1986–87 AFC Bournemouth season

Bournemouth
1986–87 season
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Stadium	Dean Court
Third Division	Champions
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
	← 1985–86 1987–88 ⊟

During the 1986–87 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Third Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bournemouth	46	29	10	7	76	40	36	97	Division Champions, promoted
2	Middlesbrough	46	28	10	8	67	30	37	94	Promoted
3	Swindon Town	46	25	12	9	77	47	30	87	Promoted through play-offs^[a]
4	Wigan Athletic	46	25	10	11	83	60	23	85	Participated in play-offs
5	Gillingham	46	23	9	14	65	48	17	78	Participated in play-offs

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

^ Swindon Town were winners of the play-offs and were thus promoted.

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
23 August 1986	Brentford	A	1–1	3,856
30 August 1986	Newport County	H	2–1	2,799
6 September 1986	Notts County	A	1–1	3,619
13 September 1986	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	3,031
16 September 1986	Chester City	H	2–0	3,027
20 September 1986	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	2,841
27 September 1986	Bristol City	H	2–0	5,975
30 September 1986	York City	A	0–2	3,769
4 October 1986	Darlington	A	3–0	2,006
18 October 1986	Bury	A	1–0	2,453
21 October 1986	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–2	4,195
25 October 1986	Wigan Athletic	H	3–1	4,911
1 November 1986	Middlesbrough	A	0–4	10,702
4 November 1986	Walsall	A	0–2	5,056
8 November 1986	Carlisle United	H	2–1	4,284
22 November 1986	Chesterfield	H	2–0	4,312
2 December 1986	Gillingham	H	0–2	7,756
13 December 1986	Rotherham United	A	2–4	2,092
26 December 1986	Bristol Rovers	A	3–0	3,573
27 December 1986	Fulham	H	3–2	6,670
1 January 1987	Swindon Town	H	1–0	10,537
3 January 1987	Chesterfield	A	1–1	3,029
10 January 1987	Brentford	H	1–1	4,682
24 January 1987	Notts County	H	3–0	6,022
31 January 1987	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	4,219
3 February 1987	Blackpool	H	1–1	6,242
7 February 1987	Chester City	A	2–2	2,838
14 February 1987	Mansfield Town	H	4–1	5,261
21 February 1987	Bristol City	A	0–2	14,539
24 February 1987	Newport County	A	1–0	2,143
28 February 1987	York City	H	3–0	5,804
3 March 1987	Middlesbrough	H	3–1	13,835
14 March 1987	Bury	H	1–0	6,806
17 March 1987	Doncaster Rovers	A	3–0	1,777
21 March 1987	Gillingham	A	1–2	7,304
28 March 1987	Darlington	H	1–0	6,370
31 March 1987	Port Vale	A	2–1	3,228
4 April 1987	Carlisle United	A	0–0	2,005
11 April 1987	Walsall	H	1–0	8,626
14 April 1987	Wigan Athletic	A	2–0	4,672
18 April 1987	Swindon Town	A	1–1	14,302
20 April 1987	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	10,034
5 April 1987	Blackpool	A	3–1	2,866
2 May 1987	Port Vale	H	0–0	9,559
4 May 1987	Fulham	A	3–1	9,239
9 May 1987	Rotherham United	H	2–0	11,310

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	15 November 1986	Fareham Town	H	7–2
R2	6 December 1986	Leyton Orient	A	0–1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes
R1 1st Leg	26 August 1986	Bristol City	H	0–1
R1 2nd Leg	2 September 1986	Bristol City	A	1–1	Bristol City won 2–1 on aggregate

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Notes
PR	16 December 1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–4	1,923
PR	6 January 1987	Cardiff City	H	1–0	1,482
1R	28 January 1987	Swindon Town	A	2–2	4,524	Swindon won 4–2 on penalties

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRL	Gerry Peyton
—	DF	ENG	Roger Brown
—	DF	ENG	John Williams
—	DF	ENG	Mark Newson
—	DF	ENG	Mark Whitlock
—	DF	ENG	Billy Clark
—	DF	WAL	Tony Pulis
—	DF	ENG	David Coleman
—	DF	ENG	Paul Morrell
—	DF	ENG	Tom Heffernan
—	MF	IRL	Gary Howlett
—	MF	IRL	Tommy Keane
—	MF	ENG	Morgan Lewis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	Mark O'Connor
—	MF	ENG	Adrian Randall
—	MF	ENG	Robbie Savage
—	MF	ENG	Keith Williams
—	MF	IRL	Sean O'Driscoll
—	MF	ENG	Richard Cooke
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Aylott
—	FW	ENG	David Puckett
—	FW	JAM	Carl Richards
—	MF	ENG	Shaun Brooks
—	MF	ENG	David Armstrong
—	FW	ENG	Tony Sealy

References

^ "League Division Three end of season table for 1986–87 season". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1987". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1987".

[table_note_res_PPP0.4890710192216-1] Swindon Town were winners of the play-offs and were thus promoted.

[league2-2] "League Division Three end of season table for 1986–87 season". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[3] "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1987". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[4] "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1987".

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