Match Centre

Saturday December 6th, 1997

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

B. Wilsterman (30' o.g.), M. Walters (36' pen), S. Finney (57'), T. Gooden (87')

Oxford United

Oxford United

1

M. Ford (25')
B. Wilsterman (30' o.g.), M. Walters (36' pen), S. Finney (57'), T. Gooden (87')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 10,902

M. Ford (25')
F. Stretton
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


Swindon Town
1Fraser DIGBY
2Brian BORROWS
3Mark ROBINSON41'
4Darren BULLOCK66'76'
5Frédéric DARRAS
6Alan McDONALD
7David THOMPSON
8Mark WALTERS82'
9Steve FINNEY
10George NDAH
11Ty GOODEN
Substitutes
12Steve COWE
13Craig TAYLOR82'
14Philippe CUERVO76'
Manager/Head Coach
Steve McMAHON
Oxford United
1Phil WHITEHEAD1
67' 2Martin GRAY2 67'
3Mike FORD3
72' 4Les ROBINSON4 72'
29' 5Darren PURSE5 29'
54' 6Brian WILSTERMAN6 54'
7Stuart MASSEY7
8Dave SMITH8
9Martin ALDRIDGE9
10Nigel JEMSON10
33' 11Joey BEAUCHAMP11 33'
Substitutes
54' 12Phil GILCHRIST12 54'
72' 13Matt MURPHY13 72'
67' 14Mark ANGEL14 67'
Manager/Head Coach
Denis SMITH

Videos


After putting their whole squad on the transfer list due to financial difficulties, Oxford travel to Swindon for a local derby - Swindon resident Mike Ford putting them one up. But the away team self-implode - Brian Wilsterman scoring an own goal and conceding a penalty within a six minute spell - before second half goals from Steve Finney and Ty Gooden wrapping up a comfortable 4-1 win for the Town.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday December 6th, 1997:

Bury Bury 0-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 2-5 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Manchester City Man City 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Norwich City Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 2-2 Bradford City Bradford
Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 Birmingham City Birmingham
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-0 Stoke City Stoke City
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 0-1 Sunderland Sunderland
Reading Reading 2-0 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Stockport County Stockport County

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday December 6th, 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 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 21 6 2 2 16 7 6 4 1 19 10 12 6 3 35 17 35 42
2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest 21 8 2 1 25 11 4 4 2 9 7 12 6 3 34 18 34 42
3 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 21 8 1 2 13 6 4 3 3 12 11 12 4 5 25 17 25 40
4 Sheffield United Sheffield United 20 7 3 0 19 8 3 5 2 11 10 10 8 2 30 18 30 38
5 Swindon Town Swindon 21 8 2 1 22 9 3 2 5 8 19 11 4 6 30 28 30 37
6 Sunderland Sunderland 20 4 4 2 15 8 5 2 3 15 13 9 6 5 30 21 30 33
7 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 20 6 2 1 21 11 3 3 5 17 17 9 5 6 38 28 38 32
8 Stockport County Stockport County 21 6 4 0 21 10 3 1 7 14 19 9 5 7 35 29 35 32
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 20 6 4 0 19 10 3 1 6 6 12 9 5 6 25 22 25 32
10 Bradford City Bradford 21 5 4 2 12 11 2 5 3 9 10 7 9 5 21 21 21 30
11 Birmingham City Birmingham 21 4 3 3 10 6 3 4 4 11 11 7 7 7 21 17 21 28
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 21 5 4 2 14 10 2 2 6 12 23 7 6 8 26 33 26 27
13 Port Vale Port Vale 21 4 4 3 13 8 3 1 6 12 18 7 5 9 25 26 25 26
14 Stoke City Stoke City 21 4 2 3 13 10 3 3 6 11 18 7 5 9 24 28 24 26
15 Norwich City Norwich City 21 4 3 4 11 17 3 2 5 9 14 7 5 9 20 31 20 26
16 Reading Reading 21 4 2 5 16 18 2 4 4 5 13 6 6 9 21 31 21 24
17 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 20 5 2 3 18 12 1 2 7 9 17 6 4 10 27 29 27 22
18 Manchester City Man City 21 3 3 5 14 11 2 3 5 9 14 5 6 10 23 25 23 21
19 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 20 3 3 3 11 11 1 6 4 11 13 4 9 7 22 24 22 21
20 Bury Bury 21 3 5 3 10 11 1 4 5 11 19 4 9 8 21 30 21 21
21 Oxford United Oxford United 21 4 3 3 12 10 1 2 8 12 22 5 5 11 24 32 24 20
22 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 21 3 3 4 10 12 2 2 7 11 22 5 5 11 21 34 21 20
23 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 21 2 2 7 12 20 3 1 6 12 16 5 3 13 24 36 24 18
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 19 3 2 5 14 17 1 3 5 9 13 4 5 10 23 30 23 17

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