Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, December 20, 1997

Swindon Town Birmingham City
S.Finney (13')
HT: 1-1 N.Forster (25')
Attendance:  10,334   Referee:  R. Styles



 
Swindon take a point from Birmingham, despite Darren Bullock's first hafl sending off.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Ian BENNETT
1
2
Brian BORROWS
   10'       86'     
  Michael JOHNSON
2
3
Mark ROBINSON
           12'     
Simon CHARLTON
3
4
Darren BULLOCK
   28' 39'           
Steve BRUCE
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
Gary ABLETT
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
                 
  Martin O'CONNOR
6
7
David THOMPSON
   57'       6'     
  Jon MCCARTHY
7

8
Mark WALTERS  
 46'
             34'
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8

9
Steve FINNEY
 69'
          
Nicky FORSTER
9
10
George NDAH
 90'
28'             
Bryan HUGHES
10
11
Ty GOODEN
                63'
  Tony COTTEE
11
Substitutes
12
Chris HAY

69' 
              
  Peter NDLOVU
12
13
Lee COLLINS

46' 
           
34' 
Martin GRAINGER
13
14
Frédéric DARRAS

90' 
           
63' 
  Kevin FRANCIS
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Results on Saturday, December 20, 1997: League Table

 
  Bury 1 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Sunderland  
  Manchester City 2 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Norwich City 0 - 0 Stoke City  
  Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Stockport County  
  Port Vale 1 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Portsmouth 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  Reading 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Birmingham City  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 2 Oxford United  
  West Bromwich Albion 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, December 20, 1997:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Middlesbrough 23 13 6 4 39 19 39 45 
2 Nottingham Forest 23 13 6 4 37 21 37 45 
3 Sheffield United 23 11 9 3 34 22 34 42 
4 Charlton Athletic 23 12 5 6 43 29 43 41 
5 West Bromwich Albion 23 12 4 7 25 21 25 40 
6 Sunderland 22 11 6 5 35 21 35 39 
7 Swindon Town 23 11 5 7 32 31 32 38 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 10 6 7 29 26 29 36 
9 Stockport County 23 10 5 8 39 32 39 35 
10 Bradford City 22 8 9 5 22 21 22 33 
11 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 24 19 24 32 
12 Norwich City 23 8 6 9 23 32 23 30 
13 Ipswich Town 22 6 9 7 27 25 27 27 
14 Queens Park Rangers 22 7 6 9 27 36 27 27 
15 Stoke City 23 7 6 10 24 30 24 27 
16 Oxford United 23 7 5 11 29 33 29 26 
17 Port Vale 23 7 5 11 26 30 26 26 
18 Reading 23 6 7 10 21 35 21 25 
19 Manchester City 23 6 6 11 26 27 26 24 
20 Huddersfield Town 23 6 5 12 24 37 24 23 
21 Tranmere Rovers 22 6 4 12 28 34 28 22 
22 Bury 23 4 10 9 22 32 22 22 
23 Crewe Alexandra 23 6 3 14 26 39 26 21 
24 Portsmouth 22 5 5 12 26 36 26 20 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation