Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, November 23, 1996

Birmingham City Swindon Town
P.Furlong (29')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  16,559   Referee:  G. Frankland



 
Paul Furlong nets the only goal of the game to seal victory for Birmingham.




Lineups
1
Steve SUTTON
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Matt JACKSON
                 
David KERSLAKE
2
3
Michael JOHNSON  
                 
Gary ELKINS
3
4
Steve BRUCE
 40'
              
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Gary BREEN  
                68'
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Chris HOLLAND
                 
  Kevin HORLOCK
6
7
Paul DEVLIN  
 52'
              
Mark ROBINSON
7

8
Paul TAIT
                 
Frédéric DARRAS
8

9
Paul FURLONG
               
Peter THORNE
9
10
Barry HORNE  
   86'             
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Jason BOWEN  
           31'    87'
  Mark WALTERS
11
Substitutes
12
Ricky OTTO
              
68' 
Steve COWE
12
13
Gary ABLETT

40' 
              
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
13
14
Andy LEGG  

52' 
           
87' 
Steve FINNEY
14













Results on Saturday, November 23, 1996: League Table

 
  Barnsley 3 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Birmingham City 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Charlton Athletic 0 - 2 Bradford City  
  Crystal Palace 2 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Huddersfield Town 2 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Manchester City 1 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Reading 2 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Stoke City 1 - 2 Southend United  

Table as at Saturday, November 23, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 20 11 7 2 41 26 41 40 
2 Crystal Palace 19 9 7 3 43 18 43 34 
3 Barnsley 18 9 6 3 33 24 33 33 
4 Norwich City 18 9 5 4 27 18 27 32 
5 Sheffield United 17 8 6 3 32 18 32 30 
6 Tranmere Rovers 19 8 5 6 28 22 28 29 
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 8 5 6 26 21 26 29 
8 Oxford United 20 8 5 7 25 17 25 29 
9 Swindon Town 19 8 2 9 29 23 29 26 
10 Birmingham City 18 7 5 6 22 21 22 26 
11 Ipswich Town 20 6 7 7 27 29 27 25 
12 Stoke City 17 6 6 5 24 29 24 24 
13 Huddersfield Town 19 6 6 7 22 25 22 24 
14 Port Vale 20 5 9 6 18 22 18 24 
15 Portsmouth 20 6 5 9 24 28 24 23 
16 West Bromwich Albion 18 5 8 5 23 27 23 23 
17 Southend United 20 5 8 7 22 32 22 23 
18 Charlton Athletic 17 7 2 8 18 25 18 23 
19 Queens Park Rangers 20 5 7 8 22 28 22 22 
20 Reading 18 6 4 8 22 29 22 22 
21 Manchester City 19 6 2 11 20 28 20 20 
22 Bradford City 20 5 5 10 18 33 18 20 
23 Oldham Athletic 20 4 7 9 22 25 22 19 
24 Grimsby Town 19 3 5 11 19 39 19 14 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation