Nationwide League Division One
Tuesday, February 17, 1998

Port Vale Swindon Town

HT: 0-1 L.Collins (4')
Attendance:  5,925    



 
Lee Collins notches his first goal for the Town, McMahon is sent to the stands, and Steve Finney is forced to go in goal after Fraser Digby is stretchered off - but Swindon hold on for their third win in 17 matches.




Lineups
1
Arjan VAN HEUSDEN
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Andy HILL
                 
Mark ROBINSON
2
3
Allen TANKARD
 66'
              
Brian BORROWS
3
4
Stewart TALBOT
   78'             
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Dean GLOVER
                 
Craig TAYLOR
5
6
Mark SN?DERS
               
Lee COLLINS
6
7
Gareth AINSWORTH
           76'     
Darren BULLOCK
7

8
Andy PORTER
           31'     
Bobby HOWE
8

9
Lee MILLS
                82'
Chris HAY
9
10
Martin FOYLE
 82'
              
Steve FINNEY
10
11
Jan JANSSON  
 82'
        19'    36'
Jason DRYSDALE
11
Substitutes
 
Tony NAYLOR

82' 
           
82' 
Steve COWE
12
 
Ian BOGIE

82' 
           
36' 
Philippe CUERVO
13
14
Wayne CORDEN

66' 
             
  Mark WALTERS
14













Results on Tuesday, February 17, 1998: League Table

 
  Bury 0 - 0 Stoke City  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Crewe Alexandra 0 - 2 Birmingham City  
  Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Oxford United 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Port Vale 0 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Portsmouth 1 - 0 Stockport County  
  Sunderland 4 - 1 Reading  

Table as at Tuesday, February 17, 1998:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 31 19 6 6 51 28 51 63 
2 Middlesbrough 31 18 8 5 51 26 51 62 
3 Sunderland 30 17 7 6 53 29 53 58 
4 Sheffield United 30 14 12 4 46 31 46 54 
5 Charlton Athletic 31 15 8 8 54 39 54 53 
6 West Bromwich Albion 32 14 7 11 34 31 34 49 
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 14 6 10 40 30 40 48 
8 Stockport County 32 14 5 13 49 43 49 47 
9 Birmingham City 31 12 11 8 39 23 39 47 
10 Swindon Town 33 13 7 13 35 46 35 46 
11 Bradford City 32 11 11 10 33 33 33 44 
12 Ipswich Town 30 10 12 8 41 32 41 42 
13 Norwich City 31 11 8 12 31 43 31 41 
14 Crewe Alexandra 32 12 4 16 40 48 40 40 
15 Queens Park Rangers 32 9 11 12 35 47 35 38 
16 Oxford United 31 10 6 15 38 45 38 36 
17 Reading 31 9 9 13 32 49 32 36 
18 Stoke City 32 8 10 14 31 46 31 34 
19 Tranmere Rovers 30 8 9 13 34 38 34 33 
20 Huddersfield Town 32 8 9 15 33 49 33 33 
21 Port Vale 32 8 7 17 37 50 37 31 
22 Bury 32 5 16 11 28 40 28 31 
23 Manchester City 31 7 9 15 33 35 33 30 
24 Portsmouth 31 7 6 18 33 50 33 27 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation