Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, October 19, 1996

Crystal Palace Swindon Town
B.Dyer (23' pen)
HT: 1-1 W.Allison (33'), P.Thorne (47')
Attendance:  15,088   Referee:  M. Bailey



 
Swindon hold on for the three points at Selhurst Park despite Mark Walters' sending off in a bruising encounter, during which the Town display all of Steve McMahon's fighting spirit.




Lineups
1
Chris DAY
           62'     
Frank TALIA
1
2
Marc EDWORTHY
           89'     
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Kevin MUSCAT  
           39'     
Gary ELKINS
3
4
Andy ROBERTS
           25'    84'
Scott LEITCH
4
5
David TUTTLE
                 
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
David HOPKIN  
   32'             
Ian CULVERHOUSE
6
7
Rob QUINN
 63'
        86' 90'   
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Simon RODGER
 63'
26'       31'     
Frédéric DARRAS
8

9
Dougie FREEDMAN  
               
Peter THORNE
9
10
Bruce DYER
             
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Carl VEART  
 83'
              
  Kevin HORLOCK
11
Substitutes
12
Paul TROLLOPE  

83' 
              
Paul ALLEN
12
13
Leon MCKENZIE

63' 
              
Steve COWE
13
14
Leif ANDERSEN

63' 
           
84' 
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
14













Results on Saturday, October 19, 1996: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, October 19, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 13 9 3 1 31 17 31 30 
2 Norwich City 13 8 3 2 20 9 20 27 
3 Barnsley 12 6 4 2 19 12 19 22 
4 Crystal Palace 13 5 6 2 26 12 26 21 
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 3 5 18 14 18 21 
6 Sheffield United 11 6 2 3 23 12 23 20 
7 Swindon Town 13 6 2 5 20 14 20 20 
8 Stoke City 12 5 4 3 17 20 17 19 
9 Tranmere Rovers 13 5 4 4 16 14 16 19 
10 Huddersfield Town 12 5 3 4 17 18 17 18 
11 Queens Park Rangers 13 4 5 4 15 16 15 17 
12 Oxford United 13 4 4 5 13 9 13 16 
13 Manchester City 12 5 1 6 13 16 13 16 
14 Birmingham City 11 4 4 3 12 10 12 16 
15 Port Vale 14 3 7 4 11 16 11 16 
16 Ipswich Town 13 3 6 4 18 18 18 15 
17 West Bromwich Albion 12 3 6 3 15 16 15 15 
18 Reading 13 4 3 6 15 23 15 15 
19 Portsmouth 14 4 3 7 14 20 14 15 
20 Southend United 14 3 6 5 13 23 13 15 
21 Grimsby Town 14 3 4 7 16 26 16 13 
22 Bradford City 14 3 3 8 11 22 11 12 
23 Charlton Athletic 11 3 2 6 10 16 10 11 
24 Oldham Athletic 14 1 4 9 13 23 13

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation