Match Centre

Saturday December 31st, 1988

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

S. White (57')

Manchester City

Manchester City

2

B. Gayle (5'), J. Beckford (??')
S. White (57')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 10,776
(1,346 away fans)

B. Gayle (5'), J. Beckford (??')
G.R. Ashby
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


City move within a point of leaders Chelsea… in Division Two… thanks to victory at the County Ground.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday December 31st, 1988:

Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 4-0 Birmingham City Birmingham
Chelsea Chelsea 1-1 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Hull City Hull City 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
Leeds United Leeds United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Leicester City Leicester City 4-0 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Barnsley Barnsley
Stoke City Stoke City 1-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Sunderland Sunderland 4-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Swindon Town Swindon 1-2 Manchester City Man City
Walsall Walsall 0-1 Bradford City Bradford
Watford Watford 1-0 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday December 31st, 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 Chelsea Chelsea 23 6 4 2 24 12 5 4 2 20 12 11 8 4 44 24 20 41
2 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 23 7 2 2 22 9 4 6 2 17 12 11 8 4 39 21 18 41
3 Watford Watford 23 8 2 2 22 8 4 3 4 13 14 12 5 6 35 22 13 41
4 Manchester City Man City 23 6 4 1 22 13 5 3 4 11 10 11 7 5 33 23 10 40
5 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 23 8 1 2 22 12 4 2 6 14 20 12 3 8 36 32 4 39
6 Barnsley Barnsley 23 7 3 1 20 8 3 3 6 12 21 10 6 7 32 29 3 36
7 Portsmouth Portsmouth 23 7 3 1 21 7 2 5 5 13 22 9 8 6 34 29 5 35
8 Sunderland Sunderland 23 6 6 0 21 8 2 4 5 13 18 8 10 5 34 26 8 34
9 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 23 7 1 3 15 7 3 3 6 11 18 10 4 9 26 25 1 34
10 Stoke City Stoke City 23 7 3 2 19 11 2 4 5 7 22 9 7 7 26 33 -7 34
11 Leeds United Leeds United 23 6 3 3 19 11 2 6 3 9 11 8 9 6 28 22 6 33
12 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 5 1 17 9 3 3 5 16 21 8 8 6 33 30 3 32
13 Leicester City Leicester City 23 6 4 2 18 9 2 4 5 12 22 8 8 7 30 31 -1 32
14 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 23 5 2 4 17 14 4 2 6 13 16 9 4 10 30 30 0 31
15 Swindon Town Swindon 22 5 4 2 17 11 2 5 4 13 19 7 9 6 30 30 0 30
16 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 23 6 3 2 22 11 2 2 8 8 25 8 5 10 30 36 -6 29
17 Bradford City Bradford 23 3 6 2 13 11 3 4 5 11 17 6 10 7 24 28 -4 28
18 Oxford United Oxford United 23 5 3 3 21 15 2 3 7 15 19 7 6 10 36 34 2 27
19 Hull City Hull City 23 4 7 1 16 10 2 1 8 11 25 6 8 9 27 35 -8 26
20 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 23 6 2 4 22 13 1 1 9 10 26 7 3 13 32 39 -7 24
21 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 23 4 5 3 24 18 1 3 7 12 22 5 8 10 36 40 -4 23
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 1 6 5 10 16 3 4 4 10 15 4 10 9 20 31 -11 22
23 Birmingham City Birmingham 23 2 2 7 11 21 1 4 7 5 25 3 6 14 16 46 -30 15
24 Walsall Walsall 23 2 3 7 13 18 0 5 6 6 16 2 8 13 19 34 -15 14

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