1996-12-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	Aston Villa	Highbury	38,130
Wright, Merson	Lineups		Milosevic, Yorke
Chelsea	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	26,608
Zola, Hughes M	Lineups		Pembridge, Stefanovic
Coventry City	3	0	Middlesbrough	Highfield Road	20,605
Huckerby, McAllister (p), Liddle OG	Lineups
Derby County	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Baseball Ground	17,847
	Lineups
Everton	1	3	Wimbledon	Goodison Park	36,733
Stuart	Lineups		Ekoku, Leonhardsen, Gayle
Leicester City	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Filbert Street	20,833
Heskey, Izzet	Lineups		Clough, Cooper
Manchester United	1	0	Leeds United	Old Trafford	55,256
Cantona (p)	Lineups
Newcastle United	7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	36,308
Shearer 2, Ferdinand 2, Lee 2, Albert	Lineups		Nielsen
West Ham United	2	0	Sunderland	Upton Park	24,077
Bilic, Raducioiu	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	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	1	Manchester United	20	7	2	1	22	8	3	5	2	20	17	17	37	W	W	W	D	D	1997-01-01	Aston Villa	H
3	-1	Arsenal	20	6	4	0	24	10	4	3	3	13	10	17	37	D	D	L	D	W	1997-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
4	0	Wimbledon	19	6	2	1	18	10	5	2	3	15	13	10	37	W	L	W	W	W	1997-01-11	Derby County	H
5	1	Newcastle United	20	6	2	2	27	12	4	2	4	8	10	13	34	W	L	D	L	D	1997-01-01	Leeds United	H
6	-1	Aston Villa	20	6	2	2	16	7	4	2	4	13	12	10	34	D	L	W	W	W	1997-01-01	Manchester United	A
7	0	Chelsea	20	4	5	1	18	13	4	3	3	14	16	3	32	D	W	W	L	D	1997-01-01	Liverpool	H
8	0	Everton	20	4	2	4	17	12	3	5	2	12	15	2	28	L	L	D	W	D	1997-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	3	6	1	9	7	3	4	3	12	15	-1	28	D	D	D	D	W	1997-01-11	Everton	H
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	4	3	3	11	9	4	1	5	11	17	-4	28	L	W	D	D	W	1997-01-12	Manchester United	H
11	1	Derby County	20	4	3	3	11	10	1	5	4	9	15	-5	23	D	L	L	L	D	1997-01-11	Wimbledon	A
12	1	Leicester City	20	3	2	5	10	16	3	3	4	10	11	-7	23	D	D	L	D	W	1997-01-11	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Sunderland	20	4	4	2	12	8	2	1	7	7	20	-9	23	L	W	L	W	L	1997-01-01	Coventry City	A
14	1	Coventry City	20	3	3	4	10	11	2	4	4	10	14	-5	22	W	W	W	W	L	1997-01-01	Sunderland	H
15	-1	Leeds United	20	4	1	5	9	12	2	3	5	7	12	-8	22	L	L	D	D	D	1997-01-01	Newcastle United	A
16	0	West Ham United	19	4	3	3	12	12	1	3	5	6	13	-7	21	W	L	D	L	D	1997-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
17	0	Middlesbrough	20	3	4	3	17	15	1	2	7	8	23	-13	18	L	W	L	D	L	1997-01-01	Arsenal	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	3	2	4	9	10	0	6	4	8	12	-5	17	D	W	L	D	W	1997-01-01	Everton	A
19	0	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	20	1	5	4	7	16	1	3	6	11	20	-18	14	D	L	W	L	D	1997-01-01	West Ham United	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	0	Manchester City	Oakwell	17,159
Bosancic (p), Moses	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Southend United	Burnden Park	16,357
Sellars 2, McGinlay (p)	Lineups		Rammell
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Valley	12,259
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Ipswich Town	Kirklees Stadium	11,467
Lawson, Payton	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Bradford City	Carrow Road	13,475
Adams (p), O'Neill	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Reading	Manor Ground	9,223	Largest home gate 1996-97
Beauchamp, Murphy	Lineups		Morley
Port Vale	0	2	Portsmouth	Vale Park	7,382
	Lineups		Hall, Svensson
Sheffield United	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Bramall Lane	16,130
Taylor, Katchouro	Lineups		Henry, Rickers
West Bromwich Albion	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Hawthorns	18,866
Sneekes, Smith, Hunt, Peschisolido	Lineups		Spencer

				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	26	9	3	1	29	12	4	7	2	24	24	53	49	W	W	D	L	D	1997-01-01	Bradford City	H
2	1	Barnsley	25	8	3	2	27	12	5	5	2	17	15	44	47	W	L	W	W	W	1997-01-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	-1	Sheffield United	26	6	5	2	23	13	7	2	4	21	15	44	46	D	W	L	W	L	1997-01-18	Southend United	H
4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	4	3	6	15	14	7	4	1	19	9	34	40	D	W	W	L	D	1997-01-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-1	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
6	3	Oxford United	26	8	3	2	24	8	2	4	7	13	21	37	37	W	L	D	W	D	1997-01-11	Bradford City	A
7	-1	Queens Park Rangers	26	5	3	5	18	16	5	4	4	17	19	35	37	L	W	W	W	W	1997-01-11	Barnsley	H
8	-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
9	-1	Port Vale	26	3	6	4	16	14	6	4	3	13	12	29	37	L	W	W	W	W	1997-01-11	Grimsby Town	A
10	3	Norwich City	25	5	6	2	16	9	5	0	7	18	27	34	36	W	L	L	L	D	1997-01-01	Portsmouth	H
11	5	West Bromwich Albion	25	3	6	4	23	21	4	6	2	19	19	42	33	W	D	D	W	D	1997-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	-2	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
13	-2	Ipswich Town	26	5	6	2	21	17	3	3	7	12	20	33	33	L	W	D	W	D	1997-01-01	Charlton Athletic	A
14	-2	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
15	2	Portsmouth	26	6	3	4	18	12	3	3	7	12	19	30	33	W	L	D	W	L	1997-01-01	Norwich City	A
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	6	3	3	16	13	4	0	9	10	20	26	33	D	W	L	L	W	1997-01-01	Ipswich Town	H
17	-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
18	0	Huddersfield Town	26	7	3	3	20	10	1	5	7	10	24	30	32	W	D	L	L	W	1997-01-01	Stoke City	H
19	0	Reading	26	6	5	2	17	13	1	3	9	11	24	28	29	L	D	D	D	L	1997-01-11	Charlton Athletic	H
20	1	Oldham Athletic	25	3	5	4	13	14	3	4	6	15	17	28	27	D	W	W	L	D	1997-01-18	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	-1	Manchester City	25	6	1	5	16	15	2	1	10	11	25	27	26	L	L	L	W	L	1997-01-11	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Southend United	26	4	5	4	20	20	1	5	7	5	26	25	25	L	L	D	L	L	1997-01-18	Sheffield United	A
23	0	Bradford City	26	4	4	5	14	21	1	4	8	9	21	23	23	L	L	D	D	L	1997-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	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
Burnley	5	1	Gillingham	Turf Moor	10,004
Cooke 2, Smith, Barnes 2 (1p)	Lineups		Bailey
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Gresty Road	3,687
Adebola 2	Lineups
Preston North End	0	2	Bristol City	Deepdale	10,905
	Lineups		Agostino, Goater
Rotherham United	1	1	Bury	Millmoor	3,263
Goodwin	Lineups		Matthews
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	York City	Gay Meadow	3,189
Evans, Stevens	Lineups

				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	24	8	4	0	21	5	3	5	4	15	18	36	42	D	D	D	W	L	1997-01-17	Burnley	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	0	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	3	Bristol City	25	8	3	2	29	10	3	4	5	14	18	43	40	W	W	L	D	D	1997-01-11	Burnley	H
7	3	Burnley	25	10	0	3	28	14	2	4	6	10	14	38	40	W	L	L	W	D	1997-01-11	Bristol City	A
8	3	Crewe Alexandra	24	11	0	2	28	7	2	1	8	6	20	34	40	W	W	L	L	W	1997-01-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	-3	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
10	-3	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
11	-3	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
12	2	Shrewsbury Town	26	5	4	4	15	16	3	4	6	19	24	34	32	W	L	D	D	D	1997-01-01	Blackpool	H
13	-1	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
14	-1	AFC Bournemouth	26	5	2	6	13	15	3	4	6	10	16	23	30	L	W	D	D	D	1997-01-11	Rotherham United	H
15	0	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	0	Preston North End	25	7	3	3	18	13	1	2	9	6	16	24	29	L	D	W	L	W	1997-01-11	Millwall	A
17	0	York City	24	5	3	3	14	11	3	2	8	10	23	24	29	L	L	W	L	D	1997-01-11	Brentford	H
18	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Gillingham	26	5	3	5	18	17	2	3	8	7	19	25	27	L	L	D	D	W	1997-01-18	Notts County	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	24	3	5	5	10	11	0	3	8	10	25	20	17	D	L	D	L	L	1997-01-11	AFC Bournemouth	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Darlington	1	1	Leyton Orient	Feethams Ground	2,700
Atkinson B	Lineups		West
Exeter City	2	0	Cardiff City	St James Park	3,585
Blake, Rowbotham	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	1	Hereford United	Victoria Park	1,923
Allon, Howard	Lineups		Smith
Northampton Town	2	0	Barnet	Sixfields Stadium	5,060
Sampson, Cooper	Lineups
Scarborough	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Seamer Road	2,252
Brodie	Lineups		Storer
Scunthorpe United	2	3	Wigan Athletic	Glanford Park	2,833
Eyre (p), McFarlane	Lineups		Saville, Rogers, Kilford
Swansea City	0	1	Carlisle United	Vetch Field	7,353	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups		Prokas
Torquay United	0	1	Cambridge United	Plainmoor	2,700
	Lineups		Barnwell

				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	26	9	2	2	22	11	6	5	2	18	13	40	52	W	W	W	W	D	1997-01-18	Colchester United	A
3	0	Cambridge United	25	8	2	2	20	12	6	3	4	17	18	37	47	W	D	D	W	L	1997-01-14	Scarborough	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	24	9	1	2	26	11	4	4	4	17	17	43	44	W	L	D	W	D	1997-01-18	Exeter City	A
5	0	Swansea City	25	6	3	3	16	9	5	2	6	12	18	28	38	L	W	W	W	W	1997-01-11	Hull City	A
6	4	Northampton Town	26	7	3	3	21	11	3	4	6	15	18	36	37	W	L	W	D	W	1997-01-01	Cardiff City	H
7	-1	Cardiff City	24	7	1	5	20	15	4	3	4	8	11	28	37	L	W	L	L	L	1997-01-01	Northampton Town	A
8	-1	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
9	-1	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
10	-1	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
11	0	Scunthorpe United	25	7	1	5	23	19	3	3	6	13	18	36	34	L	L	W	W	W	1997-01-18	Hereford United	H
12	1	Scarborough	25	4	6	3	16	16	4	4	4	17	16	33	34	D	W	L	L	D	1997-01-14	Cambridge United	H
13	-1	Torquay United	26	7	1	5	13	9	3	3	7	13	20	26	34	L	L	W	W	L	1997-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Barnet	25	5	6	2	18	10	3	3	6	7	12	25	33	L	D	L	D	L	1997-01-14	Swansea City	A
15	1	Leyton Orient	25	6	4	2	13	5	2	4	7	9	17	22	32	D	W	W	D	D	1997-01-04	Mansfield Town	H
16	-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
17	2	Hartlepool United	25	4	4	4	17	17	5	0	8	13	15	30	31	W	L	W	W	L	1997-01-01	Hull City	H
18	2	Exeter City	26	5	4	4	16	13	3	2	8	10	22	26	30	W	D	L	L	D	1997-01-18	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-2	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
20	-2	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
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	1	Darlington	25	4	4	5	19	18	2	1	9	15	27	34	23	D	L	L	W	W	1997-01-11	Fulham	A
23	-1	Hereford United	26	4	3	6	16	15	2	2	9	10	23	26	23	L	L	L	L	D	1997-01-11	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	3	5	5	18	20	1	1	11	5	26	23	16	D	D	L	W	L	1997-01-01	Torquay United	A