Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, September 7, 1996

Grimsby Town Swindon Town
C.Mendonca (8' pen, 32')
HT: 2-0 S.Cowe (51')
Attendance:  4,089    



 
Clive Mendonca nets twice as Grimsby win the points against the Town.




Lineups
1
Jason PEARCEY
                 
Frank TALIA
1
2
John MCDERMOTT
                 
Frédéric DARRAS
2
3
Kevin JOBLING
                80'
Alex SMITH
3
4
Peter HANDYSIDE
           87'     
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Steve LIVINGSTONE
   79'             
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Tommy WIDDRINGTON
   90'             
Ian CULVERHOUSE
6
7
Gary CHILDS
 40'
              
Mark ROBINSON
7

8
Paul TROLLOPE  
                61'
Kevin WATSON
8

9
Neil WOODS
               
Steve COWE
9
10
Clive MENDONCA
              88'
Peter THORNE
10
11
Kingsley BLACK  
                 
  Kevin HORLOCK
11
Substitutes
12
Nicky SOUTHALL

40' 
        88'  
61' 
  Mark WALTERS
12
 
Neil WEBB view STFC profile 
              
88' 
Paul ALLEN
13
 
Mark LEVER
              
80' 
Steve FINNEY
14













Results on Saturday, September 7, 1996: League Table

 
  Bradford City 0 - 2 Norwich City  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 3 Huddersfield Town  
  Manchester City 1 - 2 Barnsley  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 2 Sheffield United  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 2 West Bromwich Albion  
  Southend United 5 - 2 Bolton Wanderers  
  Stoke City 2 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 0 Birmingham City  

Table as at Saturday, September 7, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Barnsley 4 4 0 0 10 3 10 12 
2 Norwich City 5 4 0 1 7 3 7 12 
3 Stoke City 5 3 2 0 9 6 9 11 
4 Bolton Wanderers 5 3 1 1 9 8 9 10 
5 Tranmere Rovers 5 3 1 1 7 4 7 10 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 10 
7 Huddersfield Town 4 2 1 1 7 5 7
8 Swindon Town 5 2 1 2 6 6 6
9 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 1 2 6 7 6
10 Portsmouth 5 2 1 2 5 6 5
11 Crystal Palace 5 1 3 1 6 5 6
12 Port Vale 5 1 3 1 5 5 5
13 Manchester City 5 2 0 3 5 6 5
14 Bradford City 5 2 0 3 4 5 4
15 Ipswich Town 5 1 2 2 10 10 10
16 West Bromwich Albion 4 1 2 1 4 3 4
17 Southend United 5 1 1 3 7 12 7
18 Sheffield United 3 1 1 1 6 5 6
19 Grimsby Town 5 1 1 3 6 9 6
20 Birmingham City 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
21 Reading 4 1 1 2 5 10 5
22 Oxford United 4 1 0 3 6 5 6
23 Oldham Athletic 5 0 1 4 5 11 5
24 Charlton Athletic 4 0 1 3 2 6 2

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation