Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, October 25, 1997

Swindon Town Norwich City
C.Hay (83')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,256   Referee:  M. Halsey



 
Chris Hay's goal seven minutes from time gives the Town a victory over Norwich, which puts them second in the table.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Andy MARSHALL
1
2
Brian BORROWS
   51'             
Karl SIMPSON
2
3
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                86'
Daryl SUTCH
3
4
Darren BULLOCK
   31'             
  Peter GRANT
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
Kevin SCOTT
5
6
Chris CASPER
                 
Matt JACKSON
6
7
Kevin WATSON
                 
Neil ADAMS
7

8
Mark WALTERS  
 88'
             26'
  Robert FLECK
8

9
Chris HAY
               
  Mike MILLIGAN
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
                 
  Craig BELLAMY
10
11
Ty GOODEN
           41'    58'
Adrian FORBES
11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE
              
58' 
  Danny MILLS
12
13
Alex SMITH

88' 
           
26' 
  Adrian COOTE
13
Gary ELKINS
              
86' 
Rob NEWMAN
14













Results on Saturday, October 25, 1997: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 0 - 0 Oxford United  
  Bradford City 1 - 0 Crewe Alexandra  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Bury  
  Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Port Vale  
  Stockport County 1 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Stoke City 1 - 2 Sunderland  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Norwich City  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Sheffield United  

Table as at Saturday, October 25, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 13 8 3 2 21 10 21 27 
2 Swindon Town 14 7 4 3 18 17 18 25 
3 West Bromwich Albion 13 7 3 3 17 12 17 24 
4 Bradford City 13 6 5 2 16 14 16 23 
5 Charlton Athletic 13 6 4 3 27 18 27 22 
6 Sheffield United 11 6 4 1 18 9 18 22 
7 Middlesbrough 11 6 3 2 20 12 20 21 
8 Stoke City 13 6 3 4 15 14 15 21 
9 Sunderland 13 6 2 5 19 17 19 20 
10 Stockport County 14 5 4 5 22 21 22 19 
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 5 4 5 17 16 17 19 
12 Birmingham City 13 5 4 4 15 10 15 19 
13 Port Vale 14 5 3 6 19 18 19 18 
14 Queens Park Rangers 12 5 3 4 16 19 16 18 
15 Crewe Alexandra 13 4 3 6 17 19 17 15 
16 Bury 14 3 6 5 15 21 15 15 
17 Norwich City 13 4 3 6 9 19 9 15 
18 Oxford United 14 4 2 8 18 23 18 14 
19 Reading 14 3 5 6 16 24 16 14 
20 Ipswich Town 11 3 4 4 12 12 12 13 
21 Tranmere Rovers 13 3 3 7 19 20 19 12 
22 Manchester City 11 2 4 5 16 14 16 10 
23 Portsmouth 13 2 4 7 16 22 16 10 
24 Huddersfield Town 13 0 5 8 8 25 8

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation