1986-87 season

1986-87 season
General information
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Captain	Alan Hansen
Performance
Division 1	Runners-up
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Runners-up
Top scorers
League	Rush (30)
FA Cup	None
League Cup	McMahon (8)
Overall	Rush (40)
Attendances
Highest	44,827
Lowest	13,498
Average	36,284
←1985-86	1987-88→

The 1986-87 season was Liverpool's 95th season of football since they were established. Although Liverpool failed to win any of the main tournaments this season, they did find some success in the Screen Sport Super Cup (origins of cup explained in 1985-86 season) which had carried on from the previous season. Liverpool did manage to stay in the top two in the league, finishing as runners-up to rivals Everton. There was also yet another Wembley outing - when Liverpool were beaten by Arsenal in the 1987 League Cup Final.

Squad[]

GK. Bruce Grobbelaar
GK. Mike Hooper
DF. Gary Ablett
DF. Jim Beglin
DF. Gary Gillespie
DF. Mark Lawrenson
DF. Alan Hansen
DF. Barry Venison
DF. Alex Watson
DF. John McGregor
MF. Ronnie Whelan
MF. Craig Johnston
MF. Kevin MacDonald
MF. Steve McMahon
MF. Mark Seagraves
MF. Steve Staunton
MF. John Wark
MF. Jan Molby
MF. Nigel Spackman
MF. Kenny Dalglish
MF. Steve Nicol
MF. Brian Mooney
FW. Paul Walsh
FW. John Aldridge
FW. Alan Irvine
FW. Ian Rush
FW. John Durnin

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
30 July 1986	Danish Select XI	1-1	MacDonald
1 August 1986	IS Halmia	3-0	Johnston, Whelan, MacDonald
4 August 1986	Swedish Select XI	3-1	Molby 2 (2 pens), Rush
6 August 1986	Kolding	1-1	McMahon
8 August 1986	Hamburger	0-1
12 August 1986	Real Sociedad	0-0

Other friendlies[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
18 September 1986	Jack Charlton XI	2-1	Molby (pen), MacDonald
21 October 1986	Blackburn	3-2	Walsh, McMahon, Rush
3 November 1986	Motherwell	1-1	Wark
9 December 1986	Celtic	1-1^[1]	Hansen
16 December 1986	Shrewsbury	2-0	McMahonl 2
14 April 1987	Danish Select XI	0-0
11 May 1987	Israel	0-3

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
23 August 1986	Newcastle	2-0	Rush (5, 83)
25 August 1986	Man City	0-0
30 August 1986	Arsenal	2-1	Molby (pen 19), Rush (57)
3 September 1986	Leicester	1-2	Dalglish (85)
6 September 1986	West Ham	5-2	Whelan (24), Johnston (51), Dalglish (66, 90), Rush (70)
13 September 1986	Charlton	2-0	Molby (pen 56), Rush (80)
20 September 1986	Southampton	1-2	McMahon (62)
27 September 1986	Aston Villa	3-3	Wark (pen 24, 43), McMahon (79)
4 October 1986	Wimbledon	3-1	Molby (50), Rush (56, 90)
11 October 1986	Tottenham	0-1
18 October 1986	Oxford	4-0	Rush (29, 89), Dalglish (33), Molby (pen 53)
25 October 1986	Luton	1-4	Molby (pen 81)
1 November 1986	Norwich	6-2	Nicol (15), Walsh (30, 58, 75), Rush (48, 70)
8 November 1986	Queens Park Rangers	3-1	Rush (9), Nicol (15), Johnston (76)
16 November 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Rush (58)
23 November 1986	Everton	0-0
29 November 1986	Coventry	2-0	Molby (pen 24), Wark (90)
6 December 1986	Watford	0-2
14 December 1986	Chelsea	3-0	Whelan (31), Rush (51), Nicol (78)
20 December 1986	Charlton	0-0
26 December 1986	Man Utd	0-1
27 December 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Rush (64)
1 January 1987	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Rush (88)
3 January 1987	West Ham	1-0	McMahon (86)
17 January 1987	Man City	1-0	Rush (72)
24 January 1987	Newcastle	2-0	Walsh (53), Rush (79)
14 February 1987	Leicester	4-3	Rush (29, 47, 86), Walsh (30)
21 February 1987	Aston Villa	2-2	Johnston (1), Walsh (62)
28 February 1987	Southampton	1-0	Aldridge (60)
7 March 1987	Luton	2-0	Molby (pen 17), Donaghy (og 39)
10 March 1987	Arsenal	1-0	Rush (20)
14 March 1987	Oxford	3-1	Wark (35, 63), Rush (53)
18 March 1987	Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Rush (18, 71)
22 March 1987	Tottenham	0-1
28 March 1987	Wimbledon	1-2	Dalglish (47)
11 April 1987	Norwich	1-2	Rush (36)
18 April 1987	Nottingham Forest	3-0	Dalglish (34), Whelan (51), Ablett (68)
20 April 1987	Man Utd	0-1
25 April 1987	Everton	3-1	McMahon (9) Rush (45, 85)
2 May 1987	Coventry	0-1
4 May 1987	Watford	1-0	Rush (82)
9 May 1987	Chelsea	3-3	Rush (9), McMahon (77), Aldridge (84)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score
3	11 January 1987	Luton	0-0
3 (R)	26 January 1987	Luton	0-0
3 (R)	28 January 1987	Luton	0-3

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 (1st leg)	23 September 1986	Fulham	10-0	Rush (8, 76), Wark (10, 63), Whelan (28), McMahon (44, 66, 71, 79), Nicol (83)
2 (2nd leg)	7 October 1986	Fulham	3-2	McMahon (2), Parker (og 6), Molby (pen 43)
3	29 October 1986	Leicester	4-1	McMahon (5, 7, 60), Dalglish (30)
4	19 November 1986	Coventry	0-0
4 (R)	26 November 1986	Coventry	3-1	Molby (3 pens 4, 39, 72)
5	21 January 1987	Everton	1-0	Rush (83)
Semi-final (1st leg)	11 February 1987	Southampton	0-0
Semi-final (2nd leg)	25 February 1987	Southampton	3-0	Whelan (67), Dalglish (75), Molby (85)
Final	5 April 1987	Arsenal	1-2	Rush (23)

Other[]

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 August 1986	Everton	1-1	Rush (87)

Screen Sport Super Cup:

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
Final (1st leg)	16 September 1986	Everton	3-1	Rush (6, 65), McMahon (56)
Final (2nd leg)	30 September 1986	Everton	4-1	Rush (10, 27, 84), Nicol (62)

Note: Some Screen Sport Super Cup games were played in the 1985-86 season.

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	26	8	8	76	31	45	86
2	Liverpool	42	23	8	11	72	42	30	77
3	Tottenham	42	21	8	13	68	43	25	71

Player stats[]

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Gary Ablett	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
FW	John Aldridge	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
DF	Jim Beglin	20	0	1	0	6	0	3	0	30	0
MF	Kenny Dalglish	18	6	0	0	5	2	2	0	25	8
FW	John Durnin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Gary Gillespie	37	0	3	0	9	0	2	0	51	0
GK	Bruce Grobbelaar	31	0	3	0	9	0	2	0	45	0
DF	Alan Hansen	39	0	3	0	9	0	2	0	53	0
GK	Mike Hooper	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
FW	Alan Irvine	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Craig Johnston	28	3	3	0	5	0	1	0	37	3
DF	Mark Lawrenson	35	0	3	0	8	0	3	0	49	0
MF	Kevin MacDonald	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
MF	Steve McMahon	37	5	1	0	9	8	3	1	50	14
MF	Jan Molby	34	7	3	0	7	5	3	0	47	12
MF	Brian Mooney	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Steve Nicol	14	3	0	0	5	1	2	1	21	5
FW	Ian Rush	42	30	3	0	9	4	3	6	57	40
MF	Nigel Spackman	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
DF	Barry Venison	33	0	2	0	6	0	3	0	44	0
FW	Paul Walsh	23	6	3	0	5	0	1	0	32	6
MF	John Wark	11	5	2	0	3	2	1	0	17	7
DF	Alex Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Ronnie Whelan	39	3	3	0	8	2	3	0	53	5

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Barry Venison	Sunderland	£200,000	31 July 1986
Steve Staunton	Dundalk	£20,000	2 September 1986
Alan Irvine	Falkirk	£75,000	October 1986
John Aldridge	Oxford	£750,000	27 January 1987
Nigel Spackman	Chelsea	£400,000	24 February 1987

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Sammy Lee	Queens Park Rangers	£200,000	August 1986
Ian Rush	Juventus	£3,200,000	1 July 1987
Alan Irvine	Dundee United	£100,000	28 August 1987

Notes[]

↑ Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties.

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[1] Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties.

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