Nationwide League Division One
Wednesday, February 26, 1997

Swindon Town Birmingham City
D.Bullock (13'), M.Broomes (39'), S.Cowe (61')
HT: 2-1 G.Ablett (22')
Attendance:  7,428   Referee:  T. Leake



 
Darren Bullock scores on his debut, and Marlon Broomes thumps home an unbelievable strike from thirty-five yards, as Swindon beat Birmingham 3-1.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Ian BENNETT
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                 
Kenny BROWN
2
3
Frédéric DARRAS
                 
  Michael JOHNSON
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                 
Steve BRUCE
4
5
Mark SEAGRAVES
               
Gary ABLETT
5
6
Marlon BROOMES
              84'
Nicky FORSTER
6
7
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                 
  Paul DEVLIN
7

8
Darren BULLOCK
               
  Martin O'CONNOR
8

9
Peter THORNE
 88'
             70'
Mike NEWELL
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
                 
  Barry HORNE
10
11
Steve COWE
 84'
           46'
  Andy LEGG
11
Substitutes
12
Steve FINNEY

88' 
           
46' 
Jonathan HUNT
12
13
Kevin WATSON
              
84' 
Martin GRAINGER
13
14
Wayne O'SULLIVAN

84' 
           
70' 
Paul FURLONG
14













Results on Wednesday, February 26, 1997: League Table

 
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Birmingham City  

Table as at Wednesday, February 26, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 34 19 11 4 71 45 71 68 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 17 7 9 47 32 47 58 
3 Barnsley 32 15 10 7 54 40 54 55 
4 Sheffield United 33 15 9 9 57 39 57 54 
5 Norwich City 34 14 9 11 51 53 51 51 
6 Crystal Palace 32 13 10 9 59 34 59 49 
7 Ipswich Town 33 12 12 9 47 42 47 48 
8 Portsmouth 33 14 6 13 40 37 40 48 
9 Port Vale 34 11 14 9 42 39 42 47 
10 Stoke City 32 13 8 11 40 43 40 47 
11 Tranmere Rovers 32 13 7 12 44 42 44 46 
12 Swindon Town 34 13 6 15 48 46 48 45 
13 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 11 11 44 45 44 44 
14 Oxford United 33 12 7 14 46 43 46 43 
15 West Bromwich Albion 34 9 14 11 54 60 54 41 
16 Huddersfield Town 34 10 11 13 40 48 40 41 
17 Reading 32 10 10 12 43 50 43 40 
18 Charlton Athletic 32 11 7 14 39 47 39 40 
19 Manchester City 31 11 5 15 39 43 39 38 
20 Birmingham City 31 9 10 12 34 38 34 37 
21 Bradford City 33 8 10 15 32 50 32 34 
22 Southend United 34 7 12 15 33 60 33 33 
23 Grimsby Town 32 7 10 15 41 58 41 31 
24 Oldham Athletic 31 6 10 15 32 43 32 28 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation