Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, September 21, 1996

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
P.Murray (28')
HT: 1-1 S.Cowe (25')
Attendance:  13,662   Referee:  P. Rejer



 
Five minutes of frantic action in the first half sees Rangers hit the post, Town take the lead, QPR equalise, miss a golden opportunity and force a superb save from Frank Talia - the game ending in a 1-1 draw.




Lineups
1
Jürgen SOMMER  
                 
Frank TALIA
1
2
Matt JACKSON
                57'
Frédéric DARRAS
2
3
Rufus BREVETT
                 
Gary ELKINS
3
4
Simon BARKER
                 
Scott LEITCH
4
5
Alan MCDONALD view STFC profile 
                 
Mark SEAGRAVES
5
6
Chris PLUMMER
 71'
              
Ian CULVERHOUSE
6
7
Matt BRAZIER
                 
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Paul MURRAY
               
Wayne O'SULLIVAN
8

9
Danny DICHIO
               
Steve COWE
9
10
Andy IMPEY
                 
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Trevor SINCLAIR  
                 
  Kevin HORLOCK
11
Substitutes
12
Mark GRAHAM

71' 
           
57' 
Paul ALLEN
12
13
Tony ROBERTS  
                 
Kevin WATSON
13
14
Lee CHARLES
                 
Steve FINNEY
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Results on Saturday, September 21, 1996: League Table

 
  Bradford City 2 - 4 Bolton Wanderers  
  Grimsby Town 0 - 2 Oxford United  
  Manchester City 1 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Barnsley  
  Portsmouth 0 - 1 Norwich City  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Reading 1 - 6 Crystal Palace  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Port Vale  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 3 West Bromwich Albion  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 2 Sheffield United  

Table as at Saturday, September 21, 1996:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Bolton Wanderers 8 6 1 1 21 11 21 19 
2 Barnsley 7 6 0 1 15 6 15 18 
3 Norwich City 8 5 2 1 9 4 9 17 
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 4 2 2 12 8 12 14 
5 Crystal Palace 8 3 4 1 15 7 15 13 
6 Tranmere Rovers 8 4 1 3 11 9 11 13 
7 Ipswich Town 8 3 3 2 15 12 15 12 
8 Queens Park Rangers 8 3 3 2 11 10 11 12 
9 Manchester City 8 4 0 4 9 9 9 12 
10 West Bromwich Albion 7 3 2 2 12 11 12 11 
11 Stoke City 7 3 2 2 10 12 10 11 
12 Swindon Town 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 11 
13 Sheffield United 6 3 1 2 12 9 12 10 
14 Oxford United 8 3 1 4 11 8 11 10 
15 Huddersfield Town 6 3 1 2 10 8 10 10 
16 Portsmouth 8 3 1 4 6 9 6 10 
17 Birmingham City 6 2 2 2 8 7 8
18 Port Vale 8 1 5 2 6 8 6
19 Reading 8 2 1 5 10 20 10
20 Charlton Athletic 7 2 1 4 6 8 6
21 Southend United 8 1 3 4 7 14 7
22 Bradford City 8 2 0 6 6 14 6
23 Grimsby Town 8 1 2 5 8 18 8
24 Oldham Athletic 8 0 2 6 7 15 7

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation