< Third Division 1986/87 >

#       Pl Pt W D L G
Bournemouth 46 97 29 10 7 76-40
Middlesbrough 46 94 28 10 8 67-30
Swindon 46 87 25 12 9 77-47
Wigan 46 85 25 10 11 83-60
Gillingham 46 78 23 9 14 65-48
Bristol City 46 77 21 14 11 63-36
Notts County 46 76 21 13 12 77-56
Walsall 46 75 22 9 15 80-67
Blackpool 46 64 16 16 14 74-59
10º Mansfield Town 46 61 15 16 15 52-55
11º Brentford 46 60 15 15 16 64-66
12º Port Vale 46 57 15 12 19 76-70
13º Doncaster 46 57 14 15 17 56-62
14º Rotherham Utd. 46 57 15 12 19 48-57
15º Chester 46 56 13 17 16 61-59
16º Bury 46 55 14 13 19 54-60
17º Chesterfield 46 54 13 15 18 56-69
18º Fulham 46 53 12 17 17 59-77
19º Bristol Rovers 46 51 13 12 21 49-75
20º York City 46 49 12 13 21 55-79
21º Bolton Wanderers 46 45 10 15 21 46-58
22º Carlisle 46 38 10 8 28 39-78
23º Darlington 46 37 7 16 23 45-77
24º Newport County 46 37 8 13 25 49-86
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
Multi-Level 
Semi-Final
Aldershot Bolton Wanderers 1-0 2-2
Colchester Wolverhampton 0-2 0-0
Final
Aldershot Wolverhampton 2-0 1-0