Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion 1987/88

CITY 4 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2

League Division 2

2nd May 1988

Attendance 16,490

Scorers City Stewart(20 pen & 52 pen), Morley(9), Varadi(71) West Brom Dyson(42), Lynex(80)

Ref J Timmons

City Stowell, White, Hinchcliffe, Seagraves, Brightwell, Redmond, J Beckford, Stewart, McNab, Morley, Varadi - unused subs Moulden, Simpson

FROM THE PRESS BOX

PETER GARDNER WRITING IN THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS 3RD MAY 1988 Manchester City are destined to end the season reflecting on what might have been. And what they must anguish over most of all is the squandering of 29 home points. The significant reason City are not making an instant First Division return. But at least the Blues are revealing a fight to the finish with seven points and nine goals in a three-match unbeaten run in the final furlong. The problem is they stumbled at too many earlier hurdles to keep pace with the rest of the field although Millwall, the new champions who are in the top flight for the first time in their history were beaten twice along the way. City followed up a 3-0 drubbing of an ultra-tough and uncompromising Birmingham by beating West Brom 4-2 at Maine Road yesterday. Yet again, victory would have been far more convincing but for two schoolboy howlers that handed the opposition goals on a plate.