Barclays League Division Two
Tuesday, January 1, 1991

Swindon Town Plymouth Argyle
S.Foley (90')
 HT: 0-0 R.Turner (51')
Attendance:  9,736   Referee:  B. Nixon



 
As a thirteen year old, I distinctly remember considering this to be the most turgid football match I had ever seen - before Steve Foley rescued it for Swindon with a last minute equaliser.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
David WALTER
1
2
David KERSLAKE
                 
Andy CLEMENT
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
Steve MORGAN
3
4
Micky HAZARD
                 
  Brian MCALLISTER
4
5
Néstor LORENZO  
                 
Adrian BURROWS
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
Danis SALMAN
6

7
Tom JONES
                 
Martin BARLOW
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
                 
Kevin HODGES
8
9
Steve WHITE
 57'
             
Robbie TURNER
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
Paul ADCOCK
10
11
Steve FOLEY
         87'     
Andy MORRISON
11
Substitutes
12
Adrian VIVEASH
                 
Keith EDWARDS
12
14
Nicky SUMMERBEE

57' 		               
Ryan CROSS
14













Results on Tuesday, January 1, 1991: League Table
 
  Barnsley 2 - 0 Bristol City  
  Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 West Ham United  
  Charlton Athletic 0 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Leicester City 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Notts County 2 - 1 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Newcastle United  
  Oxford United 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Millwall  
  Portsmouth 5 - 1 Hull City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 0 Watford  

Table as at Tuesday, January 1, 1991:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 West Ham United 25 15 9 1 36 13 23 54 
2 Oldham Athletic 24 14 7 3 48 25 23 49 
3 Sheffield Wednesday 24 12 10 2 48 27 21 46 
4 Notts County 24 12 6 6 37 28 9 42 
5 Middlesbrough 24 12 4 8 37 22 15 40 
6 Barnsley 24 9 9 6 34 24 10 36 
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 8 11 5 37 28 9 35 
8 Millwall 24 9 8 7 35 29 6 35 
9 Bristol City 23 10 4 9 37 35 2 34 
10 Bristol Rovers 23 8 7 8 29 27 2 31 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 22 9 4 9 32 41 -9 31 
12 Port Vale 24 8 5 11 32 35 -3 29 
13 Swindon Town 25 6 11 8 32 36 -4 29 
14 Ipswich Town 25 6 11 8 33 40 -7 29 
15 Newcastle United 23 6 9 8 24 27 -3 27 
16 West Bromwich Albion 24 6 9 9 29 33 -4 27 
17 Oxford United 24 6 9 9 39 46 -7 27 
18 Charlton Athletic 24 6 8 10 31 36 -5 26 
19 Blackburn Rovers 25 7 5 13 26 35 -9 26 
20 Leicester City 23 7 5 11 32 48 -16 26 
21 Portsmouth 25 6 7 12 31 41 -10 25 
22 Plymouth Argyle 25 5 10 10 29 40 -11 25 
23 Watford 25 5 9 11 22 31 -9 24 
24 Hull City 25 5 7 13 40 63 -23 22 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation