1986–87 Leicester City F.C. season

During the 1986–87 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Leicester City

1986–87 season
Chairman	Terry Shipman
Manager	Bryan Hamilton
First Division	20th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Smith (17) All: Smith (20)
Average home league attendance	11,697

Season summary

In 1986–87 season, former Wigan Athletic boss Bryan Hamilton replaced Gordon Milne as team manager of the Foxes but it proved to be another season of struggle and in March, Alan Smith was sold to Arsenal for £800,000 even though he was loaned back to Leicester until the end of the season and Steve Lynex was sold to West Brom leaving Leicester’s strike force a bit weakened. Leicester brought in youngsters and loan-spell trialists but they did little to prevent the Foxes from relegation to the Second Division after 4 years in the top flight.

Final league table

Main article: 1986–87 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Oxford United	42	11	13	18	44	69	−25	46
19	Charlton Athletic (O)	42	11	11	20	45	55	−10	44	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
20	Leicester City (R)	42	11	9	22	54	76	−22	42	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Manchester City (R)	42	8	15	19	36	57	−21	39
22	Aston Villa (R)	42	8	12	22	45	79	−34	36

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23 August 1986	Luton Town	H	1–1	9,801	Smith
30 August 1986	Wimbledon	A	0–1	5,987
3 September 1986	Liverpool	H	2–1	16,344	McAllister, Osman
6 September 1986	Manchester United	H	1–1	16,785	Kelly
13 September 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–2	21,603	McAllister, Moran
17 September 1986	Norwich City	A	1–2	14,814	Smith
20 September 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	13,141	Morgan
27 September 1986	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	10,021	Smith
4 October 1986	Manchester City	A	2–1	18,033	Sealy, Smith
11 October 1986	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	18,402	Smith, McAllister (2, 1 pen)
18 October 1986	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	5,770
25 October 1986	Southampton	H	2–3	9,186	Osman, McAllister
1 November 1986	Aston Villa	A	0–2	14,529
8 November 1986	Newcastle United	H	1–1	9,836	Smith
15 November 1986	Everton	H	0–2	13,450
22 November 1986	Watford	A	1–5	13,605	Smith
29 November 1986	Chelsea	H	2–2	10,047	McAllister (pen), O'Neill
6 December 1986	Coventry City	A	0–1	12,320
14 December 1986	Oxford United	H	2–0	8,480	Smith, Wilson
20 December 1986	Manchester United	A	0–2	34,180
26 December 1986	Arsenal	H	1–1	19,205	Moran
28 December 1986	Everton	A	1–5	39,730	Moran
1 January 1987	West Ham United	A	1–4	16,625	Moran
3 January 1987	Sheffield Wednesday	H	6–1	10,851	Ramsey, Smith (2), Moran (3)
24 January 1987	Luton Town	A	0–1	9,102
7 February 1987	Wimbledon	H	3–1	8,369	Smith, Ramsey (2)
14 February 1987	Liverpool	A	3–4	34,259	Smith (2), Johnston (own goal)
21 February 1987	Norwich City	H	0–2	8,742
25 February 1987	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–5	16,038
7 March 1987	Southampton	A	0–4	11,611
14 March 1987	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	8,159	Smith
22 March 1987	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	18,679	Mauchlen
25 March 1987	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–1	7,384	McAllister (2, 1 pen), Ramsey, McDonald (own goal)
28 March 1987	Manchester City	H	4–0	10,743	Morgan, Smith, McAllister, Ramsey
4 April 1987	Newcastle United	A	0–2	23,360
11 April 1987	Aston Villa	H	1–1	11,933	Moran
18 April 1987	West Ham United	H	2–0	10,434	Smith, O'Neill
20 April 1987	Arsenal	A	1–4	18,767	Osman
25 April 1987	Watford	H	1–2	9,448	Moran
2 May 1987	Chelsea	A	1–3	11,975	Smith
4 May 1987	Coventry City	H	1–1	14,903	Ramsey
9 May 1987	Oxford United	A	0–0	10,183

FA Cup

Main article: 1986–87 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	10 January 1987	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–5	9,684	Smith, McAllister (pen)

League Cup

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1986	Swansea City	A	2–0	9,590	McAllister, Smith
R2 Second Leg	8 October 1986	Swansea City	H	4–2	5,884	Morgan, Smith, Moran (2)
R3	29 October 1986	Liverpool	A	1–4	20,248	Moran

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Ian Andrews
-	MF	NIR	Paul Ramsey
-	DF	ENG	Mark Venus
-	DF	ENG	Russell Osman
-	DF	ENG	Steve Walsh
-	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister
-	FW	ENG	Alan Smith (on loan from Arsenal from March)
-	MF	SCO	Ian Wilson
-	FW	ENG	Tony Sealy
-	DF	ENG	Simon Morgan
-	FW	ENG	Steve Moran
-	DF	ENG	Andy Feeley

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	SCO	Ali Mauchlen
-	MF	ENG	Paul Bunce
-	DF	NIR	John O'Neill
-	FW	ENG	Robert Alleyne
-	DF	ENG	Phil Horner
-	MF	ENG	Jean-Michel d'Avray (on loan from Ipswich Town)
-	MF	ENG	Paul Reid
-	FW	ENG	Steve Wilkinson
-	MF	ENG	Kevin Jobling
-	MF	SCO	John Buckley (on loan from Leeds United)
-	MF	IRL	Martin Russell

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Ian Banks (Released)
-	FW	ENG	Mark Bright (to Crystal Palace)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Rob Kelly (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
-	MF	ENG	Steve Lynex (to West Bromwich Albion)