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1986–87 Leicester City F.C. season

1986–87 season of Leicester City

Field	Value
club	Leicester City
season	1986–87
manager	Bryan Hamilton
chairman	Terry Shipman
league	First Division
league result	20th (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer	Alan Smith (17)
season topscorer	Smith (20)
average attendance	11,697
prevseason	1985–86
nextseason	1987–88

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

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

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

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

Left club during season

References

"Leicester City 1986-1987 Home - statto.com".

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