Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, April 18, 1998

Birmingham City Swindon Town
P.Furlong (9', 34' pen), B.Hughes (82')
HT: 2-0
Attendance:  17,016   Referee:  W. Burns



 
The Blues hand their boss Trevor Francis a present on his birthday - securing an easy 3-0 win.




Lineups
1
Ian BENNETT
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Jerry GILL
                 
David KERSLAKE
2
3
Simon CHARLTON
           45'     
Sol DAVIS
3
4
Steve BRUCE
 88'
        34'     
Craig TAYLOR
4
5
Michael JOHNSON  
                 
Darren BULLOCK
5
6
Chris MARSDEN
                 
Brian BORROWS
6
7
Jon MCCARTHY  
                 
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Martin O'CONNOR  
 69'
             46'
Lee COLLINS
8

9
Dele ADEBOLA
                78'
Chris HAY
9
10
Bryan HUGHES
              61'
Steve FINNEY
10
11
Paul FURLONG
 86'
            
Mark ROBINSON
11
Substitutes
12
Nicky FORSTER

86' 
           
61' 
Steve COWE
12
13
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69' 
           
78' 
Philippe CUERVO
13
14
Darren PURSE

88' 
           
46' 
Ty GOODEN
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Results on Saturday, April 18, 1998: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 3 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Ipswich Town 5 - 1 Port Vale  
  Oxford United 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Sheffield United 3 - 0 Bury  
  Stockport County 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest  
  Stoke City 2 - 0 Norwich City  
  Sunderland 2 - 1 Crewe Alexandra  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 1 Reading  

Table as at Saturday, April 18, 1998:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 44 27 9 8 80 41 80 90 
2 Sunderland 43 24 12 7 81 47 81 84 
3 Charlton Athletic 44 25 9 10 78 49 78 84 
4 Middlesbrough 43 25 9 9 71 39 71 84 
5 Ipswich Town 43 20 14 9 71 41 71 74 
6 Sheffield United 42 19 16 7 63 44 63 73 
7 Birmingham City 44 18 16 10 58 35 58 70 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 52 46 52 64 
9 Stockport County 44 17 8 19 66 66 66 59 
10 Oxford United 44 16 10 18 59 58 59 58 
11 West Bromwich Albion 44 15 12 17 45 53 45 57 
12 Bradford City 43 14 14 15 44 50 44 56 
13 Huddersfield Town 44 14 11 19 50 65 50 53 
14 Crewe Alexandra 43 16 5 22 49 61 49 53 
15 Tranmere Rovers 43 13 13 17 49 51 49 52 
16 Swindon Town 44 14 10 20 41 66 41 52 
17 Norwich City 44 12 13 19 46 69 46 49 
18 Bury 44 10 19 15 41 57 41 49 
19 Queens Park Rangers 43 10 17 16 48 59 48 47 
20 Port Vale 44 12 10 22 52 65 52 46 
21 Stoke City 44 11 13 20 42 66 42 46 
22 Manchester City 44 11 11 22 49 53 49 44 
23 Portsmouth 44 11 10 23 45 62 45 43 
24 Reading 44 11 9 24 39 76 39 42 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation