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Thursday December 26th, 1996

Nationwide League Division One

Portsmouth

0 - 1

0

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

S. Cowe (56')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 10,605

S. Cowe (56')
E. Lomas
Fratton Park, Portsmouth

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After six straight away defeats, Pompey keeper Aaron Flahavan shows a bit of Christmas spirit - gifting Steve Cowe a goal, and the Town a long overdue away win.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Thursday December 26th, 1996:

Bradford City Bradford 1-2 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-2 Bolton Wanderers Bolton
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3-1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Manchester City Man City 0-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Portsmouth Portsmouth 0-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 3-2 Norwich City Norwich City
Reading Reading 2-2 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Southend United Southend United 0-2 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Stoke City Stoke City 1-0 Barnsley Barnsley
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 3-1 Oxford United Oxford United

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Thursday December 26th, 1996:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GS Pts
1 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 25 8 3 1 26 11 4 7 2 24 24 12 10 3 50 35 50 46
2 Sheffield United Sheffield United 25 6 4 2 21 11 7 2 4 21 15 13 6 6 42 26 42 45
3 Barnsley Barnsley 24 7 3 2 25 12 5 5 2 17 15 12 8 4 42 27 42 44
4 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 25 6 3 3 24 11 4 6 3 25 16 10 9 6 49 27 49 39
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 24 4 3 6 15 14 7 3 1 19 9 11 6 7 34 23 34 39
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 25 5 3 5 18 16 5 4 3 16 15 10 7 8 34 31 34 37
7 Stoke City Stoke City 23 8 1 2 18 12 2 6 4 13 19 10 7 6 31 31 31 37
8 Port Vale Port Vale 25 3 6 3 16 12 6 4 3 13 12 9 10 6 29 24 29 37
9 Oxford United Oxford United 25 7 3 2 22 7 2 4 7 13 21 9 7 9 35 28 35 34
10 Swindon Town Swindon 25 7 2 3 24 11 3 1 9 11 21 10 3 12 35 32 35 33
11 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 25 5 6 2 21 17 3 3 6 12 18 8 9 8 33 35 33 33
12 Norwich City Norwich City 24 4 6 2 14 9 5 0 7 18 27 9 6 9 32 36 32 33
13 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 25 6 3 4 24 18 3 3 6 8 14 9 6 10 32 32 32 33
14 Birmingham City Birmingham 23 6 4 1 14 5 2 5 5 10 17 8 9 6 24 22 24 33
15 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 24 6 2 3 16 13 4 0 9 10 20 10 2 12 26 33 26 32
16 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 24 2 6 4 19 20 4 6 2 19 19 6 12 6 38 39 38 30
17 Portsmouth Portsmouth 25 6 3 4 18 12 2 3 7 10 19 8 6 11 28 31 28 30
18 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 25 6 3 3 18 10 1 5 7 10 24 7 8 10 28 34 28 29
19 Reading Reading 25 6 5 2 17 13 1 3 8 10 22 7 8 10 27 35 27 29
20 Manchester City Man City 24 6 1 5 16 15 2 1 9 11 23 8 2 14 27 38 27 26
21 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 24 3 5 4 13 14 3 3 6 13 15 6 8 10 26 29 26 26
22 Southend United Southend United 25 4 5 4 20 20 1 5 6 4 23 5 10 10 24 43 24 25
23 Bradford City Bradford 25 4 4 5 14 21 1 4 7 9 19 5 8 12 23 40 23 23
24 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 24 3 3 7 14 24 2 4 5 12 20 5 7 12 26 44 26 22

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