Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, March 22, 1997

Port Vale Swindon Town
L.Mills (52')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,142   Referee:  E. Lomas



 
The Town's poor form continues at Vale Park - Lee Mills' strike separating the sides.




Lineups
1
Paul MUSSELWHITE
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Andy HILL
                83'
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Allen TANKARD
                 
Jason DRYSDALE
3
4
Ian BOGIE
                 
Darren BULLOCK
4
5
Stewart TALBOT
                 
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Dean GLOVER
                 
Marlon BROOMES
6
7
Jon MCCARTHY  
                 
Ian CULVERHOUSE
7

8
Andy PORTER
                73'
Kevin WATSON
8

9
Lee MILLS
               
Peter THORNE
9
10
Tony NAYLOR
 78'
              
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Wayne CORDEN
 69'
              
Alex SMITH
11
Substitutes
12
Ray WALKER
              
83' 
Steve FINNEY
12
13
Rogier KOORDES

69' 
           
73' 
Steve COWE
13
14
Martin FOYLE

78' 
              
Frédéric DARRAS
14













Results on Saturday, March 22, 1997: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 1 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Bradford City 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Grimsby Town 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Barnsley  
  Manchester City 2 - 0 Stoke City  
  Norwich City 0 - 1 Bolton Wanderers  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Reading 1 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Southend United 2 - 2 Oxford United  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic  

Table as at Saturday, March 22, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 40 24 12 4 86 48 86 84 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 39 19 8 12 55 41 55 65 
3 Barnsley 37 17 13 7 60 43 60 64 
4 Sheffield United 39 17 11 11 66 47 66 62 
5 Ipswich Town 39 15 13 11 54 47 54 58 
6 Port Vale 40 14 15 11 49 47 49 57 
7 Crystal Palace 36 15 11 10 67 38 67 56 
8 Norwich City 39 15 10 14 55 59 55 55 
9 Stoke City 38 15 9 14 44 48 44 54 
10 Tranmere Rovers 38 14 11 13 50 48 50 53 
11 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 11 14 50 51 50 53 
12 Portsmouth 37 15 8 14 46 42 46 53 
13 Swindon Town 39 15 7 17 51 55 51 52 
14 Oxford United 39 14 8 17 54 55 54 50 
15 Manchester City 38 14 8 16 48 49 48 50 
16 Reading 37 13 11 13 48 52 48 50 
17 Charlton Athletic 38 14 8 16 46 54 46 50 
18 West Bromwich Albion 39 11 14 14 61 64 61 47 
19 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 42 45 42 47 
20 Huddersfield Town 39 11 12 16 42 55 42 45 
21 Bradford City 38 9 11 18 40 61 40 38 
22 Grimsby Town 38 8 12 18 50 70 50 36 
23 Oldham Athletic 36 8 11 17 38 49 38 35 
24 Southend United 39 7 13 19 37 71 37 34 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation