Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, August 24, 1996

Swindon Town Port Vale
M.Robinson (63')
 HT: 0-1 J.McCarthy (32')
Attendance:  8,706   Referee:  G. Pooley



Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Arjan VAN HEUSDEN
1
2
Frédéric DARRAS
                 
Andy HILL
2
3
Jason DRYSDALE
                 
Allen TANKARD
3
4
Scott LEITCH
           81'     
Ian BOGIE
4
5
Paul ALLEN
                 
Gareth GRIFFITHS
5
6
Shaun TAYLOR
                 
Neil ASPIN
6
7
Mark ROBINSON
             
  Jon MCCARTHY
7

8
Mark WALTERS  
 63'
               
Andy PORTER
8

9
Steve FINNEY
 63'
               
Stewart TALBOT
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
                81'
Tony NAYLOR
10
11
Kevin HORLOCK  
                 
  Steve GUPPY
11
Substitutes
12
Mark SEAGRAVES
                 
Dean GLOVER
12
13
Peter THORNE

63' 		               
Ray WALKER
13
14
Kevin WATSON

63' 		            
81' 
Martin FOYLE
14













Results on Saturday, August 24, 1996: League Table
 
  Bolton Wanderers 3 - 1 Norwich City  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Ipswich Town 5 - 2 Reading  
  Oxford United 5 - 0 Southend United  
  Sheffield United 4 - 4 Birmingham City  
  Stoke City 2 - 1 Manchester City  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Port Vale  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Bradford City  

Table as at Saturday, August 24, 1996:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 7 
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 6 
3 Queens Park Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 6 
4 Stoke City 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 6 
5 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 5 4 5 4 
6 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 4 
7 Oxford United 2 1 0 1 6 2 6 3 
8 Ipswich Town 2 1 0 1 5 3 5 3 
9 Bradford City 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 3 
10 Crystal Palace 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 3 
11 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 
12 Reading 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 3 
13 Huddersfield Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 
14 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 
15 Manchester City 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 3 
16 Port Vale 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 
17 Sheffield United 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 1 
18 West Bromwich Albion 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 
19 Charlton Athletic 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 
20 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 
21 Southend United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 1 
22 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 3 6 3 0 
23 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 
24 Portsmouth 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 

Key: Promotion places Play-offs Relegation