Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, March 7, 1998

Swindon Town Portsmouth

HT: 0-0 J.Durnin (89')
Attendance:  9,100    



 
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.




Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Aaron FLAHAVAN
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                 
Robbie PETHICK
2
3
Brian BORROWS
           38'     
Matt ROBINSON
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                 
  view STFC profileAlan MCLOUGHLIN
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
view STFC profileAdrian WHITBREAD
5
6
Lee COLLINS
                 
Andy AWFORD
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
           79'     
  Michalis VLACHOS
7

8
Philippe CUERVO
                 
Steve CLARIDGE
8

9
Steve FINNEY
                74'
  John ALOISI
9
10
Steve COWE
                 
David HILLIER
10
11
Ty GOODEN
   18'             
view STFC profileAndy THOMSON
11
Substitutes
12
Chris HAY
                 
Martin ALLEN
12
13
Alan MCDONALD  
                 
  view STFC profileFitzroy SIMPSON
13
14
Bobby HOWE
            
74' 
John DURNIN
14













Results on Saturday, March 7, 1998: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 7, 1998:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 36 21 8 7 60 33 60 71 
2 Sunderland 35 20 8 7 66 37 66 68 
3 Middlesbrough 35 20 8 7 55 36 55 68 
4 Charlton Athletic 36 18 8 10 63 46 63 62 
5 Ipswich Town 36 15 13 8 59 38 59 58 
6 Sheffield United 34 15 13 6 50 37 50 58 
7 Birmingham City 36 15 12 9 49 30 49 57 
8 Stockport County 37 16 6 15 60 53 60 54 
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 7 12 44 36 44 52 
10 West Bromwich Albion 37 14 9 14 36 42 36 51 
11 Bradford City 37 12 13 12 38 39 38 49 
12 Crewe Alexandra 37 14 5 18 45 53 45 47 
13 Swindon Town 36 13 7 16 36 51 36 46 
14 Oxford United 36 12 8 16 45 50 45 44 
15 Norwich City 37 11 11 15 36 56 36 44 
16 Queens Park Rangers 37 10 13 14 42 51 42 43 
17 Bury 37 8 18 11 35 43 35 42 
18 Portsmouth 36 11 7 18 40 51 40 40 
19 Tranmere Rovers 35 10 10 15 37 42 37 40 
20 Manchester City 37 10 9 18 41 44 41 39 
21 Huddersfield Town 37 10 9 18 39 57 39 39 
22 Reading 36 10 9 17 36 59 36 39 
23 Port Vale 37 10 8 19 42 53 42 38 
24 Stoke City 37 8 13 16 35 52 35 37 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation