Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, December 14, 1996

Stoke City Swindon Town
M.Stein (45', 65')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  10,102   Referee:  G. Cain



 
Another away game, another defeat for Swindon - Mark Stein scoring twice for Stoke.




Lineups
1
Mark PRUDHOE
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Ally PICKERING
                 
David KERSLAKE
2
3
Andy GRIFFIN
                 
Gary ELKINS
3
4
Lárus SIGURĐSSON  
                62'
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
4
5
Justin WHITTLE
                 
Mark ROBINSON
5
6
Richard FORSYTH
                86'
Frédéric DARRAS
6
7
Mark DEVLIN
 89'
              
Ian CULVERHOUSE
7

8
Ray WALLACE
                 
Kevin WATSON
8

9
Mark STEIN
               
Steve COWE
9
10
Mike SHERON
                 
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Graham KAVANAGH  
                70'
  Mark WALTERS
11
Substitutes
12
Paul MACARI
              
70' 
  Steve MCMAHON
12
13
Mike MACARI
              
62' 
Alex SMITH
13
14
Neil MACKENZIE

89' 
           
86' 
Lee COLLINS
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Results on Saturday, December 14, 1996: League Table

 
  Barnsley 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Bolton Wanderers 1 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 3 Port Vale  
  Norwich City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Oxford United 4 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Portsmouth 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 4 - 0 Southend United  
  Stoke City 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, December 14, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 23 11 9 3 46 32 46 42 
2 Barnsley 22 11 8 3 41 26 41 41 
3 Sheffield United 22 11 6 5 39 24 39 39 
4 Crystal Palace 22 9 9 4 47 23 47 36 
5 Oxford United 23 9 6 8 31 22 31 33 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 9 6 7 29 22 29 33 
7 Stoke City 21 9 6 6 29 30 29 33 
8 Norwich City 21 9 6 6 28 22 28 33 
9 Tranmere Rovers 23 9 5 9 31 29 31 32 
10 Birmingham City 22 8 8 6 23 21 23 32 
11 Queens Park Rangers 23 8 7 8 29 28 29 31 
12 Port Vale 23 7 10 6 22 23 22 31 
13 Swindon Town 23 9 2 12 32 30 32 29 
14 Ipswich Town 23 7 8 8 29 33 29 29 
15 Portsmouth 23 8 5 10 28 30 28 29 
16 Charlton Athletic 22 9 2 11 24 32 24 29 
17 Huddersfield Town 23 7 7 9 26 31 26 28 
18 Manchester City 22 8 2 12 26 35 26 26 
19 Reading 22 7 5 10 25 33 25 26 
20 West Bromwich Albion 21 5 10 6 28 33 28 25 
21 Southend United 23 5 9 9 23 40 23 24 
22 Oldham Athletic 23 5 8 10 24 28 24 23 
23 Grimsby Town 22 5 6 11 24 41 24 21 
24 Bradford City 22 5 6 11 21 37 21 21 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation