Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, August 23, 1997

Swindon Town Huddersfield Town
C.Hay (26')
HT: 1-1 M.Stewart (44')
Attendance:  7,683   Referee:  A. Wiley



 
Chris Hay pounces on a goalkeeping error to give Swindon the lead midway through the first half, but Marcus Stewart's goal just before half-time ensures the spoils are shared.




Lineups
1
Fraser DIGBY
                 
Steve FRANCIS
1
2
Frédéric DARRAS
                 
  view STFC profileSteve JENKINS
2
3
Darren BULLOCK
 83'
              
Robbie RYAN
3
4
Scott LEITCH
           74'     
Jon DYSON
4
5
Mark SEAGRAVES
                 
Andy MORRISON
5
6
Alan MCDONALD  
                 
Rob EDWARDS
6
7
Mark WALTERS  
   73'            46'
David BERESFORD
7

8
Philippe CUERVO
                68'
Lee MAKEL
8

9
Chris HAY
 86'
          
Marcus STEWART
9
10
Wayne ALLISON
                 
Alex DYER
10
11
Ty GOODEN
                 
Wayne BURNETT
11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE

86' 
           
46' 
Simon BALDRY
12
13
Kevin WATSON
                 
Kevin GRAY
13
14
Steve MCMAHON  

83' 
           
68' 
  Marcus BROWNING
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Results on Saturday, August 23, 1997: League Table

 
  Birmingham City 3 - 0 Reading  
  Bradford City 2 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Bury 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic  
  Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Stoke City  
  Norwich City 0 - 2 Crewe Alexandra  
  Oxford United 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest  
  Port Vale 3 - 1 Sunderland  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 1 Stockport County  
  Sheffield United 2 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, August 23, 1997:

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

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