Barclays League Division Two
Monday, December 26, 1988

Swindon Town Plymouth Argyle
D.Shearer (6')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,883 (805 away fans)    



 
An early goal for Duncan Shearer is enough to give the Town the points against Plymouth.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Alan MILLER
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Kenny BROWN
2
3
Phil KING
                 
John UZZELL
3
4
Tom JONES
                 
Adrian BURROWS
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                 
Nicky MARKER
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
Kevin SUMMERFIELD
6

7
Steve FOLEY
                 
Mark SMITH
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
               
Kevin HODGES
8
9
Charlie HENRY
                 
Tommy TYNAN
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
Sean MCCARTHY
10
11
David GEDDIS
                 
Mark STUART
11
Substitutes
12
Steve WHITE
                 
John BRIMACOMBE
12
14
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
John MATTHEWS
14













Results on Monday, December 26, 1988: League Table
 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 3 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Chelsea 3 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Leeds United 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Leicester City 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 3 West Bromwich Albion  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Stoke City 3 - 1 Manchester City  
  Sunderland 1 - 0 Barnsley  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Walsall 1 - 5 Oxford United  
  Watford 1 - 0 Portsmouth  

Table as at Monday, December 26, 1988:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 22 11 7 4 43 23 20 40 
2 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 38 20 18 40 
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 3 7 36 28 8 39 
4 Watford 22 11 5 6 34 22 12 38 
5 Manchester City 22 10 7 5 31 22 9 37 
6 Portsmouth 22 9 8 5 34 25 9 35 
7 AFC Bournemouth 22 10 4 8 26 24 2 34 
8 Barnsley 22 9 6 7 29 27 2 33 
9 Sunderland 22 7 10 5 30 26 4 31 
10 Stoke City 22 8 7 7 25 33 -8 31 
11 Leeds United 22 7 9 6 26 22 4 30 
12 Swindon Town 21 7 9 5 29 28 1 30 
13 Ipswich Town 22 9 3 10 29 29 0 30 
14 Crystal Palace 21 7 8 6 30 28 2 29 
15 Plymouth Argyle 22 8 5 9 30 34 -4 29 
16 Leicester City 22 7 8 7 26 31 -5 29 
17 Oxford United 22 7 6 9 36 33 3 27 
18 Bradford City 22 5 10 7 23 28 -5 25 
19 Hull City 22 6 7 9 26 34 -8 25 
20 Oldham Athletic 22 5 8 9 34 37 -3 23 
21 Shrewsbury Town 22 4 10 8 18 28 -10 22 
22 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 6 3 13 28 39 -11 21 
23 Birmingham City 22 3 6 13 16 42 -26 15 
24 Walsall 22 2 8 12 19 33 -14 14 

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