Nationwide League Division One
Tuesday, September 2, 1997

Ipswich Town Swindon Town
M.Venus (36'), D.Sonner (82')
HT: 1-1 W.Allison (23')
Attendance:  11,246   Referee:  P. Taylor



 
Swindon suffer their first defeat of the new campaign - despite taking the lead through Wayne Allison, Ipswich turn the game around to win 2-1.




Lineups
1
Richard WRIGHT  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Mick STOCKWELL
                 
Frédéric DARRAS
2
3
Mauricio TARICCO
   65'             
Jason DRYSDALE
3
4
Geraint WILLIAMS  
                54'
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Mark VENUS
              67'
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Chris SWAILES
                 
  Alan MCDONALD
6
7
Kieron DYER  
                 
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Matt HOLLAND  
                 
Philippe CUERVO
8

9
Mark STEIN
           29'     
Chris HAY
9
10
James SCOWCROFT
 78'
            
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Simon MILTON
 63'
22'             
Ty GOODEN
11
Substitutes
12
David KERSLAKE view STFC profile
                 
Steve COWE
12
13
Alex MATHIE

78' 
        73'  
67' 
Alex SMITH
13
14
Danny SONNER  

63' 
         
54' 
Darren BULLOCK
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Results on Tuesday, September 2, 1997: League Table

 
  Crewe Alexandra 1 - 2 Bury  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Bradford City  
  Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Norwich City  
  Reading 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers  
  Stockport County 1 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Sunderland 3 - 1 Oxford United  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 3 Birmingham City  

Table as at Tuesday, September 2, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bradford City 5 4 1 0 9 3 9 13 
2 Nottingham Forest 4 4 0 0 10 1 10 12 
3 Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 10 2 10 10 
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 7 4 7 10 
5 West Bromwich Albion 4 3 1 0 7 4 7 10 
6 Portsmouth 5 2 2 1 9 7 9
7 Sheffield United 4 2 2 0 4 1 4
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 2 1 1 6 3 6
9 Charlton Athletic 4 2 1 1 6 5 6
10 Middlesbrough 4 2 1 1 5 3 5
11 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 1 2 5 8 5
12 Sunderland 5 2 0 3 7 8 7
13 Bury 5 1 3 1 5 6 5
14 Ipswich Town 4 1 2 1 4 4 4
15 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 1 3 4 9 4
16 Norwich City 5 1 1 3 3 9 3
17 Stoke City 4 1 1 2 2 4 2
18 Oxford United 5 1 0 4 6 9 6
19 Crewe Alexandra 4 1 0 3 5 7 5
20 Stockport County 5 0 3 2 5 7 5
21 Port Vale 3 1 0 2 4 5 4
22 Manchester City 4 0 2 2 5 8 5
23 Huddersfield Town 4 0 2 2 2 5 2
24 Reading 5 0 1 4 2 10 2

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation