1986–87 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County

1986-87 season

Chairman

Robert Maxwell

Manager

Stadium

1st

First round

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Bobby Davison (19)
All: Bobby Davison (22)

Highest home attendance

21,485 vs. Portsmouth 4 March 1987

Lowest home attendance

8,531 vs.Chester City 27 August 1986

Average home league attendance

15,237

Home colours

Away colours

← 1985-86

1987-88 →

The 1986–87 season was the 89th season of association football in the Football League played by Derby County F.C., an English football club based in Derby, Derbyshire.^[1]^[2] Their third-place finish in the 1985–86 season meant they were promoted to the second tier. Arthur Cox was the manager for his third season in charge. Derby won the Second Division in this season.

Overview

Derby County played in three competitions in the 1986-87 season. The Football League Second Division, FA Cup, and Football League Cup.

The league season started on 23 August 1986 and finished on 9 May 1987. Derby finished first in the Second Division and won promotion to the First Division for the following season.

They entered the FA Cup in the first round of the FA Cup and lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday on 26 January 1987.

Derby entered the League Cup in the first round and were knocked out of the League Cup in the third round by Aston Villa, losing 2-1.

Players

Position	Nationality	Name
GK		Mark Wallington
GK		Eric Steele
GK		Steve Sutton
GK		Martin Taylor
DF		Rob Hindmarch
DF		Richard Pratley
DF		Paul Blades
DF		Mike Forsyth
DF		David Linighan
DF		Ross MacLaren
DF		Graham Harbey
DF		Mel Sage
MF		Mark Lillis
MF		John Gregory
MF		Gary Micklewhite
MF		David Penney
MF		Geraint Williams
MF		Mickey Lewis
MF		Steve McClaren
MF		Steve Cross
FW		Nigel Callaghan
FW		Jeff Chandler
FW		Andy Garner
FW		Bobby Davison
FW		Phil Gee

Kit

The kit for this season was manufactured by sportswear company OSCA. The home kit was traditional white, but with yellow and blue trim on the collar and arms. The away kit had light and dark blue vertical stripes.

The main sponsor for the kit was Sportsweek. This was the only season they sponsored the shirt.

Home

Away

Results

Second Division

		vs.

League Cup

27 August 1986 First Round, 1st Leg	Derby County	0-1	Chester City	Baseball Ground
		Report		Attendance: 8,531

3 September 1986 First Round, 2nd Leg	Chester City	1-2 (2-2a agg.)	Derby County	Sealand Road
		Report	Davison Gee	Attendance: 4,012

24 September 1986 Second Round, 1st Leg	Derby County	4-1	West Bromwich Albion	Baseball Ground
	Chandler Davison Davison Micklewhite	Report		Attendance: 11,304

7 October 1986 Second Round, 2nd Leg	West Bromwich Albion	0-1 (1-5 agg.)	Derby County	The Hawthorns
		Report	Gee	Attendance: 6,765

29 October 1986 Third Round, 1st Leg	Derby County	1-1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground
	Harbey	Report	Daley	Attendance: 19,374

4 November 1986 Third Round, 2nd Leg	Aston Villa	2-1 (3-1 agg.)	Derby County	Villa Park
	Thompson Birch	Report	Williams	Attendance: 19,477

FA Cup

		vs.

References

↑ "Derby County Facts And Figures". Derby County F.C. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
↑ "The History Of Derby County". Derby County F.C. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

Derby County F.C. seasons

1888–89 1889–90

001890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

001990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Derby County Football Club

The club	History 1884–1967 1967–present Seasons Players Player of the Year Managers Records and statistics Head to Head Europe

Grounds	Racecourse Ground Baseball Ground Pride Park Stadium

Media	The Damned Utd (novel) The Damned United (film)

Other	Nottingham Forest rivalry Brian Clough Trophy Leicester City rivalry Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup Derby County Ladies

1986–87 in English football

« 1985–86

1987–88 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
UEFA Euro 1988 (qualification – Group 4)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Mansfield Town Middlesbrough Newport County Port Vale Notts County Rotherham United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Northampton Town Peterborough United Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham

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