Derby County 1 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/27/1988
Manager: Bruce Rioch
Attendance: 19432
Competition: Division One
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Stephen Pears | |||
| Allan Kernaghan | |||
| Colin Cooper | |||
| Dean Glover | |||
| Gary Parkinson | |||
| Tony Mowbray | |||
| Gary Hamilton | |||
| Mark Brennan | |||
| Bernie Slaven | |||
| Stuart Ripley | |||
| Trevor Senior |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Gary Gill | |||
| Mark Burke |