Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, April 1, 1989

Swindon Town Blackburn Rovers
S.Foley (62')
 HT: 0-0 H.Gayle (53')
Attendance:  8,220    



 
Swindon struggle to come to terms with Blackburn's offside trap - but after Howard Gayle gives the visitors an unlikely lead thanks to a deflection, Steve Foley finally breaks through to level the game.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
   56'             
Terry GENNOE
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Mark ATKINS
2
3
Paul BODIN  
 86'
               
Chris SULLEY
3
4
Tom JONES
                 
Nicky REID
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
   61'             
Keith HILL
5
6
Jon GITTENS
   90'             
David MAY
6

7
Steve FOLEY
       61'     
Howard GAYLE
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
                 
John MILLAR
8
9
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
                74'
Andy KENNEDY
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
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10
11
Steve WHITE
                 
Scott SELLARS
11
Substitutes
12
Fitzroy SIMPSON  

86' 		               
Alan AINSCOW
12
14
Charlie HENRY
              
74' 
Tony DIAMOND
14













Results on Saturday, April 1, 1989: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 1 Manchester City  
  Chelsea 5 - 3 Barnsley  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Leeds United 3 - 0 AFC Bournemouth   
  Leicester City 1 - 0 Oxford United  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Stoke City 2 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Sunderland 2 - 2 Birmingham City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Walsall 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Watford 3 - 2 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, April 1, 1989:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 38 23 11 4 80 40 40 80 
2 Manchester City 38 20 10 8 64 39 25 70 
3 West Bromwich Albion 38 16 15 7 56 33 23 63 
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 18 9 11 61 52 9 63 
5 Watford 36 16 9 11 53 41 12 57 
6 Leeds United 38 14 14 10 50 41 9 56 
7 Ipswich Town 38 17 5 16 58 53 5 56 
8 AFC Bournemouth 37 17 5 15 45 48 -3 56 
9 Crystal Palace 35 15 10 10 53 43 10 55 
10 Swindon Town 36 14 13 9 52 45 7 55 
11 Stoke City 36 14 12 10 47 52 -5 54 
12 Barnsley 37 13 13 11 53 52 1 52 
13 Leicester City 38 12 13 13 47 52 -5 49 
14 Portsmouth 38 12 12 14 46 47 -1 48 
15 Sunderland 38 12 12 14 50 52 -2 48 
16 Bradford City 38 10 15 13 41 48 -7 45 
17 Plymouth Argyle 37 12 9 16 45 54 -9 45 
18 Oxford United 38 11 11 16 49 52 -3 44 
19 Oldham Athletic 38 9 16 13 62 62 0 43 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 12 7 19 50 56 -6 43 
21 Hull City 37 11 10 16 47 56 -9 43 
22 Shrewsbury Town 37 7 14 16 32 56 -24 35 
23 Walsall 37 4 13 20 32 61 -29 25 
24 Birmingham City 37 5 10 22 23 61 -38 25 

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