals. Stoke finished in 8th place and also managed to make it to the 5th round of FA Cup.

Final league table

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Derby County 42 25 9 8 64 38 + 26 84
2 Portsmouth 42 23 9 10 53 28 + 25 78
3 Oldham Athletic 42 22 9 11 65 44 + 21 75
4 Leeds United 42 19 11 12 58 44 + 14 68
5 Ipswich Town 42 17 13 12 59 43 + 16 64
6 Crystal Palace 42 19 5 18 51 53 – 2 62
7 Plymouth Argyle 42 16 13 13 62 57 + 5 61
8 Stoke City 42 16 10 16 63 53 + 10 58
9 Sheffield United 42 15 13 14 50 49 + 1 58
10 Bradford City 42 15 10 17 62 62 ± 0 55
11 Barnsley 42 14 13 15 49 52 – 3 55
12 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 10 17 45 55 – 10 55
13 Reading 42 14 11 17 52 59 – 7 53
14 Hull City 42 13 14 15 41 55 – 14 53
15 West Bromwich Albion 42 13 12 17 51 49 + 2 51
16 Millwall 42 14 9 19 39 45 – 6 51
17 Huddersfield Town 42 13 12 17 54 61 – 7 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 42 15 6 21 41 53 – 12 51
19 Birmingham City 42 11 17 14 47 59 – 12 50
20 Sunderland 42 12 12 18 49 59 – 10 48 [1]
21 Grimsby Town 42 10 14 18 39 59 – 20 44
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 9 12 21 37 54 – 17 39
  1. ^ Sunderland lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.
Key
Division Champions
Promoted
Into play-offs
Relegated

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1986–87 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 23 August 1986 Birmingham City H 0 – 2 11,548
2 25 August 1986 Leeds United A 1 – 2 13,334 Saunders 1'
3 30 August 1986 Crystal Palace A 0 – 1 6,864
4 2 September 1986 West Bromwich Albion H 1 – 1 8,668 Berry 29'
5 6 September 1986 Millwall H 2 – 0 7,100 Berry 34', Shaw 37' (Pen)
6 13 September 1986 Oldham Athletic A 0 – 2 6,513
7 20 September 1986 Portsmouth H 1 – 1 8,440 Kelly 58'
8 27 September 1986 Sunderland A 0 – 2 14,394
9 4 October 1986 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0 – 1 8,341
10 11 October 1986 Huddersfield Town H 2 – 0 7,543 Berry 24', Bertschin 29'
11 18 October 1986 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 0 7,715 Shaw 49'
12 25 October 1986 Ipswich Town A 0 – 2 11,054
13 1 November 1986 Derby County H 0 – 2 12,358
14 8 November 1986 Hull City A 4 – 0 5,252 Ford 16', McEwan (o.g.) 37', Morgan 41', Bertschin 64'
15 15 November 1986 Sheffield United A 1 – 3 11,177 Bertschin 19'
16 22 November 1986 Reading H 3 – 0 7,465 Bertschin 12', 58', 79'
17 29 November 1986 Bradford City A 4 – 1 6,191 Saunders 17', 65', Ford 35', Berry 60' (Pen)
18 6 December 1986 Plymouth Argyle H 1 – 0 10,043 Berry 64' (Pen)
19 13 December 1986 Grimsby Town A 1 – 1 4,642 Saunders 88'
20 21 December 1986 Leeds United H 7 – 2 12,358 Morgan 5', 35', 72', Saunders 11', Dixon 21', Kelly 44', Ford 62'
21 26 December 1986 Barnsley A 2 – 0 7,436 Saunders 30', Kelly 87'
22 27 December 1986 Sheffield United H 5 – 2 17,320 Bould 5', Saunders 17', 55', 82', Morgan 77'
23 1 January 1987 Shrewsbury Town H 1 – 0 19,382 Saunders 1'
24 3 January 1987 Millwall A 1 – 1 6,134 Heath 32'
25 24 January 1987 Birmingham City A 0 – 0 10,643
26 7 February 1987 Crystal Palace H 3 – 1 13,154 Ford 2', Dixon 64', Berry 73' (Pen)
27 14 February 1987 West Bromwich Albion A 1 – 4 12,366 Bertschin 80'
28 28 February 1987 Portsmouth A 0 – 3 14,607
29 14 March 1987 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 2 10,075 Morgan 83'
30 17 March 1987 Sunderland H 3 – 0 9,420 Berry 21' (Pen), Dixon 60', Morgan 89'
31 21 March 1987 Huddersfield Town A 2 – 2 7,222 Ford 67', Bertschin 87'
32 25 March 1987 Ipswich Town H 0 – 0 11,805
33 28 March 1987 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1 – 1 10,216 Morgan 47'
34 4 April 1987 Hull City H 1 – 1 8,146 Talbot 15'
35 11 April 1987 Derby County A 0 – 0 19,038
36 18 April 1987 Shrewsbury Town A 1 – 4 19,038 Saunders 88'
37 20 April 1987 Barnsley H 1 – 2 7,260 Morgan 52'
38 25 April 1987 Reading A 1 – 0 5,927 Morgan 12'
39 28 April 1987 Oldham Athletic H 0 – 2 7,228
40 2 May 1987 Bradford City H 2 – 3 6,229 Gayle 81', 86'
41 4 May 1987 Plymouth Argyle A 3 – 1 13,774 Saunders 35', 38', Talbot 46'
42 9 May 1987 Grimsby Town H 5 – 1 6,406 Kelly 6', Talbot 14', Berry 40' (Pen), Saunders 57', Ford 76'

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 1st Leg 23 September 1986 Shrewsbury Town A 1 – 2 5,343 Maskery 17'
R2 2nd Leg 8 October 1986 Shrewsbury Town H 0 – 0 6,468

FA Cup

Main article: 1986–87 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 10 January 1987 Grimsby Town A 1 – 1 7,367 Saunders 38'
R3 Replay 26 January 1987 Grimsby Town H 1 – 1 AET 14,340 Saunders 71'
R3 2nd Replay 28 January 1987 Grimsby Town H 6 – 0 12,087 Morgan 10', 48', Talbot 17', Heath 22', Saunders 41', 81'
R4 31 January 1987 Cardiff City H 2 – 1 20,423 Saunders 33', Heath 70'
R5 21 February 1987 Coventry City H 0 – 1 31,255

Full Members Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R1 18 September 1986 Sheffield United H 1 – 2 3,987 Ford

Isle of Man Trophy

Round Opponent Result
Group match 1 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0
Group match 2 Manchester City 0 – 0
Group match 3 Wigan Athletic 0 – 1

Friendlies

Match Opponent Venue Result
1
Stafford Rangers
A
3 – 1
2
Port Vale
A
3 – 1
3
Parkway Clayton
A
2 – 0
4
Wrexham
A
2 – 2
5
Oxford United
A
2 – 2
6
Watford
H
0 – 0
7
Bangor City
A
4 – 1

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Full Members Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Peter Fox 39 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 47 0
GK Hans Segers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK Paul Reece 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Lee Dixon 42 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 50 3
DF Chris Hemming 21(1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 0
DF Steve Bould 28 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 36 0
DF Mick Mills 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DF Brian Talbot 32 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 37 4
DF Aaron Callaghan 2 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 4 0
DF Lee Fowler 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Tony Kelly 32(3) 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 43 4
MF George Berry 40 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 46 8
MF Tony Ford 41 6 5 0 2 0 1 1 49 7
MF Chris Maskery 10(3) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 16 1
MF Steve Parkin 37(1) 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 46 0
MF Gerry Daly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Terry Williams 1(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 5 0
FW Keith Bertschin 16(5) 8 0(4) 0 1 0 1 0 27 8
FW Graham Shaw 15(3) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 2
FW Phil Heath 37(1) 1 5 2 2 0 1 0 46 3
FW Carl Saunders 26(5) 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 36 19
FW Paul Crooks 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 4 0
FW Nicky Morgan 29 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 34 10
FW Howard Gayle 4(2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2

References

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