Nationwide League Division One
Wednesday, October 16, 1996

Swindon Town Huddersfield Town
M.Walters (28'), P.Thorne (32', 47', 48'), W.Allison (34'), K.Horlock (41')
HT: 4-0
Attendance:  7,724    



 
With the Town in mid-table and the Terriers in the play-off positions before the start of the game, no-one was expecting Swindon to run riot - and after the Town score four in the first half, Kevin Horlock shows he is as surprised as everyone else, pretending to faint in his goal celebration! Peter Thorne scores two more in the first three minutes of the second half, securing his hat-trick, and a convincing victory for the Town.




Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Steve FRANCIS
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
 77'
              
  view STFC profileSteve JENKINS
2
3
Gary ELKINS
           69'     
Tom COWAN
3
4
Scott LEITCH
 57'
              
Simon COLLINS
4
5
Mark SEAGRAVES
                 
Lee SINNOTT
5
6
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                 
Kevin GRAY
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
         74'    72'
Paul REID
7

8
Frédéric DARRAS
                46'
Jon DYSON
8

9
Peter THORNE
               
Paul DALTON
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
 77'
            
Rodney ROWE
10
11
Kevin HORLOCK  
              76'
Rob EDWARDS
11
Substitutes
12
Paul ALLEN

77' 
           
76' 
Gary CROSBY
12
13
Steve COWE

77' 
           
72' 
Tom HEARY
13
14
Wayne O'SULLIVAN

57' 
           
46' 
Ian LAWSON
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Results on Wednesday, October 16, 1996: League Table

 
  Norwich City 2 - 0 Oldham Athletic  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Crystal Palace  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Bradford City  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Swindon Town 6 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 2 Stoke City  

Table as at Wednesday, October 16, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 12 9 2 1 28 14 28 29 
2 Norwich City 12 8 3 1 19 7 19 27 
3 Crystal Palace 12 5 6 1 25 10 25 21 
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 6 3 4 18 13 18 21 
5 Barnsley 11 6 3 2 17 10 17 21 
6 Stoke City 11 5 4 2 17 16 17 19 
7 Tranmere Rovers 13 5 4 4 16 14 16 19 
8 Sheffield United 10 5 2 3 19 12 19 17 
9 Swindon Town 12 5 2 5 18 13 18 17 
10 Huddersfield Town 11 5 2 4 17 18 17 17 
11 Queens Park Rangers 13 4 5 4 15 16 15 17 
12 Oxford United 12 4 3 5 13 9 13 15 
13 Birmingham City 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 15 
14 Ipswich Town 12 3 5 4 17 17 17 14 
15 West Bromwich Albion 11 3 5 3 14 15 14 14 
16 Reading 12 4 2 6 14 22 14 14 
17 Portsmouth 13 4 2 7 13 19 13 14 
18 Southend United 13 3 5 5 13 23 13 14 
19 Manchester City 11 4 1 6 11 15 11 13 
20 Port Vale 13 2 7 4 10 16 10 13 
21 Grimsby Town 13 3 3 7 15 25 15 12 
22 Bradford City 13 3 2 8 9 20 9 11 
23 Charlton Athletic 10 3 1 6 7 13 7 10 
24 Oldham Athletic 13 1 3 9 12 22 12

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation