Today League Division Three
Saturday, April 11, 1987

Bristol Rovers Swindon Town
G.Penrice (21'), R.Turner (27'), P.Purnell (58' pen)
 HT: 2-1 S.White (30'), J.Quinn (49', 63'), D.Bamber (62')
Attendance:  8,196   Referee:  J. Ireland



 
The Town's match with Bristol Rovers is moved to Ashton Gate - and despite being two goals down, Swindon bounce back to win 4-3. Includes the HTV preview before the game and the review of the action.

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

Lineups
1
Paul BRADSHAW
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
John SCALES  
                 
David HOCKADAY
2
3
David RUSHBURY
                 
Phil KING
3
4
Darren CARR
 63'
               
Peter COYNE
4
5
Geoff TWENTYMAN
                 
Tim PARKIN
5
6
Nicky TANNER view STFC profile
                 
  Colin CALDERWOOD
6

7
Phil PURNELL
               
Mark JONES
7

8
Gary PENRICE
             
Dave BAMBER
8
9
Robbie TURNER
             
  Jimmy QUINN
9
10
Jeff MEACHAM
               
Steve WHITE
10
11
Ken HIBBITT
                 
Leigh BARNARD
11
Substitutes
12
Peter CAWLEY

63' 		               
Bryan WADE
12













Results on Saturday, April 11, 1987: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Blackpool 0 - 1 Gillingham  
  Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Bristol Rovers 3 - 4 Swindon Town  
  Chester City 1 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Darlington 4 - 1 Bury  
  Fulham 3 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Mansfield Town 2 - 0 Bristol City  
  Notts County 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Carlisle United  
  York City 3 - 0 Newport County  

Table as at Saturday, April 11, 1987:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 AFC Bournemouth 39 24 8 7 63 37 26 80 
2 Swindon Town 37 22 6 9 65 40 25 72 
3 Middlesbrough 38 21 9 8 53 28 25 72 
4 Notts County 39 19 11 9 67 44 23 68 
5 Gillingham 38 20 7 11 58 40 18 67 
6 Wigan Athletic 36 20 6 10 68 50 18 66 
7 Bristol City 38 18 10 10 55 31 24 64 
8 Blackpool 39 14 13 12 66 48 18 55 
9 Mansfield Town 39 13 15 11 45 45 0 54 
10 Walsall 36 15 7 14 60 57 3 52 
11 Chester City 37 11 16 10 52 47 5 49 
12 Chesterfield 39 12 13 14 51 59 -8 49 
13 Bury 40 12 11 17 46 53 -7 47 
14 Rotherham United 40 12 11 17 40 50 -10 47 
15 Brentford 38 11 13 14 53 58 -5 46 
16 Port Vale 38 11 11 16 58 57 1 44 
17 York City 39 11 11 17 47 65 -18 44 
18 Doncaster Rovers 36 11 10 15 45 51 -6 43 
19 Fulham 39 9 15 15 50 67 -17 42 
20 Bolton Wanderers 40 9 13 18 43 54 -11 40 
21 Bristol Rovers 36 9 11 16 37 63 -26 38 
22 Carlisle United 38 9 8 21 34 62 -28 35 
23 Darlington 36 6 15 15 39 61 -22 33 
24 Newport County 39 7 12 20 41 69 -28 33 

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