Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, January 17, 1998

Swindon Town Reading

HT: 0-2 S.Lovell (10'), J.Lambert (14')
Attendance:  9,500   Referee:  E. Lomas



 
A slip from Fraser Digby and some shambolic defending gives the Royals an early two goal lead at the County Ground, from which the Town cannot recover.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
view STFC profileNicky HAMMOND
1
2
Brian BORROWS
   84'       73'     
Martyn BOOTY
2
3
Mark ROBINSON
           83'     
Steve SWALES
3
4
Darren BULLOCK
 77'
              
  Andy BERNAL
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
view STFC profileGareth DAVIES
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
 67'
34'             
Phil PARKINSON
6
7
Philippe CUERVO
                 
  Jason BOWEN
7

8
Bobby HOWE
                85'
Lee HODGES
8

9
Chris HAY
                 
Trevor MORLEY
9
10
Steve FINNEY
              87'
Stuart LOVELL
10
11
Ty GOODEN
               
Jamie LAMBERT
11
Substitutes
12
Lee COLLINS

67' 
           
85' 
  Ray HOUGHTON
12
13
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                 
Michael THORP
13
14
Kevin WATSON

77' 
           
87' 
view STFC profileMichael MEAKER
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Results on Saturday, January 17, 1998: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Manchester City 0 - 1 Sunderland  
  Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest  
  Oxford United 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Sheffield United 1 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Reading  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra  

Table as at Saturday, January 17, 1998:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 27 16 6 5 45 25 45 54 
2 Middlesbrough 27 15 7 5 44 24 44 52 
3 Charlton Athletic 27 15 5 7 51 35 51 50 
4 Sunderland 26 14 7 5 43 24 43 49 
5 Sheffield United 27 13 10 4 43 29 43 49 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 13 6 8 37 27 37 45 
7 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 6 9 27 25 27 42 
8 Birmingham City 27 10 10 7 32 19 32 40 
9 Stockport County 26 11 5 10 44 37 44 38 
10 Swindon Town 27 11 5 11 32 40 32 38 
11 Bradford City 27 9 10 8 26 28 26 37 
12 Norwich City 27 10 6 11 27 39 27 36 
13 Queens Park Rangers 27 8 9 10 30 40 30 33 
14 Reading 27 8 9 10 27 38 27 33 
15 Ipswich Town 26 7 11 8 30 27 30 32 
16 Stoke City 27 8 8 11 29 41 29 32 
17 Crewe Alexandra 27 9 4 14 31 40 31 31 
18 Port Vale 27 8 5 14 29 38 29 29 
19 Huddersfield Town 27 7 7 13 30 40 30 28 
20 Oxford United 27 7 6 14 32 42 32 27 
21 Manchester City 27 7 6 14 31 32 31 27 
22 Tranmere Rovers 26 6 8 12 28 34 28 26 
23 Bury 26 4 13 9 24 34 24 25 
24 Portsmouth 26 6 5 15 30 44 30 23 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation