Fourth Division Table 1986/87

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Northampton Town	46	30	9	7	103	53	+50	99
2	Preston North End	46	26	12	8	72	47	+25	90
3	Southend United	46	25	5	16	68	55	+13	80
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	24	7	15	69	50	+19	79
5	Colchester United	46	21	7	18	64	56	+8	70
6	Aldershot	46	20	10	16	64	57	+7	70
7	Leyton Orient	46	20	9	17	64	61	+3	69
8	Scunthorpe United	46	18	12	16	73	57	+16	66
9	Wrexham	46	15	20	11	70	51	+19	65
10	Peterborough United	46	17	14	15	57	50	+7	65
11	Cambridge United	46	17	11	18	60	62	-2	62
12	Swansea City	46	17	11	18	56	61	-5	62
13	Cardiff City	46	15	16	15	48	50	-2	61
14	Exeter City	46	11	23	12	53	49	+4	56
15	Halifax Town	46	15	10	21	59	74	-15	55
16	Hereford United	46	14	11	21	60	61	-1	53
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	13	14	19	70	72	-2	53
18	Hartlepool United	46	11	18	17	44	65	-21	51
19	Stockport County	46	13	12	21	40	69	-29	51
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	17	18	54	72	-18	50
21	Rochdale	46	11	17	18	54	73	-19	50
22	Burnley	46	12	13	21	53	74	-21	49
23	Torquay United	46	10	18	18	56	72	-16	48
24	Lincoln City	46	12	12	22	45	65	-20	48