title: 1987–88 Cardiff City F.C. season
text: # 1987–88 Cardiff City F.C. season
  
  The 1987–88 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 61st season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Three.
  
  ## Players
  
  First team squad.
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | -- | GK | ENG | Scott Endersby |
  | -- | GK | ENG | Alan Judge |
  | -- | GK | ENG | Graham Moseley |
  | -- | GK | WAL | Jon Roberts |
  | -- | GK | SCO | George Wood |
  | -- | DF | WAL | Gareth Abraham |
  | -- | DF | WAL | Phil Bater |
  | -- | DF | WAL | Terry Boyle |
  | -- | DF | ENG | Mike Ford |
  | -- | DF | WAL | Jason Perry |
  | -- | DF | ENG | Nick Platnauer |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | -- | MF | WAL | Jason Gummer |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Mark Kelly |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Steve Mardenborough |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Brian McDermott |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Paul Sanderson |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Paul Wheeler |
  | -- | MF | ENG | Paul Wimbleton |
  | -- | FW | ENG | Kevin Bartlett |
  | -- | FW | WAL | Alan Curtis |
  | -- | FW | ENG | Jimmy Gilligan |
  | -- | FW | WAL | Ian Walsh |
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 90 | Champions - automatically promoted to Third Division |
  | 2 | Cardiff City | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 85 | Automatically promoted to Third Division; Welsh Cup Winners - qualified for Cup Winners' Cup |
  | 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 78 | Automatically promoted to Third Division |
  | 4 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 77 | Participated in Fourth Division play-offs |
  | 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 77 | Participated in Fourth Division play-offs |
  
  ### Results by round
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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  | Result | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
  | Position | | 19 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  
  ## Fixtures and results
  
  ### Fourth Division
  
  Source
  
  