Football : Season Details : 1988

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

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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

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Red Relegated
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 current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

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

European Cup Final	PSV Eindhoven 0 Benfica 0 aet (pens: 6 - 5)
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Español 3 Bayer Leverkusen 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Bayer Leverkusen 3 Español 0 aet (pens: 3 - 2)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Mechelen 1 Ajax 0

aet After Extra Time : pens Penalties

History

The Top Division was reduced to 21 clubs with an eventual reduction to 20 clubs. This was the first change in the size of the Top Division since 1920.

Four clubs were relegated including Chelsea on goal difference.

Wimbledon won the FA Cup ten years after being a non-League club. This result denied Liverpool the League and FA Cup double.

Liverpool won their 17th Championship and equalled Everton's record number of 90 points but by playing two games less. Their 29 match unbeaten league run at the beginning of the season equalled the Top Division record. This was the 7th consecutive season that the Championship had remained in the city of Liverpool.

History (Europe)

PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands became the third club from Europe to to win the Treble of national League and Cup and the European Cup.

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