Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, September 23, 1989

Leeds United Swindon Town
G.Strachan (15' pen, 42'), B.Davison (67'), D.Batty (90')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  21,694    



 
Swindon are thumped at Elland Road - after two goals from Gordon Strachan give Leeds a half-time lead, Jon Gittens' sending off puts paid to any hopes of a Town comeback - the Whites scoring twice more before the game is out.



 
The Town are thumped at Elland Road - already two behind thanks to two Gordon Strachan goals, the task becomes impossible when Jon Gittens is sent off - and the home side add two more before the game is out.




Lineups
1
Mervyn DAY
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Mel STERLAND  
   53'             
David HOCKADAY
2
3
Mike WHITLOW
                 
Phil KING
3
4
Vinnie JONES  
                 
  Alan MCLOUGHLIN
4
5
Noel BLAKE
                 
  Colin CALDERWOOD
5
6
Peter HADDOCK
             64'   
Jon GITTENS
6

7
Gordon STRACHAN  
         58'     
Tom JONES
7

8
David BATTY  
               
  Duncan SHEARER
8
9
Ian BAIRD
                 
  Paul BODIN
9
10
Bobby DAVISON
               
Ross MACLAREN
10
11
John HENDRIE
 65'
             65'
  Fitzroy SIMPSON
11
Substitutes
12
Carl SHUTT
                 
Shaun CLOSE
12
14
Andy WILLIAMS

65' 
           
65' 
  Tony GALVIN
14













Results on Saturday, September 23, 1989: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 2 - 4 Blackburn Rovers  
  Barnsley 2 - 0 Bradford City  
  Leeds United 4 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Leicester City 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Oxford United 2 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Portsmouth 3 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Sheffield United 0 - 0 Hull City  
  Stoke City 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  West Ham United 1 - 0 Watford  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, September 23, 1989:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 7 4 3 0 15 7 8 15 
2 Blackburn Rovers 7 3 4 0 10 6 4 13 
3 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 4 0 3 15 10 5 12 
4 Leeds United 7 3 3 1 12 9 3 12 
5 West Ham United 7 3 3 1 9 8 1 12 
6 Sunderland 6 3 2 1 12 7 5 11 
7 Oldham Athletic 7 3 2 2 11 10 1 11 
8 Barnsley 7 3 2 2 9 8 1 11 
9 Watford 7 3 2 2 7 8 -1 11 
10 Newcastle United 6 3 1 2 12 9 3 10 
11 Plymouth Argyle 7 3 1 3 11 8 3 10 
12 Ipswich Town 7 2 3 2 12 12 0
13 Oxford United 7 2 3 2 11 12 -1
14 Middlesbrough 7 2 2 3 13 14 -1
15 AFC Bournemouth 7 2 2 3 13 15 -2
16 West Bromwich Albion 7 2 2 3 10 12 -2
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 2 2 3 10 13 -3
18 Port Vale 7 1 4 2 6 8 -2
19 Bradford City 7 1 3 3 7 10 -3
20 Portsmouth 7 1 3 3 6 9 -3
21 Swindon Town 7 1 3 3 6 12 -6
22 Hull City 7 0 5 2 9 11 -2
23 Stoke City 7 0 5 2 6 8 -2
24 Leicester City 7 1 2 4 6 12 -6

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation