1986–87 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1986–87 season
Manager	Howard Kendall
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	1st
FA Cup	6th round
League Cup	Quarter-Final
Full Members' Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Trevor Steven (14); All: Adrian Heath ; Sheedy ; Trevor Steven (16)
Highest home attendance	53,323 vs. Liverpool (21 January 1987)
Lowest home attendance	7,530 vs. Newcastle United (3 December 1986)

During the 1986–87 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 1st in the table with 86 points. The Toffees advanced to the 5th round of the FA Cup, losing to Liverpool, and to the semifinals of the League Cup, losing to Arsenal.

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Everton	42	16	4	1	49	11	10	4	7	27	20	76	31	+45	86	Excluded from the 1987–88 European Cup ^{[notes 1]}
2	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	43	16	8	5	8	29	26	72	42	+30	77	Excluded from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	3	4	40	14	7	5	9	28	29	68	43	+25	71	Excluded from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
4	Arsenal	42	12	5	4	31	12	8	5	8	27	23	58	35	+23	70	Excluded from the 1987–88 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
5	Norwich City	42	9	10	2	27	20	8	7	6	26	31	53	51	+2	68
6	Wimbledon	42	11	5	5	32	22	8	4	9	25	28	57	50	+7	66
7	Luton Town	42	14	5	2	29	13	4	7	10	18	32	47	45	+2	66
8	Nottingham Forest	42	12	8	1	36	14	6	3	12	28	37	64	51	+13	65
9	Watford	42	12	5	4	38	20	6	4	11	29	34	67	54	+13	63
10	Coventry City	42	14	4	3	35	17	3	8	10	15	28	50	45	+5	63	Excluded from the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup^{[notes 1]}
11	Manchester United	42	13	3	5	38	18	1	11	9	14	27	52	45	+7	56
12	Southampton	42	11	5	5	44	24	3	5	13	25	44	69	68	+1	52
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	7	5	39	24	4	6	11	19	35	58	59	–1	52
14	Chelsea	42	8	6	7	30	30	5	7	9	23	34	53	64	–11	52
15	West Ham United	42	10	4	7	33	28	4	6	11	19	39	52	67	–15	52
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	7	5	31	27	4	4	13	17	37	48	64	–16	50
17	Newcastle United	42	10	4	7	33	29	2	7	12	14	36	47	65	–18	47
18	Oxford United	42	8	8	5	30	25	3	5	13	14	44	44	69	–25	46
19	Charlton Athletic	42	7	7	7	26	22	4	4	13	19	33	45	55	–10	44	^{[notes 2]}
20	Leicester City	42	9	7	5	39	24	2	2	17	15	52	54	76	–22	42
21	Manchester City	42	8	6	7	28	24	0	9	12	8	33	36	57	–21	39
22	Aston Villa	42	7	7	7	25	25	1	5	15	20	54	45	79	–34	36

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ All English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985
↑ Charlton Athletic were able to retain their place in the 1st Division through play-offs.

Key
	League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup Winners, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
	UEFA Cup spot, but excluded
	League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
	Into play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Charity Shield


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
16 August 1986	Liverpool	N	1-1	88,231	Heath

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Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23 August 1986	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	35,198	Sheedy (2)
25 August 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-2	33,007	Sharp, Langley
30 August 1986	Coventry City	A	1-1	13,504	Marshall
2 September 1986	Oxford United	H	3-1	26,018	Steven (pen), Harper, Langley
6 September 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	30,173
13 September 1986	Wimbledon	A	2-1	11,708	Sheedy, Sharp
21 September 1986	Manchester United	H	3-1	25,843	Sharp, Sheedy, Heath
27 September 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	28,007
4 October 1986	Arsenal	H	0-1	30,007
11 October 1986	Charlton Athletic	A	2-3	10,564	Sheedy (2)
18 October 1986	Southampton	A	2-0	18,009	Steven (pen), Wilkinson
25 October 1986	Watford	H	3-2	28,577	Mountfield (2), Steven (pen)
2 November 1986	West Ham United	A	0-2	19,094
8 November 1986	Chelsea	H	2-2	29,727	Steven (pen), Sheedy
15 November 1986	Leicester City	A	2-0	13,450	Heath, Sheedy
23 November 1986	Liverpool	H	0-0	48,247
29 November 1986	Manchester City	A	3-1	27,097	Heath, Power
6 December 1986	Norwich City	H	4-0	26,476	Power, Steven (pen), Pointon, Heath
13 December 1986	Luton Town	A	0-1	11,151
20 December 1986	Wimbledon	H	3-0	25,553	Steven, Sheedy, Heath
26 December 1986	Newcastle United	A	4-0	47,024	Steven (2), Power, Heath
28 December 1986	Leicester City	H	5-1	39,730	Heath (2), Wilkinson, O'Neil, Sheedy
1 January 1987	Aston Villa	H	3-0	40,203	Harper, Steven, Sheedy,
3 January 1987	Queen's Park Rangers	A	1-0	19,287	Sharp
17 January 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	33,011	Steven (pen), Watson
25 January 1987	Nottingham Forest	A	0-1	17,009
7 February 1987	Coventry City	H	3-1	30,402	Stevens, Steven, Heath
14 February 1987	Oxford United	A	1-1	11,878	Wilkinson
28 February 1987	Manchester United	A	0-0	47,421
8 March 1987	Watford	A	1-2	14,014	Heath
14 March 1987	Southampton	H	3-0	26,564	Wright, Power, Watson
21 March 1987	Charlton Athletic	H	2-1	27,291	Steven (pen), Stevens
28 March 1987	Arsenal	A	1-0	36,218	Clarke
4 April 1987	Chelsea	A	2-1	21,914	McLaughlin, Harper
11 April 1987	West Ham United	H	4-0	35,731	Clarke, Reid, Stevens, Watson
18 April 1987	Aston Villa	A	1-0	31,218	Sheedy
20 April 1987	Newcastle United	H	3-0	43,576	Clarke (3)
25 April 1987	Liverpool	A	1-3	44,827	Sheedy
2 May 1987	Manchester City	H	0-0	37,541
4 May 1987	Norwich City	A	1-0	23,489	Van Den Hauwe
9 May 1987	Luton Town	H	3-1	44,092	Steven (2 pens), Sharp
11 May 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	28,287	Mountfield

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FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	10 January 1987	Southampton	A	2-1	32,320	Sharp (2)
4	31 January 1987	Bradford City	A	1-0	15,519	Snodin
5	22 February 1987	Wimbledon	A	1-3	9,924	Wilkinson

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League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	24 September 1986	Newport County	H	4-0	11,957	Wilkinson (2), Langley, Heath
2:2	7 October 1986	Newport County	A	5-1 (agg 9-1)	7,172	Wilkinson (3), Sharp, Mullan
3	28 October 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4-0	24,638	Wilkinson (2), Heath, Mountfied
4	19 November 1986	Norwich City	A	4-1	17,988	Sheedy, Sharp, Steven (pen), Heath
QF	21 January 1987	Liverpool	H	0-1	53,323

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Full Members' Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
4	3 December 1986	Newcastle United	H	5-2	7,530	Sharp (3 including 1 penalty), Heath, Sheedy
QF	3 March 1987	Charlton Athletic	H	2-2	7,914	Steven, Wilkinson

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Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Neil Adams
		MF	Paul Bracewell
		FW	Wayne Clarke
		DF	Alan Harper
		FW	Adrian Heath
		FW	Ian Marshall
		GK	Bobby Mimms
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Neil Pointon
		DF	Paul Power
		DF	Kevin Ratcliffe
		MF	Peter Reid

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Graeme Sharp
		MF	Kevin Sheedy
		DF	Ian Snodin
		GK	Neville Southall
		MF	Trevor Steven
		DF	Gary Stevens
		DF	Pat Van Den Hauwe
		DF	Dave Watson
		MF	Ian Wilson
		GK	Alec Chamberlain
		GK	Mike Stowell

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References

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[1] All English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985

[2] Charlton Athletic were able to retain their place in the 1st Division through play-offs.

[8687results-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Everton's Record in 1986-87

[4] 1986-1987 Summary: Appearances and Goals

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