Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, October 26, 1996

Reading Swindon Town
T.Morley (51' pen, 60')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  11,018    



 
A second half Trevor Morley double wins the M4 derby for the Royals.




Lineups
1
Tommy WRIGHT  
           51'     
Frank TALIA
1
2
Andy BERNAL  
           14'     
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Paul BODIN view STFC profile 
                 
Gary ELKINS
3
4
Keith MCPHERSON
                46'
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Barry HUNTER  
                87'
Paul ALLEN
5
6
Jeff HOPKINS  
           83'     
Ian CULVERHOUSE
6
7
Michael GILKES  
                 
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Jamie LAMBERT
 81'
             79'
Frédéric DARRAS
8

9
Trevor MORLEY
   84'           
Peter THORNE
9
10
Lee NOGAN  
                 
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Mick GOODING
                 
  Kevin HORLOCK
11
Substitutes
 
Michael MEAKER view STFC profile
              
79' 
Kevin WATSON
12
 
Jimmy QUINN view STFC profile 
              
87' 
Steve COWE
13
14
Darren CASKEY

81' 
           
46' 
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
14













Results on Saturday, October 26, 1996: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 2 - 3 Norwich City  
  Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Oxford United  
  Crystal Palace 3 - 0 Grimsby Town  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Port Vale  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 0 Southend United  
  Reading 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Sheffield United 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Stoke City 3 - 1 Portsmouth  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 Bradford City  

Table as at Saturday, October 26, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 14 9 4 1 33 19 33 31 
2 Norwich City 14 9 3 2 23 11 23 30 
3 Crystal Palace 14 6 6 2 29 12 29 24 
4 Barnsley 13 6 5 2 21 14 21 23 
5 Tranmere Rovers 15 6 4 5 20 17 20 22 
6 Stoke City 13 6 4 3 20 21 20 22 
7 Sheffield United 12 6 3 3 24 13 24 21 
8 Queens Park Rangers 15 5 6 4 19 19 19 21 
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 3 5 18 14 18 21 
10 Swindon Town 14 6 2 6 20 16 20 20 
11 Port Vale 15 4 7 4 12 16 12 19 
12 Huddersfield Town 13 5 3 5 17 19 17 18 
13 Reading 14 5 3 6 17 23 17 18 
14 West Bromwich Albion 13 3 7 3 15 16 15 16 
15 Birmingham City 12 4 4 4 14 13 14 16 
16 Oxford United 14 4 4 6 13 11 13 16 
17 Manchester City 12 5 1 6 13 16 13 16 
18 Southend United 15 3 7 5 13 23 13 16 
19 Ipswich Town 14 3 6 5 18 20 18 15 
20 Portsmouth 15 4 3 8 15 23 15 15 
21 Charlton Athletic 12 4 2 6 12 16 12 14 
22 Grimsby Town 15 3 4 8 16 29 16 13 
23 Bradford City 15 3 4 8 11 22 11 13 
24 Oldham Athletic 15 1 5 9 13 23 13

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation