Football : Season Details : 1988

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
English Clubs banned from European competition.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 3 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Liverpool
90
4-26
 FAC-F
2
 Manchester United
81
6-13
  
3
 Nottingham Forest
73
5-11
  
4
 Everton
70
3-34
  
5
 Queens Park Rangers
67
3-5
  
6
 Arsenal
66
2-62
 LC-F
7
 Wimbledon
57
1-2
 FAC-W
8
 Newcastle United
56
4-4
  
9
 Luton Town
53
3-6
 LC-W
10
 Coventry City
53
1-21
  
11
 Sheffield Wednesday
53
8-4
  
12
 Southampton
50
2-10
  
13
 Tottenham Hotspur
47
5-10
  
14
 Norwich City
45
4-2
  
15
 Derby County
43
6-1
  
16
 West Ham United
42
3-7
  
17
 Charlton Athletic
42
2-2
  
18
 Chelsea
42
6-4
  
19
 Portsmouth
35
2-1
  
20
 Watford
32
1-6
  
21
 Oxford United
31
1-3
  

League Cup Final Luton Town 3 Arsenal 2
FA Cup Final Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0

History

The First Division is reduced to 21 clubs with an eventual reduction to 20 clubs. This is the first change in the size of the top League since 1920.

Four clubs are relegated.

Wimbledon win the FA Cup ten years after being a non-League club. This results denies Liverpool the League and FA Cup double.

Liverpool win their 17th Championship and equal Everton's record number of 90 points but by playing two games less.

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