Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, May 6, 1989

Swindon Town Stoke City
D.Shearer (61', 88'), T.Jones (86')
 HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,543    



 
Swindon secure a place in the Division Two play-offs with a comfortable 3-0 win over Stoke, with all of the goals coming in the second half.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Peter FOX
1
2
David HOCKADAY
                 
John BUTLER
2
3
Phil KING
                80'
Cliff CARR
3
4
Tom JONES
               
Paul WARE
4
5
Tim PARKIN
           45' 66'   
Mark HIGGINS
5
6
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                16'
Carl BEESTON
6

7
Steve FOLEY
                 
Gary HACKETT
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
               
Tony HENRY
8
9
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
                 
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9
10
Ross MACLAREN
   12'             
Carl SAUNDERS
10
11
Steve WHITE
                 
Peter BEAGRIE
11
Substitutes
12
Jon GITTENS
              
80' 
Nicky MORGAN
12
14
Fitzroy SIMPSON  
              
16' 
  George BERRY
14













Results on Saturday, May 6, 1989: League Table
 
  Barnsley 1 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Birmingham City 1 - 0 Hull City  
  Blackburn Rovers 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Chelsea 3 - 1 Bradford City  
  Leeds United 0 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Leicester City 2 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Manchester City 3 - 3 AFC Bournemouth   
  Plymouth Argyle 3 - 1 Oxford United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Stoke City  
  Watford 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 Sunderland  

Table as at Saturday, May 6, 1989:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Chelsea 45 28 12 5 93 48 45 96 
2 Manchester City 45 23 12 10 76 52 24 81 
3 Blackburn Rovers 45 22 11 12 74 57 17 77 
4 Watford 45 21 12 12 70 48 22 75 
5 Crystal Palace 44 21 12 11 66 48 18 75 
6 Swindon Town 45 20 15 10 66 51 15 75 
7 Barnsley 45 19 14 12 63 57 6 71 
8 Ipswich Town 45 21 7 17 69 61 8 70 
9 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 18 10 64 41 23 69 
10 Leeds United 45 17 15 13 56 47 9 66 
11 Sunderland 45 16 14 15 58 58 0 62 
12 AFC Bournemouth 45 18 7 20 53 62 -9 61 
13 Stoke City 44 15 13 16 55 69 -14 58 
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 58 -7 55 
15 Oxford United 45 14 12 19 62 66 -4 54 
16 Leicester City 45 13 15 17 54 61 -7 54 
17 Oldham Athletic 45 11 20 14 73 70 3 53 
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 55 66 -11 53 
19 Portsmouth 45 13 12 20 51 59 -8 51 
20 Brighton and Hove Albion 45 14 8 23 55 64 -9 50 
21 Hull City 45 11 14 20 52 67 -15 47 
22 Shrewsbury Town 45 8 17 20 37 64 -27 41 
23 Birmingham City 45 8 11 26 30 72 -42 35 
24 Walsall 45 5 16 24 40 77 -37 31 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation