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The 1986–87 season was the 88th completed season of The Football League.. Play-offs to determine promotion places were introduced in 1987 so that more clubs remained eligible for promotion closer to the end of the season, and at the same time to aid in the reduction over two years of the number of clubs in the First Division from 22 to 20.
2 September 1986 – Wimbledon, Football League members for just 10 seasons, go top of the league with a 1–0 away win over Charlton Athletic. [2] Oldham go top of the Second Division with a 1–0 win over Ipswich at Portman Road. [7] 4 September 1986 – Watford sign Everton midfielder Kevin Richardson for £225,000.
During the 1986–87 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.They finished 1st in the table with 86 points. The Toffees advanced to the 5th round of the FA Cup, losing to Wimbledon, and to the quarter finals of the League Cup, losing to Liverpool.
Pages in category "1986–87 in English football leagues" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1986–87 season was Watford's 106th season in existence, and their fifth season in the First Division, following promotion in the 1981–82 season, in which they finished 9th. Along with the First Division, they competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup , being eliminated in the semi-final and third round respectively.
The Football League play-offs for the 1986–87 season were held in May 1987, with the two-legged finals taking place at the finalists home stadiums. The play-off semi-finals were also played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League Second Division and Football League Third Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th placed teams in the ...
In 1986–87 season, former Wigan Athletic boss Bryan Hamilton replaced Gordon Milne as team manager of the Foxes but it proved to be another season of struggle and in March, Alan Smith was sold to Arsenal for £800,000 even though he was loaned back to Leicester until the end of the season and Steve Lynex was sold to West Brom leaving Leicester’s strike force a bit weakened.
Coventry City won the FA Cup, defeating Tottenham Hotspur, who had spent much of the season competing for a unique domestic treble of the league and the League and FA Cups, 3–2 in a final considered by many [who?] to be one of the greatest FA Cup finals of all time. The FA Cup triumph was Coventry's first (and, as of 2024, only) major trophy.