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

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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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