Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, December 31, 1988

Swindon Town Manchester City
S.White (57')
HT: 0-1 B.Gayle (5'), J.Beckford (??')
Attendance:  10,776 (1,346 away fans)    



 
City move within a point of leaders Chelsea… in Division Two… thanks to victory at the County Ground.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Andy DIBBLE
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
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2
3
Phil KING
     77'           
  Andy HINCHCLIFFE
3
4
Tom JONES
               
Brian GAYLE
4
5
Tim PARKIN
   45'             
Ian BRIGHTWELL
5
6
Jon GITTENS
 46'
              
Steve REDMOND
6

7
Steve FOLEY
                 
  David WHITE
7

8
Steve WHITE
               
Paul LAKE
8
9
Charlie HENRY
              79'
Jason BECKFORD
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
                 
Neil MCNAB
10
11
Duncan SHEARER  
           55'     
Wayne BIGGINS
11
Substitutes
12
John CORNWELL

46' 
              
Trevor MORLEY
12
14
Bobby BARNES
              
79' 
Nigel GLEGHORN
14













Results on Saturday, December 31, 1988: League Table

 
  Brighton and Hove Albion 4 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Chelsea 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Leeds United 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Leicester City 4 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 3 Barnsley  
  Stoke City 1 - 0 Oxford United  
  Sunderland 4 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Manchester City  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Bradford City  
  Watford 1 - 0 AFC Bournemouth   

Table as at Saturday, December 31, 1988:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 23 11 8 4 44 24 20 41 
2 West Bromwich Albion 23 11 8 4 39 21 18 41 
3 Watford 23 12 5 6 35 22 13 41 
4 Manchester City 23 11 7 5 33 23 10 40 
5 Blackburn Rovers 23 12 3 8 36 32 4 39 
6 Barnsley 23 10 6 7 32 29 3 36 
7 Portsmouth 23 9 8 6 34 29 5 35 
8 Sunderland 23 8 10 5 34 26 8 34 
9 AFC Bournemouth 23 10 4 9 26 25 1 34 
10 Stoke City 23 9 7 7 26 33 -7 34 
11 Leeds United 23 8 9 6 28 22 6 33 
12 Crystal Palace 22 8 8 6 33 30 3 32 
13 Leicester City 23 8 8 7 30 31 -1 32 
14 Ipswich Town 23 9 4 10 30 30 0 31 
15 Swindon Town 22 7 9 6 30 30 0 30 
16 Plymouth Argyle 23 8 5 10 30 36 -6 29 
17 Bradford City 23 6 10 7 24 28 -4 28 
18 Oxford United 23 7 6 10 36 34 2 27 
19 Hull City 23 6 8 9 27 35 -8 26 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 7 3 13 32 39 -7 24 
21 Oldham Athletic 23 5 8 10 36 40 -4 23 
22 Shrewsbury Town 23 4 10 9 20 31 -11 22 
23 Birmingham City 23 3 6 14 16 46 -30 15 
24 Walsall 23 2 8 13 19 34 -15 14 

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