Endsleigh Insurance League Division Two
Wednesday, April 3, 1996

Swindon Town Brighton and Hove Albion
P.Thorne (44', 84'), W.Allison (46')
HT: 1-0 J.Minton (55'), Z.Rowe (69')
Attendance:  8,610    



 
Swindon take a two goal lead, then take their foot off the gas against the lowly Seagulls - but Peter Thorne's late goal wins the three points - putting the Town two points behind leaders Blackpool, but with three games in hand.




Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Nicky RUST
1
2
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                76'
Stuart MYALL
2
3
Paul BODIN  
 73'
73'             
Ian CHAPMAN
3
4
David PREECE
                 
George PARRIS
4
5
Paul ALLEN
                 
Derek ALLAN
5
6
Shaun TAYLOR
                 
Gary HOBSON
6
7
Mark ROBINSON
 56'
              
Denny MUNDEE
7

8
Peter THORNE
            83'
Jeff MINTON
8

9
Scott LEITCH
 84'
            
Zeke ROWE
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
               
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10
11
Kevin HORLOCK  
                83'
Dean WILKINS
11
Substitutes
12
Mark SEAGRAVES

56' 
           
76' 
Stuart STORER
12
13
Wayne O'SULLIVAN

73' 
           
83' 
Kevin MCGARRIGLE
13
14
Steve COWE

84' 
           
83' 
Stuart MUNDAY
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Results on Wednesday, April 3, 1996: League Table

 
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Table as at Wednesday, April 3, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Blackpool 40 22 11 7 61 33 61 77 
2 Swindon Town 37 21 12 4 59 28 59 75 
3 Crewe Alexandra 39 20 7 12 70 48 70 67 
4 Notts County 38 18 12 8 51 32 51 66 
5 Oxford United 39 18 10 11 57 37 57 64 
6 Chesterfield 37 18 9 10 49 40 49 63 
7 Stockport County 40 16 11 13 54 44 54 59 
8 Bristol Rovers 39 17 8 14 50 52 50 59 
9 Bradford City 39 17 6 16 56 59 56 57 
10 Wycombe Wanderers 39 14 14 11 54 46 54 56 
11 Bristol City 40 14 13 13 47 49 47 55 
12 Wrexham 39 13 15 11 60 49 60 54 
13 AFC Bournemouth 40 14 8 18 44 61 44 50 
14 Walsall 37 13 10 14 45 36 45 49 
15 Peterborough United 39 12 12 15 53 53 53 48 
16 Brentford 40 12 12 16 36 44 36 48 
17 Shrewsbury Town 39 12 11 16 50 55 50 47 
18 Rotherham United 39 11 12 16 42 53 42 45 
19 Burnley 37 11 11 15 46 57 46 44 
20 York City 38 10 12 16 49 61 49 42 
21 Carlisle United 39 9 13 17 47 61 47 40 
22 Swansea City 40 8 14 18 36 67 36 38 
23 Brighton and Hove Albion 39 8 10 21 40 59 40 34 
24 Hull City 39 4 15 20 28 60 28 27 

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