Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, April 28, 1990

Swindon Town Middlesbrough
S.Foley (50')
HT: 0-1 B.Slaven (27')
Attendance:  9,532   Referee:  R.F. Nixon



 
Town boss Ossie Ardiles praises his players for playing through the off-field troubles - but they don't give their best performance in a 1-1 home draw with Middlesbrough.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Steve PEARS
1
2
David KERSLAKE
 76'
              
  Colin COOPER
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
Jimmy PHILLIPS
3
4
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
           23'     
  Alan KERNAGHAN
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Simon COLEMAN
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
  Stuart RIPLEY
6

7
Tom JONES
               
  Bernie SLAVEN
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
                 
Mark PROCTOR
8
9
Steve WHITE
                 
Ian BAIRD
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
           71'     
Paul KERR
10
11
Steve FOLEY
 62'
            
  Peter DAVENPORT
11
Substitutes
12
Fitzroy SIMPSON  

62' 
              
Mark BRENNAN
12
14
David HOCKADAY

76' 
              
Owen MCGEE
14













Results on Saturday, April 28, 1990: League Table

 
  Barnsley 2 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 1 - 4 Stoke City  
  Hull City 2 - 1 Bradford City  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Leeds United 2 - 1 Leicester City  
  Newcastle United 2 - 1 West Ham United  
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 Watford  
  Port Vale 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Sheffield United 4 - 2 AFC Bournemouth   
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, April 28, 1990:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Leeds United 45 23 13 9 78 52 26 82 
2 Sheffield United 44 23 12 9 73 56 17 81 
3 Newcastle United 45 22 14 9 79 51 28 80 
4 Swindon Town 45 20 13 12 78 58 20 73 
5 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 15 10 73 58 15 72 
6 Sunderland 44 19 14 11 66 60 6 71 
7 West Ham United 44 18 12 14 73 56 17 66 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 44 18 12 14 66 55 11 66 
9 Ipswich Town 44 18 12 14 61 61 0 66 
10 Oldham Athletic 42 17 12 13 61 52 9 63 
11 Port Vale 44 15 15 14 61 55 6 60 
12 Leicester City 44 15 14 15 64 71 -7 59 
13 Portsmouth 45 14 16 15 60 64 -4 58 
14 Hull City 44 13 16 15 53 59 -6 55 
15 Watford 45 13 15 17 55 59 -4 54 
16 Oxford United 44 15 8 21 56 62 -6 53 
17 Brighton and Hove Albion 45 15 8 22 55 71 -16 53 
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 13 13 19 57 63 -6 52 
19 West Bromwich Albion 45 12 15 18 66 68 -2 51 
20 Barnsley 44 12 15 17 47 69 -22 51 
21 AFC Bournemouth 45 12 12 21 57 75 -18 48 
22 Middlesbrough 44 12 11 21 48 61 -13 47 
23 Bradford City 44 9 13 22 43 66 -23 40 
24 Stoke City 45 6 18 21 34 62 -28 36 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation