1996-12-21

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	3	1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	27,012
Hughes M 2, Zola	Lineups		Porfirio
Everton	0	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	36,954
	Lineups
Leicester City	0	2	Coventry City	Filbert Street	20,038
	Lineups		Dublin 2
Manchester United	5	0	Sunderland	Old Trafford	55,081
Solskjaer 2, Cantona 2 (1p), Butt	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Arsenal	City Ground	27,384
Haaland 2	Lineups		Wright
Southampton	3	1	Derby County	The Dell	14,901
Watson, Oakley, Magilton	Lineups		Dailly
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	30,996
Nielsen	Lineups		Nolan

				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	18	6	3	1	22	9	5	1	2	13	8	18	37	W	W	L	W	D	1996-12-23	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Arsenal	18	6	3	0	22	8	4	2	3	13	10	17	35	L	D	W	W	W	1996-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Wimbledon	17	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	2	12	7	13	34	W	W	W	D	D	1996-12-22	Aston Villa	A
4	2	Manchester United	18	6	2	1	21	8	2	5	2	16	17	12	31	W	D	D	W	D	1996-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
5	-1	Newcastle United	17	5	1	2	19	10	4	2	3	8	9	8	30	L	D	L	D	D	1996-12-23	Liverpool	H
6	-1	Aston Villa	17	5	2	1	11	5	4	1	4	11	10	7	30	W	W	W	W	L	1996-12-22	Wimbledon	H
7	0	Everton	18	4	2	3	16	9	3	5	1	10	11	6	28	D	W	D	L	W	1996-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
8	0	Chelsea	18	4	4	1	16	11	3	3	3	12	16	1	28	W	L	D	L	D	1996-12-26	Aston Villa	A
9	0	Sheffield Wednesday	18	3	5	1	9	7	3	3	3	10	13	-1	26	D	D	W	D	D	1996-12-26	Arsenal	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	3	3	8	8	4	1	4	10	10	0	25	D	D	W	L	L	1996-12-26	Southampton	H
11	0	Derby County	18	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	3	9	13	-3	22	L	L	D	W	D	1996-12-26	Sunderland	A
12	1	Leeds United	18	4	1	4	8	9	2	3	4	7	11	-5	22	D	D	D	W	W	1996-12-26	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Leicester City	18	3	1	5	8	14	3	2	4	9	10	-7	21	L	D	W	L	L	1996-12-26	Liverpool	A
14	0	Sunderland	18	3	4	2	10	8	2	1	6	7	18	-9	20	L	W	L	W	D	1996-12-26	Derby County	H
15	0	West Ham United	18	3	3	3	10	12	1	3	5	6	13	-9	18	L	D	L	D	D	1996-12-28	Sunderland	H
16	2	Southampton	18	4	2	3	18	10	0	2	7	9	23	-6	16	W	L	L	L	L	1996-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	2	Coventry City	18	2	3	4	7	11	1	4	4	7	13	-10	16	W	W	L	L	L	1996-12-26	Leeds United	A
18	-2	Middlesbrough	18	2	4	3	13	13	1	2	6	8	20	-12	15	L	D	L	L	D	1996-12-26	Everton	H
19	-2	Blackburn Rovers	17	2	2	4	8	10	0	5	4	8	12	-6	13	L	D	W	D	D	1996-12-26	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	18	1	5	3	7	12	1	2	6	9	18	-14	13	W	L	D	L	D	1996-12-26	Manchester United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crystal Palace	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Selhurst Park	16,279
Shipperley	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Bradford City	Blundell Park	5,766
Lester	Lineups		Duxbury
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Kirklees Stadium	10,718
Payton	Lineups		Dichio, Brazier
Ipswich Town	1	1	Stoke City	Portman Road	10,159
Mason	Lineups		Sheron
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Manchester City	Boundary Park	12,992	Largest home gate 1996-97
Ormondroyd, Banger	Lineups		Kinkladze
Port Vale	6	1	Norwich City	Vale Park	6,278
Porter, Talbot 2, Foyle 2, Mills	Lineups		Fleck
Reading	0	0	Portsmouth	Elm Park	8,520
	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	1	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	24,384
	Lineups		Hendrie
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Prenton Park	9,674
	Lineups		Osborn (p), Bull
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Oxford United	The Hawthorns	13,693
Sneekes, Hunt (p), Taylor	Lineups		Jemson, Murphy, Elliott

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Barnsley	23	7	3	2	25	12	5	5	1	17	14	42	44	W	W	W	D	D	1996-12-26	Stoke City	A
2	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	3	1	26	11	3	6	2	20	21	46	42	L	D	D	D	D	1996-12-22	Swindon Town	A
3	-1	Sheffield United	24	6	4	2	21	11	6	2	4	19	14	40	42	L	W	L	W	W	1996-12-26	Bradford City	A
4	0	Crystal Palace	24	6	3	3	24	11	4	6	2	24	13	48	39	W	L	D	D	L	1996-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	3	3	6	12	13	7	3	1	19	9	31	36	W	L	D	W	W	1996-12-26	Oxford United	H
6	-1	Oxford United	24	7	3	2	22	7	2	4	6	12	18	34	34	D	W	D	L	L	1996-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	4	Queens Park Rangers	24	4	3	5	15	14	5	4	3	16	15	31	34	W	W	W	W	L	1996-12-26	Norwich City	H
8	0	Stoke City	22	7	1	2	17	12	2	6	4	13	19	30	34	D	W	W	W	L	1996-12-26	Barnsley	H
9	3	Port Vale	24	3	6	3	16	12	5	4	3	12	12	28	34	W	W	W	D	L	1996-12-26	Manchester City	A
10	-3	Norwich City	23	4	6	2	14	9	5	0	6	16	24	30	33	L	L	D	L	L	1996-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-2	Birmingham City	23	6	4	1	14	5	2	5	5	10	17	24	33	D	D	D	W	D	1997-01-10	Stoke City	A
12	-2	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	2	4	23	17	3	3	6	8	14	31	32	L	L	L	L	W	1996-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
13	1	Ipswich Town	24	4	6	2	18	16	3	3	6	12	18	30	30	D	W	D	L	W	1996-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
14	1	Portsmouth	24	6	3	3	18	11	2	3	7	10	19	28	30	D	W	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Swindon Town	H
15	2	West Bromwich Albion	23	2	6	4	19	20	4	5	2	17	17	36	29	D	W	D	D	L	1996-12-26	Reading	A
16	-3	Swindon Town	23	7	1	3	22	9	2	1	9	10	21	32	29	L	L	W	L	L	1996-12-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	6	2	3	16	13	3	0	9	8	20	24	29	L	L	W	L	W	1996-12-26	Southend United	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	24	6	3	3	18	10	1	4	7	9	23	27	28	L	L	W	L	D	1996-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Reading	24	6	4	2	15	11	1	3	8	10	22	25	28	D	D	L	W	L	1996-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	0	Manchester City	23	6	1	4	16	14	2	1	9	11	23	27	26	L	W	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Port Vale	H
21	1	Oldham Athletic	24	3	5	4	13	14	3	3	6	13	15	26	26	W	W	L	D	W	1996-12-28	Sheffield United	A
22	-1	Southend United	24	4	5	3	20	18	1	5	6	4	23	24	25	D	L	L	D	W	1996-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
23	0	Bradford City	24	4	4	4	13	19	1	4	7	9	19	22	23	D	D	L	D	W	1996-12-26	Sheffield United	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	23	3	3	6	13	22	2	4	5	12	20	25	22	D	D	W	W	L	1996-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	3	0	York City	Bloomfield Road	3,432
Ellis, Quinn 2 (1p)	Lineups
Brentford	0	0	Preston North End	Griffin Park	5,365
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	4	Wycombe Wanderers	The Memorial Stadium	4,465
Cureton, Harris, Lockwood	Lineups		Carroll, Bell, Simpson, Evans
Bury	0	0	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	5,069
	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,174
Lormor	Lineups		Cox
Rotherham United	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Millmoor	2,269
Breckin	Lineups		Evans, Illman
Watford	0	0	Gillingham	Vicarage Road	7,809
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Bristol City	Racecourse Ground	4,488
Watkin (p), Hughes	Lineups		Hewlett

				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	24	6	6	0	23	13	6	2	4	14	11	37	44	D	W	W	D	W	1996-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	-1	Luton Town	23	10	0	2	25	6	3	4	4	16	19	41	43	W	W	W	L	W	1996-12-26	Gillingham	A
3	1	Bury	23	8	4	0	21	5	3	4	4	14	17	35	41	D	D	W	L	W	1996-12-28	Rotherham United	A
4	-1	Millwall	24	8	2	2	18	10	3	6	3	15	14	33	41	L	D	L	D	D	1996-12-26	Peterborough United	H
5	5	Wrexham	22	7	3	0	18	10	3	5	4	11	14	29	38	W	L	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Stockport County	H
6	1	Stockport County	24	6	4	2	12	7	4	4	4	17	18	29	38	D	D	W	W	L	1996-12-26	Wrexham	A
7	1	Watford	23	4	6	2	11	10	5	5	1	14	9	25	38	D	D	D	D	W	1996-12-26	Notts County	H
8	1	Chesterfield	23	6	3	2	13	9	5	2	5	10	9	23	38	D	L	W	D	W	1997-01-11	Bristol Rovers	H
9	-4	Burnley	24	9	0	3	23	13	2	4	6	10	14	33	37	L	L	W	D	W	1996-12-28	Gillingham	H
10	-4	Crewe Alexandra	23	10	0	2	26	7	2	1	8	6	20	32	37	W	L	L	W	L	1996-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	0	Bristol City	23	7	3	2	26	8	2	4	5	12	18	38	34	L	D	D	L	W	1996-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	4	4	4	13	16	3	4	5	17	21	30	29	D	D	D	L	W	1996-12-26	Bristol City	A
13	1	Bristol Rovers	24	6	3	3	19	14	1	5	6	7	14	26	29	L	D	L	W	L	1996-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
14	1	Preston North End	24	7	3	2	18	11	1	2	9	6	16	24	29	D	W	L	W	W	1996-12-28	Bristol City	H
15	-2	York City	23	5	3	3	14	11	3	2	7	10	21	24	29	L	W	L	D	W	1996-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	3	Blackpool	24	4	6	1	16	10	2	4	7	9	17	25	28	W	L	D	D	W	1997-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	4	Plymouth Argyle	24	3	7	2	12	12	3	2	7	16	22	28	27	W	D	D	D	L	1996-12-26	Brentford	H
18	-2	Walsall	23	6	4	2	16	8	1	2	8	8	20	24	27	D	D	W	L	W	1996-12-26	Wycombe Wanderers	A
19	-2	Gillingham	24	5	3	4	17	15	2	3	7	6	14	23	27	D	D	W	L	L	1996-12-26	Luton Town	H
20	-2	AFC Bournemouth	24	4	2	6	12	15	3	4	5	10	14	22	27	D	D	D	W	L	1996-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
21	-1	Peterborough United	24	3	5	4	26	23	2	4	6	9	20	35	24	W	D	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Millwall	A
22	1	Wycombe Wanderers	24	5	2	5	10	10	1	3	8	12	26	22	23	W	W	W	L	L	1996-12-26	Walsall	H
23	-1	Notts County	23	3	4	4	11	10	2	2	8	4	16	15	21	L	D	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Watford	A
24	0	Rotherham United	23	3	4	5	9	10	0	3	8	10	25	19	16	L	D	L	L	D	1996-12-28	Bury	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	2	Chester City	Underhill Stadium	1,581
Campbell	Lineups		Noteman (p), McDonald
Cardiff City	1	2	Mansfield Town	Ninian Park	2,238
Eckhardt	Lineups		Sale 2
Carlisle United	3	2	Scunthorpe United	Brunton Park	5,646
Walling 2, Hayward	Lineups		Clarkson, McFarlane
Darlington	2	3	Torquay United	Feethams Ground	2,106
Oliver, Naylor	Lineups		Winter, Hawthorne 2
Exeter City	1	2	Swansea City	St James Park	2,801
Walker OG	Lineups		Penney 2 (1p)
Hartlepool United	2	1	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	1,344
Cooper (p), Sunderland	Lineups		Bos
Hull City	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boothferry Park	2,830
Mason 2, Darby	Lineups		Cramb
Scarborough	0	2	Fulham	Seamer Road	2,015
	Lineups		Conroy, Scott
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Rochdale	Springfield Park	3,311
	Lineups		Whitehall (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	Fulham	24	8	1	3	21	10	8	3	1	18	7	39	52	W	D	D	W	D	1996-12-26	Exeter City	H
2	1	Carlisle United	24	8	2	2	21	11	5	5	2	17	13	38	46	W	W	D	W	W	1996-12-26	Hartlepool United	H
3	-1	Cambridge United	24	8	2	2	20	12	5	3	4	16	18	36	44	D	D	W	L	W	1996-12-28	Torquay United	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	23	9	1	2	26	11	3	4	4	14	15	40	41	L	D	W	D	D	1996-12-28	Scunthorpe United	A
5	4	Chester City	23	6	3	3	17	12	4	3	4	10	13	27	36	W	W	D	W	L	1997-01-11	Hartlepool United	H
6	4	Swansea City	23	6	3	2	16	8	4	2	6	11	18	27	35	W	W	W	W	W	1996-12-26	Hereford United	A
7	-1	Scunthorpe United	24	7	1	4	21	16	3	3	6	13	18	34	34	L	W	W	W	W	1996-12-28	Wigan Athletic	H
8	-3	Northampton Town	24	6	3	3	19	11	3	4	5	14	16	33	34	W	D	W	L	D	1996-12-26	Leyton Orient	A
9	-2	Cardiff City	22	6	1	5	18	15	4	3	3	8	9	26	34	L	L	L	W	W	1996-12-26	Torquay United	H
10	3	Torquay United	24	7	1	4	13	8	3	3	6	13	18	26	34	W	W	L	L	L	1996-12-26	Cardiff City	A
11	-3	Colchester United	24	5	6	1	22	12	2	6	4	13	17	35	33	D	D	D	W	W	1996-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-1	Barnet	23	5	5	2	17	9	3	3	5	7	10	24	32	L	D	L	W	L	1996-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
13	2	Hull City	24	4	5	3	14	15	3	6	3	9	11	23	32	W	L	L	D	D	1996-12-26	Lincoln City	H
14	-2	Lincoln City	24	4	6	2	15	11	4	1	7	15	25	30	31	L	D	D	L	D	1996-12-26	Hull City	A
15	-1	Scarborough	23	4	5	3	15	15	3	4	4	15	15	30	30	L	L	D	L	L	1996-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	0	Rochdale	23	5	2	4	15	11	2	6	4	14	18	29	29	W	L	W	L	D	1997-01-14	Chester City	A
17	1	Hartlepool United	23	3	4	4	15	16	5	0	7	13	14	28	28	W	W	L	D	W	1996-12-26	Carlisle United	A
18	1	Mansfield Town	23	3	4	4	9	8	3	6	3	15	16	24	28	W	D	L	W	D	1996-12-26	Barnet	A
19	-2	Exeter City	24	4	4	4	14	13	3	1	8	9	21	23	26	L	L	D	D	D	1996-12-26	Fulham	A
20	0	Leyton Orient	22	4	4	2	9	4	2	3	7	8	16	17	25	D	D	W	L	L	1996-12-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	1	5	14	13	2	2	8	11	23	25	24	L	L	W	L	L	1996-12-26	Scarborough	H
22	0	Hereford United	24	4	3	5	16	14	2	2	8	9	21	25	23	L	L	D	L	L	1996-12-26	Swansea City	H
23	0	Darlington	24	4	3	5	18	17	2	1	9	15	27	33	22	L	L	W	W	L	1996-12-28	Leyton Orient	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	3	4	5	17	19	1	0	10	4	23	21	14	W	L	L	L	L	1996-12-22	Leyton Orient	A