Barclays League Division Two
Sunday, September 3, 1989

Swindon Town Wolverhampton Wanderers
T.Jones (4'), D.Shearer (26'), A.McLoughlin (90')
HT: 2-0 A.Thompson (73' pen)
Attendance:  10,312 (2,356 away fans)   Referee:  R.B. Gifford



 
Wolves defender Shane Westley is sent off for headbutting Steve White with the Town 2-0 up - but though Wolves improve, Swindon go on to win 3-1.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Tony LANGE
1
2
Leigh BARNARD
 81'
              
Phil CHARD
2
3
Phil KING
                 
Mark VENUS
3
4
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
               
Ally ROBERTSON
4
5
Jon GITTENS
             43'   
Shane WESTLEY
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                82'
  Nigel VAUGHAN
6

7
Tom JONES
             
Andy THOMPSON
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
 68'
            
Mick GOODING
8
9
Steve WHITE
                 
  Steve BULL
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
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10
11
Tony GALVIN  
                 
  Robbie DENNISON
11
Substitutes
12
John CORNWELL

81' 
              
Gary BELLAMY
12
14
Nicky SUMMERBEE

68' 
           
82' 
Tim STEELE
14













Results on Sunday, September 3, 1989: League Table

 
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  

Table as at Sunday, September 3, 1989:

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

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