Nationwide League Division One
Tuesday, October 21, 1997

Sunderland Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  27,553    



 
Kevin Phillips' missed penalty means that the Town come away from the Stadium of Light with a point - but it's not enough to keep them in the top two.




Lineups
1
Lionel PÉREZ
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
Chris MAKIN
 11'
              
Brian BORROWS
2
3
Darren WILLIAMS
           26'     
Ian CULVERHOUSE
3
4
Lee CLARK
           10'     
Darren BULLOCK
4
5
Kevin BALL
   79'             
Craig TAYLOR
5
6
Jody CRADDOCK
                 
Chris CASPER
6
7
Allan JOHNSTON  
                80'
Kevin WATSON
7

8
Richard ORD
                 
Lee COLLINS
8

9
Michael BRIDGES
                 
Chris HAY
9
10
Kevin PHILLIPS  
                 
Wayne ALLISON
10
11
Michael GRAY  
                 
Ty GOODEN
11
Substitutes
12
Martin SMITH

11' 
              
Steve COWE
12
13
Chris BYRNE
                 
Robin HULBERT
13
14
Darren HOLLOWAY
              
80' 
  Mark WALTERS
14













Results on Tuesday, October 21, 1997: League Table

 
  Bury 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Ipswich Town  
  Norwich City 0 - 0 Reading  
  Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion  
  Oxford United 1 - 4 Middlesbrough  
  Port Vale 4 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Portsmouth 1 - 1 Bradford City  
  Sheffield United 5 - 1 Stockport County  
  Sunderland 0 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Tuesday, October 21, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 12 8 2 2 18 7 18 26 
2 Sheffield United 10 6 4 0 18 7 18 22 
3 Swindon Town 13 6 4 3 17 17 17 22 
4 West Bromwich Albion 12 6 3 3 15 12 15 21 
5 Charlton Athletic 11 6 2 3 24 15 24 20 
6 Bradford City 12 5 5 2 15 14 15 20 
7 Middlesbrough 10 5 3 2 18 11 18 18 
8 Port Vale 13 5 3 5 18 16 18 18 
9 Queens Park Rangers 12 5 3 4 16 19 16 18 
10 Stoke City 11 5 3 3 13 12 13 18 
11 Sunderland 12 5 2 5 17 16 17 17 
12 Birmingham City 11 5 2 4 14 9 14 17 
13 Stockport County 13 4 4 5 21 21 21 16 
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 4 4 4 15 14 15 16 
15 Crewe Alexandra 12 4 3 5 17 18 17 15 
16 Bury 13 3 6 4 15 19 15 15 
17 Norwich City 12 4 3 5 9 18 9 15 
18 Oxford United 13 4 1 8 18 23 18 13 
19 Reading 13 3 4 6 13 21 13 13 
20 Tranmere Rovers 11 3 2 6 16 16 16 11 
21 Manchester City 10 2 4 4 16 13 16 10 
22 Ipswich Town 10 2 4 4 10 12 10 10 
23 Portsmouth 12 2 3 7 15 21 15
24 Huddersfield Town 12 0 4 8 7 24 7

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation