Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, October 29, 1988

Swindon Town Birmingham City
S.White (23', 68')
HT: 1-0 I.Atkins (81' pen)
Attendance:  6,937 (513 away fans)    



 
After David Geddes joins the club, Swindon record victory over struggling Birmingham.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Martin THOMAS
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Ray RANSON
2
3
Phil KING
                 
Brian ROBERTS
3
4
Tom JONES
               
Ian ATKINS
4
5
Tim PARKIN
                72'
Ian CLARKSON
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
Dean PEER
6

7
Steve FOLEY
                 
  Des BREMNER
7

8
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Kevin LANGLEY
8
9
Charlie HENRY
 69'
              
Carl RICHARDS
9
10
Steve WHITE
              80'
Colin ROBINSON
10
11
Bobby BARNES
                 
Steve WIGLEY
11
Substitutes
12
David GEDDIS

69' 
           
72' 
Gary CHILDS
12
14
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
              
80' 
Mark YATES
14













Results on Saturday, October 29, 1988: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Barnsley 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Chelsea 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Leeds United 2 - 1 Hull City  
  Manchester City 1 - 1 Sunderland  
  Oxford United 3 - 4 Bradford City  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 0 Leicester City  
  Stoke City 2 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Watford  

Table as at Saturday, October 29, 1988:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 14 9 2 3 25 12 13 29 
2 Blackburn Rovers 13 7 3 3 22 15 7 24 
3 West Bromwich Albion 14 6 5 3 17 11 6 23 
4 Portsmouth 14 6 5 3 23 18 5 23 
5 Chelsea 14 6 4 4 23 15 8 22 
6 Manchester City 14 6 4 4 18 15 3 22 
7 Barnsley 14 6 4 4 19 18 1 22 
8 Crystal Palace 13 5 5 3 20 15 5 20 
9 Ipswich Town 13 6 2 5 17 14 3 20 
10 Bradford City 14 5 5 4 16 15 1 20 
11 Stoke City 14 5 5 4 14 16 -2 20 
12 Swindon Town 13 4 7 2 19 18 1 19 
13 Sunderland 13 4 6 3 16 13 3 18 
14 Leicester City 14 4 6 4 18 21 -3 18 
15 Hull City 14 4 5 5 17 17 0 17 
16 Oxford United 14 4 5 5 20 21 -1 17 
17 Oldham Athletic 14 4 4 6 24 24 0 16 
18 AFC Bournemouth 13 4 3 6 10 14 -4 15 
19 Plymouth Argyle 13 4 3 6 15 21 -6 15 
20 Walsall 13 2 8 3 15 12 3 14 
21 Leeds United 13 2 6 5 10 16 -6 12 
22 Shrewsbury Town 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 12 
23 Brighton and Hove Albion 13 2 2 9 12 22 -10
24 Birmingham City 13 2 1 10 11 31 -20

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