1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season

The 1987–88 season was Arsenal's 68th season in the top flight of English football. After finishing fourth in the league and winning the Football League Cup a year earlier, they slipped to finish sixth this season. They did reach the League Cup final again, and took a 2-1 lead against Luton Town at Wembley before missing a penalty which would have given them a 3-1 lead, and ended up losing the game 3-2. Arsenal were quarter-finalists in the FA Cup.

A new signing at the start of the season was Nigel Winterburn, who arrived from Wimbledon to fill the right-back position left vacant by the sale of Viv Anderson to Manchester United. Arsenal had agreed an £850,000 deal for Leicester City striker Alan Smith two months before the end of the previous season, although he had remained on loan back at the East Midlands club until the end of the campaign. Smith finished as Arsenal's top scorer in his first season at the club, finding the net 16 times in all competitions.

New signings at the club late in the season were defenders Lee Dixon and Steve Bould, as well as winger Brian Marwood. Young midfielders Michael Thomas and Paul Merson became regular members of the first team during this season, while at the end of the campaign defender Tony Adams, still only 21, succeeded Kenny Sansom as captain.

Results

First Division

15 August 1987 1	Arsenal	1-2	Liverpool	London
				Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 54,073

19 August 1987 2	Manchester United	0-0	Arsenal	Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford

22 August 1987 3	Queen's Park Rangers	2-0	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road

29 August 1987 4	Arsenal	6-0	Portsmouth	London
				Stadium: Highbury

31 August 1987 5	Luton Town	1-1	Arsenal	Luton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

12 September 1987 6	Nottingham Forest	0-1	Arsenal	Nottingham
				Stadium: City Ground

19 September 1987 7	Arsenal	3-0	Wimbledon	London
				Stadium: Highbury

26 September 1987 8	Arsenal	1-0	West Ham United	London
				Stadium: Highbury

3 October 1987 9	Charlton Athletic	0-3	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Selhurst Park

10 October 1987 10	Arsenal	1-0	Oxford United	London
				Stadium: Highbury

18 October 1987 11	Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

24 October 1987 12	Arsenal	2-1	Derby County	London
				Stadium: Highbury

31 October 1987 13	Newcastle United	0-1	Arsenal	Newcastle
				Stadium: St James Park

3 November 1987 14	Arsenal	3-1	Chelsea	London
				Stadium: Highbury

14 November 1987 15	Norwich City	2-4	Arsenal	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road

21 November 1987 16	Arsenal	0-1	Southampton	London
				Stadium: Highbury

28 November 1987 17	Watford	2-0	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Vicarage Road

5 December 1987 18	Arsenal	3-1	Sheffield Wednesday	London
				Stadium: Highbury

13 December 1987 19	Coventry City	0-0	Arsenal	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road

19 December 1987 20	Arsenal	1-1	Everton	London
				Stadium: Highbury

26 December 1987 21	Arsenal	0-2	Nottingham Forest	London
				Stadium: Highbury

28 December 1987 22	Wimbledon	3-1	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Plough Lane

1 January 1988 23	Portsmouth	1-1	Arsenal	Portsmouth
				Stadium: Fratton Park

2 January 1988 24	Arsenal	0-0	Queen's Park Rangers	London
				Stadium: Highbury

16 January 1988 25	Liverpool	2-0	Arsenal	Liverpool
				Stadium: Annfield

24 January 1988 26	Arsenal	1-2	Manchester United	London
				Stadium: Highbury

13 February 1988 27	Arsenal	2-1	Luton Town	London
				Stadium: Highbury

27 February 1988 28	Arsenal	4-0	Charlton Athletic	London
				Stadium: Highbury

6 March 1988 29	Arsenal	2-1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
				Stadium: Highbury

19 March 1988 30	Arsenal	1-1	Newcastle United	London
				Stadium: Highbury

26 March 1988 31	Derby County	0-0	Arsenal	Derby
				Stadium: Baseball Ground

30 March 1988 32	Oxford United	0-0	Arsenal	Oxford
				Stadium: Manor Ground

2 April 1988 33	Chelsea	1-1	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Stanford Bridge

4 April 1988 34	Arsenal	2-0	Norwich City	London
				Stadium: Highbury

9 April 1988 35	Southampton	4-2	Arsenal	Southampton
				Stadium: The Dell

12 April 1988 36	West Ham United	0-1	Arsenal	London
				Stadium: Upton Park

15 April 1988 37	Arsenal	0-1	Watford	London
				Stadium: Highbury

30 April 1988 38	Sheffield Wednessday	3-3	Arsenal	Sheffield
				Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium

2 May 1988 39	Arsenal	1-1	Coventry City	London
				Stadium: Highbury

7 May 1988 40	Everton	1-2	Arsenal	Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park

Football League Cup

23 September 1987 Second round (1st Leg)	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 3	Arsenal	Doncaster
				Stadium: Belle Vue

6 October 1987 Second round (2nd Leg)	Arsenal	1 – 0 (4 – 0 agg.)	Doncaster Rovers	London
				Stadium: Highbury

27 October 1987 Third round	Arsenal	3 – 0	Bournemouth	London
				Stadium: Highbury

17 November 1987 Fourth round	Arsenal	3 – 0	Stoke City	London
				Stadium: Highbury

20 January 1988 Quarter-Final	Sheffield Wednesday	0 – 1	Arsenal	Sheffield
				Stadium: Hillsbrough Stadium

7 February 1988 Semi-Final (1st Leg)	Everton	0 – 1	Arsenal	Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park

24 February 1988 Semi-Final (2nd Leg)	Arsenal	3 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	London
				Stadium: Highbury

24 April 1988 Final	Arsenal	2 – 3	Luton Town	London
	Hayes, Smith			Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 95,732

FA Cup

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Millwall.

9 January 1988 Third round	Arsenal	2 – 0	Millwall	London
	Hayes, Rocastle			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 42,083

30 January 1988 Fourth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 – 2	Arsenal	Brighton
			Richardson, Groves	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 26,467

20 February 1988 Fifth round	Arsenal	2 – 1	Manchester United	London
	Smith, o.g.			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 54,161

12 March 1988 Sixth round	Arsenal	1 – 2	Nottingham Forest	London
	Rocastle			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 50,157

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Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

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First Division	Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Bradford City Crystal Palace Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Manchester City Middlesbrough Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Aldershot Blackpool Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Port Vale Preston North End Notts County Rotherham United Southend United Sunderland Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Carlisle United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Newport County Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season

Results

First Division

Football League Cup

FA Cup

See also