SEASON 1986-1987

Today League Division Three (old)

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
23/08/1986 Notts County A 0 - 2 3,533
30/08/1986 Middlesbrough H 0 - 2 2,904
06/09/1986 Bristol City A 1 - 2 I. Griffiths 6,730
13/09/1986 Newport County H 1 - 2 Hamilton 2,163
16/09/1986 Walsall H 5 - 1 Lowe, Thompson C. 3 (1 pen), Hilditch 2,185
20/09/1986 Blackpool A 1 - 5 Cribley (pen) 4,905
26/09/1986 Bolton Wanderers H 2 - 1 Thompson C., Cook 4,986
30/09/1986 Rotherham United A 2 - 0 Lowe, Hilditch 2,417
05/10/1986 Swindon Town A 1 - 3 B. Campbell 6,450
11/10/1986 Bristol Rovers H 4 - 3 I. Griffiths, Lowe, Houston 2 2,438
18/10/1986 Fulham H 2 - 0 B. Campbell, C. Thompson 2,495
21/10/1986 Chesterfield A 3 - 4 C. Thompson, B. Campbell 2 1,804
25/10/1986 AFC Bournemouth A 1 - 3 C. Thompson 4,911
01/11/1986 Carlisle United H 2 - 0 I. Griffiths, Houston 2,982
04/11/1986 Doncaster Rovers H 1 - 1 Hamilton 2,388
08/11/1986 Port Vale A 1 - 0 Houston 3,289
22/11/1986 Darlington A 0 - 1 1,612
29/11/1986 Gillingham H 3 - 1 Campbell B. 2, Lowe 2,492
13/12/1986 Brentford H 1 - 1 Lowe 2,411
21/12/1986 Mansfield Town A 5 - 1 Lo3, B.Campbell, Jewell 3,035
26/12/1986 Chester City H 2 - 2 C. Thompson, B. Campbell 4,187
27/12/1986 York City A 1 - 1 Cribley (pen) 3,237
01/01/1987 Bury A 3 - 1 Cribley (pen), Jewell, Cook 3,324
03/01/1987 Darlington H 1 - 1 Hilditch 3,154
24/01/1987 Bristol City H 3 - 1 B. Campbell 2, Hilditch 3,092
07/02/1987 Walsall A 3 - 2 Hilditch, Holden, Lowe 6,959
13/02/1987 Blackpool H 4 - 1 Cribley 2 (2 pen), Jewell, Hilditch 6,857
28/02/1987 Rotherham United H 2 - 1 Dungworth og, Lowe 3,917
03/03/1987 Carlisle United A 2 - 0 C. Thompson, Jewell 2,278
07/03/1987 AFC Bournemouth H 1 - 1 Jewell
17/03/1987 Chesterfield H 1 - 1 Lowe 2,556
21/03/1987 Bristol Rovers A 0 - 1 2,635
24/03/1987 Notts County H 1 - 0 Jewell 3,171
28/03/1987 Swindon Town H 3 - 2 B. Campbell, Cribley (pen), Cook 4,424
31/03/1987 Newport County A 2 - 1 Cook, Jewell 1,428
04/04/1987 Port Vale H 2 - 1 B. Campbell, B. Campbell 3,567
07/04/1987 Bolton Wanderers A 2 - 1 Jewell, B. Campbell 5,321
14/04/1987 AFC Bournemouth H 0 - 2 4,672
17/04/1987 Bury H 1 - 0 Hilditch 3,892
20/04/1987 Chester City A 2 - 1 Hilditch, Cribley (pen) 3,813
22/04/1987 Doncaster Rovers A 1 - 1 Lowe 1,470
25/04/1987 Mansfield Town H 3 - 0 B. Campbell, Jewell, Lowe 3,395
28/04/1987 Fulham A 2 - 2 Lowe, Jewell 3,609
02/05/1987 Gillingham A 0 - 0 5,376
04/05/1987 York City H 3 - 2 B. Campbell, Lowe, Hamilton 3,816
06/05/1987 Middlesbrough A 0 - 0 18,523
09/05/1987 Brentford A 3 - 2 Lowe, Cribley (pen), Knowles 4,235

Isle of Man Festival Trophy

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
28/07/1986 Bohemians N 4 - 1 Butler, I. Griffiths, Thompson, Jewell
30/07/1986 Heart of Midlothian N 1 - 1 Lowe
31/07/1986 Stoke City N 1 - 0 I. Griffiths
02/08/1986 Portsmouth N 1 - 0 Lowe

Littlewoods Challenge Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
26/08/1986 Blackburn Rovers (1.1) H 1 - 3 Cribley 2,368
02/09/1986 Blackburn Rovers (1.2) A 0 - 2 2,831

Freight Rover Trophy

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
16/12/1986 Wrexham (Pre) H 2 - 2 Knowles, Cribley 1,465
03/02/1987 Tranmere Rovers (Pre) A 3 - 2 Cook, Jewell, Lowe 1,217
10/02/1987 Bury (1) A 1 - 1 Jewell 1,112

FA Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
15/11/1986 Lincoln City (1) H 3 - 2 Griffiths, Lo2 3,547
06/12/1986 Darlington (2) A 5 - 0 Campbell 2, Jewell 2, Thompson 2,552
19/01/1987 Gillingham (3) H 2 - 1 Thompson, Campbell 3,549
31/01/1987 Norwich City (4) H 1 - 0 Jewell 8,095
21/02/1987 Hull City (5) H 3 - 0 Thompson, Jewell, Campbell 11,453
15/03/1987 Leeds United (6) H 0 - 2 12,250

Play-Off

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
14/05/1987 Swindon Town (PO SF1) H 2 - 3 C. Thompson, Lowe 6,718
17/05/1987 Swindon Town (PO SF2) A 0 - 0 12,485

Lancashire Senior Cup

Date Opponent H/A Score Scorers Att Prog Press
09/08/1986 Burnley (Group) H 1 - 1 1,889
13/08/1986 Preston North End (Group) A 2 - 0
16/08/1986 Bolton Wanderers (Group) A 4 - 3
19/08/1986 Bury (F) A 0 - 1
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