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Sunday May 3rd, 1998

Nationwide League Division One

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

M. Walters (87')

Sunderland

Sunderland

2

K. Phillips (21', 45')
M. Walters (87')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 14,868

K. Phillips (21', 45')
M. Pierce
County Ground, Swindon

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Possibly the most away fans ever witnessed at the County Ground - promotion chasing Sunderland bring thousands to Wiltshire, packing the home stands for a game that means little to the Town - and they return home happy after a 2-1 win.

Results


Nationwide League Division One results on Sunday May 3rd, 1998:

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

Table


Nationwide League Division One table after matches on Sunday May 3rd, 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 46 18 2 3 52 20 10 8 5 30 22 28 10 8 82 42 82 94
2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 46 17 4 2 51 12 10 6 7 26 29 27 10 9 77 41 77 91
3 Sunderland Sunderland 46 14 7 2 49 22 12 5 6 37 28 26 12 8 86 50 86 90
4 Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic 46 17 5 1 48 17 9 5 9 32 32 26 10 10 80 49 80 88
5 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 46 14 5 4 47 20 9 9 5 30 23 23 14 9 77 43 77 83
6 Sheffield United Sheffield United 46 16 5 2 44 20 3 12 8 25 34 19 17 10 69 54 69 74
7 Birmingham City Birmingham 46 10 8 5 27 15 9 9 5 33 20 19 17 10 60 35 60 74
8 Stockport County Stockport County 46 14 6 3 46 21 5 2 16 25 48 19 8 19 71 69 71 65
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 46 13 6 4 42 25 5 5 13 15 28 18 11 17 57 53 57 65
10 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 46 9 8 6 27 26 7 5 11 23 30 16 13 17 50 56 50 61
11 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 46 10 2 11 30 34 8 3 12 28 31 18 5 23 58 65 58 59
12 Oxford United Oxford United 46 12 6 5 36 20 4 4 15 24 44 16 10 20 60 64 60 58
13 Bradford City Bradford 46 10 9 4 26 23 4 6 13 20 36 14 15 17 46 59 46 57
14 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 9 8 6 34 26 5 6 12 20 31 14 14 18 54 57 54 56
15 Norwich City Norwich City 46 9 8 6 32 27 5 5 13 20 42 14 13 19 52 69 52 55
16 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 46 9 5 9 28 28 5 6 12 22 44 14 11 21 50 72 50 53
17 Bury Bury 46 7 10 6 22 22 4 9 10 20 36 11 19 16 42 58 42 52
18 Swindon Town Swindon 46 9 6 8 28 25 5 4 14 14 48 14 10 22 42 73 42 52
19 Port Vale Port Vale 46 7 6 10 25 24 6 4 13 31 42 13 10 23 56 66 56 49
20 Portsmouth Portsmouth 46 8 6 9 28 30 5 4 14 23 33 13 10 23 51 63 51 49
21 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 46 8 9 6 28 21 2 10 11 23 42 10 19 17 51 63 51 49
22 Manchester City Man City 46 6 6 11 28 26 6 6 11 28 31 12 12 22 56 57 56 48
23 Stoke City Stoke City 46 8 5 10 30 40 3 8 12 14 34 11 13 22 44 74 44 46
24 Reading Reading 46 8 4 11 27 31 3 5 15 12 47 11 9 26 39 78 39 42

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