1986–87 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season January 2011 April 2018 December 2014 September 2023 Liverpool 1986–87 John W Smith Kenny Dalglish First Division 2nd FA Cup Third round League Cup Runners-up Super Cup Winners FA Charity Shield Title shared Ian Rush (30) Ian Rush (40) 44,827 (v Everton, League, 25 Apr) 13,498 (v Fulham, League Cup, 23 Sept) 36,284 _liverpool8587h _liverpool8587h _liverpool8587h _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 FF0000 FF0000 _redlines _redlines _vneckred _adidaswhite _3_stripes_red ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 ffffff _redlines _redlines _vneckred _adidasred _3_stripes_red ffff33 ffff33 ffff33 ffff33 ffff33 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 season was Liverpool Football Club's 95th season in existence and their 25th consecutive season in the First Division. It was their second season under the management of Kenny Dalglish, and as defending double winners they finished this season only having (jointly) won the FA Charity Shield, coming close to silverware as league runners-up and losing finalists in the League Cup. They finished runners-up in the league nine points behind local rivals Everton, after an eventful title race which had seen them fight out with a resurgent Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur as well as face surprise challenges during the season from unfancied sides including Norwich City, Luton Town and newly promoted Wimbledon. At the end of the season, striker Ian Rush headed to Italy to sign for Juventus. His successor in the Liverpool attack, John Aldridge, had been signed during the season from Oxford United. After the season ended, Dalglish further enhanced Liverpool's forward positions with a move for Newcastle United striker Peter Beardsley and Watford winger John Barnes. Squad Goalkeepers SAF 1928 Bruce Grobbelaar ENG Mike Hooper Defenders ENG Gary Ablett IRE Jim Beglin SCO Gary Gillespie SCO Alan Hansen IRE Mark Lawrenson SCO John McGregor SCO Steve Nicol IRE Steve Staunton ENG Barry Venison ENG Alex Watson Midfielders SCO Kenny Dalglish AUS Craig Johnston ENG Sammy Lee SCO Kevin MacDonald ENG Steve McMahon DEN Jan Mølby IRE Brian Mooney SCO Steve Nicol ENG Mark Seagraves ENG Nigel Spackman SCO John Wark IRE Ronnie Whelan Attackers IRE John Aldridge ENG John Durnin SCO Alan Irvine WAL Ian Rush ENG Paul Walsh Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup Charity Shield League Cup Super Cup ENG DF Gary Ablett 5+0 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 IRL FW John Aldridge 2+8 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 IRL DF Jim Beglin 20+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 2+0 0 SCO FW Kenny Dalglish 12+6 6 0+0 0 0+1 0 4+1 2 1+0 0 ENG FW John Durnin 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 SCO DF Gary Gillespie 37+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 9+0 0 2+0 0 ZIM GK Bruce Grobbelaar 31+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 SCO DF Alan Hansen 39+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 ENG GK Mike Hooper 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 SCO FW Alan Irvine 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 AUS MF Craig Johnston 27+1 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 IRL DF Mark Lawrenson 35+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 SCO MF Kevin MacDonald 3+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Steve McMahon 37+5 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 8 2+0 1 DEN MF Jan Mølby 34+0 7 3+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 5 1+1 0 IRL MF Brian Mooney 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 SCO MF Steve Nicol 14+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 1 2+0 1 WAL FW Ian Rush 42+0 30 3+0 0 1+0 1 9+0 4 2+0 5 ENG MF Nigel Spackman 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 ENG DF Barry Venison 31+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+2 0 1+1 0 ENG FW Paul Walsh 23+0 6 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+1 0 0+1 0 SCO MF John Wark 8+3 5 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 2 0+1 0 IRL MF Ronnie Whelan 39+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 2 2+0 0 |} Transfers In PosPlayerFromFeeDate DFENG Barry Venison ENG Sunderland £200,000 31 July 1986 DFIRE Steve Staunton IRE Dundalk £20,000 2 September 1986 FWSCO Alan Irvine SCO Falkirk £75,000 October 1986 FWIRE John Aldridge ENG Oxford United £750,000 27 January 1987 MFENG Nigel Spackman ENG Chelsea £400,000 24 February 1987 Out PosPlayerToFeeDate MFENG Sammy Lee ENG QPR £200,000 August 1986 League table First Division y LIV Matches First Division 1986–87 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 23-Aug-86 Newcastle United A 2–0 Rush 5 83 33,306 Report Report 25-Aug-86 Manchester City H 0–0 39,989 Report Report 30-Aug-86 Arsenal H 2–1 Mølby pen 19 Rush 57 38,637 Report Report 03-Sep-86 Leicester City A 1–2 Dalglish 85 16,344 Report Report 06-Sep-86 West Ham United A 5–2 Whelan 24 Johnston 51 Dalglish 66 90 Rush 70 29,807 Report Report 13-Sep-86 Charlton Athletic H 2–0 Mølby pen 56 Rush 80 37,413 Report Report 20-Sep-86 Southampton A 1–2 McMahon 62 20,452 Report Report 27-Sep-86 Aston Villa H 3–3 Wark pen 24 43 McMahon 79 38,298 Report Report 04-Oct-86 Wimbledon A 3–1 Mølby 50 Rush 56 90 15,978 Report Report 11-Oct-86 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 43,139 Report Report 18-Oct-86 Oxford United H 4–0 Rush 29 89 Dalglish 33 Mølby pen 53 34,512 Report Report 25-Oct-86 Luton Town A 1–4 Mølby pen 81 13,140 Report Report 01-Nov-86 Norwich City H 6–2 Nicol 15 Walsh 30 58 75 Rush 48 70 36,915 Report Report 08-Nov-86 Queens Park Rangers A 3–1 Rush 9 Nicol 15 Johnston 76 24,045 Report Report 16-Nov-86 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 Rush 58 28,020 Report Report 23-Nov-86 Everton A 0–0 48,247 Report Report 29-Nov-86 Coventry City H 2–0 Mølby pen 24 Wark 90 31,614 Report Report 06-Dec-86 Watford A 0–2 23,954 Report Report 14-Dec-86 Chelsea H 3–0 Whelan 31 Rush 51 Nicol 78 25,856 Report Report 20-Dec-86 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 16,564 Report Report 26-Dec-86 Manchester United H 0–1 40,663 Report Report 27-Dec-86 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–0 Rush 64 40,959 Report Report 01-Jan-87 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 Rush 88 32,854 Report Report 03-Jan-87 West Ham United H 1–0 McMahon 86 41,286 Report Report 17-Jan-87 Manchester City A 1–0 Rush 72 35,336 Report Report 24-Jan-87 Newcastle United H 2–0 Walsh 53 Rush 79 38,054 Report Report 14-Feb-87 Leicester City H 4–3 Rush 29 47 86 Walsh 30 34,259 Report Report 21-Feb-87 Aston Villa A 2–2 Johnston 1 Walsh 62 32,093 Report Report 28-Feb-87 Southampton H 1–0 Aldridge 60 33,133 Report Report 07-Mar-87 Luton Town H 2–0 Mølby pen 17 Own goal 39 32,433 Report Report 10-Mar-87 Arsenal A 1–0 Rush 20 47,777 Report Report 14-Mar-87 Oxford United A 3–1 Wark 35 63 Rush 53 14,211 Report Report 18-Mar-87 Queens Park Rangers H 2–1 Rush 18 71 28,988 Report Report 22-Mar-87 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–1 32,763 Report Report 28-Mar-87 Wimbledon H 1–2 Dalglish 47 36,409 Report Report 11-Apr-87 Norwich City A 1–2 Rush 36 22,879 Report Report 18-Apr-87 Nottingham Forest H 3–0 Dalglish 34 Whelan 51 Ablett 68 37,359 Report Report 20-Apr-87 Manchester United A 0–1 54,103 Report Report 25-Apr-87 Everton H 3–1 McMahon 9 Rush 45 85 44,827 Report Report 02-May-87 Coventry City A 0–1 26,709 Report Report 04-May-87 Watford H 1–0 Rush 82 40,150 Report Report 09-May-87 Chelsea A 3–3 Rush 9 McMahon 77 Aldridge 84 29,245 Report Report FA Charity Shield 1986 FA Charity Shield 16 August 1986 15:00 Liverpool 1–1 Report Everton Rush 88 Heath 80 Wembley Stadium, London 88,231 Neil Midgley (Salford) _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _3_stripes_white _adidaswhite DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _whiteborder _whitehalfsides _whiteborder _whitetop 003399 003399 003399 FFFFFF 003399 Everton 1 ZIM Bruce Grobbelaar 57 2 ENG Barry Venison 3 IRL Jim Beglin 4 IRL Mark Lawrenson 5 IRL Ronnie Whelan 6 SCO Alan Hansen (c) 7 ENG Steve McMahon 8 AUS Craig Johnston 9 WAL Ian Rush 10DEN Jan Mølby 11SCO Kevin MacDonald 65Substitutes: 17ENG Mike Hooper 57 12SCO Kenny Dalglish 65Manager:SCO Kenny Dalglish 1 ENG Bobby Mimms 2 ENG Alan Harper 3 ENG Paul Power 4 WAL Kevin Ratcliffe (c) 5 ENG Ian Marshall 6 ENG Kevin Langley 7 ENG Trevor Steven 8 ENG Adrian Heath 9 SCO Graeme Sharp 10ENG Kevin Richardson 11IRL Kevin Sheedy 57Substitutes: 14 ENG Neil Adams 57 84 12 ENG Paul Wilkinson 84Manager:ENG Howard Kendall FA Cup 1986–87 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 11-Jan-87 Luton Town A 0–0 11,085 Report Report 26-Jan-87 Luton Town H 0–0 34,822 Report Report 28-Jan-87 Luton Town A 0–3 14,687 Report Report League Cup 1986–87 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 23-Sep-86 Fulham H 10–0 Rush 8 76 Wark 10 63 Whelan 28 McMahon 44 66 71 79 Nicol 83 13,498 Report Report 07-Oct-86 Fulham A 3–2 McMahon 2 Own goal 6 Mølby pen 43 7,864 Report Report 29-Oct-86 Leicester City H 4–1 McMahon 5 7 60 Dalglish 30 20,248 Report Report 19-Nov-86 Coventry City A 0–0 26,385 Report Report 26-Nov-86 Coventry City H 3–1 Mølby pen 4 pen 39 pen 72 19,179 Report Report 21-Jan-87 Everton A 1–0 Rush 83 53,323 Report Report 11-Feb-87 Southampton A 0–0 22,818 Report Report 25-Feb-87 Southampton H 3–0 Whelan 67 Dalglish 75 Mølby 85 38,481 Report Report Final 1987 Football League Cup Final 5 April 1987 15:15 BST Arsenal 2–1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20141207085854/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/report.asp?rec_id=4667 Report Liverpool Nicholas 30 83 Rush 23 Wembley, London 96,000 Lester Shapter (Devon) _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _vneckwhite _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _red_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_blue FFFFFF CC0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF CC0000 Arsenal _redborder _vneckred _redborder _adidaswhite _color_3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Liverpool GK 1 John LukicRB 2 Viv AndersonLB 3 Kenny Sansom (Captain)CM 4 Steve WilliamsCB 5 David O'LearyCB 6 Tony AdamsRM 7 David RocastleCM 8 Paul DavisCF 9 Niall Quinn CF 10Charlie NicholasLM 11Martin Hayes Substitutes:MF 12Perry Groves QuinnMF 14Michael Thomas HayesManager: George Graham GK 1 Bruce GrobbelaarRB 2 Gary GillespieLB 3 Barry VenisonCM 4 Nigel SpackmanLM 5 Ronnie WhelanCB 6 Alan Hansen (Captain)CF 7 Paul Walsh 73RM 8 Craig JohnstonCF 9 Ian RushCM 10Jan MolbyCM 11Steve McMahon 87Substitutes:FW 12Kenny Dalglish 73MF 14John Wark 87Player / Manager:Kenny Dalglish Super Cup Super Cup (English football) Final First Leg 16 September 1986 Liverpool 3–1 Everton Reporthttps://archive.today/20141207085854/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/report.asp?rec_id=4668 Report Rush 6 65McMahon 56 Sheedy 40 Anfield, Liverpool 20,660 _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _3_stripes_white _adidaswhite DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _whiteborder _whitetop _whiteborder _whiteborder 003399 003399 003399 FFFFFF 003399 Everton LIVERPOOL: GK 1 ENG Mike HooperRB 2 ENG Barry VenisonLB 3 IRL Jim BeglinCB 4 IRL Mark LawrensonLM 5 IRL Ronnie Whelan CB 6 SCO Gary GillespieSS 7 SCO Kenny Dalglish RM 8 SCO Steve NicolCF 9 WAL Ian RushCM 10SCO Kevin MacDonaldCM 11ENG Steve McMahonSubstitute:MF 12SCO John WarkMF 14DEN Jan Mølby Player/Manager:SCO Kenny DalglishEVERTON: GK 1 ENG Bobby MimmsRB 2 ENG Peter BillingLB 3 ENG Paul Power CB 4 WAL Kevin Ratcliffe (c)CB 5 ENG Ian Marshall CM 6 ENG Kevin LangleyRM 7 ENG Neil AdamsST 8 ENG Paul WilkinsonST 9 SCO Graeme SharpCM 10ENG Trevor StevenLM 11IRL Kevin Sheedy Substitute:MF ENG Warren Aspinall Manager:ENG Howard Kendall Second leg 30 September 1986 Everton 1–4 Liverpool ReportReport Sharp 30 Rush 10 27 84Nicol 62 Goodison Park, Liverpool 26,068 _whiteborder _whitetop _whiteborder _whiteborder 003399 003399 003399 FFFFFF 003399 Everton _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _liverpool85 _3_stripes_white _adidaswhite DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool EVERTON: GK 1 ENG Bobby MimmsRB 2 ENG Peter BillingLB 3 ENG Paul Power CB 4 WAL Kevin Ratcliffe (c)CB 5 ENG Derek Mountfield CM 6 ENG Trevor StevenRM 7 ENG Neil AdamsCM 8 ENG Adrian HeathST 9 SCO Graeme SharpST 10ENG Paul WilkinsonLM 11IRL Kevin Sheedy Substitute:MF ENG Warren Aspinall DF ENG Neil Pointon Manager:ENG Howard KendallLIVERPOOL: GK 1 ZIM Bruce GrobbelaarRB 2 SCO Gary GillespieLB 3 IRL Jim BeglinCB 4 IRL Mark LawrensonLM 5 IRL Ronnie WhelanCB 6 SCO Alan Hansen (c)SS 7 SCO John Wark RM 8 SCO Steve Nicol CF 9 WAL Ian RushCM 10DEN Jan MølbyCM 11ENG Steve McMahonSubstitute:FW 12ENG Paul WalshDF 14ENG Barry Venison Player/Manager:SCO Kenny Dalglish Liverpool won 7–2 on aggregate Dubai Super Cup Dubai Super Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 9-Dec-86 Celtic N 1–1 (Liverpool win 4–2 on pens) Hansen 89 15,000 Report References LFC History.net – Games for the 1986-87 season Liverweb – Games for the 1986–87 season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool F.C.