1986–87 Everton F.C. season

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 Wimbledon, and to the fifth round of the League Cup, losing to Liverpool.

Everton

1986–87 season
Manager	Howard Kendall
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	1st
FA Cup	5th 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)

This was the last time that Everton crowned champions of England.

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

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.

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

16 August 1986	Liverpool	1-1	Everton	London
15:00	Rush  88'		Heath  80'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 88,231 Referee: Neil Midgley

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Football League First Division

23 August 1986 1	Everton	2-0	Nottingham Forest	Walton, Liverpool
	Sheedy  27', 66'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,198

25 August 1986 2	Sheffield Wednesday	2-2	Everton	Owlerton, Sheffield
	Shutt  12' Hirst  62'		Sharp  57' Langley  69'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 33,007

30 August 1986 3	Coventry City	1-1	Everton	Hillfields, Coventry
	Pickering  28'		Marshall  78'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,504

2 September 1986 4	Everton	3-1	Oxford United	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  51' (pen) Harper  70' Langley  82'		Houghton  59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 26,018

6 September 1986 5	Everton	0-0	Queens Park Rangers	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,173

13 September 1986 6	Wimbledon	1-2	Everton	Wimbledon, London
	Cork  34'		Sheedy  4' Sharp  56'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 11,708

21 September 1986 7	Everton	3-1	Manchester United	Walton, Liverpool
	Sharp  6' Sheedy  45' Heath  89'		Robson  12'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 25,843

27 September 1986 8	Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Everton	Tottenham, North London
	Allen  26', 68'			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 28,007

4 October 1986 9	Everton	0-1	Arsenal	Walton, Liverpool
			Williams  23'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,007

11 October 1986 10	Charlton Athletic	3-2	Everton	Selhurst, London
	Melrose  20', 35', 78'		Sheedy  30', 57'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 10,564

18 October 1986 11	Southampton	0-2	Everton	Walton, Liverpool
			Steven  79' (pen) Wilkinson  82'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 18,009

25 October 1986 12	Everton	3-2	Watford	Walton, Liverpool
	Mountfield  54', 82' Steven  62' (pen)		Jackett  55' (pen) Mountfield  78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 28,577

2 November 1986 13	West Ham United	1-0	Everton	Upton Park, London
	Dickens  48'			Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 19,094

8 November 1986 14	Everton	2-2	Chelsea	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  26' (pen) Sheedy  66'		K Jones 44', C Pates 87'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 29,727

15 November 1986 15	Leicester City	0-2	Everton	Leicester
			Heath  23' Sheedy  66'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,450

23 November 1986 16	Everton	0-0	Liverpool	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,247

29 November 1986 17	Manchester City	1-3	Everton	Moss Side, Manchester
	Moulden  39'		Heath  4', 86' Power  67'	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 27,097

6 December 1986 18	Everton	4-0	Norwich City	Walton, Liverpool
	Power  18' Steven  28' (pen) Pointon  78' Heath  89'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 26,476

13 December 1986 19	Luton Town	1-0	Everton	Luton, Bedfordshire
	Newell  71'			Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,151

20 December 1986 20	Everton	3-0	Wimbledon	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  24' Sheedy  28' Heath  60'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 25,553

26 December 1986 21	Newcastle United	0-4	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
			Power  23' Steven  54', 59' Heath  83'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 47,024

28 December 1986 22	Everton	5-1	Leicester City	Walton, Liverpool
	Heath  15', 74' Wilkinson  21' O'Neil  47' (o.g.) Sheedy  87'		Moran  81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,730

1 January 1987 23	Everton	3-0	Aston Villa	Walton, Liverpool
	Harper  47' Steven  57' Sheedy  79'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,203

3 January 1987 24	Queen's Park Rangers	0-1	Everton	Shepherds Bush, London
			Sharp  66'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 19,287

17 January 1987 25	Everton	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  15' (pen) Watson  32'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 33,011

25 January 1987 26	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Everton	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
	Webb  25'			Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,009

7 February 1987 27	Everton	3-1	Coventry City	Walton, Liverpool
	Stevens  44' Steven  52' (pen) Heath  66'		Regis  13'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,402

14 February 1987 28	Oxford United	1-1	Everton	Headington, Oxford
	Trewick  25' (pen)		Wilkinson  88'	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 11,878

28 February 1987 29	Manchester United	0-0	Everton	Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 47,421

8 March 1987 30	Watford	2-1	Everton	Watford, Hertfordshire
	Blissett  67' Falco  85'		Heath  36'	Stadium: Vicarage Road

14 March 1987 31	Everton	3-0	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
	Wright  12' (o.g.) Power  40' Watson  54'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 26,564

21 March 1987 32	Everton	2-1	Charlton Athletic	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  43' (pen) Stevens  83'		J Melrose  65'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 27,291

28 March 1987 33	Arsenal	0-1	Everton	Highbury, London
			Clarke  22'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 36,218

4 April 1987 34	Chelsea	1-2	Everton	Fulham, London
	K Dixon  72'		McLaughlin  23' (o.g.) Harper  77'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 21,914

11 April 1987 35	Everton	4-0	West Ham United	Walton, Liverpool
	Clarke  19' Reid  22' Stevens  32' Watson  38'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,731

18 April 1987 36	Aston Villa	0-1	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
			Sheedy  53'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,218

20 April 1987 37	Everton	3-0	Newcastle United	Walton, Liverpool
	Clarke  48', 82', 90'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 43,576

25 April 1987 38	Liverpool	3-1	Everton	Anfield
	S McMahon  9' I Rush  44', 84'		Sheedy  16'	Attendance: 44,827

2 May 1987 39	Everton	0-0	Manchester City	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,541

4 May 1987 40	Norwich City	0-1	Everton	Norwich, Norfolk
			Van Den Hauwe  1'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,489

9 May 1987 41	Everton	3-1	Luton Town	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven  52' (pen), 55' (pen) Sharp  61'		M Stein  4'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 44,092

11 May 1987 42	Everton	1-0	Tottenham Hotspur	Walton, Liverpool
	Mountfield  80'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 28,287

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FA Cup

10 January 1987 3	Everton	2-1	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
	Sharp  36', 67'		Hobson  62'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,320

31 January 1987 4	Bradford City	0-1	Everton	Bradford, West Yorkshire
			Snodin  51'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,519

22 February 1987 5	Wimbledon	3-1	Everton	Wimbledon, London
	Hodges  43', Fashanu  60', Sayer  76'		Wilkinson  4'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 9,924

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League Cup

24 September 1986 2:1	Everton	4-0	Newport County	Walton, Liverpool
	K Langley  7' Heath  61' Wilkinson  72', 80'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 11,957

7 October 1986 2:2	Newport County	1-5 (1-9 agg.)	Everton	Newport, Wales
	R Carter  2'		Wilkinson  3', 42', 87' Sharp  20' Mullen  29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 7,172

28 October 1986 3rd	Everton	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Walton, Liverpool
	Wilkinson  2', 79' Heath  11' Mountfield  77'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 24,638

19 November 1986 4th	Norwich City	1-4	Everton	Norwich, Norfolk
	Barham  32'		Sheedy  22' Sharp  37' Steven  79' (pen) Heath  85'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,988

21 January 1987 5th	Everton	0-1	Liverpool	Walton, Liverpool
			Rush  84'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 53,323

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Full Members' Cup

3 December 1986 3rd	Everton	5-2	Newcastle United	Walton, Liverpool
	Sheedy  4' Sharp  6', 21' (pen), 38' Heath  76'		A Thomas  70', 86'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 7,530

3 March 1987 QF	Everton	2-2 (a.e.t.) (5-6 p)	Charlton Athletic	Walton, Liverpool
	Wilkinson  12' Steven  59'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 7,914
	Penalties
	Heath Wilkinson Ebbrell Southall Adams Van Den Hauwe Snodin Pointon		M Reid C Walsh P Miller J Melrose A Peake J Humphrey G Shipley M Stuart

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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. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Neil Adams — MF  ENG Paul Bracewell — FW  ENG Wayne Clarke — DF  ENG Alan Harper — FW  ENG Adrian Heath — FW  ENG Ian Marshall — GK  ENG Bobby Mimms — DF  ENG Derek Mountfield — DF  ENG Neil Pointon — DF  ENG Paul Power — DF  WAL Kevin Ratcliffe — MF  ENG Peter Reid

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SCO Graeme Sharp — MF  IRL Kevin Sheedy — DF  ENG Ian Snodin — GK  WAL Neville Southall — MF  ENG Trevor Steven — DF  ENG Gary Stevens — DF  WAL Pat Van Den Hauwe — DF  ENG Dave Watson — MF  SCO Ian Wilson — GK  ENG Alec Chamberlain — GK  ENG Mike Stowell

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References

1. Everton's Record in 1986-87
2. 1986-1987 Summary: Appearances and Goals