1986–87 Blackpool F.C. season

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Blackpool F.C. 1986–87 football season

Blackpool F.C.

Manager

9th

First round

First round

Top goalscorer

Home colours

← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 79th season (76th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing ninth.

Paul Stewart was the club's top scorer, with 21 goals.

During the close season, on 26 July, the club celebrated their centenary.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Notts County	46	21	13	12	77	56	+21	76
8	Walsall	46	22	9	15	80	67	+13	75
9	Blackpool	46	16	16	14	74	59	+15	64
10	Mansfield Town	46	15	16	15	52	55	−3	61
11	Brentford	46	15	15	16	64	66	−2	60

Source:

"League Division Three end of season table for 1986–87 season". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

v t e Blackpool F.C. seasons
1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, One) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Everton Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Millwall Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Mansfield Town Middlesbrough Newport County Port Vale Notts County Rotherham United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cardiff City Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Orient Peterborough United Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham