Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, February 18, 1989

Swindon Town Sunderland
D.Shearer (22', 40'), A.McLoughlin (39'), S.White (54')
 HT: 3-1 G.Armstrong (5')
Attendance:  7,432 (853 away fans)    



 
After going behind to an early goal, Swindon storm back against Sunderland - Duncan Shearer netting twice before the break, with further goals from Alan McLoughlin and Steve White contributing to a 4-1 win.

 
HTV report that Real Madrid are after Town keeper Fraser Digby, as Swindon thump Sunderland 4-1.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Tony NORMAN
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
Gary BENNETT
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
  Frank GRAY
3
4
Tom JONES
                46'
Richard ORD
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
John MACPHAIL
5
6
Jon GITTENS
   52'             
Steve DOYLE
6

7
Duncan SHEARER  
              61'
  Peter BARNES
7

8
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
             
Gordon ARMSTRONG
8
9
Steve WHITE
               
  Eric GATES
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
  John CORNFORTH
10
11
Fitzroy SIMPSON  
 81'
               
  Colin PASCOE
11
Substitutes
12
Charlie HENRY

81' 		            
46' 
Reuben AGBOOLA
12
14
Tim PARKIN
              
61' 
Tony CULLEN
14













Results on Saturday, February 18, 1989: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 0 - 2 Manchester City  
  Bradford City 2 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Leicester City 1 - 2 Leeds United  
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Chelsea  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, February 18, 1989:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 29 16 9 4 60 29 31 57 
2 Manchester City 29 16 8 5 45 24 21 56 
3 Watford 28 14 6 8 42 29 13 48 
4 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 6 8 46 40 6 48 
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 10 7 46 29 17 46 
6 Leeds United 29 11 11 7 36 27 9 44 
7 AFC Bournemouth 28 13 4 11 31 32 -1 43 
8 Crystal Palace 27 11 9 7 43 35 8 42 
9 Barnsley 28 11 9 8 39 37 2 42 
10 Stoke City 28 11 8 9 34 44 -10 41 
11 Swindon Town 28 10 10 8 42 36 6 40 
12 Ipswich Town 28 12 4 12 42 39 3 40 
13 Sunderland 29 10 10 9 37 36 1 40 
14 Portsmouth 29 10 9 10 38 36 2 39 
15 Hull City 28 10 8 10 39 39 0 38 
16 Plymouth Argyle 29 10 7 12 36 41 -5 37 
17 Leicester City 29 9 10 10 35 40 -5 37 
18 Bradford City 29 8 11 10 30 34 -4 35 
19 Oxford United 28 9 6 13 42 43 -1 33 
20 Oldham Athletic 29 7 10 12 44 47 -3 31 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 29 8 6 15 40 48 -8 30 
22 Shrewsbury Town 28 4 11 13 22 43 -21 23 
23 Birmingham City 29 4 7 18 19 53 -34 19 
24 Walsall 29 3 9 17 25 52 -27 18 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation