Nationwide League Division Two
Saturday, December 21, 2002

Swindon Town Crewe Alexandra
S.Parkin (75' pen)
HT: 0-2 D.Ashton (18'), S.Foster (40'), R.Jack (59')
Attendance:  4,957 (276 away fans)   Referee:  L.E. Cable



 
After seven league games without defeat, Crewe put an end to the Town's good run.



 
After seven league games without defeat, Crewe put an end to the Town's good run.




Lineups
1
Bart GRIEMINK
                 
  Clayton INCE
13
6
Andy GURNEY
                 
David WRIGHT
2
22
Alan REEVES
                 
Dave WALTON
5
19
Matt HEYWOOD
               
Steve FOSTER
6
11
David DUKE
                 
Paul TIERNEY
29
10
Stefani MIGLIORANZI
                 
Neil SORVEL
12
25
Steve ROBINSON
                 
Dave BRAMMER
8
4
Matt HEWLETT
                 
Kenny LUNT
4

17
Danny INVINCIBILE
           44'     
  Dave VAUGHAN
14

9
Sam PARKIN
             
  Dean ASHTON
10
14
Éric SABIN  
 65'
20'          62'
  Rodney JACK
11
Substitutes
2
Gareth EDDS
                 
Richard WALKER
3
5
Adam WILLIS
                 
  Steve JONES
17
8
John SUTTON

65' 
           
62' 
Ben RIX
19
21
Dave BAMPTON
                 
John MILES
25
18
Craig FARR
                 
Ade BANKOLE
1













Results on Saturday, December 21, 2002: League Table

 
  Barnsley 0 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Blackpool 3 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Bristol City 1 - 1 Luton Town  
  Cheltenham Town 0 - 0 Wycombe Wanderers  
  Chesterfield 0 - 1 Oldham Athletic  
  Port Vale 1 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Swindon Town 1 - 3 Crewe Alexandra  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Notts County  
  Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 21, 2002:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wigan Athletic 22 15 5 2 37 13 24 50 
2 Cardiff City 22 14 4 4 37 18 19 46 
3 Bristol City 22 14 3 5 46 26 20 45 
4 Oldham Athletic 22 12 6 4 35 16 19 42 
5 Crewe Alexandra 22 12 5 5 35 18 17 41 
6 Brentford 22 9 6 7 28 25 3 33 
7 Queens Park Rangers 22 8 7 7 29 26 3 31 
8 Luton Town 22 8 7 7 32 30 2 31 
9 Blackpool 22 9 4 9 28 32 -4 31 
10 Tranmere Rovers 22 9 4 9 28 35 -7 31 
11 Chesterfield 22 9 3 10 18 24 -6 30 
12 Plymouth Argyle 22 7 8 7 30 30 0 29 
13 Stockport County 22 8 3 11 30 31 -1 27 
14 Wycombe Wanderers 22 7 6 9 29 31 -2 27 
15 Port Vale 22 7 5 10 27 35 -8 26 
16 Colchester United 22 6 7 9 22 29 -7 25 
17 Northampton Town 22 7 4 11 21 33 -12 25 
18 Swindon Town 22 6 6 10 26 34 -8 24 
19 Barnsley 22 6 6 10 24 34 -10 24 
20 Notts County 22 4 11 7 32 33 -1 23 
21 Cheltenham Town 22 5 7 10 20 29 -9 22 
22 Peterborough United 22 5 6 11 26 33 -7 21 
23 Huddersfield Town 22 5 6 11 17 26 -9 21 
24 Mansfield Town 22 6 3 13 37 53 -16 21 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation