| Date | Opponents | | Score | Scorers | Crowd | | LEAGUE & CUP MATCHES | | 15/8/87 | Formby | A | 2 - 0 | Farrar(2) | | | 18/8/87 | Skelmersdale United | A | 0 - 4 | | | | 22/8/87 | Leyland Motors | H | 2 - 1 | Egerton, Priest | | | 25/8/87 | Atherton L.R. | H | 0 - 2 | | | | 29/8/87 | Heanor Town (FA Cup) | H | 2 - 3 | Farrar, Priest | | | 31/8/87 | Burscough | H | 0 - 2 | | | | 5/9/87 | Colne Dynamoes | H | 0 - 4 | | | | 8/9/87 | Rossendale United | A | 1 - 3 | Farrar | | | 12/9/87 | Skelmersdale United | H | 1 - 1 | Farrar | | | 19/9/87 | Colne Dynamoes (FA Vase) | A | 4 - 5 | Priest(2), Farrar, Hossack | | | 26/9/87 | Warrington Town | A | 0 - 1 | | | | 3/10/87 | Blackpool Mechanics (League Cup) | A | 3 - 1 | Egerton(2), Farrar | | | 10/10/87 | Glossopians (Derbyshire Cup) | A | 1 - 1 | Priest | | | 17/10/87 | Glossopians (Derbyshire Cup) | H | 2 - 2 | Mourne, Cain | | | | Glossop won 5-4 on penalties | | 24/10/87 | Bootle | H | 0 - 2 | | | | 31/10/87 | Rossendale United | H | 1 - 3 | Own Goal | | | 14/11/87 | Mickleover R.B.L. (Derbyshire Cup) | A | 0 - 0 | | | | 21/11/87 | Mickleover R.B.L. (Derbyshire Cup) | H | 4 - 2 | Green, Cain, Burke(2) | | | 5/12/87 | St Helens Town (League Cup) | A | 1 - 4 | Farrar | | | 12/12/87 | Atherton L.R. | A | 2 - 0 | De Paoli, Hossack | | | 19/12/87 | Darwen | H | 3 - 3 | Caldwell, Farrar(2) | | | 26/12/87 | Bootle | A | 3 - 0 | Cain, Mercer, Farrar | | | 9/1/88 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | H | 0 - 3 | | | | 16/1/88 | Clitheroe | H | 0 - 4 | | | | 30/1/88 | Kirkby Town | A | 0 - 1 | | | | 6/2/88 | Borrowash Victoria (Derbyshire Cup) | A | 3 - 8 | Farrar, Mundy, Lowrie | | | 13/2/88 | Leyland Motors | A | 1 - 2 | O'Connor | | | 20/2/88 | Kirkby Town | H | 2 - 7 | Green, Mundy | | | 27/2/88 | Formby | H | 1 - 1 | Lowrie | | | 5/3/88 | Burscough | A | 1 - 4 | Connor | | | 19/3/88 | Prescot Cables | A | 1 - 2 | Lowrie | | | 2/4/88 | Salford | A | 1 - 2 | Parker | | | 4/4/88 | St Helens Town | H | 1 - 2 | Wood | | | 9/4/88 | Clitheroe | A | 1 - 2 | Conway | | | 12/4/88 | Salford | H | 0 - 1 | | | | 16/4/88 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | A | 1 - 2 | Elliot | | | 19/4/88 | Darwen | A | 0 - 2 | | | | 26/4/88 | Warrington Town | H | 1 - 3 | Cooper | | | 30/4/88 | Colwyn Bay | A | 2 - 2 | Connor, Elliot | | | 2/5/88 | Prescot Cables | H | 1 - 0 | Wood | | | 4/5/88 | St Helens Town | A | 1 - 2 | Mitchell | | | 7/5/88 | Colwyn Bay | H | 0 - 1 | | | | 11/5/88 | Colne Dynamoes | A | 0 - 2 | | |
PLAYER | League | FA Cup | FA Vase | League Cup | Derbyshire | TOTAL | | Lee Farrar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | | Eric Priest | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | | Terry Cain | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | | Paul Egerton | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | | Martin Lowrie | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| NWCFL Division 1 | | | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | | 1 | Colne Dynamoes | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 14 | 55 | | 2 | Rossendale United | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 23 | 55 | | 3 | Clitheroe | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 20 | 46 | | 4 | Colwyn Bay (-2) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 42 | 45 | | 5 | St Helens Town | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 36 | 42 | | 6 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 48 | 39 | | 7 | Darwen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 45 | 38 | | 8 | Warrington Town | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 68 | 47 | 37 | | 9 | Kirkby Town | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 54 | 35 | | 10 | Burscough | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 51 | 35 | | 11 | Leyland Motors | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 31 | | 12 | Prescot Cables (-2) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 29 | | 13 | Bootle | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 29 | | 14 | Formby | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 63 | 22 | | 15 | Salford | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 66 | 22 | | 16 | Skelmersdale United | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 64 | 19 | | 17 | Atherton LR | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 78 | 15 | | 18 | Glossop | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 30 | 71 | 14 |
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