Chairman Terry Shipman FA Cup Third round Full Members Cup Third round | Second Division 13th League Cup Third round | |
Manager Bryan Hamilton (until 11 December)David Pleat (from 24 December) | ||
During the 1987–88 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.
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Season summary
In the 1987–88 season, Leicester started poorly with 5 defeats in their first 6 league games which put manager Hamilton under real pressure which forced him to snap up strikers Jari Rantanen from IFK Göteborg and Newell from Luton Town for a club record £350,000 to make prospects a little brighter but 2 wins in 11 league games cost Hamilton his job and during the Christmas period, former Tottenham manager David Pleat was unveiled as Leicester's new boss and fortunes turned in the second half of the season where they only lost 4 league games during that period and scored in each of their final 16 league fixtures.
Final league table
Results
Leicester City's score comes first
Squad
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