Match Centre

Saturday February 8th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

West Bromwich Albion

1 - 2

1

A. Hunt (72' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

W. Allison (42'), A. Smith (76')
A. Hunt (72' pen)
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 16,219

W. Allison (42'), A. Smith (76')
P. Richards
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Videos


Just when it seems like Swindon have squandered their first half lead after conceding a penalty, Alex Smith nets his first and only goal in a Town shirt to win the points at the Hawthorns.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday February 8th, 1997:

Barnsley Barnsley 1-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Birmingham City Birmingham 0-3 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 3-1 Bradford City Bradford
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 2-0 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Manchester City Man City 3-0 Southend United Southend United
Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 0-3 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town
Reading Reading 3-2 Bolton Wanderers Bolton
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday February 8th, 1997:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GS Pts
1 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 32 12 3 1 36 14 6 7 3 31 28 18 10 4 67 42 67 64
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 31 7 3 6 20 14 9 4 2 24 14 16 7 8 44 28 44 55
3 Barnsley Barnsley 30 9 3 3 29 14 6 6 3 22 21 15 9 6 51 35 51 54
4 Sheffield United Sheffield United 30 7 5 3 28 16 7 3 5 22 17 14 8 8 50 33 50 50
5 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 30 7 3 4 28 14 5 7 4 28 19 12 10 8 56 33 56 46
6 Norwich City Norwich City 30 7 7 2 20 11 6 0 8 21 31 13 7 10 41 42 41 46
7 Stoke City Stoke City 30 10 1 4 23 17 3 6 6 16 24 13 7 10 39 41 39 46
8 Portsmouth Portsmouth 32 8 3 5 21 16 5 3 8 17 21 13 6 13 38 37 38 45
9 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 31 7 6 2 28 17 4 5 7 15 22 11 11 9 43 39 43 44
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 32 6 4 6 22 19 5 6 5 22 26 11 10 11 44 45 44 43
11 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 31 8 4 4 31 22 4 3 8 12 20 12 7 12 43 42 43 43
12 Port Vale Port Vale 32 4 8 4 24 21 6 5 5 14 15 10 13 9 38 36 38 43
13 Swindon Town Swindon 32 8 5 3 31 17 4 1 11 14 25 12 6 14 45 42 45 42
14 Oxford United Oxford United 31 9 3 3 27 13 2 4 10 15 27 11 7 13 42 40 42 40
15 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 32 8 4 4 23 14 2 6 8 14 30 10 10 12 37 44 37 40
16 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 32 3 7 6 26 26 5 7 4 24 30 8 14 10 50 56 50 38
17 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 30 7 4 4 21 17 4 1 10 12 24 11 5 14 33 41 33 38
18 Reading Reading 31 8 6 2 26 18 1 4 10 14 30 9 10 12 40 48 40 37
19 Birmingham City Birmingham 29 7 4 3 20 12 2 6 7 12 21 9 10 10 32 33 32 37
20 Manchester City Man City 30 7 3 5 20 16 3 2 10 16 27 10 5 15 36 43 36 35
21 Bradford City Bradford 32 6 5 5 18 22 1 5 10 12 27 7 10 15 30 49 30 31
22 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 30 4 4 8 19 28 3 5 6 19 25 7 9 14 38 53 38 30
23 Southend United Southend United 31 5 6 4 22 21 1 5 10 6 34 6 11 14 28 55 28 29
24 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 29 3 5 6 14 19 3 5 7 16 19 6 10 13 30 38 30 28