Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, December 13, 1997

Sheffield United Swindon Town
D.Holdsworth (45'), D.Saunders (81')
 HT: 1-1 S.Finney (24')
Attendance:  18,115    



Lineups
1
Alan KELLY  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Vassilis BORBOKIS
                 
Brian BORROWS
2
3
Roger NILSEN  
                 
Mark ROBINSON
3
4
Bobby FORD
                 
Darren BULLOCK
4
5
Michel VONK
           45'    46'
Frédéric DARRAS
5
6
David HOLDSWORTH
               
  Alan MCDONALD
6
7
Dean SAUNDERS  
               
David THOMPSON
7

8
Nicky MARKER
                 
Lee COLLINS
8

9
Jan-Åge FJØRTOFT view STFC profile 
 81'
             
Steve FINNEY
9
10
Brian DEANE  
                 
George NDAH
10
11
Graham STUART
 81'
         10'     
Ty GOODEN
11
Substitutes
 
Gareth TAYLOR  

81' 		               
Steve COWE
12
 
Curtis WOODHOUSE

81' 		            
46' 
Craig TAYLOR
13
 
Don HUTCHISON  
                 
  Mark WALTERS
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Results on Saturday, December 13, 1997: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 2 - 1 Manchester City  
  Bradford City 1 - 0 Bury  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 0 Port Vale  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 3 Norwich City  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Middlesbrough 4 - 0 Reading  
  Sheffield United 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Stockport County 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Stoke City 0 - 2 Crewe Alexandra  
  Sunderland 2 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  

Table as at Saturday, December 13, 1997:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 22 13 6 3 39 17 39 45 
2 Nottingham Forest 21 12 6 3 34 18 34 42 
3 Sheffield United 22 11 8 3 33 21 33 41 
4 West Bromwich Albion 22 12 4 6 25 19 25 40 
5 Charlton Athletic 22 11 5 6 41 29 41 38 
6 Swindon Town 22 11 4 7 31 30 31 37 
7 Sunderland 21 10 6 5 32 21 32 36 
8 Stockport County 22 10 5 7 38 30 38 35 
9 Bradford City 22 8 9 5 22 21 22 33 
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 9 5 7 27 25 27 32 
11 Birmingham City 22 8 7 7 23 18 23 31 
12 Norwich City 22 8 5 9 23 32 23 29 
13 Queens Park Rangers 22 7 6 9 27 36 27 27 
14 Port Vale 22 7 5 10 25 27 25 26 
15 Stoke City 22 7 5 10 24 30 24 26 
16 Ipswich Town 21 5 9 7 24 24 24 24 
17 Reading 22 6 6 10 21 35 21 24 
18 Oxford United 22 6 5 11 27 33 27 23 
19 Tranmere Rovers 21 6 4 11 28 32 28 22 
20 Crewe Alexandra 22 6 3 13 26 36 26 21 
21 Manchester City 22 5 6 11 24 27 24 21 
22 Bury 22 4 9 9 21 31 21 21 
23 Portsmouth 21 5 5 11 26 34 26 20 
24 Huddersfield Town 22 5 5 12 22 37 22 20 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation