Aldershot F.C.Aldershot Football Club was a football club from Aldershot, Hampshire, England, that played in the English Football League from 1932 to 1992. The club was nicknamed The Shots for both the last syllable of the town name and the military links to the town. They played home games at the Recreation Ground throughout their history. Founded as Aldershot Town in 1926, they joined the Southern League the following year and were crowned champions in 1929–30.
1987 Football League play-offsThe Football League play-offs for the 1986–87 season were held in May 1987, with the two-legged finals taking place at the finalists home stadiums. The play-off semi-finals were also played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League Second Division and Football League Third Division and the 4th, 5th, 6th placed teams in the Football League Fourth Division table, along with a team from the league above.
Bolton Wanderers F.C.Current seasonBolton Wanderers Football Club ( , abbreviated as BWFC) is a professional association football club based in the Horwich area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English Football League, in the 2026–27 season following promotion from EFL League One via the play-offs in May 2026. The club started as Christ Church FC in 1874 and became Bolton Wanderers three years later in 1877.Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( WUUL-vər-HAMP-tən), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's traditional kit consists of old gold shirts and socks with black shorts. Since 1979, the kit has also featured the club's "wolf's head" logo.
1986–87 Football League88th season of the Football LeagueFootball league seasonThe 1986–87 season was the 88th completed season of The Football League. Play-offs to determine promotion places were introduced in 1987 so that more clubs remained eligible for promotion closer to the end of the season, and at the same time to aid in the reduction over two years of the number of clubs in the First Division from 22 to 20.
1987–88 Football LeagueThe 1987–88 season was the 89th completed season of The Football League. Final league tables and resultsThe tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. First DivisionLiverpool won the league title by nine points, and with only two defeats all season. Second in the league were Manchester United.Colchester United F.C.Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its early years playing in the Southern Football League until they were elected to the Football League in 1950.
Promotion and relegationPromotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes called open leagues.
Recreation Ground (Aldershot)The Recreation Ground, currently known as The EBB Stadium at The Recreation Ground for sponsorship reasons and informally known as The Rec, is a football ground in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. Football matches have been played there since 1927 when Aldershot (later reformed as Aldershot Town) was founded. The ground hosted league football between 1932 and 1992 when Aldershot were members of the Football League.Ian McDonald (footballer, born 1953)Ian Clifford McDonald (born 10 May 1953) is an English former footballer and manager. CareerBorn in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, McDonald began his career with his hometown club Barrow before joining Workington. A move to Liverpool followed but he did not break into the first team, and was loaned to Colchester United before joining Mansfield Town in July 1975, with whom he won the Third Division title in 1976–77.Two-legged tieIn sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score. For example, if the scores of the two legs are: First leg: Team A 1–0 Team BSecond leg: Team B 3–3 Team Athen the aggregate score will be Team A 4–3 Team B, meaning team A wins the tie.
Association footballTeam sport played with a ballAssociation football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who mostly use their feet to kick an inflated ball around a pitch (playing field). The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball into the rectangular-framed goal which that team defends. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.