Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, February 22, 1997

Manchester City Swindon Town
K.Horlock (16'), N.Summerbee (66'), U.Rösler (69')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  27,262    



 
Former Town players Kevin Horlock and Nicky Summerbee both score as City ease to a comfortable 3-0 win over the Town, whose cause isn't helped by Peter Holcroft's sending off for violent conduct on his full debut.




Lineups
1
Tommy WRIGHT  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Ian BRIGHTWELL
                 
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Kevin HORLOCK view STFC profile 
         45'    73'
Frédéric DARRAS
3
4
Steve LOMAS  
             34'   
Peter HOLCROFT
4
5
Kit SYMONS  
           39'     
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Paul BEESLEY
                 
Marlon BROOMES
6
7
Nicky SUMMERBEE view STFC profile
               
Ian CULVERHOUSE
7

8
Eddie MCGOLDRICK  
                 
Kevin WATSON
8

9
Paul DICKOV  
 78'
              
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
9
10
Neil HEANEY
                 
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Uwe RÖSLER  
              57'
Steve FINNEY
11
Substitutes
12
Lee CROOKS
                 
  Steve MCMAHON
12
13
Michael BROWN
              
73' 
Jason DRYSDALE
13
14
Chris GREENACRE

78' 
           
57' 
Peter THORNE
14













Results on Saturday, February 22, 1997: League Table

 
  Barnsley 1 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Charlton Athletic 4 - 4 Norwich City  
  Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Bolton Wanderers  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Manchester City 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Bradford City  
  Reading 3 - 2 Southend United  
  Sheffield United 3 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Stoke City 0 - 0 Queens Park Rangers  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 2 Portsmouth  

Table as at Saturday, February 22, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 34 19 11 4 71 45 71 68 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 17 7 9 47 32 47 58 
3 Barnsley 32 15 10 7 54 40 54 55 
4 Sheffield United 33 15 9 9 57 39 57 54 
5 Norwich City 33 14 8 11 50 52 50 50 
6 Crystal Palace 32 13 10 9 59 34 59 49 
7 Ipswich Town 33 12 12 9 47 42 47 48 
8 Portsmouth 33 14 6 13 40 37 40 48 
9 Stoke City 32 13 8 11 40 43 40 47 
10 Tranmere Rovers 32 13 7 12 44 42 44 46 
11 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 11 11 44 45 44 44 
12 Port Vale 33 10 14 9 40 38 40 44 
13 Oxford United 33 12 7 14 46 43 46 43 
14 Swindon Town 33 12 6 15 45 45 45 42 
15 West Bromwich Albion 34 9 14 11 54 60 54 41 
16 Huddersfield Town 34 10 11 13 40 48 40 41 
17 Reading 32 10 10 12 43 50 43 40 
18 Charlton Athletic 32 11 7 14 39 47 39 40 
19 Manchester City 31 11 5 15 39 43 39 38 
20 Birmingham City 29 9 10 10 32 33 32 37 
21 Bradford City 33 8 10 15 32 50 32 34 
22 Southend United 33 7 11 15 32 59 32 32 
23 Grimsby Town 32 7 10 15 41 58 41 31 
24 Oldham Athletic 31 6 10 15 32 43 32 28 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation