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Friday, 13 March, 1987

1986/87, Game No. 40
Today League
Tranmere RoversTranmere Rovers
Moore (6')
Muir (43')
Bell (89')
3 - 4
Halifax TownHalifax Town
Dean Martin (17')
Mike Matthews (21')
Phil Brown (28')
Tommy Sword (87')

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
33 24 7 2 80 33 +47 79
2
Preston North End
Preston North End
31 18 7 6 51 34 +17 61
3
Southend United
Southend United
33 18 5 10 52 37 +15 59
4
Swansea City
Swansea City
31 14 10 7 44 35 +9 52
5
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
33 13 10 10 44 36 +8 49
6
Colchester United
Colchester United
34 14 6 14 51 48 +3 48
7
Cambridge United
Cambridge United
33 12 11 10 48 41 +7 47
8
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
34 13 7 14 43 44 -1 46
9
Exeter City
Exeter City
32 10 15 7 41 31 +10 45
10
Orient
Orient
32 13 6 13 42 46 -4 45
11
Aldershot
Aldershot
32 12 7 13 42 45 -3 43
12
Wrexham
Wrexham
30 10 12 8 48 37 +11 42
13
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra
34 10 12 12 49 53 -4 42
14
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
30 10 11 9 32 33 -1 41
15
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
34 9 13 12 46 56 -10 40
16
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United
33 10 9 14 51 47 +4 39
17
Halifax Town
Halifax Town
33 11 6 16 42 53 -11 39
18
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
32 10 7 15 35 47 -12 37
19
Hereford United
Hereford United
32 9 9 14 43 45 -2 36
20
Burnley
Burnley
33 8 11 14 41 59 -18 35
21
Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United
32 6 15 11 31 42 -11 33
22
Stockport County
Stockport County
31 7 9 15 25 49 -24 30
23
Torquay United
Torquay United
30 5 13 12 35 49 -14 28
24
Rochdale
Rochdale
28 4 12 12 26 42 -16 24
Blue line: automatic promotionGreen line: playoff cutoffOrange line: relegation zone