Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, October 4, 1997

Swindon Town Port Vale
C.Hay (50', 81', 86'), C.Taylor (67')
HT: 0-1 D.Glover (37'), M.Foyle (87')
Attendance:  8,048   Referee:  S. Bennett



 
After going in one down at the break to a superb Lee Glover strike, a second half hat-trick from Chris Hay combined with a long range début goal from Craig Taylor turns the game around against the Valiants.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
           40'     
Paul MUSSELWHITE
1
2
Jason DRYSDALE
 65'
            
Dean GLOVER
2
3
Brian BORROWS
                 
Allen TANKARD
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                46'
Stewart TALBOT
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
   67'           
Neil ASPIN
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
           48'     
Mark SN?DERS
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
 68'
28'            78'
Gareth AINSWORTH
7

8
Kevin WATSON
                 
Ian BOGIE
8

9
Chris HAY
               
Lee MILLS
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
                 
Tony NAYLOR
10
11
Ty GOODEN
                77'
Rogier KOORDES
11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE
            
77' 
Martin FOYLE
12
13
Lee COLLINS

68' 
           
46' 
Andy PORTER
13
14
Frédéric DARRAS

65' 
           
78' 
Wayne CORDEN
14













Results on Saturday, October 4, 1997: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra  
  Bradford City 2 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Ipswich Town 1 - 0 Manchester City  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 4 Charlton Athletic  
  Reading 4 - 0 Sunderland  
  Stockport County 3 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Stoke City 3 - 2 Bury  
  Swindon Town 4 - 2 Port Vale  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 0 Norwich City  
  West Bromwich Albion 1 - 2 Oxford United  

Table as at Saturday, October 4, 1997:

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

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation