Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, December 6, 1997

Swindon Town Oxford United
B.Wilsterman (30' o.g.), M.Walters (36' pen), S.Finney (57'), T.Gooden (87')
HT: 2-1 M.Ford (25')
Attendance:  10,902   Referee:  F. Stretton



 
After putting their whole squad on the transfer list due to financial difficulties, Oxford travel to Swindon for a local derby - Swindon resident Mike Ford putting them one up. But the away team self-implode - Brian Wilsterman scoring an own goal and conceding a penalty within a six minute spell - before second half goals from Steve Finney and Ty Gooden wrapping up a comfortable 4-1 win for the Town.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Phil WHITEHEAD
1
2
Brian BORROWS
                67'
Martin GRAY
2
3
Mark ROBINSON
   41'           
Mike FORD
3
4
Darren BULLOCK
 76'
66'            72'
Les ROBINSON
4
5
Frédéric DARRAS
           29'     
Darren PURSE
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
                54'
Brian WILSTERMAN
6
7
David THOMPSON
                 
Stuart MASSEY
7

8
Mark WALTERS  
 82'
            
Dave SMITH
8

9
Steve FINNEY
               
Martin ALDRIDGE
9
10
George NDAH
                 
Nigel JEMSON
10
11
Ty GOODEN
         33'     
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11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE
              
54' 
Phil GILCHRIST
12
13
Craig TAYLOR

82' 
           
72' 
Matt MURPHY
13
14
Philippe CUERVO

76' 
           
67' 
Mark ANGEL
14













Results on Saturday, December 6, 1997: League Table

 
  Bury 0 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Crewe Alexandra 2 - 5 Huddersfield Town  
  Manchester City 0 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Bradford City  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Portsmouth 2 - 0 Stoke City  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Sunderland  
  Reading 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Oxford United  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  West Bromwich Albion 3 - 2 Stockport County  

Table as at Saturday, December 6, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 21 12 6 3 35 17 35 42 
2 Nottingham Forest 21 12 6 3 34 18 34 42 
3 West Bromwich Albion 21 12 4 5 25 17 25 40 
4 Sheffield United 20 10 8 2 30 18 30 38 
5 Swindon Town 21 11 4 6 30 28 30 37 
6 Sunderland 20 9 6 5 30 21 30 33 
7 Charlton Athletic 20 9 5 6 38 28 38 32 
8 Stockport County 21 9 5 7 35 29 35 32 
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 9 5 6 25 22 25 32 
10 Bradford City 21 7 9 5 21 21 21 30 
11 Birmingham City 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 28 
12 Queens Park Rangers 21 7 6 8 26 33 26 27 
13 Port Vale 21 7 5 9 25 26 25 26 
14 Stoke City 21 7 5 9 24 28 24 26 
15 Norwich City 21 7 5 9 20 31 20 26 
16 Reading 21 6 6 9 21 31 21 24 
17 Tranmere Rovers 20 6 4 10 27 29 27 22 
18 Manchester City 21 5 6 10 23 25 23 21 
19 Ipswich Town 20 4 9 7 22 24 22 21 
20 Bury 21 4 9 8 21 30 21 21 
21 Oxford United 21 5 5 11 24 32 24 20 
22 Huddersfield Town 21 5 5 11 21 34 21 20 
23 Crewe Alexandra 21 5 3 13 24 36 24 18 
24 Portsmouth 19 4 5 10 23 30 23 17 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation