Nationwide League Division One
Tuesday, November 19, 1996

Ipswich Town Swindon Town
J.Scowcroft (1'), G.Creaney (52'), S.Sedgley (61' pen)
HT: 1-0 P.Thorne (75'), W.Allison (90')
Attendance:  7,086   Referee:  T. West



 
After going ahead thanks to an early goal from James Scowcroft, Ipswich take command in the second half, going three up - and though goals from Thorne and Allison threaten to get Swindon back into the game, they prove to be too little, too late.




Lineups
1
Richard WRIGHT  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Mick STOCKWELL
                 
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Mauricio TARICCO
   74'             
Ty GOODEN
3
4
Richard NAYLOR
                 
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Steve SEDGLEY
              83'
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Geraint WILLIAMS  
                 
  Kevin HORLOCK
6
7
Simon MILTON
   60'            66'
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
7

8
Adam TANNER
                 
Frédéric DARRAS
8

9
Gerry CREANEY
              46'
Steve FINNEY
9
10
James SCOWCROFT
 46'
          
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Paul MASON
           79'     
  Mark WALTERS
11
Substitutes
12
Gus UHLENBEEK

46' 
           
83' 
Steve COWE
12
13
Craig FORREST  
              
66' 
Gary ELKINS
13
14
Chris SWAILES
            
49' 
Peter THORNE
14













Results on Tuesday, November 19, 1996: League Table

 
  Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Manchester City 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Bolton Wanderers  

Table as at Tuesday, November 19, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 19 11 6 2 40 25 40 39 
2 Crystal Palace 18 9 7 2 41 15 41 34 
3 Norwich City 18 9 5 4 27 18 27 32 
4 Barnsley 17 8 6 3 30 22 30 30 
5 Sheffield United 16 8 5 3 31 17 31 29 
6 Oxford United 19 8 5 6 24 15 24 29 
7 Swindon Town 18 8 2 8 29 22 29 26 
8 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 5 6 26 21 26 26 
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 5 6 23 19 23 26 
10 Stoke City 16 6 6 4 23 27 23 24 
11 Port Vale 19 5 9 5 17 20 17 24 
12 West Bromwich Albion 18 5 8 5 23 27 23 23 
13 Portsmouth 19 6 5 8 22 25 22 23 
14 Birmingham City 16 6 5 5 20 19 20 23 
15 Ipswich Town 19 5 7 7 25 28 25 22 
16 Queens Park Rangers 19 5 7 7 21 26 21 22 
17 Huddersfield Town 18 5 6 7 20 25 20 21 
18 Southend United 19 4 8 7 20 31 20 20 
19 Manchester City 18 6 2 10 19 26 19 20 
20 Charlton Athletic 15 6 2 7 16 22 16 20 
21 Reading 17 5 4 8 20 28 20 19 
22 Bradford City 19 4 5 10 16 33 16 17 
23 Oldham Athletic 19 3 7 9 20 24 20 16 
24 Grimsby Town 18 3 5 10 19 37 19 14 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation