Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, January 25, 1997

Swindon Town Grimsby Town
K.Horlock (53'), W.Allison (65'), M.Walters (71')
HT: 0-2 T.Gallimore (5'), M.Appleton (45'), C.Mendonca (88')
Attendance:  9,127   Referee:  C. Wilkes



 
After going two behind in the first half, Swindon turn it around in the second - Kevin Horlock and Wayne Allison levelling the game, before Mark Walters puts the Town into the lead for the first time with twenty minutes remaining. Grimsby have the last laugh though - Clive Mendonca netting an equaliser with just two minutes left, to send the bottom-of-the-table Mariners home with a point.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Jason PEARCEY
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                 
John MCDERMOTT
2
3
Jason DRYSDALE
               
Tony GALLIMORE
3
4
Scott LEITCH
   5'       29'     
Ashley FICKLING
4
5
Mark SEAGRAVES
   62'             
Mark LEVER
5
6
Marlon BROOMES
                73'
Kevin JOBLING
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
             
Michael APPLETON
7

8
Kevin WATSON
                73'
Jack LESTER
8

9
Steve COWE
           81'     
Neil WOODS
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
   31'         
Clive MENDONCA
10
11
Kevin HORLOCK  
              83'
Nicky SOUTHALL
11
Substitutes
12
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
              
73' 
  John OSTER
12
13
Alex SMITH
              
83' 
Gary CHILDS
13
14
Frédéric DARRAS
              
73' 
Steve LIVINGSTONE
14













Results on Saturday, January 25, 1997: League Table

 
  Ipswich Town 5 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Swindon Town 3 - 3 Grimsby Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 25, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 29 16 10 3 61 37 61 58 
2 Sheffield United 28 14 7 7 49 31 49 49 
3 Barnsley 27 13 8 6 46 32 46 47 
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 13 7 8 39 28 39 46 
5 Norwich City 28 13 6 9 39 38 39 45 
6 Stoke City 27 12 7 8 36 36 36 43 
7 Port Vale 29 10 12 7 36 32 36 42 
8 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 8 9 42 40 42 41 
9 Crystal Palace 27 10 10 7 51 30 51 40 
10 Ipswich Town 29 10 10 9 41 39 41 40 
11 Oxford United 28 11 7 10 39 32 39 40 
12 Tranmere Rovers 28 11 6 11 37 36 37 39 
13 Huddersfield Town 29 10 9 10 35 37 35 39 
14 Portsmouth 29 10 6 13 32 36 32 36 
15 Birmingham City 25 9 9 7 28 24 28 36 
16 Swindon Town 28 10 5 13 40 38 40 35 
17 Charlton Athletic 28 10 5 13 30 38 30 35 
18 West Bromwich Albion 29 7 13 9 44 50 44 34 
19 Reading 28 7 9 12 31 43 31 30 
20 Oldham Athletic 27 6 10 11 30 34 30 28 
21 Manchester City 27 8 4 15 29 42 29 28 
22 Bradford City 29 6 9 14 27 45 27 27 
23 Southend United 28 5 10 13 26 51 26 25 
24 Grimsby Town 27 5 9 13 31 50 31 24 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation