Third Division Table 1986/87

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	46	29	10	7	76	40	+36	97	P
2	Middlesbrough	46	28	10	8	67	30	+37	94	P
3	Swindon Town	46	25	12	9	77	47	+30	87	P
4	Wigan Athletic	46	25	10	11	83	60	+23	85
5	Gillingham	46	23	9	14	65	48	+17	78
6	Bristol City	46	21	14	11	63	36	+27	77
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
12	Port Vale	46	15	12	19	76	70	+6	57
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	15	17	56	62	-6	57
14	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	48	57	-9	57
15	Chester City	46	13	17	16	61	59	+2	56
16	Bury	46	14	13	19	54	60	-6	55
17	Chesterfield	46	13	15	18	56	69	-13	54
18	Fulham	46	12	17	17	59	77	-18	53
19	Bristol Rovers	46	13	12	21	49	75	-26	51
20	York City	46	12	13	21	55	79	-24	49
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	15	21	46	58	-12	45	R
22	Carlisle United	46	10	8	28	39	78	-39	38	R
23	Darlington	46	7	16	23	45	77	-32	37	R
24	Newport County	46	8	13	25	49	86	-37	37	R