1987–88 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
1987–88 season
Chairman	Stafford Heginbotham
Manager	Terry Dolan
Football League Division Two	4th[1]
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Littlewoods Cup	Quarter-finals
Simod Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Futcher (14); All: Ron Futcher (19)
Highest home attendance	16,017 (v Ipswich Town, 7 May 1988); 16,017 (v Middlesbrough, play-offs, 15 May 1988)
Lowest home attendance	8,658 (v Millwall, 5 September 1987); 6,408 (v Fulham, Littlewoods Cup, 10 November 2007)

The 1987–88 season was the 85th season in Bradford City A.F.C.'s history, and their 73rd in The Football League. They finished fourth in the Football League Second Division, having been six points clear at the top of the table at one point. City went into the play-offs and lost over two legs to a Middlesbrough side who City had beaten twice during the league campaign. Having won the first leg 2–1, Middlesbrough went ahead in the second game and after extra time finished 2–0 winners.

The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the League Cup, where they were defeated by eventual winners Luton Town and the semi-finals of the Simod Cup, where they were also knocked by the eventual winners, Reading.

Captain Stuart McCall and forward John Hendrie left at the end of the season. McCall went to an Everton side managed by Colin Harvey and Hendrie to Newcastle United.

Match results

Source[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Division Two


Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
1	15 August 1987	Swindon Town	Home	2–0	10,553	Futcher, McCall
2	18 August 1987	Oldham Athletic	Away	2–0	8,087	Abbott (pen), Hendrie
3	22 August 1987	Bournemouth	Away	0–2	7,025
4	29 August 1987	Leeds United	Home	0–0	11,428
5	5 September 1987	Millwall	Home	3–1	8,658	Futcher (2, 1 pen), Palin
6	12 September 1987	Stoke City	Away	2–1	9,571	Ellis, Futcher
7	16 September 1987	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3–1	11,009	Abbott (3, 2 pens)
8	19 September 1987	Blackburn Rovers	Home	2–1	12,068	Hendrie, Mitchell
9	26 September 1987	Shrewsbury Town	Away	2–2	4,247	Futcher, Ormondroyd
10	29 September 1987	Huddersfield Town	Away	2–1	11,671	McCall, Mitchell
11	3 October 1987	Middlesbrough	Home	2–0	14,222	Leonard, Palin
12	10 October 1987	West Bromwich Albion	Away	1–0	12,241	McCall
13	17 October 1987	Birmingham City	Home	4–0	12,256	Leonard (2), McCall, Palin
14	21 October 1987	Manchester City	Home	2–4	14,819	Evans, Mitchell
15	24 October 1987	Reading	Away	1–1	5,920	Hendrie
16	31 October 1987	Crystal Palace	Home	2–0	13,021	Leonard, McCall
17	3 November 1987	Hull City	Away	0–0	14,443
18	7 November 1987	Barnsley	Away	0–3	11,569
19	14 November 1987	Sheffield United	Home	2–0	13,694	Futcher, Mitchell
20	21 November 1987	Leicester City	Away	2–0	11,543	Futcher, Hendrie
21	28 November 1987	Aston Villa	Home	2–4	15,006	Futcher (2, 2 pens)
22	5 December 1987	Ipswich Town	Away	0–4	13,707
23	12 December 1987	Bournemouth	Home	2–0	10,763	Leonard (2)
24	20 December 1987	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1–2	11,350	McCall
25	26 December 1987	Shrewsbury Town	Home	1–1	12,474	Ellis
26	28 December 1987	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–1	14,124	Mitchell
27	1 January 1988	Leeds United	Away	0–2	36,004
28	2 January 1988	Stoke City	Home	1–4	12,223	Ormondroyd
29	6 February 1988	Millwall	Away	1–0	8,201	Ormondroyd
30	13 February 1988	Oldham Athletic	Home	5–3	13,862	Hendrie (3), Kennedy, McCall
31	27 February 1988	Middlesbrough	Away	2–1	21,079	Ormondroyd (2)
32	1 March 1988	Huddersfield Town	Home	0–1	12,782
33	5 March 1988	Birmingham City	Away	1–1	8,101	Hendrie
34	12 March 1988	West Bromwich Albion	Home	4–1	12,502	Hendrie, Leonard (2), Sinnott
35	19 March 1988	Crystal Palace	Away	1–1	9,801	Ormondroyd
36	30 March 1988	Swindon Town	Away	2–2	8,203	Futcher, Leonard	[3]
37	2 April 1988	Barnsley	Home	1–1	15,098	Hendrie
38	4 April 1988	Sheffield United	Away	2–1	13,888	Hendrie, Ormondroyd
39	9 April 1988	Hull City	Home	2–0	13,659	Futcher (pen), Ormondroyd
40	20 April 1988	Reading	Home	3–0	13,608	Futcher, Hendrie, McCall
41	23 April 1988	Manchester City	Away	2–2	20,335	Futcher (pen), Leonard
42	30 April 1988	Leicester City	Home	4–1	14,393	Futcher (pen), Hendrie, Mitchell, Ormondroyd
43	2 May 1988	Aston Villa	Away	0–1	36,423
44	7 May 1988	Ipswich Town	Home	2–3	16,017	Abbott, McCall

Play-offs


Round (Leg)	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
SF (1)	15 May 1988	Middlesbrough	Home	2–1	16,017	Goddard, McCall
SF (2)	18 May 1988	Middlesbrough	Away	0–2 (aet)[4]	25,868

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	9 January 1987	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	2–1	13,334	Ellis, Hendrie
4	30 January 1987	Oxford United	Home	4–2	13,653	Evans, Hendrie, Kennedy (pen), McCall
5	20 February 1988	Portsmouth	Away	0–3	19,324

League Cup


Round (Leg)	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2 (1)	22 September 1987	Fulham	Away	5–1	4,357	Futcher (2), Mitchell, Oliver, Ormondroyd
2 (2)	7 October 1987	Fulham	Home	2–1	6,408	Hendrie, McCall
3	27 October 1987	Charlton Athletic	Away	1–0	3,629	Abbott
4	18 November 1987	Reading	Away	0–0	6,784
4R	24 November 1987	Reading	Home	1–0	10,448	Ormondroyd
5	19 January 1988	Luton Town	Away	0–2	11,022

Full Members Cup

Source[5]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	11 November 1987	Aston Villa	Away	5–0	4,357	Futcher (2), Mitchell, Ormondroyd, O'Shaughnessy
2	2 December 1987	Newcastle United	Home	2–1	8,866	Futcher, Abbott
3	25 January 1988	Southampton	Home	1–0	7,844	McCall
SF	10 February 1988	Reading	Away	1–2 (aet)[6]	6,424	Hendrie

Player details

Sources[2][5]

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Littlewoods Cup		Simod Cup		Play-offs		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Peter Litchfield	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
GK	Paul Tomlinson	42	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	2	0	54	0
DF	Dave Evans	43	1	3	1	6	0	4	0	2	0	58	2
DF	Karl Goddard	29	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	2	1	39	1
DF	Brian Mitchell	42	6	2	0	6	1	4	1	0	0	54	8
DF	Gavin Oliver	43	0	3	0	5	0	3	0	2	0	56	0
DF	Lee Sinnott	42	1	3	0	6	0	3	0	2	0	56	1
DF	Steve Staunton	7 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10 (1)	0
DF	Chris Withe	0 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
MF	Greg Abbott	25 (7)	5	2	0	3 (1)	1	3 (1)	1	2	0	35 (9)	7
MF	Mark Ellis	16 (6)	2	2 (1)	1	3 (1)	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	24 (9)	3
MF	John Hendrie	43	13	3	2	6	1	3	1	2	0	57	17
MF	Mick Kennedy[7]	15	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	22	2
MF	Stuart McCall[8]	44	9	6	1	3	1	4	1	2	0	59	12
MF	Steve O'Shaughnessy	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	1	0	0	0 (3)	1
MF	Leigh Palin	18 (2)	3	1	0	3 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	24 (4)	3
MF	Robbie Savage	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Aidey Thorpe	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
FW	Ron Futcher	25 (7)	14	1	0	5	2	2 (1)	3	2	0	35 (8)	19
FW	Mark Leonard	16 (12)	10	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0	2	0	0 (2)	0	19 (18)	10
FW	Ian Ormondroyd	28 (9)	9	2	0	3 (2)	2	2 (1)	1	2	0	37 (12)	12

References

Lost to Middlesbrough in play-off semi-finals
Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
Original game was abandoned with Swindon winning 3–0
0–1 after 90 minutes
Frost. Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. pp. 352–353.
1–1 after 90 minutes
Kennedy was born in Salford, England.
McCall was born in Leeds, England.

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[1] Lost to Middlesbrough in play-off semi-finals

[f316-2] Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

[3] Original game was abandoned with Swindon winning 3–0

[4] 0–1 after 90 minutes

[f352-5] Frost. Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. pp. 352–353.

[6] 1–1 after 90 minutes

[7] Kennedy was born in Salford, England.

[8] McCall was born in Leeds, England.