Nationwide League Division Two
Saturday, September 1, 2001

Swindon Town Colchester United
N.Ruddock (52')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  4,889   Referee:  R.J. Harris



 
Neil Ruddock nets a thunderous free-kick on his Town debut - a winning goal that he really got his weight behind.




Lineups
1
Bart GRIEMINK
                 
Andy WOODMAN
29
3
Sol DAVIS
                 
Joe KEITH
3
16
Neil RUDDOCK  
               
Scott FITZGERALD
12
19
Matt HEYWOOD
           1'     
Alan WHITE
19
6
Andy GURNEY
                 
Mick STOCKWELL
20
11
David DUKE
 66'
        57'     
Karl DUGUID
7
8
Bobby HOWE
                 
David GREGORY
8
4
Matt HEWLETT
                80'
Kemal IZZET
10

7
Keith O'HALLORAN
                 
Thomas PINAULT
15

9
Jo KUFFOUR
 72'
              
Scott MCGLEISH
9
14
Éric SABIN  
 80'
75'            75'
Kevin RAPLEY
21
Substitutes
17
Danny INVINCIBILE

72' 
              
Gavin JOHNSON
4
20
Paul EDWARDS
                 
Jason DOZZELL
11
21
Gareth DAVIES

80' 
           
75' 
Dean MORGAN
16
25
Steve ROBINSON

66' 
           
80' 
  Bobby BOWRY
17
15
Richard MCKINNEY
                 
Simon BROWN
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Results on Saturday, September 1, 2001: League Table

 
  Cambridge United 2 - 2 AFC Bournemouth   
  Chesterfield 0 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Reading  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Colchester United  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Oldham Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, September 1, 2001:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Bristol City 4 3 1 0 8 2 6 10 
2 Colchester United 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 10 
3 Reading 4 3 1 0 5 0 5 10 
4 Brentford 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 10 
5 Oldham Athletic 5 2 3 0 12 8 4
6 Huddersfield Town 4 3 0 1 5 2 3
7 Brighton and Hove Albion 5 2 2 1 6 3 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 2 1 3 2 1
9 Wycombe Wanderers 4 2 1 1 8 5 3
10 Notts County 4 2 1 1 7 6 1
11 Swindon Town 5 2 1 2 5 5 0
12 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 5 3 2
13 Port Vale 5 2 0 3 8 9 -1
14 Cardiff City 3 1 2 0 4 3 1
15 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 2 2 6 7 -1
16 Peterborough United 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3
17 Blackpool 4 1 1 2 3 8 -5
18 Bury 4 1 0 3 3 8 -5
19 Northampton Town 5 1 0 4 4 11 -7
20 AFC Bournemouth 4 0 2 2 4 6 -2
21 Wrexham 3 0 2 1 6 9 -3
22 Cambridge United 5 0 2 3 4 8 -4
23 Chesterfield 5 0 2 3 5 10 -5
24 Wigan Athletic 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation