1987–88 England Hockey League season

1987–88 England Hockey League
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The 1987–88 English Hockey League season took place from September 1987 until May 1988.

The season culminated in the National Inter League Championship for men which brought together the winners of their respective regions. The championship was won by Southgate.[1]

The Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup) was won by Southgate [2] and the Women's Cup (National Club Championship finals) was won by Ealing.[3]

Men's National Inter League Championship finals

(Held at Prescot, April 30 - May 1)

Group A

Team 1 Team 2 Score
StourportWarrington1-0
WarringtonIsca2-2
IscaStourport1-3
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1Stourport2200416
2Warrington2011231
3Isca2011351

Group B

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Old LoughtoniansEast Grinstead1-3
East GrinsteadSouthgate0-2
SouthgateOld Loughtonians2-1
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1Southgate2200416
2East Grinstead2101333
3Old Loughtonians2002250
= Qualified for semi-finals

Semi-finals & Final

Round Team 1 Team 2 Score
Semi-finalSouthgateWarrington3-0
Semi-finalStourportEast Grinstead2-1
FinalSouthgateStourport6-0

Southgate
David Owen, Peter Boxell, Richard Dodds, Mark Donnelly, Soma Singh, Andrew Western, Paul Moulton, John Shaw, David Thomas, Steve Batchelor, Sean Kerly (capt)
Stourport
S Taylor, J Lee (capt), P Lee, M Reason, A Watson, D Shepherd, Mark Harradine, John McPhun, Imran Sherwani, Malcolm Evans, David Knott


Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
WarringtonHounslow1-6
St AlbansSouthgate0-1
HavantCoventry & North Warwickshire3-2 aet
SloughWelton2-0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
SouthgateSlough3-1
HounslowHavant4-0 aet

Final

(Held at Canterbury on 14 March)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
SouthgateHounslow2-1

Southgate
David Owen, Richard Dodds, Mike Spray, James Duthie, Robert Clift, John Shaw, Soma Singh, Steve Batchelor, Paul Moulton (Rupert Welch sub), David Thomas, Sean Kerly
Hounslow
Veryan Pappin, I Meakins, Dave Dixon, Guy Swayne, Jon Potter, David Hacker, Nick Gordon, Jon Rees, Robert Thompson, Tony Diamond, Martyn Grimley


Women's Cup (National Club Championship finals)

(Held at Coventry School, Coundon, April 23–24)

Final

Team 1 Team 2 Score
EalingHightown1-0

Final Placings

Pos Team
1Ealing
2Hightown
3Sutton Coldfield
4Slough
5Ipswich
6Leicester
7Clifton
8Yate & South Gloucester
9Orpington
10Great Harwood

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Friskin. "Southgate end resistance." Times [London, England] 2 May 1988". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ↑ "Sydney Friskin. "Batchelor's late goal seals match." Times [London, England] 14 Mar. 1988". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ↑ ""Ealing triumph again." Times [London, England] 25 Apr. 1988". The Times Digital Archive.
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