1986–87 Arsenal F.C. season

English football club season November 2020 May 2013 Arsenal F.C. 1986–87 Peter Hill-Wood George Graham First Division 4th Martin Hayes (19) Martin Hayes (24) FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Winners _arsenal8687h _arsenal8687h _arsenal8687h _arsenal8687h _arsenal8687hl FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 _arsenal8687a _arsenal8687a _arsenal8687a _arsenal8687a _arsenal8687a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 season was Arsenal Football Club's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of English football.https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- All-time Arsenal James Josh 18 June 2013 Arsenal F.C. 22 June 2023 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230622042610/https://www.arsenal.com/news/features/48523/behind-the-numbers- 22 June 2023https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html English Clubs Divisional Movements 1888–2016 Ross James Heneghan Michael Orford Stuart Culliton Eoin 25 August 2016 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 June 2023 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230622041929/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engall.html 22 June 2023 The first season managed by George Graham, Arsenal improved on their seventh-place performance in the 1985-86 season by ending the campaign in 4th. Graham also helped Arsenal to their first major trophy in eight years, winning the 1987 League Cup. One notable piece of business in the transfer window was the purchase of striker Alan Smith, but Arsenal immediately loaned him back to his former club Leicester for the rest of the season.Smith Alan 3 May 2016 Leicester have come long way from greasy spoons and post-match pork pies https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/03/leicester-have-come-long-way-from-greasy-spoons-and-post-match-p/ 22 October 2023 The Telegraph Tony Adams was voted PFA Young Player of the Year after featuring in all of Arsenal's games.20 April 2001 Too much too young? https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1287799.stm 22 October 2023 BBC Sport Online Season summary This season saw the return of their former player George Graham as manager. Graham had been appointed just after the end of the previous season as successor to Don Howe who had resigned in late March. He had been a member of Arsenal's double winning team in 1971, but Arsenal had gone since 1979 without winning a major trophy, finishing seventh in the two seasons leading up to Graham's arrival and finishing as low as 10th in 1983. On 9 June 1986 Graham’s first transfer activity was to sell Martin Keown to Aston Villa for £125,000, after refusing him an extra £50 a week, and giving a young Tony Adams the chance to establish himself in the side.Spurling Jon All Guns Blazing Aureus Publishing Ltd. 2001 130 Perry Groves was signed from Colchester on 4 September for £75,000. He made his debut as a sub one week later against Luton Town. Arsenal started the season well and were top of the league from mid-November to late January. Arsenal showed qualities of teamwork based on a traditional solidity in defence which might have prolonged their challenge but for injuries to key players, most notably Paul Davis, and a 10-match winless run went against their title hopes in the second half of the season, and they eventually finished fourth, with Everton finishing champions for the second time in three seasons. Though Arsenal finished fourth in Graham’s first season in charge, Arsenal did win the Football League Cup, in a campaign marked by comebacks. Arsenal faced Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals; after losing 1–0 at Highbury in the first leg and conceding a second goal in the first half of the second leg at White Hart Lane, Arsenal scored twice through Viv Anderson and Niall Quinn to draw 2–2 on aggregate and force a replay; in the replay Spurs went 1–0 up, only for Arsenal to come back again with late goals from Ian Allinson and David Rocastle to win. The Wembley final against Liverpool was a repeat performance; after Arsenal had gone 1–0 down to an Ian Rush goal, two Charlie Nicholas goals brought Arsenal their first League Cup triumph and their first major trophy for eight years. However, UEFA voted to continue the ban on English clubs in European competitions that was imposed in the wake of the Heysel disaster in 1985 for a third season, and this meant that Arsenal were unable to compete in the 1987–88 UEFA-Cup.Arsenal: The Complete Record. James. Kelly. Andrews. deCoubertin Books. 2018 Tony Adams, the 20-year-old centre-half who played in every single game for Arsenal this season, was voted PFA Young Player of the Year. Striker Niall Quinn and wingers David Rocastle and Martin Hayes both became regular members of the first team this season, with Hayes finishing as Arsenal's top scorer with 24 goals in all competitions. Squad y y ENG GK John Lukic y ENG DF Viv Anderson y ENG DF Kenny Sansom captain y ENG MF Steve Williams y IRL DF David O'Leary y ENG DF Tony Adams y ENG MF David Rocastle y ENG MF Paul Davis y IRL FW Niall Quinn y SCO FW Charlie Nicholas y ENG MF Martin Hayes y y ENG MF Perry Groves y ENG MF Graham Rix y ENG MF Michael Thomas y ENG DF Gus Caesar y WAL GK Rhys Wilmot y ENG MF Ian Allinson y ENG FW Paul Merson y ENG MF Stewart Robson Results First Division 1986–87 Football League#First Division First Division y ARS 1 23 August 1986 Arsenal 1–0 Manchester United Nicholas London Highbury 41,382 W 2 26 August 1986 Coventry City 2–1 Arsenal Anderson Coventry Highfield Road 11,182 L 3 30 August 1986 Liverpool 2–1 Arsenal Mølby 19 pen.Rush 57 Adams Liverpool Anfield 38,637 L 4 2 September 1986 Arsenal 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Quinn Adams London Highbury 20,101 W 5 6 September 1986 Arsenal 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur London Highbury 44,707 D 6 13 September 1986 Luton Town 0–0 Arsenal Luton Kenilworth Road 9,876 D 7 20 September 1986 Arsenal 0–0 Oxford United London Highbury 20,676 D 8 27 September 1986 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Arsenal Nottingham City Ground L 9 4 October 1986 Everton 0–1 Arsenal Williams Liverpool Goodison Park 30,007 W 10 11 October 1986 Arsenal 3–1 Watford Groves Hayes pen.Quinn London Highbury 24,076 W 11 18 October 1986 Newcastle United 1–2 Arsenal Anderson Williams Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park 22,368 W 12 25 October 1986 Arsenal 3–1 Chelsea Hayes pen. Rocastle London Highbury 32,990 W 13 1 November 1986 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Arsenal Adams Hayes London Selhurst Park W 14 8 November 1986 Arsenal 0–0 West Ham United London Highbury 36,084 D 15 15 November 1986 Southampton 0–4 Arsenal Hayes pen.AndersonQuinn Groves Southampton The Dell 18,728 W 16 22 November 1986 Arsenal 3–0 Manchester City Quinn Anderson Adams London Highbury 29,009 W 17 29 November 1986 Aston Villa 0–4 Arsenal Hayes Groves Rocastleown goal Birmingham Villa Park 21,658 W 18 6 December 1986 Arsenal 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Hayes Quinn London Highbury 34,049 W 19 13 December 1986 Norwich City 1–1 Arsenal Hayes pen. Norwich Carrow Road 21,409 D 20 20 December 1986 Arsenal 3–0 Luton Town Quinn Adams Hayes London Highbury 28,217 W 21 26 December 1986 Leicester City 1–1 Arsenal Hayes pen. Leicester Filbert Street 19,205 D 22 27 December 1986 Arsenal 1–0 Southampton Quinn London Highbury 38,118 W 23 1 January 1987 Arsenal 3–1 Wimbledon Nicholas Hayes pen. London Highbury 36,144 W 24 4 January 1987 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Arsenal Adams Davis London White Hart Lane 37,723 W 25 18 January 1987 Arsenal 0–0 Coventry City London Highbury 17,561 D 26 24 January 1987 Manchester United 2–0 Arsenal Manchester Old Trafford 51,367 L 27 14 February 1987 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Arsenal Quinn Sheffield Hillsborough 24,792 D 28 25 February 1987 Oxford United 0–0 Arsenal Oxford Manor Ground 13,296 D 29 7 March 1987 Chelsea 1–0 Arsenal London Stamford Bridge 29,301 L 30 10 March 1987 Arsenal 0–1 Liverpool Rush 20 London Highbury 47,777 L 31 17 March 1987 Arsenal 0–0 Nottingham Forest London Highbury 18,352 D 32 21 March 1987 Watford 2–0 Arsenal Watford Vicarage Road 18,172 L 33 28 March 1987 Arsenal 0–1 Everton London Highbury 36,218 L 34 8 April 1987 West Ham United 3–1 Arsenal Hayes pen. London Boleyn Ground 26,174 L 35 11 April 1987 Arsenal 2–1 Charlton Athletic Davis Hayes London Highbury 26,111 W 36 14 April 1987 Arsenal 0–1 Newcastle United London Highbury 17,353 L 37 18 April 1987 Wimbledon 1–2 Arsenal Merson Davis London Plough Lane 8,515 W 38 20 April 1987 Arsenal 4–1 Leicester City Hayes pen. Davis Nicholas London Highbury 18,767 W 39 25 April 1987 Manchester City 3–0 Arsenal Manchester Maine Road 18,072 L 40 2 May 1987 Arsenal 2–1 Aston Villa Hayes pen. London Highbury 18,463 W 41 4 May 1987 Queens Park Rangers 1–4 Arsenal Rix Merson Davis London Loftus Road 13,387 W 42 9 May 1987 Arsenal 1–2 Norwich City Merson London Highbury 24,001 L Football League Cup 1986–87 Football League Cup Second round (1st Leg) 23 September 1986 Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town Davis Quinn London Highbury W Second round (2nd Leg) 7 October 1986 Huddersfield Town 1–1 1–3 Arsenal Hayes Huddersfield Leeds Road D Third round 28 October 1986 Arsenal 3–1 Manchester City Rocastle Hayes (p) Davis London Highbury W Fourth round 18 November 1986 Arsenal 2–0 Charlton Athletic Quinn own goal London Highbury W Quarter-Final 21 January 1987 Arsenal 2–0 Nottingham Forest Nicholas Hayes London Highbury W Semi-Final (1st Leg) 8 February 1987 Arsenal 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur C. Allen 39 London Highbury L Semi-Final (2nd Leg) 1 March 1987 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 (aet) 2–2 Arsenal C. Allen 16 Anderson 51 Quinn 65 London White Hart Lane, Tottenham W Semi-Final (replay) 4 March 1987 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Arsenal C. Allen 62 Allinson 82 Rocastle 90 London White Hart Lane, Tottenham W Final 5 April 1987 Arsenal 2–1 Liverpool Nicholas 30 83 Rush 23 London Wembley Stadium 96,000 W FA Cup 1986–87 FA Cup Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Reading. Third round 10 January 1987 Reading 1–3 Arsenal Senior 22 Nicholas 20 52Hayes 36 pen. Reading Elm Park W Fourth round 31 January 1987 Arsenal 6–1 Plymouth Argyle NicholasAnderson (2)DavisQuinnRocastle D. Rowbotham London Highbury W Fifth round 21 February 1987 Arsenal 2–0 Barnsley Hayes (pen)Nicholas London Highbury W Sixth round 14 March 1987 Arsenal 1–3 Watford Allinson 12 Blissett 23 88Barnes 52 London Highbury L Top scorers First Division ENG Martin Hayes 19 (8 penalties) IRL Niall Quinn 8 ENG Tony Adams 6 ENG Viv Anderson 4 SCO Charlie Nicholas 4 ENG Paul Davis 4 References External links Arsenal 1986–87 on statto.com Arsenal Category:Arsenal F.C. seasons