Football League Third Division  1986/87

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  AFC Bournemouth 46 29 10 7 76 40 +36 97 ▲Champions
2nd  Middlesbrough 46 28 10 8 67 30 +37 94 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Swindon Town 46 25 12 9 77 47 +30 87 ▲PO Winners
4th  Wigan Athletic 46 25 10 11 83 60 +23 85 Playoffs
5th  Gillingham 46 23 9 14 65 48 +17 78 Playoffs
6th  Bristol City 46 21 14 11 63 36 +27 77 -
7th  Notts County 46 21 13 12 77 56 +21 76 -
8th  Walsall 46 22 9 15 80 67 +13 75 -
9th  Blackpool 46 16 16 14 74 59 +15 64 -
10th  Mansfield Town 46 15 16 15 52 55 -3 61 -
11th  Brentford 46 15 15 16 64 66 -2 60 -
12th  Port Vale 46 15 12 19 76 70 +6 57 -
13th  Doncaster Rovers 46 14 15 17 56 62 -6 57 -
14th  Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 48 57 -9 57 -
15th  Chester City 46 13 17 16 61 59 +2 56 -
16th  Bury 46 14 13 19 54 60 -6 55 -
17th  Chesterfield 46 13 15 18 56 69 -13 54 -
18th  Fulham 46 12 17 17 59 77 -18 53 -
19th  Bristol Rovers 46 13 12 21 49 75 -26 51 -
20th  York City 46 12 13 21 55 79 -24 49 -
21st  Bolton Wanderers 46 10 15 21 46 58 -12 45 ▼Relegated
22nd  Carlisle United 46 10 8 28 39 78 -39 38 ▼Relegated
23rd  Darlington 46 7 16 23 45 77 -32 37 ▼Relegated
24th  Newport County 46 8 13 25 49 86 -37 37 ▼Relegated

 

Football League Second/Third Division - The Playoffs

Semi Finals 1st Leg

Date Home Score Away
Thu May 14 Gillingham 3-2 Sunderland
Thu May 14 Wigan Athletic 2-3 Swindon Town

Semi Finals 2nd Leg

Sun May 17 Sunderland 4-3 Gillingham
Gillingham Won on the Away Goals Rule after Drawing 6-6 on aggregate
Sun May 17 Swindon Town 0-0 Wigan Athletic
Swindon Town Won 3-2 on aggregate
Final 1st Leg
Fri May 22 Gillingham 1-0 Swindon Town
Final 2nd Leg
Mon May 25 Swindon Town 2-1 Gillingham

Aggregate Score: Swindon Town 2-2 Gillingham

Final Replay
Fri May 29 Swindon Town 2-0 Gillingham

 

End of Season Notes

 ▼Grimsby Town were Relegated from the Second Division
 ▼Brighton & Hove Albion Relegated from the Second Division
 ▲Bournemouth were Promoted to the Second Division
 ▲Middlesbrough were Promoted to the Second Division
 ♦ Sunderland (Second Division) Qualified for Playoffs
 ♦ Swindon Town Qualified for Playoffs
 ♦ Wigan Athletic Qualified for Playoffs
 ♦ Gillingham Qualified for Playoffs
 ▼Sunderland were Relegated from the Second Division after the conclusion of the Second Division/Third Division Playoffs
 ▲Swindon Town were Promoted to the Second Division via the Playoffs
 ▼Bolton Wanderers were Relegated to the Fourth Division after the conclusion of the Third Division/Fourth Division Playoffs
 ▼Carlisle United were Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▼Darlington were Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▼Newport County Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▲Northampton Town were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Preston North End were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Southend United were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Aldershot were Promoted from the Fourth Division via the Playoffs