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Saturday March 7th, 1998

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

0 - 1

0

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

1

J. Durnin (89')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 9,100

J. Durnin (89')
K. Leach
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


As the Town support begins to dwindle due to shocking form and poor performances, Rikki Hunt offers Steve McMahon a job for life - Portsmouth snatching the game with a late John Durnin winner.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday March 7th, 1998:

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

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday March 7th, 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 36 13 2 3 40 19 8 6 4 20 14 21 8 7 60 33 60 71
2 Sunderland Sunderland 35 10 5 2 37 16 10 3 5 29 21 20 8 7 66 37 66 68
3 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 35 12 3 2 32 10 8 5 5 23 26 20 8 7 55 36 55 68
4 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 36 12 4 1 36 14 6 4 9 27 32 18 8 10 63 46 63 62
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 36 9 4 4 33 17 6 9 4 26 21 15 13 8 59 38 59 58
6 Sheffield United Sheffield United 34 12 4 1 30 13 3 9 5 20 24 15 13 6 50 37 50 58
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 36 8 6 4 21 12 7 6 5 28 18 15 12 9 49 30 49 57
8 Stockport County Stockport County 37 12 5 1 41 16 4 1 14 19 37 16 6 15 60 53 60 54
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 34 10 5 3 31 18 5 2 9 13 18 15 7 12 44 36 44 52
10 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 37 8 5 6 19 19 6 4 8 17 23 14 9 14 36 42 36 51
11 Bradford City Bradford 37 9 7 2 22 15 3 6 10 16 24 12 13 12 38 39 38 49
12 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 37 7 2 10 21 30 7 3 8 24 23 14 5 18 45 53 45 47
13 Swindon Town Swindon 36 9 3 6 25 20 4 4 10 11 31 13 7 16 36 51 36 46
14 Oxford United Oxford United 36 8 5 4 23 15 4 3 12 22 35 12 8 16 45 50 45 44
15 Norwich City Norwich City 37 7 7 5 19 23 4 4 10 17 33 11 11 15 36 56 36 44
16 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 37 8 7 4 26 17 2 6 10 16 34 10 13 14 42 51 42 43
17 Bury Bury 37 5 9 5 17 19 3 9 6 18 24 8 18 11 35 43 35 42
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 36 7 4 8 24 28 4 3 10 16 23 11 7 18 40 51 40 40
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 35 6 6 5 21 17 4 4 10 16 25 10 10 15 37 42 37 40
20 Manchester City Man City 37 5 4 10 22 22 5 5 8 19 22 10 9 18 41 44 41 39
21 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 37 6 4 8 21 23 4 5 10 18 34 10 9 18 39 57 39 39
22 Reading Reading 36 7 4 8 25 27 3 5 9 11 32 10 9 17 36 59 36 39
23 Port Vale Port Vale 37 5 6 8 20 21 5 2 11 22 32 10 8 19 42 53 42 38
24 Stoke City Stoke City 37 5 5 8 22 30 3 8 8 13 22 8 13 16 35 52 35 37

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