Football team season
The 1989–90 season was Swindon Town ' s third season in the Division Two since their promotion from the third tier of English football in 1987. Alongside the league campaign, Swindon Town also competed in the FA Cup , League Cup and the Full Members Cup .
Second Division
Source:
Statto Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Notes:
^ a b Swindon Town were disqualified from promotion after being found guilty of making illegal payments, and the play-off runners-up Sunderland were promoted in their place.
The semifinals were decided over two legs. The final consisted of only a single match. The full results can be found at: Football League Division Two play-offs 1990 .
^ Following successful prosecutions against Swindon Town and the club chairman, Brian Hillier, after they admitted 36 breaches of League rules — 35 of which are related to illegal payments, Swindon remained in the Second Division and Sunderland took their promotion place (see History of Swindon Town F.C. ).
Results and Line-Ups
Division Two
Date
Opposition
V
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
19/08/89
Sunderland
H
0-2
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin1
Galvin2
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Cornwell1
Ardiles2
26/08/89
Oldham Athletic
A
2-2
Digby
Barnard
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin
Galvin
Shearer1
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Summerbee
Ardiles1
03/09/89
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
3-1
Digby
Barnard2
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer1
White
MacLaren
Galvin
Cornwell2
Summerbee1
09/09/89
West Ham United
A
1-1
Digby
Barnard
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Close
White
MacLaren
Galvin1
Cornwell1
Hunt
12/09/89
Sheffield United
A
0-2
Digby
Barnard2
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Close
White
MacLaren
Galvin
Cornwell2
Simpson1
16/09/89
Barnsley
H
0-0
Digby
Barnard
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
Close
MacLaren2
Simpson
Bodin1
Hunt2
23/09/89
Leeds United
A
0-4
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
Bodin
MacLaren
Simpson1
Close
Galvin1
26/09/89
Plymouth Argyle
H
3-0
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer2
Close
MacLaren
Simpson
Bodin1
Galvin2
30/09/89
Bradford City
A
1-1
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin1
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
Bodin
MacLaren
Galvin2
Simpson2
White1
07/10/89
Hull City
A
3-2
Digby
Hockaday
King1
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin
Bodin
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Close
Jones1
14/10/89
Ipswich Town
H
3-0
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Bodin1
Galvin
Cornwell1
17/10/89
Oxford United
H
3-0
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin
Jones
Hunt2
White
MacLaren
Bodin1
Galvin2
Cornwell1
21/10/89
Leicester City
A
1-2
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Parkin
Jones
Hunt
White
MacLaren
Bodin
Cornwell
Gittens
01/11/89
Brighton
A
2-1
Digby
Hockaday
King1
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones2
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Bodin1
Hunt2
04/11/89
Stoke City
H
6-0
Digby
Hockaday
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson1
Cornwell
Hunt
11/11/89
Middlesbrough
A
2-0
Digby
Cornwell
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson1
Close
Galvin1
18/11/89
Port Vale
A
0-2
Digby
Cornwell1
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White2
MacLaren
Simpson
Foley1
Close2
26/11/89
Portsmouth
H
2-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren1
Simpson
Foley1
Cornwell
02/12/89
Sunderland
A
2-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley2
Cornwell2
Simpson1
05/12/89
Bournemouth
H
2-3
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson1
Cornwell
Simpson1
10/12/89
Sheffield United
H
0-2
Digby
Kerslake1
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell1
Hunt
17/12/89
West Brom
A
2-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones2
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell1
Galvin2
26/12/89
Blackburn Rovers
H
4-3
Digby
Kerslake2
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell2
Hockaday1
30/12/89
Newcastle United
H
1-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Cornwell
Hockaday1
01/01/90
Watford
A
2-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell1
Hockaday
13/01/90
Oldham Athletic
H
3-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell1
Close
20/01/90
Wolves
A
1-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Cornwell
Hockaday1
04/02/90
Leeds United
H
3-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Hockaday
Hunt
10/02/90
Barnsley
A
1-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones2
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell2
Close1
18/02/90
West Ham United
H
2-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Hockaday
Close
24/02/90
Portsmouth
A
1-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley
Hockaday
Simpson1
03/03/90
Port Vale
H
3-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren2
Foley1
Hockaday2
Simpson1
06/03/90
Bradford City
H
3-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin2
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Hockaday2
Simpson1
10/03/90
Plymouth Argyle
A
3-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Cornwell
Hockaday
17/03/90
Hull City
H
1-3
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Simpson
Hockaday
Close1
20/03/90
Ipswich Town
A
0-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White2
MacLaren
Simpson
Hockaday1
Close2
24/03/09
Oxford United
A
2-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren1
Simpson
Cornwell1
Close
31/03/90
Leicester City
H
1-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren1
Simpson
Hockaday1
Close
07/04/90
Bournemouth
A
2-1
Dearden
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin2
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Simpson
Close1
Cornwell2
10/04/90
Brighton
H
1-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer1
White
MacLaren
Simpson2
Hockaday2
Close1
14/04/90
Watford
H
2-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin2
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson1
Foley1
Close2
16/04/90
Blackburn Rovers
A
1-2
Digby
Kerslake2
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Simpson1
Cornwell2
21/04/90
West Brom
H
2-1
Digby
Hockaday
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Simpson1
Close
25/04/90
Newcastle United
A
0-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell
Simpson
28/04/90
Middlesbrough
H
1-1
Digby
Kerslake2
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Simpson1
Hockaday2
05/05/90
Stoke City
A
1-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer2
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell2
Simpson1
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.
Division Two play-offs
Date
Opposition
V
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
13/05/90
Blackburn Rovers
A
2-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin1
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Simpson1
Cornwell
16/05/90
Blackburn Rovers
H
2-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin1
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Simpson1
Hockaday
28/05/90
Sunderland
N
1-0
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Simpson
Hockaday
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.
FA Cup
Date
Opposition
V
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
06/01/90
Bristol City
A
1-2
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell
Hockaday1
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.
League Cup
Date
Opposition
V
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
19/09/89
Shrewsbury Town
A
3-0
Digby
Hockaday
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer1
Bodin
MacLaren
Simpson2
Close1
Galvin2
03/10/89
Shrewsbury Town
H
3-1
Digby
Hockaday
King2
Bodin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
McLoughlin1
Close2
24/10/89
Bolton Wanderers
H
3-3
Digby
Hockaday1
King
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Bodin2
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Simpson
Hunt2
Jones1
07/11/89
Bolton Wanderers
A
1-1
Digby
Hockaday1
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White2
MacLaren
Simpson
Cornwell1
Hunt2
14/11/89
Bolton Wanderers
A
1-1
Digby
Cornwell
Bodin
McLoughlin2
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Simpson
Close1
Galvin2
21/11/89
Bolton Wanderers
H
2-1
Digby
Cornwell1
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Foley
Shearer
White2
MacLaren
Simpson
Galvin1
Close2
29/11/89
Southampton
H
0-0
Digby
Kerslake2
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White1
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell2
Simpson1
16/01/89
Southampton
A
2-4
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones1
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Cornwell1
Close
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.
Full Members Cup
Date
Opposition
V
Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
13/12/89
Millwall
H
2-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley1
Cornwell1
Hunt
24/01/90
Norwich City
H
4-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Hockaday
Close
13/02/90
Crystal Palace
A
0-1
Digby
Kerslake
Bodin
McLoughlin
Calderwood
Gittens
Jones
Shearer
White
MacLaren
Foley
Hockaday
Cornwell
1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.
References
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two North , Two South )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 8 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Spartan League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups