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Saturday September 23rd, 1989

Barclays League Division Two

Leeds United

4 - 0

4

G. Strachan (15' pen, 42'), B. Davison (67'), D. Batty (90')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

G. Strachan (15' pen, 42'), B. Davison (67'), D. Batty (90')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 21,694

G. Courtney

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Swindon are thumped at Elland Road - after two goals from Gordon Strachan give Leeds a half-time lead, Jon Gittens' sending off puts paid to any hopes of a Town comeback - the Whites scoring twice more before the game is out.
The Town are thumped at Elland Road - already two behind thanks to two Gordon Strachan goals, the task becomes impossible when Jon Gittens is sent off - and the home side add two more before the game is out.

Results


Barclays League Division Two results on Saturday September 23rd, 1989:

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

Table


Barclays League Division Two table after matches on Saturday September 23rd, 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 Sheffield United Sheffield United 7 3 1 0 9 4 1 2 0 6 3 4 3 0 15 7 8 15
2 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 7 1 2 0 4 3 2 2 0 6 3 3 4 0 10 6 4 13
3 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 7 3 0 0 7 1 1 0 3 8 9 4 0 3 15 10 5 12
4 Leeds United Leeds United 7 2 2 0 8 3 1 1 1 4 6 3 3 1 12 9 3 12
5 West Ham United West Ham United 7 3 1 0 7 3 0 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 9 8 1 12
6 Sunderland Sunderland 6 2 0 1 8 5 1 2 0 4 2 3 2 1 12 7 5 11
7 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 7 2 2 0 8 6 1 0 2 3 4 3 2 2 11 10 1 11
8 Barnsley Barnsley 7 3 1 0 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 2 2 9 8 1 11
9 Watford Watford 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 7 8 -1 11
10 Newcastle United Newcastle United 6 3 0 0 8 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 1 2 12 9 3 10
11 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 7 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 3 7 7 3 1 3 11 8 3 10
12 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 7 1 1 1 5 5 1 2 1 7 7 2 3 2 12 12 0 9
13 Oxford United Oxford United 7 2 2 0 7 5 0 1 2 4 7 2 3 2 11 12 -1 9
14 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 7 2 1 0 9 6 0 1 3 4 8 2 2 3 13 14 -1 8
15 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 7 2 1 1 10 10 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 3 13 15 -2 8
16 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 7 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 2 6 6 2 2 3 10 12 -2 8
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 7 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 2 6 8 2 2 3 10 13 -3 8
18 Port Vale Port Vale 7 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 2 3 6 1 4 2 6 8 -2 7
19 Bradford City Bradford 7 1 2 0 5 3 0 1 3 2 7 1 3 3 7 10 -3 6
20 Portsmouth Portsmouth 7 1 2 1 5 6 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 6 9 -3 6
21 Swindon Town Swindon 7 1 1 1 3 3 0 2 2 3 9 1 3 3 6 12 -6 6
22 Hull City Hull City 7 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 1 7 8 0 5 2 9 11 -2 5
23 Stoke City Stoke City 7 0 3 1 4 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 5 2 6 8 -2 5
24 Leicester City Leicester City 7 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 2 2 6 1 2 4 6 12 -6 5

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