Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, March 14, 1998

Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town
N.Quashie (8')
 HT: 1-2 M.Walters (16' pen), I.Onuora (45')
Attendance:  13,486    



 
After conceding an early goal, the Town get back on level terms on sixteen minutes thanks to a Mark Walters penalty - but things look bleak just four minutes later, when Fraser Digby is adjudged to have handled the ball outside his area, and is shown a red card. Rangers legend Alan McDonald goes in goal with 70 minutes left on the clock - but somehow manages to keep his former side at bay, and Iffy Onuora nets a goal on his debut, the Town holding on for an unlikely and much needed victory.


Lineups
1
Lee HARPER
             20'   
Fraser DIGBY
1
2
David BARDSLEY  
 46'
               
David KERSLAKE
2
3
Steve YATES
                 
Brian BORROWS
3
4
George KULCSÁR  
                 
  Alan MCDONALD
4
5
Karl READY  
                 
Darren BULLOCK
5
6
Danny MADDIX  
                 
Lee COLLINS
6
7
Nigel QUASHIE  
            85'
  Mark WALTERS
7

8
Gavin PEACOCK
 17'
               
Scott LEITCH
8

9
Iain DOWIE  
               
Iffy ONUORA
9
10
Kevin GALLEN
                85'
George NDAH
10
11
Mike SHERON
                 
Ty GOODEN
11
Substitutes
12
Steve SLADE

66' 		               
Steve COWE
12
13
Antti HEINOLA  

46' 		            
85' 
Stuart ELLIOTT
13
14
Paul BRUCE

17'66'
            
85' 
Bobby HOWE
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Results on Saturday, March 14, 1998: League Table
 
  Bradford City 0 - 0 Birmingham City  
  Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Norwich City 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion  
  Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Bury  
  Oxford United 5 - 1 Stoke City  
  Port Vale 2 - 1 Manchester City  
  Portsmouth 0 - 0 Middlesbrough  
  Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Sheffield United 4 - 0 Reading  
  Stockport County 0 - 1 Ipswich Town  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Crewe Alexandra  

Table as at Saturday, March 14, 1998:
  TEAM P W D L F A GS Pts 
1 Nottingham Forest 37 22 8 7 63 33 63 74 
2 Middlesbrough 37 21 9 7 61 36 61 72 
3 Sunderland 36 20 9 7 67 38 67 69 
4 Charlton Athletic 36 18 8 10 63 46 63 62 
5 Ipswich Town 37 16 13 8 60 38 60 61 
6 Sheffield United 35 16 13 6 54 37 54 61 
7 Birmingham City 38 15 14 9 50 31 50 59 
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 16 7 12 45 36 45 55 
9 Stockport County 38 16 6 16 60 54 60 54 
10 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 10 14 37 43 37 52 
11 Bradford City 38 12 14 12 38 39 38 50 
12 Swindon Town 38 14 7 17 38 58 38 49 
13 Oxford United 37 13 8 16 50 51 50 47 
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 5 19 45 54 45 47 
15 Norwich City 38 11 12 15 37 57 37 45 
16 Queens Park Rangers 38 10 13 15 43 53 43 43 
17 Huddersfield Town 38 11 9 18 42 57 42 42 
18 Bury 38 8 18 12 35 46 35 42 
19 Port Vale 38 11 8 19 44 54 44 41 
20 Portsmouth 37 11 8 18 40 51 40 41 
21 Tranmere Rovers 36 10 10 16 37 45 37 40 
22 Manchester City 38 10 9 19 42 46 42 39 
23 Reading 37 10 9 18 36 63 36 39 
24 Stoke City 38 8 13 17 36 57 36 37 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation