During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the
Football League Second Division
The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...
.
Season summary
Leicester started the season poorly with five defeats from their first six league games, which put manager Hamilton under real pressure. He signed strikers
Jari Rantanen
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During his club career, Rantanen notably played for HJK Helsinki and FinnPa, as well as spells abroad with Estoril Praia, K. Beerschot V.A.C., IFK Gö ...
from
IFK Göteborg and
Mike Newell from
Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter, but two wins in eleven league games cost Hamilton his job in December. He was replaced by former
Tottenham Hotspur
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manager
David Pleat
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, and fortunes turned in the second half of the season, with Leicester losing only four league games during that period and scoring in each of their final sixteen league fixtures.
Final league table
Results
''Leicester City's score comes first''
Legend
Football League Second Division
FA Cup
League Cup
Full Members Cup
Squad
References
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Leicester City F.C. seasons
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