Match Centre

Saturday March 15th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

P. Thorne (27')

Stoke City

Stoke City

0

P. Thorne (27')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,878

B. Knight
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


After the first half sending-off of Wayne Allison, Swindon survive a second half onslaught to record victory over Stoke - Peter Thorne's goal the difference between the sides.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday March 15th, 1997:

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

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday March 15th, 1997:

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 38 14 4 1 46 16 8 8 3 35 30 22 12 4 81 46 81 78
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 37 8 4 7 23 19 11 4 3 31 19 19 8 10 54 38 54 65
3 Barnsley Barnsley 36 10 4 4 33 18 7 8 3 27 25 17 12 7 60 43 60 63
4 Sheffield United Sheffield United 37 10 5 4 39 21 7 5 6 25 22 17 10 10 64 43 64 61
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 36 8 4 5 31 16 7 7 5 36 22 15 11 10 67 38 67 56
6 Norwich City Norwich City 38 8 8 3 25 16 7 2 10 30 42 15 10 13 55 58 55 55
7 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 37 9 6 3 33 21 5 7 7 18 24 14 13 10 51 45 51 55
8 Port Vale Port Vale 38 6 9 4 29 23 7 6 6 17 20 13 15 10 46 43 46 54
9 Portsmouth Portsmouth 36 8 4 5 22 17 7 4 8 23 23 15 8 13 45 40 45 53
10 Swindon Town Swindon 38 11 5 3 36 18 4 2 13 15 36 15 7 16 51 54 51 52
11 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 36 8 6 4 32 23 6 3 9 17 24 14 9 13 49 47 49 51
12 Stoke City Stoke City 36 11 2 5 26 19 3 7 8 17 27 14 9 13 43 46 43 51
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 38 7 4 8 24 22 6 7 6 24 28 13 11 14 48 50 48 50
14 Reading Reading 36 10 7 2 31 21 2 4 11 16 31 12 11 13 47 52 47 47
15 Oxford United Oxford United 37 11 3 4 32 18 2 4 13 17 33 13 7 17 49 51 49 46
16 Manchester City Man City 36 9 4 5 25 17 4 3 11 20 31 13 7 16 45 48 45 46
17 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 36 9 6 4 31 25 4 1 12 12 27 13 7 16 43 52 43 46
18 Birmingham City Birmingham 35 9 4 5 26 17 3 6 8 15 25 12 10 13 41 42 41 46
19 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 37 4 7 7 30 28 6 7 6 28 34 10 14 13 58 62 58 44
20 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 38 9 4 6 26 19 2 7 10 16 36 11 11 16 42 55 42 44
21 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 36 4 6 9 23 33 4 5 8 25 34 8 11 17 48 67 48 35
22 Bradford City Bradford 37 6 5 7 22 29 2 6 11 16 31 8 11 18 38 60 38 35
23 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 35 4 5 8 19 25 4 5 9 18 23 8 10 17 37 48 37 34
24 Southend United Southend United 38 6 7 6 26 26 1 5 13 9 43 7 12 19 35 69 35 33