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Saturday December 6th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

B. Wilsterman (30' o.g.), M. Walters (36' pen), S. Finney (57'), T. Gooden (87')

Oxford United

Oxford United

1

M. Ford (25')
B. Wilsterman (30' o.g.), M. Walters (36' pen), S. Finney (57'), T. Gooden (87')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 10,902

M. Ford (25')

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After putting their whole squad on the transfer list due to financial difficulties, Oxford travel to Swindon for a local derby - Swindon resident Mike Ford putting them one up. But the away team self-implode - Brian Wilsterman scoring an own goal and conceding a penalty within a six minute spell - before second half goals from Steve Finney and Ty Gooden wrapping up a comfortable 4-1 win for the Town.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday December 6th, 1997:

Bury Bury 0-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 2-5 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Manchester City Man City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Norwich City Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 2-2 Bradford City Bradford
Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 Birmingham City Birmingham
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-0 Stoke City Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-1 Sunderland Sunderland
Reading Reading 2-0 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Stockport County Stockport County

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 6th, 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 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 21 6 2 2 16 7 6 4 1 19 10 12 6 3 35 17 35 42
2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 21 8 2 1 25 11 4 4 2 9 7 12 6 3 34 18 34 42
3 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 21 8 1 2 13 6 4 3 3 12 11 12 4 5 25 17 25 40
4 Sheffield United Sheffield United 20 7 3 0 19 8 3 5 2 11 10 10 8 2 30 18 30 38
5 Swindon Town Swindon 21 8 2 1 22 9 3 2 5 8 19 11 4 6 30 28 30 37
6 Sunderland Sunderland 20 4 4 2 15 8 5 2 3 15 13 9 6 5 30 21 30 33
7 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 20 6 2 1 21 11 3 3 5 17 17 9 5 6 38 28 38 32
8 Stockport County Stockport County 21 6 4 0 21 10 3 1 7 14 19 9 5 7 35 29 35 32
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 20 6 4 0 19 10 3 1 6 6 12 9 5 6 25 22 25 32
10 Bradford City Bradford 21 5 4 2 12 11 2 5 3 9 10 7 9 5 21 21 21 30
11 Birmingham City Birmingham 21 4 3 3 10 6 3 4 4 11 11 7 7 7 21 17 21 28
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 5 4 2 14 10 2 2 6 12 23 7 6 8 26 33 26 27
13 Port Vale Port Vale 21 4 4 3 13 8 3 1 6 12 18 7 5 9 25 26 25 26
14 Stoke City Stoke City 21 4 2 3 13 10 3 3 6 11 18 7 5 9 24 28 24 26
15 Norwich City Norwich City 21 4 3 4 11 17 3 2 5 9 14 7 5 9 20 31 20 26
16 Reading Reading 21 4 2 5 16 18 2 4 4 5 13 6 6 9 21 31 21 24
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 20 5 2 3 18 12 1 2 7 9 17 6 4 10 27 29 27 22
18 Manchester City Man City 21 3 3 5 14 11 2 3 5 9 14 5 6 10 23 25 23 21
19 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 20 3 3 3 11 11 1 6 4 11 13 4 9 7 22 24 22 21
20 Bury Bury 21 3 5 3 10 11 1 4 5 11 19 4 9 8 21 30 21 21
21 Oxford United Oxford United 21 4 3 3 12 10 1 2 8 12 22 5 5 11 24 32 24 20
22 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 21 3 3 4 10 12 2 2 7 11 22 5 5 11 21 34 21 20
23 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 21 2 2 7 12 20 3 1 6 12 16 5 3 13 24 36 24 18
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 3 2 5 14 17 1 3 5 9 13 4 5 10 23 30 23 17

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