1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
With the public aware that the student was killed by his interrogators, Commissioner Park chooses two detectives to take the full blame for the crime. He promises one patsy, the loyal detective Jo Han-kyung, that he will serve a reduced sentence for involuntary manslaughter rather than murder, but is unable to fulfill this promise, leading to a number of intense altercations between Jo and his colleagues when they visit him at the prison. Prison guard Han Byung-yong, who overhears some of these exchanges, is revealed to be in contact with high-ranking political activists, and attempts to convince his warden to disclose the records from the visits, which provide incriminating evidence of a cover-up.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
Guard Han's niece, Yeon-hee, is a college student who occasionally helps him deliver messages, but is otherwise disinterested in activism. Yeon-hee finds herself in the middle of a violent clash between protesters and police, and is saved from a violent policeman by a handsome student activist. The two reconnect on campus, and Yeon-hee attends the activist's club where footage of the Gwangju uprising is shown during a meeting, but she remains resistant to joining the cause.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
Meanwhile, the warden finally agrees to disclose the visitation records after witnessing Commissioner Park threatening Detective Jo and his family, and being violently beaten by Park's cronies when he protests. Han asks Yeon-hee to deliver the records to his contact, but she refuses. Han attempts to do so himself, but Commissioner Park's men locate his contact before he gets the chance, and one of Park's men recognizes Han. They later abduct Han, and torture him in the same interrogation room where Park Jong-chul was killed. Commissioner Park reveals details of his childhood in North Korea, in which he watched a radical communist murder his family, while torturing Han.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
Remorseful over her uncle's arrest, Yeon-hee independently delivers the information to Han's contact. The information finds its way to the Catholic Priests' Association for Justice, who make a public statement that Park Jong-chul was killed during interrogation by the two detectives arrested along with three others, and Commissioner Park had direct oversight and attempted to cover up the killing. A flashback to Jong-chul's death is shown, in which Detective Jo taunts him by claiming that if he dies in that room, nobody will care.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
Commissioner Park discovers that President Chun has personally approved to have him arrested and blamed entirely for Jong-chul's death. Han is released, and returns to his family. Later, Yeon-hee sees a picture in a newspaper of the handsome activist she met, severely wounded at a recent protest — he is revealed to be Lee Han-yeol, a real-life student protester who was shot in the head and killed by a police tear gas canister. Yeon-hee finally joins the movement for democracy.


1987: When the Day Comes, Production
Principal photography began on April 20, 2017 and ended on August 27, 2017.


1987: When the Day Comes, Production, Music
The soundtrack music was composed by Kim Tae-seong. There are 22 songs as listed below.


1987: When the Day Comes, Reception
Released on December 27, 2017, the film drawn more than 7.2 million viewers in South Korea.


1987–1988 Massachusetts legislature
The 175th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1987 and 1988 during the governorship of Michael Dukakis. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and George Keverian served as speaker of the House.


1987–1989 FIRA Trophy
The 1987–89 FIRA Trophy was the 27th edition of a European rugby union championship for national teams. It was played along two seasons (1987–1988 and 1988–89).


1987–1989 FIRA Trophy
The tournament was won by France, with a single loss to Soviet Union (17–10) in Kutaisi. Despite facing strong opposition from both Italy and Soviet Union, the French only awarded caps in their games with Romania, who finished in 3rd place, while the Soviets reached the 2nd place. Spain lost all their matches and were relegated.


1987–1989 FIRA Trophy
The winners of the Second division two pools were Poland and Belgium, who faced each other in a final, with the Poles winning (25–23).


1987–1989 JVP insurrection
The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt led by the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the Government of Sri Lanka, which was led by President J. R. Jayewardene. The revolt, like a preceding insurgency which took place in 1971, was unsuccessful. The insurrection was a low-intensity conflict that lasted from April 1987 to December 1989. The JVP resorted to subversion, assassinations, raids, and attacks on military and civilian targets while the Sri Lankan government reacted through counter-insurgency operations to suppress the revolt.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection
Guerrilla forces of the insurrection were led by the military branch of the JVP, the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya. The insurgency reached its peak in 1988 and impacted all Sri Lankan civilians, including those without any political stake in the situation. Attacks on civilians by pro-government guerrillas began after the re-election of president Ranasinghe Premadasa. A period of government mass killings soon began following the ceasefire of the Sri Lankan Civil War and the expulsion of the Indian Peace Keeping Force, resulting in the death of many Sri Lankan civilians and multiple Indian expatriates.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection
JVP received support from its one-time enemy, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). However, this alliance broke down following the SLFP's participation in the provincial elections which the JVP and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) openly boycotted. The government lifted the ban on both parties in 1987, hoping that they would participate in the elections, but this attempt ultimately failed. For over 2 years, the state saw mass militancy of youth and workers, mass execution, rape, and feuds. Anti - JVP militias also caused violence, including the leftist People's Revolutionary Red Army (PRRA).


1987–1989 JVP insurrection
In 1989, Sri Lanka Armed Forces launched Operation Combine (Ops Combine). While the revolutionary Rohana Wijeweera was killed, the insurgency never truly ended. The violence escalated when the DJV leader Keerthi Vijayabahu took over. DJV members operated in the LTTE occupied Trincomalee against the Sri Lanka Armed Forces, which attempted to keep the peace within the LTTE. DJV was given weapons by Tamil Militants so that it could operate as a "second" front against the Sri Lankan government.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection
Many smaller anti-government groups gave up the armed struggle, but largest threats persisted, with the DJV continuing to operate as an armed group until December 1989. Ranjan Wijerathna, who played a major role in the Ops Combine, said he was ready to launch a similar counterinsurgency against the LTTE. He was assassinated in 1991. This marked the beginning of the second phase of the Sri Lanka-LTTE conflict, known as the Second Eelam War.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, History of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Founded by communist Rohana Wijeweera, the Janatha Vmukthi Peramuna (JVP) is known for its revolutionary youth background. The organization was banned more than once when the group was first involved in the Anti-American riots of the 1970s. Since then, the movement was called the "Che Guevara clique" (a nickname the JVP did not claim) by the Sri Lankan government and international media. The group was first internationally recognized as a political party when it participated in a communist youth conference in Havana, Cuba, in 1978.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, 1971 JVP Insurrection
JVP launched an open revolt against Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government in April 1971. While the government was caught off guard, it was able to subdue the insurgency in a matter of weeks. The insurgency may have led to the death of 4,000–5,000 people. Over 20,000 suspected rebels, mostly young people, were arrested in the period that followed the insurrection, but most were released after rehabilitation. Indian assistance was called by the government of Sri Lanka, the Indian involvement was however less known at the time of the insurrection.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, 1971 JVP Insurrection
Rohana Wijeweera and the other major leaders of the insurgency were sentenced to prison and the JVP was banned as a political party. However, all of them were released in 1977 by J. R. Jayewardene after the UNP won the general election after running on a platform of amnesty for those prosecuted by the infamous Criminal Justice Commission.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, Tamil Insurgency and pro-United States policy
During the mid 1980s, as the Tamil insurgency in the north became more intense, there was a marked shift in the ideology and goals of the JVP. Initially Marxist in orientation, and claiming to represent the oppressed of both the Tamil and Sinhalese communities, the group identified increasingly as a Sinhalese nationalist organization opposing any compromise with the Tamil insurgency.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, Tamil Insurgency and pro-United States policy, Third ban
Rohana Wijeweera came third in the presidential elections in 1982, and the Jayawardene government feared the increasing influence of the JVP.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, Tamil Insurgency and pro-United States policy, Third ban
JVP became a more controversial party along with the Nava Sama Samaj Party following an assembly held on July 6, 1983 which was held in support of the LTTE and other Tamil separatists; there the leader of the NSSP Vickramabahu Karunaratna defended the Tamil insurgency. The government mostly triggered by these parties, alleged that three socialist parties were preparing to topple the government. The Jayawardene government also alleged that the JVP was involved in the Black July riots, but provided no concrete evidence.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Background, Tamil Insurgency and pro-United States policy, Third ban
Due to these allegations, Jayawardene banned the party, a move which was suspected to be due to his fear of losing future elections to leftist parties as he was highly pro-American and anti-Soviet due to his anti-Indian policy. It is also to be noted that during this time, Jawardene degraded diplomatic relations with socialist countries like Cuba and the Soviet Union.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Preparation
Having been banned and driven underground, the JVP began preparing to overthrow the government. They targeted political opponents, carried out robberies in the form of bank heists to collect funds, and began acquiring weapons, usually pistols and shotguns from owners who had gained gun licenses from the government. Thereafter, they planned to raid armories of the government, which had deployed its forces to the north and east of the country to counter the Tamil insurgency.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Preparation
The politburo members of the insurrection were Rohana Wijeweera, Upatissa Gamanayake, Sumith Athukorala, D. M. Ananda, Saman Piyasiri Fernando, Piyadasa Ranasinghe, H. B. Herath, Gunaratne Wanasinghe, P. R. B. Wimalarathna, Somawansa Amarasinghe, Shantha Bandara, Nandathilaka Galappaththi and Lalith Wijerathna. Until 1987, no arms were available for the youth military arm of the JVP, the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (DJV) to train their soldiers. The collection of weapons for this purpose began in early 1987, and weapons training began in mid-1987, with deserters from the army providing instruction.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Preparation
During this period, police inspectors reported their pistols to be missing and landlords were given shotguns by the police to defend themselves. The DJV stole weapons and ammunition from military bases, defense academies, and landlords. A spike in gun thefts were reported from Balangoda, Deniyaya, Hakmana, and Nochchiyagama in 1987. There were reports in May 1987 that an increasing number of youths were stealing such weapons from police stations in the south. 600 weapons, mostly shotguns, were taken by DJV in July 1987.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Preparation
Armed with these stolen weapons, DJV members were trained in universities and were joined by new members from lower castes. At the start of the insurgency, it was estimated by western diplomats that of the 10,000 armed soldiers of the DJV, approximately 3,000 were well trained. According to Somawansa Amarasinghe, a Sri Lankan politician, these groups were also provided aid by North Korea since 1970.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Prelude to open insurrection
On 15 December 1986, the JVP abducted and murdered Daya Pathirana, leader of the Independent Students' Union (ISU) of the University of Colombo, who was a rival of the Socialist Students Union, the student wing of the JVP. By this time, the JVP had been designated as a terrorist organization by the Jayawardene government.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Prelude to open insurrection
JVP carried out small scale bombings throughout 1986, but what marked the beginning of the pre-insurgency took place on 7 May 1986, when the JVP claimed responsibility for a large bombing in the Colombo Central Telegram office which killed 14 and coordinated anti-Indian propaganda in Sinhalese universities.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Early attacks
On 15 April 1987, JVP attacked the Pallekele Army Camp in Kandy. An unknown amount of troops, under the directions of Shantha Bandara and Premakumar Gunaratnam, the JVP seized twelve Type 56 assault rifles, seven sub-machine guns, and ammunition. In May 1987, Sri Lanka Armed Forces launched the Vadamarachchi Operation (English: "Operation Liberation") with the objective of defeating the LTTE militarily and re-establishing government control in areas dominated by Tamil militants. However, the second phase of Operation Liberation was abandoned with the Indian intervention of Operation Poomalai, which led to the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in Colombo on 29 July 29, 1987 and the arrival of the first troops of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) on 30 July.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Early attacks
Events of LTTE and JVP took place parallel to each other. Shortly after the LTTE stopped and attacked a spate of heavy vehicles in the northern province,the JVP started to raid heavy military installments in the central province. These were even located in the de facto Tamil Eelam.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Early attacks
The prospect of Tamil autonomy in the north together with the presence of Indian troops stirred up a wave of Sinhalese nationalism and the sudden growth of anti-government violence by the DJV which had emerged as an offshoot of the JVP and was led by Saman Piyasiri Fernando. On 7 June 1987, Sri Lanka Air Force Base, SLAF Katunayake, and the Kotelawala Defence Academy were attacked. Weapons and ammunition were stolen, while four of the attackers were killed. These attacks were led by the military unit, Patriotic People's Armed Troops. Afterwards, DJV claimed responsibility and a Criminal Investigation Department investigation resulted in the arrest of thirteen JVP members.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Early attacks
On 18 August, when the first parliamentary group meeting took place after the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, an assassination attempt was made on the president and prime minister by the DJV: resulting in the death of a Member of Parliament (MP) and one other. Lalith Athulathmudali, the Minister of National Security and Deputy Minister of Defence, was also severely wounded. On 4 October 1987, 50 members of the DJV raided a security forces camp in Trincomalee; DJV succeeded and stole 6 T-56 assault rifles, 3 shotguns, .303 British rifles, and ammunition.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Early attacks
The beginning of the insurgency was marked when BBC correspondent John Rettie receiving a call from an unknown caller who spoke English claiming he had an organization that consisted of 2,000 fighters and was ready to overthrow the Sri Lankan government. Rettie received this call a few minutes after the Sri Lankan parliament was attacked.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Intimidation tactics
After this, the DJV launched a campaign of intimidation against the government and ruling United National Party (UNP) party, killing a large amount of its members and MPs. Organized into cells of multiple Joint Commands based mostly in Kandy in the centre, the JVP murdered upwards of thousands of people between 1988 and 1989. Throughout this period, it crippled the country with enforced hartals (general strikes) for two years. Individuals or organizations were intimidated via messages, posters, or graffiti that appeared overnight. Those that did not cooperate were killed, with their family members often harmed as well.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Intimidation tactics
Executions were mostly carried out during the night with JVP / DJV militants coming to the homes of victims and carrying them away to be tortured, executed, and left as an example. Most of these victims were killed by the Type 56 Assault Rifle or handmade Galkatas rifles. In most cases, the funerals of these victims were not allowed by the JVP, traditional final rights were forbidden, and the caskets were to be carried below knee level as a mark of disrespect. Acts of sabotage on government property were common, with electric transformers being a common target. Tire burning was also practiced by the JVP at times. With these techniques of sabotage and intimidation, the JVP was able to bring the country to standstill.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Political assassinations
Officials were targeted after receiving death threats which demanded that the victims leave the United National Party, victims of this manner of assassination included the wife of the MP for Karandeniya district Daya Sepali Senadheera, Tangalle MP Jinadasa Weerasinghe, Galagedara MP W.M.P.G. Banda, and Borella MP Lesley Ranagal.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Political assassinations
As the insurgency escalated, numerous public figures were assassinated by the JVP. Harsha Abhayawardene, the UNP Secretary General, was killed by JVP gunmen in Wellawatte on 23 December 1987, DJV gunmen fired T-56 guns on full-automatic killing three others. Lionel Jayatilleke, Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation, was shot dead on 26 September 1988 near a temple in an attack which killed three other people. 7 February 1988, Mervyn Cooray, MP for Panadura, survived an assassination attempt. On 1 May, the newly elected UNP Secretary General Nandalal Fernando was also killed and the Galle District Minister was shot dead later that month. On 21 October, Tudor Keerthinanda, a UNP Working Committee Member, was killed.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Assassination and funeral of Vijaya Kumaratunga
Vijaya Kumaratunga's assassination was one of the turning points of the insurgency. Pro -Kumaratunga groups attacked suspects of both government forces and the DJV with the help given by other socialist anti-insurgent militias. Kumaratunga was shot in the head with a Type 56 assault rifle outside his home in the outskirts of Colombo on 16 February 1988 by Lionel Ranasinghe, known as Gamini. Ranasinghe confessed to the murder under questioning by the Criminal Investigation Department, saying that he had been carrying out orders given to him by the DJV. However, a presidential commission report concluded that President Ranasinghe Premadasa of the UNP and two government ministers, Gamini Lokuge and Ranjan Wijeratne, were behind the Kumaranatunga assassination.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Assassination and funeral of Vijaya Kumaratunga
Kumaratunga's funeral, on 21 February 1988, attracted huge crowds and was the first funeral to be broadcast live on Sri Lankan television. It was held at Independence Memorial Square in Colombo as a state funeral, even though he represented the opposition to the UNP government. The day of his assassination is widely known as "The Horrible Tuesday" or "The Darkest Tuesday in Sri Lankan History". His death is still mourned by many people in Sri Lanka.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Military and Police assassinations
One of the key police officers leading the effort to counter the JVP, Senior Superintendent of Police Terrence Perera, was killed by gunmen in Battaramulla on 3 December 1987. 1989 saw the killing of Senior Superintendent of Police Bennet Perera, who was gunned down at Mount Lavinia on 1 May 1989. The Assistant Superintendent of Police was killed on 23 August 1989, and Captain B. M. Perera of the military police was shot dead in Moratuwa on 12 September 1989.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Killing of dissidents
JVP killings were not limited to those in government or the higher classes. Close to 50 school principals and tea estate owners were killed in 1988 and 1989 for defying JVP orders sent via short memos known as chits.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Killing of dissidents
Many other professionals were also killed for defying JVP orders including Dr. Gladys Jayawardene, broadcaster Premakeerthi de Alwis, newscaster Sagarika Gomes, engineer D. C. Athukorale, and corporate director Liayana Pathirana. Many wealthy businessmen were also killed, including the Shanmugam brothers, K. Gunaratnam, and Shabeer Hussain. Several Indian expatriates were also killed, including the Banshalls working at the Pelwatta Sugar Factory, D. K. Sundaram, P. Nadar Weeramuni, and Ann Herchoi.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Assassinations, Killing of dissidents
During the insurgency, JVP assassinated a total of 117 members of the United Socialist Alliance which includes the EPRLF, NSSP, CPSL, TELO and the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya. PD Wimalasena, a veteran trade union activist of the LSSP was killed in May 1989; a year prior, LW Panditha, a Communist Party trade union activist, was killed in Dematagoda. Gamini Medagedara, another Communist Party member, was killed at Polonnaruwa. KAD Saddhatissa, a retired school principal living in Akuressa and supporter of Communist party, was killed while he was sick and in bed. His son was also allegedly killed. JVP then ordered his villagers not to put up white flags. Six members of an NSSP family were killed at Pujapitya in Katu.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
In 1989, the government accused the DJV of having caused the death of over 35,000 people, mostly government supporters Another report, however, states that the JVP and its militia, the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (DJV), were responsible for "more than 10,000" deaths thus supporting evidence of the number of deaths caused by the government.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
The JVP also expressed its patriotic ideals from 1986; when its fighters (PPF) called for a boycott of Indian goods and gave warning to all Indian nationals to leave the island before 14 June 1989At the beginning of August 1989, seven people died following encounters between the JVP and police forces A leading Buddhist monk was gunned down by the JVP on 3 August 1989 Later in the month, a top journalist and some civilians were killed by the JVP, while some of its own supporters died in the encounters A successful strike by transportation and health workers were called by the JVP in mid-August 1989, thus showing the extent of JVP unionist support. At the end of August 1989, the JVP threatened to target soldiers' families if they did not resign from governmental forces. The threats were carried out soon after, in the context of another strike organized by the JVP on 28 August


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
Violent clashes occurred again at the beginning of October 1989, leading to the deaths of 59 persons during the 7–8 October weekend alone. At the beginning of November 1989, clashes between JVP and government forces caused at least 60 deaths in the space of 24 hours.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
One deputy of the United National Party was assassinated by JVP gunmen on 25 June 1989, a few days after the imposition of a state of emergency throughout Sri Lanka, imposed by the government as result of an increase in civil strife  The following day, the JVP called for a general strike in Colombo and warned residents to remain indoors because of fighting in the streets.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
As the JVP threatened to attack the Indian High Commission and India House in Sri Lanka, India brought its firepower to Colombo. Having informed the government, India airlifted a heavily armed contingent of troops to Ratmalana. The Troops landed at the Ratmalana air base on July 27 to fight against the DJV. The government tried to resist but it however failed to resist the troops. Indian troops took up position at the High Commission and India House. The Indian High Commission asserted that its troops would protect Indian lives and property regardless of the consequences. Indian troops also took up positions at the Taj Samuda, where many Indian diplomatic staff took refuge. They were forced to move into the Taj in the second week of June 1989, the JVP possessed a heavy threat.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
JVP had a good spy network which they used to extort money. In 1989 JVP came to the home of garment exporter Ramya Weerakoon and demanded money. "Come out you and your daughters, We're the Patriotic People's Movement" they said. They mentioned a bank account to which Ramya had received a remittance for a shipment sent out earlier. She said the payment was for raw material for the new shipment. "We don't care," the militants said. "Our leaders have ordered us to take Rs 50,000 from you. We will come here tomorrow. Have the money ready." they said further. The next day they came at 9.30 pm and took the money away. Weapons were purchased for Rs. 50,000 from Nimrods.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
JVP brought forward not thousands but ten thousands of workers aside its militant background. Most tea plantation workers in the southern Ratnapura district went on strikes from 7 September 1989 in response to a call by the JVP. Neither the imposition of emergency nor the threat of dismissal had any effect on the rebelling workers, possibly because of the social forces the JVP inspired. The striking workers also could not be dismissed as that might have resulted in a wave of sympathy strikes in other sectors. JVP was highly accepted not just by the lower classes or oppressed workers but even middle classes due to the patriotic ideals it has shown. Private transport was nearly impossible, not even three-wheelers were allowed in streets.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks
The JVP used various militant arms to attack the enemy. The most notable was the Patriotic People's Movement of Sri Lanka commonly known in the country as the Patriotic People's Front. It had various other sub-guerrilla groups such as the Patriotic People's Battalion and the People's Militant Front. The students' wing was named the Patriotic Students' Union. JVP also had a quantity of quick firing automatic rifles better than what the IPKF had. Peradeniya undergraduates were armed with lethal weapons.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks, Destruction of property
The JVP destroyed 113 vehicles owned by politicians, 76 houses of police officers, various homes of Indian businessmen, 553 C. T. B. buses, 15 C. T. B. depots, and a C. T. B. workshop. It destroyed various foreign construction projects.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, 1989 attacks, Destruction of property
JVP did not hold as aggressive a campaign against government property until the government launched a counter-insurgency. The group then destroyed 16 trains, 12 rail tracks, and 24 railway stations. In addition, the DJV sabotaged 132 electric transformers, 13 pylons, 69 power lines, two power stations, 25 electric meters, and nine electricity sub stations.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Calls for ceasefire
In September 1989 President Premadasa convened an all-party conference to discuss proposals to resolve the crisis. The JVP refused to attend, however, and the main opposition party, SLFP, pulled out at the end of October and gave up arms. The opposition United Socialist Alliance (USA) also boycotted the proceedings along with the JVP. The LTTE agreed and gave up arms with their demands of expelling the IPKF being met. As of late 1989, the JVP was the only remaining significant threat to the Sri Lankan Government.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Insurgency in Kallar
The DJV was active in Trincomalee which the LTTE declared its capital city. The first notable activity was when 50 members of the DJV raided the camp in Kallar prior to the heavy deployment of the IPKF. After a 20 minute gunfight, the DJV captured the camp. The DJVs Trincomalee sector killed 14 Jawans in a landmine blast in 1989. Many at the time was unaware of this attack, and in order to avoid conflict with the Indian army, JVP did not claim responsibility.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Insurgency in Kallar
Multiple Tamil groups assisted the JVP through the links that Premakumar Gunaratnam established to certain militant groups active in Trincomalee who were also in conflict with government  authorities and the LTTE. Wijeweera himself visited an EPRLF camp to get training for the JVP cadre. Some members of the JVP also went to the Northern Province to get training. It is alleged that the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) directly supplied landmines to the JVP and gave them training on the usage of landmines as well.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations
Early counter insurgency efforts began under the Jayawardene government, but these failed to slow or resist the insurgency in any meaningful way. The JVP continued to violently fight back against government forces, causing a kind of fear paralysis among military and police forces.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Paramilitary counter-insurgency
However, in 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa was elected president amidst a mass boycott of elections by multiple militant organizations. He openly supported the LTTE in order to end the threats to the government. Without the support of the Sri Lankan government, the STF trained with the aid of United Kingdom and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) were not strong enough to take on the insurgency alone. When the JVP offensive came to a peak, government paramilitaries such as the 'Black Cats', 'Yellow Cats', 'Scorpions' and 'Eagles' were used in order resist the insurgency.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Paramilitary counter-insurgency
These paramilitary groups were involved in mass killings of Sri Lankan civilians during their operations. In reaction to a DJV attack on military personnel which killed fifteen soldiers, members of the Eagles paramilitary group launched an attack and killed more than 82 suspected JVP supporters. All victims of the attack were unarmed, and victims included children and Indian Tamils. In a similar incident on 5 October, the Eagles killed fourteen members of the staff of the University of Peradeniya. Later claiming responsibility for the attack, the Eagles claimed that the victims were JVP supporters which engineered the murder of a captain in the local army volunteer reserve force.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Paramilitary counter-insurgency
Even when responsibility for these mass killings were claimed, security forces would deny all knowledge of missing or killed persons. When relatives inquired about missing persons at police stations or army camps, they would sometimes refuse to register any complaint. While sometimes the bodies of those taken away were allowed to be identified by relatives, in other cases those who were abducted or killed were never traced.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Paramilitary counter-insurgency
Some of the missing people were later found to be in the custody of security forces, being arrested and detained for indeterminate periods without trial, lending evidence to the participation of regular security forces in paramilitary operations. In addition to these abductions and mass killings, gang rape or other forms of rape by both paramilitary groups and official soldiers was also observed.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Detention camps
In response to the JVP attacks, the government has been accused of using detention camps in order to put down the JVP insurrection. These camps were said to be run by units of the police who were officially tasked with disarming the rebels. It is believed that five to ten thousand JVP rebels were either tortured or killed in camps established across the country. The largest camp was in Batalanda and was run by the Black Cat paramilitary group, with Ranil Wickremesinghe having been accused of being the political authority in charge of overseeing the detention camp. After the insurrection, a Batalanda commission was appointed to look into violations of human rights which took place at the Batalanda detention camp. The commission recommended that legal action be taken against Wickremesinghe, although ultimately no action was taken against him.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Investigations of mass killings
While United Nations investigations found otherwise, it was alleged by both the LTTE and JVP that government-sponsored death squads were responsible for more deaths than the two insurgent groups. The government mostly targeted tea estate workers for their allegiances to the communist parties. Police brutality came to peak and it targeted the homeless for their involvement in the attacks on the wealthy businessmen and tea state owners.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Counter-insurgency operations, Investigations of mass killings
In 1994, after a request by the United Nations regarding the mass graves, the Government reported that an excavation of the graves had been carried out on 14 September 1994 under the supervision of the High Court and that it resulted in the discovery of an unspecified number of skeletal remains. The reports also indicated that a team of forensic, investigative, and legal experts helped the court in order to ensure a proper and scientific excavation and to assist in the further discovery and identification of bodies and the investigation of the circumstances in which they were buried at Sooriyakanda. The Government also reported that it has started to investigate newly discovered graves, including one at Ankumbura which may contain the bodies of 36 people killed by the police in 1989.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Notable attacks
Although much of the insurgency was a low-intensity conflict, with targeted assassinations and intimidation forming the majority of the conflict, major attacks include the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament and 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack. In addition, the militant wing of the JVP led by Saman Piyasiri Fernando staged several major attacks on military installations in the south of the island and a small number in the East were led by Premakumar Gunaratnam.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Insurgency, Attacks on civilian targets
In many of attacks, the JVP through the DJV targeted the armories capturing weapons and ammunition that it claimed to use against Indian Peace Keeping Forces. In total the JVP killed 342 police personnel, 209 armed forces personnel and 98 Sri Lankan home guards in combat, with many more being killed outside direct conflict. DJV also used landmines to destroy various infantry vehicles.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Anti-India campaign
Aside its military activity, the JVP conducted a social campaign against the Indian intervention. In 1986, even prior to the signing of the Indo-Lanka deal, JVP began delivering posters warning about a possible Indian invasion. The JVP undertook numerous anti-Indian propaganda efforts, including protest strikes, prohibition of wearing the Indian Sari, and boycotts of Indian goods. Despite their openly anti-Indian sentiment, the JVP denied any violence against Indian Tamils.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Anti-India campaign
The ideology of the JVP may have rapidly changed, but some speculated that it may have been split in two, one faction more nationalistic than the other. The JVPs propaganda, made people rethink whether the Indian Army actually wanted to defend the island or annex its territory indirectly. By 1988, however, the Indian Army had already suffered over 500 casualties fighting only the Tamil militants.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Anti-India campaign, Attacks on provisional elections
The JVP in opposition to the 13th Amendment which was brought as a suggestion from India, formed the National Salvation Front with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) but felt betrayed when the SLFP participated in elections, and has since begun a violent campaign against them as well.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Attacks on security forces' families
The JVP made a serious misjudgment when, through the DJV, it called for the killing of members of the families of the security personnel. This destroyed the small but significant amount of support that it enjoyed among the lower ranks of the armed forces, and made it possible for the government to justify its campaign of terror.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Attacks on security forces' families
Most notable of the attacks on families of the security personal was the attack on a family of Deputy Inspector General of Police Premadasa when on 24 July 1988 his ancestral home in Poddala was surrounded and set ablaze by suspected members of the JVP. Following this, Udugampola began a ruthless crackdown of the JVP in the Southern and Central provinces.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Attacks on security forces' families
As a means of pacifying the support base of the JVP, a wide range of acts of cruelty including the torture and mass murder of school children, who were allegedly JVP supporters, was carried out by the state. In one case, security forces allegedly opened fire on a rally convened by the JVP on 28 July 1989, killing 129 people.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Methods of killing
Multiple violent ways of murder was reported to media, throughout the insurgency. The practice of Necklacing was at its peak in the country since the late 1970s. Many alleged supporters of the JVP were killed on the streets with the message tagged in their heads "This is what happens when you join the JVP". Anyone who spoke out against the police was sentenced to death and was killed with methods similar to what the JVP used.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Other Sinhalese nationalists
A vigilante group named Deshapremi Sinhala Tharuna Peramuna (English: Patriotic Sinhala Youth Front) was formed around 1989. The group used the infamous slogan "Ape ekata thopee dolahak" (transl. Twelve of Yours, for that one of us). Soon it emerged in bloody combat against the Patriotic People's Front. One death threat issued by the group read:


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Other Sinhalese nationalists
Dear Grandfather/Grandmother/Mother/Sister, we know that your son/brother/husband is engaged in brutal murder under the pretence of patriotism. Your son/brother/husband, the so-called patriot, has cruelly taken the lives of mothers like you, of sisters, of innocent little children. In addition he has started killing the family members of the heroic Sinhalese soldiers who fought with the Tamil Tigers and sacrificed their lives, in order to protect the motherland. "It is not amongst us, ourselves, the Sinhalese people, that your son/brother/husband has launched the conflict in the name of patriotism?


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Impact on civilians, Other Sinhalese nationalists
Is it then right that you, the wife/mother/sister of this person who engages in human murder of children should be free to live? Is it not justified to put you to death? From this moment, you and all your family members must be ready to die. May you attain peace in the afterlife! - Patriotic Sinhala Youth Front.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Internal conflict post-insurrection
Government forces attached to Operation Combine captured JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera in Ulapane and brought him to Colombo, where the government claimed on 13 November 1989 that Wijeweera was shot and killed. Although the Government won a decisive military victory there were credible accusations of brutality and extrajudicial killings.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Internal conflict post-insurrection
On 27 December 1989, a special police team led by SSP Lionel Gunathilake  arrested Saman Piyasiri Fernando along with his mother and fiancé at Koswatte, Nawala. Lalith Wijerathna, Upali Jayaweera, Ranjitham Gunaratnam, Gamini Wijegunasekara, and Shantha Bandara tried to regroup following these events, but government forces managed to capture them and subsequently killed them in December 1989. The leadership of the JVP was transferred to Somawansa Amarasinghe. It is believed that Lalith Wijerathna was captured sometime later in Colombo by a special police team from Kandy in either late December 1989 or early January 1990.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Internal conflict post-insurrection
When the government reported the deaths of all of the major leaders of the insurgent party, over 15,000 troops surrendered and gave up their arms. Achieving a decisive military victory over the JVP, the government forced the party to return to democratic and nonviolent politics under the leadership of Somawansa Amarasinghe.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Internal conflict post-insurrection
Some sectors of the JVP opposed the peace deal and urged remaining insurgents to continue fighting. The secondary wings of the JVP continued to fight under the leadership of D.M. Ananda. However, after his death, the party lost a majority of its supporters and was no longer able to continue its insurrection.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Fatalities
According to international terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna's research, the JVP killed 30 politicians, 23 academics, 1 clergy, 2 government officials, 89 civilians and 61 service personnel  from July 1987 to January 1990. The rest of the killings (21 armed fighters) are attributed to state or state-sponsored death squads. A European delegation estimated the total death toll to be 60,000, while other estimates have placed the death toll at 35,000. For genocide studies, it was an example of politicide that happened in a democratic regime, and resulted in the killing of at least 13,000 and 30,000 JVP members and its alleged supporters.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Fatalities, United Nations Research
Three members of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights visited Sri Lanka from 7 to 17 October 1991 and from 5 to 15 October 1992 at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government. Prior to the 1992 visit, the WGEID had attributed 4,932 cases of "disappearances" to the Government of Sri Lanka and had received reports from various reliable sources about approximately 9,000 cases that had not been processed.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Fatalities, United Nations Research
The WGEID considers only cases of "disappearances" in which the government is involved; thus, although the WGEID acknowledged it received information about people who disappeared at the hands of the JVP and the LTTE, it could not consider those cases in its report. The WGEID reported its findings to the Commission in February 1993, issuing a series of recommendations, including one that the PCIIRP expand its mandate to investigate the thousands of cases reported prior to its establishment.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Fatalities, Calls for further investigations
International jurist Neelan Thiruchelvam, in a speech at the ICES-Colombo, indicated that the appropriate investigations into the disappearances of civilians, including many children in the Sathurukondan, Eastern University, Mylanthanai and the mass murder and burial of school children at Sooriyakanda, were being hampered by the adoption of emergency regulations, which were contributing to a climate of impunity. He called for the partial, if not complete, revocation of emergency regulation so that an impartial inquiry into these incidents could take place. These attempts also failed and Thiruchelvam was later assassinated by the LTTE.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Aftermath
By 1991, the JVP still existed as a pressure group or an organization regardless of the government operations to stop its activity. Following the insurrection, the JVP was relaunched and participated in electoral politics. At the parliamentary elections held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. As the second partner in this alliance it once again became part of the government. It also supported the winning candidate Mahinda Rajapakse in the 2005 parliamentary election. Along with the UNP it supported General Sarath Fonseka in the 2010 presidential election.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, In popular media
A documentary film of the second JVP insurgency titled Udugan Yamaya was released in 2006. It was screened in The Times London film festival that same year.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, In popular media
A movie based on Wijeweera's backstor called Ginnen Upan Seethala was released in 2017 featuring many of the events that took place between 1977 and 1987.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, In popular media
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator is loosely based on the insurgencies of Sri Lanka. It features combat with a group named 'People's Action Front' which is a reference to the 'People's Liberation Front'.


1987–1989 JVP insurrection, Leaders of the insurrection
After the ban, JVP was reorganized in April 1984 and its pre-1983 members in the Politburo were Wijeweera, Gamanayake, Sumith Athukorala, Piyadasa Ranasinghe and Wanasinghe. In the same year, Galappaththi, Shantha Bandara, Saman Piyasiri, Somawansa Amarasinghe, D. M. Ananda was included. Later, during the Second insurrection, H. B. Herath, P. R. B. Wimalarathna and Lalith Wijerathna also joined. Accordingly, out of the 13 main leaders of the 2nd JVP uprising, 8 were involved in the April 1971 uprising. Also, four of them were university graduates.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
The 1987–1989 Tibetan unrest was a series of protests and demonstrations that called for Tibetan independence. These protests took place between September 1987 and March 1989 in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Tibetan provinces of Sichuan, and Qinghai, as well as the Tibetan prefectures in Yunnan and Gansu. Protests began shortly after the Dalai Lama, the religious and temporal leader of Tibet exiled in India since the 1959 Tibetan unrest, proposed a Five Point Peace Plan regarding the “status of Tibet” on September 21st, 1987, which was subsequently rejected by the Chinese government.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
The Plan advocated for greater respect and autonomy of the Tibetan people, and claimed that “Tibet was a fully independent state when the People’s Liberation Army invaded the country in 1949-50.” China rejected the idea of Tibetans as an invaded people, stating that “Tibet is an inalienable part of Chinese territory” and has been for hundreds of years. The Tibetan sovereignty debate is longstanding, and the Tibetan assertion that they are a separate and unique people invaded by China has become a central argument for their independence.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
On September 27, 1987, the first demonstration began. Twenty-one monks from Lhasa’s Drepung Monastery and an undetermined number of laypeople took to the streets to show their support for the Dalai Lama, waving the Tibetan flag and calling for Tibetan independence; the Chinese authorities arrested all twenty-one monks as well as five laypeople. On October 1, China’s National Day, monks from Lhasa’s Sera Monastery decided to protest once again, calling for Tibetan independence, but this protest turned violent.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
Protesters threw rocks at the police, overturned motor vehicles and set them on fire, the police station was set ablaze, and at least six Tibetans died. Chinese media classified those involved as rioters, agitators, and members of a “clique of supporters of the Dalai Lama.” In the following weeks, the Chinese authorities arrested hundreds of Tibetans suspected of being at the demonstrations, told foreign travellers and journalists to leave, and established a curfew. Over the next three years, demonstrations of various sizes continued to occur.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
The largest demonstrations took place between March 5—7, 1989 in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. It began as a small protest on March 5, with a handful of nuns, monks, and Tibetan youth in the Barkhor flying the Tibetan flag and calling for Tibetan independence, but they were quickly joined by a crowd of several hundred people. As time went on, tensions escalated between protesters and the police, and violence eventually erupted.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
According to Tibet Watch, violence erupted when a policeman threw a bottle at the crowd, but Chinese media reported that the violence began with protesters throwing rocks at the police station. Either way, the violence between Tibetan protesters and Chinese security forces continued for three days, with PAP soldiers shooting at unarmed civilian protesters in order to restore order. Protests ended with the declaration of martial law on March 8. The few Foreign journalists and tourists remaining were expelled from Tibet on March 10 and an estimated 60,000 Chinese troops and police arrived in Lhasa to restore order.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest
Accounts of underreported deaths and excessive military threat against protesters have surfaced, but verifiable details remain elusive. The exact number of deaths during this three-day period is unknown, with Chinese news outlets recording a total of 10 deaths and 60 injured while other, non-Chinese or pro-Tibet, media estimate between 16 and 50 people died. Another report estimates as many as 450 deaths and hundreds more injured in the first few months of 1989 in Tibet. Marital law effectively quelled the demonstrations, with Chinese police arresting thousands of Tibetans suspected of participating in the demonstrations and reportedly silencing any media trying to report on the unrest. Lhasa would remain under martial law for thirteen months, but no more large protests would occur.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
September 21 – The Dalai Lama reveals his Five-Point Peace Plan for Tibet in an address to the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus in Washington D.C.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
September 23 – China rejects the Dalai Lama’s Five-Point Peace Plan.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
September 27 — Twenty-one monks from the Drepung Monastery took to the streets of Lhasa to show support for the Dalai Lama, waving the Tibetan flag and calling for Tibetan Independence. They were gradually joined by a number of laypeople. The Chinese authorities broke up the demonstration, arresting all twenty-one monks and five laypeople. Multiple news reports labeled this the “black night.”


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
October 1 - Large demonstrations occurred on China’s National Day in Lhasa when monks from the Sera Monastery decided to fly Tibetan flags and call for Tibetan independence once more. These demonstrations turned violent, with demonstrators overturning vehicles, setting vehicles and the police station ablaze, and throwing stones at the police. At least six Tibetans died.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
October 4 – The Chinese authorities impose a 10 pm curfew on Lhasa residents.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
October 6 – A group of roughly fifty monks from the Drepung Monastery began protesting for the release of the monks detained during the September 27 demonstrations while also calling once more for Tibetan independence. An overwhelming force of 250 armed police broke up the peaceful demonstrations, reportedly beating the protesters with a variety of weapons, and arresting the monks. The monks were released soon after.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1987
October 8 – Chinese authorities told foreign journalists to leave Tibet within 48 hours or “face the consequences.”


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1988
March 5 — A revolt took place at the celebration of the Great Prayer (Monlam Prayer Festival). The riots cost the lives of three persons according to Chinese sources; thirty according to the Tibetan opposition.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1988
June — The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, altered his demands to the Chinese government. In his speech at the , the Dalai Lama proposed a solution for Tibet "in association with the People's Republic of China."


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1988
December 10 — Further riots in Lhasa. According to official sources one person died; unofficial sources spoke of twelve.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
January 19 — Sentences were pronounced in consequence of the arrests made during the riots of 1988 with deterrent harshness. The sentences ranged from three years imprisonment to the death penalty (with delay of execution).


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
January 28 — The death of the Panchen Lama of Tibet, the second authority after the Dalai Lama. The Chinese government took initiative to search for his successor (reincarnation). Tibetans attributed the death to murder by Chinese authorities and were concerned about the unprecedented interference in a centuries-old tradition of succession.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
February 6 — Riots around Monlam and the Tibetan new year (Losar). Chinese authorities cancelled the celebration of Monlam Chenmo, which precedes Losar each year. Losar took place in 1989 on February 7.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
March 5 — A religious event ended in a massacre. Official sources speak of eleven deaths and one hundred wounded. The occasion for the massacre, according to Chinese sources, was the stoning of a Chinese police officer; Tibetan sources claim that the event was attacked by the Chinese police.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
March 6 — Riots spread to the center of Lhasa. Chinese stores were wrecked and as a result a state of emergency was called. This enlarged the power of Chinese authorities.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
March 7 — All foreigners including journalists were evacuated. This signified an end to the provision of information to the rest of the world on the riots. Five people died in two days according to official sources. However, Tang Daxian, a former Chinese journalist present in Lhasa during that period, claims 387 civilians plus 82 religious people have been killed, and 721 people have been injured, according to a report he saw from Public Security Bureau.


1987–1989 Tibetan unrest, Timeline, 1989
April 15 — China's former Secretary-General (until 1987), Hu Yaobang died. Hu was a supporter of the withdrawal of the Chinese army from Tibet and his death led to a student protest in Beijing. The Tiananmen Square protests followed a few months later on June 4, 1989, and were crushed.


1987–88 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season
The 1987–88 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season was the 19th season of the 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga, the second level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia alongside the 1. Česká národní hokejová liga. 12 teams participated in the league, and TJ Plastika Nitra won the championship. TJ Gumárne 1. mája Púchov was relegated.


1987–88 1.Lig, Overview
Twenty clubs participated, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. Denizlispor, Kocaelispor, Gençlerbirliği and Zonguldakspor were relegated to Second League.


1987–88 1.Lig, Overview
This was  the first season where clubs were awarded 3 points for victories, in contrast to previous years where a victory had earned the winning club only 2 points.


1987–88 2. Bundesliga
The 1987–88 2. Bundesliga season was the fourteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.


1987–88 2. Bundesliga
Stuttgarter Kickers and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, BVL 08 Remscheid, SSV Ulm 1846 and Arminia Bielefeld were relegated to the Oberliga.


1987–88 2. Bundesliga, League table
For the 1987–88 season Kickers Offenbach, SpVgg Bayreuth, SV Meppen and BVL 08 Remscheid were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin and Fortuna Düsseldorf had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.


1987–88 A Group
The 1987–88 season was the 40th completed season of the Bulgarian A Group. The championship was won by Levski Sofia, two points ahead of CSKA Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Spartak Pleven were relegated.


1987–88 A.C. Fiorentina season
A.C. Fiorentina had its first season under Swedish coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, posting a stable mid-table season. Eriksson's compatriot Glenn Hysén arrived from UEFA Cup champions IFK Göteborg, the centre half becoming a crucial player for La Viola. Starlet Roberto Baggio finally got his breakthrough, scoring six league goals.


1987–88 A.C. Milan season
In 1987 summer, Milan bet on Dutch draft: Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit came to brace the side. Coach role was given to Arrigo Sacchi, at his debut in Serie A. Rossoneri soon failed European aims, having - also - play home matches on neutral ground (Lecce) for San Siro disqualification (issued in 1986). They were beaten by Espanyol, in second round.


1987–88 A.C. Milan season
Domestic league gave better results, with side stable at second place in mid season. Retour half never saw Milan lose a game, for a trend that let him to recover points on Napoli. Reigning champions wasted a match-ball with 2 matches left, when Milan won 3–2 at their home. Following draws, against Juventus and Como, insured Scudetto. It was the first domestic title since 1979, the eleventh overall.


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


1987–88 A.S. Roma season
A.S. Roma returned to prominence with a 3rd place in Serie A under returning coach Nils Liedholm. With new signings such as Rudi Völler and Lionello Manfredonia, Roma was able to qualify for international football once again, with playmaker Giuseppe Giannini arguably playing at his very peak, setting a career record 11 league goals from attacking midfield.


1987–88 ACB season
The 1987–88 ACB season was the 5th season of the ACB Primera División, the top Spanish professional basketball league. It started on 26 September 1987 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 24 May 1988 with the finals.


1987–88 ACB season
FC Barcelona won their second consecutive ACB title, and their fifth Spanish title.


1987–88 ACB season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 1986–87 season and two promoted from the 1986–87 Primera División B.


1987–88 AHL season
The 1987–88 AHL season was the 52nd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned shootout, but continues to award points for an overtime loss. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season, and won their seventh Calder Cup championship.


1987–88 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1987–88 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1987–88 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 1987–88.


1987–88 Aberdeen F.C. season, Overview
Aberdeen finished fourth in the Premier Division for the second successive season. They reached the League Cup final, but lost 5–3 on penalty kicks after a 3–3 draw against Rangers in October. In the Scottish Cup, they lost in the semi-final after a second replay defeat to Dundee United. Aberdeen's UEFA Cup campaign ended in a second round defeat to Dutch club Feyenoord on the away goals rule, after defeating Irish club Bohemian F.C. in the first round.


1987–88 Aberdeen F.C. season, Overview
New signings included Peter Nicholas from Luton Town, Gary Hackett, Tom Jones, Keith Edwards and Charlie Nicholas, who joined from Arsenal in December 1987.


1987–88 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Wimp Sanderson, who was in his eighth season at Alabama. The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of 14–17, 6–12 in conference, finishing in a tie for eighth place. It was the Tide's first non-winning season since the 1971–72 season.


1987–88 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The Tide suffered heavy losses in the 1987 offseason. Forward Derrick McKey declared early for the NBA Draft after his junior season. Forward Jim Farmer graduated and was also drafted into the NBA. Also, guards James Jackson, Terry Coner, and Mark Gottfried all graduated. The Tide signed freshman forward Melvin Cheatum and freshman guards Gary Waites and Bryant Lancaster to try and offset the losses. Also, junior college transfer Alvin Lee, who the previous season led the NJCAA in scoring, was also signed.


1987–88 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The Tide lost in the first round of the SEC Tournament to Ole Miss. The team failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1982 and failed to reach any postseason play for the first time since 1978.


1987–88 Albanian Cup
1987–88 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the thirty-sixth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1987 with the First Round and ended on May 1988 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1988-89 first round of the UEFA Cup. KS Vllaznia were the defending champions, having won their fifth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KS Flamurtari.


1987–88 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


1987–88 Albanian Cup, Second round
All sixteen teams of the 1986–87 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1988.


1987–88 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.


1987–88 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.


1987–88 Albanian National Championship
The 1987–88 Albanian National Championship was the 49th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1987–88 Albanian National Championship, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and 17 Nëntori won the championship.


1987–88 Albanian National Championship, First phase, League table
Note 1: After the regular season, Tomori and 31 Korriku were relegated immediately, while the other 12 teams were divided in 2 groups in the final phase


1987–88 Albanian National Championship, Final phase, Relegation round
Note 2: '17 Nëntori' is Tirana, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta


1987–88 Albanian National Championship, Promotion/relegation playoffs and Qyteti Stalin riots
Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin qualified for a promotion/relegation playoff after finishing runners-up to second tier champions Traktori Lushnja. After losing the first match 1–0 away to Albanian giants and Ministry of Interior club Dinamo Tirana, the second match in Qyteti Stalin on 5 June 1988 ended in riots and burning of the Dinamo team bus partly due to the fact that the game was led by a referee and assistants from Tirana. Dinamo also won the second leg 1-0- and the subsequent riots led to the suspension of Naftëtari from playing football for a year and demotion to the third tier. Their coach Pandi Angjeli and players Meta and Makashi were suspended for life and club manager Fatmir Ismaili was dismissed.


1987–88 Algerian Championnat National
The 1987–88 Algerian Championnat National was the 26th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 18 teams contested the league, with EP Sétif as the defending champions, The Championnat started on September 11, 1987 and ended on July 5, 1988.


1987–88 Algerian Cup
The 1987–88 Algerian Cup was the 26th edition of the Algerian Cup. USM Alger won the Cup by defeating CR Belcourt 5-4 on penalties in the final, after the game ended 0-0. It was USM Alger second Algerian Cup in its history.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
St. Finbarr's were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Muskerry in the second round of the 1987 Cork County Championship.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
On 17 March 1988, St. Mary's Burren won the championship following a 1-09 to 0-08 defeat of Clann na nGael in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1986.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 23 August 1987 and ended on 17 March 1988.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Borris-Ileigh of Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by Lorrha in the North Tipperary Championship.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 17 March 1988, Midleton won the championship after a 3-08 to 0-09 defeat of Athenry in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.


1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Athenry's P. J. Molloy was the championship's top scorer with 0-31.


1987–88 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1987–88 Allsvenskan was the 54th season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. Redbergslids IK won the regular season but HK Drott won the playoffs and claimed their fifth Swedish title. HP Warta and Västra Frölunda IF were relegated.


1987–88 Alpha Ethniki
The 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki was the 52nd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 6 September 1987 and ended on 15 May 1988. Larissa won their first Greek title in its history. The season was notable as the only season where neither Panathinaikos or Olympiacos, by far the most successful and dominant clubs, finished in the top four.


1987–88 Alpha Ethniki
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season
Statistics of the American Indoor Soccer Association in season 1987–88.


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, Overview
Only four teams (Canton, Fort Wayne, Memphis and Milwaukee) returned from the previous year, which made for a very brief, 24-game season that ended in early February. The 1988 All-Star game had been scheduled for Tampa Bay, but with the Rowdies leaving the league to play outdoors in the American Soccer League, and three other clubs (Chicago, Toledo and league-champion Louisville) folding, the game was canceled altogether.


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, Overview
Two expansion teams were set to join for the following season, Dayton and Jacksonville. Rather than have only a two-team battle in a championship playoff series, the league instead opted to stage a 12-match, unbalanced, round-robin tournament called the Challenge Cup Series to determine who took home the trophy for 1987–88. The two expansion teams were also invited to play in this unique season-ending event, despite never having previously faced AISA competition. This would also give league owners a chance to see if the two new teams were really ready for the AISA. The series commenced on February 14.


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, Overview
As the six-week long tournament rolled on, the race for cup came down to the final game of the series on April 1, which happened to match league-leaders Canton and Fort Wayne. Both teams carried 8–3 records into match. Since the winner would secure the title by one game, it became a de facto championship final. Canton held on for a 5–4 victory, and their third AISA title in four seasons.


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, Regular season
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Behind Leader, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, AISA League Leaders, Scoring
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, AISA League Leaders, Goalkeeping
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Sho = Shots faced; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses


1987–88 American Indoor Soccer Association season, Challenge Cup standings
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Behind Leader, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against


1987–88 Argentine Primera División
The 1987–88 Argentine Primera División was the 97th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from August 30, 1987 to June 5, 1988.


1987–88 Argentine Primera División
Newell's Old Boys won its 2nd league title, while Banfield and Unión de Santa Fe were relegated.


1987–88 Argentine Primera División, Relegation
Unión de Santa Fe and Banfield were relegated with the worst points averages.


1987–88 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. In the Pacific-10 Basketball Tournament, Arizona beat Oregon State by a score of 93–67 to claim its first Pac-10 title. The Wildcats built on that momentum by reaching the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.


1987–88 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Schedule and results
The victory over Long Beach State in the home opener at McKale Center began a 71-game home court winning streak.


1987–88 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1987–88 college basketball season. The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his third year. The team played its home games in Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


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


1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season
In the league, Arsenal got off to a slow start, winning just one of their first five games, before going top of the table with a 10-match winning run. However, they then went into freefall, winning just one of their next 11 league games, and although their form improved during the final four months of the season, they could only manage a sixth-place finish.


1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season
A new signing at the start of the season was Nigel Winterburn, who arrived from Wimbledon to fill the right-back position left vacant by the sale of Viv Anderson to Manchester United. Arsenal had agreed an £850,000 deal for Leicester City striker Alan Smith two months before the end of the previous season, although he had remained on loan back at the East Midlands club until the end of the campaign. Smith finished as Arsenal's top scorer in his first season at the club, finding the net 16 times in all competitions.


1987–88 Arsenal F.C. season
New signings at the club late in the season were defenders Lee Dixon and Steve Bould, as well as winger Brian Marwood. Young midfielders Michael Thomas and Paul Merson became regular members of the first team during this season, while at the end of the campaign defender Tony Adams, still only 21, succeeded Kenny Sansom as captain.


1987–88 Arsenal 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 Arsenal F.C. season, Results, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Millwall.


1987–88 Associate Members' Cup
The 1987–88 Associate Members' Cup, known as the 1987–88 Sherpa Van Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 5th staging of the Associate Members' Cup, a knockout competition for English football clubs in the Third and Fourth Divisions (now known as League One and Two).


1987–88 Associate Members' Cup
The winners were Wolverhampton Wanderers, who defeated Burnley 2–0 in the final. This marked the first time two previous English champions have met in the final of this competition, and made Wolves the first former champions to have won the trophy, Portsmouth the only other having won the EFL trophy in 2019.


1987–88 Associate Members' Cup
The competition began on 13 October 1987 and ended with the final on 29 May 1988. The tournament begins with clubs divided into a Northern and a Southern section, and teams entering a preliminary group stage. Each section then gradually eliminates the qualifying teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists faced each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season
During the 1987–88 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League Second Division and won promotion back to the top flight under manager, Graham Taylor, at their first attempt.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
3 Jul 1987 – Chelsea sign defender Tony Dorigo from Aston Villa for £475,000.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Aug 1987 – Plymouth Argyle and Barnsley lead the way on goal difference, but fancied Aston Villa are fourth from bottom.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Oct 1987 – Aston Villa now stand fourth, with Ipswich Town and Birmingham City close behind.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
19 Nov 1987 – Aston Villa boost their Second Division promotion quest with a £150,000 move for Crystal Palace midfielder Andy Gray.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
30 Nov 1987 – Middlesbrough and Bradford City are level at the top of the Second Division on 43 points. Aston Villa, Hull City and Crystal Palace occupy the play-off places.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Dec 1987 – Graeme Souness signs Aston Villa midfielder Mark Walters for Rangers for £550,000. Middlesbrough lead with a one-point margin over Bradford City. A four-point margin separates their nearest six challengers – Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Hull City, Manchester City and Ipswich Town.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
11 Jan 1988 – Dave Bassett is sacked after just six months in charge of Watford, who are currently bottom of the First Division. He is succeeded by Aston Villa assistant manager Steve Harrison.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
26 Jan 1988 – Aston Villa boost their Second Division promotion challenge with the £200,000 acquisition of highly rated Crewe Alexandra midfielder David Platt, 21.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Jan 1988 – Aston Villa have crept to the top of the Second Division, while Crystal Palace have risen to second place. Middlesbrough, Millwall and Blackburn Rovers occupy the play-off zone, while Bradford City have slid from second to sixth place in the space of a few weeks. Leicester City, relegated from the First Division last season, are now in the Second Division relegation play-off places.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
29 Feb 1988 – The Second Division promotion race sees Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers level at the top of the table, with Millwall, Middlesbrough and Bradford City occupying the play-off places.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Mar 1988 – Aston Villa remain top of the Second Division with a two-point margin over Blackburn Rovers, with the play-off places being occupied by Middlesbrough, Millwall and Bradford City. Leeds United, Crystal Palace and Stoke City remain in strong contention for promotion as well.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
30 Apr 1988 – The promotion issues in the Second Division have yet to be confirmed, with just four points separating the top five clubs – Millwall, Aston Villa, Bradford City, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers.


1987–88 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
26 May 1988 – Aston Villa prepare for their First Division comeback by signing Derek Mountfield from Everton for £425,000 and Chris Price from Blackburn Rovers for £150,000.


1987–88 Atlanta Hawks season
The 1987–88 NBA season was the Hawks' 39th season in the NBA and 20th season in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Hawks finished third in the Central Division with a 50–32 record. Dominique Wilkins made the All-NBA Second Team, and was selected along with Doc Rivers for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. In the semi-finals, they took a 3–2 series lead over Larry Bird and the top-seeded Boston Celtics, but lost the final two games thus losing the series. This was the closest Wilkins had ever gotten to advancing to the Conference Finals.


1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
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1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 1987–88 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Sonny Smith, who was in his tenth season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Joel H. Eaves Memorial Coliseum in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 19–11, 11–7 in SEC play. They lost to Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Bradley to advance to the Second Round where they lost to Oklahoma.


1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers' most notable freshman signee was 7'0" center Matt Geiger. Geiger was pressed into service early as a starter when senior Jeff Moore went down with an early-season injury.


1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
Junior forward Mike Jones, the Tigers' leading scorer and rebounder, was declared academically ineligible and left the team after seven games. As a result, sophomore John Caylor became a starting forward along with senior Chris Morris. Caylor paid an immediate dividend by hitting a game-winning 3-point shot with 10 seconds left to give the Tigers an early conference road victory over #1-ranked Kentucky.


1987–88 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
Guards Gerald White and Frank Ford were lost to graduation, but seniors Terrence Howard and Johnny Lynn, sophomore Derrick Dennison, and juco transfer Keenan Carpenter were able to offset the loss.


1987–88 Australian Tri-Series
The 1987–88 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Australia and New Zealand reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.


1987–88 Australian Tri-Series, Final series
Australia won the best of three final series against New Zealand 2–0.


1987–88 Australian region cyclone season
The 1987–88 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since 1977–78. It officially started on 1 November 1987, and officially ended on 30 April 1988. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season"; the "tropical cyclone year" began on 1 July 1987 and ended on 30 June 1988.


1987–88 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Agi
Cyclone Agi veered away from the main islands of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province yesterday after flattening many buildings, uprooting trees and disrupting water supplies. Agi brought heavy rain, high tides and winds gusting at more than 100 km/h to the remote islands it brushed at the eastern tip of the PNG mainland since it formed and began to swirl through the area on Sunday.


1987–88 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Charlie
Charlie struck Ayr, Queensland in March 1988, killing one person and leaving $2,300,000 dollars (1988 USD) in damage.


1987–88 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Overview
Fall season is performed in 12 teams, and higher eight teams go into Meister playoff. Lower four teams fought in Mittlere Playoff with higher four teams of Austrian Football First League.


1987–88 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1987–88 Austrian Hockey League season was the 58th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Seven teams participated in the league, and EC KAC won the championship.


1987–88 B Group
The 1987–88 B Group was the thirty-second season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 20 teams contested the league.


1987–88 BHL season
The 1987–88 BHL season was the sixth season of the British Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Great Britain. 10 teams participated in the league, and the Murrayfield Racers won the league title by finishing first in the regular season. The Durham Wasps were playoff champions.


1987–88 Balkans Cup
The 1987–88 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 10 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.


1987–88 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship, while K.A.A. Gent & Racing Jet de Bruxelles were relegated.


1987–88 Belgian Hockey League season
The 1987–88 Belgian Hockey League season was the 68th season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Six teams participated in the league, and Olympia Heist op den Berg won the championship.


1987–88 Biathlon World Cup
The 1987–88 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon). The season started on 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the eleventh season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.


1987–88 Biathlon World Cup
The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks. The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.


1987–88 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.


1987–88 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1987–88 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 85th in the Football League and their 35th in the Second Division. They finished in 19th position in the division, expanded for this season to 23 teams as part of a restructuring process, and again avoided relegation only by two points. They entered the 1987–88 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost in the fifth round to Nottingham Forest, and were beaten by Mansfield Town over two legs in the first round of the League Cup and by Derby County in the first round of the Full Members' Cup.


1987–88 Birmingham City F.C. season, Football League Second Division
The league programme did not end on the same day for all clubs. Although Birmingham were in 18th place after their last match, on 6 May, the last Second Division fixture was played the following day, when they were overtaken by Shrewsbury Town, so finished 19th.


1987–88 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1987–88 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 80th season (77th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing tenth.


1987–88 Blackpool F.C. season
Mark Taylor was the club's top scorer, with 23 goals (21 in the league and two in the FA Cup).


1987–88 Blackpool F.C. season
The following players partook in the squad photo before the season's commencement: John Deary, Andy McAteer, Colin Methven, Richard Powell, Tony Cunningham, Barry Siddall, Paul Jones, Neil Matthews, Mark Bradshaw, Mike Davies, Mark Taylor, Craig Madden, Steve Morgan, Mike Walsh, Keith Walwyn, Brian Butler, Carl Lancashire and Alan Mayes.


1987–88 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Bobby Dye and played their home games on campus at the BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho.


1987–88 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
They finished the regular season at 23–5 overall, with a 13–3 record in the Big Sky Conference, first in the standings. In the conference tournament in Bozeman, Montana, the top-seed Broncos received a bye into the semifinals and defeated Idaho State by 31 points. They met the host, third-seeded Montana State, in the final and won by two points. It was Boise State's first conference tourney title (and NCAA Tournament appearance) in twelve years.


1987–88 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
Boise State received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. The Broncos were the fourteenth seed in the West region and gave third-seeded Michigan a scare in Salt Lake City, as the Wolverines' large lead eroded in the second half; Michigan prevailed by five points.


1987–88 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
The Broncos were led on the court by junior guard Chris Childs, who went on to a lengthy professional career, ending with nine years in the NBA.


1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
The 1987–1988 season was the 109th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C. 's existence, and their first season in the Fourth Division following relegation from the Third Division. Until the 2020-21 season, it was the only season that the club had spent in the bottom tier of English football.


1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
This article covers the period from 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988.


1987–88 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Kit
Bolton retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Normid.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season
The 1987–88 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 64th season. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Off-season, NHL draft
Boston's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Regular season
The season will forever be remembered when on the night Phil Esposito's number 7 would retire, captain Ray Bourque went from wearing uniform number 7 to wearing uniform number 77. Bourque would wear that number until the end of his career.


1987–88 Boston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs, Adams Division semi-finals
The Boston Bruins were led by team co-captains Ray Bourque, Rick Middleton and the goaltending duo of Rejean Lemelin and the newly acquired Andy Moog. The Buffalo Sabres returned to the playoffs thanks to added depth provided by rookie Ray Sheppard.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs, Adams Division Finals
The Wales Conference's two best teams, and the NHL's two best defensive teams, met in this series with equal rest time. The Habs had beaten Boston in the Adams Division Semi-finals four years in a row, sweeping the Bruins in three of the past four seasons, and beating them 3–2 in a best-of-five the other year. This time, the Bruins' defence would wear down Montreal, as Ken Linseman, Ray Bourque and Cam Neely provided the offence to finally conquer the Canadiens. It was the first Bruins' playoff series win over the Habs in 44 seasons.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs, Prince of Wales Conference Finals
The Devils would take Boston to the limit, but their offense could not compete with the Bruins, who would make their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since consecutive appearances in 1976–77 and 1977–78.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs, Prince of Wales Conference Finals
This series would also have the infamous confrontation between Devils head coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski after Game 3, when, during an argument in the tunnel after the game, Koharski tripped and fell, accusing Schoenfield of pushing him. Schoenfield famously responded, "You tripped and fell you fat pig!" He then yelled, "Have another doughnut! Have another doughnut!" The incident was played repeatedly on ESPN and has become part of NHL lore.


1987–88 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs, Prince of Wales Conference Finals
Schonefeld was suspended by NHL president John Ziegler for Game 4, but the Devils received an injunction from a New Jersey court, allowing Schoenfeld to coach the fourth game. In protest, the officials scheduled to work that game in the Meadlowands refused to take the ice, forcing the NHL to scramble for amateur officials to call the contest. The injunction was lifted and Schoenfeld served his suspension during Game 5 in the Boston Garden.


1987–88 Boston Celtics season
The 1987–88 Boston Celtics season was the 42nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coming from an NBA Finals defeat to their rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers in six games, the Celtics finished first place in the Eastern Conference with 57 wins and 25 losses, with Larry Bird being selected to the All-NBA First Team. Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge were all selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the New York Knicks in four games.


1987–88 Boston Celtics season
In the semi-finals, the Celtics trailed 3–2 to Dominique Wilkins and the Atlanta Hawks, but won the final two games. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth consecutive time, becoming the first team to do so since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics (which reached the previous thirteen). However, they would lose to Isiah Thomas and the 2nd-seeded Detroit Pistons in six games.


1987–88 Boston Celtics season, Player statistics, Playoffs
The Celtics would end up losing to the Detroit Pistons in the conference finals as an aging Celtics team was beginning to falter against a younger and fresher pistons team. This would be the first time in 5 years that the Celtics would not make it to the finals and would not return to another finals until 2008.


1987–88 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1987–88 season was the 85th season in Bradford City A.F.C. 's history, and their 73rd in The Football League. They finished fourth in the Football League Second Division, having been six points clear at the top of the table at one point. City went into the play-offs and lost over two legs to a Middlesbrough side who City had beaten twice during the league campaign. Having won the first leg 2–1, Middlesbrough went ahead in the second game and after extra time finished 2–0 winners.


1987–88 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the League Cup, where they were defeated by eventual winners Luton Town and the semi-finals of the Simod Cup, where they were also knocked by the eventual winners, Reading.


1987–88 Bradford City A.F.C. season
Captain Stuart McCall and forward John Hendrie left at the end of the season. McCall went to an Everton side managed by Colin Harvey and Hendrie to Newcastle United.


1987–88 Bradley Braves men's basketball team
The 1987–88 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves were members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and played their home games at Carver Arena. They won the MVC regular season championship as well as the conference tournament. Bradley finished the season 26–5, and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. They were led by second-year head coach, and MVC Coach of the Year, Stan Albeck, and Consensus First-team All-American Hersey Hawkins, who led the nation in scoring by averaging 36.3 points per game. Hawkins collected multiple national player of the year awards, and remains the career scoring leader in Missouri Valley Conference history.


1987–88 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1987–88 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The Bees contended for a place in the play-offs until a run of just two wins from the final 17 matches of the season dropped the club into mid-table.


1987–88 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After taking over as Brentford manager in January 1987, Steve Perryman continued the remodelling of his squad through the 1987 off-season. Transferred out were defender Phil Bater, midfielder Paul Maddy and forward Francis Joseph, with the deals raising £37,000. In came a number of players on free transfers or a trial basis, the most notable of whom being former Chelsea midfielder Colin Lee, in a dual player/Youth Development Officer role.


1987–88 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After beginning the Third Division season in and around the relegation places, manager Perryman continued to buy and sell players, raising another £10,000 from the sale of defender Jamie Murray and winger Ian Holloway and bringing in former Chelsea midfielder Keith Jones for a £40,000 fee. With forward Gary Blissett failing to show form in front of goal and Andy Sinton almost single-handedly leading the attack from midfield, the loan signing of Paul Williams in October 1987 galvanised the team, with Williams scoring six goals in eight appearances before being recalled by Charlton Athletic. An eight-match unbeaten run from mid-November 1987 to 2 January 1988, despite the £30,000 sale of forward Robbie Cooke, put Brentford as high as 6th position, once place outside the play-off zone. The December loan signing of Arsenal midfielder Graham Rix proved key to the continued good form.


1987–88 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
A 1–0 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 16 January 1988, courtesy of a Keith Millen goal, raised Brentford into the play-off zone. After 3–1 victory over rivals Fulham in the following league match and the recall of Graham Rix to Highbury, the Bees' form disintegrated. The team lost four consecutive matches in February without scoring a goal and would win just two of the final 17 matches of the season to finish in 12th place.


1987–88 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Manager Steve Perryman had attempted to rectify the slump by signing midfielder Ian Stewart and forward Les Ferdinand on loan, but both proved to be a disappointment. Right back Roger Joseph's performances earned him a place in the Third Division PFA Team of the Year, the first time a Brentford player had been recognised by the PFA.


1987–88 British Basketball League season
The 1987–1988 BBL season was the first season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons), a breakaway competition formed by teams from the English National League and the Scottish National League. The season featured a total of 15 teams, playing 28 games each.


1987–88 British Basketball League season
Portsmouth, reigning champions of the English League claimed the regular season title with a dominating campaign led by the likes of Alan Cunningham and Colin Irish. They weren't able to repeat their success in the post-season Play-off's as third-seed Livingston, the reigning Scottish champions, caused a huge upset with an 81–72 win over Portsmouth in the Final. Kingston won their fourth consecutive National Cup and Livingston claimed the inaugural BBL Trophy.