Match Centre

Saturday April 18th, 1998

Nationwide League Division One

Birmingham City

3 - 0

3

P. Furlong (9', 34' pen), B. Hughes (82')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

P. Furlong (9', 34' pen), B. Hughes (82')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 17,016

W. Burns
St. Andrew's, Birmingham

Lineups


Birmingham City
1Ian BENNETT
2Jerry GILL
3Simon CHARLTON
4Steve BRUCE88'
5Michael JOHNSON
6Chris MARSDEN
7Jon McCARTHY
8Martin O'CONNOR69'
9Dele ADEBOLA
10Bryan HUGHES
11Paul FURLONG86'
Substitutes
12Nicky FORSTER86'
13Steve ROBINSON69'
14Darren PURSE88'
Manager/Head Coach
Trevor FRANCIS
Swindon Town
1Fraser DIGBY1
2David KERSLAKE2
45' 3Sol DAVIS3 45'
34' 4Craig TAYLOR4 34'
5Darren BULLOCK5
6Brian BORROWS6
7Mark WALTERS7
46' 8Lee COLLINS8 46'
78' 9Chris HAY9 78'
61' 10Steve FINNEY10 61'
11Mark ROBINSON11
Substitutes
61' 12Steve COWE12 61'
78' 13Philippe CUERVO13 78'
46' 14Ty GOODEN14 46'
Manager/Head Coach
Steve McMAHON

Videos


The Blues hand their boss Trevor Francis a present on his birthday - securing an easy 3-0 win.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday April 18th, 1998:

Birmingham City Birmingham 3-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 1-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 1-0 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Oxford United Oxford United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Sheffield United Sheffield United 3-0 Bury Bury
Stockport County Stockport County 2-2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
Stoke City Stoke City 2-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Sunderland Sunderland 2-1 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 3-1 Reading Reading

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday April 18th, 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 44 17 2 3 51 20 10 7 5 29 21 27 9 8 80 41 80 90
2 Sunderland Sunderland 43 13 7 2 46 22 11 5 5 35 25 24 12 7 81 47 81 84
3 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 44 16 5 1 46 17 9 4 9 32 32 25 9 10 78 49 78 84
4 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 43 16 3 2 46 10 9 6 7 25 29 25 9 9 71 39 71 84
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 43 12 5 4 42 18 8 9 5 29 23 20 14 9 71 41 71 74
6 Sheffield United Sheffield United 42 16 5 1 42 16 3 11 6 21 28 19 16 7 63 44 63 73
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 44 10 7 5 27 15 8 9 5 31 20 18 16 10 58 35 58 70
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 43 13 6 3 39 21 5 4 12 13 25 18 10 15 52 46 52 64
9 Stockport County Stockport County 44 13 6 3 45 21 4 2 16 21 45 17 8 19 66 66 66 59
10 Oxford United Oxford United 44 12 6 4 36 18 4 4 14 23 40 16 10 18 59 58 59 58
11 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 44 9 7 6 26 25 6 5 11 19 28 15 12 17 45 53 45 57
12 Bradford City Bradford 43 10 8 3 24 19 4 6 12 20 31 14 14 15 44 50 44 56
13 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 44 9 5 8 28 24 5 6 11 22 41 14 11 19 50 65 50 53
14 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 43 8 2 11 23 33 8 3 11 26 28 16 5 22 49 61 49 53
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 43 8 7 6 29 22 5 6 11 20 29 13 13 17 49 51 49 52
16 Swindon Town Swindon 44 9 6 7 27 23 5 4 13 14 43 14 10 20 41 66 41 52
17 Norwich City Norwich City 44 8 8 6 27 27 4 5 13 19 42 12 13 19 46 69 46 49
18 Bury Bury 44 7 10 5 22 21 3 9 10 19 36 10 19 15 41 57 41 49
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 8 9 5 28 20 2 8 11 20 39 10 17 16 48 59 48 47
20 Port Vale Port Vale 44 7 6 9 25 23 5 4 13 27 42 12 10 22 52 65 52 46
21 Stoke City Stoke City 44 8 5 9 28 35 3 8 11 14 31 11 13 20 42 66 42 46
22 Manchester City Man City 44 6 5 11 26 24 5 6 11 23 29 11 11 22 49 53 49 44
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 44 7 6 9 25 30 4 4 14 20 32 11 10 23 45 62 45 43
24 Reading Reading 44 8 4 10 27 30 3 5 14 12 46 11 9 24 39 76 39 42

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