1987–88 Football Conference, Overview
The season featured an experimental rule change, whereby no attacker could be offside directly from a free-kick. The change was not deemed a success, as the attacking team invariably packed the six yard box for any free-kick (and had several players stand in front of the opposition goalkeeper). The experiment was swiftly dropped.


1987–88 Football Conference, Final league table
Note: Conference League Cup winners, Horwich RMI F.C. (Northern Premier League)


1987–88 Football League
The 1987–88 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League.


1987–88 Football League, Final league tables and results
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website, with home and away statistics separated.


1987–88 Football League, First Division
Liverpool won the league title by nine points, and with only two defeats all season. Second in the league were Manchester United.


1987–88 Football League, First Division
The automatically relegated sides were Watford, Oxford United and Portsmouth. Chelsea were subsequently relegated as well after losing to Middlesbrough in the playoff final.


1987–88 Football League, Second Division
Millwall lifted the Second Division championship trophy and gained promotion to the First Division for the first time in their history. Runners-up were Aston Villa, and Middlesbrough won promotion via play-offs.


1987–88 Football League, Second Division, Second Division play-offs
The team fourth from bottom of the First Division played off for one place in that division with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth in the Second Division. In the semi-final, Chelsea of the First Division beat fifth-placed Blackburn Rovers 6–1 on aggregate, and third-placed Middlesbrough beat Bradford City 3–2 on aggregate. The final was also played over two legs. Playing at their Ayresome Park ground in front of a crowd of 25,531, Middlesbrough duly won the first leg 2–0 with goals from Bernie Slaven and Trevor Senior. In the second leg at Stamford Bridge, which was marred by violence perpetrated by some of the 40,550 spectators, Chelsea's Gordon Durie scored the only goal. Thus Middlesbrough won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the First Division for 1988–89, while Chelsea were relegated to the Second.


1987–88 Football League, Third Division
Sunderland won the Third Division and went back up to the Second Division. They were joined by runners-up Brighton & Hove Albion and playoff winners Walsall. The automatic relegation places were occupied by Grimsby Town, York City and Doncaster Rovers, with Rotherham United relegated after play-offs.


1987–88 Football League, Fourth Division
Wolves ended their two-year tenure in the Fourth Division by finishing top of the table and winning promotion to the Third Division. They also won the Sherpa Van Trophy final by defeating Burnley at Wembley.


1987–88 Football League, Fourth Division
Bolton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Swansea City were also promoted.


1987–88 Football League, Fourth Division
Newport County were relegated for the second successive season. They were replaced in the Football League by Lincoln City.


1987–88 Football League Cup
The 1987–88 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.


1987–88 Football League Cup
The competition began on 17 August 1987, and ended with the final on 24 April 1988. The final was played between Luton Town and holders Arsenal. The match, played in front of 95,732 spectators at Wembley Stadium, was won by Luton Town by 3–2.


1987–88 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
Defending league champions Everton, still yet to win the League Cup, had their dreams of winning the trophy ended when they were well beaten over the two legs of the semi-final by holders Arsenal. In the other semi-final, 1986 winners Oxford United were ousted by Luton Town.


1987–88 Four Hills Tournament
The 1987-88 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 30 December 1987 and 6 January 1988.


1987–88 French Division 1
AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1987-88 of the French Association Football League with 52 points.


1987–88 French Division 1, League table
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1988/1989


1987–88 French Division 2, Overview
It was contested by 36 teams, and Sochaux-Montbéliard and RC Strasbourg won the championship.


1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1987-88 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Agen  that beat Stadoceste (Tarbes) in the final.


1987–88 French Rugby Union Championship, Group A Qualification to knockout stage
The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted  to "last 16" round.


1987–88 Fulham RLFC season
The 1987–88 Fulham RLFC season was the eighth in the club's history. They competed in the 1987–88 Second Division of the Rugby Football League. They also competed in the 1987–88 Challenge Cup, 1987–88 Lancashire Cup and the 1987–88 League Cup. They finished the season in 17th place in the second tier of British professional rugby league.


1987–88 Full Members' Cup
The 1987–88 Full Members' Cup was the third edition of the tournament created to compensate for the ban on English clubs from European football following the Heysel Stadium disaster. It was won by Reading, who beat Luton Town 4–1 in the final at Wembley.


1987–88 Galatasaray S.K. Volleyball season
Galatasaray SK. Men's 1987–1988 season is the 1987–1988 volleyball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray Yurtiçi Kargo.


1987–88 Galatasaray S.K. Volleyball season, Results, schedules and standings
Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against


1987–88 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1987–88 season was Galatasaray's 84th in existence and the 30th consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1987–88 Galatasaray S.K. women's basketball season
Galatasaray SK. women's 1987–1988 season is the 1987–1988 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray Medical Park.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his 16th season as head coach. They played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 20-10, 9-7 in Big East play. Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 1988 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, but they lost to Seton Hall in the quarterfinals. They advanced to the second round of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before losing to Temple.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Mark Tillmon had shot only 39% from the field the previous season, but he improved to 47% this year and became the second Georgetown player to shoot 40% or better from three-point range since the institution of the three-point shot the previous year. He was the team's top scorer in three non-conference and six Big East games. Sophomore guard Dwayne Bryant, meanwhile, led the team in assists but otherwise had a difficult season, starting only 16 games, shooting only 37% from the field, and scoring in double figures only twice. He would, however, make a remarkable comeback the next season.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After spending his freshman and sophomore years as a reserve shooting guard with only modest success, senior and team co-captain Perry McDonald had moved to forward during his junior season and emerged as one of Georgetown's top scoring threats, rebounders, and defenders. When he returned from playing on a gold-medal United States team at the World University Games in the summer of 1987, it seemed to observers that he was poised to be the major driver of Georgetown's 1987-88 offense.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
However, Thompson chose to emphasize the offensive play of Georgetown' guards on this season's team, and McDonald's playing time fell by 10 percent. Despite this, he led the team in scoring six times and in rebounding 16 times. For the season, he averaged 10.1 points per game despite taking 70 fewer shots than the year before, and he also averaged 6.3 rebounds per game.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward Jaren Jackson also had spent his first two years strictly as a reserve. This year, after an 0-for-9 effort from the field against Hawaii Loa in the season's opening game, he recovered to score in double figures five times during December 1987. He then returned to limited duty as a reserve, starting only six games all season. His breakout game would not come until the very end of the regular season.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Like McDonald and Jackson, guard Charles Smith had spent his first two years as an unheralded reserve, seeing only two starts in his first 63 games, but had suddenly and dramatically emerged at the end of the previous season as a potent offensive force in Georgetown's defeat of Ohio State in the second round of the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After touring Australia with a Big East all-star team during the summer of 1987, leading that team in points, assists, and steals, he returned for his junior year with a transformed career, appearing in all 30 games and starting 16 of them, with 75 assists and 71 steals and averaging 15.7 points per game. In the first nine games of the season, he scored in double figures six times. After the Hoyas fell behind at Miami in the tenth game, Smith led the Hoyas in a comeback win in which he shot 8-for-12 from the field and scored 22 points. It began a 34-game streak across two seasons in which he scored in double figures in every Georgetown game for the next year and nine days.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
As January 1988 wore on, Smith scored 20 points at DePaul and 21 at Boston College. On January 24 at Syracuse, Georgetown had come back from a nine-point deficit to take the lead, with Tillmon scoring 19 points and grabbing seven rebounds, when Syracuse guard Sherman Douglas scored a basket with nine seconds left in the game to give the Orangemen a 68-67 lead.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown had no time-outs left and no time to set up a play, so with eight seconds remaining the 6-foot-0 (183-cm) Smith single-handedly took the ball from the backcourt, through the entire Syracuse defense, and to the basket, scoring the winning field goal with a finger roll to give the Hoyas a last-second 69-68 upset victory over the 14th-ranked Orangemen. In February, Smith had a 28-point performance at Seton Hall, and four days later the Hoyas pulled out another last-second upset win over now-11th-ranked Syracuse, beating the Orangemen 71-69 at the Capital Centre.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Big East had developed a reputation for strong rivalries, physical play, and, increasingly, fighting. On January 6, 1988, Pittsburgh and Georgetown met at the Capital Centre and the 14th-ranked Hoyas upset the No. 2 Panthers. During the game, a fight broke out between Tillmon and Pittsburgh's Nate Bailey, a benches-clearing brawl followed, and the teams came away from the incident bearing grudges against each other. On February 20, 1988, the Hoyas again met Pittsburgh, this time at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
With four seconds remaining in the game and the Panthers leading 70-65, Perry McDonald and Pittsburgh's Jerome Lane became entangled with one another while fighting for a rebound under the basket, and McDonald's elbow struck Lane. Lane responded with a roundhouse right, and McDonald – a two-time Gold Glove boxing champion in Louisiana – retaliated. Fights immediately also broke out between Hoya sophomore center Sam Jefferson and Pittsburgh senior forward Demetreus Gore and between Georgetown junior forward Johnathan Edwards and Panthers senior forward Charles Smith (not to be confused with Georgetown's Charles Smith), and another benches-clearing brawl ensued.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Angry Pittsburgh fans came onto the floor, Thompson pulled the Hoyas off the court, and the game did not continue. Postgame, Thompson had to separate the teams when the fight almost resumed in the hallway between the opposing locker rooms. The ugly incident, coming on the heels of the fight at the Capital Centre the previous month, prompted Big East Commissioner Dave Gavitt to convene a committee to recommend measures to reduce fighting and other unsportsmanlike behavior in the conference. Sportswriters and opposing fans accused Georgetown players of being thugs, and Thompson took to the media to defend the team, saying that the fights were not entirely Georgetown's fault.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas closed out the regular season with a double-overtime 102-98 win against Seton Hall in which Tillmon scored 35 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Jaren Jackson finally had his breakout game that afternoon; after nearly three seasons of limited play and limited scoring, he shot 12-for-17 (70.6%) from the field and 11-for-12 (91.7%) from the free-throw line to score a career-high 38 points. This final victory in regular-season conference play gave the Hoyas a 9-7 record and third-place finish in Big East play. They received a bye in the first round of the 1988 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, but they lost their first game of the tournament to Seton Hall in the quarterfinals.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas were the No. 8 seed in the East Region of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – the 10th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they faced the No. 9 seed, Louisiana State. Jackson continued his sudden emergence as one of Georgetown's top offensive threats, scoring 20 points. With the game tied 63-63 with three seconds left to play, Charles Smith got the inbounds pass after a Georgetown timeout and, unable to find an open teammate, put up a 30-foot (9.1-meter) shot that scored to give Georgetown a 66-63 last-second win.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The win allowed the Hoyas to advance to the second round, in which the East Region's No. 1 seed and eventual champion, No. 1-ranked Temple, defeated them 74-53 in a game in which Jaren Jackson scored 13 points. Jackson's offensive surge in the final games of the year raised his average for the season to 8.7 points per game and changed his career, placing him in a position to excel the following season.


1987–88 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
By the mid-1908s, brawls like those between Pittsburgh and Georgetown in the winter of 1988 had become an increasing problem in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's basketball games, with few consequences because of a lack of rules governing consequences for fighting. During the 1988 off-season, the NCAA established Rule 19, which mandated a one-game suspension for any player involved in an on-court fight and a season-long suspension for any player fighting a second time during the year. With Rule 19 – later renumbered as Rule 10.7 – in force, brawls have become rare.


1987–88 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by head coach Bobby Cremins, the team finished the season with an overall record of 22-10 (8-6 ACC). The team reached the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1987–88 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division. It was the 56th season in which the club competed in the Football League, and the 38th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. In the previous season, Gillingham had qualified for the final of the play-offs for promotion to the Football League Second Division but had been defeated. The team began the new season strongly, including winning matches 8–1 and 10–0 on consecutive Saturdays, but their performances quickly declined and by December the team had slipped down the league table.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season
After a heavy defeat to Aldershot in the last game of 1987, manager Keith Peacock was dismissed from his job and replaced by his former assistant Paul Taylor, a decision which was extremely unpopular with the club's supporters. Although the team's performances improved in the second half of the season, briefly bringing them close to a potential play-off place, their form declined once again and they finished the season 13th in the 24-team division, the same position as when Peacock lost his job.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season
During the season, Gillingham also reached the third round of the FA Cup and the second round of the Football League Cup, but were eliminated from the Associate Members' Cup at the earliest stage. The team played 55 competitive matches, winning 17, drawing 17, and losing 21. Steve Lovell was the club's leading goalscorer, with 27 goals in all competitions, three times as many as any other player. He also made the most appearances, playing in all of the team's 55 matches; two other players each played over 50 times. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 9,267 for an FA Cup match  against Birmingham City.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The 1987–88 season was Gillingham's 56th season playing in the Football League and the 38th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's 14th consecutive season in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system, since the team gained promotion from the Fourth Division as runners-up in 1974.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
In the 13 seasons since then, the team had achieved a best finish of fourth place, one position away from promotion to the Second Division, a feat achieved in both the 1978–79 and 1984–85 seasons. In the 1986–87 season, Gillingham had finished fifth, qualifying for the newly introduced play-offs for the third promotion place, but lost to Swindon Town in the final. The two teams drew 2–2 on aggregate, necessitating a replay at a neutral venue, which Swindon won 2–0 to ensure that Gillingham would again be playing in the Third Division the following season.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Keith Peacock was the club's manager for a seventh season, having been appointed in July 1981. Paul Taylor continued in the role of assistant manager, having been appointed at the same time as Peacock. Bill Collins, who had been with the club in a variety of roles since the early 1960s, held the post of first-team trainer, and John Gorman managed the youth team. Mark Weatherly was club captain, but for much of the early part of the season he was unable to play following an operation and subsequent injuries, so Colin Greenall served as captain on the field of play in his absence.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Following Gillingham's failure to win promotion, Tony Cascarino, the previous season's top goalscorer, joined Millwall of the Second Division for a transfer fee of £225,000. This was at the time the highest fee which Gillingham had ever received for a player. Despite having lost the highest-scoring player of the previous season, the club did not immediately sign any new forwards; the only two players to join the club ahead of the new season were George Shipley, a midfielder signed from Charlton Athletic for £40,000, and Gary West, a defender who arrived from Lincoln City for £50,000.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The Gillingham team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches and the club also staged an open day, when supporters could attend autograph sessions with players and watch them training. The club's first-choice kit featured shirts in the club's traditional blue with a white zigzag band across the chest; the second-choice shirts, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition, were the reverse of this.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
At the start of the season, Gillingham were anticipating playing at Wembley Stadium, England's national stadium, for the first time in the club's history, as all 92 League teams were originally set to play there in April 1988 in the Football League Centenary Tournament. The format of the tournament was later significantly changed, however, such that only 16 teams would compete. Gillingham failed to qualify for the revised tournament and did not make their first appearance at Wembley until 1999.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Gillingham's first match of the season was at home to Blackpool and resulted in a 0–0 draw. After a second consecutive league match in which the team failed to score a goal, a 2–0 defeat away to Grimsby Town, Gillingham defeated Southend United 8–1 on 29 August, the most goals scored by Gillingham in a single match in the Football League since a 9–4 victory over Exeter City in 1951. Forward Steve Lovell scored four times, the first time a Gillingham player had scored as many goals in a league game since 1958.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Seven days later, Gillingham played Chesterfield, who were joint top of the league table going into the game and had the best defensive record in the division, having not conceded any goals in the first four matches of the season. Gillingham, however, won the game 10–0, setting a new record for the club's biggest win in the Football League; four players each scored two goals but on this occasion Lovell did not score at all. The win was the largest by any team in the Football League since 1964; it was the 61st game in Football League history in which a team scored double figures, but the first such game in which no player scored more than twice.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
Victory over York City on 19 September left Gillingham second in the table, but one draw and two defeats in the next three games meant that the team dropped to twelfth. New signing Shipley was seriously injured against York and did not play again for nearly six months. In early October, the club signed forward Mark Cooper from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £102,500, setting a new record for the highest fee Gillingham had paid to sign a player.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
He went straight into the starting line-up for the home game against Bristol Rovers on 10 October and scored his first goal two games later in a 1–1 draw with Preston North End. Gavin Peacock, son of the manager, also made his debut against Bristol Rovers, having joined the club on a one-month loan from Queens Park Rangers. An unbeaten run of five games pushed Gillingham back up among the teams contending for a play-off place; the team ended the month of October in seventh position, two places behind the lowest position which would qualify for the play-offs.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
The team's unbeaten run ended with a 1–0 defeat at home to Brentford on 3 November and the rest of the month's matches resulted in two draws and another defeat, after which Gillingham had once again fallen to 12th place in the league table. During November, the club signed Bobby Hutchinson from Walsall on loan, but he suffered an injury less than 10 minutes into his first training session and the loan was curtailed. In early December, Gavin Peacock rejoined the club, this time on a permanent basis for a fee of £40,000.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, August–December
The team defeated Rotherham United 2–1 on 12 December, but then lost to Walsall. Gillingham's last match of 1987 was away to Aldershot and resulted in a 6–0 defeat, the most goals conceded by Gillingham in a match for more than three years. The team had now won only one of the last eight games and had slipped into the bottom half of the league table. The following day, manager Peacock was dismissed from his job by the club's board of directors. Assistant manager Taylor was appointed to the manager's role for the remainder of the season.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
The team's first match under new manager Taylor was away to Southend United on 1 January 1988 and resulted in a 3–1 win for Gillingham; veteran goalkeeper Ron Hillyard, who was in his 14th season with the club but had been kept out of the team by Phil Kite before Christmas, was recalled to the team. The first home game since the change of manager took place the following day and ended in a 2–2 draw with Fulham.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
The home fans staged a protest against the dismissal of Peacock, who was in attendance at the game; after the match a number of supporters caught up with the former manager in the car park and carried him on their shoulders down the road outside the stadium. Afterwards Peacock told the press "There was no way I could have stopped the fans doing what they did. Everything was very orderly and non-violent and I considered it merely the supporters' way of saying thank you for what I have done at Gillingham." The team ended the month of January with consecutive defeats to Wigan Athletic and Sunderland.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
Gillingham were unbeaten in five matches played in February, winning three and drawing two, which took the team back up to eighth in the table. During this run, Greenall was transferred to Oxford United for a new club-record fee of £285,000. Lovell scored a total of eight goals in the five matches, including his second hat-trick of the season in a 4–1 win over Chesterfield. Gillingham scored only a single goal in the next four games, however, which resulted in two draws and two defeats.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
Shipley made his return to the team in the defeat away to Chester City, having not played since the previous September. On 26 March, Gillingham ended their run of winless games by defeating league leaders Notts County away from home. Defender Alan Walker, a new signing from Millwall, made his debut in that match, after which Gillingham were ninth in the table.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
Over the Easter weekend, Gillingham lost to both promotion-chasing Brighton & Hove Albion and Northampton Town. In the next game away to Brentford, Gillingham took the lead eight minutes from the end of the game but then conceded a late equaliser; the draw left them 11th in the table. The team next defeated Preston 4–0, their biggest victory since September, but the attendance of 2,721 was the lowest of the season for a league game at Priestfield. Gillingham then lost consecutive matches to Bury and Rotherham.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Third Division, January–May
The final match of the season was away to third-placed Walsall, and finished as a 0–0 draw; the team had only won two of the last twelve games of the season and finished in 13th place in the Third Division, the same position as when Keith Peacock was dismissed in December.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1987–88 FA Cup in the first round and were drawn to play fellow Third Division team Fulham; Gillingham won 1–0 with a goal from Greenall. In the second round they played another Third Division team, Walsall, whom they defeated 2–1. The First and Second Division teams entered the competition in the third round and Gillingham were drawn to play Birmingham City of the Second Division. Greenall scored an own goal after three minutes and Birmingham added two more goals to win 3–0 and end Gillingham's participation in the FA Cup. Further protests against Peacock's dismissal occurred at the Birmingham game.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
As a Third Division team, Gillingham entered the 1987–88 Football League Cup in the first round and were drawn to play fellow Third Division team Brighton. In the first match of the two-legged tie, Gillingham won 1–0 with a goal from Greenall. In the second leg, Chris Hutchings scored for Brighton midway through the first half to level the aggregate score. Shortly afterwards, Gillingham goalkeeper Kite was sent off for fouling an opposition player, reducing his team to ten men. As no substitute goalkeeper was available, defender Paul Haylock volunteered to take over in goal.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
With his team-mates adopting a defensive strategy, Haylock conceded no goals during the remainder of the game; with the scores still level, a penalty shoot-out was required. Both teams scored with their first four penalties; Gillingham scored their fifth and then Haylock saved Brighton's final kick to give Gillingham the victory. In the second round, Gillingham played Stoke City of the Second Division, who won the first leg 2–0 and the second 1–0 to eliminate Gillingham from the competition.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Associate Members' Cup
The 1987–88 Associate Members' Cup, a tournament exclusively for Third and Fourth Division teams, began with a preliminary round in which the teams were drawn into groups of three, contested on a round-robin basis. Gillingham's group also contained Aldershot of the Third Division and Leyton Orient of the Fourth. Gillingham lost 3–1 to Aldershot in their first match and drew 2–2 with Leyton Orient in the second and finished bottom of the group, which meant that they failed to qualify for the next round.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Lovell made the highest number of appearances during the season; he was in the starting line-up for every one of the club's 55 matches. Pritchard and West also made over 50 appearances, each playing 51 times. Both players played in every game in the FA Cup, League Cup, and Associate Members' Cup, but each missed four Third Division matches. Four other players made more than 40 appearances. Four players, all members of the club's youth team, played only one game each. Of these, Ian Docker, Ivan Haines and Lee Palmer would all go on to become regulars in the first team, but Neil Luff's single appearance as a substitute would prove to be the only game of his professional career.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Lovell was also the team's top goalscorer, with 25 goals in the Third Division and a total of 27 in all competitions, three times as many as any other player. It was the first of four consecutive seasons in which he would be Gillingham's top scorer. He was the season's overall top scorer in Third Division matches; Southend's David Crown finished the season with 26 league goals, but this included 9 scored in the Fourth Division for Cambridge United before he was transferred in November.


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Taylor remained manager of Gillingham for the start of the 1988–89 season, but was dismissed in October 1988, after only ten months in the job, following a run of poor results. Gillingham finished 23rd in the Third Division and were relegated to the fourth tier of English football, where they would remain for seven seasons. Peacock returned to management in the summer of 1989 when he was appointed by Maidstone United after they were promoted into the Fourth Division to become Kent's second Football League club. He remained a popular figure with Gillingham supporters, referred to as "Sir Keith".


1987–88 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Speaking in 2004, he attributed his dismissal in part to the inexperience of the club's directors, saying "A new board had taken over and they were a little bit green. They got carried away by the play-off final and 18 goals in two weekends, thinking we would steamroller the league. I'm proud of my time with the club, though."


1987–88 Golden State Warriors season
The 1987–88 NBA season was the Warriors' 42nd season in the NBA and 25th in the San Francisco Bay Area. Head coach George Karl resigned with 18 games left, and Ed Gregory was interim head coach for the rest of the season. The Warriors finished fifth in the Pacific Division with a disappointing 20-62 record.


1987–88 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by sixth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 16–11 (.593) overall in the regular season (7–7 in WCAC, 5th), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (formerly known as Kennedy Pavilion) in Spokane, Washington.


1987–88 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
At the second conference tournament, the Zags lost again to Pepperdine in the quarterfinals to finish at 16–12 (.571). Their first tournament wins came four years later in 1992; they advanced to the final, but fell by three to the top-seeded Waves.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup
The 1987–88 Greek Football Cup was the 46th edition of the Greek Football Cup.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
Totally 70 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 3 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
It was an enough eventful year, that was marked by hard confrontations in the cases of "strong" pairs. In Third Round, Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens with 1–1 draw at home and 3–1 win away, in a much debated match (there were allegations for some of AEK 's players being bribed to have low performance).In semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated cup winners, OFI, and Panathinaikos the champions of the season, Larissa.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
The Final between the eternal enemies was an opportunity for a good season ending with a title, as both teams were struggling in the championship. The match was nervous, however kept effervescent interesting until the end, since it was judged on the penalty shootout, after a 2–2 draw (3 out of 4 goals was scored by penalties). Nikos Sarganis was the man of the match, warding off two shots and scoring one in the process. For Olympiacos it was the third time that they lost a cup final on penalty shootout (the other two in 1974 and 1976). Dimitris Saravakos with 10 goals was elected as first scorer.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs were played on February 24, 1988, and second on March 9.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
First legs were played on March 30, 1988. Second legs were played on April 20.


1987–88 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 44th Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season
The 1987–88 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' ninth season in the National Hockey League.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On June 13, 1987, the 1987 NHL Entry Draft was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. With their first round draft pick, the Whalers selected Jody Hull from the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. During the 1986-87 season with the Petes, Hull scored 18 goals and 52 points in 49 games. With their second round selection, the Whalers selected defenceman Adam Burt from the North Bay Centennials of the OHL, while in the fourth round, the club selected center Terry Yake from the Brandon Wheat Kings from the Western Hockey League.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On July 29th, the Whalers signed free agent Tom Martin. In 11 games with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1986-87 season, Martin scored one goal. He also played in 18 games with the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League, scoring five goals and 11 points.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
The Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs made a trade on September 8, with Hartford acquiring Bill Root from Toronto for Dave Semenko. Root scored three goals and six points in 34 games with the Maple Leafs during the 1986-87 season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On September 15th, Hartford signed free agent Roger Kortko to a contract. Kortko was a member of the New York Islanders organization, and scored 16 goals and 46 points with their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Indians, during the 1986-87 season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
Wayne Babych announced his retirement from hockey on September 29th. Babych appeared in four games with Hartford during the 1986-87 season, earning no points. He played a majority of the season with the Binghamton Whalers of the American Hockey League, scoring nine goals and 42 points in 78 games. During his NHL career, which began with the St. Louis Blues in 1978-79, Babych scored 192 goals and 438 points in 519 games while playing for the Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec Nordiques, and the Whalers.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
On October 5th, the Whalers acquired Mark Reeds from the St. Louis Blues in a trade in which Hartford sent St. Louis their third round draft selection in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Reeds scored nine goals and 25 points in 68 games with the Blues in the 1986-87 season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason
During the waiver draft, which was held on October 5th, the Whalers claimed Brent Peterson from the Vancouver Canucks and Doug Wickenheiser from the St. Louis Blues. Hartford lost newly signed free agent Bill Root in the waiver draft to the St. Louis Blues, while Wickenheiser was then claimed by the Vancouver Canucks. Peterson, who remained with the Whalers, scored seven goals and 22 points in 69 games with the Canucks during the 1986-87 season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Offseason, Draft picks
Hartford's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season
The Whalers had the league's best penalty-kill percentage, with 84.27% (359 for 426).


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The Whalers opened the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-seven series. Montreal finished the regular season with a 45-22-13 record, earning 103 points, which placed them first in the Adams Division. The Canadiens finished with 26 more points than Hartford during the regular season. Previously, the Whalers and Canadiens met twice in the post-season, with Montreal winning both series. Their most recent match-up was during the 1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as Montreal defeated Hartford with an overtime goal in game seven of the Adams Division final. The Canadiens went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The series opened on April 6 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. Mike Liut got the start in goal for Hartford, while Patrick Roy started for Montreal. The Whalers scored the lone goal in the first period, as Randy Ladouceur scored 7:59 into the period, giving Hartford a 1–0 lead. In the second period, the Canadiens evened the game on a goal by Shayne Corson 2:54 into the period, followed by a goal by Bobby Smith less than two minutes later, giving the Canadiens a 2-1 after the second period.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
In the third period, the Whalers Richard Brodeur came into the game to play in goal, as Mike Liut was forced out of the game due to an injury. Despite the injury to their starting goaltender, the Whalers scored a quick goal, as Dave Babych scored 56 seconds into the period to tie the game 2-2. The Whalers took a 3–2 lead as Ron Francis scored a power play marker at 3:10. Montreal stormed back, as Chris Chelios scored on a Canadiens power play, evening the game at 3-3. The Canadiens regained the lead on a goal by Stéphane Richer midway through the period. Montreal held on for the 4–3 victory, taking a 1–0 series lead.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
Game two was played the next night in Montreal, as Richard Brodeur would get the start in goal for the Whalers due to an injury to Mike Liut. Patrick Roy was once again in goal for the Canadiens for the second game. The Canadiens took a 1–0 lead on a goal by Brian Skrudland 5:30 into the first period. The Whalers tied the game midway through the period on a goal by Lindsay Carson. At 13:37, a goal by Chris Chelios gave Montreal the lead back at 2–1.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
Less than a minute later, Kevin Dineen tied the game for Hartford, as the game was tied 2-2 after the first period. The Canadiens retook the lead, as Gilles Thibaudeau scored 2:39 into the period, followed by a goal by Claude Lemieux at 10:59, as Montreal took a 4–2 lead. The Whalers Scot Kleinendorst cut the Canadiens lead to 4–3 with a goal at 12:52, as the Canadiens held the one goal lead after two periods. In the third period, Montreal scored three goals in a 2:38 span midway through the period, as Bobby Smith, Gilles Thibaudeau and Kjell Dahlin each scored, securing a 7–2 win for the Canadiens and a 2–0 series lead.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The series moved to the Hartford Civic Center for the third game on April 9, as Mike Liut returned in goal for the Whalers, while Patrick Roy made his third straight start for Montreal. The Whalers Stew Gavin scored an early goal, only 2:06 into the game, to give Hartford a 1–0 lead. The Canadiens tied the game midway through the period with a power play goal by Stephane Richer, as the score was 1-1 after the first period.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The Whalers took a 2–1 lead with a power play goal by Sylvain Côté at the 6:31 mark of the second period. The Canadiens responded with three goals of their own before the period ended, as Craig Ludwig, Mike McPhee and Ryan Walter each scored, giving Montreal a 4–2 lead. In the third period, the Whalers Carey Wilson scored a power play goal 6:34 into the period, cutting the Canadiens lead to 4–3. Hartford couldn't manage to score another goal, as the Canadiens held on for the 4–3 victory, and took a commanding 3–0 series lead.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The fourth game was played the following evening, with both Mike Liut and Patrick Roy getting the starts once again in goal, as the Whalers faced elimination. The Canadiens took a 1–0 lead after Stephane Richer scored a goal at 3:22 into the first period. The Whalers quickly responded with a goal of their own, as Dean Evason scored 55 seconds later. At 8:29 of the first period, Dave Babych gave Hartford a 2–1 lead, which the Whalers took with them into the first intermission.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
In the second period, Stephane Richer scored his second goal of the game, which was the lone goal of the period, tying the game 2-2 after two periods. Only 59 seconds into the third period, the Whalers Dave Babych broke the tie, giving the Whalers a 3–2 lead. At 3:19, the Whalers Sylvain Côté took a four-minute high-sticking penalty, sending Montreal to the power play. The Canadiens scored twice on this power play, as Bobby Smith and Ryan Walter each scored, giving Montreal a 4–3 lead.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
At 11:20, the Whalers tied the game once again, as Kevin Dineen put the puck past Patrick Roy, tying the game 4-4. This was the start of a goal scoring outburst for Hartford, as Stew Gavin gave the Whalers a 5–4 lead with a goal 14:23. Kevin Dineen then scored a power play goal at 17:05, followed by a goal by Scott Young, his first career playoff goal, extending the Whalers lead to 7–4. Montreal's Gilles Thibaudeau scored a power play goal with 30 seconds left in the game, as Hartford staved off elimination with a 7–5 victory, cutting the Canadiens series lead to 3–1.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
The series returned to Montreal for the fifth game on April 12, as Hartford once again was facing elimination. Richard Brodeur replaced Mike Liut in the Whalers goal, as he re-aggravated his injury. The Canadiens Brian Hayward got his first start of the series. Hartford scored the only goal of the first period, as Kevin Dineen scored midway through the period, taking a 1–0 lead into the first intermission. The Whalers Carey Wilson extended the lead to 2–0 with a goal at 5:40 of the second period.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
Montreal's Mike McPhee scored 31 seconds later, as Hartford held on to a 2–1 lead after two periods. In the third period, the game remained close, however, the Whalers Ron Francis scored an empty net goal with 16 seconds left in the period, securing the victory for the Whalers. This would be the last career post-season win for Richard Brodeur, who made 22 saves for the Whalers, as the Canadiens series lead was trimmed to 3–2.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Playoffs, Canadiens 4, Whalers 2
Game six was back in Hartford on April 14, as both Richard Brodeur of the Whalers and Brian Hayward of the Canadiens got their second consecutive start. In the first period, the Canadiens Stephane Richer scored twice, as Montreal took a 2–0 lead after twenty minutes. In the second period, the Whalers Ray Ferraro scored a late period power play goal, cutting the Canadiens lead to 2–1. Both goaltenders continued to be sharp in the third period, as Hartford was unable to tie the game. The Canadiens won the game 2-1 and won the series 4–2, eliminating the Whalers from the post-season.


1987–88 Hartford Whalers season, Transactions
The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.


1987–88 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 1987–88 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C. 's 5th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.


1987–88 Hellenic Football League
The 1987–88 Hellenic Football League season was the 35th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1987–88 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:


1987–88 Hellenic Football League, Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1987–88 Hibernian F.C. season
The 1987–88 Season was year of moderate improvement for Hibs. Attendances were up significantly on the previous year, and the sixth-place finish in the league was better than 1987's ninth place. They narrowly lost out to Motherwell in the fourth round of the League cup. In the Scottish cup, Hibs took Celtic to a lucrative fourth round home replay in the Scottish cup. They narrowly lost, but the turnout of 24,000 was one of the best gates of recent years at Easter Road.


1987–88 Highland Football League
The 1987–1988 Highland Football League was won by Caledonian. Nairn County finished bottom.


1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 22nd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating C.D. Marathón in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.


1987–88 Honduran Segunda División
The 1987–88 Honduran Segunda División was the 21st season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Mario Sandoval, C.D. Curacao won the tournament after finishing first in the final round (or Cuadrangular) and obtained promotion to the 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1987–88 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1987–88 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 77th since its establishment. Starting from this season, 3 points are awarded for a win in normal time. If a match ended in a draw after normal time, a penalty shootout would follow to determine the winner. The winner of the penalty shootout would be warded 2 points whereas the loser would receive 1 point.


1987–88 Houston Rockets season
The 1987–88 NBA season was the Rockets' 21st season in the NBA and 17th season in the city of Houston. The Rockets finished fourth in the Midwest Division with a 46–36 record. Akeem Olajuwon was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rockets lost in four games to the Dallas Mavericks.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1987–88 campaign is statistically Town's worst ever season in their league history. Town won only 6 league games all season, had their heaviest ever defeat in their history, conceded 100 league goals in the season and finished 19 points adrift of safety and even 14 points behind 2nd-bottom team Reading. Both of the two managers during the season, Steve Smith and Malcolm Macdonald failed miserably and Macdonald is regarded as one of the worst managers in Town's history.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
The start of the season was at the time, the worst in Town's history. The team lost most of their early games and Steve Smith, a hero during his playing days at Leeds Road, was shown the door on 6 October, after the 2–0 defeat at Birmingham City. Malcolm Macdonald replaced Smith a week later, but it wasn't until the end of the month that Town registered their first win, a 2–1 victory at the end-of-season champions Millwall.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
However, a week later, Town recorded their biggest ever loss in their history, going down 10–1 against Manchester City at Maine Road. After that embarrassment, Town recovered slightly going on a run of only 1 defeat in 6 matches. However, this proved to be nothing more than a false dawn and Town's chances of survival would shortly become non-existent.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Following their 2–1 win over Plymouth Argyle on 12 December, Town would only win 2 matches for the remaining 5 months of the season, they were a 1–0 win at Bradford City and amazingly a 1–0 win against a Manchester City side, who 4 months earlier beat them 10–1. They were officially relegated with four games remaining, after a 2-2 draw at home to near neighbours Oldham Athletic, and Town ended up with only 28 points, finishing 14 points behind Reading in 23rd place and a further 5 behind the safety zone of 21st placed West Bromwich Albion. Macdonald was sacked just before the last game of the season against Sheffield United. Eoin Hand would replace Macdonald for the new season in the Third Division.


1987–88 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1987–88 I-Divisioona season
The 1987–88 I-Divisioona season was the 14th season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 12 teams participated in the league, and HPK Hämeenlinna won the championship. HPK Hämeenlinna, SaiPa Lappeenranta, and Kiekko-Reipas Lahti qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga.


1987–88 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The 1987–88 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth edition of IHF's competition for European women's handball national cup champions. It was contested by 22 teams, two more than the previous edition.


1987–88 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
Defending champion Kuban Krasnodar again won the competition, beating 1982 European Cup champion Vasas Budapest in the final. Kuban was the second team to successfully defend the title.


1987–88 IHL season
The 1987–88 IHL season was the 43rd season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Nine teams participated in the regular season, and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles won the Turner Cup. The Indianapolis Ice joined the league in the following 1988-89 IHL season.


1987–88 IIHF European Cup
The 1987–88 European Cup was the 23rd edition of the European Cup, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)'s premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October 8, 1987, and finished on October 16, 1988. The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, capturing their eleventh straight title and eighteenth overall.


1987–88 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by second-year head coach Tim Floyd and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.


1987–88 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 19–10 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, runner-up in the standings. At the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the Vandals earned a bye into the semifinals, but lost to host Montana State for the second time in a week.


1987–88 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
After the season in late April, Floyd left for New Orleans and assistant Kermit Davis was promoted to head coach.


1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1987–88 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1987-88 season brought Lou Henson his 500th career victory and laid the foundation for what would be an incredible history making season in 1988-1989.


1987–88 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by tenth year head coach Bob Donewald, played their home games at Horton Field House and were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.


1987–88 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds finished the season 18–13, 9–5 in conference play to finish in third place. They were the number three seed in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. They were victorious in a quarterfinal game versus Drake University and in a semifinal game versus Wichita State University, but defeated beaten in the final game versus Bradley University.


1987–88 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team
The Redbirds received an at-large bid to the 1988 National Invitation Tournament. They lost to Cleveland State University in the first round.


1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 17th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1987–88 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–10 and a conference record of 11–7, finishing 5th in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers were invited to participate in the 1988 NCAA Tournament as a 4-seed; however, IU made a quick exit with a first-round loss to 13-seed Richmond.


1987–88 Indiana Pacers season
The 1987–88 NBA season was Indiana's 12th season in the NBA and 21st season as a franchise. This season saw the team draft Reggie Miller out of UCLA with the eleventh pick in the 1987 NBA draft. The Pacers finished sixth in the Central Division, and ninth in the Eastern Conference with a 38–44 record, losing a tie-breaker for the final playoff spot to the New York Knicks, and the Washington Bullets.


1987–88 Inter Milan season, Season
Fans thought of 1987 as a year zero, hoping in a revival from the club. Trapattoni managed to avoid the departures of Altobelli and Zenga while Nobile and Scifo arrived, in add to a return for Serena. Initial results were poor: Inter passed the preliminary stage of the Coppa Italia only due to goal difference, after have finished 4 out of 5 games from penalty spot (with an equal number of wins and losses). Rummenigge left Milan days before Italian league could start with a home loss (0–2) against Pescara, who gained his first win in Serie A on Inter's soil.


1987–88 Inter Milan season, Season
The side collected a goalless draw in the UEFA Cup with Besiktas, then beaten (3–1) in return match. The next continental opponent was Turun Palloseura, able to win at the San Siro with a single goal. After a 2–1 success over Juventus signed by Serena (former Bianconeri player), Inter also won the second leg. Inter was knocked out in the round of 16 by Espanyol with a 2–1 aggregate. Trapattoni's team managed to reach the semifinal of the domestic cup, but lost to Sampdoria. The Italian league, marked by losses in both citizen derbies, ended with a fifth place useful to get qualification for the UEFA Cup next season.


1987–88 Inter Milan season, Statistics, Players statistics
G.Baresi (29/1); Altobelli (28/9); Bergomi (28/1); Fanna (28/1); Scifo (28/4); Mandorlini (27/2); Zenga (26/−31); R.Ferri (25/2); Piraccini (23/1); Ciocci (22/4); A.Serena (22/6); Matteoli (21/1); Passarella (21/6); Nobile (19); Minaudo (15/2); Calcaterra (12); Malgioglio (4/−4); Civeriati (2); Morello (1); Rivolta (1).


1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach Tom Davis and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 24–10 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for third place. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as #5 seed in the West Region. After defeating Florida State in the first round and UNLV in the second round, they lost to #1 seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen.


1987–88 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team, Team players in the 1988 NBA Draft
Overall, five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Johnny Orr, who was in his 8th season. They played their home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.


1987–88 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 20–12, 6–8 in Big Eight play to finish in 5th place. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the East region. The Cyclones lost to Georgia Tech in the opening round of the tournament.


1987–88 Iraq FA Cup
The 1987–88 Iraq FA Cup was the 12th edition of the Iraq FA Cup. The tournament was won by Al-Rasheed for the second consecutive time, beating Al-Zawraa 4–3 on penalties in the final after a 0–0 draw on 28 September 1987. Al-Rasheed won the 1987–88 Iraqi National League as well to complete their second double in a row. It was also Al-Zawraa's first FA Cup final defeat.


1987–88 Iraqi National League
The 1987–88 Iraqi National League of Clubs was the 14th season of the competition since its foundation in 1974. Al-Rasheed won their second league title in a row, and also won the 1987–88 Iraq FA Cup to complete their second consecutive double.


1987–88 Irish Cup
The 1987–88 Irish Cup was the 108th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 30 April 1988 with the final.


1987–88 Irish Cup
Glentoran were the defending champions after winning their 13th Irish Cup last season by beating Larne 1–0 in the 1987 final. They successfully defended the cup to win it for the fourth year running by beating Glenavon 1–0 in the final. In doing so, they became the first club in history to win four consecutive Irish Cups. To date, the feat has not been achieved again.


1987–88 Irish Cup, First round
The 14 top flight clubs entered in this round, along with the 2 lower league winners from the second preliminary round.


1987–88 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1987–88 comprised 14 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.


1987–88 Irish League Cup
The 1987–88 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 28 November 1987 with the final.


1987–88 Irish League Cup
Linfield were the defending champions after becoming the first ever winners of the competition the previous season by defeating Crusaders 2–1 in the final. This season they reached the semi-finals, but went out to eventual winners Coleraine, who won the cup with a 1–0 victory over Portadown in the final.


1987–88 Israel State Cup
The 1987–88 Israel State Cup (Hebrew: גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina) was the 49th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 34th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.


1987–88 Israel State Cup
The competition was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv who have beaten Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 in the final.


1987–88 Isthmian League
The 1987–88 season was the 73rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.


1987–88 Isthmian League
The league consisted of three divisions. Division Two was divided into two sections.


1987–88 Isthmian League
Yeovil Town were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division. Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.


1987–88 Isthmian League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1987–88 Isthmian League, Premier Division
At the end of the season Division One club Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club started next season under the name of the Premier Division club.


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division One
At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division.


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division One
Only Bracknell Town were reprieved from relegation, thus, Division One started next season one club short.


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division Two North
Division Two North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division Two North
Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.


1987–88 Isthmian League, Division Two South
Division Two South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:


1987–88 Japan Ice Hockey League season
The 1987–88 Japan Ice Hockey League season was the 22nd season of the Japan Ice Hockey League. Six teams participated in the league, and the Oji Seishi Hockey won the championship.


1987–88 John Player Cup
The 1987–88 John Player Special Cup was the 17th edition of England's premier rugby union cup competition. Harlequins won the competition, for the first time, defeating Bristol in the final at Twickenham Stadium. The competition was sponsored by John Player cigarettes.


1987–88 John Player Cup, Sponsorship
The competition was sponsored, for the last time, by John Player and the prize money was £125,000 (an increase of £15,000). Both finalists received £3,750 each and in thirteen years of sponsorship over £1 million has been provided.


1987–88 Juventus F.C. season, Season summary
Following to Platini's leave, Juventus tried to find a substitute in Welsh striker Ian Rush. Despite being seasonal top scorer, he disappointed fans' hope about him. Bianconeri passed only a challenge in UEFA Cup, finishing their path in round of 32. Condemned by a slow trend in league Juventus bet his cards on domestic cup, but was defeated by Torino in semifinals. His revenge came anyway after Serie A end, beating granata (on shootout) in a playoff that awarded last UEFA Cup spot.


1987–88 KNVB Cup
The 70th edition of the KNVB Cup started on October 7, 1987. The final was played on May 12, 1988: PSV beat Roda JC 3–2 and won the cup for the fourth time.


1987–88 KNVB Cup, First round
The matches of the first round were played between October 7 and 13, 1987.


1987–88 KNVB Cup, Second round
The matches of the second round were played on November 14 and 15, 1987.


1987–88 KNVB Cup, Round of 16
The matches of the round of 16 were played on February 10, 12, 14 and March 30, 1988.


1987–88 KNVB Cup, Final
PSV also won the Dutch Eredivisie championship, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so Roda JC could play in the Cup Winners' Cup.


1987–88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 1987–1988. The team won the 1987–1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship, the second in the school's history. They were led by Larry Brown in his fifth and final season as head coach. Their star player, Danny Manning, earned the team the nickname "Danny and the Miracles" because of the Jayhawks' improbable tournament run after an 11-loss season, the most ever by a national champion. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. In the last three games of the NCAA tournament, the Jayhawks avenged their three home losses to Kansas State, Duke, and Oklahoma.


1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lon Kruger who was in his second of four years at the helm of his alma mater. The Wildcats tied a then-school record with 25 wins and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.


1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
The team played its home games in Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas. It was the last season the team played in Ahearn Field House before moving into Bramlage Coliseum. Kansas State was a member of the Big 8 Conference.


1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team, Roster, Starting line-up
Below is the starting five for the last game of the regular season, against Missouri on March 5, 1988.


1987–88 Karnataka State Film Awards
The Karnataka State Film Awards 1987–88, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1987.


1987–88 Kent Football League
The 1987–88 Kent Football League season was the 22nd in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.


1987–88 Kent Football League
The league was won by Greenwich Borough for the second time in a row but was not promoted to the Southern Football League.


1987–88 Kent Football League, Clubs
The league featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:


1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Eddie Sutton and the team finished the season with an overall record of 27-6. However, the team forfeited three of their games to finish 25-5.


1987–88 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Al Arabi Kuwait won the championship.


1987–88 La Liga
The 1987–88 La Liga season, the 57th since its establishment, started on August 29, 1987, and finished on May 22, 1988.


1987–88 La Liga
Real Madrid finished the season as champions for the third season running, the runners-up this time being Real Sociedad, while Barcelona finished a disappointing sixth, though they did at least have Copa Del Rey success as consolation for their lack of form in the league.


1987–88 La Liga, Teams and location
This season, the league was expanded to 20 teams and the relegation playoffs returned.


1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1987–88 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season
The 1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey team represented the Lake Superior State University in college ice hockey. In its 6th year under head coach Frank Anzalone the team compiled a 33–7–6 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the second time. The Lakers defeated St. Lawrence 4–3 in overtime to win the championship game at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Regular season consistency
The Lakers had played well ever since Frank Anzalone took over in the middle of the 1982–83 season. With the success of the program he was able to recruit players who had a good chance at playing professionally. Included in the bumper crop of freshmen were goaltender Bruce Hoffort and New Jersey Devils draft pick Jim Dowd. While the newcomers, particularly Hoffort, would make major contributions to the team it was the upper classmen who led the way.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Regular season consistency
Mark Vermette, who scored only a single goal in his freshman season, exploded out of the gate and helped Lake Superior build an early lead in the conference standings. The Lakers never found themselves on any long winning streaks but they rode Vermette's sudden scoring flurry to wins almost every weekend. The Lakers lost only a single game in each of the first three months of the season and ended 1987 with as many ties as losses (3 each).


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Regular season consistency
The second half of the season was no different with the Lakers continuing to build on their lead in the CCHA, losing only one more conference game the rest of the year and finishing with a massive 10-point lead over second-place Bowling Green. The Lakers won only their second CCHA title (the first in 14 years) and were ranked so highly that it was possible for them to make the NCAA Tournament bases solely on their regular season. They had achieved such heights with a combination of scoring and tough, physical play they earned them around 1,000 penalty minutes in just 38 games.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, CCHA Tournament
Lake Superior ran through 8th-place Ohio State winning the quarterfinal series handily. For the championship rounds the Lakers headed to Detroit to face Western Michigan, who had given them fits during the season. The semifinal saw no difference as the two teams fought to a 4–4 draw in regulation, leading to the fourth overtime game on the season between the two. This time the Lake State was able to emerge as the victor and head to the conference championship game. The final gamed followed a similar pattern to the semifinal with the Lakers and Bowling Green knotted at 2-all after 60 minutes but the Lakers could not get a second consecutive overtime goal and missed a chance to win their first ever conference tournament.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Despite the loss, Lake Superior had won 30 games by that point, a new program record, and were given the #2 western seed, allowing them to bypass the first round of the tournament and await their opponent at home. After a week off, the Lakers played host to Merrimack, a Division III team who had received the final At-Large bid into the tournament. Despite not much being expected of them, the Warriors had taken down the Hockey East champion in the first round then stunned the Lakers in game 1 of the quarterfinals 3–4.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Fortunately for lake Superior, at the time the tournament format had the first two rounds being two-game total-goal series and they could get away with a poor effort in one game. Sure enough Lake Superior rebounded with 5–1 win in the second and took the series to advance to their first Frozen Four.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
In the national semifinal Lake State faced its toughest challenge yet, the top-ranked Maine Black Bears. It was, however, the Lakers' tenacity that won out in the end. While Mane came in with the top offense in the country, Lake Superior was able to win the majority of puck battles and double up the vaunted easterners 6–3.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
For their first championship appearance, Lake Superior faced an equally unlikely opponent in St. Lawrence who had outlasted western powerhouse Minnesota the night after. The two unheralded teams each tried to play their game and it was St. Lawrence who looked to be the better of the two early. With the Lakers getting into penalty trouble the Saints fired 20 shots on goal in the first period but Hoffort stood tall and turned everything aside. St. Lawrence was finally able to solve Hoffort in the second period, pumping three goals into the net in the middle frame.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Third-period controversy
With the game tied 3–3 late in the third period, St. Lawrence got the puck near the front of the net and had an opportunity to score when future U.S. Congressman Pete Stauber intentionally knocked the net off of its moorings. This violation would normally cause a penalty shot to be called, but referee Frank Cole only called for a face-off. The building, full of St. Lawrence partisans, booed what they felt was an obvious missed call but the Lakers were able to escape unscathed.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Third-period controversy
The game headed into overtime and wear and tear of playing back-to-back games started to show on St. Lawrence. Lake Superior attacked the Saints' cage and just before the 5-minute mark, Vermette slid a rebound through a maze of bodies into the net and gave Lake Superior its first national title.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and honors
Bruce Hoffort's 49-saves in the title game helped him earn the tournament MOP and was joined by Kord Cernich and Mike DeCarle on the All-Tournament team. Mark Vermette led the NCAA in goals, setting a program record with 45 on the season and is the only Laker in history to reach the 40-goal plateau (as of 2019). His goal-scoring frenzy made him a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award but that year it would go to Minnesota's Robb Stauber, Pete's brother. Vermette had to settle for being named an AHCA First-Team All-American while head coach Frank Anzalone received the Spencer Penrose Award as the national coach of the year. Hoffort's 2.65 goals against average was also the best for qualifying goalies in the nation.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and honors
Vermette was named the CCHA Player of the Year, the first Laker to win the award, while Anzalone won the CCHA Coach of the Year. Vermette and Hoffort were named to the All-CCHA First Team while Cernich and DeCarle made the Second Team.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Roster and scoring statistics
Note: statistical archives record 1 fewer goal than Lake Superior State scored as a team.


1987–88 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Players drafted into the NHL, 1988 NHL Entry Draft
The player selected in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:


1987–88 Lancashire Cup
The 1987–88 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-fifth occasion on which the Lancashire Cup competition had been held. It was contested during the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season by clubs in Lancashire. Wigan won the trophy by beating Warrington in the final.


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Results
This season the total number of entrants remained at the 16 level. With this full sixteen members there was no need for “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Results, Round 1
Round 1 involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 Clubs.


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Results, Final
The final was contested by Wigan and Warrington, with Wigan winning by the score of 28-16. The match was played at Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 20,237 and receipts were £67,339. This was Wigan’s fourth appearance in four years and a third victory in what would be a run of four victories and five appearances in five successive years. The attendance was again at a very pleasing level, the fourth  of the five year period when it would reach around the 20,000 level, and the receipts reached a new record level exceeding the previous record by almost £7,000.


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Notes
1 * The first Lancashire Cup match played by the newly named/formed club, Springfield Borough2 * The attendance is given as 20,234 in the RUGBYLEAGUEproject  data, and as 20,237 in the Rothmans Rugby Lague Yearbook 1991-1992. The Wigan official archives give 20,234 in the results details, and 20,237 in the game details3 * Knowsley Road was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 to 2010.


1987–88 Lancashire Cup, Notes
The final capacity was in the region of 18,000, although the actual record attendance was 35,695, set on 26 December 1949, for a league game between St Helens and Wigan4 * The Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-1992 shows  the Wigan number 2 position occupied by Richard Russell   - The official Wigan archives show the number 2 position as Richard Marshall


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league)
This was the seventeenth season for the League Cup, known as the John Player Special Trophy for sponsorship purposes.


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league)
St. Helens won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 15-14. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 16,669 and receipts were £62232.


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw no changes in the  entrants, no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at thirty-sixBlackpool Borough moved to Springfield Park in Wigan and renamed as Springfield Borough


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
Note - the  author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * Heworth are a Junior (amateur) club from York2 * Thatto Heath are a Junior (amateur) club from St Helens3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject give score as 38-2 but Wigan official archives gives it as 37-2   4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject give Halifax at home but Wigan official archives gives Keighley at home but with a reference that the  game was played at Thrum Hall, the  home of Halifax5  * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1987–88 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1987–88 League of Ireland First Division
The 1987–88 League of Ireland First Division season was the third season of the League of Ireland First Division.


1987–88 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Athlone Town A.F.C. won the division.


1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division was the third season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.


1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and Dundalk F.C. won the championship.


1987–88 Lebanese Premier League
The 1987–88 Lebanese Premier League season was the 29th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese professional league for association football clubs in the country, established in 1934. It was the first championship in 13 years, after the Lebanese Civil War.


1987–88 Lebanese Premier League
Nejmeh were the defending champions; Ansar won their first Lebanese Premier League title.


1987–88 Lebanese Premier League, Summary
As multiple games were disrupted by crowd trouble, Safa, Salam Zgharta, Shabab Sahel, and Shabiba Mazraa were all penalized four points, while Tadamon Beirut and Nejmeh withdrew. The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) declared Ansar the champions, despite the season not being completed.


1987–88 Lehigh Engineers men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Lehigh Engineers men's basketball team represented Lehigh University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Engineers, led by third-year head coach Fran McCaffery, played their home games at Stabler Arena and were members of the East Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 8–6 in ECC play to finish in fourth place in the conference.


1987–88 Lehigh Engineers men's basketball team
Following the regular season, Lehigh won the ECC Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 1988 NCAA Tournament. This was their second NCAA Tournament appearance with their first coming in 1985. As a 16 seed, they fell to No. 1 seed Temple in the opening round.


1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1987–88 season, Leicester started poorly with 5 defeats in their first 6 league games which put manager Hamilton under real pressure which forced him to snap up strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter but 2 wins in 11 league games cost Hamilton his job and during the Christmas period, former Tottenham manager David Pleat was unveiled as Leicester's new boss and fortunes turned in the second half of the season where they only lost 4 league games during that period and scored in each of their final 16 league fixtures.


1987–88 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1987–88 Libyan Premier League
Following are the statistics of the Libyan Premier League for the 1987–88 season. The Libyan Premier League (Arabic: دوري الدرجة الأولى الليبي) is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. It was founded in 1963 and features mostly professional players.


1987–88 Libyan Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) won the championship.


1987–88 Liga Alef
The 1987–88 Liga Alef season saw Maccabi Tamra (champions of the North Division) and Beitar Ramla (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions and promotion to Liga Artzit.


1987–88 Liga Alef
At the bottom, Hapoel Bnei Tamra, Hapoel Ra'anana (from the North division), Hapoel Azor and Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (from the South division) relegated to Liga Bet.


1987–88 Liga Artzit
The 1987–88 Liga Artzit season saw Hapoel Jerusalem win the title and promotion to Liga Leumit. Runners-up Hapoel Tiberias were also promoted.


1987–88 Liga Artzit
At the other end of the table, Hakoah Ramat Gan and Hapoel Acre were relegated to Liga Alef.


1987–88 Liga Bet
The 1987–88 Liga Bet season saw Maccabi Acre, Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel, Maccabi Shikun HaMizrah and Hapoel Be'er Ya'akov win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.


1987–88 Liga Bet
At the bottom, Maccabi Kiryat Bialik, Hapoel Bnei Acre (from North A division), Hapoel Fureidis, Haopel Yokne'am (from North B division), M.M. Givat Shmuel, Maccabi Bat Yam (from South A division), Maccabi Kiryat Ekron and Hapoel Mevaseret Zion (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.


1987–88 Liga Leumit
The 1987–88 Liga Leumit season saw the league experiment with a split-league system. After the first two rounds (26 matches), the league split, with the top eight clubs forming a Championship group and the bottom six forming a Relegation group. Within the groups, the clubs played each other once more.


1987–88 Liga Leumit
Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title whilst Hapoel Lod and Maccabi Petah Tikva were relegated to Liga Artzit. Zahi Armeli of Maccabi Haifa was the league's top scorer with 25 goals.


1987–88 Liga Leumit
The following season the league continued to use the split league system, but had six clubs in the Championship group and eight in the Relegation group.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1987–88 season was the 96th season in Liverpool F.C. 's existence, their 26th consecutive year in the top-flight, and covered the period from 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season
The squad had altered significantly from the previous season, with star striker Ian Rush now at Juventus and player-manager Kenny Dalglish concentrating largely on the manager's job, though he was still registered as a player. In Rush's place was John Aldridge, signed halfway through the previous season from Oxford United, complemented up front by £1.9 million national record signing Peter Beardsley. Following Aldridge to Anfield from Oxford was winger Ray Houghton.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season
Liverpool enjoyed a record 29-match unbeaten start to the season and finished as champions with just two defeats from 40 league games and a nine-point gap between them and runners-up Manchester United, sealing the top division title for a record 17th time. They were widely expected to secure a unique second double, but surprisingly lost 1–0 to underdogs Wimbledon in the FA Cup final, in which their top scorer John Aldridge missed a penalty.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Following the departure of Ian Rush to Juventus of Italy in the summer, and the decision of player-manager Kenny Dalglish to only occasionally select himself for the first team, Liverpool had a new look attack for the 1987–88 season. Filling Rush's boots was John Aldridge, who had actually joined the club halfway through the previous season when Rush was still at Anfield. Alongside him was Peter Beardsley, the England forward signed from Newcastle United over the summer for a national record fee of £1.9 million. Another new signing was fellow England international John Barnes, the Watford winger, for £900,000.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Liverpool began the season on a winning note, beating Arsenal – who had beaten them in the previous season's League Cup final and were also among the pre-season title favourites – 2–1 at Highbury. The next league action came two weeks later at the end of August, when Steve Nicol scored twice and John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley scored the other goals in a 4–1 win at FA Cup holders Coventry City.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
By the end of September, any observers who doubted John Aldridge's suitability as successor to Ian Rush were silenced as he had now scored in all of the club's opening seven league games, capped by a hat-trick in the 4–0 home win over Derby County. Liverpool were second in the table, but had two games in hand over surprise leaders Queen's Park Rangers, who had a three-point lead.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Aldridge managed to score in nine successive games for Liverpool from the start of the season, bringing his league tally to 11 goals by the time of their 4–0 win over Queen's Park Rangers at Anfield on 17 October 1987, which put the Reds back on top of the First Division on goal difference, but still with a two-game advantage over the West Londoners.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
November began with the Merseyside derby at Anfield, in which Liverpool ran out 2–0 winners with goals from Steve McMahon and Peter Beardsley. Three successive draws followed, which saw Arsenal edge ahead of the Reds to the top of the table.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Liverpool's League Cup challenge came to an end in the third round when they lost 1–0 to Everton at Anfield.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Back in the league, Liverpool had returned to their winning ways and back to the top of the First Division table by the end of November, as they were now five points ahead of their nearest rivals Arsenal and had a game in hand.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Aldridge reached the 10-goal point in the league on 6 December with a penalty in the 2–1 home win over Chelsea. After a 2–2 draw at Southampton in the next game, came a six-match winning run which put the Reds 17 points ahead of their nearest challengers Nottingham Forest by 23 January 1988.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
The FA Cup quest started at the Victoria Ground in early January, with the Reds being held to a disappointing goalless draw by Second Division underdogs Stoke City. A Peter Beardsley goal won the replay 1–0 at Anfield, and the next round saw the Reds cruise to a 2–0 win at Aston Villa. The fifth round brought another Merseyside derby, and the Reds took revenge for the League Cup exit by winning 1–0 at Goodison Park with a Ray Houghton goal.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Liverpool's record unbeaten start to the league season finally ended on 20 March, when they lost 1–0 at Everton in their 30th game. They still had a 14-point lead and two games in hand over nearest rivals Manchester United, however.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
The wait for the league title was prolonged by a dramatic clash with Manchester United at Anfield on 4 April. After a Steve McMahon goal had put them 3–1 up in the 46th minute, a late surge by United saw the game end 3–3, but Liverpool were still 11 points ahead of Alex Ferguson's men, and had seven games left to play whereas United only had five. Even if United won all of their remaining games, Liverpool (with a vastly superior goal difference) only needed four points from their final seven games to seal the title.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
A goalless draw at Norwich City on 20 April effectively confirmed Liverpool as champions; they only needed heavy defeats from their final four games and United four comprehensive victories from theirs for the title to slip out of Liverpool's grasp. Three days later, Liverpool confirmed their 17th title triumph with a Peter Beardsley goal giving them a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
With the exception of a 5–1 win at Sheffield Wednesday in the penultimate game of the season, in which Craig Johnston scored his final two goals for Liverpool, their remaining league games of the season all ended in 1–1 draws and they finished the season with just two league defeats from 40 games and a nine-point lead over runners-up Manchester United.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Liverpool were also on a run in the FA Cup. The quarter-final had seen them triumph 4–0 over Manchester City at Maine Road, and in the semi-finals two John Aldridge goals had given them a 2–1 win over Nottingham Forest to reach the final, where they would take on Wimbledon.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Their opponents, managed by Bobby Gould and containing the likes of bullish striker John Fashanu and hard tackling midfielder Vinnie Jones, were in only their second season as a First Division club and their 11th as Football League members. The Reds were overwhelming favourites to win the final and become the first team to the double twice. But after Peter Beardsley put the ball past goalkeeper Dave Beasant but had his goal disallowed by the referee who had already awarded a free kick to Liverpool, Wimbledon took a 37th-minute lead with a goal from midfielder Lawrie Sanchez.


1987–88 Liverpool F.C. season, Regular season
Liverpool were far from ready to admit defeat. On the hour, Liverpool were awarded a penalty and John Aldridge took it, only for his shot to be saved by Beasant – the first penalty miss in an FA Cup final at Wembley. Liverpool continued to put pressure on the Londoners but couldn't find a way past Beasant, and when the final whistle blew Wimbledon had won the trophy in one of the biggest FA Cup upsets of all time.


1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season
The 1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 18th season in the NBA, their 4th in Los Angeles. The Clippers continued to struggle to finish last place in the Pacific Division, and Western Conference with a terrible 17–65 record. Following the season, Michael Cage was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics.


1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions
The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 21st season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings finish in fourth place in the Smythe Division with a record of 30 wins, 42 losses, and 8 ties for 68 points. The team finished last in the league in goaltending, with 359 goals allowed. They lost the Division Semi-finals in five games to the Calgary Flames.


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season
This was the last season that the Kings wore purple and gold uniforms with a crown logo adorning the front. After this season, they would introduce a new logo with a silver and black uniform, coinciding with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers.


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, Defencemen
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.


1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1987–88 season saw the Lakers win their eleventh NBA championship, defeating the Detroit Pistons in a hard-fought seven games in the NBA Finals to become the NBA’s first repeat champions since the Boston Celtics did it in the 1968–69 NBA season. In doing so, the Lakers made good on Pat Riley's famous promise to repeat as champions. “I'm guaranteeing everybody here,” Riley said at the civic celebrations following the Lakers’ 1987 championship win, “next year we’re gonna win it again.”