Nationwide League Division Two
Saturday, September 21, 2002

Swindon Town Northampton Town
J.Jackson (31'), S.Parkin (79' pen)
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  4,719 (442 away fans)   Referee:  P.J. Prosser



 
With the home crowd turning on boss Andy King after an awful run of defeats, Swindon finally register a victory, thanks to a goal from Johnnie Jackson, a Sam Parkin penalty, and Cobblers' keeper Lee Harper's red card. Why did they let him go?




Lineups
1
Bart GRIEMINK
             77'   
Lee HARPER
1
6
Andy GURNEY
                 
Jerry GILL
21
5
Adam WILLIS
                 
Ian SAMPSON
4
19
Matt HEYWOOD
   90'             
Duncan SPEDDING
3
11
David DUKE
   57'             
Chris CARRUTHERS
11
3
Johnnie JACKSON
              45'
Paul MCGREGOR
7
4
Matt HEWLETT
                 
Paul HARSLEY
8
25
Steve ROBINSON
 87'
              
  Paul TROLLOPE
15

17
Danny INVINCIBILE
                 
Chris HARGREAVES
20

9
Sam PARKIN
              69'
Armand ONE
23
14
Éric SABIN  
                78'
Marco GABBIADINI
10
Substitutes
2
Gareth EDDS
                 
Paul RICKERS
14
10
Stefani MIGLIORANZI

87' 
              
Greg LINCOLN
17
22
Alan REEVES
              
69' 
Jamie FORRESTER
18
26
Alan YOUNG
              
45' 
  Derek ASAMOAH
19
18
Craig FARR
              
78' 
Nathan ABBEY
13













Results on Saturday, September 21, 2002: League Table

 
  Blackpool 3 - 2 Port Vale  
  Brentford 1 - 0 Wycombe Wanderers  
  Bristol City 1 - 3 Queens Park Rangers  
  Colchester United 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Luton Town  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 2 Cheltenham Town  
  Notts County 0 - 1 Cardiff City  
  Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Stockport County 4 - 1 Barnsley  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Northampton Town  
  Wigan Athletic 2 - 2 Peterborough United  

Table as at Saturday, September 21, 2002:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Queens Park Rangers 10 6 2 2 21 10 11 20 
2 Wigan Athletic 10 6 2 2 16 6 10 20 
3 Oldham Athletic 10 6 2 2 15 6 9 20 
4 Cardiff City 9 6 2 1 13 6 7 20 
5 Crewe Alexandra 10 5 4 1 14 6 8 19 
6 Blackpool 10 5 3 2 15 9 6 18 
7 Brentford 10 5 3 2 11 8 3 18 
8 Chesterfield 10 5 2 3 13 11 2 17 
9 Bristol City 10 5 0 5 14 11 3 15 
10 Port Vale 10 5 0 5 13 16 -3 15 
11 Stockport County 9 4 2 3 10 6 4 14 
12 Plymouth Argyle 9 4 2 3 14 13 1 14 
13 Tranmere Rovers 10 4 1 5 11 15 -4 13 
14 Barnsley 10 3 3 4 10 14 -4 12 
15 Northampton Town 10 3 3 4 9 14 -5 12 
16 Colchester United 10 3 2 5 6 11 -5 11 
17 Swindon Town 10 3 1 6 11 14 -3 10 
18 Cheltenham Town 10 2 3 5 10 12 -2
19 Luton Town 10 2 3 5 15 18 -3
20 Wycombe Wanderers 10 2 3 5 13 17 -4
21 Huddersfield Town 10 2 3 5 5 11 -6
22 Notts County 10 1 5 4 11 14 -3
23 Peterborough United 9 2 2 5 7 10 -3
24 Mansfield Town 10 2 1 7 13 32 -19

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation