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Saturday April 18th, 1998

Nationwide League Division One

Birmingham City

3 - 0

3

P. Furlong (9', 34' pen), B. Hughes (82')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

P. Furlong (9', 34' pen), B. Hughes (82')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 17,016

W. Burns
St. Andrew's, Birmingham

Videos


The Blues hand their boss Trevor Francis a present on his birthday - securing an easy 3-0 win.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Saturday April 18th, 1998:

Birmingham City Birmingham 3-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 1-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 1-0 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 5-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Oxford United Oxford United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Sheffield United Sheffield United 3-0 Bury Bury
Stockport County Stockport County 2-2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest
Stoke City Stoke City 2-0 Norwich City Norwich City
Sunderland Sunderland 2-1 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 3-1 Reading Reading

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Saturday April 18th, 1998:

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 44 17 2 3 51 20 10 7 5 29 21 27 9 8 80 41 80 90
2 Sunderland Sunderland 43 13 7 2 46 22 11 5 5 35 25 24 12 7 81 47 81 84
3 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 44 16 5 1 46 17 9 4 9 32 32 25 9 10 78 49 78 84
4 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 43 16 3 2 46 10 9 6 7 25 29 25 9 9 71 39 71 84
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 43 12 5 4 42 18 8 9 5 29 23 20 14 9 71 41 71 74
6 Sheffield United Sheffield United 42 16 5 1 42 16 3 11 6 21 28 19 16 7 63 44 63 73
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 44 10 7 5 27 15 8 9 5 31 20 18 16 10 58 35 58 70
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 43 13 6 3 39 21 5 4 12 13 25 18 10 15 52 46 52 64
9 Stockport County Stockport County 44 13 6 3 45 21 4 2 16 21 45 17 8 19 66 66 66 59
10 Oxford United Oxford United 44 12 6 4 36 18 4 4 14 23 40 16 10 18 59 58 59 58
11 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 44 9 7 6 26 25 6 5 11 19 28 15 12 17 45 53 45 57
12 Bradford City Bradford 43 10 8 3 24 19 4 6 12 20 31 14 14 15 44 50 44 56
13 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 44 9 5 8 28 24 5 6 11 22 41 14 11 19 50 65 50 53
14 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 43 8 2 11 23 33 8 3 11 26 28 16 5 22 49 61 49 53
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 43 8 7 6 29 22 5 6 11 20 29 13 13 17 49 51 49 52
16 Swindon Town Swindon 44 9 6 7 27 23 5 4 13 14 43 14 10 20 41 66 41 52
17 Norwich City Norwich City 44 8 8 6 27 27 4 5 13 19 42 12 13 19 46 69 46 49
18 Bury Bury 44 7 10 5 22 21 3 9 10 19 36 10 19 15 41 57 41 49
19 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 43 8 9 5 28 20 2 8 11 20 39 10 17 16 48 59 48 47
20 Port Vale Port Vale 44 7 6 9 25 23 5 4 13 27 42 12 10 22 52 65 52 46
21 Stoke City Stoke City 44 8 5 9 28 35 3 8 11 14 31 11 13 20 42 66 42 46
22 Manchester City Man City 44 6 5 11 26 24 5 6 11 23 29 11 11 22 49 53 49 44
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 44 7 6 9 25 30 4 4 14 20 32 11 10 23 45 62 45 43
24 Reading Reading 44 8 4 10 27 30 3 5 14 12 46 11 9 24 39 76 39 42

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