1996-10-12

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Arsenal	Ewood Park	24,303
	Lineups		Wright 2
Derby County	0	1	Newcastle United	Baseball Ground	18,092
	Lineups		Shearer
Everton	2	1	West Ham United	Goodison Park	36,541
Stuart, Speed	Lineups		Dicks (p)
Leeds United	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road	29,255
Wallace 2	Lineups
Leicester City	1	3	Chelsea	Filbert Street	20,766
Watts	Lineups		Vialli, Di Matteo, Hughes M
Manchester United	1	0	Liverpool	Old Trafford	55,128
Beckham	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	32,847
Nielsen	Lineups
Wimbledon	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Selhurst Park	10,512
Ekoku, Earle, Leonhardsen, Jones	Lineups		Booth, Hyde

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Newcastle United	9	3	0	1	9	6	4	0	1	6	4	5	21	W	W	W	W	W	1996-10-20	Manchester United	H
2	1	Arsenal	9	3	1	0	11	4	3	1	1	8	4	11	20	W	W	W	W	D	1996-10-19	Coventry City	H
3	-2	Liverpool	9	3	1	0	9	2	3	1	1	9	5	11	20	L	W	W	W	W	1996-10-27	Derby County	H
4	0	Manchester United	9	3	2	0	11	5	2	2	0	8	1	13	19	W	W	D	W	W	1996-10-20	Newcastle United	A
5	0	Wimbledon	9	4	0	1	12	6	2	0	2	4	3	7	18	W	W	W	W	W	1996-10-19	Chelsea	A
6	0	Chelsea	9	2	2	0	5	2	2	2	1	9	9	3	16	W	D	L	D	W	1996-10-19	Wimbledon	H
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	9	2	1	1	4	4	2	0	3	7	11	-4	13	L	L	D	L	L	1996-10-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	0	Aston Villa	9	2	2	0	5	2	1	1	3	6	8	1	12	L	L	D	D	D	1996-10-19	Leeds United	H
9	4	Everton	9	3	0	2	7	4	0	3	1	3	7	-1	12	W	W	D	L	L	1996-10-28	Nottingham Forest	A
10	-1	Middlesbrough	8	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	2	3	7	1	11	L	L	W	W	W	1996-10-14	Sunderland	A
11	3	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	3	3	-1	11	W	L	L	W	L	1996-10-19	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Leicester City	9	2	0	3	4	9	1	2	1	3	3	-5	11	L	W	W	L	D	1996-10-19	West Ham United	A
13	-2	Derby County	9	1	2	2	5	7	1	2	1	3	4	-3	10	L	L	D	W	W	1996-10-19	Nottingham Forest	A
14	3	Leeds United	9	2	0	3	3	7	1	1	2	5	6	-5	10	W	L	L	L	L	1996-10-19	Aston Villa	A
15	-3	Sunderland	8	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	0	9	L	W	L	D	L	1996-10-14	Middlesbrough	H
16	-1	West Ham United	9	1	1	2	4	6	1	1	3	4	8	-6	8	L	L	W	L	D	1996-10-19	Leicester City	H
17	-1	Nottingham Forest	9	0	2	2	2	7	1	2	2	7	9	-7	7	L	D	L	L	D	1996-10-19	Derby County	H
18	0	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	0	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	9	0	1	4	2	8	0	2	2	3	5	-8	3	L	D	D	L	L	1996-10-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	9,183
	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	0	Bradford City	St Andrew's	25,157	Largest home gate 1996-97
Devlin 2, Hunt	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Burnden Park	14,813
Johansen, McGinlay 2	Lineups		Allott
Portsmouth	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	6,641
Durnin, Bradbury	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Manchester City	Loftus Road	16,265
Sinclair, Murray	Lineups		Brightwell, Kinkladze (p)
Reading	1	1	Grimsby Town	Elm Park	6,656
Morley (p)	Lineups		Wrack
Sheffield United	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Bramall Lane	15,065
	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Oxford United	County Ground	10,811
Horlock	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	14,938
Hunt	Lineups		Cowan

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Bolton Wanderers	11	5	1	0	16	4	3	1	1	11	10	27	26	W	W	D	W	W	1996-10-15	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	-1	Norwich City	11	3	3	0	8	3	4	0	1	9	4	17	24	W	W	D	W	D	1996-10-16	Oldham Athletic	H
3	0	Barnsley	10	3	1	2	11	7	3	1	0	6	3	17	20	D	D	L	W	L	1996-10-15	Oxford United	H
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	12	4	1	1	12	8	1	3	2	4	5	16	19	D	W	D	D	L	1996-10-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Crystal Palace	11	3	2	0	12	3	1	4	1	11	7	23	18	D	D	W	W	W	1996-10-16	Port Vale	A
6	1	Huddersfield Town	10	4	1	1	10	4	1	1	2	7	8	17	17	D	W	W	L	W	1996-10-16	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	2	1	3	5	6	3	1	1	10	6	15	17	L	L	W	L	W	1996-10-13	Southend United	A
8	0	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
9	0	Ipswich Town	11	2	2	1	10	8	1	3	2	7	8	17	14	L	D	D	W	W	1996-10-15	Birmingham City	A
10	1	Sheffield United	9	2	2	1	10	7	2	0	2	6	5	16	14	D	L	W	W	L	1996-10-15	Charlton Athletic	H
11	1	West Bromwich Albion	10	1	2	2	7	9	2	3	0	7	4	14	14	D	D	D	W	L	1996-10-16	Stoke City	H
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	12	1	2	3	7	10	2	3	1	7	6	14	14	D	L	L	D	D	1996-10-16	Bradford City	H
13	-3	Oxford United	11	3	1	1	10	2	1	1	4	3	7	13	14	L	D	W	W	W	1996-10-15	Barnsley	A
14	4	Portsmouth	12	2	2	2	7	6	2	0	4	6	11	13	14	W	L	D	L	L	1996-10-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	2	Swindon Town	11	3	1	2	6	5	1	1	3	6	8	12	14	W	L	L	D	W	1996-10-16	Huddersfield Town	H
16	-2	Manchester City	10	3	0	1	5	3	1	1	4	6	10	11	13	D	L	W	L	W	1996-10-15	Reading	A
17	-1	Grimsby Town	12	2	0	4	6	11	1	3	2	9	13	15	12	D	W	L	W	L	1996-10-16	Southend United	A
18	5	Birmingham City	9	3	2	0	7	1	0	1	3	4	9	11	12	W	L	D	L	W	1996-10-15	Ipswich Town	H
19	-4	Port Vale	11	1	3	1	5	5	1	3	2	4	8	9	12	L	W	D	D	D	1996-10-13	Stoke City	H
20	0	Reading	11	2	2	1	7	9	1	0	5	5	13	12	11	D	W	L	L	L	1996-10-15	Manchester City	H
21	-2	Bradford City	12	3	1	2	8	8	0	1	5	1	11	9	11	L	D	W	D	L	1996-10-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	-1	Southend United	11	2	2	1	10	8	0	2	4	1	14	11	10	D	W	L	D	D	1996-10-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
23	-1	Charlton Athletic	9	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	5	2	9	7	10	L	W	L	W	W	1996-10-15	Sheffield United	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	12	1	2	3	8	9	0	1	5	4	11	12	6	L	W	D	L	L	1996-10-16	Norwich City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Dean Court	3,984
Holland, Watson	Lineups		Farrell
Blackpool	2	0	Gillingham	Bloomfield Road	4,320
Ellis, Mellon	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Brentford	Gresty Road	4,313
Rivers, Smith S (p)	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Chesterfield	The Den	7,765
Rogan, Neill	Lineups		Beaumont
Notts County	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	4,558
Agana	Lineups		Beadle
Peterborough United	1	2	Bury	London Road	6,003
Heald	Lineups		Matthews, Johnson
Rotherham United	1	0	Burnley	Millmoor	4,562	Largest home gate 1996-97
Druce	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	3	Luton Town	Gay Meadow	3,357
	Lineups		Showler, Thomas, Grant
Stockport County	1	0	Preston North End	Edgeley Park	8,405
Angell	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Bescot Stadium	3,720
	Lineups		Littlejohn
Watford	1	1	Wrexham	Vicarage Road	8,441
Mooney (p)	Lineups		Humes

				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	12	4	2	0	16	10	4	1	1	9	4	25	27	L	W	W	D	W	1996-10-15	Peterborough United	A
2	1	Bury	12	4	2	0	10	2	3	1	2	7	8	17	24	W	W	W	L	D	1996-10-16	Millwall	A
3	-1	Watford	12	2	2	2	3	5	5	0	1	10	5	13	23	D	W	W	L	D	1996-10-15	Burnley	H
4	1	Crewe Alexandra	12	6	0	1	14	5	1	1	3	4	8	18	22	W	L	W	W	L	1996-10-15	York City	H
5	2	Millwall	12	4	1	1	12	7	2	2	2	10	9	22	21	W	D	L	L	W	1996-10-16	Bury	H
6	0	Wrexham	11	3	2	0	9	6	2	3	1	6	5	15	20	D	W	D	W	W	1996-10-15	Blackpool	A
7	-3	Chesterfield	12	2	2	2	5	6	4	0	2	5	4	10	20	L	D	W	L	D	1996-10-15	Notts County	A
8	4	Luton Town	11	4	0	2	8	5	2	1	2	6	8	14	19	W	W	W	D	L	1996-10-15	Stockport County	A
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	12	4	1	1	9	4	1	3	2	4	6	13	19	D	W	D	W	W	1996-10-15	Rotherham United	A
10	-1	Bristol City	12	4	0	2	14	5	1	2	3	8	13	22	17	W	D	L	W	W	1996-10-15	Wycombe Wanderers	H
11	3	Stockport County	12	3	1	2	6	5	2	1	3	9	12	15	17	W	L	W	W	W	1996-10-15	Luton Town	H
12	-2	Burnley	12	4	0	2	14	10	1	1	4	3	6	17	16	L	W	L	L	D	1996-10-15	Watford	A
13	3	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	3	1	5	4	2	1	3	10	13	15	16	W	D	D	L	L	1996-10-15	AFC Bournemouth	A
14	-3	Shrewsbury Town	12	2	2	2	4	8	2	2	2	8	7	12	16	L	L	L	W	D	1996-10-15	Gillingham	H
15	-2	Peterborough United	12	1	3	2	15	15	2	3	1	8	7	23	15	L	L	W	D	W	1996-10-15	Brentford	H
16	2	Blackpool	12	2	2	1	5	3	2	1	4	6	9	11	15	W	L	L	L	D	1996-10-15	Wrexham	H
17	-2	Gillingham	12	4	1	1	9	5	0	1	5	3	10	12	14	L	D	W	L	W	1996-10-15	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	5	AFC Bournemouth	12	1	0	5	4	8	3	1	2	7	6	11	13	W	D	L	L	L	1996-10-15	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	-2	Notts County	12	1	2	3	6	8	2	2	2	4	3	10	13	D	W	L	L	D	1996-10-15	Chesterfield	H
20	-1	Walsall	12	2	2	2	7	6	1	0	5	5	12	12	11	L	L	W	W	L	1996-10-15	Preston North End	H
21	-1	York City	12	1	2	3	8	10	1	2	3	7	10	15	10	L	L	D	D	L	1996-10-15	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	12	2	1	3	6	6	0	3	3	8	13	14	10	L	W	W	L	L	1996-10-15	Bristol City	A
23	-1	Preston North End	12	3	1	2	8	7	0	0	6	3	9	11	10	L	L	L	W	L	1996-10-15	Walsall	A
24	0	Rotherham United	12	2	1	3	6	7	0	1	5	7	16	13	8	W	L	L	W	L	1996-10-15	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Cambridge United	Goldstone Ground	4,564
Storer	Lineups		Kyd, Richards
Cardiff City	1	2	Barnet	Ninian Park	2,879
Middleton	Lineups		Brazil, Devine
Colchester United	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Layer Road	2,700
Adcock, Gregory, Duguid	Lineups		Sharp
Exeter City	0	1	Northampton Town	St James Park	3,002
	Lineups		Lee
Fulham	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Craven Cottage	5,516
Conroy, Scott, Carpenter	Lineups		Birch
Hartlepool United	1	2	Darlington	Victoria Park	3,799	Largest home gate 1996-97
Halliday	Lineups		Naylor, Oliver
Leyton Orient	1	1	Hull City	Brisbane Road	4,499
Naylor (p)	Lineups		Brien
Mansfield Town	0	0	Swansea City	Field Mill	2,003
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Carlisle United	Spotland	3,320	Largest home gate 1996-97
Painter, Thompson	Lineups		Peacock, Smart
Scarborough	0	0	Chester City	Seamer Road	2,352
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Lincoln City	Glanford Park	3,274
Housham, D'Auria	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Hereford United	Plainmoor	2,073
Watson, Winter	Lineups		Hargreaves

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Fulham	12	4	0	2	10	6	5	0	1	9	4	19	27	W	W	L	W	L	1996-10-15	Cambridge United	H
2	2	Cambridge United	12	5	0	1	11	6	3	2	1	9	7	20	26	W	W	W	W	W	1996-10-15	Fulham	A
3	-2	Carlisle United	12	4	2	0	10	2	3	2	1	8	6	18	25	D	D	W	W	W	1996-10-15	Exeter City	A
4	-1	Wigan Athletic	12	6	0	0	13	3	1	2	3	7	11	20	23	L	W	W	L	W	1996-10-15	Mansfield Town	A
5	3	Torquay United	12	4	1	1	9	4	1	3	2	6	7	15	19	W	D	W	L	D	1996-10-15	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	-1	Hull City	12	2	3	1	6	6	2	4	0	4	2	10	19	D	L	D	D	W	1996-10-15	Scarborough	A
7	-1	Scarborough	12	2	4	0	7	4	2	2	2	12	10	19	18	D	D	W	W	L	1996-10-15	Hull City	H
8	-1	Chester City	11	4	1	0	10	3	1	2	3	4	8	14	18	D	W	L	W	D	1996-10-15	Leyton Orient	A
9	3	Barnet	12	2	3	1	9	5	2	2	2	4	4	13	17	W	D	L	W	W	1996-10-15	Colchester United	A
10	4	Scunthorpe United	12	3	0	3	7	7	2	1	3	6	8	13	16	W	W	L	L	L	1996-10-15	Northampton Town	H
11	-2	Leyton Orient	12	2	3	1	5	3	2	1	3	5	5	10	16	D	L	W	L	D	1996-10-15	Chester City	H
12	3	Darlington	12	3	2	1	10	6	1	1	4	8	13	18	15	W	D	L	L	L	1996-10-15	Cardiff City	A
13	-3	Lincoln City	12	2	2	2	7	6	2	0	4	7	11	14	14	L	L	W	W	L	1996-10-15	Rochdale	A
14	-3	Hartlepool United	12	2	2	2	9	8	2	0	4	4	6	13	14	L	L	L	W	L	1996-10-15	Swansea City	H
15	-2	Cardiff City	10	2	1	2	6	7	2	1	2	3	4	9	14	L	L	D	W	L	1996-10-15	Darlington	H
16	5	Northampton Town	12	2	1	3	8	5	1	3	2	7	8	15	13	W	L	L	W	D	1996-10-15	Scunthorpe United	A
17	5	Colchester United	12	2	3	1	9	7	0	4	2	4	9	13	13	W	D	L	D	D	1996-10-15	Barnet	H
18	-1	Mansfield Town	12	1	3	2	3	4	1	4	1	6	8	9	13	D	D	D	W	W	1996-10-15	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-3	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	1	2	7	6	0	2	4	6	11	13	12	L	W	W	D	L	1996-10-15	Torquay United	A
20	-2	Swansea City	12	2	2	2	9	6	1	1	4	3	11	12	12	D	D	L	D	W	1996-10-15	Hartlepool United	A
21	-2	Hereford United	12	3	1	2	9	6	0	1	5	3	12	12	11	L	D	W	L	W	1996-10-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	-2	Exeter City	12	1	2	3	5	7	2	0	4	5	11	10	11	L	W	L	L	L	1996-10-15	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Rochdale	11	2	2	2	6	6	0	3	2	3	7	9	11	D	D	W	L	W	1996-10-15	Lincoln City	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	2	2	2	10	11	0	0	6	1	12	11	8	L	L	L	L	D	1996-10-15	Hereford United	H