Match Centre

Saturday April 9th, 1988

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

B. Barnes (30')

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers

2

S. Archibald (50', 79')
B. Barnes (30')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 9,373

S. Archibald (50', 79')
V.G. Callow
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


One of my first games as a young Swindon fan was the FA Cup game against Blackburn in 1984 - for years, I had a vivid memory of what I remembered to be the goal that won Blackburn the game. It wasn't until I saw this clip some time later that I realised that I had got these two games muddled in my head - Steve Archibald's brace winning the game in 1988, and not the one four years earlier! I also remember Ossie Ardiles getting dog's abuse from the Shrivenham Road stand - the future Town boss smiling to the crowd as he wasted a few moments towards the end of the game.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday April 9th, 1988:

Birmingham City Birmingham 1-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Bradford City Bradford 2-0 Hull City Hull City
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 1-1 Aston Villa Aston Villa
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2-1 Manchester City Man City
Millwall Millwall 3-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 5-1 Stoke City Stoke City
Reading Reading 2-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Swindon Town Swindon 1-2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Leicester City Leicester City

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday April 9th, 1988:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Millwall Millwall 40 14 3 3 42 19 8 4 8 24 28 22 7 11 66 47 19 73
2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 40 14 4 2 40 13 6 8 6 16 16 20 12 8 56 29 27 72
3 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 40 12 6 2 37 21 8 6 6 26 27 20 12 8 63 48 15 72
4 Aston Villa Aston Villa 41 7 7 6 29 21 13 4 4 37 20 20 11 10 66 41 25 71
5 Bradford City Bradford 39 12 3 4 40 22 8 7 5 23 25 20 10 9 63 47 16 70
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 40 14 3 3 46 21 5 6 9 33 36 19 9 12 79 57 22 66
7 Leeds United Leeds United 40 13 3 4 35 17 4 7 9 22 32 17 10 13 57 49 8 61
8 Manchester City Man City 40 10 3 7 44 24 7 4 9 27 30 17 7 16 71 54 17 58
9 Stoke City Stoke City 41 11 5 4 32 21 5 5 11 16 33 16 10 15 48 54 -6 58
10 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 39 11 4 5 38 26 5 5 9 26 33 16 9 14 64 59 5 57
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 40 12 3 5 33 17 4 6 10 19 30 16 9 15 52 47 5 57
12 Swindon Town Swindon 38 10 6 4 42 23 5 3 10 26 31 15 9 14 68 54 14 54
13 Barnsley Barnsley 39 11 3 6 40 27 4 5 10 16 27 15 8 16 56 54 2 53
14 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 37 11 3 4 41 21 4 4 11 19 35 15 7 15 60 56 4 52
15 Hull City Hull City 39 9 8 2 27 17 4 5 11 21 37 13 13 13 48 54 -6 52
16 Leicester City Leicester City 40 10 5 5 31 20 3 6 11 24 36 13 11 16 55 56 -1 50
17 Birmingham City Birmingham 40 7 8 5 20 21 4 5 11 19 39 11 13 16 39 60 -21 46
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 40 6 7 7 20 20 4 7 9 18 30 10 14 16 38 50 -12 44
19 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 40 8 5 7 26 23 4 3 13 19 39 12 8 20 45 62 -17 44
20 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 38 6 7 7 33 28 4 2 12 16 34 10 9 19 49 62 -13 39
21 Sheffield United Sheffield United 40 7 5 8 26 28 4 1 15 15 44 11 6 23 41 72 -31 39
22 Reading Reading 38 4 5 10 18 24 5 4 10 23 40 9 9 20 41 64 -23 36
23 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 39 4 5 10 17 32 2 4 14 21 55 6 9 24 38 87 -49 27

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