1997-01-18

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chelsea	3	1	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	27,639
Wise, Leboeuf (p), Hughes P	Lineups		Asanovic
Coventry City	0	2	Manchester United	Highfield Road	23,080	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups		Giggs, Solskjaer
Leicester City	1	0	Wimbledon	Filbert Street	18,927
Heskey	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Aston Villa	Anfield Road	40,489
Carragher, Collymore, Fowler	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Riverside Stadium	29,484
Ravanelli (p), Festa, Emerson (p), Juninho	Lineups		Pembridge 2
Southampton	2	2	Newcastle United	The Dell	15,251
Maddison, Le Tissier,	Lineups		Ferdinand, Clark
Sunderland	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	20,794
	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	24	7	5	1	26	10	6	2	3	15	10	21	46	W	D	L	W	D	1997-02-01	Derby County	A
2	0	Manchester United	23	7	3	1	22	8	5	5	2	24	18	20	44	W	W	D	W	W	1997-01-29	Wimbledon	H
3	0	Arsenal	22	7	4	0	26	10	4	3	4	13	11	18	40	L	W	D	D	L	1997-01-19	Everton	H
4	0	Newcastle United	23	7	2	2	30	12	4	4	4	12	14	16	39	D	D	W	W	L	1997-01-29	Everton	H
5	0	Wimbledon	21	6	3	1	19	11	5	2	4	15	14	9	38	L	D	W	L	W	1997-01-29	Manchester United	A
6	1	Chelsea	23	6	5	1	22	14	4	3	4	14	18	4	38	W	L	W	D	W	1997-02-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	-1	Aston Villa	23	6	3	2	18	9	4	3	5	13	15	7	36	L	D	D	D	L	1997-01-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	6	1	11	8	3	4	4	14	19	-2	31	L	W	D	D	D	1997-01-29	Aston Villa	A
9	0	Everton	22	4	2	5	17	14	3	5	3	13	17	-1	28	L	L	L	L	D	1997-01-19	Arsenal	A
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	4	3	4	12	11	4	1	5	11	17	-5	28	L	L	W	D	D	1997-01-19	Nottingham Forest	A
11	0	Sunderland	23	5	5	2	13	8	2	2	7	9	22	-8	28	D	W	D	L	W	1997-01-29	Leicester City	A
12	4	Leicester City	22	4	2	5	11	16	3	3	5	10	14	-9	26	W	L	D	D	L	1997-01-29	Sunderland	H
13	-1	Leeds United	22	5	1	5	12	12	2	3	6	7	15	-8	25	W	L	L	L	D	1997-01-20	West Ham United	A
14	0	Blackburn Rovers	22	4	2	4	13	10	1	7	4	10	12	1	24	D	W	W	D	W	1997-01-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-2	Derby County	22	4	3	3	11	10	1	6	5	11	19	-7	24	L	D	D	L	L	1997-01-29	Leeds United	A
16	-1	Coventry City	23	3	4	5	12	15	2	4	5	10	18	-11	23	L	L	D	W	W	1997-01-29	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	West Ham United	21	4	3	4	12	13	1	4	5	6	13	-8	22	D	L	W	L	D	1997-01-20	Leeds United	H
18	1	Southampton	22	4	3	4	20	13	1	2	8	11	26	-8	20	D	W	L	L	W	1997-02-01	Manchester United	A
19	-1	Nottingham Forest	22	2	5	4	9	16	2	3	6	12	20	-15	20	W	W	D	L	W	1997-01-19	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	23	4	4	4	21	18	1	2	8	8	25	-14	18	W	L	L	L	W	1997-02-01	Wimbledon	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	2	Ipswich Town	Oakwell	9,872
Liddell	Lineups		Mason, Cundy
Birmingham City	4	1	Reading	St Andrew's	15,363
Furlong, Devlin 2 (1p), Gilkes OG	Lineups		Holsgrove
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	18,980
McGinlay, Curle OG, Blake	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Stoke City	The Valley	9,901
Barness	Lineups		Sheron 2
Crystal Palace	1	2	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	15,498
Quinn	Lineups		Bradbury, Thomson
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Manchester City	Kirklees Stadium	18,358	Largest home gate 1996-97
Lawson	Lineups		Lomas
Norwich City	2	1	Grimsby Town	Carrow Road	16,687
Polston, Sutch	Lineups		Lester
Oxford United	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Manor Ground	7,072
Aldridge, Jemson (p)	Lineups		Aldridge
Sheffield United	3	0	Southend United	Bramall Lane	15,049
Katchouro, White, Taylor	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Bradford City	County Ground	7,851
Horlock	Lineups		Jacobs
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Oldham Athletic	The Hawthorns	11,919
Taylor	Lineups		Barlow

				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	29	11	3	1	34	13	5	7	2	27	24	61	58	W	W	W	W	W	1997-01-29	Stoke City	A
2	1	Sheffield United	27	7	5	2	26	13	7	2	4	21	15	47	49	W	D	W	L	W	1997-01-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	-1	Barnsley	27	8	3	3	28	14	5	5	3	18	18	46	47	L	L	W	L	W	1997-01-28	Grimsby Town	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	5	3	6	17	14	7	4	2	19	12	36	43	L	W	D	W	W	1997-01-24	Sheffield United	A
5	2	Stoke City	26	9	1	2	19	12	3	6	5	16	22	35	43	W	W	L	W	D	1997-01-22	Norwich City	H
6	3	Norwich City	27	7	6	2	19	10	5	0	7	18	27	37	42	W	W	W	L	L	1997-01-22	Stoke City	A
7	-2	Crystal Palace	27	6	3	4	25	13	4	7	3	26	17	51	40	L	D	L	W	L	1997-01-28	Southend United	A
8	3	Oxford United	28	9	3	2	26	9	2	4	8	13	23	39	40	W	L	W	L	D	1997-01-28	Portsmouth	A
9	-3	Queens Park Rangers	27	6	3	5	21	17	5	4	4	17	19	38	40	W	L	W	W	W	1997-01-19	Port Vale	A
10	-2	Tranmere Rovers	28	7	3	4	26	19	4	3	7	11	17	37	39	L	W	W	D	L	1997-01-28	Norwich City	H
11	-1	Port Vale	27	3	6	4	16	14	6	5	3	14	13	30	38	D	L	W	W	W	1997-01-19	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	2	Ipswich Town	28	5	6	2	21	17	4	4	7	15	22	36	37	W	D	L	W	D	1997-01-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	28	8	4	3	23	12	1	5	7	10	24	33	36	D	W	W	D	L	1997-01-25	Oldham Athletic	A
14	3	Portsmouth	29	6	3	5	18	15	4	3	8	14	21	32	36	W	L	L	W	L	1997-01-28	Oxford United	H
15	3	Birmingham City	25	7	4	1	18	6	2	5	6	10	18	28	36	W	L	D	D	D	1997-01-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	-3	Charlton Athletic	28	6	4	4	18	16	4	1	9	12	22	30	35	L	D	D	D	W	1997-02-01	Grimsby Town	A
17	-2	West Bromwich Albion	28	3	7	5	25	24	4	6	3	19	21	44	34	D	L	L	W	D	1997-01-25	Ipswich Town	A
18	-2	Swindon Town	27	7	3	3	25	12	3	1	10	12	23	37	34	D	L	W	D	L	1997-01-25	Grimsby Town	H
19	0	Reading	28	6	6	2	19	15	1	3	10	12	28	31	30	L	D	L	D	D	1997-01-28	Huddersfield Town	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	26	3	5	4	13	14	3	5	6	16	18	29	28	D	D	W	W	L	1997-01-25	Huddersfield Town	H
21	0	Manchester City	27	6	2	5	17	16	2	2	10	12	26	29	28	D	D	L	L	L	1997-01-29	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Bradford City	29	5	4	5	16	21	1	5	9	11	24	27	27	D	W	L	L	L	1997-01-28	Port Vale	H
23	0	Southend United	27	4	5	4	20	20	1	5	8	5	29	25	25	L	L	L	D	L	1997-01-25	Port Vale	A
24	0	Grimsby Town	26	3	4	7	15	25	2	4	6	13	22	28	23	L	D	L	D	D	1997-01-25	Swindon Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Bloomfield Road	4,760
Ellis	Lineups		Murphy, Adebola
Brentford	0	0	Bristol City	Griffin Park	7,606
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	York City	The Memorial Stadium	4,470
Beadle	Lineups		Pepper (p)
Luton Town	0	0	Wrexham	Kenilworth Road	6,167
	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Gillingham	Meadow Lane	5,008
Martindale (p)	Lineups		Puttnam
Peterborough United	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	London Road	6,288
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Watford	Deepdale	8,735
Bennett	Lineups		Mooney
Rotherham United	2	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Millmoor	2,692
Goodwin, Glover	Lineups		Carroll (p)
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Chesterfield	Gay Meadow	2,659
Brown, Evans (p)	Lineups
Stockport County	5	1	Millwall	Edgeley Park	7,502
Mutch, Armstrong (p), Flynn, Cavaco 2	Lineups		Webber
Walsall	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Bescot Stadium	3,037
Viveash, Lightbourne	Lineups		Fletcher

				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	27	6	7	0	23	13	8	2	4	22	14	45	51	D	W	W	D	W	1997-01-21	Bristol Rovers	H
2	0	Luton Town	25	10	1	2	25	6	4	4	4	18	20	43	47	D	W	W	W	W	1997-01-27	Watford	H
3	1	Bristol City	27	9	3	2	31	11	3	5	5	14	18	45	44	D	W	W	W	L	1997-01-25	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	3	Stockport County	26	7	4	2	17	8	5	4	4	20	20	37	44	W	W	D	D	W	1997-02-01	Brentford	H
5	-2	Millwall	27	9	2	3	21	14	3	6	4	16	19	37	44	L	W	L	L	D	1997-01-25	Blackpool	A
6	-1	Burnley	27	11	0	3	31	15	2	4	7	11	16	42	43	W	L	W	L	L	1997-01-25	Preston North End	H
7	2	Crewe Alexandra	26	11	0	2	28	7	3	1	9	8	22	36	43	W	L	W	W	L	1997-01-25	Rotherham United	A
8	-2	Bury	25	8	4	0	21	5	3	5	5	16	21	37	42	L	D	D	D	W	1997-02-01	York City	A
9	-1	Chesterfield	25	7	3	2	14	9	5	2	6	10	11	24	41	L	W	D	L	W	1997-01-28	Burnley	A
10	0	Wrexham	25	7	4	1	23	16	3	6	4	11	14	34	40	D	D	L	W	L	1997-02-01	Gillingham	H
11	0	Watford	25	4	7	2	11	10	5	6	1	15	10	26	40	D	D	D	D	D	1997-01-27	Luton Town	A
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	6	4	5	18	19	3	4	6	19	24	37	35	W	L	W	L	D	1997-01-25	Peterborough United	H
13	3	Walsall	25	7	4	2	18	9	2	2	8	10	20	28	33	W	W	D	D	W	1997-01-25	Notts County	H
14	1	Plymouth Argyle	27	4	7	3	14	16	3	3	7	16	22	30	31	D	W	L	W	D	1997-01-25	Gillingham	A
15	-2	Blackpool	26	4	6	2	17	12	3	4	7	12	18	29	31	L	W	W	L	D	1997-01-25	Millwall	H
16	-2	AFC Bournemouth	28	5	3	6	14	16	3	4	7	11	18	25	31	L	D	L	W	D	1997-01-25	Bristol City	A
17	0	Bristol Rovers	27	6	4	3	20	15	1	5	8	7	16	27	30	D	L	L	L	D	1997-01-21	Brentford	A
18	0	Preston North End	27	7	4	3	19	14	1	2	10	8	19	27	30	D	L	L	D	W	1997-01-25	Burnley	A
19	0	York City	26	5	3	4	16	15	3	3	8	11	24	27	30	D	L	L	L	W	1997-01-25	Wycombe Wanderers	A
20	0	Peterborough United	26	3	6	4	26	23	3	4	6	11	20	37	28	D	W	W	D	L	1997-01-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	0	Gillingham	27	5	3	5	18	17	2	4	8	8	20	26	28	D	L	L	D	D	1997-01-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	1	Notts County	26	3	5	4	12	11	2	4	8	7	19	19	24	D	D	D	L	D	1997-01-25	Walsall	A
23	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	26	5	2	6	10	12	1	3	9	13	28	23	23	L	L	W	W	W	1997-01-25	York City	H
24	0	Rotherham United	26	4	5	5	12	12	0	4	8	11	26	23	21	W	D	D	L	D	1997-01-25	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	1	1	Carlisle United	Layer Road	3,588
Adcock (p)	Lineups		Archdeacon
Darlington	2	0	Cambridge United	Feethams Ground	2,027
Naylor, Blake	Lineups
Exeter City	0	1	Wigan Athletic	St James Park	3,067
	Lineups		Johnson
Hartlepool United	2	4	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Park	1,708
Howard, Cooper (p)	Lineups		Cramb 3, Schofield
Lincoln City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Sincil Bank	3,056
Stant, Ainsworth	Lineups		Storer
Mansfield Town	1	0	Hull City	Field Mill	2,286
Kilcline	Lineups
Northampton Town	5	1	Chester City	Sixfields Stadium	4,434
Rush, Cooper, Warburton, Sampson, Grayson	Lineups		Noteman
Rochdale	1	0	Cardiff City	Spotland	1,704
Leonard	Lineups
Scarborough	1	1	Barnet	Seamer Road	1,835
Rockett	Lineups		Hodges
Scunthorpe United	5	1	Hereford United	Glanford Park	1,986
Housham, Clarkson, Eyre (p), Baker 2	Lineups		Foster A
Swansea City	1	0	Leyton Orient	Vetch Field	3,435
Molby	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Fulham	Plainmoor	3,386
Gittens, Winter (p), Nelson	Lineups		Scott

				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	28	9	2	3	28	11	8	3	3	20	12	48	56	L	L	W	D	W	1997-01-25	Scunthorpe United	A
2	0	Carlisle United	27	9	2	2	22	11	6	6	2	19	14	41	53	D	W	W	W	W	1997-02-01	Northampton Town	H
3	1	Wigan Athletic	25	9	1	2	26	11	5	4	4	18	17	44	47	W	W	L	D	W	1997-01-21	Leyton Orient	A
4	-1	Cambridge United	27	8	2	2	20	12	6	3	6	17	21	37	47	L	L	W	D	D	1997-01-21	Exeter City	H
5	0	Swansea City	28	8	3	3	20	9	5	3	6	13	19	33	45	W	W	D	L	W	1997-01-25	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	Northampton Town	28	9	3	3	30	12	3	4	6	15	18	45	43	W	W	W	L	W	1997-01-25	Hartlepool United	H
7	4	Torquay United	28	9	1	5	18	11	3	3	7	13	20	31	40	W	W	L	L	W	1997-01-31	Colchester United	A
8	-1	Colchester United	28	6	7	1	25	14	2	8	4	14	18	39	39	D	W	D	D	D	1997-01-25	Exeter City	A
9	0	Scarborough	27	5	7	3	18	17	4	4	4	17	16	35	38	D	W	D	W	L	1997-01-25	Leyton Orient	H
10	-2	Chester City	26	6	5	3	17	12	4	3	5	11	18	28	38	L	D	D	W	W	1997-01-28	Lincoln City	A
11	3	Scunthorpe United	26	8	1	5	28	20	3	3	6	13	18	41	37	W	L	L	W	W	1997-01-25	Fulham	H
12	3	Lincoln City	27	5	6	2	17	12	5	1	8	19	28	36	37	W	W	L	L	D	1997-01-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	-3	Cardiff City	27	7	1	6	21	18	4	3	6	8	16	29	37	L	L	L	L	W	1997-01-25	Hull City	H
14	-2	Hull City	28	5	6	3	17	17	3	7	4	10	13	27	37	L	D	D	W	W	1997-01-25	Cardiff City	A
15	3	Mansfield Town	27	4	4	4	10	8	4	7	4	18	19	28	35	W	W	L	D	W	1997-01-21	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	-3	Leyton Orient	27	7	4	2	15	6	2	4	8	9	18	24	35	L	W	D	W	W	1997-01-21	Wigan Athletic	H
17	0	Barnet	27	5	6	2	18	10	3	4	7	8	16	26	34	D	L	L	D	L	1997-01-25	Darlington	H
18	-2	Hartlepool United	28	4	5	5	20	22	5	1	8	13	15	33	33	L	D	D	W	L	1997-01-25	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Rochdale	25	6	2	4	16	11	2	7	4	14	18	30	33	W	D	W	L	W	1997-01-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	0	Exeter City	27	5	4	5	16	14	3	2	8	10	22	26	30	L	W	D	L	L	1997-01-21	Cambridge United	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	5	2	6	15	15	3	2	8	15	25	30	28	W	D	L	L	L	1997-01-21	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Darlington	27	5	4	5	21	18	2	1	10	15	33	36	26	W	L	D	L	L	1997-01-25	Barnet	A
23	0	Hereford United	28	4	3	7	16	16	2	2	10	11	28	27	23	L	L	L	L	L	1997-01-25	Cambridge United	A
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	3	5	5	18	20	1	1	13	7	30	25	16	L	L	D	D	L	1997-01-25	Rochdale	H