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Saturday May 7th, 1988

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Aston Villa

Aston Villa

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 10,959

N. Midgley
County Ground, Swindon

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Thousands of Villa fans descend on the County Ground for the final game of the season - one point behind second placed Middlesbrough, and level with Bradford, the Villans assume victory is required to stand any change of promotion. With the game still goalless as the game approaches its climax, the away supporters begin to throw coins at the Town fans - until they discover that both Boro and Bradford have been defeated at home - on the same points and goal difference as Middlesbrough, Villa are promoted by virtue of five more goals scored.
Thousands of Villa fans descend on the County Ground for the final game of the season - one point behind second placed Middlesbrough, and level with Bradford, the Villans assume victory is required to stand any change of promotion. With the game still goalless as the game approaches its climax, the away supporters begin to throw coins at the Town fans - until they discover that both Boro and Bradford have been defeated at home - on the same points and goal difference as Middlesbrough, Villa are promoted by virtue of five more goals scored.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday May 7th, 1988:

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

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday May 7th, 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 44 15 3 4 45 23 10 4 8 27 29 25 7 12 72 52 20 82
2 Aston Villa Aston Villa 44 9 7 6 31 21 13 5 4 37 20 22 12 10 68 41 27 78
3 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 44 15 4 3 44 16 7 8 7 19 20 22 12 10 63 36 27 78
4 Bradford City Bradford 44 14 3 5 49 26 8 8 6 25 28 22 11 11 74 54 20 77
5 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 44 12 8 2 38 22 9 6 7 30 30 21 14 9 68 52 16 77
6 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 44 16 3 3 50 21 6 6 10 36 38 22 9 13 86 59 27 75
7 Leeds United Leeds United 44 14 4 4 37 18 5 8 9 24 33 19 12 13 61 51 10 69
8 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 44 14 3 5 38 17 5 6 11 23 35 19 9 16 61 52 9 66
9 Manchester City Man City 44 11 4 7 50 28 8 4 10 30 32 19 8 17 80 60 20 65
10 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 44 13 4 5 43 27 5 7 10 29 37 18 11 15 72 64 8 65
11 Stoke City Stoke City 44 12 6 4 34 22 5 5 12 16 35 17 11 16 50 57 -7 62
12 Swindon Town Swindon 44 10 7 5 43 25 6 4 12 30 35 16 11 17 73 60 13 59
13 Leicester City Leicester City 44 12 5 5 35 20 4 6 12 27 41 16 11 17 62 61 1 59
14 Barnsley Barnsley 44 11 4 7 42 32 4 8 10 19 30 15 12 17 61 62 -1 57
15 Hull City Hull City 44 10 8 4 32 22 4 7 11 22 38 14 15 15 54 60 -6 57
16 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 44 12 4 6 44 26 4 4 14 21 41 16 8 20 65 67 -2 56
17 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 44 7 7 8 36 30 6 3 13 20 38 13 10 21 56 68 -12 49
18 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 7 8 7 23 22 4 8 10 19 32 11 16 17 42 54 -12 49
19 Birmingham City Birmingham 44 7 9 6 20 24 4 6 12 21 42 11 15 18 41 66 -25 48
20 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 44 8 7 7 29 26 4 4 14 21 43 12 11 21 50 69 -19 47
21 Sheffield United Sheffield United 44 8 6 8 27 28 5 1 16 18 46 13 7 24 45 74 -29 46
22 Reading Reading 44 5 7 10 20 25 5 5 12 24 45 10 12 22 44 70 -26 42
23 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 44 4 6 12 20 38 2 4 16 21 62 6 10 28 41 100 -59 28

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