Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, May 13, 1989

Oldham Athletic Swindon Town
R.Palmer (7'), A.Holden (79')
HT: 1-2 A.McLoughlin (14'), S.White (29')
Attendance:  5,676    



 
Swindon come back to take a half-time lead through Alan McLoughlin and Steve White - but are denied victory on Oldham's plastic pitch by Andy Holden's goal with ten minutes remaining.




Lineups
1
Andy RHODES
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Denis IRWIN  
                 
David HOCKADAY
2
3
Earl BARRETT  
                 
Phil KING
3
4
Nick HENRY
                 
Tom JONES
4
5
Ian MARSHALL
           71'     
Jon GITTENS
5
6
Andy HOLDEN  
               
  Colin CALDERWOOD
6

7
Roger PALMER
               
  Fitzroy SIMPSON
7

8
John KELLY view STFC profile
 69'
              
  Duncan SHEARER
8
9
Andy RITCHIE
               
  Alan MCLOUGHLIN
9
10
Mike MILLIGAN  
                 
Ross MACLAREN
10
11
Tommy WRIGHT
               
Steve WHITE
11
Substitutes
12
Peter SKIPPER
                 
Tim PARKIN
12
14
Andy GAYLE

69' 
              
Charlie HENRY
14













Results on Saturday, May 13, 1989: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Manchester City  
  Crystal Palace 4 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Hull City 0 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Oxford United 0 - 4 Watford  
  Portsmouth 2 - 3 Chelsea  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 3 Leeds United  
  Stoke City 2 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Sunderland 2 - 2 Leicester City  
  Walsall 1 - 3 Barnsley  

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 46 29 12 5 96 50 46 99 
2 Manchester City 46 23 13 10 77 53 24 82 
3 Crystal Palace 46 23 12 11 71 49 22 81 
4 Watford 46 22 12 12 74 48 26 78 
5 Blackburn Rovers 46 22 11 13 74 59 15 77 
6 Swindon Town 46 20 16 10 68 53 15 76 
7 Barnsley 46 20 14 12 66 58 8 74 
8 Ipswich Town 46 22 7 17 71 61 10 73 
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 18 10 65 41 24 72 
10 Leeds United 46 17 16 13 59 50 9 67 
11 Sunderland 46 16 15 15 60 60 0 63 
12 AFC Bournemouth 46 18 8 20 53 62 -9 62 
13 Stoke City 46 15 14 17 57 72 -15 59 
14 Bradford City 46 13 17 16 52 59 -7 56 
15 Leicester City 46 13 16 17 56 63 -7 55 
16 Oldham Athletic 46 11 21 14 75 72 3 54 
17 Oxford United 46 14 12 20 62 70 -8 54 
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 12 20 55 66 -11 54 
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 46 14 9 23 57 66 -9 51 
20 Portsmouth 46 13 12 21 53 62 -9 51 
21 Hull City 46 11 14 21 52 68 -16 47 
22 Shrewsbury Town 46 8 18 20 40 67 -27 42 
23 Birmingham City 46 8 11 27 31 76 -45 35 
24 Walsall 46 5 16 25 41 80 -39 31 

Key: Promoted Promoted via Play-offs Play-offs Relegated