Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, February 20, 1999

Swindon Town Portsmouth
C.Hay (31', 41'), I.Onuora (45')
 HT: 3-1 S.Claridge (45', 73'), J.Péron (77')
Attendance:  10,110   Referee:  C. Foy



 
Aaron Flahavan's unlucky run against Swindon goes on - after Chris Hay gives Swindon the lead, the Pompey keeper loses four teeth and breaks bones in a collision with Iffy Onuora. The Town score twice more past the Portsmouth defender-come-goalkeeper before half-time, but also allow Steve Claridge to get one back - then in the second half, Pompey score twice more to gain an unlikely point.

 
Aaron Flahavan's unlucky run against Swindon goes on - after Chris Hay gives Swindon the lead, the Pompey keeper loses four teeth and breaks bones in a collision with Iffy Onuora. The Town score twice more past the Portsmouth defender-come-goalkeeper before half-time, but also allow Steve Claridge to get one back - then in the second half, Pompey score twice more to gain an unlikely point.


Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                40'
Aaron FLAHAVAN
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                 
Matt ROBINSON
2
3
Gareth HALL  
                70'
  view STFC profileFitzroy SIMPSON
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                 
  view STFC profileAlan MCLOUGHLIN
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
           51'     
view STFC profileAdrian WHITBREAD
5
6
Brian BORROWS
   44'             
Andy AWFORD
6
7
Bobby HOWE
 57'
         65'     
Guy WHITTINGHAM
7

8
George NDAH
               
Jean-François PÉRON
8

9
Iffy ONUORA
   54'           
  Michalis VLACHOS
9
10
Chris HAY
             
Steve CLARIDGE
10
11
Sol DAVIS
 87'
              63'
view STFC profileSammy IGOE
11
Substitutes
12
Robin HULBERT

57' 		            
63' 
Thomas THØGERSEN
12
13
Charlie GRIFFIN
              
40' 
Russell PERRETT
13
14
Ty GOODEN

87' 		            
70' 
view STFC profileLuke NIGHTINGALE
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Results on Saturday, February 20, 1999: League Table
 
  Barnsley 0 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Bury 0 - 2 Norwich City  
  Crewe Alexandra 0 - 2 Stockport County  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Watford  
  Sunderland 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Swindon Town 3 - 3 Portsmouth  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 2 Bristol City  

Table as at Saturday, February 20, 1999:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Sunderland 32 20 9 3 65 22 65 69 
2 Bradford City 32 17 7 8 57 34 57 58 
3 Bolton Wanderers 30 16 10 4 56 34 56 58 
4 Ipswich Town 32 17 7 8 43 20 43 58 
5 Watford 33 14 11 8 49 43 49 53 
6 Birmingham City 31 15 8 8 46 29 46 53 
7 Grimsby Town 31 14 7 10 34 31 34 49 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 9 10 44 33 44 48 
9 West Bromwich Albion 33 13 8 12 56 52 56 47 
10 Norwich City 31 12 10 9 45 41 45 46 
11 Sheffield United 31 12 9 10 49 49 49 45 
12 Huddersfield Town 32 12 9 11 43 50 43 45 
13 Barnsley 32 9 13 10 39 38 39 40 
14 Tranmere Rovers 32 8 15 9 41 44 41 39 
15 Stockport County 32 9 12 11 39 39 39 39 
16 Crystal Palace 32 9 10 13 43 54 43 37 
17 Swindon Town 32 9 9 14 43 53 43 36 
18 Portsmouth 32 8 11 13 42 50 42 35 
19 Queens Park Rangers 32 8 9 15 35 44 35 33 
20 Oxford United 32 8 8 16 34 54 34 32 
21 Port Vale 32 9 4 19 33 56 33 31 
22 Bury 32 7 10 15 28 46 28 31 
23 Bristol City 32 5 13 14 42 60 42 28 
24 Crewe Alexandra 32 5 8 19 35 65 35 23 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation