Football League Division Four
Saturday, December 3, 1983

Swindon Town Doncaster Rovers
J.Quinn (40'), L.Barnard (58')
HT: 1-1 I.Snodin (12' pen)
Attendance:  3,545   Referee:  L. Burden



 
The Town register their sixth home win on the trot - and the fourth consecutive home win coming from behind - Ian Snodin netting a penalty before being sent off for Doncaster.




Lineups
1
Scott ENDERSBY
                 
Dennis PEACOCK
1
2
Charlie HENRY
                 
Billy RUSSELL
2
3
Colin BAILIE
                 
John BRECKIN
3
4
Paul BATTY
               
Ian SNODIN
4
5
Simon GIBSON
                 
Steve LISTER
5
6
Mike GRAHAM
                 
Glenn HUMPHRIES
6

7
David HOCKADAY
                 
Ashley TOMLINSON
7

8
Gary EMMANUEL
                 
Ernie MOSS
8
9
Jimmy QUINN  
               
Colin DOUGLAS
9
10
Alan MAYES
   8'             
Andy KOWALSKI
10
11
Leigh BARNARD
              60'
Gary ALLANSON
11
Substitutes
12
Andy ROWLAND
              
60' 
Mark MILLER
12













Results on Saturday, December 3, 1983: League Table

 
  Blackpool 1 - 2 Peterborough United  
  Chester City 2 - 1 Bury  
  Chesterfield 3 - 3 Tranmere Rovers  
  Colchester United 6 - 0 Hartlepool United  
  Darlington 3 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Northampton Town 1 - 0 Bristol City  
  Rochdale 3 - 3 Hereford United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 1 Doncaster Rovers  
  York City 2 - 0 Aldershot  

Table as at Saturday, December 3, 1983:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 York City 18 11 3 4 39 19 20 36 
2 Blackpool 18 10 2 6 23 18 5 32 
3 Peterborough United 18 9 4 5 34 21 13 31 
4 Colchester United 18 8 6 4 30 16 14 30 
5 Doncaster Rovers 18 8 6 4 32 24 8 30 
6 Reading 18 8 5 5 40 30 10 29 
7 Bristol City 18 9 1 8 26 14 12 28 
8 Aldershot 18 8 4 6 22 26 -4 28 
9 Swindon Town 18 8 3 7 30 25 5 27 
10 Northampton Town 18 6 9 3 23 18 5 27 
11 Bury 17 7 5 5 26 22 4 26 
12 Tranmere Rovers 18 6 7 5 22 21 1 25 
13 Torquay United 18 6 6 6 25 29 -4 24 
14 Stockport County 18 6 5 7 27 28 -1 23 
15 Hereford United 17 5 8 4 15 17 -2 23 
16 Darlington 18 7 2 9 15 18 -3 23 
17 Crewe Alexandra 17 7 2 8 16 26 -10 23 
18 Chesterfield 18 4 10 4 21 21 0 22 
19 Mansfield Town 18 5 5 8 24 31 -7 20 
20 Rochdale 18 5 5 8 25 34 -9 20 
21 Halifax Town 18 5 5 8 18 29 -11 20 
22 Wrexham 17 3 6 8 22 28 -6 15 
23 Chester City 18 2 6 10 16 31 -15 12 
24 Hartlepool United 18 1 5 12 13 38 -25

Key: Promotion Re-election