1996-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	2	Chelsea	Villa Park	39,339
	Lineups		Zola 2
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Newcastle United	Ewood Park	30,398
Gallacher	Lineups
Leeds United	1	3	Coventry City	Elland Road	36,465
Deane	Lineups		Huckerby, Dublin, McAllister (p)
Liverpool	1	1	Leicester City	Anfield Road	40,786
Collymore	Lineups		Claridge
Middlesbrough	4	2	Everton	Riverside Stadium	29,673
Hignett, Blackmore, Juninho 2	Lineups		Unsworth (p), Ferguson
Nottingham Forest	0	4	Manchester United	City Ground	29,032
	Lineups		Beckham, Butt, Solskjaer, Cole
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Arsenal	Hillsborough	23,245
	Lineups
Sunderland	2	0	Derby County	Roker Park	22,512	Largest home gate 1996-97
Ord, Russell	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Southampton	White Hart Lane	30,549
Iversen 2, Nielsen	Lineups		Le Tissier

				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	20	6	4	1	23	10	5	2	2	14	9	18	39	D	D	W	W	L	1996-12-29	Southampton	A
2	0	Arsenal	19	6	3	0	22	8	4	3	3	13	10	17	36	D	L	D	W	W	1996-12-28	Aston Villa	H
3	2	Manchester United	19	6	2	1	21	8	3	5	2	20	17	16	34	W	W	D	D	W	1996-12-28	Leeds United	H
4	-1	Wimbledon	18	6	2	1	18	10	4	2	3	12	12	8	34	L	W	W	W	D	1996-12-28	Everton	A
5	-1	Aston Villa	19	6	2	2	16	7	4	1	4	11	10	10	33	L	W	W	W	W	1996-12-28	Arsenal	A
6	0	Newcastle United	19	5	2	2	20	11	4	2	4	8	10	7	31	L	D	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	1	Chelsea	19	4	4	1	16	11	4	3	3	14	16	3	31	W	W	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	-1	Everton	19	4	2	3	16	9	3	5	2	12	15	4	28	L	D	W	D	L	1996-12-28	Wimbledon	H
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	19	4	3	3	11	9	4	1	4	10	10	2	28	W	D	D	W	L	1996-12-28	Newcastle United	A
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	3	6	1	9	7	3	3	3	10	13	-1	27	D	D	D	W	D	1996-12-28	Chelsea	A
11	3	Sunderland	19	4	4	2	12	8	2	1	6	7	18	-7	23	W	L	W	L	W	1996-12-28	West Ham United	A
12	-1	Derby County	19	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	4	9	15	-5	22	L	L	L	D	W	1996-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	0	Leicester City	19	3	1	5	8	14	3	3	4	10	11	-7	22	D	L	D	W	L	1996-12-28	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-2	Leeds United	19	4	1	5	9	12	2	3	4	7	11	-7	22	L	D	D	D	W	1996-12-28	Manchester United	A
15	2	Coventry City	19	2	3	4	7	11	2	4	4	10	14	-8	19	W	W	W	L	L	1996-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
16	-1	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
17	1	Middlesbrough	19	3	4	3	17	15	1	2	6	8	20	-10	18	W	L	D	L	L	1996-12-28	Coventry City	A
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	2	4	9	10	0	5	4	8	12	-5	16	W	L	D	W	D	1996-12-28	Derby County	A
19	-3	Southampton	19	4	2	3	18	10	0	2	8	10	26	-8	16	L	W	L	L	L	1996-12-29	Liverpool	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	19	1	5	4	7	16	1	2	6	9	18	-18	13	L	W	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Leicester City	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	2	Sheffield United	Valley Parade	17,475
Jacobs	Lineups		Taylor, Scott
Grimsby Town	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Blundell Park	8,185
Childs	Lineups		Taggart, Blake
Ipswich Town	3	1	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	16,020
Tanner (p), Mason, Naylor	Lineups		Gordon (p)
Manchester City	0	1	Port Vale	Maine Road	30,344
	Lineups		Foyle
Portsmouth	0	1	Swindon Town	Fratton Park	10,605
	Lineups		Cowe
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Norwich City	Loftus Road	15,699
Peacock, Dichio, McDermott	Lineups		Crook, Eadie
Reading	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Elm Park	10,583
Nogan, Quinn	Lineups		Peschisolido, Groves
Southend United	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Roots Hall	7,508
	Lineups		Kinsella, Robinson
Stoke City	1	0	Barnsley	Victoria Ground	19,025
Sheron	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Prenton Park	10,134
Brannan	Lineups		Payton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Oxford United	Molineux	26,511
Osborn 2, Goodman	Lineups		Gray

				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	25	8	3	1	26	11	4	7	2	24	24	50	46	W	D	L	D	D	1996-12-28	Southend United	H
2	1	Sheffield United	25	6	4	2	21	11	7	2	4	21	15	42	45	W	L	W	L	W	1996-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
3	-2	Barnsley	24	7	3	2	25	12	5	5	2	17	15	42	44	L	W	W	W	D	1996-12-28	Manchester City	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	25	6	3	3	24	11	4	6	3	25	16	49	39	L	W	L	D	D	1997-01-11	Manchester City	A
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	4	3	6	15	14	7	3	1	19	9	34	39	W	W	L	D	W	1996-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
6	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	5	3	5	18	16	5	4	3	16	15	34	37	W	W	W	W	W	1996-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	1	Stoke City	23	8	1	2	18	12	2	6	4	13	19	31	37	W	D	W	W	W	1997-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
8	1	Port Vale	25	3	6	3	16	12	6	4	3	13	12	29	37	W	W	W	W	D	1996-12-28	Portsmouth	H
9	-3	Oxford United	25	7	3	2	22	7	2	4	7	13	21	35	34	L	D	W	D	L	1996-12-28	Reading	H
10	3	Swindon Town	25	7	2	3	24	11	3	1	9	11	21	35	33	W	D	L	L	W	1997-01-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	3	Ipswich Town	25	5	6	2	21	17	3	3	6	12	18	33	33	W	D	W	D	L	1996-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	25	6	3	4	24	18	3	3	6	8	14	32	33	D	L	L	L	L	1997-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	-3	Norwich City	24	4	6	2	14	9	5	0	7	18	27	32	33	L	L	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Bradford City	H
14	-3	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
15	2	Charlton Athletic	24	6	2	3	16	13	4	0	9	10	20	26	32	W	L	L	W	L	1996-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	2	6	4	19	20	4	6	2	19	19	38	30	D	D	W	D	D	1996-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	-2	Portsmouth	25	6	3	4	18	12	2	3	7	10	19	28	30	L	D	W	L	W	1996-12-28	Port Vale	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	25	6	3	3	18	10	1	5	7	10	24	28	29	D	L	L	W	L	1996-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Reading	25	6	5	2	17	13	1	3	8	10	22	27	29	D	D	D	L	W	1996-12-28	Oxford United	A
20	0	Manchester City	24	6	1	5	16	15	2	1	9	11	23	27	26	L	L	W	L	W	1996-12-28	Barnsley	A
21	0	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	0	Southend United	25	4	5	4	20	20	1	5	6	4	23	24	25	L	D	L	L	D	1996-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
23	0	Bradford City	25	4	4	5	14	21	1	4	7	9	19	23	23	L	D	D	L	D	1996-12-28	Norwich City	A
24	0	Grimsby Town	24	3	3	7	14	24	2	4	5	12	20	26	22	L	D	D	W	W	1997-01-11	Port Vale	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	5,036
Watson	Lineups
Bristol City	3	2	Shrewsbury Town	Ashton Gate	9,803
Agostino, Barnard (p), Owers	Lineups		Stevens, Nielsen
Gillingham	1	2	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium	8,491
Onuora	Lineups		Thorpe 2
Millwall	0	2	Peterborough United	The Den	8,118
	Lineups		Houghton 2
Plymouth Argyle	1	4	Brentford	Home Park	9,525
Illman	Lineups		Forster 2, Asaba, Omigie
Watford	0	0	Notts County	Vicarage Road	9,065
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	3	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	6,736
Watkin, Morris	Lineups		Armstrong, Gannon, Dinning (p)
Wycombe Wanderers	0	2	Walsall	Adams Park	5,075
	Lineups		Blake, Lightbourne

				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	25	6	6	0	23	13	7	2	4	18	12	41	47	W	D	W	W	D	1997-01-11	York City	A
2	0	Luton Town	24	10	0	2	25	6	4	4	4	18	20	43	46	W	W	W	W	L	1997-01-18	Wrexham	H
3	0	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	0	Millwall	25	8	2	3	18	12	3	6	3	15	14	33	41	L	L	D	L	D	1997-01-11	Preston North End	H
5	1	Stockport County	25	6	4	2	12	7	5	4	4	20	20	32	41	W	D	D	W	W	1997-01-18	Millwall	H
6	1	Watford	24	4	7	2	11	10	5	5	1	14	9	25	39	D	D	D	D	D	1997-01-18	Preston North End	A
7	-2	Wrexham	23	7	3	1	20	13	3	5	4	11	14	31	38	L	W	L	L	W	1997-01-11	Notts County	H
8	0	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	2	Bristol City	24	8	3	2	29	10	2	4	5	12	18	41	37	W	L	D	D	L	1996-12-28	Preston North End	A
10	-1	Burnley	24	9	0	3	23	13	2	4	6	10	14	33	37	L	L	W	D	W	1996-12-28	Gillingham	H
11	-1	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
12	6	Walsall	24	6	4	2	16	8	2	2	8	10	20	26	30	W	D	D	W	L	1997-01-18	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	7	AFC Bournemouth	25	5	2	6	13	15	3	4	5	10	14	23	30	W	D	D	D	W	1996-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	-2	Shrewsbury Town	25	4	4	4	13	16	3	4	6	19	24	32	29	L	D	D	D	L	1996-12-28	York City	H
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	25	6	3	3	19	14	1	5	7	7	15	26	29	L	L	D	L	W	1997-01-11	Chesterfield	A
16	-2	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
17	-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
18	-2	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
19	2	Peterborough United	25	3	5	4	26	23	3	4	6	11	20	37	27	W	W	D	L	W	1997-01-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	-3	Plymouth Argyle	25	3	7	3	13	16	3	2	7	16	22	29	27	L	W	D	D	D	1997-01-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	-2	Gillingham	25	5	3	5	18	17	2	3	7	6	14	24	27	L	D	D	W	L	1996-12-28	Burnley	A
22	0	Wycombe Wanderers	25	5	2	6	10	12	1	3	8	12	26	22	23	L	W	W	W	L	1997-01-18	Rotherham United	A
23	0	Notts County	24	3	4	4	11	10	2	3	8	4	16	15	22	D	L	D	L	W	1997-01-11	Wrexham	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	1	Mansfield Town	Underhill Stadium	1,778
Brazil	Lineups		Primus OG
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Colchester United	Goldstone Ground	4,830
Mundee (p)	Lineups		Whitton
Cardiff City	2	0	Torquay United	Ninian Park	3,651
Burton 2	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park	6,947
Peacock	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Scarborough	Belle Vue	1,745
Dixon	Lineups		Mitchell 2
Fulham	1	1	Exeter City	Craven Cottage	7,892
Angus	Lineups		Angus OG
Hereford United	0	1	Swansea City	Edgar Street	4,204
	Lineups		Penney
Hull City	2	1	Lincoln City	Boothferry Park	4,892
Darby, Mason	Lineups		Stant
Leyton Orient	2	1	Northampton Town	Brisbane Road	4,496
Channing, Inglethorpe	Lineups		Grayson

				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	25	8	2	3	22	11	8	3	1	18	7	40	53	D	W	D	D	W	1997-01-11	Darlington	H
2	0	Carlisle United	25	9	2	2	22	11	5	5	2	17	13	39	49	W	W	W	D	W	1996-12-28	Swansea City	A
3	0	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	1	Swansea City	24	6	3	2	16	8	5	2	6	12	18	28	38	W	W	W	W	W	1996-12-28	Carlisle United	H
6	3	Cardiff City	23	7	1	5	20	15	4	3	3	8	9	28	37	W	L	L	L	W	1996-12-28	Exeter City	A
7	-2	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
8	5	Hull City	25	5	5	3	16	16	3	6	3	9	11	25	35	W	W	L	L	D	1997-01-01	Hartlepool United	A
9	2	Colchester United	25	5	6	1	22	12	2	7	4	14	18	36	34	D	D	D	D	W	1997-01-11	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	-2	Northampton Town	25	6	3	3	19	11	3	4	6	15	18	34	34	L	W	D	W	L	1996-12-28	Barnet	H
11	-4	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
12	-2	Torquay United	25	7	1	4	13	8	3	3	7	13	20	26	34	L	W	W	L	L	1996-12-28	Cambridge United	H
13	2	Scarborough	24	4	5	3	15	15	4	4	4	17	16	32	33	W	L	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-2	Barnet	24	5	6	2	18	10	3	3	5	7	10	25	33	D	L	D	L	W	1996-12-28	Northampton Town	A
15	-1	Lincoln City	25	4	6	2	15	11	4	1	8	16	27	31	31	L	L	D	D	L	1997-01-11	Cardiff City	A
16	3	Leyton Orient	24	6	4	2	13	5	2	3	7	8	16	21	31	W	W	D	D	W	1996-12-28	Darlington	A
17	-1	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
18	0	Mansfield Town	24	3	4	4	9	8	3	7	3	16	17	25	29	D	W	D	L	W	1997-01-04	Leyton Orient	A
19	-2	Hartlepool United	24	3	4	4	15	16	5	0	8	13	15	28	28	L	W	W	L	D	1996-12-28	Hereford United	H
20	0	Exeter City	25	4	4	4	14	13	3	2	8	10	22	24	27	D	L	L	D	D	1996-12-28	Cardiff City	H
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	5	1	6	15	15	2	2	8	11	23	26	24	L	L	L	W	L	1997-01-11	Colchester United	H
22	0	Hereford United	25	4	3	6	16	15	2	2	8	9	21	25	23	L	L	L	D	L	1996-12-28	Hartlepool United	A
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	25	3	5	5	18	20	1	0	11	4	25	22	15	D	L	W	L	L	1996-12-28	Scarborough	A