Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, August 29, 1998

Swindon Town Port Vale
D.Barnett (56' o.g.)
HT: 0-1 G.Ainsworth (23')
Attendance:  7,800   Referee:  B. Knight



 
Swindon need an own goal to retrieve a point against Port Vale.




Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Paul MUSSELWHITE
1
2
David KERSLAKE
           24'     
Matt CARRAGHER
2
3
Gareth HALL  
                 
Allen TANKARD
3
4
Robin HULBERT
 75'
              
Ian BOGIE
4
5
Alan REEVES
                 
Stéphane POUNEWATCHY
5
6
Brian BORROWS
                 
Dave BARNETT
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
               
Gareth AINSWORTH
7

8
George NDAH
   32'            74'
Stewart TALBOT
8

9
Iffy ONUORA
           8'    50'
Paul BEESLEY
9
10
Darren BULLOCK
                 
Tony NAYLOR
10
11
Ty GOODEN
                80'
Andy CLARKE
11
Substitutes
12
Chris HAY
              
80' 
Martin FOYLE
12
13
Sol DAVIS
              
50' 
Brian MCGLINCHEY
13
14
Philippe CUERVO

75' 
           
74' 
  Jan JANSSON
14













Results on Saturday, August 29, 1998: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 0 - 0 Barnsley  
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 2 Sheffield United  
  Huddersfield Town 3 - 3 Portsmouth  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Sunderland  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Bury  
  Stockport County 1 - 1 Crystal Palace  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Bristol City  
  West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Norwich City  

Table as at Saturday, August 29, 1998:

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

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation