Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, March 15, 1997

Swindon Town Stoke City
P.Thorne (27')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,878   Referee:  B. Knight



 
After the first half sending-off of Wayne Allison, Swindon survive a second half onslaught to record victory over Stoke - Peter Thorne's goal the difference between the sides.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Carl MUGGLETON
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
   21'             
Ally PICKERING
2
3
Jason DRYSDALE
 77'
53'             
Andy GRIFFIN
3
4
Darren BULLOCK
                 
  Lįrus SIGURŠSSON
4
5
Kevin WATSON
                 
Justin WHITTLE
5
6
Marlon BROOMES
                 
Richard FORSYTH
6
7
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                57'
  Gerry MCMAHON
7

8
Steve COWE
 89'
        45'     
Carl BEESTON
8

9
Peter THORNE
 86'
            
Mike MACARI
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
     29'           
Mike SHERON
10
11
Alex SMITH
                65'
  Graham KAVANAGH
11
Substitutes
12
Steve FINNEY

86' 
           
57' 
Kevin KEEN
12
13
Gary ELKINS

77' 
              
  Nigel WORTHINGTON
13
14
Michael PATTIMORE

89' 
           
65' 
Neil MACKENZIE
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Results on Saturday, March 15, 1997: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 15, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 38 22 12 4 81 46 81 78 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 19 8 10 54 38 54 65 
3 Barnsley 36 17 12 7 60 43 60 63 
4 Sheffield United 37 17 10 10 64 43 64 61 
5 Crystal Palace 36 15 11 10 67 38 67 56 
6 Norwich City 38 15 10 13 55 58 55 55 
7 Ipswich Town 37 14 13 10 51 45 51 55 
8 Port Vale 38 13 15 10 46 43 46 54 
9 Portsmouth 36 15 8 13 45 40 45 53 
10 Swindon Town 38 15 7 16 51 54 51 52 
11 Tranmere Rovers 36 14 9 13 49 47 49 51 
12 Stoke City 36 14 9 13 43 46 43 51 
13 Queens Park Rangers 38 13 11 14 48 50 48 50 
14 Reading 36 12 11 13 47 52 47 47 
15 Oxford United 37 13 7 17 49 51 49 46 
16 Manchester City 36 13 7 16 45 48 45 46 
17 Charlton Athletic 36 13 7 16 43 52 43 46 
18 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 41 42 41 46 
19 West Bromwich Albion 37 10 14 13 58 62 58 44 
20 Huddersfield Town 38 11 11 16 42 55 42 44 
21 Grimsby Town 36 8 11 17 48 67 48 35 
22 Bradford City 37 8 11 18 38 60 38 35 
23 Oldham Athletic 35 8 10 17 37 48 37 34 
24 Southend United 38 7 12 19 35 69 35 33 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation