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Today League
Game #49 of 1986/87
Preston North End
2 - 0
Tranmere Rovers
L
Tuesday, 28/04/1987
Match Details
Attendance
12,109
Manager
John King
Opposition Manager
John McGrath
League Position
21
League Points
46
Team Lineups
Tranmere Rovers
Shirt
Player
Role
⏱️
⚽️
🟨
🟥
1
O'Rourke, Billy
Starter
90
0
0
0
2
Mungall, Steve
Starter
90
0
0
0
3
Hay, Alan
Starter
90
0
0
0
4
Williams, Gary
Starter
90
0
0
0
5
Thorpe, Andy
Starter
90
0
0
0
6
Vickers, Steve
Starter
90
0
0
0
7
Hughes, Mark
Starter
90
0
0
0
8
Bullock, Steve
Starter
90
0
0
0
9
Moore, Ronnie
Starter
90
0
0
0
10
Muir, Ian
Starter
90
0
0
0
11
Anderson, Doug
Starter
90
0
0
0
12
Bell, Graham
Sub
90
0
0
0
Preston North End
Shirt
Player
Role
1
Alan Kelly
Starter
2
Dave Miller
Starter
3
Mike Bennett
Starter
4
Bob Atkins
Starter
5
Alex Jones
Starter
6
Sam Allardyce
Starter
7
Les Chapman
Starter
8
Gary Swann
Starter
9
John Thomas
Starter
10
Gary Brazil
Starter
11
Oshor Williams
Starter
-
Frank Worthington
Sub
League Table
Pos
Club
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Northampton Town
42
28
7
7
94
47
+47
91
2
Preston North End
43
25
10
8
69
45
+24
85
3
Southend United
42
23
5
14
62
48
+14
74
4
Wolverhampton Wanderers
43
21
7
15
59
48
+11
70
5
Colchester United
43
21
6
16
64
54
+10
69
6
Peterborough United
43
17
12
14
57
49
+8
63
7
Aldershot
42
18
9
15
57
51
+6
63
8
Orient
43
18
9
16
57
56
+1
63
9
Swansea City
42
16
11
15
54
54
0
59
10
Wrexham
41
13
18
10
59
45
+14
57
11
Scunthorpe United
43
15
12
16
66
55
+11
57
12
Exeter City
43
11
23
9
51
43
+8
56
13
Cambridge United
43
15
11
17
55
57
-2
56
14
Cardiff City
42
13
15
14
40
46
-6
54
15
Halifax Town
43
14
9
20
55
69
-14
51
16
Stockport County
42
13
11
18
39
63
-24
50
17
Hereford United
42
13
10
19
54
54
0
49
18
Crewe Alexandra
43
12
13
18
66
68
-2
49
19
Lincoln City
43
12
12
19
44
58
-14
48
20
Hartlepool United
42
10
17
15
39
55
-16
47
21
Tranmere Rovers
43
10
16
17
51
68
-17
46
22
Torquay United
43
9
17
17
50
66
-16
44
23
Burnley
43
10
13
20
49
71
-22
43
24
Rochdale
41
8
17
16
44
65
-21
41