Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, September 14, 1991

Swindon Town Sunderland
S.White (8'), F.Simpson (37'), M.Hazard (39', 56' pen), D.Shearer (90')
HT: 3-0 G.Owers (52'), M.Gabbiadini (62'), G.Armstrong (90')
Attendance:  11,417   Referee:  D. Elleray



 
Sunderland visit the County Ground for the first time since the ill-fated Wembley final - and Swindon gain some sort of small revenge, winning 5-3 in an entertaining encounter.




Lineups
1
Nicky HAMMOND
                 
  Tony NORMAN
1
2
Tom JONES
                 
John KAY
2
3
Adrian VIVEASH
   29'             
Paul HARDYMAN
3
4
Glenn HODDLE  
           27'     
Gary BENNETT
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
           75'     
Kevin BALL
5
6
Shaun TAYLOR
         53' 79'   
Gary OWERS
6

7
Micky HAZARD
               
  Paul BRACEWELL
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
               
Brian ATKINSON
8
9
Fitzroy SIMPSON  
            60'
Gordon ARMSTRONG
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
              70'
Marco GABBIADINI
10
11
Steve WHITE
               
  Colin PASCOE
11
Substitutes
12
Martin LING
              
60' 
Thomas HAUSER
12
14
Nicky SUMMERBEE
              
70' 
  Peter DAVENPORT
14













Results on Saturday, September 14, 1991: League Table

 
  Barnsley 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 1 Watford  
  Bristol City 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Charlton Athletic 3 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Middlesbrough 3 - 0 Leicester City  
  Newcastle United 1 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Oxford United 2 - 2 Millwall  
  Southend United 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers  
  Swindon Town 5 - 3 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, September 14, 1991:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 8 6 0 2 14 6 8 18 
2 Cambridge United 6 4 1 1 12 8 4 13 
3 Leicester City 6 4 1 1 8 5 3 13 
4 Ipswich Town 7 4 1 2 11 11 0 13 
5 Bristol City 7 3 3 1 9 7 2 12 
6 Swindon Town 6 3 2 1 16 10 6 11 
7 Charlton Athletic 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 11 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 11 
9 Tranmere Rovers 6 2 4 0 13 10 3 10 
10 Southend United 6 3 1 2 7 5 2 10 
11 Grimsby Town 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 10 
12 Derby County 7 2 3 2 7 6 1
13 Port Vale 8 2 3 3 8 8 0
14 Blackburn Rovers 6 2 2 2 6 5 1
15 Sunderland 7 2 2 3 11 12 -1
16 Brighton and Hove Albion 7 2 2 3 8 10 -2
17 Portsmouth 6 2 2 2 3 6 -3
18 Watford 6 2 1 3 8 9 -1
19 Plymouth Argyle 6 2 1 3 8 11 -3
20 Newcastle United 7 1 2 4 10 15 -5
21 Barnsley 8 1 2 5 5 14 -9
22 Millwall 6 1 1 4 10 11 -1
23 Bristol Rovers 6 0 2 4 8 13 -5
24 Oxford United 6 0 1 5 6 13 -7

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation