Today League Division Three
Saturday, February 28, 1987

Swindon Town Middlesbrough
S.White (66')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  11,341   Referee:  M. Cotton



 
A second half Steve White strike knocks Middlesbrough off the top of the table - a controversial winning goal in a promotion clash at the County Ground.

1
DIGBY
2
HOCKADAY
3
KING
4
COYNE
5
PARKIN
6
CALDERWOOD
7
BAMBER
8
KAMARA
9
QUINN
10
WHITE
11
BARNARD

Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Steve PEARS
1
2
David HOCKADAY
           42'     
Gary HAMILTON
2
3
Phil KING
   17'             
  Colin COOPER
3
4
Peter COYNE
           66'     
Tony MOWBRAY
4
5
Tim PARKIN
   42'             
Gary PARKINSON
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
  Gary PALLISTER
6

7
Dave BAMBER
                 
  Bernie SLAVEN
7

8
Chris KAMARA
   45'       72'     
Archie STEPHENS
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
                 
Paul KERR
9
10
Steve WHITE
         51'     
  Alan KERNAGHAN
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
                 
  Stuart RIPLEY
11
Substitutes
12
Mark JONES
                 
Lee TURNBULL
12













Results on Saturday, February 28, 1987: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 York City  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 0 Notts County  
  Bury 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Carlisle United 2 - 2 Newport County  
  Chesterfield 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers  
  Darlington 0 - 0 Bristol City  
  Fulham 2 - 2 Walsall  
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Port Vale 1 - 6 Blackpool  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Wigan Athletic 2 - 1 Rotherham United  

Table as at Saturday, February 28, 1987:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 33 18 61 
2 Middlesbrough 30 17 7 6 46 23 23 58 
3 Notts County 30 16 7 7 54 33 21 55 
4 Swindon Town 28 15 6 7 45 31 14 51 
5 Gillingham 30 15 6 9 45 33 12 51 
6 Blackpool 29 13 11 5 58 33 25 50 
7 Bristol City 29 14 7 8 43 24 19 49 
8 Wigan Athletic 28 14 5 9 55 43 12 47 
9 Mansfield Town 31 10 13 8 34 34 0 43 
10 Doncaster Rovers 29 11 7 11 41 41 0 40 
11 Chesterfield 31 10 10 11 43 48 -5 40 
12 Fulham 31 8 12 11 46 55 -9 36 
13 Rotherham United 32 10 6 16 37 48 -11 36 
14 Brentford 30 8 10 12 40 49 -9 34 
15 Chester City 28 6 15 7 41 39 2 33 
16 Walsall 26 9 6 11 46 50 -4 33 
17 Bury 30 8 9 13 39 43 -4 33 
18 Bolton Wanderers 30 8 9 13 39 44 -5 33 
19 Port Vale 29 8 9 12 42 48 -6 33 
20 York City 29 8 8 13 35 53 -18 32 
21 Bristol Rovers 28 8 8 12 30 49 -19 32 
22 Newport County 30 5 11 14 33 47 -14 26 
23 Darlington 28 5 11 12 29 49 -20 26 
24 Carlisle United 29 6 6 17 29 51 -22 24 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation