Nationwide League Division One
Friday, December 26, 1997

Nottingham Forest Swindon Town
K.Campbell (10', 22'), A.Johnson (29')
HT: 3-0
Attendance:  26,500    



 
Forest net three times in the first half hour, before easing off for a comfortable victory.



 
Forest net three times in the first half hour, before easing off for a comfortable victory.




Lineups
1
Dave BEASANT  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Des LYTTLE
                28'
Brian BORROWS
2
3
Alan ROGERS
                 
Mark ROBINSON
3
4
Colin COOPER  
           45'     
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Steve CHETTLE
                 
Craig TAYLOR
5
6
Andy JOHNSON  
               
  Alan MCDONALD
6
7
Steve STONE  
 88'
        28'     
David THOMPSON
7

8
Scot GEMMILL  
 83'
              
Lee COLLINS
8

9
Pierre VAN HOO?DONK  
                55'
Steve FINNEY
9
10
Kevin CAMPBELL
               
George NDAH
10
11
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 83'
              
Ty GOODEN
11
Substitutes
 
Ian MOORE

88' 
           
55' 
Chris HAY
12
 
Thierry BONALAIR

83' 
           
28' 
Jason DRYSDALE
13
 
Craig ARMSTRONG

83' 
              
  Mark WALTERS
14













Results on Friday, December 26, 1997: League Table

 
  Charlton Athletic 2 - 1 Norwich City  
  Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Manchester City  
  Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Middlesbrough  
  Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Portsmouth 3 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Reading 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Stockport County 3 - 0 Port Vale  
  Stoke City 2 - 2 Sheffield United  
  Sunderland 2 - 0 Bradford City  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 0 Bury  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Oxford United  

Table as at Friday, December 26, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 24 14 6 4 40 19 40 48 
2 Nottingham Forest 24 14 6 4 40 21 40 48 
3 Charlton Athletic 24 13 5 6 45 30 45 44 
4 Sheffield United 24 11 10 3 36 24 36 43 
5 Sunderland 23 12 6 5 37 21 37 42 
6 West Bromwich Albion 24 12 4 8 26 23 26 40 
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 11 6 7 30 26 30 39 
8 Stockport County 24 11 5 8 42 32 42 38 
9 Swindon Town 24 11 5 8 32 34 32 38 
10 Birmingham City 24 9 8 7 25 19 25 35 
11 Bradford City 24 8 9 7 22 24 22 33 
12 Queens Park Rangers 24 8 6 10 29 39 29 30 
13 Norwich City 24 8 6 10 24 34 24 30 
14 Stoke City 24 7 7 10 26 32 26 28 
15 Reading 24 7 7 10 23 36 23 28 
16 Ipswich Town 23 6 9 8 27 26 27 27 
17 Oxford United 24 7 5 12 29 34 29 26 
18 Port Vale 24 7 5 12 26 33 26 26 
19 Crewe Alexandra 24 7 3 14 27 39 27 24 
20 Manchester City 24 6 6 12 26 28 26 24 
21 Portsmouth 23 6 5 12 29 37 29 23 
22 Tranmere Rovers 23 6 5 12 28 34 28 23 
23 Huddersfield Town 24 6 5 13 24 38 24 23 
24 Bury 24 4 11 9 22 32 22 23 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation