Barclays League Division Two
Tuesday, February 28, 1989

Swindon Town Leicester City
D.Shearer (59'), T.Jones (81' pen)
HT: 0-1 M.Newell (42')
Attendance:  7,456 (250 away fans)    



 
A late Tom Jones penalty wins the game for the Town, who come back from a goal behind to beat Leicester.



 
A late Tom Jones penalty wins the game for the Town, who come back from a goal behind to beat Leicester.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Martin HODGE
1
2
David HOCKADAY
           80'     
Ali MAUCHLEN
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
Tony SPEARING
3
4
Tom JONES
              86'
Paul GROVES
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Steve WALSH
5
6
Jon GITTENS
   74'             
Alan PARIS
6

7
Steve FOLEY
                 
Paul REID
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
               
Nicky CROSS
8
9
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
               
Mike NEWELL
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
 46'
              
  Gary MCALLISTER
10
11
Steve WHITE
   86'             
Phil TURNER
11
Substitutes
12
Charlie HENRY
                 
Simon MORGAN
12
14
Phil KING

46' 
           
86' 
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Results on Tuesday, February 28, 1989: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic  
  Barnsley 2 - 2 Watford  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Sunderland  
  Chelsea 2 - 1 Hull City  
  Portsmouth 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Stoke City 1 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Leicester City  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Tuesday, February 28, 1989:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 31 17 10 4 64 32 32 61 
2 Manchester City 30 17 8 5 47 24 23 59 
3 Blackburn Rovers 31 16 7 8 52 43 9 55 
4 Watford 30 14 7 9 44 32 12 49 
5 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 11 7 46 29 17 47 
6 Ipswich Town 31 14 5 12 46 40 6 47 
7 AFC Bournemouth 30 14 5 11 34 34 0 47 
8 Crystal Palace 28 12 9 7 45 35 10 45 
9 Leeds United 30 11 12 7 36 27 9 45 
10 Stoke City 30 12 9 9 37 46 -9 45 
11 Swindon Town 30 11 11 8 44 37 7 44 
12 Sunderland 31 11 11 9 41 38 3 44 
13 Barnsley 31 11 10 10 41 42 -1 43 
14 Portsmouth 31 10 9 12 38 38 0 39 
15 Hull City 30 10 8 12 40 43 -3 38 
16 Leicester City 31 9 11 11 38 44 -6 38 
17 Plymouth Argyle 31 10 7 14 36 45 -9 37 
18 Bradford City 30 8 11 11 30 36 -6 35 
19 Oxford United 30 9 7 14 44 47 -3 34 
20 Oldham Athletic 31 7 12 12 48 51 -3 33 
21 Brighton and Hove Albion 31 9 6 16 41 49 -8 33 
22 Shrewsbury Town 30 5 12 13 25 44 -19 27 
23 Walsall 31 4 10 17 27 53 -26 22 
24 Birmingham City 31 4 8 19 19 54 -35 20 

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