Match Centre

Saturday October 4th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

4 - 2

4

C. Hay (50', 81', 86'), C. Taylor (67')

Port Vale

Port Vale

2

D. Glover (37'), M. Foyle (87')
C. Hay (50', 81', 86'), C. Taylor (67')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 8,048

D. Glover (37'), M. Foyle (87')
S. Bennett
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


Swindon Town
1Fraser DIGBY
2Jason DRYSDALE65'
3Brian BORROWS
4Scott LEITCH
5Craig TAYLOR67'
6Alan McDONALD
7Mark WALTERS28'68'
8Kevin WATSON
9Chris HAY
10Wayne ALLISON
11Ty GOODEN
Substitutes
12Steve COWE
13Lee COLLINS68'
14Frédéric DARRAS65'
Manager/Head Coach
Steve McMAHON
Port Vale
40' 1Paul MUSSELWHITE1 40'
2Dean GLOVER2
3Allen TANKARD3
46' 4Stewart TALBOT4 46'
5Neil ASPIN5
48' 6Mark SNIJDERS6 48'
78' 7Gareth AINSWORTH7 78'
8Ian BOGIE8
9Lee MILLS9
10Tony NAYLOR10
77' 11Rogier KOORDES11 77'
Substitutes
77' 12Martin FOYLE12 77'
46' 13Andy PORTER13 46'
78' 14Wayne CORDEN14 78'
Manager/Head Coach
John RUDGE

Videos


After going in one down at the break to a superb Lee Glover strike, a second half hat-trick from Chris Hay combined with a long range début goal from Craig Taylor turns the game around against the Valiants.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday October 4th, 1997:

Birmingham City Birmingham 0-1 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra
Bradford City Bradford 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 1-0 Manchester City Man City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 2-4 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Reading Reading 4-0 Sunderland Sunderland
Stockport County Stockport County 3-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Stoke City Stoke City 3-2 Bury Bury
Swindon Town Swindon 4-2 Port Vale Port Vale
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Norwich City Norwich City
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Oxford United Oxford United

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday October 4th, 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 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 10 4 0 1 11 4 3 1 1 4 1 7 1 2 15 5 15 22
2 Bradford City Bradford 10 3 2 1 8 8 2 1 1 6 5 5 3 2 14 13 14 18
3 Swindon Town Swindon 10 3 2 0 9 4 2 1 2 4 9 5 3 2 13 13 13 18
4 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 10 3 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 7 6 5 3 2 12 9 12 18
5 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 9 3 0 1 10 7 2 1 2 10 7 5 1 3 20 14 20 16
6 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 10 3 1 1 7 5 2 0 3 6 11 5 1 4 13 16 13 16
7 Sheffield United Sheffield United 7 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 4 2 4 3 0 9 3 9 15
8 Port Vale Port Vale 10 3 1 1 8 4 1 1 3 5 9 4 2 4 13 13 13 14
9 Birmingham City Birmingham 9 2 0 2 5 2 2 2 1 7 5 4 2 3 12 7 12 14
10 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 7 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 7 4 4 2 1 12 7 12 14
11 Stoke City Stoke City 9 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 4 2 3 10 10 10 14
12 Sunderland Sunderland 10 2 1 2 8 6 2 0 3 6 9 4 1 5 14 15 14 13
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 10 2 3 0 9 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 4 3 12 12 12 13
14 Norwich City Norwich City 10 2 0 3 3 9 2 1 2 5 8 4 1 5 8 17 8 13
15 Stockport County Stockport County 10 2 3 0 9 4 1 0 4 7 9 3 3 4 16 13 16 12
16 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 9 1 0 4 7 10 3 0 1 6 4 4 0 5 13 14 13 12
17 Bury Bury 10 1 3 1 4 5 1 2 2 7 9 2 5 3 11 14 11 11
18 Oxford United Oxford United 10 2 1 2 7 5 1 0 4 7 11 3 1 6 14 16 14 10
19 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 10 3 0 2 10 6 0 1 4 4 8 3 1 6 14 14 14 10
20 Reading Reading 10 2 0 3 7 7 1 1 3 3 11 3 1 6 10 18 10 10
21 Manchester City Man City 9 1 2 1 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 2 3 4 16 13 16 9
22 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 8 2 1 1 6 5 0 2 2 4 6 2 3 3 10 11 10 9
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 10 2 1 2 8 8 0 1 4 4 9 2 2 6 12 17 12 8
24 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 9 0 2 3 3 7 0 2 2 2 7 0 4 5 5 14 5 4

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