1996-09-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Sunderland	Highbury	38,016
Hartson, Parlour	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge	26,996
Vialli	Lineups		Lee
Coventry City	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Highfield Road	17,032
	Lineups
Derby County	0	2	Wimbledon	Baseball Ground	17,022
	Lineups		Earle, Gayle
Everton	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	34,160
Kanchelskis, Stuart	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Leeds United	Filbert Street	20,359
Heskey	Lineups
Southampton	4	0	Middlesbrough	The Dell	15,230
Oakley, Le Tissier 2, Watson	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	7	3	1	0	9	2	2	1	0	7	3	11	17	W	W	W	W	D	1996-09-29	West Ham United	A
2	1	Arsenal	8	3	1	0	11	4	2	1	1	6	4	9	17	W	W	W	D	D	1996-10-12	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	3	Wimbledon	8	3	0	1	8	4	2	0	2	4	3	5	15	W	W	W	W	W	1996-10-12	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	-2	Newcastle United	7	2	0	1	5	3	3	0	1	5	4	3	15	W	W	W	W	L	1996-09-30	Aston Villa	H
5	-1	Manchester United	7	1	2	0	8	5	2	2	0	8	1	10	13	D	W	W	D	D	1996-09-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	2	Chelsea	8	2	2	0	5	2	1	2	1	6	8	1	13	D	L	D	W	D	1996-10-12	Leicester City	A
7	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	8	2	1	1	4	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2	13	L	D	L	L	W	1996-10-12	Wimbledon	A
8	-1	Aston Villa	7	2	2	0	5	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	12	D	D	D	W	W	1996-09-30	Newcastle United	A
9	0	Middlesbrough	8	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	2	3	7	1	11	L	L	W	W	W	1996-10-14	Sunderland	A
10	4	Leicester City	8	2	0	2	3	6	1	2	1	3	3	-3	11	W	W	L	D	L	1996-10-12	Chelsea	H
11	-1	Derby County	8	1	2	1	5	6	1	2	1	3	4	-2	10	L	D	W	W	D	1996-10-12	Newcastle United	H
12	-1	Sunderland	8	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	0	9	L	W	L	D	L	1996-10-14	Middlesbrough	H
13	3	Everton	8	2	0	2	5	3	0	3	1	3	7	-2	9	W	D	L	L	L	1996-10-12	West Ham United	H
14	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	7	0	2	2	3	5	2	0	1	3	1	0	8	L	W	L	L	D	1996-09-29	Manchester United	A
15	-2	West Ham United	7	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	2	3	6	-4	8	W	L	D	L	W	1996-09-29	Liverpool	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	8	0	2	2	2	7	1	2	1	7	7	-5	7	D	L	L	D	D	1996-10-12	Leeds United	A
17	-2	Leeds United	8	1	0	3	1	7	1	1	2	5	6	-7	7	L	L	L	L	W	1996-10-12	Nottingham Forest	H
18	1	Southampton	8	1	2	1	6	3	0	0	4	4	9	-2	5	W	L	L	L	D	1996-10-13	Coventry City	A
19	-1	Coventry City	8	1	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	1	8	-10	5	D	L	W	L	L	1996-10-13	Southampton	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	8	0	1	3	2	6	0	2	2	3	5	-6	3	D	D	L	L	L	1996-10-12	Arsenal	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	3	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	8,833
Liddell	Lineups		Shakespeare, Forrester, McDermott
Birmingham City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's	17,430
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Stoke City	Burnden Park	16,195
Blake	Lineups		Kavanagh
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Oldham Athletic	The Valley	12,178
Whyte	Lineups
Crystal Palace	6	1	Southend United	Selhurst Park	14,858
Muscat, Houghton, Hopkin, Veart, Dyer, Freedman	Lineups		Williams
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Reading	Kirklees Stadium	10,330
Payton	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Carrow Road	14,511
Fleck	Lineups		Aldridge
Oxford United	2	0	Portsmouth	Manor Ground	7,626
Beauchamp, Ford M	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	20,867
Ward (p), Taylor	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	15,648
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bolton Wanderers	9	4	1	0	13	3	2	1	1	9	9	22	20	D	W	W	W	L	1996-10-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Barnsley	8	3	0	2	11	7	3	0	0	5	2	16	18	L	W	L	W	W	1996-10-01	Ipswich Town	A
3	1	Norwich City	9	2	3	0	5	2	3	0	1	5	3	10	18	D	W	D	D	W	1996-10-01	Grimsby Town	A
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	1	1	4	3	3	1	1	10	6	14	17	W	L	W	D	W	1996-10-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	1	Crystal Palace	9	3	2	0	12	3	1	2	1	9	5	21	16	W	W	W	D	D	1996-10-01	Portsmouth	A
6	-1	Stoke City	9	3	1	0	8	5	1	2	2	6	10	14	15	D	W	L	L	D	1996-10-13	Port Vale	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	9	3	0	1	8	5	1	2	2	4	5	12	14	D	L	L	W	W	1996-10-01	Oxford United	H
8	0	Ipswich Town	9	2	1	1	9	7	1	3	1	6	5	15	13	D	W	W	D	L	1996-10-01	Barnsley	H
9	4	Sheffield United	7	2	1	1	10	7	2	0	1	4	2	14	13	W	W	L	W	W	1996-10-01	Southend United	A
10	5	Oxford United	9	3	1	1	10	2	1	0	3	3	6	13	13	W	W	W	D	L	1996-10-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	3	Huddersfield Town	8	3	1	1	7	4	1	0	2	6	7	13	13	W	L	W	L	W	1996-10-08	Birmingham City	H
12	-3	Queens Park Rangers	9	1	1	2	4	6	2	3	0	7	4	11	13	D	D	W	D	L	1996-10-02	Port Vale	H
13	-2	West Bromwich Albion	8	1	1	2	6	8	2	2	0	6	3	12	12	D	W	L	W	W	1996-10-01	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-4	Manchester City	9	3	0	1	5	3	1	0	4	4	8	9	12	L	W	L	W	L	1996-10-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	-3	Swindon Town	9	2	1	2	5	5	1	1	2	5	6	10	11	L	D	W	L	L	1996-10-02	Bradford City	A
16	4	Charlton Athletic	8	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	4	2	7	7	10	W	L	W	W	L	1996-10-12	Portsmouth	A
17	-1	Portsmouth	9	1	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	3	7	6	10	L	L	L	W	D	1996-10-01	Crystal Palace	H
18	-1	Birmingham City	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	1	2	4	6	8	9	D	L	W	D	L	1996-10-08	Huddersfield Town	A
19	4	Grimsby Town	9	1	0	3	3	7	1	2	2	8	12	11	8	W	L	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Norwich City	H
20	-2	Port Vale	8	1	2	1	4	4	0	3	1	2	4	6	8	D	D	L	D	W	1996-09-29	Bradford City	H
21	-2	Reading	9	2	1	1	6	8	0	0	5	4	13	10	7	L	L	L	L	W	1996-10-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Southend United	9	1	2	1	7	6	0	1	4	1	14	8	6	L	D	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Sheffield United	H
23	-1	Bradford City	8	2	0	2	6	7	0	0	4	0	7	6	6	L	L	L	L	W	1996-09-29	Port Vale	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	9	0	1	3	4	8	0	1	4	3	8	7	2	L	L	L	D	L	1996-10-01	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	3	York City	Griffin Park	5,243
Taylor, Asaba 2	Lineups		Tolson, Randall, Murty
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Chesterfield	The Memorial Stadium	5,008
Cureton 2	Lineups
Burnley	2	3	Bristol City	Turf Moor	9,538
Gleghorn, Weller	Lineups		Goater 2, Taylor
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Gresty Road	3,797
Barr, Adebola, Murphy	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	5,785
Grant	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Wrexham	Meadow Lane	4,216
	Lineups
Peterborough United	6	3	Wycombe Wanderers	London Road	5,580
Heald, Charlery, Payne, Clark, Farrell 2	Lineups		Mahoney-Johnson 2, Carroll
Preston North End	2	1	Millwall	Deepdale	9,400
Holt, Saville	Lineups		Newman
Rotherham United	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Millmoor	2,648
Druce	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Watford	Gay Meadow	3,655
Evans	Lineups
Stockport County	2	1	Gillingham	Edgeley Park	6,049
Armstrong, Morris OG	Lineups		Onuora
Walsall	3	1	Bury	Bescot Stadium	3,254
Viveash, Lightbourne, Blake	Lineups		Carter (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Brentford	9	3	2	0	12	8	3	1	0	7	1	19	21	D	W	D	W	W	1996-10-01	Bristol City	A
2	0	Millwall	9	3	1	0	7	2	2	1	2	10	9	17	17	L	W	W	D	W	1996-10-02	Stockport County	H
3	5	Crewe Alexandra	9	4	0	1	9	3	1	1	2	4	6	13	16	W	L	W	W	W	1996-10-01	Blackpool	H
4	2	Wrexham	9	2	2	0	7	5	2	2	1	5	4	12	16	D	W	W	W	L	1996-10-08	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	4	Shrewsbury Town	9	2	2	1	4	5	2	2	0	6	3	10	16	W	D	D	W	D	1996-10-01	Chesterfield	A
6	-3	Watford	9	1	1	2	1	4	4	0	1	8	4	9	16	L	D	W	W	W	1996-10-01	Preston North End	H
7	-3	Chesterfield	9	1	1	2	2	4	4	0	1	4	2	6	16	L	D	W	W	L	1996-10-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	-3	Bury	9	2	2	0	8	2	2	1	2	5	7	13	15	L	D	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Burnley	H
9	3	Bristol Rovers	9	3	1	1	7	4	1	1	2	1	3	8	14	W	W	L	L	W	1996-10-01	York City	A
10	3	Bristol City	9	3	0	1	11	3	1	1	3	7	12	18	13	W	W	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Brentford	H
11	-4	Burnley	9	3	0	2	9	8	1	1	2	3	4	12	13	L	D	W	W	L	1996-10-01	Bury	A
12	3	Luton Town	9	3	0	2	5	4	1	1	2	3	8	8	13	W	D	L	W	W	1996-10-05	Walsall	H
13	-3	Blackpool	9	1	2	1	3	3	2	1	2	4	5	7	12	L	D	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	3	Peterborough United	8	1	3	0	13	10	1	2	1	3	3	16	11	W	D	D	D	D	1996-10-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	-4	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	1	1	4	3	1	1	3	9	13	13	11	L	L	L	L	D	1996-10-01	Peterborough United	H
16	4	Stockport County	9	2	1	2	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	8	11	W	W	W	L	L	1996-10-02	Millwall	A
17	-3	Gillingham	9	3	0	1	7	4	0	1	4	3	8	10	10	L	W	L	L	W	1996-10-01	Notts County	H
18	3	Preston North End	9	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	4	3	7	8	10	W	L	L	W	L	1996-10-01	Watford	A
19	-1	York City	9	1	1	2	5	6	1	2	2	7	8	12	9	D	L	D	L	D	1996-10-01	Bristol Rovers	H
20	-4	AFC Bournemouth	9	0	0	4	2	6	3	0	2	6	5	8	9	L	L	W	L	L	1996-10-01	Walsall	H
21	-2	Notts County	8	1	1	3	5	7	1	2	0	1	0	6	9	D	W	L	L	D	1996-10-01	Gillingham	A
22	0	Walsall	9	2	2	1	7	5	0	0	4	3	9	10	8	W	L	L	W	D	1996-10-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	1	Rotherham United	9	1	1	3	5	7	0	1	3	3	8	8	5	W	L	D	L	L	1996-10-01	Wycombe Wanderers	A
24	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	9	0	1	3	1	4	0	3	2	7	11	8	4	L	L	L	D	L	1996-10-01	Rotherham United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Layer Road	2,672
Cawley, Adcock	Lineups		Colcombe, Schofield (p)
Darlington	0	2	Fulham	Feethams Ground	3,269
	Lineups		Watson, Carpenter
Exeter City	0	1	Cambridge United	St James Park	2,572
	Lineups		McGleish
Hartlepool United	2	0	Chester City	Victoria Park	2,042
Allon, Cooper (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	0	Cardiff City	Sincil Bank	2,925
Alcide, Taylor	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Hereford United	Field Mill	1,889
Sedgemore, Doolan (p), Walker	Lineups		Preedy
Northampton Town	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sixfields Stadium	4,402
Hunter (p), Lee, Gibb	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Leyton Orient	Spotland	1,994
Whitehall (p)	Lineups
Scarborough	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Seamer Road	2,570
Ritchie 2, Bennett G	Lineups		Lancashire
Scunthorpe United	1	2	Barnet	Glanford Park	1,942
Clarkson	Lineups		Wilson (p), Devine
Swansea City	0	0	Hull City	Vetch Field	2,961
	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Carlisle United	Plainmoor	2,435
Baker	Lineups		Hayward, Reeves

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Fulham	9	3	0	1	6	3	4	0	1	8	4	14	21	W	L	W	W	W	1996-10-01	Torquay United	H
2	1	Carlisle United	9	3	1	0	6	1	3	1	1	6	4	12	20	W	W	D	W	W	1996-10-01	Colchester United	H
3	-1	Wigan Athletic	9	4	0	0	10	3	1	2	2	6	8	16	17	L	W	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Exeter City	H
4	2	Cambridge United	9	3	0	1	5	4	2	2	1	7	6	12	17	W	W	W	L	W	1996-10-01	Darlington	H
5	-1	Hull City	9	2	2	0	5	3	2	3	0	3	1	8	17	D	W	D	W	D	1996-10-01	Mansfield Town	H
6	-1	Chester City	9	3	1	0	8	2	1	1	3	4	8	12	14	L	W	D	W	W	1996-10-01	Northampton Town	H
7	4	Hartlepool United	9	2	2	1	8	6	2	0	2	3	3	11	14	W	L	D	L	W	1996-10-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	-1	Cardiff City	9	2	1	1	5	5	2	1	2	3	4	8	14	L	D	W	L	W	1996-10-12	Barnet	H
9	3	Scarborough	9	2	3	0	7	4	1	1	2	7	7	14	13	W	L	D	W	L	1996-10-01	Barnet	A
10	3	Barnet	9	2	2	0	8	2	1	2	2	2	3	10	13	W	W	L	D	D	1996-10-01	Scarborough	H
11	-3	Torquay United	9	3	1	1	7	3	0	2	2	4	6	11	12	L	D	D	W	L	1996-10-01	Fulham	A
12	-3	Leyton Orient	9	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	4	3	7	12	L	D	W	W	D	1996-10-01	Swansea City	H
13	-3	Darlington	9	3	1	1	9	5	0	1	3	4	7	13	11	L	L	W	W	D	1996-10-01	Cambridge United	A
14	4	Lincoln City	9	2	2	1	5	3	1	0	3	4	8	9	11	W	L	W	L	L	1996-10-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	5	Northampton Town	9	2	1	2	8	4	0	3	1	5	6	13	10	W	D	L	L	D	1996-10-01	Chester City	A
16	-1	Swansea City	9	2	1	2	8	5	1	0	3	3	10	11	10	D	W	L	W	L	1996-10-01	Leyton Orient	A
17	5	Mansfield Town	9	1	2	2	3	4	1	2	1	4	6	7	10	W	W	L	D	D	1996-10-01	Hull City	A
18	-4	Scunthorpe United	9	2	0	3	5	7	1	1	2	2	5	7	10	L	L	L	W	L	1996-10-01	Hereford United	A
19	-2	Colchester United	9	1	3	1	6	6	0	3	1	3	5	9	9	D	D	D	W	L	1996-10-01	Carlisle United	A
20	3	Rochdale	9	2	1	2	4	4	0	2	2	2	6	6	9	W	L	W	L	D	1996-10-05	Darlington	A
21	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	2	0	8	6	0	0	5	1	11	9	8	L	D	L	L	W	1996-10-01	Lincoln City	H
22	-3	Exeter City	9	1	2	2	5	6	1	0	3	2	7	7	8	L	L	W	L	L	1996-10-01	Wigan Athletic	A
23	-2	Hereford United	9	2	0	2	4	2	0	1	4	2	10	6	7	L	W	L	L	L	1996-10-01	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	9	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	3	5	8	8	6	D	L	L	L	D	1996-10-01	Hartlepool United	H