Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, September 12, 1987

Swindon Town Birmingham City

HT: 0-0 S.Whitton (57'), I.Handysides (79')
Attendance:  9,128    



 
After Swindon are denied a clear penalty for a shocking challenge on Chris Kamara by the Birmingham keeper, the visitors net twice in the second half to take the points.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
           45'     
Tony GODDEN
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Ray RANSON
2
3
Phil KING
 74'
             23'
Julian DICKS
3
4
Chris KAMARA
                 
Tommy WILLIAMS
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                 
Vince OVERSON
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
John TREWICK
6

7
Dave BAMBER
                 
  Des BREMNER
7

8
Kieran O'REGAN  
 74'
            
Ian HANDYSIDES
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
         55'     
Steve WHITTON
9
10
Steve FOLEY
                 
  Tony REES
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
                 
Steve WIGLEY
11
Substitutes
12
Peter COYNE

74' 
           
23' 
Gary CHILDS
12
14
John KELLY

74' 
              
Andy KENNEDY
14













Results on Saturday, September 12, 1987: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Reading  
  Aston Villa 0 - 0 Barnsley  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Leicester City  
  Leeds United 0 - 2 Hull City  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Oldham Athletic 3 - 2 Sheffield United  
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 3 West Bromwich Albion  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Manchester City  
  Stoke City 1 - 2 Bradford City  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Birmingham City  

Table as at Saturday, September 12, 1987:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Crystal Palace 7 4 2 1 20 9 11 14 
2 Barnsley 7 4 2 1 9 7 2 14 
3 Bradford City 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 13 
4 Hull City 7 3 4 0 11 7 4 13 
5 Plymouth Argyle 7 3 2 2 13 8 5 11 
6 Blackburn Rovers 7 3 2 2 11 10 1 11 
7 AFC Bournemouth 6 3 1 2 9 5 4 10 
8 Millwall 6 3 1 2 10 8 2 10 
9 Swindon Town 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 
10 Birmingham City 6 3 1 2 8 10 -2 10 
11 Ipswich Town 7 2 3 2 5 4 1
12 Leeds United 7 2 3 2 3 4 -1
13 Stoke City 7 2 2 3 5 8 -3
14 Oldham Athletic 7 2 2 3 7 11 -4
15 Reading 5 2 1 2 4 4 0
16 Middlesbrough 6 2 1 3 6 8 -2
17 Manchester City 5 1 3 1 5 5 0
18 Shrewsbury Town 6 1 3 2 2 3 -1
19 Aston Villa 7 1 3 3 5 7 -2
20 West Bromwich Albion 7 1 2 4 8 14 -6
21 Sheffield United 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3
22 Leicester City 6 1 0 5 3 8 -5
23 Huddersfield Town 5 0 3 2 7 13 -6

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation