Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, November 18, 1989

Port Vale Swindon Town
D.Beckford (21'), N.Cross (41')
 HT: 2-0
Attendance:  7,393    



Lineups
1
Mark GREW
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Simon MILLS
                46'
John CORNWELL
2
3
Darren HUGHES
                 
  Paul BODIN
3
4
Ray WALKER
                 
  Alan MCLOUGHLIN
4
5
Neil ASPIN
           88'     
  Colin CALDERWOOD
5
6
Dean GLOVER
                 
Jon GITTENS
6

7
Ian MILLER view STFC profile
                 
Tom JONES
7

8
Robbie EARLE  
                 
  Duncan SHEARER
8
9
Nicky CROSS
   86'          46'
Steve WHITE
9
10
Darren BECKFORD
         73'     
Ross MACLAREN
10
11
John JEFFERS
                 
  Fitzroy SIMPSON
11
Substitutes
12
Paul MILLAR
              
46' 
Steve FOLEY
12
14
Andy PORTER
              
46' 
Shaun CLOSE
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Results on Saturday, November 18, 1989: League Table
 
  AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Stoke City  
  Barnsley 1 - 1 Newcastle United  
  Leeds United 2 - 1 Watford  
  Leicester City 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Hull City  
  Port Vale 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Sheffield United 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Sunderland 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  West Ham United 2 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, November 18, 1989:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 18 11 6 1 32 18 14 39 
2 Leeds United 18 11 5 2 32 19 13 38 
3 Newcastle United 18 9 6 3 34 20 14 33 
4 Sunderland 18 9 5 4 31 25 6 32 
5 West Ham United 18 8 6 4 27 18 9 30 
6 Oldham Athletic 18 8 6 4 24 19 5 30 
7 Ipswich Town 18 8 5 5 29 25 4 29 
8 Swindon Town 17 8 4 5 30 20 10 28 
9 Blackburn Rovers 17 6 10 1 29 19 10 28 
10 Plymouth Argyle 18 8 3 7 28 25 3 27 
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 6 6 6 26 23 3 24 
12 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 7 2 9 27 27 0 23 
13 AFC Bournemouth 17 6 4 7 25 28 -3 22 
14 West Bromwich Albion 18 5 6 7 30 30 0 21 
15 Port Vale 18 4 8 6 19 21 -2 20 
16 Oxford United 18 5 5 8 24 28 -4 20 
17 Portsmouth 18 4 6 8 19 27 -8 18 
18 Bradford City 18 3 8 7 18 22 -4 17 
19 Watford 18 4 5 9 16 25 -9 17 
20 Barnsley 18 4 5 9 20 39 -19 17 
21 Middlesbrough 17 3 6 8 19 28 -9 15 
22 Leicester City 18 3 6 9 19 29 -10 15 
23 Hull City 18 1 11 6 17 24 -7 14 
24 Stoke City 18 2 8 8 17 33 -16 14 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation