Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, February 6, 1988

Swindon Town Middlesbrough
D.Bamber (12')
HT: 1-1 T.Mowbray (35')
Attendance:  9,941    



 
A neat move leads to Dave Bamber giving Swindon the lead over Middlesbrough - but Tony Mowbray's near post header earns Boro a draw.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Steve PEARS
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Dean GLOVER
2
3
Phil KING
                 
  Colin COOPER
3
4
Chris KAMARA
               
Tony MOWBRAY
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                 
Gary PARKINSON
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
  Gary PALLISTER
6

7
Dave BAMBER
              86'
  Bernie SLAVEN
7

8
Jon GITTENS
                 
  Stuart RIPLEY
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
 66'
              
Gary HAMILTON
9
10
Steve WHITE
                 
Paul KERR
10
11
Kieran O'REGAN  
                 
Brian LAWS
11
Substitutes
12
Steve FOLEY
              
86' 
  Alan KERNAGHAN
12
14
Bobby BARNES

66' 
              
Mark BURKE
14













Results on Saturday, February 6, 1988: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 6 - 2 Hull City  
  Aston Villa 2 - 1 Leicester City  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Manchester City  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Leeds United 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Millwall 0 - 1 Bradford City  
  Oldham Athletic 4 - 2 Reading  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Stoke City 1 - 0 Sheffield United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Middlesbrough  

Table as at Saturday, February 6, 1988:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Aston Villa 31 17 10 4 50 25 25 61 
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 16 9 5 44 28 16 57 
3 Crystal Palace 31 17 4 10 66 47 19 55 
4 Middlesbrough 30 15 8 7 41 24 17 53 
5 Millwall 30 16 4 10 49 37 12 52 
6 Bradford City 29 15 6 8 43 35 8 51 
7 Leeds United 31 14 8 9 43 38 5 50 
8 Hull City 29 13 9 7 43 40 3 48 
9 Ipswich Town 30 13 7 10 40 30 10 46 
10 Manchester City 30 12 6 12 58 45 13 42 
11 Swindon Town 27 12 6 9 49 37 12 42 
12 Stoke City 30 12 6 12 37 39 -2 42 
13 Oldham Athletic 30 11 7 12 39 40 -1 40 
14 Barnsley 27 11 6 10 42 36 6 39 
15 Plymouth Argyle 29 11 6 12 46 45 1 39 
16 Birmingham City 30 9 8 13 30 48 -18 35 
17 AFC Bournemouth 29 9 7 13 43 47 -4 34 
18 Sheffield United 30 8 6 16 32 52 -20 30 
19 West Bromwich Albion 31 8 5 18 35 54 -19 29 
20 Leicester City 29 7 7 15 36 44 -8 28 
21 Shrewsbury Town 31 5 11 15 26 42 -16 26 
22 Reading 29 6 6 17 32 54 -22 24 
23 Huddersfield Town 29 4 8 17 31 68 -37 20 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation