Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, December 5, 1987

Aston Villa Swindon Town
G.Thompson (53', 56')
HT: 0-0 J.Quinn (57' pen)
Attendance:  16,127    



Lineups
1
Nigel SPINK  
                 
  Tim FLOWERS
1
2
Kevin GAGE
                 
David HOCKADAY
2
3
Bernard GALLACHER
                 
Phil KING
3
4
Andy GRAY view STFC profile 
                 
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Steve SIMS
                 
Jon GITTENS
5
6
Martin KEOWN  
                 
  Colin CALDERWOOD
6

7
Paul BIRCH
                 
Bobby BARNES
7

8
Warren ASPINALL
                 
Dave BAMBER
8
9
Garry THOMPSON
   45'        90'
  Jimmy QUINN
9
10
Stuart GRAY
                90'
Steve FOLEY
10
11
Mark WALTERS view STFC profile 
                 
Steve WHITE
11
Substitutes
12
Alan MCINALLY  
              
90' 
Tim PARKIN
12
14
Allan EVANS  
              
90' 
Bryan WADE
14













Results on Saturday, December 5, 1987: League Table

 
  AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic  
  Aston Villa 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Barnsley 3 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Millwall  
  Hull City 2 - 2 Reading  
  Ipswich Town 4 - 0 Bradford City  
  Leeds United 4 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Leicester City 0 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Manchester City 1 - 3 Crystal Palace  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Sheffield United 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 5, 1987:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 22 13 5 4 33 14 19 44 
2 Bradford City 22 13 4 5 36 25 11 43 
3 Aston Villa 22 11 7 4 33 20 13 40 
4 Crystal Palace 21 12 3 6 45 29 16 39 
5 Ipswich Town 22 11 6 5 31 17 14 39 
6 Millwall 22 12 3 7 37 27 10 39 
7 Hull City 22 10 8 4 31 22 9 38 
8 Manchester City 22 10 6 6 48 30 18 36 
9 Blackburn Rovers 21 9 7 5 27 22 5 34 
10 Birmingham City 22 9 6 7 25 32 -7 33 
11 Barnsley 22 9 5 8 32 28 4 32 
12 Swindon Town 21 9 4 8 40 32 8 31 
13 Leeds United 22 7 8 7 27 31 -4 29 
14 Plymouth Argyle 22 7 6 9 34 36 -2 27 
15 Stoke City 21 7 5 9 18 26 -8 26 
16 Leicester City 21 6 5 10 29 29 0 23 
17 Sheffield United 22 6 5 11 25 35 -10 23 
18 West Bromwich Albion 22 6 4 12 28 38 -10 22 
19 AFC Bournemouth 22 5 6 11 28 37 -9 21 
20 Oldham Athletic 20 4 5 11 16 30 -14 17 
21 Shrewsbury Town 22 3 7 12 17 33 -16 16 
22 Huddersfield Town 22 3 7 12 25 53 -28 16 
23 Reading 21 3 6 12 20 39 -19 15 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation