Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, February 21, 1998

Swindon Town Manchester City
S.Cowe (71')
 HT: 0-1 U.Rösler (22', 77'), L.Bradbury (83')
Attendance:  12,280    



 
Relegation threatened Manchester City register a crucial three points at the County Ground, in boss Joe Royle's first match in charge.


Lineups
1
Steve MILDENHALL
                 
  Tommy WRIGHT
1
2
Mark ROBINSON
                 
  Jeff WHITLEY
2
3
Brian BORROWS
                 
Lee BRISCOE
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                44'
  Murtaz SHELIA
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
  Kit SYMONS
5
6
Lee COLLINS
                 
  Kakhaber TSKHADADZE
6
7
Darren BULLOCK
                 
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7

8
Bobby HOWE
                 
Michael BROWN
8

9
Chris HAY
 85'
              62'
Craig RUSSELL
9
10
Steve FINNEY
 50'
              45'
  Georgi KINKLADZE
10
11
Stuart ELLIOTT
 50'
             
  Uwe RÖSLER
11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE

50' 		          
44' 
Gerard WIEKENS
 
13
Alan MCDONALD  

85' 		          
62' 
Lee BRADBURY
 
14
Mark WALTERS  

50' 		            
45' 
  Peter BEARDSLEY
 













Results on Saturday, February 21, 1998: League Table
 
  Bradford City 0 - 0 Oxford United  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Ipswich Town 5 - 0 Norwich City  
  Middlesbrough 3 - 1 Sunderland  
  Queens Park Rangers 0 - 1 Port Vale  
  Reading 0 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Stockport County 3 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Stoke City 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  Swindon Town 1 - 3 Manchester City  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 3 Crewe Alexandra  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 1 Bury  

Table as at Saturday, February 21, 1998:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 32 19 8 5 54 27 54 65 
2 Nottingham Forest 32 19 7 6 52 29 52 64 
3 Sunderland 31 17 7 7 54 32 54 58 
4 Sheffield United 30 14 12 4 46 31 46 54 
5 Charlton Athletic 32 15 8 9 54 42 54 53 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 6 11 42 32 42 51 
7 Stockport County 33 15 5 13 52 43 52 50 
8 West Bromwich Albion 33 14 8 11 35 32 35 50 
9 Ipswich Town 32 12 12 8 48 33 48 48 
10 Birmingham City 31 12 11 8 39 23 39 47 
11 Swindon Town 34 13 7 14 36 49 36 46 
12 Bradford City 34 11 12 11 34 35 34 45 
13 Crewe Alexandra 33 13 4 16 43 48 43 43 
14 Norwich City 33 11 8 14 31 50 31 41 
15 Queens Park Rangers 33 9 11 13 35 48 35 38 
16 Oxford United 32 10 7 15 38 45 38 37 
17 Tranmere Rovers 32 9 9 14 36 41 36 36 
18 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 34 49 34 36 
19 Reading 32 9 9 14 32 50 32 36 
20 Stoke City 33 8 11 14 32 47 32 35 
21 Port Vale 33 9 7 17 38 50 38 34 
22 Manchester City 33 8 9 16 37 38 37 33 
23 Bury 33 5 17 11 29 41 29 32 
24 Portsmouth 32 8 6 18 34 50 34 30 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation