Barclays League Division One
Saturday, March 27, 1993

Brentford Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  10,197    



 
Despite having both Steve White and David Mitchell sent off in the first half, Swindon give a determined defensive display to hold off the Bees - and come very close to winning the game themselves.




Lineups
1
Graham BENSTEAD
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Brian STATHAM
                 
Nicky SUMMERBEE
2
3
Kenny SANSOM  
                 
  Paul BODIN
3
4
Keith MILLEN
                 
  Glenn HODDLE
4
5
Terry EVANS
 81'
              
  Colin CALDERWOOD
5
6
Simon RATCLIFFE
                 
Shaun TAYLOR
6

7
Paul STEPHENSON
                70'
  Brian MARWOOD
7

8
Alan DICKENS
                 
Ross MACLAREN
8
9
Marcus GAYLE  
           36' 43'   
  David MITCHELL
9
10
Gary BLISSETT
                 
Martin LING
10
11
Billy MANUEL
             32'   
Steve WHITE
11
Substitutes
12
Shane WESTLEY
              
70' 
Shaun CLOSE
12
14
Murray JONES

81' 
              
Paul HUNT
14













Results on Saturday, March 27, 1993: League Table

 
  Barnsley 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers  
  Brentford 0 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Leicester City 3 - 1 Charlton Athletic  
  Luton Town 2 - 0 Cambridge United  
  Peterborough United 0 - 0 Watford  
  Portsmouth 3 - 0 Oxford United  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, March 27, 1993:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Newcastle United 37 22 8 7 67 32 67 74 
2 Portsmouth 38 20 9 9 64 39 64 69 
3 West Ham United 37 20 9 8 63 33 63 69 
4 Swindon Town 38 18 11 9 62 46 62 65 
5 Leicester City 37 19 7 11 60 48 60 64 
6 Millwall 37 17 13 7 59 38 59 64 
7 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 7 13 58 50 58 58 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 14 12 12 52 46 52 54 
9 Barnsley 38 15 8 15 50 45 50 53 
10 Grimsby Town 37 15 7 15 51 49 51 52 
11 Derby County 36 15 6 15 55 45 55 51 
12 Charlton Athletic 38 13 12 13 43 39 43 51 
13 Peterborough United 37 13 11 13 47 54 47 50 
14 Watford 38 12 10 16 52 64 52 46 
15 Sunderland 37 12 9 16 38 47 38 45 
16 Oxford United 37 10 13 14 44 47 44 43 
17 Luton Town 38 9 16 13 41 55 41 43 
18 Notts County 37 10 12 15 46 59 46 42 
19 Brentford 38 11 8 19 41 55 41 41 
20 Birmingham City 37 11 8 18 36 56 36 41 
21 Cambridge United 38 9 13 16 40 60 40 40 
22 Bristol City 36 10 9 17 40 62 40 39 
23 Southend United 37 8 12 17 40 51 40 36 
24 Bristol Rovers 38 9 8 21 45 74 45 35 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation