1986–87 Everton F.C. season

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)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

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 Liverpool, and to the semifinals of the League Cup, losing to Arsenal.

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

^ 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
^ 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 (1986-08-16)	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 (1986-08-23) 1	Everton	2-0	Nottingham Forest	Walton, Liverpool
	Sheedy 27', 66'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 35,198

25 August 1986 (1986-08-25) 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 (1986-08-30) 3	Coventry City	1-1	Everton	Hillfields, Coventry
	Pickering 28'		Marshall 78'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,504

2 September 1986 (1986-09-02) 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 (1986-09-06) 5	Everton	0-0	Queens Park Rangers	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,173

13 September 1986 (1986-09-13) 6	Wimbledon	1-2	Everton	Wimbledon, London
	Cork 34'		Sheedy 4' Sharp 56'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 11,708

21 September 1986 (1986-09-21) 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 (1986-09-27) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Everton	Tottenham, North London
	Allen 26', 68'			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 28,007

4 October 1986 (1986-10-04) 9	Everton	0-1	Arsenal	Walton, Liverpool
			Williams 23'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,007

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

18 October 1986 (1986-10-18) 11	Southampton	0-2	Everton	Walton, Liverpool
			Steven 79' (pen) Wilkinson 82'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 18,009

25 October 1986 (1986-10-25) 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 (1986-11-02) 13	West Ham United	1-0	Everton	Upton Park, London
	Dickens 48'			Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 19,094

8 November 1986 (1986-11-08) 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 (1986-11-15) 15	Leicester City	0-2	Everton	Leicester
			Heath 23' Sheedy 66'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,450

23 November 1986 (1986-11-23) 16	Everton	0-0	Liverpool	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,247

29 November 1986 (1986-11-29) 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 (1986-12-06) 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 (1986-12-13) 19	Luton Town	1-0	Everton	Luton, Bedfordshire
	Newell 71'			Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,151

20 December 1986 (1986-12-20) 20	Everton	3-0	Wimbledon	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven 24' Sheedy 28' Heath 60'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 25,553

26 December 1986 (1986-12-26) 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 (1986-12-28) 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 (1987-01-01) 23	Everton	3-0	Aston Villa	Walton, Liverpool
	Harper 47' Steven 57' Sheedy 79'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 40,203

3 January 1987 (1987-01-03) 24	Queen's Park Rangers	0-1	Everton	Shepherds Bush, London
			Sharp 66'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 19,287

17 January 1987 (1987-01-17) 25	Everton	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Walton, Liverpool
	Steven 15' (pen) Watson 32'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 33,011

25 January 1987 (1987-01-25) 26	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Everton	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
	Webb 25'			Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,009

7 February 1987 (1987-02-07) 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 (1987-02-14) 28	Oxford United	1-1	Everton	Headington, Oxford
	Trewick 25' (pen)		Wilkinson 88'	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 11,878

28 February 1987 (1987-02-28) 29	Manchester United	0-0	Everton	Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 47,421

8 March 1987 (1987-03-08) 30	Watford	2-1	Everton	Watford, Hertfordshire
	Blissett 67' Falco 85'		Heath 36'	Stadium: Vicarage Road

14 March 1987 (1987-03-14) 31	Everton	3-0	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
	Wright 12' (o.g.) Power 40' Watson 54'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 26,564

21 March 1987 (1987-03-21) 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 (1987-03-28) 33	Arsenal	0-1	Everton	Highbury, London
			Clarke 22'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 36,218

4 April 1987 (1987-04-04) 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 (1987-04-11) 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 (1987-04-18) 36	Aston Villa	0-1	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
			Sheedy 53'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,218

20 April 1987 (1987-04-20) 37	Everton	3-0	Newcastle United	Walton, Liverpool
	Clarke 48', 82', 90'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 43,576

25 April 1987 (1987-04-25) 38	Liverpool	3-1	Everton	Anfield
	S McMahon 9' I Rush 44', 84'		Sheedy 16'	Attendance: 44,827

2 May 1987 (1987-05-02) 39	Everton	0-0	Manchester City	Walton, Liverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,541

4 May 1987 (1987-05-04) 40	Norwich City	0-1	Everton	Norwich, Norfolk
			Van Den Hauwe 1'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,489

9 May 1987 (1987-05-09) 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 (1987-05-11) 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 (1987-01-10) 3	Everton	2-1	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
	Sharp 36', 67'		Hobson 62'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,320

31 January 1987 (1987-01-31) 4	Bradford City	0-1	Everton	Bradford, West Yorkshire
			Snodin 51'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,519

22 February 1987 (1987-02-22) 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 (1986-09-24) 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 (1986-10-07) 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 (1986-10-28) 3rd	Everton	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday	Walton, Liverpool
	Wilkinson 2', 79' Heath 11' Mountfield 77'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 24,638

19 November 1986 (1986-11-19) 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 (1987-01-21) 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 (1986-12-03) 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 (1987-03-03) 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] 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.

[8687results-3] Everton's Record in 1986-87

[4] 1986-1987 Summary: Appearances and Goals

[notes 1]

[notes 2]

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