Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, December 26, 1987

Reading Swindon Town

HT: 0-0 J.Quinn (76')
Attendance:  8,939    



Lineups
1
Steve FRANCIS
                 
Paul CRICHTON
1
2
Colin BAILIE view STFC profile
                 
David HOCKADAY
2
3
Michael GILKES  
                 
Phil KING
3
4
Stuart BEAVON
                 
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Martin HICKS
                 
Jon GITTENS
5
6
Keith CURLE  
   90'             
  Colin CALDERWOOD
6

7
Jerry WILLIAMS
                 
Bobby BARNES
7

8
David MADDEN
 56'
 47'             
Dave BAMBER
8
9
Colin GORDON view STFC profile
               
  Jimmy QUINN
9
10
Steve MORAN
                 
Steve FOLEY
10
11
Mick TAIT
   31'             
Tim PARKIN
11
Substitutes
12
Neil SMILLIE

56' 		               
Steve WHITE
12
14
Linden JONES
                 
Peter COYNE
14













Results on Saturday, December 26, 1987: League Table
 
  Barnsley 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Birmingham City 0 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 3 Stoke City  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 3 Crystal Palace  
  Leicester City 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Manchester City 1 - 2 Leeds United  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Reading 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Sheffield United 1 - 1 Aston Villa  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 4 Millwall  

Table as at Saturday, December 26, 1987:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 25 14 7 4 36 15 21 49 
2 Bradford City 25 14 5 6 40 28 12 47 
3 Crystal Palace 24 14 3 7 51 34 17 45 
4 Aston Villa 25 12 9 4 36 22 14 45 
5 Ipswich Town 24 12 6 6 35 20 15 42 
6 Hull City 24 11 9 4 35 25 10 42 
7 Millwall 25 13 3 9 42 33 9 42 
8 Blackburn Rovers 24 11 8 5 31 23 8 41 
9 Manchester City 25 11 6 8 51 34 17 39 
10 Leeds United 25 10 8 7 33 32 1 38 
11 Barnsley 24 10 6 8 37 30 7 36 
12 Swindon Town 23 10 4 9 41 33 8 34 
13 Plymouth Argyle 25 9 6 10 38 39 -1 33 
14 Stoke City 25 9 6 10 27 32 -5 33 
15 Birmingham City 25 9 6 10 26 37 -11 33 
16 Sheffield United 25 7 6 12 28 38 -10 27 
17 AFC Bournemouth 25 6 7 12 29 39 -10 25 
18 Oldham Athletic 24 6 7 11 23 34 -11 25 
19 Leicester City 23 6 5 12 29 32 -3 23 
20 West Bromwich Albion 25 6 5 14 29 43 -14 23 
21 Huddersfield Town 25 4 7 14 27 60 -33 19 
22 Shrewsbury Town 25 3 9 13 20 38 -18 18 
23 Reading 24 3 6 15 22 45 -23 15 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation