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Tuesday December 26th, 1989

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

4 - 3

4

D. Shearer (33', 42'), P. Bodin (44'), S. Foley (77')

Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers

3

S. Garner (10'), A. Kennedy (20' pen), H. Gayle (72')
D. Shearer (33', 42'), P. Bodin (44'), S. Foley (77')
(HT: 3-2)

Attendance: 8,426

S. Garner (10'), A. Kennedy (20' pen), H. Gayle (72')
D. Hutchinson
County Ground, Swindon

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After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!
After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!
After going two down in the opening twenty minutes, a fluke by Duncan Shearer followed by two goals in a minute just before half-time sees the Town go in at the break 3-2 ahead. The mist begins to descend over the interval - and though two great saves from Fraser Digby keep the Town on top, Blackburn eventually get back on level terms, but Steve Foley nicks a winner..... though very few in the crowd see it because of the fog!

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Tuesday December 26th, 1989:

Barnsley Barnsley 0-1 Watford Watford
Bradford City Bradford 0-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-0 West Ham United West Ham United
Leicester City Leicester City 2-1 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 2-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-2 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United Sheffield United 2-2 Leeds United Leeds United
Stoke City Stoke City 2-1 Newcastle United Newcastle United
Sunderland Sunderland 1-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Swindon Town Swindon 4-3 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 1-2 Hull City Hull City

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Tuesday December 26th, 1989:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Leeds United Leeds United 23 10 2 0 24 6 4 4 3 17 17 14 6 3 41 23 18 48
2 Sheffield United Sheffield United 23 7 4 1 22 14 6 4 1 18 10 13 8 2 40 24 16 47
3 Sunderland Sunderland 23 7 4 1 24 14 4 4 3 16 18 11 8 4 40 32 8 41
4 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 23 8 4 0 22 11 3 3 5 9 13 11 7 5 31 24 7 40
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 6 4 1 19 11 4 3 4 14 16 10 7 5 33 27 6 37
6 Newcastle United Newcastle United 22 7 2 1 21 12 3 4 5 18 14 10 6 6 39 26 13 36
7 Swindon Town Swindon 23 6 2 3 26 13 4 4 4 16 20 10 6 7 42 33 9 36
8 Watford Watford 23 7 1 3 23 13 2 4 6 9 16 9 5 9 32 29 3 32
9 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 22 3 5 2 22 19 4 5 3 19 18 7 10 5 41 37 4 31
10 West Ham United West Ham United 23 6 3 3 19 11 2 4 5 13 17 8 7 8 32 28 4 31
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 23 5 3 4 18 12 2 5 4 15 19 7 8 8 33 31 2 29
12 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 23 6 2 4 18 17 2 3 6 15 21 8 5 10 33 38 -5 29
13 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 22 5 4 2 18 12 3 0 8 15 22 8 4 10 33 34 -1 28
14 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 5 2 4 13 11 3 2 7 18 22 8 4 11 31 33 -2 28
15 Port Vale Port Vale 23 4 6 1 15 11 2 3 7 12 18 6 9 8 27 29 -2 27
16 Oxford United Oxford United 23 5 4 3 20 16 2 2 7 12 20 7 6 10 32 36 -4 27
17 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 23 5 3 3 17 15 2 3 7 12 20 7 6 10 29 35 -6 27
18 Leicester City Leicester City 23 5 3 4 16 16 2 3 6 13 21 7 6 10 29 37 -8 27
19 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 23 3 4 4 21 21 3 4 5 17 19 6 8 9 38 40 -2 26
20 Portsmouth Portsmouth 23 2 6 4 18 20 3 3 5 9 14 5 9 9 27 34 -7 24
21 Bradford City Bradford 23 5 3 3 14 10 0 5 7 11 24 5 8 10 25 34 -9 23
22 Barnsley Barnsley 23 3 4 5 13 16 3 1 7 11 28 6 5 12 24 44 -20 23
23 Hull City Hull City 22 1 4 5 8 14 2 7 3 15 16 3 11 8 23 30 -7 20
24 Stoke City Stoke City 22 3 5 4 13 15 0 4 6 6 21 3 9 10 19 36 -17 18

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