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Season 99 | 1987-88

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Starters

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GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

51

โšฝ

0

51

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

51

League:

44

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

26

51%

๐ŸŸจ

12

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

25%

75%

PPG

1.76

RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

51

โšฝ

2

51

๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

51

League:

44

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

26

51%

๐ŸŸจ

12

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

25%

75%

PPG

1.76

LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

50

โšฝ

0

50

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

50

League:

43

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

26

52%

๐ŸŸจ

12

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

12

24%

76%

PPG

1.80

CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

48

โšฝ

3

48

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

48

League:

42

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

25

52%

๐ŸŸจ

11

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

12

25%

75%

PPG

1.79

M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

45

โšฝ

7

45

๐Ÿ”ฅ

6

0

1

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

45

League:

38

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

23

51%

๐ŸŸจ

11

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

11

24%

76%

PPG

1.78

M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

36

โšฝ

4

35

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

1

3

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

35

League:

28

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

20

56%

๐ŸŸจ

7

19%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

9

25%

75%

PPG

1.86

CB Steve Sims | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

34

โšฝ

0

34

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

1

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

34

League:

29

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

16

47%

๐ŸŸจ

11

32%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

7

21%

79%

PPG

1.74

M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

38

โšฝ

13

33

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

5

4

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

33

League:

28

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

19

50%

๐ŸŸจ

11

29%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

8

21%

79%

PPG

1.79

W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

28

โšฝ

7

28

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

6

๐ŸŸฅ

1

Starts:

28

League:

24

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

46%

๐ŸŸจ

10

36%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

5

18%

82%

PPG

1.75

CF Garry Thompson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

28

โšฝ

12

28

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

0

1

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

28

League:

24

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

14

50%

๐ŸŸจ

5

18%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

9

32%

68%

PPG

1.68

CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

32

โšฝ

6

24

๐Ÿ”ฅ

7

8

6

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

1

Starts:

24

League:

18

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

16

50%

๐ŸŸจ

7

22%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

9

28%

72%

PPG

1.72

M Andy A Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

21

โšฝ

2

21

๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

21

League:

19

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

62%

๐ŸŸจ

3

14%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

5

24%

76%

PPG

2.00

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

24

โšฝ

1

20

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

4

6

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

20

League:

18

FA Cup:

2

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

13

54%

๐ŸŸจ

3

13%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

8

33%

67%

PPG

1.75

M Stuart Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

20

โšฝ

5

19

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

19

League:

19

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

9

45%

๐ŸŸจ

5

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

6

30%

70%

PPG

1.60

M David Hunt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

14

โšฝ

0

13

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

2

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

13

League:

11

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

6

43%

๐ŸŸจ

5

36%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

21%

79%

PPG

1.64

W Steve Hunt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

13

โšฝ

2

13

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

2

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

1

Starts:

13

League:

11

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

8

62%

๐ŸŸจ

3

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

15%

85%

PPG

2.08

M David Platt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

11

โšฝ

5

11

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

1

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

11

League:

11

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

4

36%

๐ŸŸจ

2

18%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

5

45%

55%

PPG

1.27

W Tony Daley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

15

โšฝ

3

11

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

4

3

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

11

League:

10

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

6

40%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

9

60%

40%

PPG

1.20

CB Neale Cooper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

7

โšฝ

0

6

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

1

๐ŸŸจ

2

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

6

League:

6

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

2

29%

๐ŸŸจ

2

29%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

43%

57%

PPG

1.14

M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

6

โšฝ

1

5

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1

3

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

5

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

3

50%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

50%

50%

PPG

1.50

F Malcolm Allen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

25%

๐ŸŸจ

2

50%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

25%

75%

PPG

1.25

CF Simon Stainrod | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

4

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

3

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

2

50%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

50%

50%

PPG

0.50

M Mark Burke | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

7

โšฝ

0

4

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

3

7

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

4

League:

4

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

2

29%

๐ŸŸจ

2

29%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

3

43%

57%

PPG

1.14

F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

5

โšฝ

0

2

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

3

14

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

2

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

20%

๐ŸŸจ

2

40%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

40%

60%

PPG

1.00

M David Norton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

2

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

5

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

1

50%

๐ŸŸจ

0

0%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

1

50%

50%

PPG

1.50

M Gareth Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1987-88

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

1

โšฝ

0

1

๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

2

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Starts:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

0

0%

๐ŸŸจ

1

100%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

0

0%

100%

PPG

1.00

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