Today League Division Three
Tuesday, March 17, 1987

Swindon Town Port Vale
C.Ramsey (25')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  7,347   Referee:  D. Axcell



 
Chris Ramsey nets his first goal of the season - a diving header - as the Town record victory over Port Vale.

1
DIGBY
2
JONES
3
KING
4
COYNE
5
PARKIN
6
CALDERWOOD
7
RAMSEY
8
KAMARA
9
QUINN
10
WHITE
11
BARNARD

Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Alex WILLIAMS
1
2
Mark JONES
                 
Chris BANKS
2
3
Phil KING
                 
Russel BROMAGE
3
4
Peter COYNE
                 
Ray WALKER
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                 
Phil SPROSON
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
           56'     
Alan WEBB
6

7
Chris RAMSEY
               
Paul SMITH
7

8
Chris KAMARA
                 
Paul MAGUIRE
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
                 
  Andy JONES
9
10
Steve WHITE
           38'     
Jon BOWDEN
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
                 
Gary HAMSON
11
Substitutes
12
Dave BAMBER
                 
Wayne EBANKS
12













Results on Tuesday, March 17, 1987: League Table
 
  Blackpool 1 - 1 Bolton Wanderers  
  Brentford 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  Bury 0 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Doncaster Rovers 0 - 3 AFC Bournemouth   
  Gillingham 4 - 1 Darlington  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Notts County  
  Newport County 0 - 3 Mansfield Town  
  Rotherham United 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Chesterfield  

Table as at Tuesday, March 17, 1987:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 AFC Bournemouth 34 21 7 6 58 34 24 70 
2 Notts County 34 19 7 8 64 40 24 64 
3 Middlesbrough 34 19 7 8 50 27 23 64 
4 Swindon Town 31 18 6 7 52 32 20 60 
5 Gillingham 34 17 7 10 53 37 16 58 
6 Bristol City 33 16 8 9 51 27 24 56 
7 Blackpool 34 13 13 8 64 43 21 52 
8 Wigan Athletic 30 15 6 9 58 44 14 51 
9 Mansfield Town 35 12 14 9 41 38 3 50 
10 Chesterfield 35 11 11 13 46 53 -7 44 
11 Walsall 30 12 6 12 51 51 0 42 
12 Doncaster Rovers 33 11 9 13 44 48 -4 42 
13 Rotherham United 36 11 9 16 38 48 -10 42 
14 Port Vale 33 10 10 13 48 50 -2 40 
15 Brentford 34 9 11 14 44 53 -9 38 
16 Chester City 30 7 16 7 44 41 3 37 
17 Bury 34 9 10 15 41 47 -6 37 
18 Fulham 33 8 13 12 47 57 -10 37 
19 Bolton Wanderers 34 8 12 14 40 47 -7 36 
20 York City 32 9 9 14 37 57 -20 36 
21 Bristol Rovers 31 8 9 14 32 57 -25 33 
22 Newport County 34 6 11 17 36 59 -23 29 
23 Darlington 32 5 14 13 34 57 -23 29 
24 Carlisle United 32 6 7 19 31 57 -26 25 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation