1997-02-01

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Sunderland	Villa Park	32,491
Milosevic	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	West Ham United	Ewood Park	21,944
Gallacher, Sutton	Lineups		Ferdinand
Derby County	0	1	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	18,102
	Lineups		Collymore
Everton	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	32,567
Ferguson, Barmby	Lineups
Leeds United	0	0	Arsenal	Elland Road	35,596
	Lineups
Manchester United	2	1	Southampton	Old Trafford	55,269
Pallister, Cantona	Lineups		Ostenstad
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Coventry City	Hillsborough	21,793
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Chelsea	White Hart Lane	33,027
Howells	Lineups		Campbell OG, Di Matteo
Wimbledon	1	1	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park	15,046
Cox OG	Lineups		Mustoe

				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	Manchester United	25	9	3	1	26	10	5	5	2	24	18	22	50	W	W	W	W	D	1997-02-19	Arsenal	A
2	1	Liverpool	25	7	5	1	26	10	7	2	3	16	10	22	49	W	W	D	L	W	1997-02-19	Leeds United	H
3	-1	Arsenal	25	8	4	0	29	11	5	4	4	15	12	21	47	D	W	W	L	W	1997-02-15	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	0	Newcastle United	24	8	2	2	34	13	4	4	4	12	14	19	42	W	D	D	W	W	1997-02-02	Leicester City	H
5	1	Chelsea	24	6	5	1	22	14	5	3	4	16	19	5	41	W	W	L	W	D	1997-02-22	Manchester United	H
6	-1	Wimbledon	23	6	4	1	20	12	5	2	5	16	16	8	39	D	L	L	D	W	1997-02-23	Arsenal	A
7	0	Aston Villa	25	7	3	3	19	10	4	3	5	13	15	7	39	W	L	L	D	D	1997-02-19	Coventry City	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	4	7	1	11	8	4	4	4	15	19	-1	35	D	W	L	W	D	1997-02-19	Derby County	A
9	3	Everton	25	5	2	5	19	14	3	5	5	15	24	-4	31	W	L	L	L	L	1997-02-22	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	5	3	5	15	14	4	1	6	12	19	-6	31	L	W	L	L	L	1997-02-15	Arsenal	H
11	-1	Leeds United	25	5	3	5	12	12	3	3	6	9	15	-6	30	D	D	W	W	L	1997-02-19	Liverpool	A
12	-1	Sunderland	25	5	5	2	13	8	2	3	8	10	24	-9	29	L	D	D	W	D	1997-02-22	Leeds United	H
13	3	Blackburn Rovers	24	5	2	4	15	11	1	7	5	11	14	1	27	W	L	D	W	W	1997-02-22	Liverpool	A
14	-1	Leicester City	23	4	3	5	12	17	3	3	5	10	14	-9	27	D	W	L	D	D	1997-02-02	Newcastle United	A
15	-1	Coventry City	25	3	4	5	12	15	3	5	5	11	18	-10	27	D	W	L	L	D	1997-02-19	Aston Villa	A
16	-1	Derby County	24	4	3	4	11	11	1	7	5	11	19	-8	25	L	D	L	D	D	1997-02-15	West Ham United	H
17	0	Nottingham Forest	25	3	5	5	11	18	2	3	7	12	22	-17	23	L	L	W	W	W	1997-02-22	Aston Villa	H
18	0	West Ham United	24	4	3	6	13	17	1	4	6	7	15	-12	22	L	L	L	D	L	1997-02-15	Derby County	A
19	0	Southampton	23	4	3	4	20	13	1	2	9	12	28	-9	20	L	D	W	L	L	1997-02-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	24	4	4	4	21	18	1	3	8	9	26	-14	19	D	W	L	L	L	1997-02-22	Newcastle United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Birmingham City	Burnden Park	16,737
Pollock, McGinlay (p)	Lineups		Devlin
Bradford City	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Valley Parade	17,373
Waddle	Lineups		Crosby
Grimsby Town	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Blundell Park	4,139
Mendonca (p), Lester	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Barnsley	Carrow Road	17,001
Eadie	Lineups		Eaden
Port Vale	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Vale Park	8,093
Naylor 2	Lineups		Peschisolido 2
Portsmouth	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Fratton Park	9,135
Hall	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Crystal Palace	Loftus Road	16,467
	Lineups		Hopkin
Southend United	0	0	Ipswich Town	Roots Hall	7,232
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Sheffield United	County Ground	8,811
Elkins, Holdsworth OG	Lineups		Holdsworth
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Reading	Prenton Park	6,019
Branch, Moore	Lineups		Morley 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Stoke City	Molineux	27,408	Largest home gate 1996-97
Bull 2	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	Bolton Wanderers	31	12	3	1	36	14	6	7	2	29	25	65	64	W	W	W	W	W	1997-02-08	Reading	A
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	7	3	6	20	14	8	4	2	22	14	42	52	W	W	W	L	W	1997-02-08	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Barnsley	29	8	3	3	28	14	6	6	3	22	21	50	51	D	W	L	L	W	1997-02-08	Port Vale	H
4	-2	Sheffield United	30	7	5	3	28	16	7	3	5	22	17	50	50	L	D	L	W	D	1997-02-09	Norwich City	H
5	0	Norwich City	30	7	7	2	20	11	6	0	8	21	31	41	46	D	L	W	W	W	1997-02-09	Sheffield United	A
6	4	Crystal Palace	29	6	3	4	25	13	5	7	4	28	19	53	43	W	L	L	D	L	1997-02-08	Bradford City	H
7	1	Tranmere Rovers	30	8	4	4	31	22	4	3	7	11	17	42	43	D	W	L	W	W	1997-02-07	Charlton Athletic	A
8	1	Port Vale	31	4	8	4	24	21	6	5	4	14	14	38	43	D	L	W	D	D	1997-02-08	Barnsley	A
9	-3	Stoke City	29	9	1	4	21	16	3	6	6	16	24	37	43	L	L	L	W	W	1997-02-07	Oxford United	H
10	-3	Queens Park Rangers	30	6	4	6	22	19	5	5	4	21	23	43	42	L	D	D	W	L	1997-02-05	Swindon Town	A
11	3	Portsmouth	31	8	3	5	21	16	4	3	8	14	21	35	42	W	W	W	L	L	1997-02-08	Birmingham City	A
12	-1	Ipswich Town	30	6	6	2	26	17	4	5	7	15	22	41	41	D	W	W	D	L	1997-02-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	-1	Oxford United	29	9	3	2	26	9	2	4	9	14	25	40	40	L	W	L	W	L	1997-02-02	Manchester City	H
14	-1	Huddersfield Town	31	8	4	3	23	12	2	6	8	14	30	37	40	D	L	W	D	W	1997-02-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	1	Swindon Town	30	8	4	3	30	16	3	1	11	12	24	42	38	W	L	D	D	L	1997-02-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-1	Birmingham City	27	7	4	1	18	6	2	6	7	12	21	30	37	L	D	W	L	D	1997-02-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	1	West Bromwich Albion	30	3	7	5	25	24	4	7	4	21	28	46	35	D	L	D	L	L	1997-02-04	Birmingham City	A
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	29	6	4	4	18	16	4	1	10	12	24	30	35	L	L	D	D	D	1997-02-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Reading	30	7	6	2	23	16	1	4	10	14	30	37	34	D	W	L	D	L	1997-02-08	Bolton Wanderers	H
20	0	Bradford City	31	6	5	5	18	22	1	5	9	11	24	29	31	D	W	D	W	L	1997-02-08	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Manchester City	28	6	3	5	17	16	2	2	10	12	26	29	29	D	D	D	L	L	1997-02-02	Oxford United	A
22	1	Southend United	30	5	6	4	22	21	1	5	9	6	31	28	29	D	W	L	L	L	1997-02-08	Manchester City	A
23	-1	Oldham Athletic	28	3	5	5	14	16	3	5	7	16	19	30	28	L	L	D	D	W	1997-02-08	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Grimsby Town	29	4	4	8	19	28	2	5	6	16	25	35	27	W	L	D	L	D	1997-02-08	Oldham Athletic	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Blackpool	Dean Court	8,201	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	The Memorial Stadium	4,924
Browning, Beadle	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Burnley	Gresty Road	4,734
Macauley	Lineups		Barnes
Millwall	0	2	Bristol City	The Den	9,158
	Lineups		Goater 2 (1p)
Notts County	1	2	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	4,866
Richardson	Lineups		Hughes, Alexander
Peterborough United	0	1	Walsall	London Road	4,940
	Lineups		Watson
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Home Park	5,024
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Chesterfield	Deepdale	8,681
	Lineups		Morris
Stockport County	1	2	Brentford	Edgeley Park	8,650
Cavaco	Lineups		McGhee, Taylor
Watford	2	0	Rotherham United	Vicarage Road	10,657
Bazeley, Slater	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Gillingham	Racecourse Ground	3,153
Connolly	Lineups		Akinbiyi
York City	0	2	Bury	Bootham Crescent	3,423
	Lineups		Jackson, Jepson

				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	29	6	8	0	23	13	9	2	4	24	15	47	55	W	D	D	W	W	1997-02-08	Watford	H
2	0	Luton Town	27	10	2	2	25	6	5	4	4	20	21	45	51	W	D	D	W	W	1997-02-08	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	1	Bristol City	29	9	3	3	31	12	4	5	5	16	18	47	47	W	L	D	W	W	1997-02-07	Stockport County	H
4	-1	Crewe Alexandra	28	11	1	2	29	8	4	1	9	12	23	41	47	D	W	W	L	W	1997-02-08	Wycombe Wanderers	A
5	0	Burnley	30	11	1	4	32	17	2	5	7	12	17	44	45	D	D	L	W	L	1997-02-08	York City	H
6	2	Bury	26	8	4	0	21	5	4	5	5	18	21	39	45	W	L	D	D	D	1997-02-08	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	2	Chesterfield	27	7	3	2	14	9	6	3	6	11	11	25	45	W	D	L	W	D	1997-02-08	Wrexham	H
8	-2	Stockport County	27	7	4	3	18	10	5	4	4	20	20	38	44	L	W	W	D	D	1997-02-07	Bristol City	A
9	-2	Millwall	29	9	2	4	21	16	3	6	5	16	22	37	44	L	L	L	W	L	1997-02-08	Walsall	A
10	0	Watford	27	5	7	2	13	10	5	7	1	15	10	28	44	W	D	D	D	D	1997-02-08	Brentford	A
11	0	Wrexham	26	7	5	1	24	17	3	6	4	11	14	35	41	D	D	D	L	W	1997-02-08	Chesterfield	A
12	1	Walsall	27	8	4	2	21	10	3	2	8	11	20	32	39	W	W	W	W	D	1997-02-08	Millwall	H
13	-1	Shrewsbury Town	30	6	5	5	20	21	3	4	7	19	26	39	36	L	D	W	L	W	1997-02-08	Notts County	H
14	0	Blackpool	28	5	6	2	20	12	3	5	7	12	18	32	35	D	W	L	W	W	1997-02-08	Peterborough United	H
15	0	AFC Bournemouth	30	5	4	6	14	16	4	4	7	12	18	26	35	D	W	L	D	L	1997-02-04	Notts County	A
16	3	Bristol Rovers	29	7	4	3	22	15	1	6	8	7	16	29	34	W	D	D	L	L	1997-02-08	Gillingham	A
17	-1	Preston North End	29	7	4	4	19	15	2	2	10	10	20	29	33	L	W	D	L	L	1997-02-08	Rotherham United	A
18	0	Gillingham	29	6	3	5	22	18	2	5	8	9	21	31	32	D	W	D	L	L	1997-02-08	Bristol Rovers	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	29	4	8	3	14	16	3	3	8	17	26	31	32	D	L	D	W	L	1997-02-08	Luton Town	A
20	0	York City	28	5	3	5	16	17	3	3	9	12	27	28	30	L	L	D	L	L	1997-02-08	Burnley	A
21	0	Peterborough United	28	3	6	5	26	24	3	5	6	13	22	39	29	L	D	D	W	W	1997-02-08	Blackpool	A
22	0	Wycombe Wanderers	28	6	2	6	13	13	1	4	9	13	28	26	27	D	W	L	L	W	1997-02-08	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Notts County	28	3	5	5	13	13	2	4	9	8	22	21	24	L	L	D	D	D	1997-02-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
24	0	Rotherham United	28	4	5	6	13	16	0	4	9	11	28	24	21	L	L	W	D	D	1997-02-08	Preston North End	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	2	1	Northampton Town	Brunton Park	5,271
Conway 2	Lineups		Lee
Darlington	5	2	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	2,269
Oliver, Kelly, Roberts 2, Brumwell	Lineups		Ainsworth 2
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Belle Vue	3,022
Cramb	Lineups		Baker
Hartlepool United	1	0	Scarborough	Victoria Park	1,843
Cooper	Lineups
Hereford United	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Edgar Street	2,532
Foster A, Beeston, Fishlock	Lineups		Rogers
Hull City	1	0	Chester City	Boothferry Park	2,513
Gordon	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	1	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	3,693
Winston	Lineups		Rowbotham
Mansfield Town	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Field Mill	2,456
Doolan	Lineups		Mundee
Rochdale	1	1	Barnet	Spotland	1,623
Russell	Lineups		Simpson

				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	30	9	2	4	29	15	9	3	3	24	13	53	59	L	W	L	L	W	1997-02-08	Lincoln City	A
2	1	Carlisle United	28	10	2	2	24	12	6	6	2	19	14	43	56	W	D	W	W	W	1997-02-08	Wigan Athletic	A
3	-1	Wigan Athletic	28	10	1	2	29	13	6	4	5	21	21	50	53	L	W	W	W	W	1997-02-04	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Swansea City	31	10	3	3	25	10	5	3	7	15	22	40	51	W	W	L	W	W	1997-02-08	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Cambridge United	30	9	2	3	23	15	6	3	7	18	24	41	50	L	L	W	L	L	1997-02-08	Hull City	H
6	0	Northampton Town	30	10	3	3	33	12	3	4	7	16	20	49	46	L	W	W	W	W	1997-02-08	Swansea City	H
7	0	Colchester United	30	7	7	1	27	14	3	8	4	17	18	44	45	W	W	D	W	D	1997-02-04	Leyton Orient	H
8	0	Cardiff City	29	8	1	6	23	18	5	3	6	12	17	35	43	W	W	L	L	L	1997-02-08	Colchester United	H
9	0	Lincoln City	30	6	7	2	20	14	5	1	9	21	33	41	41	L	D	W	W	W	1997-02-04	Wigan Athletic	H
10	0	Scarborough	29	6	7	3	20	18	4	4	5	17	17	37	41	L	W	D	W	D	1997-02-04	Rochdale	A
11	0	Torquay United	29	9	1	5	18	11	3	3	8	13	22	31	40	L	W	W	L	L	1997-02-08	Leyton Orient	H
12	3	Hull City	30	6	6	3	18	17	3	7	5	10	15	28	40	W	L	L	D	D	1997-02-08	Cambridge United	A
13	0	Mansfield Town	29	5	5	4	13	9	4	7	4	18	19	31	39	D	W	W	W	L	1997-02-04	Chester City	H
14	-2	Chester City	28	6	5	3	17	12	4	4	6	11	19	28	39	L	D	L	D	D	1997-02-04	Mansfield Town	A
15	-1	Scunthorpe United	28	8	1	6	29	24	3	4	6	14	19	43	38	D	L	W	L	L	1997-02-08	Mansfield Town	H
16	2	Hartlepool United	30	5	5	5	21	22	5	1	9	13	18	34	36	W	L	L	D	D	1997-02-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	-1	Barnet	29	5	7	2	18	10	3	5	7	9	17	27	36	D	D	D	L	L	1997-02-08	Hereford United	H
18	-1	Leyton Orient	30	7	5	3	17	9	2	4	9	10	20	27	36	D	L	L	L	W	1997-02-04	Colchester United	A
19	0	Rochdale	27	6	3	4	17	12	2	7	5	14	21	31	34	D	L	W	D	W	1997-02-04	Scarborough	H
20	0	Exeter City	30	5	4	6	16	17	3	3	9	13	26	29	31	D	L	L	L	W	1997-02-08	Rochdale	H
21	1	Darlington	29	6	4	5	26	20	2	2	10	15	33	41	30	W	D	W	L	D	1997-02-04	Hereford United	A
22	-1	Doncaster Rovers	30	5	3	6	16	16	3	2	11	17	32	33	29	D	L	L	L	W	1997-02-08	Chester City	A
23	0	Hereford United	30	5	3	7	19	17	3	2	10	12	28	31	29	W	W	L	L	L	1997-02-04	Darlington	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	4	5	5	21	20	1	2	13	8	31	29	20	D	W	L	L	D	1997-02-08	Hartlepool United	H