Canon League Division Four
Tuesday, April 8, 1986

Swindon Town Chester City
D.Bamber (42', 51'), B.Wade (52'), L.Barnard (67')
HT: 1-2 S.Johnson (4', 45' pen)
Attendance:  12,630   Referee:  D. Axcell



 
Needing a win to ensure promotion, Swindon have to come from behind twice to beat second-placed Chester.



 
HTV reports on the promotion clash with Chester, that saw STFC gain promotion to Division Three.



1
ALLEN
2
RAMSEY
3
HOCKADAY
4
BARNARD
5
COLE
6
CALDERWOOD
7
COYNE
8
HENRY
9
BAMBER
10
WADE
11
KAMARA

Lineups
1
Kenny ALLEN
                 
John BUTCHER
1
2
Chris RAMSEY
           70'     
David GLENN
2
3
David HOCKADAY
                 
  Earl BARRETT
3
4
Leigh BARNARD
               
Ricky GREENOUGH
4
5
David COLE
   84'             
Barry BUTLER
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Bobby COY
6

7
Peter COYNE
                 
view STFC profileJohn KELLY
7

8
Charlie HENRY
           36' 72'   
Milton GRAHAM
8
9
Dave BAMBER
       1'     
Steve JOHNSON
9
10
Bryan WADE
               
Peter HOUGHTON
10
11
Chris KAMARA
   72'             
Gary BENNETT
11
Substitutes
12
Derek HALL
                 
Mark SCONCE
12













Captain Colin Calderwood is carried from the pitch after the win over Chester, that sealed promotion to Division Three.
Calderwood carried after the Chester game

Chris Ramsey and Chris Kamara are both chaired from the field after the 4-2 win over Chester, that confirmed promotion.
Ramsey & Kamara are chaired from the field

The Town fans celebrating promotion on the pitch after the Chester match.
The Chester pitch invasion

Back in the changing rooms, the team celebrate promotion after the Chester match.
The team celebrate promotion

Another shot back in the dressing room, as the squad celebrate promotion to Division Three.
Another dressing room shot



Results on Tuesday, April 8, 1986: League Table

 
  Cambridge United 4 - 0 Halifax Town  
  Colchester United 4 - 0 Orient  
  Northampton Town 2 - 2 Exeter City  
  Peterborough United 2 - 0 Stockport County  
  Swindon Town 4 - 2 Chester City  
  Torquay United 1 - 2 Aldershot  
  Wrexham 0 - 0 Southend United  

Table as at Tuesday, April 8, 1986:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swindon Town 39 27 4 8 65 37 28 85 
2 Chester City 41 20 14 7 77 46 31 74 
3 Mansfield Town 38 21 9 8 64 38 26 72 
4 Port Vale 40 18 15 7 61 32 29 69 
5 Stockport County 41 17 12 12 58 56 2 63 
6 Hartlepool United 39 18 8 13 56 49 7 62 
7 Northampton Town 40 17 9 14 70 47 23 60 
8 Orient 39 15 11 13 64 56 8 56 
9 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 9 16 49 55 -6 54 
10 Burnley 39 15 8 16 53 55 -2 53 
11 Exeter City 41 13 14 14 43 50 -7 53 
12 Colchester United 38 14 10 14 65 55 10 52 
13 Southend United 39 14 10 15 53 57 -4 52 
14 Hereford United 39 14 9 16 61 61 0 51 
15 Wrexham 41 14 8 19 57 72 -15 50 
16 Rochdale 38 13 10 15 47 57 -10 49 
17 Peterborough United 39 11 15 13 46 52 -6 48 
18 Tranmere Rovers 40 13 7 20 65 64 1 46 
19 Halifax Town 38 12 10 16 52 62 -10 46 
20 Scunthorpe United 39 11 12 16 40 50 -10 45 
21 Cambridge United 41 12 8 21 57 76 -19 44 
22 Aldershot 39 12 7 20 46 63 -17 43 
23 Preston North End 41 11 8 22 50 75 -25 41 
24 Torquay United 39 9 9 21 39 73 -34 36 

Key: Promotion Re-election