< Second Division 1986/87 >

#       Pl Pt W D L G
Derby County 42 84 25 9 8 64-38
Portsmouth 42 78 23 9 10 53-28
Oldham 42 75 22 9 11 65-44
Leeds United 42 68 19 11 12 58-44
Ipswich 42 64 17 13 12 59-43
Crystal Palace 42 62 19 5 18 51-53
Plymouth Argyle 42 61 16 13 13 62-57
Stoke 42 58 16 10 16 63-53
Sheffield United 42 58 15 13 14 50-49
10º Bradford 42 55 15 10 17 62-62
11º Barnsley 42 55 14 13 15 49-52
12º Blackburn 42 55 15 10 17 45-55
13º Reading 42 53 14 11 17 52-59
14º Hull 42 53 13 14 15 41-55
15º W.B.A. 42 51 13 12 17 51-49
16º Millwall 42 51 14 9 19 39-45
17º Huddersfield Town 42 51 13 12 17 54-61
18º Shrewsbury Town 42 51 15 6 21 41-53
19º Birmingham 42 50 11 17 14 47-59
20º Sunderland 42 48 12 12 18 49-59
21º Grimsby 42 44 10 14 18 39-59
22º Brighton 42 39 9 12 21 37-54
Multi-Level 
Semi-Final
Ipswich Charlton 0-0 1-2
Leeds United Oldham 1-0 1-2
Final
Charlton Leeds United 1-0 0-1 2-1
Multi-Level 
Semi-Final
Gillingham Sunderland 3-2 3-4
Wigan Swindon 2-3 0-0
Final
Gillingham Swindon 1-0 1-2 0-2