During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.
Season summary Leicester started the season poorly with five defeats from their first six league games, which put manager Hamilton under real pressure. He signed strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Mike Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter, but two wins in eleven league games cost Hamilton his job in December. He was replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur manager David Pleat, and fortunes turned in the second half of the season, with Leicester losing only four league games during that period and scoring in each of their final sixteen league fixtures.
Final league table
Results Leicester City's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1987 Shrewsbury TownH0–18,469 19 August 1987 Leeds UnitedA0–121,034 29 August 1987 MillwallH1–07,559Moran 31 August 1987 Stoke CityA1–29,948McAllister 5 September 1987 Aston VillaH0–210,286 12 September 1987 Crystal PalaceA1–28,925McAllister 16 September 1987 Oldham AthleticH4–17,358Newell, Rantanen, Ford, Wilson 19 September 1987 Plymouth ArgyleH4–08,872Wilson, Ford, Newell, Rantanen 26 September 1987 BournemouthA3–27,969Newell, Osman, Mauchlen 30 September 1987 Ipswich TownH1–111,533Moran 3 October 1987 Manchester CityA2–416,481Newell, Rantanen 10 October 1987 BarnsleyH0–08,665 17 October 1987 Sheffield UnitedA1–210,593McAllister 21 October 1987 West Bromwich AlbionH3–09,262Walsh, Moran (2) 24 October 1987 Hull CityA2–28,826McAllister, Walsh 31 October 1987 Blackburn RoversH1–28,650Moran 7 November 1987 Swindon TownH3–28,346Ramsey, Walsh, Venus 14 November 1987 Birmingham CityA2–28,666Walsh, Cusack 21 November 1987 Bradford CityH0–211,543 28 November 1987 Huddersfield TownA0–16,704 5 December 1987 MiddlesbroughH0–09,411 12 December 1987 Oldham AthleticA0–24,785 26 December 1987 BournemouthH0–111,452 28 December 1987 Plymouth ArgyleA0–415,581 1 January 1988 MillwallA0–17,220 2 January 1988 Crystal PalaceH4–410,104Brien, McAllister (pen), Reid, Wilkinson 16 January 1988 Shrewsbury TownA0–05,025 30 January 1988 ReadingA2–16,645Osman, Walsh 6 February 1988 Aston VillaA1–218,867Newell 13 February 1988 Leeds UnitedH3–211,937McAllister (2, 1 pen), Cross 20 February 1988 Ipswich TownA2–011,084Reid, Newell 27 February 1988 Manchester CityH1–013,852Cross 5 March 1988 Sheffield UnitedH1–012,256Cross 12 March 1988 BarnsleyA1–17,447Walsh 16 March 1988 Stoke CityH1–110,502Mauchlen 19 March 1988 Blackburn RoversA3–39,564Reid (2), Newell 26 March 1988 Hull CityH2–110,353Newell, Weir (pen) 2 April 1988 Swindon TownA2–39,450Osman, McAllister 5 April 1988 Birmingham CityH2–013,541Osman (2) 9 April 1988 West Bromwich AlbionA1–111,013Cross 23 April 1988 ReadingH1–09,603Walsh 30 April 1988 Bradford CityA1–414,393Reid 2 May 1988 Huddersfield TownH3–09,803Cross (2), Groves 7 May 1988 MiddlesbroughA2–127,645Weir, McAllister
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR39 January 1988 Oxford UnitedA0–27,557
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st leg 23 September 1987 Scunthorpe UnitedH2–17,718McAllister, NewellR2 2nd leg 6 October 1987 Scunthorpe UnitedA2–1 (won 4-2 on agg)4,031Reid, RantanenR328 October 1987 Oxford UnitedA0–014,586Newell, ReidR3R4 November 1987 Oxford UnitedH2–310,476Newell (2)
Full Members Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR110 November 1987 Huddersfield TownH1–03,440FordR21 December 1987 Charlton AthleticH2–1 1,327Jobling (2)R319 January 1988 Stoke CityA0–0 (lost 3-5 on pens)5,161
Squad
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