Match Centre

Saturday October 31st, 1987

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

3 - 4

3

B. Barnes (45'), D. Bamber (52'), S. Foley (74')

Manchester City

Manchester City

4

I. Varadi (34'), D. White (36', 69'), P. Simpson (50')
B. Barnes (45'), D. Bamber (52'), S. Foley (74')
(HT: 1-2)

Attendance: 11,536

I. Varadi (34'), D. White (36', 69'), P. Simpson (50')
M.D. Reed
County Ground, Swindon

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Swindon lose by the odd goal in seven in an epic battle at a soaking wet County Ground.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday October 31st, 1987:

AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Aston Villa Aston Villa 2-1 Reading Reading
Barnsley Barnsley 5-2 Stoke City Stoke City
Bradford City Bradford 2-0 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 2-1 Millwall Millwall
Leicester City Leicester City 1-2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 1-2 Birmingham City Birmingham
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Hull City Hull City
Sheffield United Sheffield United 2-2 Leeds United Leeds United
Swindon Town Swindon 3-4 Manchester City Man City

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday October 31st, 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 Bradford City Bradford 16 7 1 1 20 7 4 2 1 10 7 11 3 2 30 14 16 36
2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 16 6 2 1 18 6 3 1 3 8 7 9 3 4 26 13 13 30
3 Hull City Hull City 16 5 3 0 14 8 3 3 2 12 9 8 6 2 26 17 9 30
4 Aston Villa Aston Villa 17 2 5 2 10 9 5 2 1 13 5 7 7 3 23 14 9 28
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 16 6 1 0 12 3 1 4 4 6 10 7 5 4 18 13 5 26
6 Birmingham City Birmingham 16 3 4 1 8 9 4 1 3 11 12 7 5 4 19 21 -2 26
7 Swindon Town Swindon 15 4 2 2 15 7 3 1 3 11 12 7 3 5 26 19 7 24
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 15 5 1 1 15 8 2 2 4 14 15 7 3 5 29 23 6 24
9 Millwall Millwall 15 5 1 0 16 6 2 2 5 7 14 7 3 5 23 20 3 24
10 Manchester City Man City 15 4 1 2 17 9 2 3 3 11 15 6 4 5 28 24 4 22
11 Barnsley Barnsley 16 4 1 3 17 13 2 3 3 5 7 6 4 6 22 20 2 22
12 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 16 3 3 2 10 8 2 3 3 10 12 5 6 5 20 20 0 21
13 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 17 4 3 2 22 14 1 2 5 7 15 5 5 7 29 29 0 20
14 Leeds United Leeds United 17 4 2 2 8 7 0 6 3 8 14 4 8 5 16 21 -5 20
15 Stoke City Stoke City 17 4 3 1 8 5 1 2 6 3 17 5 5 7 11 22 -11 20
16 Sheffield United Sheffield United 16 3 3 3 11 11 2 1 4 8 11 5 4 7 19 22 -3 19
17 Leicester City Leicester City 16 4 2 3 14 7 1 1 5 10 15 5 3 8 24 22 2 18
18 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 16 3 3 2 14 9 1 2 5 6 14 4 5 7 20 23 -3 17
19 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 16 4 1 3 12 9 1 1 6 8 19 5 2 9 20 28 -8 17
20 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 15 3 3 2 10 10 1 1 5 4 13 4 4 7 14 23 -9 16
21 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 15 1 3 2 6 6 1 4 4 5 14 2 7 6 11 20 -9 13
22 Reading Reading 15 2 1 4 10 10 1 3 4 6 16 3 4 8 16 26 -10 13
23 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 15 1 3 4 6 12 0 2 5 10 20 1 5 9 16 32 -16 8

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