Nationwide League Division One
Saturday, September 19, 1998

Swindon Town Watford
G.Ndah (29')
HT: 1-2 A.Smart (38', 59'), N.Wright (44'), A.Hazan (50')
Attendance:  8,781   Referee:  G. Wikes



 
A capitulation at home to Watford leads to protests on the pitch - and after months of poor performances, Steve McMahon finally resigns as Swindon manager.




Lineups
1
Frank TALIA
                 
Alec CHAMBERLAIN
1
2
David KERSLAKE
 46'
              
Nigel GIBBS
2
3
Gareth HALL  
                 
  Peter KENNEDY
3
4
Scott LEITCH
                 
Dean YATES
4
5
Alan REEVES
                86'
Keith MILLEN
5
6
Brian BORROWS
           24'     
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6
7
Mark WALTERS  
               
Allan SMART
7

8
George NDAH
   79'     62'     
  Micah HYDE
8

9
Steve COWE
 76'
             46'
  Michel NGONGE
9
10
Darren BULLOCK
   74'       79'     
  Richard JOHNSON
10
11
Ty GOODEN
              46'
Nick WRIGHT
11
Substitutes
12
Craig TAYLOR

46' 
         
46' 
  Alon HAZAN
12
13
Bobby HOWE

76' 
           
86' 
  Robert PAGE
13
14
Kevin WATSON
              
46' 
Gifton NOEL-WILLIAMS
14













Results on Saturday, September 19, 1998: League Table

 
  Barnsley 4 - 0 Crystal Palace  
  Birmingham City 0 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Bury 0 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Crewe Alexandra 4 - 4 Bolton Wanderers  
  Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers  
  Ipswich Town 3 - 1 Bristol City  
  Port Vale 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 Stockport County  
  Sheffield United 2 - 1 Norwich City  
  Sunderland 7 - 0 Oxford United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 4 Watford  

Table as at Saturday, September 19, 1998:

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

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation