Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, March 1, 1997

Swindon Town Charlton Athletic
W.Allison (69')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,256   Referee:  P. Rejer



 
Swindon break a 22 year hoodoo - having not beaten Charlton at the County Ground since 1975, a Wayne Allison goal giving the Town an undeserved 1-0 win.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Andy PETTERSON
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                85'
Steve BROWN
2
3
Frédéric DARRAS
 65'
              
Anthony BARNESS
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                 
Brendan O'CONNELL
4
5
Mark SEAGRAVES
           84'     
Richard RUFUS
5
6
Marlon BROOMES
                 
Stuart BALMER
6
7
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                68'
Mark ROBSON
7

8
Darren BULLOCK
   64'             
Carl LEABURN
8

9
Peter THORNE
                 
  John ROBINSON
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
              71'
Jason LEE
10
11
Steve COWE
 65'
              
  Mark KINSELLA
11
Substitutes
12
Steve FINNEY
              
85' 
Gary POOLE
12
13
Alex SMITH

65' 
           
71' 
  Kevin LISBIE
13
14
Mark WALTERS  

65' 
        70'  
68' 
Shaun NEWTON
14













Results on Saturday, March 1, 1997: League Table

 
  Bradford City 1 - 3 Manchester City  
  Grimsby Town 1 - 2 Birmingham City  
  Norwich City 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Oxford United 1 - 4 Crystal Palace  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Reading  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Southend United 1 - 2 Barnsley  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 0 Ipswich Town  

Table as at Saturday, March 1, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 34 19 11 4 71 45 71 68 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 17 8 9 47 32 47 59 
3 Barnsley 33 16 10 7 56 41 56 58 
4 Sheffield United 34 15 10 9 58 40 58 55 
5 Norwich City 35 15 9 11 53 53 53 54 
6 Crystal Palace 33 14 10 9 63 35 63 52 
7 Port Vale 35 12 14 9 43 39 43 50 
8 Ipswich Town 34 12 13 9 47 42 47 49 
9 Portsmouth 34 14 7 13 41 38 41 49 
10 Swindon Town 35 14 6 15 49 46 49 48 
11 Stoke City 33 13 9 11 40 43 40 48 
12 Tranmere Rovers 33 13 8 12 44 42 44 47 
13 Queens Park Rangers 34 11 11 12 44 46 44 44 
14 Oxford United 34 12 7 15 47 47 47 43 
15 West Bromwich Albion 34 9 14 11 54 60 54 41 
16 Manchester City 32 12 5 15 42 44 42 41 
17 Huddersfield Town 35 10 11 14 40 50 40 41 
18 Reading 33 10 10 13 43 51 43 40 
19 Charlton Athletic 33 11 7 15 39 48 39 40 
20 Birmingham City 32 10 10 12 36 39 36 40 
21 Bradford City 34 8 10 16 33 53 33 34 
22 Southend United 35 7 12 16 34 62 34 33 
23 Grimsby Town 33 7 10 16 42 60 42 31 
24 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 43 33 31 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation