1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
14 March 1987 – Coventry City progress to the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history thanks to a 3–0 away win over Sheffield Wednesday in the quarter-finals. On the same day, Arsenal's hopes of a unique domestic treble are ended with a 3–1 defeat at home to Watford. On the First Division scene, Liverpool win 3–1 at Oxford. Luton Town climb back up to fourth win a 2–1 home win over Manchester United. A Second Division rampage at Selhurst Park sees Crystal Palace beat Birmingham City 6–0.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
15 March 1987 – Tottenham Hotspur move closer to a record eighth FA Cup triumph as they eliminate Wimbledon 2–0 at Plough Lane. Wigan Athletic's dreams are ended with a 2–0 home defeat by Leeds United. For the first time in the history of the FA Cup, all four quarter-final ties have been won by the away team.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
17 March 1987 – Crystal Palace, chasing promotion in the Second Division, sign midfielder Alan Pardew for £7,000 from Conference side Yeovil Town.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
19 March 1987 – 22-year-old striker Paul Stewart leaves Third Division strugglers Blackpool to sign for Manchester City in a £200,000 deal.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
21 March 1987 – Everton keep their title hopes alive with a 2–1 home win over Charlton Athletic. The latest relegation crunch thriller sees Southampton beat Aston Villa 5–0 at The Dell. Down in the Second Division, Plymouth boost their hopes of reaching the First Division for the first time by beating Grimsby 5–0 at Home Park.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
22 March 1987 – A First Division clash at White Hart Lane adds heat to the title race as Tottenham beat Liverpool 1–0. Liverpool are still six points ahead of their nearest rivals Everton, who have two games in hand and a superior goal difference, while Tottenham are 14 points off the top but have five games in hand.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
24 March 1987 – Charlton Athletic and Oxford United share the points in a goalless draw at Selhurst Park and stay clear of the bottom four. Southampton move closer to safety with a 3–0 home win over Luton Town. West Ham's downturn continues with a 2–0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. Wimbledon move closer to securing a top-half finish to their first season in the First Division by beating Coventry City 2–1.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
25 March 1987 – Aston Villa drop two more points in their survival battle as they draw 1–1 at home to Watford. Leicester climb out of the bottom four with a 4–1 home win over QPR. Newcastle remain bottom after drawing 1–1 at home to Tottenham.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
26 March 1987 – Arsenal pay Leicester City £850,000 for 24-year-old striker Alan Smith, and then loan him back to Leicester until the end of the season.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
28 March 1987 – Liverpool's title bid is hit with a shock 2–1 home defeat against Wimbledon. Everton gain a crucial 1–0 victory over Arsenal at Highbury, boosting their title hopes and leaving the home side's title hopes looking slim. Manchester City crash to the bottom of the table with a 4–0 defeat against Leicester City at Filbert Street, which is a major boost for the home side's survival hopes. Aston Villa boost their own survival bid with a 1–0 home win over Coventry City. Luton Town go third with a 3–1 home win over Tottenham. Newcastle climb off the bottom of the table with a 2–0 home win over Southampton. Portsmouth go top of the Second Division with a 3–1 home win over Sunderland.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
29 March 1987 – Second Division Blackburn Rovers lift the Full Members' Cup by beating First Division Charlton Athletic 1–0 at Wembley with a goal from Colin Hendry in their first Wembley final for 27 years.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
31 March 1987 – Liverpool end March as First Division leaders, but only by a three-point margin over an Everton side who have two games in hand. Arsenal's challenge has faded after a run of six League matches without scoring, but Luton Town continue to defy the odds by occupying third place. Manchester City, Newcastle United and Charlton Athletic are tied on points at the bottom of the table. Portsmouth and Derby County remain at the top of the Second Division, while Oldham Athletic, Ipswich Town and Plymouth Argyle are still in the play-off zone.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
1 April 1987 – England keep up their 100% record in the European Championship qualifiers with a 2–0 win over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in their third qualifying game.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
2 April 1987 – Former Aston Villa and Wales midfielder Trevor Hockey dies of a heart attack at the age of 43 after collapsing during a charity football match in West Yorkshire.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
4 April 1987 – First Division strugglers Aston Villa and Manchester City draw 0–0 at Villa Park. Newcastle's survival hopes are given a fresh boost as they beat Leicester City 2–0 at home. A seven-goal thriller at Selhurst Park sees Charlton beat Watford 4–3 to boost their survival bid. Tottenham keep their title hopes alive with a 3–0 home win over Norwich City. Everton go top of the league with a 2–1 win at Chelsea. Peter Davenport scores twice in a 3–2 home win for Manchester United over Oxford United. Derby County return to the top of the Second Division with a 2–0 win over Ipswich Town at Portman Road, while Portsmouth drop down to second with a 1–0 defeat at Bradford.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
5 April 1987 – Arsenal win the League Cup, beating Liverpool 2–1 in the final at Wembley. Charlie Nicholas scores both of Arsenal's goals, which gives them their first League Cup triumph ever and their first major trophy for eight years. Ian Rush scores on the losing side for the first time in his Liverpool career.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
6 April 1987 – In the only league action of the day, QPR beat Watford 3–0 at Vicarage Road.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
7 April 1987 – A midweek London derby sees Charlton Athletic and Chelsea draw 0–0 at Selhurst Park. Tottenham remain in the hunt for the title with a 1–0 away win over Sheffield Wednesday. Southampton and Wimbledon draw 2–2 at The Dell.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
8 April 1987 – Newcastle United climb out of the top bottom four with a 4–1 home win over Norwich City. Arsenal's title hopes are virtually ended when they are beaten 3–1 by West Ham at Upton Park. Second Division leaders Derby County moved closer to ending their seven-year exile from the First Division by beating Huddersfield 2–0 at the Baseball Ground.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
9 April 1987 – Fourth Division side Halifax Town become the first Football League members to be run by their local council as part of a rescue package to save the club from bankruptcy.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
11 April 1987 – Tottenham Hotspur reach their eighth FA Cup final by beating Watford 4–1 in the Villa Park semi-final. Charlton Athletic's survival chances are hit by a 2–1 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury. Everton remain in pole position in the title race by beating West Ham 4–0 at Goodison Park. Manchester City's survival hopes are hit hard when they lose 4–2 at home to Southampton. A similar blow befalls Liverpool's title hopes as they lose 2–1 to Norwich at Carrow Road. Derby County remain top of the Second Division despite drawing 0–0 at home to local rivals Stoke City, although Portsmouth are a point behind with a game in hand.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
12 April 1987 – Coventry City reach their first cup final by beating Leeds United 3–2 at Hillsborough in the semi-final of the FA Cup. A midlands derby at St Andrew's sees West Bromwich Albion beat Birmingham City 1–0.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
14 April 1987 – Newcastle United take another step towards First Division survival with a 1–0 win over Arsenal at Highbury. Nottingham Forest go sixth with a 3–2 away win over Sheffield Wednesday. Watford climb into the top half of the table by beating Chelsea 3–1 at Vicarage Road. West Ham's clash with Manchester United at Upton Park ends in a goalless draw.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
15 April 1987 – Tottenham's title hopes are left hanging by a thread after they are held to a 1–1 draw by Manchester City at Maine Road, while the lost two points are a major blow to the hosts in their battle for survival.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
16 April 1987 – Lawrie McMenemy resigns as manager of Second Division strugglers Sunderland, and is succeeded by Bob Stokoe, who was manager at Sunderland when they won the FA Cup in 1973.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
18 April 1987 – Everton move closer to winning the First Division title with a 1–0 away win over Aston Villa, who are six points adrift of the relegation playoff place and seven points adrift of automatic survival with five games remaining. Liverpool keep up their title bid with a 3–0 home win over Nottingham Forest, as do Tottenham with a 1–0 home win over Charlton Athletic. Luton Town's excellent season continues with a 2–0 home win over Coventry keeping them in fourth place. Newcastle move closer to survival with a 2–1 home win over Manchester United. Leicester City keep clear of the bottom four with a 1–0 home win over West Ham. Portsmouth go top of the Second Division on goal difference ahead of Derby County, who have a game in hand, by drawing 2–2 with Reading at Elm Park.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
20 April 1987 – Without kicking a ball, Everton take a huge step towards the league title as their last realistic title rivals Liverpool and Tottenham are both beaten. Tottenham lose 2–1 to London rivals West Ham at Upton Park, and Liverpool go down 1–0 to a Peter Davenport goal for Manchester United at Old Trafford. A relegation crunch game at Selhurst Park sees Charlton boost their survival hopes by winning 3–0 against Aston Villa, whose survival hopes are left hanging by a thread. Things are looking even more grim for Manchester City, who lose 3–2 at Sheffield Wednesday and now need at least eight points from their last four games to stand any chance of survival.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
25 April 1987 – A major twist occurs at both ends of the First Division, with victories for Liverpool and Tottenham keeping their title hopes alive, while comprehensive victories for the bottom two of Aston Villa and Manchester City keeps the survival hopes of both clubs alive. Derby County beat Sheffield United 1–0 at Bramall Lane and now need just one point to secure automatic promotion, as do Portsmouth after a 2–0 win over Grimsby Town at Blundell Park.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
28 April 1987 – England under-21s suffer a major blow to their European Championship qualification hopes when they draw 0–0 with Turkey in Izmir.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
29 April 1987 – England's 100% record in the European Championship qualifiers ends in the fourth game when they can only manage a goalless draw with Turkey in Izmir.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
30 April 1987 – Scarborough seal the Conference title to become the first team to win automatic promotion to the Football League following last summer's abolition of the re-election system. In the First Division, Everton hold three-point lead over Liverpool with game in hand, and are eight points clear of third-placed Tottenham Hotspur. Derby County have overhauled Portsmouth at the top of the Second Division, while Oldham Athletic are the only other team still able to achieve automatic promotion.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
2 May 1987 – Aston Villa are left needing at least four points from their final two games after losing 2–1 to Arsenal at Highbury. Charlton's survival hopes take a hit when they lose 1–0 at home to Luton Town. Leicester City are still in danger of going down after losing 3–1 at Chelsea. Liverpool's title hopes are now fading fast after they are beaten 1–0 by FA Cup finalists Coventry City at Highfield Road.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
Everton are forced to wait for the title after being held to a goalless draw at home to a Manchester City side whose survival challenge is still alive. A dead rubber match at Hillsborough sees Sheffield Wednesday beat QPR 7–1. Derby County seal promotion to the First Division by beating Leeds United 2–1 at the Baseball Ground. Portsmouth beat Millwall 2–0 at Fratton Park, leaving them needing just a point from their final two league games to secure automatic promotion.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
4 May 1987 – Everton secure the First Division title with a 1–0 win over Norwich City at Carrow Road, despite Liverpool beating Watford 1–0 at Anfield and Tottenham beating Manchester United 4–0 at White Hart Lane. Aston Villa's relegation is confirmed as they lose 2–1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday, but Manchester City keep their survival hopes alive with a 1–0 home win over Nottingham Forest. Charlton move into the relegation playoff place by beating Newcastle 3–0 on Tyneside, with Leicester dropping into the bottom three after being held to a 1–1 draw at home by local rivals Coventry. Portsmouth are forced to wait for promotion to the First Division after losing 1–0 away to a Crystal Palace side who keep their playoff hopes alive in the process. Brighton's 2–0 defeat at Bradford condemns them to relegation to the Third Division.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
5 May 1987 – Oxford United secure First Division survival with a 3–2 away win over Luton Town. Wimbledon are guaranteed a top 10 finish after beating Chelsea 2–1 at Plough Lane. Oldham's 2–0 defeat to Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow sends Portsmouth back into the First Division after a 28-year exile.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
8 May 1987 – Relegated Aston Villa sack Billy McNeill after eight months as manager.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
9 May 1987 – Ian Rush completes his Liverpool career before signing for Juventus by scoring in a 3–3 draw at Chelsea. Norwich achieve the highest final position in their history when a 2–1 away win over Arsenal sees them finish fifth. Luton Town also achieve their highest-ever finish, securing seventh place in the final table despite a 3–1 defeat at Everton. Manchester City go down after a 2–0 defeat at West Ham, as do a Leicester side who could only manage a goalless draw at Oxford. Charlton are thrown a First Division lifeline when a 2–1 home win over QPR ensures that they occupy the relegation playoff place in the final table. Derby County are crowned champions of the Second Division, while Grimsby Town are relegated and Sunderland finish in the relegation playoff place.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
11 May 1987 – Champions Everton finish their League campaign by beating third-placed Tottenham Hotspur 1–0.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
16 May 1987 – Coventry City win the first major trophy of their history with a 3–2 victory after extra time over Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup final. A thrilling game had seen Clive Allen put Tottenham Hotspur ahead in the second minute with his 49th goal of the season, only for Dave Bennett to equalise in the ninth minute. Gary Mabbutt restored Tottenham's lead after 40 minutes, but Keith Houchen's 64th-minute equaliser for Coventry City forced extra time. The winning goal came in the 96th minute, when Gary Mabbutt scored an own goal.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
17 May 1987 – Sunderland are relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history after being defeated on away goals in the Second Division relegation/Third Division promotion play-off semi-final by Gillingham, who will take on Swindon Town later this month to battle for a Second Division place. Bolton go into the Fourth Division for the first time after suffering a similar humiliation at the hands of Aldershot. More than 16,300 fans watch Wolves go through to the final where they will face Aldershot in a two-legged challenge for promotion to the Third Division.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
18 May 1987 – Graham Taylor resigns after 11 years as Watford manager to succeed Billy McNeill at relegated Aston Villa. During his time at Watford, Taylor took the club from the Fourth Division to the First, finishing league runners-up in their first top flight season and reaching the FA Cup final in their second. Southampton give a free transfer to their longest serving player Nick Holmes, the last remaining player from their 1976 FA Cup winning side.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
19 May 1987 – Mel Machin is named as the new manager of relegated Manchester City, with his predecessor Jimmy Frizzell remaining at the club as his assistant. Aston Villa begin rebuilding following relegation with the sale of defender Tony Dorigo to Chelsea for £450,000.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
22 May 1987 – Gillingham take a further step towards reaching the Second Division for the first time in their history by beating Swindon Town 1–0 at Priestfield in the first leg of the Third Division playoff final. Aldershot gain a 2–0 advantage over Wolves at home in the Fourth Division contest.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
23 May 1987 – Charlton Athletic beat Leeds United 1–0 in the first leg of the playoff final for a place in the First Division next season.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
24 May 1987 – Mansfield Town lift the Freight Rover Trophy by beating Bristol City on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Wembley.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
25 May 1987 – More than 31,000 fans watch Leeds United beat Charlton Athletic 1–0 in the second leg of the contest for a place in next season's First Division, forcing a replay at a neutral venue. The same outcome materialises in the contest for a place in the Second Division, as Swindon are now level with Gillingham after winning the second leg of their contest 2–1 at the County Ground. Almost 20,000 fans pack the Molineux to watch Aldershot beat Wolves to win promotion to the Third Division.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
26 May 1987 – Arsenal sign Wimbledon defender Nigel Winterburn for £405,000.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
29 May 1987 – Charlton Athletic stay in the First Division after Peter Shirtliff scores twice in extra time to beat Leeds United 2–1 in the play-off final replay at St Andrew's. Swindon Town secure a second successive promotion by winning a replay of the Third Division final 2–0 against Gillingham at the neutral venue of Selhurst Park.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
3 June 1987 – Sheffield Wednesday sign midfielder Steve McCall from Ipswich Town for £300,000.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
7 June 1987 – England's under-21s commence the Toulon Tournament with a first round 2–0 win over Morocco, with goals from Newcastle United's Paul Gascoigne and Manchester City's Paul Simpson.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
9 June 1987 – Orient revert to their original name of Leyton Orient. England under-21s draw 0–0 with the USSR in their second Toulon Tournament group game.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
10 June 1987 – Liverpool sign John Barnes from Watford for £800,000.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
11 June 1987 – England under-21s reach the next stage of the Toulon Tournament despite losing 2–0 to France.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
13 June 1987 – England under-21s progress from the second stage of the Toulon Tournament by being Turkey on penalties after a goalless draw.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
15 June 1987 – Despite guiding Luton Town to their best ever finish of seventh in the First Division in his only season as manager, John Moore resigns to be succeeded by his assistant, the former Fulham manager Ray Harford.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
18 June 1987 – Queens Park Rangers sign defender Paul Parker from Fulham for £300,000.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
19 June 1987 – Tottenham tie up two deals in one day: England U21 Chris Fairclough signs from Nottingham Forest while Gary Mabbutt – a Manchester United transfer target – signs a "new long-term contract".


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
21 June 1987 – Glenn Hoddle leaves Tottenham Hotspur in a £750,000 move to AS Monaco.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
24 June 1987 – England goalkeeper Peter Shilton leaves Southampton for newly promoted Derby County in a deal reported to be worth up to £1million – the highest fee for a goalkeeper in British football.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
25 June 1987 – Chelsea boost their attack with a £335,000 move for Ipswich Town and Northern Ireland striker Kevin Wilson.


1986–87 in English football, Diary of the season
30 June 1987 – Liverpool break the British transfer fee record by paying £1.9 million for Newcastle United and England forward Peter Beardsley.


1986–87 in English football, FA Cup
Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur contested the final. Coventry were in the final for the first time, whereas Tottenham had won all seven of their previous appearances and were looking to set a new record of eight FA Cup victories, having equalled Aston Villa's record of seven FA Cup victories in 1982. But a 3–2 win after extra time gave Coventry the first major trophy in their history.


1986–87 in English football, FA Cup
Spurs had opened the scoring through Gary Mabbutt, who later scored an own goal, and their other goal came from top scorer Clive Allen, who found the net 49 times all competitions during a season where Spurs challenged to win all three domestic trophies but in the end failed to win any of them.


1986–87 in English football, FA Cup
The ban on English clubs in Europe prevented them from qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup of 1987–88.


1986–87 in English football, League Cup
George Graham's return to Arsenal as manager was a success as he guided the North Londoners to glory in the League Cup after an eight-year trophy drought. Arsenal's run included a semi-final tussle with their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur which they eventually won with a 2–1 replay victory at White Hart Lane. The final against Liverpool was the first time the Merseysiders had lost a game in which Ian Rush had scored. The Welshman gave the Merseysiders a first half lead only for Charlie Nicholas to bag two goals, the first a scrambled effort from a free-kick, and in the second half a low deflected shot past Bruce Grobbelaar after a cross by Perry Groves.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
Despite the pre-season departure of Gary Lineker and the loss of several players for significant periods through injury (including Paul Bracewell for the entire season), Everton won their second league title in three seasons with a nine-point lead over Merseyside rivals Liverpool, who were also on the losing side in the League Cup to Arsenal.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
Tottenham Hotspur made a challenge for all three domestic honours, but ended the season with nothing. They finished third in the league, lost to Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup, and suffered a shock defeat to Coventry City in the FA Cup final. Fourth placed Arsenal led the league for much of the winter but compensated for a subsequent collapse in league form by lifting the League Cup for the first time, ending their eight-year trophy drought.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
Fifth place went to newly promoted Norwich City, who performed well and along with Everton were the hardest team in the division to beat all season. Wimbledon's first season in the First Division and their tenth in the Football League was a great success, as they briefly topped the table early in the season and finished sixth. Luton Town achieved the best season of their history by finishing seventh.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
The pressure was on Ron Atkinson after Manchester United's failed title challenge the previous season, and after a heavy defeat at Southampton in a League Cup replay early in November, Atkinson was gone and his job was given to Alex Ferguson, who had achieved great success north of the border at Aberdeen. Despite not buying any new players during the season, Ferguson was able to steer United to a secure 11th-place finish in the final table, six months after they had been in the relegation places.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
A mere five years after lifting the European Cup, Aston Villa finished bottom of the First Division and were relegated. They went down along with Manchester City and Leicester City, but Charlton Athletic kept their First Division status after triumphing over Second Division opposition in the new playoffs.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
Chelsea and West Ham United struggled at the wrong end of the First Division a season after being title contenders, but managed to avoid relegation.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
The end of the 1986–87 season saw extensive activity by First Division clubs in the transfer market. Liverpool were faced with a future without Ian Rush following his move to Juventus, but used the windfall to sign Peter Beardsley from Newcastle United for a national record fee of £1.9million, and pay nearly £1million for Watford and England winger John Barnes. The Reds had also prepared for life without Rush with a mid-season move for Oxford United striker John Aldridge.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, First Division
Midfield star Glenn Hoddle, 29, who had spent all of his career at Tottenham, became the latest player to leave the English First Division for another nation when he signed for AS Monaco. Arsenal strengthened their ranks by paying £850,000 for Leicester City striker Alan Smith. Alex Ferguson paid Celtic £850,000 for prolific striker Brian McClair, who was originally valued at £2million, and bolstered his defence with a £250,000 move for Arsenal and England defender Viv Anderson.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Derby County's revival continued with a second successive promotion and the Second Division title. They were joined by a Portsmouth side whose last taste of First Division action was in the late 1950s.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Second Division
The first team to miss out on automatic promotion from 3rd place under the new play-off system was Oldham Athletic, seeking top-flight football for the first time since 1923, which then lost to 4th place Leeds United on a last-minute aggregate-equalizer and deciding away goal.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Billy Bremner enjoyed a good first full season as manager of the Leeds United side he had once captained as a player, taking them to the FA Cup semi-finals as well as the playoffs, where only a defeat to Charlton Athletic in the final prevented them from reclaiming the First Division place they had last held in 1982. Charlton, 20th-place finishers in Division 1, had ended 5th-place Ipswich Town's hopes of an immediate return to the First Division in the semi-finals.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Second Division
Financially troubled Grimsby Town were unsurprisingly relegated to the Third Division, but it was perhaps more surprising to see Brighton lose their Second Division status after the three secure finishes that had followed the loss of their First Division status in 1983 – the year where they had almost won the FA Cup. The final relegation place went to Sunderland, who fell into the Third Division for the first time in their history after failing in the playoffs.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Former West Ham United player Harry Redknapp managed AFC Bournemouth to the Third Division title and secured them a place in the Second Division for the very first time, while Middlesbrough thrived under new ownership after almost going out of business and their impressive young team were promoted straight back to the Second Division as runners-up in the Third. The final promotion place went to Swindon Town, whose success in the playoffs gave them a second consecutive promotion.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Third Division
Newport County's mounting debts and the gradual breakup of the team that had almost reached the Second Division in 1983 culminated in inevitable relegation to the Fourth Division, with Darlington and Carlisle United following them down. The fourth and final relegation place went to Bolton Wanderers, the second illustrious Football League side this season to reach its lowest ebb as victims of the new playoffs.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Northampton Town's excellent season brought them 103 goals, 99 points, the Fourth Division title and a place in the Third Division. A season after having to apply to stay in the Football League, Preston North End enjoyed a fantastic turnaround in fortunes and won promotion from the Fourth Division as runners-up under new manager John McGrath. The last automatic promotion place went to Southend United, while Aldershot triumphed in the playoffs at the expense of their illustrious rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers.


1986–87 in English football, Football League, Fourth Division
Lincoln City became the first team to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League, as a result of failing to win their final game of the season while Burnley (league champions as recently as 1960) won their last game and Torquay United who drew their last game with an injury-time goal after an injured player was bitten by a police dog.


1986–87 in English football, Famous debutants
30 August 1986 – Matthew Le Tissier, 17-year-old attacking midfielder, makes his debut for Southampton in their 4–3 defeat by Norwich City at Carrow Road in the First Division.


1986–87 in English football, Famous debutants
30 November 1986 – Paul Ince, 19-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for West Ham United in their 4–0 defeat by Newcastle United at St James' Park in the First Division.


1986–87 in English football, Famous debutants
20 December 1986 – Gary Ablett, 21-year-old defender, makes his debut for Liverpool in a goalless away draw with Charlton Athletic in the First Division.


1986–87 in English football, Famous debutants
14 February 1987 – Michael Thomas, 19-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for Arsenal in their 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough in the First Division.


1986–87 in Scottish football
The 1986–87 season was the 90th season of competitive football in Scotland.


1986–87 in Scottish football
In the first full season under the management of player-manager Graeme Souness, Rangers won their first league title since 1978, and also won the League Cup. The title winning side featured two English players enjoying their first season north of the border - defender Terry Butcher and goalkeeper Chris Woods.


1986–87 in Scottish football
Celtic manager David Hay paid the price for a trophyless season and was sacked after four years, paving the way for the return of Billy McNeill, the man he had succeeded in 1983.


1986–87 in Scottish football
Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson moved south of the border on 6 November to manage Manchester United. He was succeeded at Pittodrie by Ian Porterfield. At the end of the season, Ferguson brought Celtic's top scorer Brian McClair to United, while McClair's strike-partner Mo Johnston moved to France to sign for Nantes.


1986–87 in Scottish football
St Mirren won the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win over Dundee United in the final. Dundee United also lost to IFK Goteborg of Sweden in the UEFA Cup final.


1986–87 snooker season
The 1986–87 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1986 and May 1987. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.


1986–87 snooker season, Official rankings
The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.


1986–88 French nuclear tests
The 1986–1988 French nuclear tests were a group of 24 nuclear tests conducted between 1986 and 1988. These tests followed the 1983–85 French nuclear tests series and preceded the 1989–91 French nuclear tests series.


1987
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th  year of the 20th century, and the  8th   year of the 1980s decade.


1987, Events, February
February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.


1987 (Fibes, Oh Fibes! album)
1987 is an album by Swedish band Fibes, Oh Fibes! released in 2009 which was collaborated with Gary Kemp, Pontus Winnberg, Petter Winberg and Oskar Linnros. The album also contains duets with Björn Skifs and Kim Wilde. The album won "Pop Album of the Year" at the 2010 Grammis Awards.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album)
1987 is the full-length debut of Doha/Dubai based Heavy metal/Hard rock singer-songwriter Naser Mestarihi. The album was released on June 17, 2013.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Production
All the lyrics and music on the album were composed by Naser, who was also in charge of musical arrangements as well as all the performances minus the drums. The drum tracks were recorded by Travis Marc in London, England and mixed in Dubai.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Production
Naser has described the album as a difficult and daunting project which delayed the release on several occasions due to the difficulty of working with his engineer. He has stated that the album contains some political elements in the lyrical content.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Release
The album's launch party took place in Dubai at The Music Room with supporting acts Nikotin and Kicksound on May the 3rd 2013. The official release took place on June 17, 2013, with a worldwide online release on iTunes, August 2 in record stores Qatar and February 17, 2014 in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The first single "Exodus Highway" was made available for free download on Soundcloud ahead of the release.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Reception
The album has received favourable reviews from the regional press. Rolling Stone magazine's Helen McDonald rating it three out of five stars. McDonald described the album as a "fun, if one-paced record, with genuinely impressive moments." McDonald also praises Naser's commitment "wailing & shredding histrionically."


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Reception
In a separate review on the first single "Exodus Highway" McDonald praises Naser's "undoubted instrumental ability and his impressive vocal chops (unleashing some eye-watering higher-register wails)."


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Reception
The National (Abu Dhabi), one of the United Arab Emirates' leading newspapers, also gave the album a positive review with entertainment writer Saeed Saeed stating that the album is "a throwback to the era’s melodic hard rock and hair metal: tracks such as 'Blazing Temple' recall the driving riffs of Mötley Crüe while Mestarihi’s full-throated wail in 'Exodus Highway' echoes the vocal acrobatics of Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson."


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Reception
Fact Magazine (Bahrain) also gave the album a positive review describing "Exodus Highway" as "Hair-raising," highlighting Mestarihi's guitar playing "his guitar technique is insanely good!" and his singing, calling his falsettos "sick". Songs like "Wovoka," "The Road Home," and "Emerald" were pointed out as standout tracks, comparing the album's overall sound to bands like Aerosmith and AC/DC.


1987 (Naser Mestarihi album), Track listing
All lyrics are written by Naser Mestarihi; all music is composed by Naser Mestarihi.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) is the debut studio album by British electronic band The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (the JAMs), later known as the KLF. 1987 was produced using extensive unauthorised samples that plagiarised a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in the JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love". These samples provided a deliberately provocative backdrop for beatbox rhythms and cryptic, political raps.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)
Shortly after independent release in June 1987, the JAMs were ordered by the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society to destroy all unsold copies of the album, following a complaint from ABBA. In response, the JAMs disposed of many copies of 1987 in unorthodox, publicised ways. They also released a version of the album titled 1987 (The JAMs 45 Edits), stripped of all unauthorised samples to leave periods of protracted silence and so little audible content that it was formally classed as a 12-inch single.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)
A limited edition release subjected to recall and a destruction order, 1987 became a rarity and by 2000, mint condition copies were trading for £60.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Background and recording
On New Year's Day 1987, Bill Drummond decided to make a hip hop record under the pseudonym "the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu". Knowing little about modern music technology, he invited Jimmy Cauty, a former member of the band Brilliant, to join him. Cauty agreed, and the JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love" was independently released on 9 March 1987 as a limited-edition one-sided white label 12-inch. Cauty became "Rockman Rock", and Drummond used the nickname "King Boy D".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Background and recording
The reaction to "All You Need Is Love" was positive; the British music newspaper Sounds listed it as the single of the week, and lauded The JAMs as "the hottest, most exhilarating band this year". The song's reliance on uncleared, often illegal samples made commercial release impossible. In response, the JAMs re-edited the single, removing or doctoring the most antagonistic samples, and re-released it as "All You Need Is Love (106 bpm)" in May 1987. According to Drummond, profits from this re-release funded the recording of their first album. The JAMs had completed and pressed copies of the album by early May 1987, but did not have a distributor.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Background and recording
Like "All You Need Is Love", the album was made using an Apple II computer, a Greengate DS3 digital sampler peripheral card, and a Roland TR-808 drum machine. Several songs were liberally plagiarised, using portions from existing works and pasting them into new contexts, with the duo stealing "everything" and "taking... plagiarism to its absurd conclusion". This mashup of samples was underpinned by rudimentary beatbox rhythms and overlaid with Drummond's raps of social commentary, esoteric metaphors, and mockery. Drummond later said that:


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Background and recording
We'd just got ourselves a sampler, and we went sample-crazy. We just ... went through my whole collection of records, sampling tons of stuff and putting it all together, and it ... was a real rush of excitement, when we were doing it.... When we put that record out, we knew what we were doing was illegal, but we thought it was gonna be such an underground record, nobody would ever hear about it. So the first thing that shocked us is that British rock papers gave a big review.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition
1987 is built around samples of other artists' work, "to the point where the presence of original material becomes questionable". The album is raw and unpolished, the sound contrasting sharply with the meticulous production and tight house rhythms of the duo's later work as the KLF. The beatbox rhythms are basic (described as "weedy" by Q magazine), samples often cut abruptly, and distinctive plagiarised melodies are often played with a high-pitched rasping accompaniment. The plagiarised works are arranged so as to juxtapose with each other as a backdrop for the JAMs' rebellious messages and social comments. The lyrics include self-referential statements of the JAMs' agenda, imbued with their fictional backstory adopted from The Illuminatus! Trilogy.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side one
The album's opening song, "Hey Hey We Are Not The Monkees", begins with simulated human sexual intercourse noises arranged as a rhythm. The album's first sample is "Here we come..." from the Monkees' theme. It progresses into a cryptic and bleak spoken verse from Drummond: "Here we come, crawling out of the mud, from chaos primeval to the burned out sun, dragging our bad selves from one end of time, with nothing to declare but some half-written rhymes".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side one
A cacophone of further samples from The Monkees' theme and Drummond's voice follow – "We're not The Monkees, I don't even like The Monkees!" – before it gets interrupted by an original a cappella vocal line that later became The KLF's "Justified and Ancient" – "We're justified/And we're ancient ... We don't want to upset the apple cart/And we don't wanna cause any harm".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side one
The track is followed by a long sample of a London Underground train arriving at and leaving a tube station, with its recorded warning to passengers, "Mind the gap...". "Don't Take Five (Take What You Want)" follows, featuring The JAMs' associates Chike (rapper) and DJ Cesare (scratches). Built around The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Take Five" and Fred Wesley's "Same Beat", the lyrics are mostly unconventional, with the majority of the song containing references to food: "I was pushing my trolley from detergent to cheese when I first saw the man with antler ears.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side one
I tried to ignore but his gaze held my eyes when he told me the truth about the basket of lies". Sounds considered the message of the song (if any) to be a modern version of Robin Hood: "This is piracy in action, with the venerable music industry figure, King Boy D, setting himself up as the Robin Hood of rap as he steals from the rich vaults of recording history".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side one
The first side of the LP closes with "Rockman Rock (Parts 2 and 3)", a homage to Jimmy Cauty that plagiarises from an array of sources, including the "Bo Diddley Beat" and "Sunrise Sunset" from the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack. Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", "Since I've Been Loving You" and "Houses of the Holy" can be also heard in this track. Side one would not close until "Why Did You Throw Away Your Giro? ", a track consisting of a question in reference to a line from "Rockman Rock" from a female adult jokingly answered by a male person, ended in 20 seconds.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
The second side begins with "Me Ru Con", a traditional Vietnamese song performed a cappella by the JAMs' friend Duy Khiem. According to Drummond, it was a spontaneous recital by Khiem, who was in the studio contributing clarinet and tenor sax to the album. Khiem's vocal performance was later sampled by The KLF on the ambient house soundtrack to their movie, The Rites of Mu.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
"The Queen and I" features extensive samples from ABBA's "Dancing Queen", often overlain with a rasping detuned accompaniment. These lead into Drummond's satirical and discontent rapping, a fictional account of his march into the British House of Commons and Buckingham Palace to demand answers. The song also protests the involvement of cigarette companies in sport ("When cancer is the killer/John Player run the league") and lambasts the "tabloid mentality" ("They all keep talking about Princess Di's dress"). The Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" is briefly sampled.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
After nearly three minutes of samples from the television show Top of the Pops, as well as sound clips from programmes and advertisements on other TV channels, Drummond cries "Fuck that, let's have The JAMs!". The acerbic "All You Need Is Love (106 bpm)" follows. A "stunning audio collage" featuring an AIDS public information film, a rerecording of glamour model Samantha Fox's "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", and the nursery rhyme "Ring a Ring o' Roses", "All You Need Is Love" comments on sex and the British media's reaction to the AIDS crisis.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
The final track on the album is "Next", which Drummond describes as "the only angst-er on the album", with "imagery of war and sordid sex". The track samples Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", Scott Walker's "Next" from Scott 2, the Fall's "Totally Wired," and Julie Andrews' "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music, alongside Khiem's original melancholy clarinet and tenor saxophone contributions ("a saxophone of stupefying tediosity", according to Danny Kelly).


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
Bill Drummond summed up The JAMs' approach to composition in the first "KLF Information Sheet", sent out in October 1987: "We made [the album] not giving a shit for soul boy snob values or any other values, we just went in and made the noise we wanted to hear and the stuff that came out of our mouths.... Not a pleasant sound but it's the noise we had. We pressed it up and stuck it out. A celebration of sorts." Jimmy Cauty defended sampling as an artistic practice: "It's not as if we're taking anything away, just borrowing and making things bigger. If you're creative you aren't going to stop working just because there is a law against what you are doing."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Composition, Side two
In 1991, Drummond admitted: "We didn't listen to 1987 What The Fuck's Going On for a long time, and when we did we were embarrassed by it because it was so badly recorded. But I still felt we were able to get a lot out of ourselves through it."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) was released in June 1987 on The JAMs' own record label, "The Sound of Mu(sic)".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
1987 was met with mixed reviews in most of the major British music publications, including Melody Maker, NME, Sounds, and Q, and the album came to the attention of the management of Swedish pop group ABBA: The JAMs had sampled large portions of the ABBA single "Dancing Queen" on the track "The Queen And I". A legal showdown with ABBA and the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) followed, 1987 was forcibly withdrawn from sale, and The JAMs were ordered to "deliver up the master tape, mothers, stampers and any other parts commensurate with manufacture of the record".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
King Boy D and Rockman Rock travelled to ABBA's home country of Sweden, in the hope of meeting with ABBA personally, taking an NME journalist and photographer with them, along with most of the remaining copies of the LP and a gold disc of the album. Failing to find ABBA in residence at Polar Studios in Stockholm, they instead presented the gold disc to a blonde prostitute they pretended was Agnetha "fallen on hard times".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
Of the original LP's stock, some copies were disposed overboard on the North Sea ferry trip across, and the remainder were burned in a field in Gothenburg before dawn (as shown on the cover of their next album, Who Killed The JAMs?, and detailed in that album's single "Burn the Bastards"). The JAMs also played a recording of "The Queen and I" loudly outside the offices of ABBA's record label, Polar Music. The trip was unexpectedly eventful, the JAMs accidentally hitting and killing a moose, and later being shot at by a farmer, a bullet cracking the engine of their Ford Galaxie police car. They were, by their own account, towed back to England by the AA.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
The JAMs were not entirely sure what they would have said to ABBA if they had been able to meet them. Rockman told NME: "We were hoping to explain [our artistic justification] to them and that maybe we'd come out of it friends, you know, them producing our album and us producing theirs—the kind of thing that often happens at these meetings." King Boy: "Yeah, we'd have said, 'Look, you haven't had many hits lately, you don't really wanna bother with all this West End musical shit do you? Come and do the new JAMMS [ sic] album.'" In 1994, The Guardian looked back on the Swedish sojourn as "a grand, futile, attention-grabbing gesture, the kind that would come to characterise [the duo's] collaborative career... "We were being totally stupid about it" Drummond later acknowledged."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Release and controversy
The JAMs offered what they claimed were "the last five" copies of 1987 for sale at £1000 each in a full-page advertisement in the April 1988 edition of The Face. Drummond argued that the offer exploited a loophole in The JAMs' agreement with the MCPS: "We were browsing around this record shop and came across these five copies of 1987.... We made it perfectly clear to the MCPS that we couldn't actually force the shops to send our LPs back.... [B]ecause we bought them in a shop, these LPs don't come into the agreement and we can do what we like with them and not break any laws."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Critical response
Q magazine had mixed reactions to 1987, saying that there are "too few ideas being spread too thin". The magazine criticised some songs as "overlong" and questioned the overuse of sampling as "the impression of a random hotchpotch". Q also unfavourably commented that The JAMs' "use of the beatbox is altogether weedy". It liked some of its tracks: "there are some wickedly amusing ideas and moments of pure poetry in the lyrics while some of the musical juxtapositions are both killingly funny and strong enough to stand repeated listenings".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Critical response
A reviewer for Melody Maker found 1987 "inspirational", and "the most exciting, most original record [he'd] heard in years". He also argued that: "Some snatches [of plagiarised music] rather outstay their welcome, tugging tell-tale glitz away from the clifftop and dangerously close to smug obviousness, but when the blows are kept short, sharp and very bloody, they make anything else you're very likely to hear on the radio dull and desperately humourless." "It's easy to dismiss The JAMs frolics as little more than a brightly coloured sideshow to the shabbiest circus in town", a later article said, but "believe me, it's far more than a gimmick".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Critical response
In awarding 1987 the highest rating, a maximum five stars, Sounds—a publication that offered the duo's work consistent approval—mused, "Taking the sound of the moment (hip hop) as a backbone, 1987 steals sound artefacts from anywhere ... and meshes them together with King Boy's hysterical 'Clydeside' rap method with bewildering effect. ... [Y]ou could call this sampling technology's answer to T. S. Eliot's arch cut up work, The Wasteland. " "What's so good about The JAMs", the magazine said, "is the way they are capturing on disc the whole social and musical confusion and instability of 1987 Britain".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Critical response
NME's Danny Kelly was not so impressed. He also felt that the record was underdeveloped and The JAMs were not the most skilled of practitioners. "Audacity, completely unfounded self-confidence, utter ruthlessness and a fast car will, of course, be useful attributes to the go-ahead noise-pirate of the 90s, but skill, feel, instinct, vision—y'know, boring old talent—will still be bottom line compulsories... it's in these latter commodities that the JAMs seem conspicuously undertooled." Compared to the output of DJ Code Money or Cut Creator ("all humour, vibrancy and colour... – aerosoled version[s] of The Book of Kells") Kelly felt Drummond's efforts to be a "glitter-crusted charity Christmas card". A later NME item called 1987 "the best comment on sampling culture ever made".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Critical response
A retrospective review by AllMusic commented that 1987 is "a hilarious record" filled with "comments on music terrorism and [The JAMs'] own unique take on the Run-D.M.C. type of old-school rapping"; and The Penguin Price Guide for Record & CD Collectors called 1987 an "entirely brilliant example of the art of disc-jockey-as-producer". Giving another retrospective review from across the Atlantic, Trouser Press described 1987 as "energetic" and "a loopy dance album that isn't unlike a lot of sampled records, but proceeds from an entirely different cultural understanding."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), Personnel
Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were responsible for the concept and production of 1987, its lyrics and the TR-808 beatbox rhythms. Drummond provided rap, and an additional rapper introduced as 'Chike' appears on "Don't Take Five (Take What You Want)" and "Rockman Rock (Parts 2 and 3)". Duy Khiem contributed lead vocals to "Mẹ Ru Con", as well as clarinet and tenor sax to "Rockman Rock (Parts 2 and 3)" and "Next".


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"
Following the enforced deletion of the 1987 album, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu released an edited version as a 12" single, with all of the unauthorised samples removed, leaving sparse instrumentation, Drummond's social commentary and, in several cases, long periods of silence; the "Top of the Pops" section of the original LP yielded three minutes of silence on 45 Edits, and the only sample remaining from the original was The Fall's "Totally Wired."


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"
The edited single was sold through normal retail channels and also offered as a "reward" to anyone who returned a copy of the LP to The JAMs' post office box. The single was released on 16 October 1987, and on 31 October 1987 The JAMs announced that the case with ABBA "is now closed". The sleevenotes to "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits" explain to the purchaser in a rather tongue-in-cheek fashion how to recreate the original 1987 album for themselves:


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"
This record is a version of our now deleted and illegal LP '1987, What The Fuck Is Going On?' with all of the copyright infringing 'samples' edited out. As this leaves less than 25 minutes of music we are able to sell it as a 12-inch 45. If you follow the instructions below you will, after some practice, be able to simulate the sound of our original record. To do this you will need 3 wired-up record decks, a pile of selected discs, one t.v.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"
set and a video machine loaded with a cassette of edited highlights of last weeks 'Top of the Pops'. Deck one is to play this record on, the other two are to scratch in the missing parts using the selected records. For added authentic effect you could use a Roland 808 drum machine (well cheap and what we used in the original recordings) to play along behind your scratching.


1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits"
In 2000, a copy of the original version of 1987 in mint condition was worth £60, whereas a mint copy of "1987: The JAMs 45 Edits" was sold for just  £10.


1987 (artist)
1987, real name Victor Holmberg (born 28 April 1987), is a producer, songwriter and musician of solo projects. He is also a member of the Swedish electronic music duo Montauk.


1987 (film)
1987 is a movie autobiography of the director Ricardo Trogi, it is the sequel of the movie 1981, that came out in 2009. The movie puts emphasis on Trogi's teen years, where he was experiencing with romance life, sexual identity, and family problems. It also shows how life can be as the son of an immigrant. It was said that the movie was a comedy, but with dramatic parts, like the one's with his family.


1987 (film)
A third film in the series, 1991, was released in 2018.


1987 (film), Plot
In 1987, 17-year-old Ricardo (Jean-Carl Boucher) is facing the usual teens problems, such has having a crush on a classmate named Sarah despite already having a girlfriend named Marie-Josée and having a car. With his three friends, they spend time doing parties and get drunk. When they fail to enter in a bar after graduation, Ricardo then decides to open a bar for underaged teens.


1987 (film), Plot
On his first night of work where he was supposed to have sex with Marie-Josée and lose his virginity, Ricardo breaks a BMW and put the damage and repairs on the restaurant's budget and is immediately fired; an argument with his father cause the latter to start to make wine illegally. One night, Ricardo and his friends find a expensive radio in a car and they steal it to gain money and become thieves. After being able to enter the bar, Ricardo gets unwillingly closer to Sarah.


1987 (film), Plot
On his prom day, Ricardo learns that Marie-Josée had an affair with a man in the bar Ricardo always tries to go and they break up; he also learns his project of bar got made in a near region and one of his friends has been admitted to the NHL. To get revenge on Marie-Josée, Ricardo has a date with Sarah who goes awry when Sarah announces her homosexuality and Ricardo finds Dallaire, one of his friends, with Marie-Josée. Trying to talk to Marie-Josée, Ricardo gets drunk with his father's wine and is arrested by the police after the officer finds the stolen radios and Ricardo tries to flee. Thinking Dallaire tricked Ricardo for having a date with Marie-Josée, Ricardo blames Dallaire for the stolen radios.


1987 (film), Plot
The next morning, an argument occurs with his parents over Ricardo's activities and his father's illegal business. The argument is interrupted when Ricardo's sister announces Marie-Josée has called. Ricardo then takes a bike and rides during three hours to Trois-Rivières, 136 kilometres (85 mi) to have sex with Marie-Josée.


1987 (film), Plot
It is later revealed that the relationship has ended after 3 years and Ricardo never saw Dallaire again.


1987 (film), Reception
The film was met with positive reviews from local Montreal journals.


1987 (film), Release
The film was released in theatres in the summer of 2014 and released on DVD, Blu-ray, and limited edition VHS in December 2014.


1987 (number)
1987 is the natural number following 1986 and preceding 1988.


1987 (number), In mathematics
1987 is an odd number and the 300th prime number. It is the first number of a sexy prime triplet (1987, 1993, 1999). Being of the form 4n + 3, it is a Gaussian prime. It is a lucky number and therefore also a lucky prime. 1987 is a prime factor of the 9th number in Sylvester's sequence, and is the 15th prime to divide any number in the sequence.


1987 (number), In mathematics
There are 1987 polyiamonds with 12 cells that tile the plane isohedrally.


1987 (song)
1987 is a song written by Uruguayan musician and producer Juan Campodónico, co-written and interpreted by Jorge Drexler.


1987 (song)
The song is part of the first studio album by Campo, a music collective founded and led by Juan Campodónico. It was recorded in 2011, produced by Juan Campodónico and Gustavo Santaolalla (both members of the band Bajofondo).


1987 (song)
1987 also features in a video directed by Matías Paparamborda and Martin Rivero, where Juan Campodónico is shown as an astronaut with space images, and playing instruments with Veronica Loza, Martin Rivero and Jorge Drexler playing guitar.


1987 (song)
The song won the 1987 Graffiti Award for best video. It was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of best alternative song in 2012, and for best song for the MTV Europe. The song is usually performed by Juan Campodónico in his live performances.


1987 1. deild, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and TB Tvøroyri won the championship.


1987 1. deild, Results
The schedule consisted of a total of 14 games. Each team played two games against every opponent in no particular order. One of the games was at home and one was away.


1987 1. deild karla
The 1987 season of 1. deild karla was the 33rd season of second-tier football in Iceland.


1987 1. divisjon
The 1987 1. divisjon was the 43rd completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 2 May 1987 and ended on 10 October 1987.


1987 1. divisjon
22 rounds were played. Number eleven and twelve were relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between the two second placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon and number ten in the 1. divisjon.


1987 1. divisjon
For the first time in the Norwegian top flight, three rather than two points were given for wins. There was also another, more controversial new rule for points: if a match was drawn, two points would be given to the winner of a penalty shootout, and one point to the loser of the shootout. This rule, suggested by Tom A. Schanke and appointed by the Norwegian Football Association in February 1987, was highly controversial and liquidated after the 1987 season. Note that if draws would end as draws with one point to each, as usual, Tromsø IL would have been placed 10th with a possibility of being relegated.


1987 1. divisjon, Overview
Moss FK, coached by Nils Arne Eggen, won the league for the first and, as of the 2019 season, last time. The victory was not settled until the final round of the league, with Moss beating runners-up Molde FK (who would have grabbed the gold if they defeated Moss) 2-0 at away grounds.


1987 1. divisjon, Results
Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.


1987 1. divisjon, Relegation play-offs
The qualification matches were contested between Hamarkameratene (10th in the 1. divisjon), Djerv 1919 (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Lyn (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Djerv 1919 won and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.


1987 1. divisjon (women)
The 1987 1. divisjon, the highest women's football (soccer) league in Norway, began on 2 May 1987 and ended on 3 October 1987.


1987 1. divisjon (women)
It was the first season with a single, nationwide league for women.


1987 1. divisjon (women)
18 games were played with 3 points given for wins, whereas drawn matches were decided with a penalty shootout, with 2 points for a shootout victory and 1 point for a shootout loss.


1987 1. divisjon (women)
Number nine and ten were relegated, while two teams from the 2. divisjon were promoted through a playoff round.


1987 1. divisjon (women)
Klepp won the league, having taken the lead as late as the seventeenth round.


1987 1000 km of Brands Hatch
The 1987 Shell Gemini 1000 Kilometers Brands Hatch was the seventh round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at Brands Hatch, United Kingdom on July 26, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Brands Hatch, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Fuji
The 1987 WEC in Japan (1000 km of Fuji) was the tenth and final round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship. It took place at Fuji Speedway, Japan on September 27, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Fuji, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Jerez
The 1987 1000 km Jerez was the second round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain on March 29, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Jerez, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Monza
The 1987 1000 km di Monza was the third round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy on April 12, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Monza, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Nürburgring
The 1987 International ADAC 1000 km Rennen was the eighth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on August 30, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Nürburgring, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Nürburgring, Official results
† - #111 Spice Engineering was disqualified following the race after it was discovered that the car had received a push start during a pit stop.


1987 1000 km of Silverstone
The 1987 Autoglass 1000 km was the fourth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on May 10, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Silverstone, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 1000 km of Spa
The 1987 Kouros 1000 km Spa was the ninth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on September 13, 1987.


1987 1000 km of Spa, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance, was the third round of the 1987 IMSA GT Championship and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on March 21, 1987. Victory overall went to the No. 86 Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 driven by Jochen Mass and Bobby Rahal.


1987 2. divisjon
The 1987 2. divisjon was a Norwegian second-tier football league season.


1987 2. divisjon
The league was contested by 24 teams, divided into two groups; A and B. The winners of group A and B were promoted to the 1988 1. divisjon. The second placed teams met the 10th position finisher in the 1. divisjon in a qualification round where the winner was promoted to 1. divisjon. The bottom three teams inn both groups were relegated to the 3. divisjon.


1987 2. divisjon, Overview, Summary
Sogndal won group A with 49 points and Strømmen won group B with 46 points. Both teams promoted to the 1988 1. divisjon. The second-placed teams, Djerv 1919 and Lyn met HamKam in the promotion play-offs. Djerv 1919 won the qualification and was promoted to the 1. divisjon.


1987 2. divisjon, Overview, New rules
For the first time in Norwegian football, three rather than two points were given for wins. There was also another, more controversial new rule for points: if a match was drawn, two points would be given to the winner of a penalty shootout, and one point to the loser of the shootout. This rule, suggested by Tom A. Schanke and appointed by the Norwegian Football Association in February 1987, was highly controversial and liquidated after the 1987 season.


1987 2. divisjon, Promotion play-offs, Results
Djerv 1919 won the qualification round and won promotion to the 1. divisjon.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring
The 1987 200 Meilen von Nürnberg was the sixth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship, known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe, as well as the second round of the 1987 German Supercup, known as the Bilstein Cup. It took place at the Norisring temporary street circuit, West Germany on June 28, 1987.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Format
The Norisring 200 Miles combined several competitors from the World Championship as well as a majority of entrants from the German Supercup championship. The event was run as two separate races, each running for 100 miles (77 laps). The first race would consist of the entire field, and points for the German Supercup championship were awarded based on the results of this first race.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Format
Cars which did not complete the first race, either due to accidents or mechanical failures, were not allowed to compete in the second race. Those which remained started in the same position in which they had finished the first race, and then completed the second 100-mile (160 km) race. The result of this race however did not count towards the Supercup. Instead, the laps totals from the two races were combined in order to determine an overall race winner, which earned points in the World Championship.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Format
All teams consisted of two drivers, each of which ran one race apiece. Only the driver in the first race earned points in the Supercup, while both drivers earned points in the World Championship.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Race 1
The Bilstein Cup and round two of the German Supercup.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Race 1
† - #9 Blaupunkt Joest Racing was disqualified after Race 2 when the car was found to have an oversized fuel tank. Both runs were therefore disqualified.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Race 1
‡ - #14 Mussato Action Car was disqualified during the race for using an external starter motor.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Race 1
* - #103 John Bartlett Racing and #121 GP Motorsport were both disqualified for having started the race illegally.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Race 2
† - #9 Blaupunkt Joest Racing was disqualified after Race 2 when the car was found to have an oversized fuel tank. Both runs were therefore disqualified.


1987 200 Miles of Norisring, Official results, Overall results
Total laps from the two races combined for the ADAC Norisring Trophäe and round six of the World Sports-Prototype Championship. Drivers are listed in the order in which they raced or planned to race.


1987 24 Hours of Daytona
The 25th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 31-February 1, 1987 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1987 IMSA GT Championship.


1987 24 Hours of Daytona
Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 14 Holbert Racing Porsche 962 driven by Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, Al Unser Jr., and Al Holbert. Victory in the GTO Class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Tom Gloy, Bill Elliott, Lyn St. James, and Scott Pruett. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 01 Spice Engineering/AT&T Spice SE86CL driven by Bob Earl, Don Bell, and Jeff Kline. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 71 Team Highball Mazda RX-7 driven by Amos Johnson, Dennis Shaw, and Bob Lazier.


1987 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 55th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 13 and 14 June 1987. It was also the fifth round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship.


1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, Track alterations
A chicane was installed in the middle of the Dunlop Curve, just prior to the Dunlop Bridge, in an attempt to slow speeds for sportscars as they went from the main straight to the Esses. The new chicane was also intended to slow motorcycles for races on the Bugatti Circuit.


1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pre race
With the cancellation of the B Class, the race was the first in the history of Le Mans to lack any homologated class entries. The hiatus would last until 1993.


1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
Porsche 962C cars suffered from piston failure due to the wrong microchip fitted for fuel management, causing a lean mixture and burned pistons. The #17 car of Bell, Stuck, and Holbert escaped this fate with a new chip fitted, running largely uncontested to the finish.


1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 360 km of Jarama
The 1987 Gran Premio Fortuna was the opening round of the 1987 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, Spain on March 22, 1987.


1987 360 km of Jarama, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


1987 ABC Championship
The 1987 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Bangkok, Thailand.


1987 ABN World Tennis Tournament
The 1987 ABN World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. It was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 March through 22 March 1987. First-seeded Stefan Edberg won the singles title.


1987 ABN World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles
Stefan Edberg /  Anders Järryd defeated  Chip Hooper /  Mike Leach 3–6, 6–3, 6–4


1987 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Joakim Nyström was the defending champion of the singles event at the ABN World Tennis Tournament but lost in the second round. First-seeded Stefan Edberg won the singles title after a 6–1, 6–2 win in the final against fourth-seeded John McEnroe.


1987 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Landover, Maryland, at the Capital Centre. NC State defeated North Carolina, 68–67 to win the championship. Vinny Del Negro of NC State was named tournament MVP.


1987 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the first edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


1987 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7, 1987 at the Hammons Student Center at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.


1987 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament
SW Missouri State defeated Cleveland State in the title game, 90–87, to win their first AMCU/Summit League championship. The Bears earned an automatic bid to the 1987 Tournament.


1987 AMCU-8 Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight conference members qualified for the tournament. First round seedings were based on regular season record.


1987 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1987 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 61 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.


1987 ATP Challenger Series, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1987 Adur District Council election
Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 7 May 1987, with one third of the council up for election. There were additional vacancies in the Churchill and Widewater wards and no elections for the two-member Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 48.3%.


1987 Adur District Council election
The election resulted in the Alliance retaining control of the council.


1987 Adur District Council election, Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.


1987 Aegean crisis
A crisis took place in late March 1987 between Turkey and Greece as part of the Aegean dispute. Turkey learned that Greece was starting to drill for oil in the Aegean Sea in the vicinity of Thasos, generally considered Greek but disputed by Turkey. In response, the Turkish survey ship Piri Reis (and later the RV MTA Sismik 1), was sent to the area with an escort of Turkish warships.


1987 Aegean crisis, Background
Oil was discovered off Thasos, in 1973. Greece claimed ownership of mineral rights in the continental shelf extending from beneath all its islands in the Aegean. Turkey proposed that the continental shelf be divided through negotiations.


1987 Aegean crisis, Events
In March 1987, a decision of the Greek government to nationalize the consortium of companies that was drilling oil off Thasos, and planned exploratory oil drilling 11 miles east of the island of Thasos, such as the impression by Turkey that Greece was planning new researches for oil, provoked tension between the two countries.


1987 Aegean crisis, Events
The crisis escalated, armed forces of both countries were on alert, and each side said they would use force if obstructed by the other. The incident nearly started a war between Greece and Turkey.


1987 Aegean crisis, Events
Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou gave the orders to sink the ship if it was found in the waters claimed by Greece. Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Özal said that "If Greece interferes with our vessel in any way, and this is what Papandreou is saying, we will act in the same way against him", "As a result, it could be cause for war," but he also added that "We are waiting for the first move from them." The Greek foreign minister Karolos Papoulias was sent to Bulgaria (then a member of the Warsaw Pact) for discussions. The Greek government gave orders for the suspension of operation of the base of NATO in Nea Makri, while the Greek forces and Navy were alarmed.


1987 Aegean crisis, Events
Britain's Lord Carrington, the secretary general of NATO, urged Greece and Turkey to avoid the use of force and offered to act as a mediator.


1987 Aegean crisis, Events
The crisis was solved when Özal announced that if the Greek government did not enter the disputed waters, the Turks would stay out as well; he participated in a phone call with Papandreou.


1987 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 1987 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Gor Mahia in two-legged final victory against Espérance Sportive de Tunis. This was the thirteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-five sides entered the competition, with Libya F.C. disqualified before the 1st leg of the preliminary round, Real Republicans withdrawing before the 1st leg of the same round and finally, Ela Nguema and SC de Bafatá withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs
The tournament was played by 39 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Al Ahly SC from Egypt won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs, First round
1 Sporting de Bissau, Al-Ittihad and Juvenil Reyes all withdrew. 2 ASC Police were disqualified after 1st leg because its federation didn't pay the first round entry fee.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final
The 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs final was the final of the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final
It was a football tie held over two legs in December 1987 between Al Ahly  of Egypt, and Al-Hilal Club of Sudan. Second leg with the last match for the Egyptian legend Mahmoud El Khatib that announced his retirement three days after the match.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final
Al Ahly won the final with aggregate 2-0, first leg 0-0 and second 2-0.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final, Venues, Khartoum International Stadium
The Khartoum International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 23,000 people. It is also the home stadium of the Sudanese national football team and of the club Al Ahli SC Khartoum. In 2010, it was renovated for the 2011 African cup of nations championships .


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final, Venues, Cairo International Stadium
Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.


1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final, Format
The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).


1987 African Men's Handball Championship
The 1987 African Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Rabat, Morocco, from 3 to 12 July 1987. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.


1987 African Men's Handball Championship
In the final, Algeria win their fourth consecutive title beating Egypt in the final game.


1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup
The 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup was a qualifying edition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) into the FIFA U-16 World Championship. The three winners qualified to the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.


1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup, First round
The Côte d'Ivoire-Togo matches were played on 22 March 1986 and 5 July 1986. The winners advanced to the Second Round.


1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup, Second round
The first leg matches were played on either the 09th or 10 August 1986. The second leg matches were played on either the 22nd, 23rd or 24 August 1986. The Liberia vs Guinea matches were played on 1st and 15 November 1986. The winners advanced to the Third Round.


1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup, Third round
The first leg matches were played on either the 2nd or 4 January 1987. The second leg matches were played on either the 16th or 18 January 1987. The winners qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.


1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup, Countries to participate in 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
The 4 teams which qualified for 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.


1987 African Women's Handball Championship
The 1987 African Women's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Morocco. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1988 Summer Olympics.


1987 African Youth Championship
The African Youth Championship 1987 was contested through home and away matches. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1987 African Youth Championship, Teams
The following teams entered the tournament (and played at least one match):


1987 African Youth Championship, Preliminary round
Angola were disqualified for fielding overaged players. Other pairings were: Swaziland vs Mauritius, Lesotho vs Mozambique, Egypt vs Sudan, Ghana vs Gabon, Gambia vs Togo, Mauritania vs Algeria. It might be possible that most of the eliminated teams withdrew however so their opponents advanced to the next round.


1987 African Youth Championship, First round
Ghana and Zimbabwe were disqualified due to using ineligible players. Ethiopia withdrew after playing one match.


1987 African Youth Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship
The 1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship, was the 2nd Afro-Asian Club Championship competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, it was the last time were contested over a single match; from 1988 until 1998 the competition was held in a two-legged tie format.


1987 Afro-Asian Club Championship
The match took place on 5 February 1988, in Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Zamalek, the 1986 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, and Furukawa Electric (Now JEF United Ichihara), the 1986 Asian Club Championship winner. Zamalek won the match 2–0 and became the first African team to win the championship.


1987 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
The 1987 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested between South Korea, winners of the 1986 Asian Games, and Egypt, winners of the 1986 African Cup of Nations. The match was played in one leg on 6 January 1988 in Doha, Qatar.


1987 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, Winners
South Korea won on penalties 4–3 after 1–1 on final score.


1987 Air Canada Cup
The 1988 Air Canada Cup was Canada's ninth annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, which was played in April 1987 at the Earl Armstrong Arena in Gloucester, Ontario. The Riverains du Richelieu defeated the Notre Dame Hounds to win their first national title. The Calgary Buffaloes won the bronze medal. Future National Hockey League players competing in this tournament were Rod Brind'Amour, Scott Pellerin, Reggie Savage, Olaf Kölzig, and Stephane Fiset. Savage, playing for Richelieu, was the tournament's top scorer and named Most Valuable Player.


1987 Air Force Falcons football team
The 1987 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 269 points. At season's end, the Falcons appeared in the 1987 Freedom Bowl. In the Ram–Falcon Trophy match, the Falcons beat the Colorado State Rams to win the trophy. Air Force also won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, emblematic of beating both Army and Navy.


1987 Akron Zips football team
The 1987 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as Division I-A independents. They were led by second-year head coach Gerry Faust. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 4–7.


1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 95th overall and 54th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bill Curry, in his first year, and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Hall of Fame Bowl to Michigan.


1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Due to a major renovation project that resulted in the completion of the western upper deck, Alabama played all of their home games at Legion Field instead of splitting them with Bryant–Denny Stadium for the 1987 season.


1987 Albanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania on 1 February 1987. The Democratic Front, a mass organization of the Party of Labour of Albania, was the only political force able to contest the elections, and subsequently won all 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with all registered voters voting.


1987 Algerian legislative election
Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League


1987 Algerian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 February 1987. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the National Liberation Front (FLN) as the sole legal party. The FLN nominated 885 candidates for the 295 seats, with voters asked to express their preference by crossing out names on the ballot. Only 67 of the 132 incumbents who ran for re-election were successful.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash
The 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster occurred on 8 December 1987, when a Peruvian Navy Fokker F27-400M chartered by Peruvian football club Alianza Lima crashed into the Pacific Ocean seven miles from Jorge Chávez International Airport near the city of Callao. Of the 44 people on board, only the pilot survived.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash
The Peruvian Naval Aviation Commission investigated the accident and created a report but never officially disclosed its content. Eventually, the Navy's accident report was discovered and details of it were released. In the report, investigators cited pilot error as the primary cause of the accident.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Accident
Alianza was scheduled to play a football match against Deportivo Pucallpa and had organized a charter aircraft, provided by the Air Services branch of the Peruvian Navy for the trip to Pucallpa and back. After the game the aircraft departed Pucallpa at 6:30 p.m. with Peruvian Navy Lieutenant Edilberto Villar as the pilot in command, César Morales as copilot, four cabin crewmembers and 38 players, staff and team supporters.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Accident
The flight was uneventful until the crew began their descent into Lima. Upon lowering the landing gear, the left and right main gear displayed green lights, indicating down and locked, but the nose gear did not. Villar requested that Morales consult the flight manual for the proper procedure to follow. The manual was written in English and because Morales's foreign language skill was poor he read out the wrong procedure. The crew requested a fly-by of the control tower so that observers could confirm that the nose gear was down.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Accident
Using binoculars the observers confirmed that the airplane was configured for landing and the crew brought the aircraft around for another attempt at a landing. While over water the aircraft flew too low and the right wing struck the surface of the ocean as the aircraft was lining up with the runway, 11.1 km (6.9 mi) northwest of the airport. The airliner broke up on impact and the forward fuselage sank.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Fokker F27-400M Friendship, registration AE-560. The airliner, with serial number 10548, had first flown in 1977 and had logged a total of 5,908 hours.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Passengers
Alianza lost the majority of its team as a result of the accident. Notable passengers on the flight included:


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Aftermath
The pilot and sole survivor Villar was able to exit the aircraft from a hole in the fuselage and ascend to the surface where he was joined by footballer Alfredo Tomasini. Villar was able to trap air in some clothing to use as a flotation devise. Tomasini was suffering from a broken leg and other injuries. The pilot and athlete floated together for hours but near sunrise the two became separated in the choppy waters and Tomasini drowned. Shortly after dawn, search and rescue teams discovered the aircraft tail section floating and rescued Villar after more than 11 hours in the water.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Aftermath
The accident was announced to a stunned community and over the next several days some bodies were recovered from the sea.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Investigation
Following the crash the Peruvian Navy refused to make any statements concerning the cause of the accident. The Peruvian Naval Aviation Commission allowed no private investigations to take place and began its own investigation. An accident report was made but not released to the public.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Investigation
In 2006 producers working on a story for Peruvian television program La Ventana Indiscreta uncovered the Navy report which had been illegally locked in a Florida deposit box for 18 years. The investigation cited the pilot's lack of night flying experience, the co-pilots misreading of the emergency procedures related to the landing gear issue, and the aircraft's poor mechanical condition as contributing factors to the accident.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Investigation
According to the report, dated February 1988, Lieutenant Villar had logged just 5.3 hours of night flying in the 90 days preceding the accident, 3.3 of them in the previous 60 days, and had not flown at night in at least 30 days before the crash. The copilot, First Lieutenant César Morales, had logged only one hour of night flying in the 90 days preceding the accident, half an hour in the preceding 60 days, and had also not flown at night in at least 30 days.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Investigation
Additionally, the F27's maintenance log, which was handed to the pilot before takeoff, showed a series of mechanical defects including lacking an inertial guidance system, poor UHF radio performance, a VOR receiving unit with inadequate reception, a malfunctioning radar altimeter and a worn front landing gear indicator light switch. Lieutenant Villar initially refused to fly the aircraft out of concern for its condition.


1987 Alianza Lima plane crash, Investigation
In a letter from the Fokker aircraft company, dated October 16, 1986, the manufacturer noted that Lieutenant Villar had failed a special training course which could have prevented “his disorientation while operating under pressure, the excessive demand of work in a cabin”, but was granted permission to fly the aircraft regardless. Copilot César Morales had received no flight training from Fokker.


1987 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 1987 Yonex All England Open Championships was the 77th edition held in 1987, at Wembley Arena, London.


1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship
The 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship was the fifth season of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The 1987 champion was the #1 Advan Alpha Nova Porsche 962C driven by Kunimitsu Takahashi.


1987 All-Africa Games
The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.


1987 All-Africa Games
From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulties and general civil unrest had never allowed this to happen. The fourth Games were no exception. Originally scheduled for 1982, a weak Kenyan economy slowed preparations. The Chinese helped provide the necessary funds and manpower to begin building Kasarani Stadium, but too late to hold the games on schedule. It was suggested at one time that Tunis, Tunisia arrange the fourth games in 1982 and Nairobi take its turn in the fifth games in 1986. This proposal was voted down, but the Nairobi games dates were pushed back to 1986. This was still not enough time for the Kenyans to ready themselves and the games finally opened in August 1987. The Games have kept to the four-year schedule since this edition.


1987 All-Africa Games
A torch was relayed from Nairobi to the Kenyan coast, the Kenyan highlands and back to Nairobi where World Champion John Ngugi carried it into the stadium in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 80,000.


1987 All-Africa Games
Organizational difficulties with housing and facilities, typical in events such as these, were evident in the Nairobi games as well, but in the end the games concluded without undue calamity.


1987 All-Africa Games
Egypt won the soccer final from host Kenya on the final day, and finished at the top of the medals table once again.


1987 All-Africa Games
At the closing ceremonies the torch was passed to Cairo, Egypt to begin preparations for the Vth All-Africa Games in 1991.


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Athletics
Three athletes, two female and one male, won more than one event:


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Athletics
In addition, Nigeria won all four relay races; 4x100 metres and 4x400 metres for men and for women.


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Athletics
Some new women's events were added: 3000 metres, 10000 metres, 400 metres hurdles and 5000 metres track walk. Additionally, the obsoleted pentathlon event was replaced by the heptathlon.


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Field hockey
Field hockey was part of the games for the first time. The venue was City Park Hockey Stadium.


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Football
The football tournament was won by Egypt. It was the first Games in which the host country did not win, although the host Kenya finished second. Malawi won their first All-Africa medal.


1987 All-Africa Games, Sports, Taekwondo
The taekwondo competition took place at Desai Memorial Hall between August 1 and August 4, 1987. The men's winners were:


1987 All-American Bowl
The 1987 All-American Bowl featured the first meeting between the BYU Cougars and the Virginia Cavaliers. BYU, coached by Lavell Edwards, had a 9–3 record going into the bowl game and Virginia, coached by George Welsh had a 7–4 record.