Nationwide League Division One
Wednesday, January 28, 1998

Swindon Town Stoke City
M.Robinson (71')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  6,683   Referee:  A. Hall



 
Chris Kamara returns to the County Ground as manager of Stoke - but fellow former Town man Peter Thorne misses a sitter, and a goal from Mark Robinson gives Swindon the win.




Lineups
1
Steve MILDENHALL
                 
Carl MUGGLETON
1
2
Brian BORROWS
           73'     
Ally PICKERING
2
3
Mark ROBINSON
         58'     
Kofi NYAMAH
3
4
David THOMPSON
                 
Justin WHITTLE
4
5
Craig TAYLOR
                 
Steven TWEED
5
6
Lee COLLINS
                 
Kevin KEEN
6
7
Philippe CUERVO
           80'     
Paul HOLSGROVE
7

8
Bobby HOWE
                 
Ray WALLACE
8

9
Chris HAY
                 
view STFC profilePeter THORNE
9
10
Steve FINNEY
                89'
Tony SCULLY
10
11
Jason DRYSDALE
 80'
             80'
  Graham KAVANAGH
11
Substitutes
12
Steve COWE
                 
Mark MCNALLY
12
13
Alan MCDONALD  
              
80' 
Marco GABBIADINI
13
14
Scott LEITCH

80' 
           
89' 
  Gerry MCMAHON
14













Results on Wednesday, January 28, 1998: League Table

 
  Manchester City 2 - 2 Charlton Athletic  
  Norwich City 2 - 1 Sunderland  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Stoke City  

Table as at Wednesday, January 28, 1998:

  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 28 17 6 5 46 25 46 57 
2 Middlesbrough 27 15 7 5 44 24 44 52 
3 Charlton Athletic 28 15 6 7 53 37 53 51 
4 Sheffield United 28 13 11 4 44 30 44 50 
5 Sunderland 27 14 7 6 44 26 44 49 
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 14 6 8 40 28 40 48 
7 Birmingham City 28 11 10 7 36 20 36 43 
8 Swindon Town 29 12 6 11 34 41 34 42 
9 West Bromwich Albion 28 12 6 10 29 28 29 42 
10 Stockport County 28 12 5 11 46 41 46 41 
11 Bradford City 29 10 11 8 31 30 31 41 
12 Norwich City 28 11 6 11 29 40 29 39 
13 Ipswich Town 27 8 11 8 33 29 33 35 
14 Crewe Alexandra 28 10 4 14 34 42 34 34 
15 Queens Park Rangers 28 8 9 11 30 41 30 33 
16 Reading 28 8 9 11 28 42 28 33 
17 Stoke City 28 8 8 12 29 42 29 32 
18 Oxford United 28 8 6 14 33 42 33 30 
19 Port Vale 28 8 5 15 31 41 31 29 
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 41 31 29 
21 Manchester City 28 7 7 14 33 34 33 28 
22 Tranmere Rovers 26 6 8 12 28 34 28 26 
23 Bury 28 4 13 11 25 38 25 25 
24 Portsmouth 27 6 5 16 30 45 30 23 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation