Nationwide League Division Two
Wednesday, January 1, 2003

Cardiff City Swindon Town
R.Earnshaw (89')
HT: 0-0 S.Parkin (70')
Attendance:  13,062   Referee:  A.M. Penn



 
Swindon come oh-so-close to a surprise win over second placed Cardiff - but Robert Earnshaw's last gasp goal wins a point for the Bluebirds.




Lineups
1
Neil ALEXANDER  
                 
Bart GRIEMINK
1
2
Rhys WESTON  
           44'     
Andy GURNEY
6
5
Spencer PRIOR
                 
Matt HEYWOOD
19
23
Chris BARKER
   71'             
Alan REEVES
22
26
Gary CROFT
 78'
              
David DUKE
11
33
FAN Zhiyi
 45'
              
Matt HEWLETT
4
12
Willie BOLAND
                 
Stefani MIGLIORANZI
10
3
Andy LEGG  
                84'
Steve ROBINSON
25

14
Jason BOWEN  
 63'
31'       71'     
Dean MARNEY
3

11
Peter THORNE view STFC profile
               
Sam PARKIN
9
10
Rob EARNSHAW  
              72'
Danny INVINCIBILE
17
Substitutes
7
Andy CAMPBELL

78' 
              
Gareth EDDS
2
8
Graham KAVANAGH  

45' 
           
84' 
Adam WILLIS
5
9
Leo FORTUNE-WEST

63' 
        72'  
72' 
  Éric SABIN
14
18
Scott YOUNG
                 
Luke NIGHTINGALE
16
13
Martyn MARGETSON  
                 
Steve SMITH
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Results on Wednesday, January 1, 2003: League Table

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

Table as at Wednesday, January 1, 2003:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wigan Athletic 25 18 5 2 43 14 29 59 
2 Cardiff City 25 15 5 5 42 21 21 50 
3 Bristol City 25 15 4 6 51 29 22 49 
4 Oldham Athletic 25 14 7 4 40 19 21 49 
5 Crewe Alexandra 25 14 5 6 42 20 22 47 
6 Luton Town 25 10 7 8 37 33 4 37 
7 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 7 8 33 30 3 37 
8 Tranmere Rovers 25 11 4 10 34 38 -4 37 
9 Chesterfield 25 11 4 10 23 27 -4 37 
10 Plymouth Argyle 25 9 9 7 34 31 3 36 
11 Brentford 24 10 6 8 30 27 3 36 
12 Blackpool 25 10 6 9 33 35 -2 36 
13 Wycombe Wanderers 25 8 6 11 33 36 -3 30 
14 Northampton Town 25 8 5 12 23 35 -12 29 
15 Stockport County 25 8 4 13 34 40 -6 28 
16 Swindon Town 25 7 7 11 29 38 -9 28 
17 Port Vale 25 7 6 12 29 39 -10 27 
18 Barnsley 25 7 6 12 29 40 -11 27 
19 Notts County 25 5 11 9 36 39 -3 26 
20 Colchester United 24 6 8 10 24 33 -9 26 
21 Mansfield Town 25 7 3 15 41 58 -17 24 
22 Peterborough United 25 5 8 12 27 36 -9 23 
23 Cheltenham Town 25 5 8 12 23 38 -15 23 
24 Huddersfield Town 25 5 7 13 19 33 -14 22 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation