Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, November 2, 1996

Swindon Town Manchester City
W.Allison (51', 83')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  14,374   Referee:  S. Baines



 
Despite Kevin Horlock's missed penalty in the first half, Wayne Allison nets twice in the second half - the Town beating City 2-0 in a packed County Ground.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
  Andy DIBBLE
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
           71'     
  Eddie MCGOLDRICK
2
3
Ty GOODEN
   26'             
Simon RODGER
3
4
Lee COLLINS
                70'
  Jeff WHITLEY
4
5
Steve COWE
                 
  Kit SYMONS
5
6
Kevin HORLOCK  
   22'             
Darren WASSALL
6
7
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
                 
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7

8
Frédéric DARRAS
   85'             
  Nigel CLOUGH
8

9
Steve FINNEY
                 
  Paul DICKOV
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
               
  Georgi KINKLADZE
10
11
Scott LEITCH
                75'
  Uwe RÖSLER
11
Substitutes
12
Ian CULVERHOUSE
              
70' 
  Michael FRONTZECK
12
13
Kevin WATSON
              
75' 
Mikhail KAVELASHVILI
13
14
Alex SMITH
                 
Ian BRIGHTWELL
14













Results on Saturday, November 2, 1996: League Table

 
  Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Bradford City 0 - 3 Oldham Athletic  
  Norwich City 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  Oxford United 3 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Port Vale 3 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Portsmouth 4 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Stoke City  
  Southend United 2 - 1 Reading  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Manchester City  
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 3 Crystal Palace  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 3 Barnsley  

Table as at Saturday, November 2, 1996:

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

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation