Barclays League Division Two
Wednesday, October 26, 1988

Leicester City Swindon Town
G.McAllister (65' pen, 75'), P.King (70' o.g.)
HT: 0-3 P.King (5'), S.White (22'), C.Henry (26')
Attendance:  9,271    



 
The sequel of the Nightmare on Filbert Street - Swindon race to a three goal lead within the first half hour, but two second half red cards, a Leicester penalty and an own goal leaves the Town clinging on for a point for the last fifteen minutes.




Lineups
1
Paul COOPER
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Alan PARIS
                 
David HOCKADAY
2
3
Tony SPEARING
               
Phil KING
3
4
Jimmy QUINN view STFC profile 
           53' 79'   
Tom JONES
4
5
Steve WALSH
                 
Tim PARKIN
5
6
Grant BROWN
 65'
        54'     
Jon GITTENS
6

7
Paul REID
           8' 52'   
Steve FOLEY
7

8
Nicky CROSS
                 
  Colin CALDERWOOD
8
9
Mike NEWELL
         76'     
Charlie HENRY
9
10
Gary MCALLISTER  
   36'   44'     
Steve WHITE
10
11
Peter WEIR  
                61'
Bobby BARNES
11
Substitutes
12
Martin RUSSELL

65' 
              
Ross MACLAREN
12
14
Paul GROVES
              
61' 
  Alan MCLOUGHLIN
14













Results on Wednesday, October 26, 1988: League Table

 
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Leeds United  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 2 - 2 Walsall  
  Leicester City 3 - 3 Swindon Town  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Manchester City  

Table as at Wednesday, October 26, 1988:

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

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