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Saturday January 17th, 1998

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

0 - 2

0

Reading

Reading

2

S. Lovell (10'), J. Lambert (14')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 9,500

S. Lovell (10'), J. Lambert (14')

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A slip from Fraser Digby and some shambolic defending gives the Royals an early two goal lead at the County Ground, from which the Town cannot recover.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday January 17th, 1998:

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

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday January 17th, 1998:

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 27 11 2 1 32 13 5 4 4 13 12 16 6 5 45 25 45 54
2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 27 8 3 2 24 9 7 4 3 20 15 15 7 5 44 24 44 52
3 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 27 10 2 1 29 13 5 3 6 22 22 15 5 7 51 35 51 50
4 Sheffield United Sheffield United 27 10 3 0 26 10 3 7 4 17 19 13 10 4 43 29 43 49
5 Sunderland Sunderland 26 7 4 2 23 10 7 3 3 20 14 14 7 5 43 24 43 49
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 27 9 4 0 27 11 4 2 8 10 16 13 6 8 37 27 37 45
7 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 27 8 2 4 14 10 4 4 5 13 15 12 6 9 27 25 27 42
8 Birmingham City Birmingham 27 5 5 3 12 7 5 5 4 20 12 10 10 7 32 19 32 40
9 Stockport County Stockport County 26 8 4 1 28 13 3 1 9 16 24 11 5 10 44 37 44 38
10 Swindon Town Swindon 27 8 3 3 23 14 3 2 8 9 26 11 5 11 32 40 32 38
11 Bradford City Bradford 27 6 5 2 14 12 3 5 6 12 16 9 10 8 26 28 26 37
12 Norwich City Norwich City 27 6 4 4 14 17 4 2 7 13 22 10 6 11 27 39 27 36
13 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 27 6 6 2 16 11 2 3 8 14 29 8 9 10 30 40 30 33
14 Reading Reading 27 5 4 5 19 20 3 5 5 8 18 8 9 10 27 38 27 33
15 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 26 4 4 4 13 12 3 7 4 17 15 7 11 8 30 27 30 32
16 Stoke City Stoke City 27 5 3 5 17 22 3 5 6 12 19 8 8 11 29 41 29 32
17 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 27 4 2 8 15 23 5 2 6 16 17 9 4 14 31 40 31 31
18 Port Vale Port Vale 27 5 4 5 16 14 3 1 9 13 24 8 5 14 29 38 29 29
19 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 27 4 3 6 16 17 3 4 7 14 23 7 7 13 30 40 30 28
20 Oxford United Oxford United 27 5 4 4 17 14 2 2 10 15 28 7 6 14 32 42 32 27
21 Manchester City Man City 27 4 3 7 18 15 3 3 7 13 17 7 6 14 31 32 31 27
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 26 5 4 4 18 14 1 4 8 10 20 6 8 12 28 34 28 26
23 Bury Bury 26 3 7 3 12 13 1 6 6 12 21 4 13 9 24 34 24 25
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 26 5 2 7 20 25 1 3 8 10 19 6 5 15 30 44 30 23

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