24th May 1987
| Final | Mansfield Town | 1-1 | Bristol City |
15th April 1987
| Northern Section Final 2nd Leg | 1-0 | Mansfield Town |
14th April 1987
| Southern Section Final 2nd Leg | Bristol City | 2-0 |
8th April 1987
| Southern Section Final 1st Leg | 1-2 | Bristol City |
| Northern Section Final 1st Leg | Mansfield Town | 2-0 |
23rd March 1987
| Northern Section Semi-Final | 1-3 |
10th March 1987
| Northern Section Semi-Final | Middlesbrough | 0-1 | Mansfield Town |
| Southern Section Semi-Final | 2-3 |
| Southern Section Semi-Final | Bristol City | 2-0 |
24th February 1987
| Northern Section Quarter-Final | 1-2 | Mansfield Town |
17th February 1987
| Northern Section Quarter-Final | 2-1 | Preston North End |
10th February 1987
| Southern Section Quarter-Final | 4-2 |
| Northern Section Quarter-Final | 0-0 | Middlesbrough |
| Southern Section Quarter-Final | Bristol City | 3-0 | Brentford |
| Northern Section 1st Round | 1-1 | Wigan Athletic |
| Southern Section Quarter-Final | Port Vale | 3-3 |
| Southern Section Quarter-Final | 1-1 | Fulham |
| Northern Section Quarter-Final | Bolton Wanderers | 1-2 |
3rd February 1987
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | Tranmere Rovers | 2-3 | Wigan Athletic |
28th January 1987
| Southern Section 1st Round | 2-2 | AFC Bournemouth |
27th January 1987
| Northern Section 1st Round | Bolton Wanderers | 2-1 | Burnley |
| Northern Section 1st Round | 3-0 |
| Northern Section 1st Round | Scunthorpe United | 1-2 |
| Southern Section 1st Round | Bristol City | 1-0 | Southend United |
| Northern Section 1st Round | 0-1 | Mansfield Town |
26th January 1987
| Southern Section 1st Round | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0-1 |
| Southern Section 1st Round | 2-0 | Swansea City |
| Southern Section 1st Round | Brentford | 4-2 | Walsall |
| Southern Section 1st Round | Fulham | 3-2 | Northampton Town |
| Southern Section 1st Round | 2-0 | Colchester United |
21st January 1987
| Northern Section 1st Round | Carlisle United | 1-2 | Preston North End |
| Northern Section 1st Round | 1-1 | Lincoln City |
| Northern Section 1st Round | 1-2 | Middlesbrough |
20th January 1987
| Southern Section 1st Round | Exeter City | 0-1 | Port Vale |
7th January 1987
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group One | Bristol Rovers | 1-1 | Exeter City |
6th January 1987
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | 1-1 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | Brentford | 4-2 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | Newport County | 2-1 | Port Vale |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | AFC Bournemouth | 1-0 | Cardiff City |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | Fulham | 1-2 | Southend United |
5th January 1987
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | Northampton Town | 3-0 | Notts. County |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group One | Preston North End | 1-0 |
22nd December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | Port Vale | 1-0 |
16th December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | Southend United | 5-4 | Cambridge United |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | 1-0 | Northampton Town |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group One | Bristol City | 3-0 | Bristol Rovers |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4-3 | AFC Bournemouth |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | Wigan Athletic | 2-2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | Carlisle United | 3-2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | Burnley | 0-2 | Bolton Wanderers |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group One | 1-1 | Preston North End |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | Walsall | 1-0 |
15th December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | Leyton Orient | 1-5 | Brentford |
10th December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | 4-0 | Newport County |
9th December 1986
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | 0-0 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | Blackpool | 2-3 | Burnley |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | Rotherham United | 1-1 | Mansfield Town |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | 3-0 | Leyton Orient |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | Swansea City | 3-0 | Walsall |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | 4-2 | Colchester United |
8th December 1986
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | 0-1 | Carlisle United |
6th December 1986
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Four | 3-1 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | 0-0 | Lincoln City |
5th December 1986
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | 0-0 | Rotherham United |
3rd December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | Peterborough United | 3-3 |
2nd December 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | Cambridge United | 0-4 | Fulham |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | Cardiff City | 0-1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | 2-2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group One | 1-2 |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | 0-0 | Swansea City |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | Mansfield Town | 2-2 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | 2-1 | Middlesbrough |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Three | Bolton Wanderers | 1-0 | Blackpool |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | Scunthorpe United | 1-0 |
26th November 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group One | Exeter City | 1-1 | Bristol City |
25th November 1986
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Seven | Notts. County | 0-5 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Eight | 4-1 |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Five | 6-1 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Two | Lincoln City | 1-0 | Scunthorpe United |
| Southern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | Colchester United | 2-1 | Peterborough United |
24th November 1986
| Northern Section Preliminary Round Group Six | Middlesbrough | 3-0 |