Barclays League Division Two
Tuesday, December 26, 1989

Swindon Town Blackburn Rovers
D.Shearer (33', 42'), P.Bodin (44'), S.Foley (77')
 HT: 3-2 S.Garner (10'), A.Kennedy (20' pen), H.Gayle (72')
Attendance:  8,426   Referee:  D. Hutchinson



 
After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!

 
After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!

 
After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Darren COLLIER
1
2
David KERSLAKE
 85'
               
Neil OLIVER
2
3
Paul BODIN  
               
Chris SULLEY
3
4
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
                 
Nicky REID
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Keith HILL
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
David MAIL
6

7
Tom JONES
              86'
Andy KENNEDY
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
              64'
John MILLAR
8
9
Steve WHITE
 79'
               
  Frank STAPLETON
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
   19'           
Simon GARNER
10
11
Steve FOLEY
               
Scott SELLARS
11
Substitutes
12
John CORNWELL

85' 		          
64' 
Howard GAYLE
12
14
David HOCKADAY

79' 		            
86' 
Alan IRVINE
14













Results on Tuesday, December 26, 1989: League Table
 
  Barnsley 0 - 1 Watford  
  Bradford City 0 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 West Ham United  
  Leicester City 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Sheffield United 2 - 2 Leeds United  
  Stoke City 2 - 1 Newcastle United  
  Sunderland 1 - 0 Oxford United  
  Swindon Town 4 - 3 Blackburn Rovers  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Hull City  

Table as at Tuesday, December 26, 1989:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Leeds United 23 14 6 3 41 23 18 48 
2 Sheffield United 23 13 8 2 40 24 16 47 
3 Sunderland 23 11 8 4 40 32 8 41 
4 Oldham Athletic 23 11 7 5 31 24 7 40 
5 Ipswich Town 22 10 7 5 33 27 6 37 
6 Newcastle United 22 10 6 6 39 26 13 36 
7 Swindon Town 23 10 6 7 42 33 9 36 
8 Watford 23 9 5 9 32 29 3 32 
9 Blackburn Rovers 22 7 10 5 41 37 4 31 
10 West Ham United 23 8 7 8 32 28 4 31 
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 7 8 8 33 31 2 29 
12 AFC Bournemouth 23 8 5 10 33 38 -5 29 
13 Plymouth Argyle 22 8 4 10 33 34 -1 28 
14 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 8 4 11 31 33 -2 28 
15 Port Vale 23 6 9 8 27 29 -2 27 
16 Oxford United 23 7 6 10 32 36 -4 27 
17 Middlesbrough 23 7 6 10 29 35 -6 27 
18 Leicester City 23 7 6 10 29 37 -8 27 
19 West Bromwich Albion 23 6 8 9 38 40 -2 26 
20 Portsmouth 23 5 9 9 27 34 -7 24 
21 Bradford City 23 5 8 10 25 34 -9 23 
22 Barnsley 23 6 5 12 24 44 -20 23 
23 Hull City 22 3 11 8 23 30 -7 20 
24 Stoke City 22 3 9 10 19 36 -17 18 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation