Today League Division Three
Tuesday, March 24, 1987

Swindon Town Bolton Wanderers
S.White (19'), M.Jones (61' pen)
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,110   Referee:  J. Bray



 
BBC Football Focus run a feature on Town boss Lou Macari, as Swindon push for their second successive promotion - Steve White's opener, followed by a Mark Jones penalty securing three points over Bolton, to take the Town third in the table.

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

Lineups
1
Tim FLOWERS  
                 
  David FELGATE
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Derek SCOTT
2
3
Phil KING
                 
Mark WINSTANLEY
3
4
Mark JONES
               
Warren JOYCE
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                 
David SUTTON
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Mark CAME
6

7
Dave BAMBER
   60'             
Tony CALDWELL
7

8
Chris KAMARA
           60'     
Julian DARBY
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
                46'
Steve ELLIOTT
9
10
Steve WHITE
               
  Asa HARTFORD
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
                 
Mark GAVIN
11
Substitutes
12
Bryan WADE
              
46' 
Steve THOMPSON
12













Results on Tuesday, March 24, 1987: League Table
 
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers  
  Walsall 3 - 2 York City  
  Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Notts County  

Table as at Tuesday, March 24, 1987:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 AFC Bournemouth 35 21 7 7 59 36 23 70 
2 Middlesbrough 35 20 7 8 51 27 24 67 
3 Swindon Town 33 20 6 7 56 32 24 66 
4 Notts County 36 19 8 9 65 42 23 65 
5 Gillingham 35 18 7 10 55 38 17 61 
6 Bristol City 34 16 9 9 52 28 24 57 
7 Wigan Athletic 32 16 6 10 59 45 14 54 
8 Blackpool 35 13 13 9 64 44 20 52 
9 Mansfield Town 36 12 14 10 42 41 1 50 
10 Walsall 32 13 6 13 54 54 0 45 
11 Chesterfield 36 11 12 13 48 55 -7 45 
12 Chester City 32 9 16 7 48 42 6 43 
13 Doncaster Rovers 34 11 10 13 44 48 -4 43 
14 Rotherham United 37 11 10 16 39 49 -10 43 
15 Port Vale 34 10 11 13 50 52 -2 41 
16 Brentford 35 10 11 14 47 54 -7 41 
17 Bolton Wanderers 36 9 12 15 41 49 -8 39 
18 Bury 35 9 11 15 41 47 -6 38 
19 Fulham 35 8 14 13 47 59 -12 38 
20 York City 35 9 10 16 41 63 -22 37 
21 Bristol Rovers 33 9 10 14 33 57 -24 37 
22 Darlington 33 5 14 14 34 58 -24 29 
23 Newport County 35 6 11 18 36 61 -25 29 
24 Carlisle United 33 7 7 19 32 57 -25 28 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation