Match Centre

Saturday December 20th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

1 - 1

1

S. Finney (13')

Birmingham City

Birmingham City

1

N. Forster (25')
S. Finney (13')
(HT: 1-1)

Attendance: 10,334

N. Forster (25')
R. Styles
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


Swindon Town
1Fraser DIGBY
2Brian BORROWS10'
3Mark ROBINSON
4Darren BULLOCK28'39'
5Craig TAYLOR
6Alan McDONALD
7David THOMPSON57'
8Mark WALTERS46'
9Steve FINNEY69'
10George NDAH28'90'
11Ty GOODEN
Substitutes
12Chris HAY69'
13Lee COLLINS46'
14Frédéric DARRAS90'
Manager/Head Coach
Steve McMAHON
Birmingham City
1Ian BENNETT1
86' 2Michael JOHNSON2 86'
12' 3Simon CHARLTON3 12'
4Steve BRUCE4
5Gary ABLETT5
6Martin O'CONNOR6
6' 7Jon McCARTHY7 6'
34' 8Steve ROBINSON8 34'
9Nicky FORSTER9
10Bryan HUGHES10
63' 11Tony COTTEE11 63'
Substitutes
12Peter NDLOVU12
34' 13Martin GRAINGER13 34'
63' 14Kevin FRANCIS14 63'
Manager/Head Coach
Trevor FRANCIS

Videos


Swindon take a point from Birmingham, despite Darren Bullock's first hafl sending off.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday December 20th, 1997:

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

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 20th, 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 23 7 2 2 20 7 6 4 2 19 12 13 6 4 39 19 39 45
2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 23 9 2 1 27 12 4 4 3 10 9 13 6 4 37 21 37 45
3 Sheffield United Sheffield United 23 8 3 0 21 9 3 6 3 13 13 11 9 3 34 22 34 42
4 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 23 8 2 1 24 12 4 3 5 19 17 12 5 6 43 29 43 41
5 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 23 8 1 3 13 8 4 3 4 12 13 12 4 7 25 21 25 40
6 Sunderland Sunderland 22 5 4 2 17 8 6 2 3 18 13 11 6 5 35 21 35 39
7 Swindon Town Swindon 23 8 3 1 23 10 3 2 6 9 21 11 5 7 32 31 32 38
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 23 7 4 0 21 11 3 2 7 8 15 10 6 7 29 26 29 36
9 Stockport County Stockport County 23 7 4 0 24 11 3 1 8 15 21 10 5 8 39 32 39 35
10 Bradford City Bradford 22 6 4 2 13 11 2 5 3 9 10 8 9 5 22 21 22 33
11 Birmingham City Birmingham 23 5 3 3 12 7 3 5 4 12 12 8 8 7 24 19 24 32
12 Norwich City Norwich City 23 4 4 4 11 17 4 2 5 12 15 8 6 9 23 32 23 30
13 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 22 4 3 3 13 11 2 6 4 14 14 6 9 7 27 25 27 27
14 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 5 4 2 14 10 2 2 7 13 26 7 6 9 27 36 27 27
15 Stoke City Stoke City 23 4 2 4 13 12 3 4 6 11 18 7 6 10 24 30 24 27
16 Oxford United Oxford United 23 5 3 3 15 11 2 2 8 14 22 7 5 11 29 33 29 26
17 Port Vale Port Vale 23 4 4 4 14 11 3 1 7 12 19 7 5 11 26 30 26 26
18 Reading Reading 23 4 3 5 16 18 2 4 5 5 17 6 7 10 21 35 21 25
19 Manchester City Man City 23 4 3 5 16 11 2 3 6 10 16 6 6 11 26 27 26 24
20 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 23 3 3 5 11 15 3 2 7 13 22 6 5 12 24 37 24 23
21 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 22 5 2 4 18 14 1 2 8 10 20 6 4 12 28 34 28 22
22 Bury Bury 23 3 6 3 11 12 1 4 6 11 20 4 10 9 22 32 22 22
23 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 23 2 2 8 12 23 4 1 6 14 16 6 3 14 26 39 26 21
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 22 4 2 6 17 21 1 3 6 9 15 5 5 12 26 36 26 20

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