Barclays League Division Two
Saturday, March 31, 1990

Swindon Town Leicester City
T.Spearing (20' o.g.)
HT: 1-1 D.Kelly (10')
Attendance:  8,561   Referee:  M.C. Bailey



 
The Town's push for automatic promotion suffers another blow - both Paul Bodin and Tom Jones miss penalties - and Swindon are left to rely on an own goal to earn them a point.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
           90'     
Martin HODGE
1
2
David KERSLAKE
                 
Ali MAUCHLEN
2
3
Paul BODIN  
                 
Tony SPEARING
3
4
Alan MCLOUGHLIN  
                 
Gary MILLS
4
5
Colin CALDERWOOD  
                 
Steve WALSH
5
6
Jon GITTENS
                 
Tony JAMES
6

7
Tom JONES
                 
  Paul RAMSEY
7

8
Duncan SHEARER  
                85'
David OLDFIELD
8
9
Steve WHITE
               
  David KELLY
9
10
Ross MACLAREN
 66'
              
  Gary MCALLISTER
10
11
Fitzroy SIMPSON  
           82'     
Paul REID
11
Substitutes
12
David HOCKADAY

66' 
              
Alan PARIS
12
14
Shaun CLOSE
           90'  
85' 
Marc NORTH
14













Results on Saturday, March 31, 1990: League Table

 
  Barnsley 1 - 0 Oxford United  
  Bradford City 0 - 1 Sunderland  
  Hull City 0 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Newcastle United 2 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Portsmouth 2 - 1 AFC Bournemouth   
  Stoke City 0 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Leicester City  
  Watford 3 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  West Ham United 2 - 2 Port Vale  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Leeds United  

Table as at Saturday, March 31, 1990:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Leeds United 38 21 10 7 66 42 24 73 
2 Sheffield United 37 19 12 6 58 41 17 69 
3 Swindon Town 38 17 11 10 69 51 18 62 
4 Newcastle United 37 16 12 9 65 46 19 60 
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 15 14 8 66 52 14 59 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 11 11 58 50 8 59 
7 Sunderland 37 15 13 9 57 54 3 58 
8 Oldham Athletic 36 15 12 9 54 42 12 57 
9 Ipswich Town 37 15 11 11 50 50 0 56 
10 West Ham United 37 14 11 12 60 48 12 53 
11 Port Vale 38 13 14 11 51 45 6 53 
12 Watford 38 13 11 14 47 45 2 50 
13 Oxford United 38 14 8 16 53 53 0 50 
14 Leicester City 37 12 12 13 52 58 -6 48 
15 West Bromwich Albion 38 11 13 14 58 56 2 46 
16 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 11 16 49 60 -11 44 
17 Portsmouth 38 10 13 15 47 57 -10 43 
18 Brighton and Hove Albion 38 12 7 19 47 58 -11 43 
19 Middlesbrough 37 11 8 18 41 53 -12 41 
20 Barnsley 36 10 10 16 37 60 -23 40 
21 Plymouth Argyle 36 10 9 17 45 53 -8 39 
22 Hull City 37 8 15 14 42 53 -11 39 
23 Bradford City 39 8 12 19 39 59 -20 36 
24 Stoke City 38 5 16 17 27 52 -25 31 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation