Canon League Division Four
Wednesday, January 01, 1986

Swindon Town Colchester United
D.Cole (4'), B.Wade (45')
 HT: 2-0 N.Parkinson (54')
Attendance:  8,802   Referee:  R. Lewis



Lineups
1
Kenny ALLEN
                 
Alec CHAMBERLAIN
1
2
Chris RAMSEY
                 
Rudi HEDMAN
2
3
Charlie HENRY
                 
Ian PHILLIPS
3
4
Leigh BARNARD
                 
Roger OSBORNE
4
5
David COLE
              89'
Keith DAY
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
  Stewart HOUSTON
6

7
Dave BAMBER
                 
Simon BURMAN
7

8
Paul ROBERTS
               
Noel PARKINSON
8
9
Colin GORDON
                 
Tommy ENGLISH
9
10
Bryan WADE
               
Tony ADCOCK
10
11
David HOCKADAY
                 
Tony ENGLISH
11
Substitutes
12
Chris KAMARA
              
89' 
Russell IRVING
12













Results on Wednesday, January 01, 1986: League Table
 
  Burnley 5 - 2 Wrexham  
  Chester City 4 - 1 Port Vale  
  Hartlepool United 3 - 0 Halifax Town  
  Hereford United 4 - 1 Exeter City  
  Peterborough United 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Preston North End 0 - 2 Mansfield Town  
  Rochdale 2 - 1 Cambridge United  
  Stockport County 0 - 0 Scunthorpe United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Colchester United  

Table as at Wednesday, January 01, 1986:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swindon Town 24 16 1 7 34 25 9 49 
2 Chester City 24 13 8 3 51 25 26 47 
3 Mansfield Town 24 13 5 6 46 28 18 44 
4 Hartlepool United 23 13 3 7 39 29 10 42 
5 Port Vale 24 11 7 6 38 20 18 40 
6 Leyton Orient 24 11 7 6 42 30 12 40 
7 Southend United 23 11 7 5 38 35 3 40 
8 Stockport County 25 11 7 7 39 37 2 40 
9 Rochdale 23 11 5 7 34 34 0 38 
10 Hereford United 24 10 5 9 40 34 6 35 
11 Burnley 24 10 5 9 36 32 4 35 
12 Northampton Town 23 9 6 8 51 32 19 33 
13 Colchester United 23 10 3 10 42 38 4 33 
14 Tranmere Rovers 23 9 4 10 49 36 13 31 
15 Peterborough United 24 7 9 8 33 38 -5 30 
16 Aldershot 24 8 5 11 32 36 -4 29 
17 Wrexham 23 7 7 9 32 46 -14 28 
18 Exeter City 22 7 6 9 24 30 -6 27 
19 Cambridge United 26 7 4 15 36 57 -21 25 
20 Scunthorpe United 24 5 9 10 23 30 -7 24 
21 Crewe Alexandra 23 5 6 12 24 39 -15 21 
22 Halifax Town 24 4 8 12 29 45 -16 20 
23 Preston North End 24 5 5 14 30 51 -21 20 
24 Torquay United 23 3 4 16 19 54 -35 13 

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