Match Centre

Tuesday September 27th, 1988

Littlewoods Challenge Cup

Second Round - First Leg

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

D. Shearer (10')

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

2

M. Bright (41'), I. Wright (80')
D. Shearer (10')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 7,084
(562 away fans)

M. Bright (41'), I. Wright (80')
P.A. Durkin
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


Duncan Shearer benefits from an awful goalkeeping mistake to net his first goal for the Town - but Palace's Bright & Wright combination strike again to give the visitors a first leg lead.

Results


Littlewoods Challenge Cup results on Tuesday September 27th, 1988:

AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 0-4 Coventry City Coventry City
Barnsley Barnsley 0-2 Wimbledon Wimbledon
Birmingham City Birmingham 0-2 Aston Villa Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 3-1 Brentford Brentford
Blackpool Blackpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Darlington Darlington 2-0 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic
Everton Everton 3-0 Bury Bury
Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 1-2 Stoke City Stoke City
Luton Town Luton Town 1-1 Burnley Burnley
Millwall Millwall 3-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Notts County Notts County 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham
Peterborough United Peterborough United 1-2 Leeds United Leeds United
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-2 Scarborough Scarborough
Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 4-1 Chelsea Chelsea
Sheffield United Sheffield United 3-0 Newcastle United Newcastle United
Sunderland Sunderland 0-3 West Ham United West Ham United
Swindon Town Swindon 1-2 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace

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