Nationwide League Division Two
Saturday, May 8, 2004

Swindon Town Hartlepool United
S.Igoe (7')
HT: 1-0 A.Boyd (71')
Attendance:  11,627 (1,318 away fans)   Referee:  M. Fletcher



 
Sitting in fifth and sixth place respectively, Swindon and Hartlepool go into the last game of the season both requiring a draw to confirm their play-off place - and though most predict a dull no-score draw, a fluke from Sammy Igoe puts the Town one up. With Swindon on top in the first half, Hartlepool come out all guns blazing for the second - when they equalise with twenty minutes remaining, the remainder of the game sees the strange sight of both sides keeping the ball to hold onto the point they both need.




Lineups
20
Rhys EVANS
                 
Jim PROVETT
19
15
Andy NICHOLAS
                 
Micky BARRON
2
2
Sean O'HANLON
                 
Michael NELSON
5
22
Alan REEVES
                 
Chris WESTWOOD
6
6
Andy GURNEY
                 
Hugh ROBERTSON
16
11
David DUKE
                 
Mark TINKLER
4
17
Brian HOWARD
   68'             
Ritchie HUMPHREYS
8
4
Matt HEWLETT
                 
Eifion WILLIAMS
9

7
Sammy IGOE
               
Antony SWEENEY
18

9
Sam PARKIN
         70'     
Adam BOYD
15
16
Rory FALLON  
                58'
  Joel PORTER
32
Substitutes
3
Grant SMITH
                 
Darrell CLARKE
7
5
Adrian VIVEASH
                 
Neil DANNS
14
8
Tommy MOONEY
              
58' 
Paul ROBINSON
23
23
Michael POOK
                 
Gavin STRACHAN
25
1
Bart GRIEMINK
                 
Dimi KONSTANTOPOULOS
30













Results on Saturday, May 8, 2004: League Table

 
  Brentford 1 - 0 AFC Bournemouth   
  Bristol City 2 - 1 Blackpool  
  Chesterfield 1 - 0 Luton Town  
  Notts County 1 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Peterborough United 1 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Rushden and Diamonds 0 - 2 Port Vale  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 3 Queens Park Rangers  
  Stockport County 2 - 3 Barnsley  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Hartlepool United  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Wrexham 0 - 2 Brighton and Hove Albion  

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 26 12 8 85 41 44 90 
2 Queens Park Rangers 46 22 17 7 80 45 35 83 
3 Bristol City 46 23 13 10 58 37 21 82 
4 Brighton and Hove Albion 46 22 11 13 64 43 21 77 
5 Swindon Town 46 20 13 13 76 58 18 73 
6 Hartlepool United 46 20 13 13 76 61 15 73 
7 Port Vale 46 21 10 15 73 63 10 73 
8 Tranmere Rovers 46 17 16 13 59 56 3 67 
9 AFC Bournemouth 46 17 15 14 56 51 5 66 
10 Luton Town 46 17 15 14 69 66 3 66 
11 Colchester United 46 17 13 16 52 56 -4 64 
12 Barnsley 46 15 17 14 54 58 -4 62 
13 Wrexham 46 17 9 20 50 60 -10 60 
14 Blackpool 46 16 11 19 58 65 -7 59 
15 Oldham Athletic 46 12 21 13 66 60 6 57 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 14 19 48 64 -16 53 
17 Brentford 46 14 11 21 52 69 -17 53 
18 Peterborough United 46 12 16 18 58 58 0 52 
19 Stockport County 46 11 19 16 62 70 -8 52 
20 Chesterfield 46 12 15 19 49 71 -22 51 
21 Grimsby Town 46 13 11 22 55 81 -26 50 
22 Rushden and Diamonds 46 13 9 24 60 74 -14 48 
23 Notts County 46 10 12 24 50 78 -28 42 
24 Wycombe Wanderers 46 6 19 21 50 75 -25 37 

Key: Promoted Promoted via Play-offs Play-offs Relegated