Match Centre

Saturday August 22nd, 1987

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

C. Calderwood (22'), J. Quinn (45')

Sheffield United

Sheffield United

0

C. Calderwood (22'), J. Quinn (45')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 8,637

M.L. James
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


After losing at Bradford on the opening day of the season, the Town's first home game back in the second tier since 1974 ends in victory - Colin Calderwood and Jimmy Quinn netting first half goals to beat the Blades.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday August 22nd, 1987:

AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 2-0 Bradford City Bradford
Aston Villa Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 3-1 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 Hull City Hull City
Leeds United Leeds United 0-0 Reading Reading
Millwall Millwall 3-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 1-1 Manchester City Man City
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 6-1 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Stoke City Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Swindon Town Swindon 2-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday August 22nd, 1987:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Birmingham City Birmingham 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 6
2 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 6
3 Bradford City Bradford 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 2 2 6
4 Leeds United Leeds United 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 5
5 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 3 4 4
6 Millwall Millwall 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
7 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
8 Manchester City Man City 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
10 Barnsley Barnsley 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
11 Stoke City Stoke City 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4
12 Hull City Hull City 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
13 Swindon Town Swindon 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
15 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
16 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 3 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
17 Reading Reading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Aston Villa Aston Villa 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
20 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
21 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 3 8 -5 1
22 Leicester City Leicester City 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0
23 Sheffield United Sheffield United 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0

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