Nationwide League Division One
Sunday, May 3, 1998

Swindon Town Sunderland
M.Walters (87')
 HT: 0-2 K.Phillips (21', 45')
Attendance:  14,868    



 
Possibly the most away fans ever witnessed at the County Ground - promotion chasing Sunderland bring thousands to Wiltshire, packing the home stands for a game that means little to the Town - and they return home happy after a 2-1 win.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Lionel PÉREZ
1
2
David KERSLAKE
           72'     
Darren HOLLOWAY
2
3
Sol DAVIS
                 
Chris MAKIN
3
4
Alan MCDONALD  
                 
Lee CLARK
4
5
Darren BULLOCK
 88'
               
Jody CRADDOCK
5
6
Brian BORROWS
                 
Darren WILLIAMS
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
   35'           
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7

8
Philippe CUERVO
 74'
 29'       45'     
Kevin BALL
8

9
Iffy ONUORA
   28'            76'
Danny DICHIO
9
10
Steve COWE
               
  Kevin PHILLIPS
10
11
Mark ROBINSON
                 
  Allan JOHNSTON
11
Substitutes
12
Chris HAY

74' 		               
Alex RAE
12
13
Craig TAYLOR
              
76' 
Michael BRIDGES
13
14
Kevin WATSON

88' 		               
Richard ORD
14













Results on Sunday, May 3, 1998: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Bradford City 1 - 3 Portsmouth  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 4 Port Vale  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Crewe Alexandra  
  Middlesbrough 4 - 1 Oxford United  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Bury  
  Reading 0 - 1 Norwich City  
  Stockport County 1 - 0 Sheffield United  
  Stoke City 2 - 5 Manchester City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Sunderland  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest  

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 46 28 10 8 82 42 82 94 
2 Middlesbrough 46 27 10 9 77 41 77 91 
3 Sunderland 46 26 12 8 86 50 86 90 
4 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 80 49 80 88 
5 Ipswich Town 46 23 14 9 77 43 77 83 
6 Sheffield United 46 19 17 10 69 54 69 74 
7 Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 60 74 
8 Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 71 65 
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 18 11 17 57 53 57 65 
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 13 17 50 56 50 61 
11 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 5 23 58 65 58 59 
12 Oxford United 46 16 10 20 60 64 60 58 
13 Bradford City 46 14 15 17 46 59 46 57 
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 54 57 54 56 
15 Norwich City 46 14 13 19 52 69 52 55 
16 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 50 72 50 53 
17 Bury 46 11 19 16 42 58 42 52 
18 Swindon Town 46 14 10 22 42 73 42 52 
19 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 56 66 56 49 
20 Portsmouth 46 13 10 23 51 63 51 49 
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 10 19 17 51 63 51 49 
22 Manchester City 46 12 12 22 56 57 56 48 
23 Stoke City 46 11 13 22 44 74 44 46 
24 Reading 46 11 9 26 39 78 39 42 

Key: Promoted Promoted via Play-offs Play-offs Relegated