Nationwide League Division One
Sunday, December 28, 1997

Swindon Town Ipswich Town

HT: 0-0 D.Johnson (49' pen), B.Petta (79')
Attendance:  10,609   Referee:  D. Orr



 
A penalty and an unfortunate deflection give Ipswich victory at the County Ground.


Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Richard WRIGHT
1
2
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                 
Mick STOCKWELL
2
3
Mark ROBINSON
                 
Mauricio TARICCO
3
4
Scott LEITCH
 67'
               
  Geraint WILLIAMS
4
5
Frédéric DARRAS
 51'
               
Tony MOWBRAY
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
   31'       53'     
Mark VENUS
6
7
David THOMPSON
                84'
  Kieron DYER
7

8
Mark WALTERS  
 77'
               
  Matt HOLLAND
8

9
Chris HAY
               
  David JOHNSON
9
10
George NDAH
           74'     
  Danny SONNER
10
11
Ty GOODEN
         9'     
Bobby PETTA
11
Substitutes
12
Steve FINNEY

77' 		            
84' 
Simon MILTON
12
13
Lee COLLINS

67' 		 90'             
Richard NAYLOR
13
14
Craig TAYLOR

51' 		               
Wayne BROWN
14













Results on Sunday, December 28, 1997: League Table
 
  Birmingham City 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Bury 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra  
  Manchester City 2 - 3 Nottingham Forest  
  Middlesbrough 3 - 1 Stockport County  
  Oxford United 1 - 1 Sunderland  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Reading  
  Sheffield United 4 - 1 Charlton Athletic  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Ipswich Town  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Stoke City  

Table as at Sunday, December 28, 1997:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 25 15 6 4 43 20 43 51 
2 Nottingham Forest 25 15 6 4 43 23 43 51 
3 Sheffield United 25 12 10 3 40 25 40 46 
4 Charlton Athletic 25 13 5 7 46 34 46 44 
5 Sunderland 24 12 7 5 38 22 38 43 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 12 6 7 32 26 32 42 
7 West Bromwich Albion 25 12 5 8 27 24 27 41 
8 Stockport County 25 11 5 9 43 35 43 38 
9 Swindon Town 25 11 5 9 32 36 32 38 
10 Birmingham City 25 9 9 7 25 19 25 36 
11 Bradford City 25 8 10 7 23 25 23 34 
12 Queens Park Rangers 25 8 7 10 30 40 30 31 
13 Ipswich Town 24 7 9 8 29 26 29 30 
14 Norwich City 24 8 6 10 24 34 24 30 
15 Stoke City 25 7 8 10 27 33 27 29 
16 Reading 25 7 8 10 24 37 24 29 
17 Oxford United 25 7 6 12 30 35 30 27 
18 Port Vale 25 7 5 13 26 35 26 26 
19 Crewe Alexandra 25 7 4 14 28 40 28 25 
20 Manchester City 25 6 6 13 28 31 28 24 
21 Tranmere Rovers 24 6 6 12 28 34 28 24 
22 Huddersfield Town 25 6 6 13 25 39 25 24 
23 Bury 25 4 12 9 23 33 23 24 
24 Portsmouth 23 6 5 12 29 37 29 23 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation