Barclays League Division Two
Sunday, December 10, 1989

Swindon Town Sheffield United

HT: 0-1 J.Gittens (??' o.g.), M.Morris (??')
Attendance:  10,282   Referee:  D.J. Axcell



 
The Blades make it back-to-back home defeats for the Town - a 2-0 win taking them to the top of the table - but the victory is bittersweet, Peter Duffield breaking his leg in the build up to Jon Gittens' opening own goal.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Simon TRACEY
1
2
David KERSLAKE
 60'
        30'     
  Colin HILL
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
Wilf ROSTRON
3
4
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
                88'
Bob BOOKER
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Paul STANCLIFFE
5
6
Jon GITTENS
               
Mark MORRIS
6

7
Tom JONES
                 
Carl BRADSHAW
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
                 
John GANNON
8
9
Steve WHITE
                9'
Peter DUFFIELD
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
  Brian DEANE
10
11
Steve FOLEY
                 
Ian BRYSON
11
Substitutes
12
John CORNWELL

60' 
           
9' 
John FRANCIS
12
14
Paul HUNT
              
88' 
Mike LAKE
14













Results on Sunday, December 10, 1989: League Table

 
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Sheffield United  

Table as at Sunday, December 10, 1989:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 21 13 6 2 37 21 16 45 
2 Leeds United 21 13 5 3 36 21 15 44 
3 Sunderland 21 10 7 4 36 29 7 37 
4 Newcastle United 21 10 6 5 38 24 14 36 
5 Ipswich Town 21 9 7 5 32 27 5 34 
6 Oldham Athletic 21 9 7 5 27 23 4 34 
7 West Ham United 21 8 7 6 32 25 7 31 
8 Blackburn Rovers 21 7 10 4 38 33 5 31 
9 Swindon Town 21 8 6 7 36 29 7 30 
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 7 7 7 30 27 3 28 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 21 8 3 10 31 30 1 27 
12 Plymouth Argyle 21 8 3 10 31 32 -1 27 
13 Port Vale 21 6 8 7 25 26 -1 26 
14 Oxford United 21 7 5 9 30 33 -3 26 
15 Watford 21 7 5 9 24 27 -3 26 
16 AFC Bournemouth 21 7 5 9 30 35 -5 26 
17 West Bromwich Albion 21 6 7 8 35 36 -1 25 
18 Leicester City 21 6 6 9 26 32 -6 24 
19 Bradford City 21 5 8 8 23 26 -3 23 
20 Barnsley 21 6 5 10 23 41 -18 23 
21 Portsmouth 21 5 7 9 24 31 -7 22 
22 Middlesbrough 21 5 6 10 24 34 -10 21 
23 Hull City 21 2 11 8 21 29 -8 17 
24 Stoke City 21 2 9 10 17 35 -18 15 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation