Season summary
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In 1986–87 season, former Wigan Athletic boss Bryan Hamilton replaced Gordon Milne as team manager of the Foxes but it proved to be another season of struggle and in March, Alan Smith was sold to Arsenal for £800,000 even though he was loaned back to Leicester until the end of the season and Steve Lynex was sold to West Brom leaving Leicester’s strike force a bit weakened. Leicester brought in youngsters and loan-spell trialists but they did little to prevent the Foxes from relegation to the Second Division after 4 years in the top flight.
Final league table
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Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Leicester City's score comes first [1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
23 August 1986
Luton Town H
1–1
9,801
Smith
30 August 1986
Wimbledon A
0–1
5,987
3 September 1986
Liverpool H
2–1
16,344
McAllister , Osman
6 September 1986
Manchester United H
1–1
16,785
Kelly
13 September 1986
Sheffield Wednesday A
2–2
21,603
McAllister , Moran
17 September 1986
Norwich City A
1–2
14,814
Smith
20 September 1986
Tottenham Hotspur H
1–2
13,141
Morgan
27 September 1986
Queens Park Rangers A
1–0
10,021
Smith
4 October 1986
Manchester City A
2–1
18,033
Sealy , Smith
11 October 1986
Nottingham Forest H
2–1
18,402
Smith , McAllister (2, 1 pen)
18 October 1986
Charlton Athletic A
0–2
5,770
25 October 1986
Southampton H
2–3
9,186
Osman , McAllister
1 November 1986
Aston Villa A
0–2
14,529
8 November 1986
Newcastle United H
1–1
9,836
Smith
15 November 1986
Everton H
0–2
13,450
22 November 1986
Watford A
1–5
13,605
Smith
29 November 1986
Chelsea H
2–2
10,047
McAllister (pen), O'Neill
6 December 1986
Coventry City A
0–1
12,320
14 December 1986
Oxford United H
2–0
8,480
Smith , Wilson
20 December 1986
Manchester United A
0–2
34,180
26 December 1986
Arsenal H
1–1
19,205
Moran
28 December 1986
Everton A
1–5
39,730
Moran
1 January 1987
West Ham United A
1–4
16,625
Moran
3 January 1987
Sheffield Wednesday H
6–1
10,851
Ramsey , Smith (2), Moran (3)
24 January 1987
Luton Town A
0–1
9,102
7 February 1987
Wimbledon H
3–1
8,369
Smith , Ramsey (2)
14 February 1987
Liverpool A
3–4
34,259
Smith (2), Johnston (own goal)
21 February 1987
Norwich City H
0–2
8,742
25 February 1987
Tottenham Hotspur A
0–5
16,038
7 March 1987
Southampton A
0–4
11,611
14 March 1987
Charlton Athletic H
1–0
8,159
Smith
22 March 1987
Nottingham Forest A
1–2
18,679
Mauchlen
25 March 1987
Queens Park Rangers H
4–1
7,384
McAllister (2, 1 pen), Ramsey , McDonald (own goal)
28 March 1987
Manchester City H
4–0
10,743
Morgan , Smith , McAllister , Ramsey
4 April 1987
Newcastle United A
0–2
23,360
11 April 1987
Aston Villa H
1–1
11,933
Moran
18 April 1987
West Ham United H
2–0
10,434
Smith , O'Neill
20 April 1987
Arsenal A
1–4
18,767
Osman
25 April 1987
Watford H
1–2
9,448
Moran
2 May 1987
Chelsea A
1–3
11,975
Smith
4 May 1987
Coventry City H
1–1
14,903
Ramsey
9 May 1987
Oxford United A
0–0
10,183
League Cup
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
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Bryan Hamilton
