Football League Division Four
Saturday, November 12, 1983

Swindon Town Hartlepool United
G.Emmanuel (24'), A.Rowland (85'), L.Barnard (90')
HT: 1-1 S.Gibson (8' o.g.), P.Ray (65')
Attendance:  3,072   Referee:  K. Salmon



 
Swindon complete a superb comeback in the last five minutes - a Hartlepool sending off sandwiched by goals from Andy Rowland and a Leigh Barnard injury time winner in a fiery encounter at the County Ground.




Lineups
1
Scott ENDERSBY
                 
Mark PRUDHOE
1
2
Charlie HENRY
 73'
            
Phil RAY
2
3
Colin BAILIE
           23'     
Harry WILSON
3
4
Paul BATTY
                 
David LINIGHAN
4
5
Simon GIBSON
   43'             
Andy LINIGHAN
5
6
Mike GRAHAM
                 
Mick WHITFIELD
6

7
David HOCKADAY
           28'     
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7

8
Gary EMMANUEL
               
Mark ROBINSON
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
         27'     
Kevin DIXON
9
10
Alan MAYES
   73'       44' 87'   
Paul STAFF
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
         84'     
Kenny LOWE
11
Substitutes
12
Jimmy QUINN  

73' 
              
John BORTHWICK
12













Results on Saturday, November 12, 1983: League Table

 
  Chester City 1 - 2 Aldershot  
  Darlington 0 - 1 Bristol City  
  Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Blackpool  
  Hereford United 0 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 0 Colchester United  
  Peterborough United 2 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Reading 4 - 1 Wrexham  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Hartlepool United  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Rochdale  
  York City 2 - 3 Torquay United  

Table as at Saturday, November 12, 1983:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 York City 16 9 3 4 34 17 17 30 
2 Doncaster Rovers 16 8 5 3 31 22 9 29 
3 Blackpool 16 9 2 5 20 15 5 29 
4 Colchester United 16 7 6 3 23 14 9 27 
5 Bristol City 16 8 1 7 24 13 11 25 
6 Aldershot 16 7 4 5 20 23 -3 25 
7 Peterborough United 15 7 3 5 28 18 10 24 
8 Bury 13 7 3 3 20 14 6 24 
9 Tranmere Rovers 16 6 6 4 17 15 2 24 
10 Reading 16 6 5 5 36 28 8 23 
11 Swindon Town 16 7 2 7 26 22 4 23 
12 Hereford United 15 5 7 3 11 12 -1 22 
13 Northampton Town 16 4 9 3 21 18 3 21 
14 Chesterfield 16 4 9 3 18 16 2 21 
15 Torquay United 16 5 6 5 22 26 -4 21 
16 Stockport County 16 5 5 6 25 25 0 20 
17 Halifax Town 16 5 5 6 18 26 -8 20 
18 Mansfield Town 16 5 4 7 22 26 -4 19 
19 Rochdale 16 5 4 7 21 29 -8 19 
20 Crewe Alexandra 15 6 1 8 12 23 -11 19 
21 Darlington 16 5 2 9 10 18 -8 17 
22 Wrexham 16 3 6 7 22 27 -5 15 
23 Chester City 16 1 5 10 14 30 -16
24 Hartlepool United 16 1 5 10 11 29 -18

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