Football League Division Four
Saturday, October 22, 1983

Swindon Town Colchester United
A.Rowland (52'), D.Hockaday (77')
HT: 0-1 T.Adcock (44' pen)
Attendance:  3,079   Referee:  A. Crickmore



 
Simon Gibson makes his debut on loan from Chelsea, as the Town come from a goal behind to beat Colchester 2-1.




Lineups
1
Scott ENDERSBY
                 
Alec CHAMBERLAIN
1
2
Charlie HENRY
                 
Micky COOK
2
3
Colin BAILIE
                 
Ian PHILLIPS
3
4
Paul BATTY
                 
Tony HADLEY
4
5
Simon GIBSON
   81'            61'
Steve WIGNALL
5
6
Mike GRAHAM
                 
Steve LESLIE
6

7
David HOCKADAY
               
Perry GROVES
7

8
Gary EMMANUEL
                 
Roger OSBORNE
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Keith BOWEN
9
10
Alan MAYES
               
Tony ADCOCK
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
                 
Jeff HULL
11
Substitutes
12
Garry NELSON
              
61' 
Adam NICHOLS
12













Results on Saturday, October 22, 1983: League Table

 
  Aldershot 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Blackpool 1 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Bury 2 - 0 Wrexham  
  Chester City 2 - 4 Stockport County  
  Crewe Alexandra 3 - 2 Northampton Town  
  Darlington 1 - 0 Rochdale  
  Mansfield Town 5 - 0 Hartlepool United  
  Peterborough United 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Colchester United  
  Torquay United 1 - 1 Hereford United  
  York City 2 - 2 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, October 22, 1983:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Bristol City 12 7 1 4 22 9 13 22 
2 York City 12 6 3 3 24 11 13 21 
3 Doncaster Rovers 12 6 3 3 23 16 7 21 
4 Colchester United 12 5 4 3 15 11 4 19 
5 Tranmere Rovers 12 5 4 3 12 10 2 19 
6 Hereford United 11 5 4 2 11 9 2 19 
7 Reading 12 5 3 4 27 19 8 18 
8 Bury 10 5 3 2 15 10 5 18 
9 Chesterfield 12 4 6 2 15 11 4 18 
10 Peterborough United 11 5 2 4 20 12 8 17 
11 Northampton Town 12 3 8 1 18 15 3 17 
12 Blackpool 11 5 2 4 11 11 0 17 
13 Swindon Town 12 5 1 6 18 16 2 16 
14 Stockport County 12 4 4 4 17 19 -2 16 
15 Halifax Town 12 4 4 4 15 19 -4 16 
16 Rochdale 12 5 1 6 16 21 -5 16 
17 Aldershot 12 4 4 4 14 19 -5 16 
18 Crewe Alexandra 12 5 1 6 10 18 -8 16 
19 Wrexham 12 3 5 4 15 15 0 14 
20 Darlington 12 4 1 7 7 13 -6 13 
21 Torquay United 12 3 4 5 14 21 -7 13 
22 Mansfield Town 12 3 2 7 16 24 -8 11 
23 Hartlepool United 12 1 4 7 8 21 -13
24 Chester City 11 1 2 8 10 23 -13

Key: Promotion Re-election