Match Centre

Saturday August 30th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Stoke City

1 - 2

1

R. Forsyth (34')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

W. Allison (78'), C. Hay (80')
R. Forsyth (34')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 23,000

W. Allison (78'), C. Hay (80')
G. Frankland
Stoke Ground, Stoke-on-Trent

Videos


Swindon spoil the party at the opening of the new Britannia Stadium - late goals from Wayne Allison and Chris Hay ensuring that the Town's superb start to the season is maintained.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday August 30th, 1997:

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 2-1 Manchester City Man City
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 0-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-1 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 4-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Reading Reading 0-3 Bradford City Bradford
Stoke City Stoke City 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Sunderland Sunderland 0-1 Norwich City Norwich City
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 4-2 Bury Bury

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday August 30th, 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 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 4 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 10 1 10 12
2 Bradford City Bradford 4 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 7 2 7 10
3 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 4 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 7 4 7 10
4 Swindon Town Swindon 4 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 6 2 6 10
5 Sheffield United Sheffield United 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 4 8
6 Portsmouth Portsmouth 4 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 8 6 8 7
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 7 2 7 7
8 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 4 2 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 5 6 7
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 4 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 6 3 6 7
10 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 4 6
11 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 6 4 4
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 6 1 1 2 3 7 3 4
13 Stoke City Stoke City 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 4
14 Oxford United Oxford United 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 3 5 6 5 3
15 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 4 5 4 3
16 Port Vale Port Vale 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 3
17 Sunderland Sunderland 4 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 3 4 7 4 3
18 Bury Bury 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 3 5 3 3
19 Norwich City Norwich City 4 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 3 2 8 2 3
20 Manchester City Man City 4 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 5 8 5 2
21 Stockport County Stockport County 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 2
22 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 2
23 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
24 Reading Reading 4 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 8 1 1

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