1996-12-03

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

European UEFA Cup Round 3 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
PL	Newcastle United	2	0	Metz		St James' Park	35,641	agg 3-1
	Asprilla 2	Lineups

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Middlesbrough	0	2	Leicester City	Riverside Stadium	29,709
	Lineups		Claridge, Izzet

				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	Arsenal	15	5	2	0	17	5	4	2	2	12	8	16	31	W	W	L	D	W	1996-12-04	Southampton	H
2	0	Liverpool	15	4	3	0	13	5	5	1	2	13	8	13	31	W	D	D	W	L	1996-12-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	0	Newcastle United	15	5	1	2	19	10	4	1	2	7	7	9	29	L	D	D	W	L	1996-12-09	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Wimbledon	15	5	2	1	17	10	3	2	2	9	6	10	28	W	D	D	D	D	1996-12-07	Sunderland	A
5	0	Manchester United	15	5	2	1	16	8	2	3	2	13	14	7	26	W	D	W	L	L	1996-12-08	West Ham United	A
6	0	Aston Villa	15	5	2	1	11	5	2	1	4	8	10	4	24	W	W	L	W	L	1996-12-04	West Ham United	A
7	0	Chelsea	15	3	3	1	11	8	3	3	2	12	13	2	24	L	D	D	W	W	1996-12-07	Everton	H
8	0	Everton	15	4	1	3	16	9	2	4	1	7	9	5	23	L	W	D	W	D	1996-12-07	Chelsea	A
9	0	Derby County	15	4	2	2	11	9	1	4	2	6	8	0	21	W	D	W	W	L	1996-12-07	Arsenal	A
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	15	3	4	1	8	6	2	2	3	8	12	-2	21	D	D	W	D	D	1996-12-07	Liverpool	A
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	15	3	2	3	7	7	3	0	4	8	9	-1	20	L	L	W	W	L	1996-12-07	Coventry City	A
12	3	Leicester City	16	3	0	4	7	11	3	2	4	9	10	-5	20	W	L	L	W	L	1996-12-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	-1	Leeds United	15	4	0	4	8	9	2	1	4	7	11	-5	19	W	W	L	W	L	1996-12-07	Middlesbrough	A
14	-1	Sunderland	15	2	4	1	6	5	2	1	5	7	13	-5	17	W	D	L	L	W	1996-12-07	Wimbledon	H
15	-1	West Ham United	15	3	2	2	8	8	1	3	4	5	10	-5	17	D	D	D	L	W	1996-12-04	Aston Villa	H
16	0	Middlesbrough	16	2	3	3	13	13	1	2	5	7	15	-8	14	L	L	D	L	L	1996-12-07	Leeds United	H
17	0	Southampton	15	3	2	2	15	8	0	2	6	8	20	-5	13	L	L	L	D	W	1996-12-04	Arsenal	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	15	2	2	4	8	10	0	4	3	7	10	-5	12	W	D	D	W	L	1996-12-07	Leicester City	A
19	0	Coventry City	15	1	3	3	4	8	0	4	4	5	13	-12	10	L	L	D	D	D	1996-12-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	15	0	4	3	5	11	1	2	5	7	14	-13	9	L	D	L	L	L	1996-12-09	Newcastle United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Barnsley	St Andrew's	24,004
	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Elm Park	5,513
Lambert, Morley	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	14,700
Sandford, Patterson, White	Lineups		Payton

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GS	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	3	0	25	9	3	5	2	18	19	43	41	D	D	D	D	L	1996-12-08	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	2	Sheffield United	20	5	4	1	20	10	5	2	3	17	10	37	36	W	L	W	D	D	1996-12-07	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Barnsley	20	5	3	2	19	12	4	5	1	16	14	35	35	D	D	W	L	W	1996-12-07	Southend United	H
4	-2	Crystal Palace	20	5	2	2	21	8	4	5	2	23	12	44	34	L	L	D	W	W	1996-12-07	Oxford United	H
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	6	2	3	23	15	3	3	4	8	9	31	32	L	W	W	D	L	1996-12-07	Stoke City	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	3	3	5	12	12	6	2	1	17	9	29	32	W	W	L	D	D	1996-12-07	Ipswich Town	A
7	0	Norwich City	19	4	5	2	13	8	5	0	3	14	11	27	32	L	D	L	L	D	1996-12-07	Huddersfield Town	A
8	0	Birmingham City	21	6	3	1	14	5	2	4	5	9	16	23	31	D	W	D	W	L	1996-12-07	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Swindon Town	21	7	1	3	22	9	2	1	7	10	17	32	29	W	L	L	L	W	1996-12-07	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Oxford United	21	6	3	2	18	6	2	2	6	7	13	25	29	L	L	D	W	W	1996-12-07	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Portsmouth	21	5	3	3	15	10	2	2	6	10	18	25	26	W	L	W	D	W	1996-12-07	Sheffield United	A
12	8	Reading	21	6	3	1	15	10	1	2	8	10	22	25	26	W	L	D	W	D	1996-12-07	Port Vale	H
13	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	5	2	2	13	10	3	0	7	8	18	21	26	W	L	L	W	W	1996-12-04	Stoke City	A
14	-1	Ipswich Town	21	4	4	2	17	15	2	3	6	10	17	27	25	L	W	W	L	D	1996-12-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	0	Huddersfield Town	21	5	3	2	15	8	1	4	6	8	20	23	25	L	D	W	D	L	1996-12-07	Norwich City	H
16	-2	Queens Park Rangers	21	3	3	5	11	14	3	4	3	12	14	23	25	W	L	L	L	D	1996-12-07	Oldham Athletic	A
17	-1	Port Vale	21	2	6	3	10	11	3	4	3	8	11	18	25	D	L	D	D	W	1996-12-07	Reading	A
18	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	1	4	4	9	14	4	5	2	17	17	26	24	D	L	W	L	D	1996-12-08	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-1	Stoke City	18	4	1	2	12	12	2	5	4	12	18	24	24	L	L	D	D	L	1996-12-04	Charlton Athletic	H
20	-1	Southend United	21	4	4	3	19	17	1	5	4	4	16	23	24	D	W	L	D	W	1996-12-07	Barnsley	A
21	0	Manchester City	21	5	1	4	13	12	2	1	8	10	21	23	23	L	W	L	D	L	1996-12-07	Bradford City	H
22	0	Bradford City	21	4	3	4	13	19	1	3	6	6	15	19	21	D	W	W	D	L	1996-12-07	Manchester City	A
23	0	Grimsby Town	21	3	2	6	12	21	2	3	5	12	20	24	20	W	W	L	D	L	1996-12-07	Birmingham City	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	21	2	5	3	11	11	2	3	6	12	15	23	20	D	W	D	D	W	1996-12-07	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Bloomfield Road	2,690
Philpott, Malkin	Lineups		Littlejohn, Wotton
Brentford	2	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	3,675
Bent, Asaba	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Watford	Ashton Gate	9,097
Barnard (p)	Lineups		Noel-Williams
Burnley	2	0	Wrexham	Turf Moor	8,587
Cooke, Nogan	Lineups
Bury	3	0	Preston North End	Gigg Lane	5,447
Johnrose, Johnson, Carter	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Peterborough United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,805
Holland, Howard	Lineups		Ebdon
Gillingham	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Priestfield Stadium	3,572
Pennock, Smith	Lineups		Rivers
Luton Town	2	0	York City	Kenilworth Road	4,987
Marshall, Thorpe	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Stockport County	Millmoor	2,133
	Lineups		Durkan
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Gay Meadow	1,610
Anthrobus	Lineups		Holland
Walsall	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Bescot Stadium	4,084
Viveash	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	Millwall	Adams Park	4,550
Bell	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Brentford	22	6	5	0	23	13	5	2	4	12	10	35	40	W	D	W	L	D	1996-12-14	Burnley	A
2	-1	Millwall	22	8	2	1	18	9	3	5	3	14	13	32	40	L	D	D	W	D	1996-12-14	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	0	Bury	21	8	3	0	21	5	3	3	4	12	15	33	39	W	L	W	W	D	1996-12-14	Gillingham	A
4	2	Luton Town	21	9	0	2	19	6	2	4	4	15	19	34	37	W	L	W	L	W	1996-12-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	3	Burnley	22	9	0	2	22	11	2	4	5	8	11	30	37	W	D	W	W	W	1996-12-14	Brentford	H
6	3	Chesterfield	21	6	2	2	12	8	5	2	4	10	8	22	37	W	D	W	W	L	1996-12-14	Wycombe Wanderers	A
7	3	Stockport County	22	6	3	2	12	7	4	3	4	17	18	29	36	W	W	L	W	D	1996-12-14	Peterborough United	H
8	-3	Watford	21	4	5	2	11	10	5	4	1	13	8	24	36	D	D	W	D	W	1996-12-14	Walsall	A
9	-5	Wrexham	20	6	3	0	16	9	3	5	3	11	13	27	35	L	W	L	W	W	1996-12-14	York City	A
10	-3	Crewe Alexandra	21	9	0	2	23	7	2	1	7	6	14	29	34	L	W	L	L	W	1996-12-14	Luton Town	A
11	0	Bristol City	21	7	2	2	25	7	2	4	4	11	16	36	33	D	L	W	D	D	1996-12-15	Bristol Rovers	H
12	0	Bristol Rovers	22	6	3	2	16	10	1	4	6	6	13	22	28	L	W	L	L	L	1996-12-15	Bristol City	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	4	3	4	11	14	3	3	5	15	19	26	27	D	L	W	L	W	1996-12-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	0	York City	21	4	3	3	13	11	3	2	6	10	18	23	26	L	D	W	L	W	1996-12-14	Wrexham	H
15	1	Blackpool	22	3	6	1	13	10	2	4	6	9	14	22	25	D	D	W	L	D	1996-12-13	Preston North End	A
16	3	Walsall	21	6	3	2	15	7	1	1	8	6	18	21	25	W	L	W	W	L	1996-12-14	Watford	H
17	3	Gillingham	22	5	2	4	15	13	2	2	7	6	14	21	25	W	L	L	W	L	1996-12-14	Bury	H
18	-3	Preston North End	22	6	3	2	15	11	1	1	9	6	16	21	25	L	W	W	W	L	1996-12-13	Blackpool	H
19	-2	AFC Bournemouth	22	4	1	6	11	14	3	3	5	9	13	20	25	D	W	L	W	D	1996-12-14	Millwall	H
20	-2	Plymouth Argyle	22	3	6	2	10	10	2	2	7	14	21	24	23	D	D	L	L	L	1996-12-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Peterborough United	22	2	5	4	23	21	2	3	6	9	20	32	20	L	W	L	L	L	1996-12-14	Stockport County	A
22	0	Notts County	21	3	3	4	11	10	2	2	7	4	13	15	20	L	W	L	L	L	1996-12-14	Rotherham United	H
23	1	Wycombe Wanderers	22	4	2	5	9	10	0	3	8	8	23	17	17	W	L	L	L	W	1996-12-14	Chesterfield	H
24	-1	Rotherham United	21	3	4	4	8	8	0	2	8	10	25	18	15	L	L	D	D	D	1996-12-14	Notts County	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	0	0	Leyton Orient	Underhill Stadium	2,549
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	3	Darlington	Goldstone Ground	2,709
Maskell, Baird	Lineups		Blake, Naylor 2
Cambridge United	2	1	Mansfield Town	Abbey Stadium	2,716
Barnwell, Kyd	Lineups		Kilcline
Cardiff City	1	3	Swansea City	Ninian Park	3,721
White	Lineups		Ampadu, Jones S, Thomas
Chester City	1	1	Fulham	Deva Stadium	1,762
Reid (p)	Lineups		Freeman
Exeter City	1	1	Hereford United	St James Park	2,189
Blake	Lineups		Cross
Lincoln City	1	1	Carlisle United	Sincil Bank	2,033
Alcide	Lineups		Hayward
Northampton Town	2	1	Hull City	Sixfields Stadium	3,519
Stant 2 (1p)	Lineups		Darby
Scarborough	1	1	Colchester United	Seamer Road	1,605
Mitchell	Lineups		Locke
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park	1,778
Baker, Clarkson	Lineups		Clegg
Torquay United	0	1	Rochdale	Plainmoor	1,087
	Lineups		Johnson
Wigan Athletic	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Springfield Park	2,606
Biggins, Johnson, Saville, Jones	Lineups		Clark

				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	22	8	0	3	20	9	7	3	1	16	7	36	48	D	W	D	W	W	1996-12-14	Leyton Orient	H
2	1	Cambridge United	22	8	1	2	19	11	5	2	4	14	16	33	42	W	L	W	L	W	1996-12-14	Wigan Athletic	H
3	1	Wigan Athletic	21	9	1	1	26	10	3	3	4	13	14	39	40	W	D	D	W	W	1996-12-14	Cambridge United	A
4	-2	Carlisle United	22	7	2	2	18	9	4	5	2	14	11	32	40	D	W	W	W	D	1996-12-14	Hereford United	A
5	0	Cardiff City	21	6	1	4	17	13	4	3	3	8	9	25	34	L	L	W	W	L	1996-12-21	Mansfield Town	H
6	5	Swansea City	22	6	3	2	16	8	3	2	6	9	17	25	32	W	W	W	W	L	1996-12-21	Exeter City	A
7	-1	Barnet	22	5	5	1	16	7	3	3	5	7	10	23	32	D	L	W	L	W	1996-12-21	Chester City	H
8	-1	Colchester United	22	5	5	1	20	10	2	5	4	12	16	32	31	D	W	W	D	W	1996-12-14	Mansfield Town	A
9	4	Scunthorpe United	22	6	1	4	17	15	3	3	5	11	15	28	31	W	W	W	D	L	1996-12-14	Exeter City	H
10	5	Northampton Town	22	5	3	3	18	11	3	3	5	13	15	31	30	W	L	D	W	D	1996-12-14	Lincoln City	A
11	-3	Scarborough	21	4	5	2	15	13	3	4	3	15	14	30	30	D	L	L	L	D	1996-12-14	Torquay United	A
12	-3	Lincoln City	22	4	5	2	14	10	4	1	6	14	23	28	30	D	L	D	D	W	1996-12-14	Northampton Town	H
13	-3	Chester City	21	5	3	3	15	11	3	3	4	8	12	23	30	D	W	L	L	D	1996-12-14	Darlington	H
14	-2	Hull City	22	3	5	3	11	14	3	6	2	9	8	20	29	L	D	D	W	D	1996-12-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	-1	Torquay United	22	6	1	4	12	8	2	3	6	10	16	22	28	L	L	L	L	L	1996-12-14	Scarborough	H
16	3	Rochdale	21	5	2	3	14	8	1	6	4	13	18	27	26	W	L	D	L	L	1996-12-14	Hartlepool United	H
17	-1	Exeter City	22	4	4	3	13	11	3	1	7	8	17	21	26	D	D	D	W	W	1996-12-14	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	1	5	14	13	2	2	7	10	20	24	24	L	W	L	L	W	1996-12-21	Hull City	A
19	-1	Mansfield Town	21	3	3	4	8	7	2	6	3	13	15	21	24	L	W	D	D	W	1996-12-14	Colchester United	H
20	0	Leyton Orient	21	4	4	2	9	4	2	2	7	7	15	16	24	D	W	L	L	W	1996-12-14	Fulham	A
21	1	Hereford United	22	4	3	4	14	11	2	2	7	9	20	23	23	D	L	L	D	L	1996-12-14	Carlisle United	H
22	1	Darlington	22	4	3	4	16	14	2	1	8	14	25	30	22	W	W	L	L	L	1996-12-14	Chester City	A
23	-2	Hartlepool United	21	2	4	4	13	15	4	0	7	10	13	23	22	L	D	W	W	L	1996-12-14	Rochdale	A
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	2	4	5	14	19	1	0	10	4	23	18	13	L	L	L	L	D	1996-12-14	Hull City	H