Match Centre

Saturday February 18th, 1989

Barclays League Division Two

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

D. Shearer (22', 40'), A. McLoughlin (39'), S. White (54')

Sunderland

Sunderland

1

G. Armstrong (5')
D. Shearer (22', 40'), A. McLoughlin (39'), S. White (54')
(HT: 3-1)

Attendance: 7,432
(853 away fans)

G. Armstrong (5')
P.W. Vanes
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


After going behind to an early goal, Swindon storm back against Sunderland - Duncan Shearer netting twice before the break, with further goals from Alan McLoughlin and Steve White contributing to a 4-1 win.
HTV report that Real Madrid are after Town keeper Fraser Digby, as Swindon thump Sunderland 4-1.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday February 18th, 1989:

Birmingham City Birmingham 0-2 Manchester City Man City
Bradford City Bradford 2-0 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City Leicester City 1-2 Leeds United Leeds United
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Chelsea Chelsea
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Sunderland Sunderland

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday February 18th, 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 Chelsea Chelsea 29 8 4 2 28 14 8 5 2 32 15 16 9 4 60 29 31 57
2 Manchester City Man City 29 8 5 1 30 14 8 3 4 15 10 16 8 5 45 24 21 56
3 Watford Watford 28 9 3 2 25 9 5 3 6 17 20 14 6 8 42 29 13 48
4 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 28 10 2 2 29 17 4 4 6 17 23 14 6 8 46 40 6 48
5 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 29 8 4 2 28 11 4 6 5 18 18 12 10 7 46 29 17 46
6 Leeds United Leeds United 29 8 3 3 22 11 3 8 4 14 16 11 11 7 36 27 9 44
7 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 28 9 1 4 19 10 4 3 7 12 22 13 4 11 31 32 -1 43
8 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 27 7 6 1 25 12 4 3 6 18 23 11 9 7 43 35 8 42
9 Barnsley Barnsley 28 8 4 2 26 15 3 5 6 13 22 11 9 8 39 37 2 42
10 Stoke City Stoke City 28 8 4 2 21 12 3 4 7 13 32 11 8 9 34 44 -10 41
11 Swindon Town Swindon 28 7 5 2 24 12 3 5 6 18 24 10 10 8 42 36 6 40
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 28 7 2 5 25 17 5 2 7 17 22 12 4 12 42 39 3 40
13 Sunderland Sunderland 29 7 6 1 22 11 3 4 8 15 25 10 10 9 37 36 1 40
14 Portsmouth Portsmouth 29 8 4 3 24 11 2 5 7 14 25 10 9 10 38 36 2 39
15 Hull City Hull City 28 6 7 1 23 10 4 1 9 16 29 10 8 10 39 39 0 38
16 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 29 8 3 4 25 13 2 4 8 11 28 10 7 12 36 41 -5 37
17 Leicester City Leicester City 29 7 4 4 21 14 2 6 6 14 26 9 10 10 35 40 -5 37
18 Bradford City Bradford 29 5 7 3 17 13 3 4 7 13 21 8 11 10 30 34 -4 35
19 Oxford United Oxford United 28 7 3 4 27 20 2 3 9 15 23 9 6 13 42 43 -1 33
20 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 29 6 5 4 29 21 1 5 8 15 26 7 10 12 44 47 -3 31
21 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 29 6 4 4 25 16 2 2 11 15 32 8 6 15 40 48 -8 30
22 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 28 1 7 6 12 19 3 4 7 10 24 4 11 13 22 43 -21 23
23 Birmingham City Birmingham 29 2 3 10 13 27 2 4 8 6 26 4 7 18 19 53 -34 19
24 Walsall Walsall 29 2 3 9 15 29 1 6 8 10 23 3 9 17 25 52 -27 18

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