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Chelsea
1987–88 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	John Hollins; Bobby Campbell
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gordon Durie (12); All: Gordon Durie (20)
Highest home attendance	40,550 vs Middlesbrough; (28 May 1988)
Lowest home attendance	8,501 vs Barnsley; (18 November 1987)
Average home league attendance	20,407
Biggest win	4–1 v Blackburn Rovers; (18 May 1988)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Swindon Town; (19 January 1988)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 season was Chelsea Football Club's seventy-fourth competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	West Ham United	40	9	15	16	40	52	−12	42
17	Charlton Athletic	40	9	15	16	38	52	−14	42
18	Chelsea (R)	40	9	15	16	50	68	−18	42	Qualified for Second Division play-offs
19	Portsmouth (R)	40	7	14	19	36	66	−30	35	Relegated to Second Division
20	Watford (R)	40	7	11	22	27	51	−24	32	Relegated to Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.