1996-10-19

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Coventry City	Highbury	38,141
	Lineups
Aston Villa	2	0	Leeds United	Villa Park	39,051
Yorke, Johnson	Lineups
Chelsea	2	4	Wimbledon	Stamford Bridge	27,589
Minto, Vialli (p)	Lineups		Earle, Ardley, Gayle, Ekoku
Middlesbrough	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Riverside Stadium	30,215	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups		Sheringham 2, Fox
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Derby County	City Ground	27,771
Saunders	Lineups		Dailly
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough	22,226
Booth	Lineups		Bohinen
Southampton	3	0	Sunderland	The Dell	15,225
Dodd, Le Tissier, Shipperley	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Leicester City	Upton Park	22,285
Moncur	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	1	Arsenal	10	3	2	0	11	4	3	1	1	8	4	11	21	D	W	W	W	W	1996-10-26	Leeds United	H
2	3	Wimbledon	10	4	0	1	12	6	3	0	2	8	5	9	21	W	W	W	W	W	1996-10-26	Middlesbrough	A
3	-2	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
4	-1	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
5	-1	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
6	0	Chelsea	10	2	2	1	7	6	2	2	1	9	9	1	16	L	W	D	L	D	1996-10-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	2	Aston Villa	10	3	2	0	7	2	1	1	3	6	8	3	15	W	L	L	D	D	1996-10-26	Sunderland	A
8	3	Tottenham Hotspur	10	1	2	2	4	5	3	0	2	6	3	2	14	W	W	L	L	W	1996-10-26	Chelsea	A
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	2	2	1	5	5	2	0	3	7	11	-4	14	D	L	L	D	L	1996-10-26	Coventry City	A
10	0	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
11	-3	Middlesbrough	10	2	1	2	11	9	1	2	2	5	9	-2	12	L	D	L	L	W	1996-10-26	Wimbledon	H
12	2	Derby County	10	1	2	2	5	7	1	3	1	4	5	-3	11	D	L	L	D	W	1996-10-27	Liverpool	A
13	3	West Ham United	10	2	1	2	5	6	1	1	3	4	8	-5	11	W	L	L	W	L	1996-10-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-2	Leicester City	10	2	0	3	4	9	1	2	2	3	4	-6	11	L	L	W	W	L	1996-10-26	Newcastle United	H
15	-2	Sunderland	10	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	3	4	7	-3	10	L	D	L	W	L	1996-10-26	Aston Villa	H
16	-1	Leeds United	10	2	0	3	3	7	1	1	3	5	8	-7	10	L	W	L	L	L	1996-10-26	Arsenal	A
17	1	Southampton	10	2	2	1	9	3	0	1	4	5	10	1	9	W	D	W	L	L	1996-10-26	Manchester United	H
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	10	0	3	2	3	8	1	2	2	7	9	-7	8	D	L	D	L	L	1996-10-28	Everton	H
19	0	Coventry City	10	1	2	2	3	6	0	2	3	1	8	-10	7	D	D	D	L	W	1996-10-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	10	0	1	4	2	8	0	3	2	4	6	-8	4	D	L	D	D	L	1996-10-26	West Ham United	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	2	Barnsley	Valley Parade	11,477
Waddle, Kiwomya	Lineups		Liddell, Davis
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley	11,091
Whyte 2, Chapple	Lineups		McGinlay 2 (1p), Blake
Crystal Palace	1	2	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	15,088
Dyer (p)	Lineups		Allison W, Thorne
Grimsby Town	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Blundell Park	7,187
Fickling	Lineups		Sneekes
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Southend United	Kirklees Stadium	9,578
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Portsmouth	Portman Road	10,514
Mason	Lineups		McLoughlin (p)
Manchester City	2	1	Norwich City	Maine Road	28,269
Clough, Dickov	Lineups		Scott K
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Reading	Boundary Park	7,171
Orlygsson (p)	Lineups		Quinn (p)
Stoke City	0	4	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	13,561
	Lineups		Vonk 2, Walker, Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Port Vale	Molineux	22,755
	Lineups		Naylor

				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	13	6	1	0	17	4	3	2	1	14	13	31	30	D	W	W	W	D	1996-10-25	Barnsley	A
2	0	Norwich City	13	4	3	0	10	3	4	0	2	10	6	20	27	L	W	W	W	D	1996-10-26	Birmingham City	A
3	2	Barnsley	12	3	2	2	11	7	3	2	0	8	5	19	22	D	D	D	D	L	1996-10-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	13	3	2	1	13	5	2	4	1	13	7	26	21	L	W	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Grimsby Town	H
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	2	1	4	5	7	4	2	1	13	7	18	21	L	W	D	L	L	1996-10-27	Manchester City	A
6	2	Sheffield United	11	3	2	1	13	7	3	0	2	10	5	23	20	W	W	D	L	W	1996-10-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	2	Swindon Town	13	4	1	2	12	5	2	1	3	8	9	20	20	W	W	W	L	L	1996-10-26	Reading	A
8	-2	Stoke City	12	3	1	1	8	9	2	3	2	9	11	17	19	L	W	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Portsmouth	H
9	-2	Tranmere Rovers	13	4	1	1	12	8	1	3	3	4	6	16	19	L	D	W	D	D	1996-10-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	12	4	2	1	10	4	1	1	3	7	14	17	18	D	L	D	W	W	1996-10-26	Port Vale	H
11	0	Queens Park Rangers	13	2	2	3	8	10	2	3	1	7	6	15	17	W	D	L	L	D	1996-10-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	0	Oxford United	13	3	2	1	10	2	1	2	4	3	7	13	16	D	D	L	D	W	1996-10-26	Charlton Athletic	A
13	6	Manchester City	12	4	0	1	7	4	1	1	5	6	12	13	16	W	L	D	L	W	1996-10-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-1	Birmingham City	11	4	2	0	8	1	0	2	3	4	9	12	16	D	W	W	L	D	1996-10-26	Norwich City	H
15	5	Port Vale	14	1	4	2	6	8	2	3	2	5	8	11	16	W	L	D	L	W	1996-10-26	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-2	Ipswich Town	13	2	3	1	11	9	1	3	3	7	9	18	15	D	L	L	D	D	1996-10-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	-2	West Bromwich Albion	12	1	2	3	7	11	2	4	0	8	5	15	15	D	L	D	D	D	1996-10-26	Bradford City	H
18	-2	Reading	13	3	2	1	9	9	1	1	5	6	14	15	15	D	W	D	W	L	1996-10-26	Swindon Town	H
19	-2	Portsmouth	14	2	2	3	7	8	2	1	4	7	12	14	15	D	L	W	L	D	1996-10-26	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Southend United	14	3	3	1	12	9	0	3	4	1	14	13	15	D	W	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Oldham Athletic	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	14	2	1	4	7	12	1	3	3	9	14	16	13	D	L	D	W	L	1996-10-26	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Bradford City	14	3	2	2	10	10	0	1	6	1	12	11	12	D	L	L	D	W	1996-10-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
23	0	Charlton Athletic	11	3	2	0	8	4	0	0	6	2	12	10	11	D	L	L	W	L	1996-10-26	Oxford United	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	14	1	3	3	9	10	0	1	6	4	13	13	7	D	L	L	W	D	1996-10-26	Southend United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	1	Walsall	Griffin Park	5,419
Hutchings	Lineups		Lightbourne
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Blackpool	The Memorial Stadium	5,823
	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Notts County	Turf Moor	9,372
Barnes	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Watford	Gigg Lane	4,092
Carter	Lineups		Andrews
Chesterfield	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,030
Scott	Lineups
Gillingham	2	3	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	9,305	Largest home gate 1996-97
Butler 2 (2p)	Lineups		Crawford 2, Hartley
Luton Town	3	0	Peterborough United	Kenilworth Road	6,387
Davis S, Showler 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Bristol City	Home Park	9,645
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Deepdale	8,333
Seabury OG, Reeves	Lineups		Stevens
Wrexham	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Racecourse Ground	3,945
Skinner, Connolly	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	0	2	Stockport County	Adams Park	4,017
	Lineups		Angell 2
York City	2	1	Rotherham United	Bootham Crescent	3,410
Stephenson, Pepper	Lineups		Sandeman

				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	14	4	3	0	17	11	5	1	1	10	4	27	31	D	W	L	W	W	1996-10-26	Millwall	H
2	0	Millwall	14	5	1	1	13	7	3	2	2	13	11	26	27	W	W	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Brentford	A
3	0	Bury	14	4	3	0	11	3	3	1	3	7	9	18	25	D	L	W	W	W	1996-10-26	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Watford	14	2	3	2	5	7	5	1	1	11	6	16	25	D	D	D	W	W	1996-10-26	Blackpool	A
5	1	Wrexham	13	4	2	0	11	6	2	4	1	9	8	20	24	W	D	D	W	D	1996-10-26	Wycombe Wanderers	A
6	1	Chesterfield	14	3	2	2	6	6	4	1	2	5	4	11	24	W	D	L	D	W	1996-10-26	York City	H
7	2	Luton Town	13	5	0	2	11	5	2	2	2	7	9	18	23	W	D	W	W	W	1996-10-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	-3	Crewe Alexandra	14	6	0	2	14	6	1	1	4	4	9	18	22	L	L	W	L	W	1996-10-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-1	Bristol City	14	5	0	2	17	5	1	3	3	8	13	25	21	D	W	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Notts County	H
10	1	Stockport County	14	3	2	2	7	6	3	1	3	11	12	18	21	W	D	W	L	W	1996-10-26	Walsall	A
11	-1	Bristol Rovers	14	4	2	1	9	4	1	4	2	4	6	13	21	D	D	D	W	D	1996-10-26	Bury	A
12	0	Burnley	14	5	0	2	15	10	1	2	4	5	8	20	20	W	D	L	W	L	1996-10-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	0	Gillingham	14	4	1	2	11	8	1	1	5	5	11	16	17	L	W	L	D	W	1996-10-26	Preston North End	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	14	2	4	1	5	4	2	1	4	10	14	15	17	D	L	W	D	D	1996-10-26	Burnley	A
15	0	Blackpool	14	2	3	1	8	6	2	2	4	6	9	14	17	D	D	W	L	L	1996-10-26	Watford	H
16	5	York City	14	2	2	3	10	11	2	2	3	8	10	18	16	W	W	L	L	D	1996-10-26	Chesterfield	A
17	-1	Shrewsbury Town	14	2	2	3	5	10	2	2	3	9	9	14	16	L	L	L	L	L	1996-10-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-1	AFC Bournemouth	14	2	0	5	5	8	3	1	3	7	8	12	16	L	W	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Luton Town	A
19	-1	Peterborough United	14	1	3	3	15	16	2	3	2	8	10	23	15	L	L	L	L	W	1996-10-26	Rotherham United	A
20	-1	Walsall	14	3	2	2	8	6	1	1	5	6	13	14	15	D	W	L	L	W	1996-10-26	Stockport County	H
21	-1	Notts County	14	1	3	3	6	8	2	2	3	4	4	10	14	L	D	D	W	L	1996-10-26	Bristol City	A
22	1	Preston North End	14	4	1	2	10	8	0	0	7	3	10	13	13	W	L	L	L	L	1996-10-26	Gillingham	A
23	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	14	2	1	4	6	8	0	3	4	8	16	14	10	L	L	L	W	W	1996-10-26	Wrexham	H
24	0	Rotherham United	14	2	2	3	6	7	0	1	6	8	18	14	9	L	D	W	L	L	1996-10-26	Peterborough United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	0	Hartlepool United	Underhill Stadium	2,265
Devine	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Rochdale	Abbey Stadium	3,163
Hyde, McGleish	Lineups		Stuart, Painter
Carlisle United	0	2	Cardiff City	Brunton Park	4,972
	Lineups		Dale, Fowler
Chester City	2	1	Exeter City	Deva Stadium	1,941
Helliwell, Milner	Lineups		Chamberlain (p)
Darlington	2	4	Mansfield Town	Feethams Ground	2,532
Roberts, Oliver	Lineups		Hadley 2, Watkiss, Sale
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Belle Vue	1,787
Cramb, Smith, McDonald	Lineups
Hereford United	2	0	Leyton Orient	Edgar Street	2,631
Stoker, Smith	Lineups
Hull City	0	3	Fulham	Boothferry Park	3,986
	Lineups		Freeman, Watson, Conroy
Lincoln City	1	1	Scarborough	Sincil Bank	2,611
Taylor	Lineups		Hicks
Northampton Town	2	1	Colchester United	Sixfields Stadium	4,119
Parrish, Grayson	Lineups		Fry
Swansea City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Vetch Field	2,373
Torpey	Lineups		Eyre
Wigan Athletic	3	2	Torquay United	Springfield Park	3,374
Jones 3	Lineups		Jack, Laight

				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	14	5	0	2	13	6	6	0	1	12	4	25	33	W	W	W	W	L	1996-10-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	0	Wigan Athletic	14	7	0	0	16	5	2	2	3	8	11	24	29	W	W	L	W	W	1996-10-26	Hull City	H
3	0	Cambridge United	14	5	1	1	13	8	3	2	2	9	10	22	27	D	L	W	W	W	1996-10-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	0	Carlisle United	14	4	2	1	10	4	3	2	2	9	8	19	25	L	L	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Barnet	A
5	1	Scarborough	14	3	4	0	10	6	2	3	2	13	11	23	22	D	W	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Mansfield Town	H
6	-1	Torquay United	14	5	1	1	10	4	1	3	3	8	10	18	22	L	W	W	D	W	1996-10-26	Swansea City	H
7	1	Chester City	13	5	1	0	12	4	1	3	3	4	8	16	22	W	D	D	W	L	1996-10-26	Hereford United	H
8	-1	Scunthorpe United	14	4	0	3	9	8	2	2	3	7	9	16	20	D	W	W	W	L	1996-10-26	Rochdale	H
9	1	Barnet	14	3	3	1	10	5	2	2	3	4	5	14	20	W	L	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Carlisle United	H
10	1	Cardiff City	12	3	1	2	8	7	3	1	2	5	4	13	20	W	W	L	L	D	1996-10-26	Leyton Orient	H
11	-2	Hull City	14	2	3	2	6	9	2	4	1	6	5	12	19	L	L	D	L	D	1996-10-26	Wigan Athletic	A
12	5	Hereford United	14	4	1	2	11	6	1	1	5	4	12	15	17	W	W	L	D	W	1996-10-26	Chester City	A
13	-1	Leyton Orient	14	2	4	1	5	3	2	1	4	5	7	10	17	L	D	D	L	W	1996-10-26	Cardiff City	A
14	6	Northampton Town	14	3	1	3	10	6	1	3	3	8	10	18	16	W	L	W	L	L	1996-10-26	Darlington	H
15	-2	Colchester United	14	3	3	1	10	7	0	4	3	5	11	15	16	L	W	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Lincoln City	A
16	6	Mansfield Town	14	1	3	3	3	5	2	4	1	10	10	13	16	W	L	D	D	D	1996-10-26	Scarborough	A
17	-3	Darlington	14	3	2	2	12	10	1	1	5	8	15	20	15	L	L	W	D	L	1996-10-26	Northampton Town	A
18	5	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	1	2	10	6	0	2	5	6	12	16	15	W	L	L	W	W	1996-10-25	Cambridge United	A
19	-3	Lincoln City	14	2	3	2	8	7	2	0	5	7	13	15	15	D	L	L	L	W	1996-10-26	Colchester United	H
20	-5	Hartlepool United	14	2	3	2	10	9	2	0	5	4	7	14	15	L	D	L	L	L	1996-10-26	Exeter City	A
21	-2	Rochdale	13	3	2	2	8	6	0	4	2	5	9	13	15	D	W	D	D	W	1996-10-26	Scunthorpe United	A
22	-1	Swansea City	14	2	3	2	10	7	1	2	4	4	12	14	14	D	D	D	D	L	1996-10-26	Torquay United	A
23	-5	Exeter City	14	2	2	3	7	8	2	0	5	6	13	13	14	L	W	L	W	L	1996-10-26	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	2	2	3	10	12	0	0	7	1	15	11	8	L	L	L	L	L	1996-10-26	Fulham	H