Barclays League Division Two
Monday, December 28, 1987

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
I.Cranson (33' o.g.), J.Quinn (43'), P.King (76'), D.Bamber (86')
HT: 2-0 D.Lowe (47'), M.Brennan (63')
Attendance:  12,429   Referee:  J. Carter



 
Two-nil up at half time, the Town appear to be coasting to victory - but a double substitution at the break seems to turn things around for Ipswich - David Lowe getting one back within two minutes of the restart, then Mark Brennan equalising just past the hour with a controversial twice taken free-kick. With fifteen minutes remaining though, Phil King reinstates Swindon's lead, Dave Bamber wrapping things up with four minutes left on the clock.




Lineups
1
Paul CRICHTON
                 
Jon HALLWORTH
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
  Frank YALLOP
2
3
Phil KING
              46'
Graham HARBEY
3
4
Chris KAMARA
                46'
Simon MILTON
4
5
Jon GITTENS
                 
Nigel GLEGHORN
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Ian CRANSON
6

7
Bobby BARNES
               
David LOWE
7

8
Dave BAMBER
       25'     
Mark BRENNAN
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
               
Mike COLE
9
10
Steve FOLEY
   62'             
Jason DOZZELL
10
11
Tim PARKIN
                 
Mick STOCKWELL
11
Substitutes
12
Steve WHITE
              
46' 
Dalian ATKINSON
12
14
Charlie HENRY
              
46' 
Ulrich WILSON
14













Results on Monday, December 28, 1987: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 3 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Aston Villa 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Reading  
  Leeds United 2 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Millwall 3 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Hull City  
  Plymouth Argyle 4 - 0 Leicester City  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Stoke City 1 - 3 Manchester City  
  Swindon Town 4 - 2 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Monday, December 28, 1987:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 26 14 7 5 36 17 19 49 
2 Bradford City 26 14 6 6 41 29 12 48 
3 Aston Villa 26 12 10 4 37 23 14 46 
4 Crystal Palace 25 14 3 8 53 37 16 45 
5 Millwall 26 14 3 9 45 34 11 45 
6 Hull City 25 12 9 4 37 26 11 45 
7 Manchester City 26 12 6 8 54 35 19 42 
8 Ipswich Town 25 12 6 7 37 24 13 42 
9 Blackburn Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 24 8 42 
10 Leeds United 26 11 8 7 35 32 3 41 
11 Swindon Town 24 11 4 9 45 35 10 37 
12 Barnsley 24 10 6 8 37 30 7 36 
13 Plymouth Argyle 26 10 6 10 42 39 3 36 
14 Birmingham City 26 9 7 10 26 37 -11 34 
15 Stoke City 26 9 6 11 28 35 -7 33 
16 AFC Bournemouth 26 7 7 12 32 41 -9 28 
17 Sheffield United 26 7 6 13 29 41 -12 27 
18 Oldham Athletic 25 6 7 12 24 36 -12 25 
19 Leicester City 24 6 5 13 29 36 -7 23 
20 West Bromwich Albion 26 6 5 15 31 46 -15 23 
21 Huddersfield Town 26 4 8 14 28 61 -33 20 
22 Shrewsbury Town 26 3 10 13 20 38 -18 19 
23 Reading 25 4 6 15 25 47 -22 18 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation