< Second Division 1987/88 >

#       Pl Pt W D L G
Millwall 44 82 25 7 12 72-52
Aston Villa 44 78 22 12 10 68-41
Middlesbrough 44 78 22 12 10 63-36
Bradford 44 77 22 11 11 75-54
Blackburn 44 77 21 14 9 68-52
Crystal Palace 44 75 22 9 13 86-59
Leeds United 44 69 19 12 13 61-51
Ipswich 44 66 19 9 16 61-52
Manchester City 44 65 19 8 17 80-60
10º Oldham 44 65 18 11 15 72-64
11º Stoke 44 62 17 11 16 50-57
12º Swindon 44 59 16 11 17 73-60
13º Leicester 44 59 16 11 17 62-61
14º Barnsley 44 57 15 12 17 61-62
15º Hull 44 57 14 15 15 54-60
16º Plymouth Argyle 44 56 16 8 20 65-67
17º Bournemouth 44 49 13 10 21 56-68
18º Shrewsbury Town 44 49 11 16 17 42-54
19º Birmingham 44 48 11 15 18 41-66
20º W.B.A. 44 47 12 11 21 50-69
21º Sheffield United 44 46 13 7 24 45-74
22º Reading 44 42 10 12 22 44-70
23º Huddersfield Town 44 28 6 10 28 41-100
Multi-Level 
Semi-Final
Bristol City Sheffield United 1-0 1-1
Notts County Walsall 1-3 1-1
Final
Bristol City Walsall 1-3 2-0 0-4
Multi-Level 
Semi-Final
Blackburn Chelsea 0-2 1-4
Bradford Middlesbrough 2-1 0-2
Final
Middlesbrough Chelsea 2-0 0-1