Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, November 12, 1988

Swindon Town Ipswich Town
J.Gittens (25'), C.Henry (59')
HT: 1-0 D.Atkinson (67'), J.Dozzell (88'), R.Zondervan (90')
Attendance:  7,246 (761 away fans)   Referee:  J. Martin



 
With Macari away in Scotland keeping tabs on a player at Celtic, his team move into a two goal lead against Ipswich - but a goal from Dalian Atkinson, followed by two quick goals in the last two minutes turns the game completely on its head. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?!




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Craig FORREST
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
  Frank YALLOP
2
3
Phil KING
                 
Graham HARBEY
3
4
Tom JONES
               
  Romeo ZONDERVAN
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                8'
Tony HUMES
5
6
Jon GITTENS
               
David LINIGHAN
6

7
Steve FOLEY
   44'             
David LOWE
7

8
Ross MACLAREN
               
Jason DOZZELL
8
9
Charlie HENRY
         24'     
  John WARK
9
10
Steve WHITE
               
Dalian ATKINSON
10
11
Bobby BARNES
                80'
Mick STOCKWELL
11
Substitutes
12
Colin CALDERWOOD  
              
8' 
Simon MILTON
12
14
Duncan SHEARER  
              
80' 
Chris KIWOMYA
14













Results on Saturday, November 12, 1988: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 2 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Barnsley 0 - 0 Bradford City  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Chelsea 1 - 1 Sunderland  
  Leeds United 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Manchester City 3 - 1 Watford  
  Oxford United 3 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Swindon Town 2 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Leicester City  

Table as at Saturday, November 12, 1988:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 16 9 2 5 27 17 10 29 
2 Blackburn Rovers 15 8 3 4 27 20 7 27 
3 Portsmouth 16 7 6 3 25 18 7 27 
4 Chelsea 16 7 5 4 26 17 9 26 
5 West Bromwich Albion 16 7 5 4 21 15 6 26 
6 Ipswich Town 16 8 2 6 23 18 5 26 
7 Manchester City 16 7 5 4 21 16 5 26 
8 Barnsley 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 24 
9 Sunderland 16 5 8 3 22 17 5 23 
10 Leicester City 16 5 7 4 19 21 -2 22 
11 Crystal Palace 15 5 6 4 21 18 3 21 
12 Bradford City 16 5 6 5 16 16 0 21 
13 AFC Bournemouth 15 6 3 6 13 14 -1 21 
14 Stoke City 15 5 6 4 15 17 -2 21 
15 Oldham Athletic 16 5 5 6 27 24 3 20 
16 Hull City 15 5 5 5 18 17 1 20 
17 Oxford United 17 5 5 7 27 28 -1 20 
18 Swindon Town 15 4 7 4 21 22 -1 19 
19 Leeds United 15 4 6 5 13 17 -4 18 
20 Plymouth Argyle 15 5 3 7 19 26 -7 18 
21 Walsall 16 2 8 6 16 19 -3 14 
22 Shrewsbury Town 15 2 7 6 11 20 -9 13 
23 Brighton and Hove Albion 15 3 2 10 16 25 -9 11 
24 Birmingham City 15 2 2 11 11 34 -23

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation