Match Centre

Tuesday April 8th, 1986

Canon League Division Four

Swindon Town

4 - 2

4

D. Bamber (42', 51'), B. Wade (52'), L. Barnard (67')

Chester City

Chester City

2

S. Johnson (4', 45' pen)
D. Bamber (42', 51'), B. Wade (52'), L. Barnard (67')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 12,630

S. Johnson (4', 45' pen)
D. Axcell
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLEN
2
RAMSEY
3
HOCKADAY
4
BARNARD
5
COLE
6
CALDERWOOD
7
COYNE
8
HENRY
9
BAMBER
10
WADE
11
KAMARA
1
BUTCHER
2
GLENN
3
BARRETT
4
GREENOUGH
5
BUTLER
6
COY
7
KELLY
8
GRAHAM
9
JOHNSON
10
HOUGHTON
11
BENNETT
Swindon Town
1Kenny ALLEN
2Chris RAMSEY
3Dave HOCKADAY
4Leigh BARNARD
5David COLE84'
6Colin CALDERWOOD
7Peter COYNE
8Charlie HENRY
9Dave BAMBER
10Bryan WADE
11Chris KAMARA72'
Substitutes
12Derek HALL
Manager/Head Coach
Lou MACARI
Chester City
1John BUTCHER1
70' 2David GLENN2 70'
3Earl BARRETT3
4Ricky GREENOUGH4
5Barry BUTLER5
6Bobby COY6
7John KELLY7
36'72' 8Milton GRAHAM8 36'72'
1' 9Steve JOHNSON9 1'
10Peter HOUGHTON10
11Gary BENNETT11
Substitutes
12Mark SCONCE12
Manager/Head Coach
Harry McNALLY

Videos


Needing a win to ensure promotion, Swindon have to come from behind twice to beat second-placed Chester.
HTV reports on the promotion clash with Chester, that saw STFC gain promotion to Division Three.

Results


Canon League Division Four results on Tuesday April 8th, 1986:

Cambridge United Cambridge United 4-0 Halifax Town Halifax Town
Colchester United Colchester United 4-0 Orient Orient
Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-2 Exeter City Exeter City
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-0 Stockport County Stockport County
Swindon Town Swindon 4-2 Chester City Chester
Torquay United Torquay United 1-2 Aldershot Aldershot
Wrexham Wrexham 0-0 Southend United Southend United

Table


Canon League Division Four table after matches on Tuesday April 8th, 1986:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Swindon Town Swindon 39 17 1 1 43 17 10 3 7 22 20 27 4 8 65 37 28 85
2 Chester City Chester 41 13 5 3 40 15 7 9 4 37 31 20 14 7 77 46 31 74
3 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 38 12 6 1 38 15 9 3 7 26 23 21 9 8 64 38 26 72
4 Port Vale Port Vale 40 12 8 1 40 11 6 7 6 21 21 18 15 7 61 32 29 69
5 Stockport County Stockport County 41 9 8 4 33 25 8 4 8 25 31 17 12 12 58 56 2 63
6 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 39 13 5 2 34 15 5 3 11 22 34 18 8 13 56 49 7 62
7 Northampton Town Northampton Town 40 8 7 4 35 20 9 2 10 35 27 17 9 14 70 47 23 60
8 Orient Orient 39 9 5 6 35 21 6 6 7 29 35 15 11 13 64 56 8 56
9 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 40 9 6 6 33 23 6 3 10 16 32 15 9 16 49 55 -6 54
10 Burnley Burnley 39 11 1 7 32 25 4 7 9 21 30 15 8 16 53 55 -2 53
11 Exeter City Exeter City 41 10 4 7 25 21 3 10 7 18 29 13 14 14 43 50 -7 53
12 Colchester United Colchester United 38 9 5 5 37 19 5 5 9 28 36 14 10 14 65 55 10 52
13 Southend United Southend United 39 9 4 6 30 24 5 6 9 23 33 14 10 15 53 57 -4 52
14 Hereford United Hereford United 39 12 5 2 45 24 2 4 14 16 37 14 9 16 61 61 0 51
15 Wrexham Wrexham 41 8 5 7 27 22 6 3 12 30 50 14 8 19 57 72 -15 50
16 Rochdale Rochdale 38 11 5 2 33 18 2 5 13 14 39 13 10 15 47 57 -10 49
17 Peterborough United Peterborough United 39 8 9 3 26 17 3 6 10 20 35 11 15 13 46 52 -6 48
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 40 8 1 12 41 37 5 6 8 24 27 13 7 20 65 64 1 46
19 Halifax Town Halifax Town 38 8 7 3 29 22 4 3 13 23 40 12 10 16 52 62 -10 46
20 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 39 8 6 5 26 21 3 6 11 14 29 11 12 16 40 50 -10 45
21 Cambridge United Cambridge United 41 10 2 8 40 35 2 6 13 17 41 12 8 21 57 76 -19 44
22 Aldershot Aldershot 39 8 5 5 28 19 4 2 15 18 44 12 7 20 46 63 -17 43
23 Preston North End Preston North End 41 7 3 11 29 36 4 5 11 21 39 11 8 22 50 75 -25 41
24 Torquay United Torquay United 39 8 5 8 28 29 1 4 13 11 44 9 9 21 39 73 -34 36

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