Bradford City 1987–88 football season
Bradford City 1987–88 season Chairman Stafford Heginbotham Manager Terry Dolan Football League Division Two 4th[1] FA Cup Fifth Round Littlewoods Cup Quarter-finals Simod Cup Quarter-finals Top goalscorer League: Ron Futcher (14) All: Ron Futcher (19) Highest home attendance 16,017 (v Ipswich Town , 7 May 1988) 16,017 (v Middlesbrough , play-offs , 15 May 1988) Lowest home attendance 8,658 (v Millwall , 5 September 1987) 6,408 (v Fulham , Littlewoods Cup , 10 November 2007)
The 1987–88 season was the 85th season in Bradford City A.F.C.'s history, and their 73rd in The Football League . They finished fourth in the Football League Second Division , having been six points clear at the top of the table at one point. City went into the play-offs and lost over two legs to a Middlesbrough side who City had beaten twice during the league campaign. Having won the first leg 2–1, Middlesbrough went ahead in the second game and after extra time finished 2–0 winners.
The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup , the quarter-finals of the League Cup , where they were defeated by eventual winners Luton Town and the semi-finals of the Simod Cup , where they were also knocked by the eventual winners, Reading .
Captain Stuart McCall and forward John Hendrie left at the end of the season. McCall went to an Everton side managed by Colin Harvey and Hendrie to Newcastle United .
Source[2] Game Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes 1 15 August 1987 Swindon Town Home 2–0 10,553 Futcher , McCall 2 18 August 1987 Oldham Athletic Away 2–0 8,087 Abbott (pen), Hendrie 3 22 August 1987 Bournemouth Away 0–2 7,025 4 29 August 1987 Leeds United Home 0–0 11,428 5 5 September 1987 Millwall Home 3–1 8,658 Futcher (2, 1 pen), Palin 6 12 September 1987 Stoke City Away 2–1 9,571 Ellis , Futcher 7 16 September 1987 Plymouth Argyle Home 3–1 11,009 Abbott (3, 2 pens) 8 19 September 1987 Blackburn Rovers Home 2–1 12,068 Hendrie , Mitchell 9 26 September 1987 Shrewsbury Town Away 2–2 4,247 Futcher , Ormondroyd 10 29 September 1987 Huddersfield Town Away 2–1 11,671 McCall , Mitchell 11 3 October 1987 Middlesbrough Home 2–0 14,222 Leonard , Palin 12 10 October 1987 West Bromwich Albion Away 1–0 12,241 McCall 13 17 October 1987 Birmingham City Home 4–0 12,256 Leonard (2), McCall , Palin 14 21 October 1987 Manchester City Home 2–4 14,819 Evans , Mitchell 15 24 October 1987 Reading Away 1–1 5,920 Hendrie 16 31 October 1987 Crystal Palace Home 2–0 13,021 Leonard , McCall 17 3 November 1987 Hull City Away 0–0 14,443 18 7 November 1987 Barnsley Away 0–3 11,569 19 14 November 1987 Sheffield United Home 2–0 13,694 Futcher , Mitchell 20 21 November 1987 Leicester City Away 2–0 11,543 Futcher , Hendrie 21 28 November 1987 Aston Villa Home 2–4 15,006 Futcher (2, 2 pens) 22 5 December 1987 Ipswich Town Away 0–4 13,707 23 12 December 1987 Bournemouth Home 2–0 10,763 Leonard (2) 24 20 December 1987 Plymouth Argyle Away 1–2 11,350 McCall 25 26 December 1987 Shrewsbury Town Home 1–1 12,474 Ellis 26 28 December 1987 Blackburn Rovers Away 1–1 14,124 Mitchell 27 1 January 1988 Leeds United Away 0–2 36,004 28 2 January 1988 Stoke City Home 1–4 12,223 Ormondroyd 29 6 February 1988 Millwall Away 1–0 8,201 Ormondroyd 30 13 February 1988 Oldham Athletic Home 5–3 13,862 Hendrie (3), Kennedy , McCall 31 27 February 1988 Middlesbrough Away 2–1 21,079 Ormondroyd (2) 32 1 March 1988 Huddersfield Town Home 0–1 12,782 33 5 March 1988 Birmingham City Away 1–1 8,101 Hendrie 34 12 March 1988 West Bromwich Albion Home 4–1 12,502 Hendrie , Leonard (2), Sinnott 35 19 March 1988 Crystal Palace Away 1–1 9,801 Ormondroyd 36 30 March 1988 Swindon Town Away 2–2 8,203 Futcher , Leonard [3] 37 2 April 1988 Barnsley Home 1–1 15,098 Hendrie 38 4 April 1988 Sheffield United Away 2–1 13,888 Hendrie , Ormondroyd 39 9 April 1988 Hull City Home 2–0 13,659 Futcher (pen), Ormondroyd 40 20 April 1988 Reading Home 3–0 13,608 Futcher , Hendrie , McCall 41 23 April 1988 Manchester City Away 2–2 20,335 Futcher (pen), Leonard 42 30 April 1988 Leicester City Home 4–1 14,393 Futcher (pen), Hendrie , Mitchell , Ormondroyd 43 2 May 1988 Aston Villa Away 0–1 36,423 44 7 May 1988 Ipswich Town Home 2–3 16,017 Abbott , McCall
Round (Leg) Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Notes 2 (1) 22 September 1987 Fulham Away 5–1 4,357 Futcher (2), Mitchell , Oliver , Ormondroyd 2 (2) 7 October 1987 Fulham Home 2–1 6,408 Hendrie , McCall 3 27 October 1987 Charlton Athletic Away 1–0 3,629 Abbott 4 18 November 1987 Reading Away 0–0 6,784 4R 24 November 1987 Reading Home 1–0 10,448 Ormondroyd 5 19 January 1988 Luton Town Away 0–2 11,022
Source[5] Sources[2] [5] ^ Lost to Middlesbrough in play-off semi-finals ^ a b Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 . Breedon Books Sport. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-907969-38-0 . ^ Original game was abandoned with Swindon winning 3–0 ^ 0–1 after 90 minutes ^ a b Frost. Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 . pp. 352–353. ^ 1–1 after 90 minutes ^ Kennedy was born in Salford , England. ^ McCall was born in Leeds , England.
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