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

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

Final league table

Main article: 1986–87 Football League

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

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

1. 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

Main article: 1986–87 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

Main article: 1986–87 Football 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

Main article: 1986–87 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

1. "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.
2. "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1987". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
3. "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1987".