Nationwide League Division One
Sunday, December 22, 1996

Swindon Town Bolton Wanderers
M.Walters (33'), W.Allison (74')
HT: 1-0 S.Green (58'), J.McGinlay (85')
Attendance:  8,946    



 
John McGinlay responds to the "fat bastard" chants from the home crowd - the Bolton striker netting a late equaliser.



 
John McGinlay responds to the "fat bastard" chants from the home crowd - the Bolton striker netting a late equaliser.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Gavin WARD
1
2
David KERSLAKE
                 
  Guđni BERGSSON
2
3
Kevin HORLOCK  
                 
Jimmy PHILLIPS
3
4
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
                 
  Per FRANDSEN
4
5
Mark ROBINSON
                 
  Gerry TAGGART
5
6
Frédéric DARRAS
 67'
              
Chris FAIRCLOUGH
6
7
Ian CULVERHOUSE
                55'
  Michael JOHANSEN
7

8
Kevin WATSON
                 
Scott SELLARS
8

9
Steve COWE
                 
  Nathan BLAKE
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
             
  John MCGINLAY
10
11
Mark WALTERS  
 40'
      52'     
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11
Substitutes
12
Gary ELKINS

67' 
81'             
Jamie POLLOCK
12
13
Alex SMITH

40' 
52'             
Bryan SMALL
13
14
Lee COLLINS
            
55' 
Scott GREEN
14













Results on Sunday, December 22, 1996: League Table

 
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Bolton Wanderers  

Table as at Sunday, December 22, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Barnsley 23 12 8 3 42 26 42 44 
2 Bolton Wanderers 24 11 10 3 48 34 48 43 
3 Sheffield United 24 12 6 6 40 25 40 42 
4 Crystal Palace 24 10 9 5 48 24 48 39 
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 10 6 7 31 22 31 36 
6 Oxford United 24 9 7 8 34 25 34 34 
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 7 8 31 29 31 34 
8 Stoke City 22 9 7 6 30 31 30 34 
9 Port Vale 24 8 10 6 28 24 28 34 
10 Norwich City 23 9 6 8 30 33 30 33 
11 Birmingham City 23 8 9 6 24 22 24 33 
12 Tranmere Rovers 24 9 5 10 31 31 31 32 
13 Swindon Town 24 9 3 12 34 32 34 30 
14 Ipswich Town 24 7 9 8 30 34 30 30 
15 Portsmouth 24 8 6 10 28 30 28 30 
16 West Bromwich Albion 23 6 11 6 36 37 36 29 
17 Charlton Athletic 23 9 2 12 24 33 24 29 
18 Huddersfield Town 24 7 7 10 27 33 27 28 
19 Reading 24 7 7 10 25 33 25 28 
20 Manchester City 23 8 2 13 27 37 27 26 
21 Oldham Athletic 24 6 8 10 26 29 26 26 
22 Southend United 24 5 10 9 24 41 24 25 
23 Bradford City 24 5 8 11 22 38 22 23 
24 Grimsby Town 23 5 7 11 25 42 25 22 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation