Tabla final de posiciones
| # | Club | PJ | G | E | P | GF | GC | DIF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wolverhampton WanderersAscendió | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 90 |
| 2 |  Cardiff CityAscendió | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 85 |
| 3 |  Bolton WanderersAscendió | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 78 |
| 4 |  Scunthorpe United | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 77 |
| 5 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 77 | |
| 6 |  Swansea CityAscendió (reducido)Ascendió | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 70 |
| 7 |  Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 53 | -1 | 70 |
| 8 |  Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 85 | 63 | +22 | 69 |
| 9 |  Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | -4 | 67 |
| 10 |  Burnley | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 62 | -5 | 67 |
| 11 |  Wrexham | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 66 |
| 12 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 65 | |
| 13 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 65 | |
| 14 |  Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64* |
| 15 |  Cambridge United | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 61 |
| 16 |  Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 59 |
| 17 |  Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 58 |
| 18 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 54 | 59 | -5 | 55* | |
| 19 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 54 | |
| 20 |  Stockport County | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 44 | 58 | -14 | 51 |
| 21 |  Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 76 | -29 | 48 |
| 22 |  Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 53 | 68 | -15 | 46 |
| 23 |  Carlisle United | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 57 | 86 | -29 | 44 |
| 24 |  Newport CountyDescendió | 46 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 105 | -70 | 25 |
- * Tranmere Rovers: 2 puntos descontados por la liga.
- * Halifax Town: 1 punto descontado por la liga.
Los 552 resultados están confirmados por al menos dos fuentes (engsoccerdata, la grilla de resultados de Wikipedia). La tabla armada con los partidos es igual a la tabla final de Wikipedia.
Fuentes: engsoccerdata (James Curley) · Wikipedia (en inglés)
Reducido por el ascenso
Los clubes que terminaron detrás de los que subieron directo jugaron el reducido por el último lugar de ascenso. Los 6 resultados están confirmados por dos fuentes (engsoccerdata (James Curley), Wikipedia: 1988 Football League play-offs).
Semifinales
Partidos (552)
sábado, 15 de agosto de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–1Crewe Alexandra
- Burnley0–3Colchester United
- Cardiff City1–1Leyton Orient
- Exeter City3–0Cambridge United
- Hartlepool United0–0Newport County
- Peterborough United1–0Carlisle United
- Scunthorpe United3–0Tranmere Rovers
- Stockport County0–2Swansea City
sábado, 22 de agosto de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–0Cardiff City
- Cambridge United4–1Crewe Alexandra
- Carlisle United3–1Scunthorpe United
- Newport County0–1Burnley
- Rochdale1–1Peterborough United
- Swansea City0–2Exeter City
- Wrexham2–1Hartlepool United
sábado, 29 de agosto de 1987
- Burnley4–3Carlisle United
- Cardiff City1–0Swansea City
- Crewe Alexandra2–0Wrexham
- Exeter City3–0Newport County
- Peterborough United1–0Cambridge United
- Scunthorpe United2–2Colchester United
lunes, 31 de agosto de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers2–0Peterborough United
- Newport County1–2Stockport County
- Rochdale2–2Crewe Alexandra
- Swansea City2–1Hartlepool United
- Tranmere Rovers2–1Exeter City
- Wolverhampton Wanderers4–1Scunthorpe United
martes, 1 de septiembre de 1987
- Cambridge United0–0Cardiff City
- Leyton Orient4–1Burnley
viernes, 4 de septiembre de 1987
- Crewe Alexandra0–0Colchester United
- Stockport County3–0Carlisle United
sábado, 5 de septiembre de 1987
- Burnley1–0Swansea City
- Cardiff City3–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Exeter City1–1Wrexham
- Hartlepool United2–2Leyton Orient
- Scunthorpe United1–0Rochdale
viernes, 11 de septiembre de 1987
- Tranmere Rovers0–1Burnley
sábado, 12 de septiembre de 1987
- Cambridge United3–3Scunthorpe United
- Carlisle United1–3Hartlepool United
- Colchester United4–1Peterborough United
- Leyton Orient2–3Exeter City
- Rochdale0–1Stockport County
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–2Crewe Alexandra
- Wrexham3–0Cardiff City
martes, 15 de septiembre de 1987
- Burnley1–0Wrexham
- Crewe Alexandra0–0Tranmere Rovers
- Scunthorpe United1–1Bolton Wanderers
- Stockport County1–2Leyton Orient
miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 1987
- Exeter City1–1Carlisle United
- Hartlepool United2–1Cambridge United
- Peterborough United1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
sábado, 19 de septiembre de 1987
- Burnley0–2Cambridge United
- Cardiff City4–2Carlisle United
- Exeter City1–1Rochdale
- Hartlepool United3–1Colchester United
- Peterborough United1–0Wrexham
- Scunthorpe United3–1Newport County
- Stockport County0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
viernes, 25 de septiembre de 1987
- Colchester United0–2Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers0–1Cardiff City
sábado, 26 de septiembre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–2Hartlepool United
- Leyton Orient2–0Peterborough United
- Rochdale2–1Burnley
- Swansea City2–4Crewe Alexandra
- Wrexham2–1Stockport County
martes, 29 de septiembre de 1987
- Burnley0–0Crewe Alexandra
- Cambridge United0–1Wrexham
- Colchester United2–1Swansea City
- Leyton Orient4–1Newport County
- Scunthorpe United0–0Stockport County
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Rochdale
miércoles, 30 de septiembre de 1987
- Hartlepool United3–1Exeter City
viernes, 2 de octubre de 1987
- Stockport County0–1Cardiff City
sábado, 3 de octubre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–0Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Crewe Alexandra1–1Hartlepool United
- Newport County1–2Colchester United
- Peterborough United1–1Scunthorpe United
- Rochdale1–2Carlisle United
- Swansea City1–1Cambridge United
- Wrexham2–2Leyton Orient
viernes, 9 de octubre de 1987
- Colchester United0–0Leyton Orient
- Tranmere Rovers6–1Rochdale
sábado, 10 de octubre de 1987
- Burnley1–0Hartlepool United
- Cambridge United4–0Newport County
- Carlisle United0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Stockport County0–1Peterborough United
- Swansea City2–1Wrexham
sábado, 17 de octubre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers5–0Carlisle United
- Exeter City1–2Burnley
- Leyton Orient0–2Cambridge United
- Peterborough United4–3Cardiff City
- Swansea City1–2Newport County
- Wolverhampton Wanderers3–0Tranmere Rovers
- Wrexham0–1Colchester United
martes, 20 de octubre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–0Exeter City
- Burnley1–1Scunthorpe United
- Colchester United1–0Carlisle United
- Crewe Alexandra3–1Stockport County
- Leyton Orient8–0Rochdale
- Tranmere Rovers1–2Swansea City
- Wolverhampton Wanderers3–0Cambridge United
miércoles, 21 de octubre de 1987
- Peterborough United3–0Newport County
sábado, 24 de octubre de 1987
- Cambridge United0–1Colchester United
- Carlisle United3–2Tranmere Rovers
- Exeter City3–1Crewe Alexandra
- Newport County2–0Wrexham
- Rochdale2–2Bolton Wanderers
- Scunthorpe United2–1Cardiff City
- Swansea City3–0Leyton Orient
sábado, 31 de octubre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–1Swansea City
- Burnley1–1Stockport County
- Cardiff City1–0Rochdale
- Crewe Alexandra4–1Carlisle United
- Hartlepool United1–0Scunthorpe United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–1Newport County
martes, 3 de noviembre de 1987
- Carlisle United1–2Leyton Orient
- Newport County0–1Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale1–4Colchester United
- Scunthorpe United3–1Wrexham
- Stockport County1–0Hartlepool United
- Swansea City1–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
viernes, 6 de noviembre de 1987
- Tranmere Rovers1–0Wrexham
sábado, 7 de noviembre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers1–0Leyton Orient
- Cardiff City3–2Exeter City
- Carlisle United3–1Newport County
- Peterborough United0–1Hartlepool United
- Rochdale2–3Swansea City
- Wolverhampton Wanderers3–0Burnley
sábado, 21 de noviembre de 1987
- Burnley2–1Bolton Wanderers
- Cambridge United1–2Rochdale
- Colchester United0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Crewe Alexandra2–2Scunthorpe United
- Exeter City2–1Stockport County
- Hartlepool United1–2Tranmere Rovers
- Newport County1–2Cardiff City
- Swansea City2–1Peterborough United
- Wrexham4–0Carlisle United
viernes, 27 de noviembre de 1987
- Stockport County1–1Colchester United
- Tranmere Rovers4–0Newport County
sábado, 28 de noviembre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers2–2Cambridge United
- Cardiff City1–1Hartlepool United
- Peterborough United5–0Burnley
- Scunthorpe United1–2Swansea City
- Wolverhampton Wanderers0–2Wrexham
viernes, 11 de diciembre de 1987
- Cambridge United2–0Stockport County
- Colchester United3–0Bolton Wanderers
sábado, 12 de diciembre de 1987
- Crewe Alexandra0–0Cardiff City
- Exeter City1–1Scunthorpe United
- Hartlepool United0–0Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Leyton Orient3–1Tranmere Rovers
- Swansea City3–1Carlisle United
- Wrexham2–3Rochdale
martes, 15 de diciembre de 1987
- Tranmere Rovers2–0Bolton Wanderers
viernes, 18 de diciembre de 1987
- Carlisle United2–1Cambridge United
- Peterborough United0–4Crewe Alexandra
- Tranmere Rovers0–2Colchester United
sábado, 19 de diciembre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers2–0Wrexham
- Cardiff City2–1Burnley
- Rochdale3–0Newport County
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Leyton Orient
sábado, 26 de diciembre de 1987
- Burnley4–0Rochdale
- Cardiff City3–0Tranmere Rovers
- Crewe Alexandra2–2Swansea City
- Exeter City0–2Colchester United
- Hartlepool United0–0Bolton Wanderers
- Peterborough United1–2Leyton Orient
- Stockport County1–1Wrexham
lunes, 28 de diciembre de 1987
- Bolton Wanderers2–1Stockport County
- Colchester United2–1Cardiff City
- Leyton Orient1–1Scunthorpe United
- Newport County1–2Crewe Alexandra
- Rochdale0–2Hartlepool United
- Tranmere Rovers3–1Peterborough United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers3–0Exeter City
viernes, 1 de enero de 1988
- Cambridge United1–3Peterborough United
- Carlisle United3–4Burnley
- Colchester United0–3Scunthorpe United
- Newport County1–1Exeter City
- Swansea City2–2Cardiff City
- Tranmere Rovers4–0Stockport County
- Wrexham2–1Crewe Alexandra
sábado, 2 de enero de 1988
- Burnley1–1Tranmere Rovers
- Crewe Alexandra0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Exeter City2–3Leyton Orient
- Hartlepool United0–0Carlisle United
- Peterborough United2–0Colchester United
- Scunthorpe United3–2Cambridge United
- Stockport County1–1Rochdale
sábado, 9 de enero de 1988
- Burnley2–0Newport County
- Exeter City3–1Swansea City
- Peterborough United1–1Rochdale
sábado, 16 de enero de 1988
- Cambridge United2–0Burnley
- Carlisle United0–0Cardiff City
- Leyton Orient1–1Crewe Alexandra
- Newport County1–1Scunthorpe United
- Rochdale0–0Exeter City
- Wolverhampton Wanderers1–1Stockport County
- Wrexham3–1Peterborough United
sábado, 23 de enero de 1988
- Carlisle United0–0Exeter City
- Leyton Orient1–1Stockport County
viernes, 29 de enero de 1988
- Crewe Alexandra0–1Rochdale
- Stockport County5–1Newport County
sábado, 30 de enero de 1988
- Cardiff City4–0Cambridge United
- Exeter City0–1Tranmere Rovers
- Hartlepool United0–2Swansea City
- Peterborough United0–4Bolton Wanderers
- Scunthorpe United0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
sábado, 6 de febrero de 1988
- Carlisle United2–0Stockport County
- Leyton Orient0–2Hartlepool United
- Rochdale2–1Scunthorpe United
- Swansea City0–0Burnley
- Wolverhampton Wanderers1–4Cardiff City
viernes, 12 de febrero de 1988
- Stockport County1–2Bolton Wanderers
sábado, 13 de febrero de 1988
- Cardiff City1–0Colchester United
- Crewe Alexandra2–1Newport County
- Exeter City2–4Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Hartlepool United1–1Rochdale
- Peterborough United2–1Tranmere Rovers
- Scunthorpe United3–2Leyton Orient
viernes, 19 de febrero de 1988
- Cambridge United2–1Exeter City
- Colchester United0–1Burnley
- Newport County2–3Hartlepool United
- Swansea City1–1Stockport County
sábado, 20 de febrero de 1988
- Carlisle United0–2Peterborough United
- Crewe Alexandra2–1Bolton Wanderers
- Leyton Orient4–1Cardiff City
- Tranmere Rovers1–3Scunthorpe United
sábado, 27 de febrero de 1988
- Cambridge United0–3Swansea City
- Cardiff City0–0Stockport County
- Carlisle United2–0Rochdale
- Hartlepool United2–1Crewe Alexandra
- Leyton Orient2–1Wrexham
- Scunthorpe United5–0Peterborough United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers4–0Bolton Wanderers
martes, 1 de marzo de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers2–0Tranmere Rovers
- Crewe Alexandra0–1Burnley
- Newport County0–0Leyton Orient
- Rochdale0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Stockport County1–1Scunthorpe United
- Swansea City1–2Colchester United
- Wrexham3–0Cambridge United
viernes, 4 de marzo de 1988
- Cardiff City0–0Peterborough United
- Colchester United1–2Wrexham
- Tranmere Rovers3–0Wolverhampton Wanderers
sábado, 5 de marzo de 1988
- Burnley3–0Exeter City
- Cambridge United2–0Leyton Orient
- Carlisle United0–2Bolton Wanderers
- Newport County1–2Swansea City
miércoles, 9 de marzo de 1988
- Exeter City0–1Peterborough United
sábado, 12 de marzo de 1988
- Hartlepool United2–1Burnley
- Leyton Orient0–0Colchester United
- Newport County0–0Cambridge United
- Peterborough United0–0Stockport County
- Rochdale0–0Tranmere Rovers
- Wolverhampton Wanderers3–1Carlisle United
- Wrexham1–2Swansea City
miércoles, 16 de marzo de 1988
- Cardiff City1–1Wrexham
viernes, 18 de marzo de 1988
- Stockport County2–0Burnley
- Swansea City1–0Bolton Wanderers
sábado, 19 de marzo de 1988
- Cambridge United1–1Tranmere Rovers
- Carlisle United0–1Crewe Alexandra
- Scunthorpe United3–0Hartlepool United
martes, 22 de marzo de 1988
- Burnley2–0Leyton Orient
- Wolverhampton Wanderers0–1Peterborough United
- Wrexham3–0Exeter City
viernes, 25 de marzo de 1988
- Colchester United0–0Cambridge United
- Tranmere Rovers3–0Carlisle United
sábado, 26 de marzo de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers0–0Rochdale
- Cardiff City0–1Scunthorpe United
- Crewe Alexandra0–0Exeter City
- Leyton Orient3–0Swansea City
- Wrexham4–1Newport County
viernes, 1 de abril de 1988
sábado, 2 de abril de 1988
- Burnley0–3Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Exeter City0–2Cardiff City
- Hartlepool United0–1Peterborough United
- Leyton Orient1–2Bolton Wanderers
- Newport County1–2Carlisle United
- Swansea City0–3Rochdale
- Wrexham3–0Tranmere Rovers
lunes, 4 de abril de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers2–1Burnley
- Cardiff City4–0Newport County
- Carlisle United0–4Wrexham
- Peterborough United0–1Swansea City
- Rochdale2–1Cambridge United
- Scunthorpe United2–1Crewe Alexandra
- Stockport County2–1Exeter City
- Tranmere Rovers3–1Hartlepool United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Colchester United
sábado, 9 de abril de 1988
- Exeter City1–1Bolton Wanderers
- Hartlepool United1–3Stockport County
- Leyton Orient4–1Carlisle United
- Newport County0–4Peterborough United
- Swansea City1–2Tranmere Rovers
- Wrexham2–1Scunthorpe United
domingo, 10 de abril de 1988
- Cambridge United1–1Wolverhampton Wanderers
viernes, 15 de abril de 1988
- Cardiff City1–0Bolton Wanderers
- Crewe Alexandra0–0Cambridge United
martes, 19 de abril de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers0–0Scunthorpe United
- Cambridge United1–1Hartlepool United
sábado, 23 de abril de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers6–0Newport County
- Carlisle United4–0Colchester United
- Peterborough United2–1Exeter City
- Rochdale1–3Leyton Orient
- Scunthorpe United1–1Burnley
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Swansea City
lunes, 25 de abril de 1988
- Tranmere Rovers2–2Crewe Alexandra
viernes, 29 de abril de 1988
- Cambridge United2–2Bolton Wanderers
- Colchester United2–0Stockport County
sábado, 30 de abril de 1988
- Burnley1–2Peterborough United
- Hartlepool United0–1Cardiff City
- Newport County0–3Tranmere Rovers
- Swansea City1–1Scunthorpe United
- Wrexham4–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
lunes, 2 de mayo de 1988
- Bolton Wanderers4–0Colchester United
- Cardiff City2–0Crewe Alexandra
- Carlisle United0–1Swansea City
- Rochdale1–2Wrexham
- Scunthorpe United1–1Exeter City
- Stockport County0–2Cambridge United
- Tranmere Rovers2–1Leyton Orient
- Wolverhampton Wanderers2–0Hartlepool United
sábado, 7 de mayo de 1988
- Burnley1–2Cardiff City
- Cambridge United1–2Carlisle United
- Colchester United0–0Tranmere Rovers
- Crewe Alexandra0–1Peterborough United
- Leyton Orient0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Newport County0–1Rochdale
- Wrexham0–1Bolton Wanderers