1997-02-08

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Port Vale	Oakwell	12,246
Hendrie	Lineups
Birmingham City	0	3	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	15,897
	Lineups		Svensson, Bradbury, McLoughlin (p)
Crystal Palace	3	1	Bradford City	Selhurst Park	14,844
Shipperley, Ndah, Freedman	Lineups		Waddle
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kirklees Stadium	15,267
	Lineups		Froggatt, Bull
Ipswich Town	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Portman Road	12,983
Naylor, Gregory	Lineups
Manchester City	3	0	Southend United	Maine Road	26,261
Rosler 2, Kinkladze	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	3	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	6,549
	Lineups		Oster, Woods, Mendonca
Reading	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Elm Park	10,739
Morley 3 (1p)	Lineups		Thompson, McGinlay
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Swindon Town	The Hawthorns	16,219
Hunt (p)	Lineups		Allison W, Smith

				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	32	12	3	1	36	14	6	7	3	31	28	67	64	L	W	W	W	W	1997-02-15	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	7	3	6	20	14	9	4	2	24	14	44	55	W	W	W	W	L	1997-02-15	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Barnsley	30	9	3	3	29	14	6	6	3	22	21	51	54	W	D	W	L	L	1997-02-15	Charlton Athletic	A
4	0	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	2	Crystal Palace	30	7	3	4	28	14	5	7	4	28	19	56	46	W	W	L	L	D	1997-02-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	Stoke City	30	10	1	4	23	17	3	6	6	16	24	39	46	W	L	L	L	W	1997-02-15	Southend United	A
8	3	Portsmouth	32	8	3	5	21	16	5	3	8	17	21	38	45	W	W	W	W	L	1997-02-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	3	Ipswich Town	31	7	6	2	28	17	4	5	7	15	22	43	44	W	D	W	W	D	1997-02-15	Port Vale	A
10	-2	Queens Park Rangers	32	6	4	6	22	19	5	6	5	22	26	44	43	L	D	L	D	D	1997-02-22	Stoke City	A
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	31	8	4	4	31	22	4	3	8	12	20	43	43	L	D	W	L	W	1997-02-22	Crystal Palace	A
12	-2	Port Vale	32	4	8	4	24	21	6	5	5	14	15	38	43	L	D	L	W	D	1997-02-15	Ipswich Town	H
13	2	Swindon Town	32	8	5	3	31	17	4	1	11	14	25	45	42	W	D	W	L	D	1997-02-22	Manchester City	A
14	-1	Oxford United	31	9	3	3	27	13	2	4	10	15	27	42	40	L	L	L	W	L	1997-02-15	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	8	4	4	23	14	2	6	8	14	30	37	40	L	D	L	W	D	1997-02-15	Grimsby Town	A
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	3	7	6	26	26	5	7	4	24	30	50	38	L	W	D	L	D	1997-02-15	Norwich City	A
17	0	Charlton Athletic	30	7	4	4	21	17	4	1	10	12	24	33	38	W	L	L	D	D	1997-02-15	Barnsley	H
18	1	Reading	31	8	6	2	26	18	1	4	10	14	30	40	37	W	D	W	L	D	1997-02-22	Southend United	H
19	-1	Birmingham City	29	7	4	3	20	12	2	6	7	12	21	32	37	L	L	L	D	W	1997-02-23	Port Vale	H
20	0	Manchester City	30	7	3	5	20	16	3	2	10	16	27	36	35	W	W	D	D	D	1997-02-22	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Bradford City	32	6	5	5	18	22	1	5	10	12	27	30	31	L	D	W	D	W	1997-02-22	Oldham Athletic	A
22	2	Grimsby Town	30	4	4	8	19	28	3	5	6	19	25	38	30	W	W	L	D	L	1997-02-15	Huddersfield Town	H
23	-1	Southend United	31	5	6	4	22	21	1	5	10	6	34	28	29	L	D	W	L	L	1997-02-15	Stoke City	H
24	-1	Oldham Athletic	29	3	5	6	14	19	3	5	7	16	19	30	28	L	L	L	D	D	1997-02-15	Oxford United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	5	1	Peterborough United	Bloomfield Road	4,001
Ellis 3, Preece, Bryan	Lineups		Cleaver
Brentford	1	1	Watford	Griffin Park	8,679	Largest home gate 1996-97
Asaba	Lineups		Scott
Burnley	1	2	York City	Turf Moor	8,961
Gleghorn	Lineups		Tolson, Jordan
Bury	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Gigg Lane	3,599
Carter (p), Matthews	Lineups		Robinson (p)
Chesterfield	0	0	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,738
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	6,900
Hessenthaler	Lineups
Luton Town	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Kenilworth Road	6,827
Thorpe 2	Lineups		Littlejohn, Evans
Rotherham United	0	1	Preston North End	Millmoor	3,556
	Lineups		Reeves
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Notts County	Gay Meadow	2,692
Spink, Stevens	Lineups		Regis
Walsall	2	1	Millwall	Bescot Stadium	3,833
Watson, Viveash	Lineups		Bowry
Wycombe Wanderers	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Adams Park	4,902
Read, De Souza	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	30	6	9	0	24	14	9	2	4	24	15	48	56	D	W	D	D	W	1997-02-22	AFC Bournemouth	H
2	0	Luton Town	28	10	3	2	27	8	5	4	4	20	21	47	52	D	W	D	D	W	1997-02-15	Bristol Rovers	A
3	0	Bristol City	30	9	4	3	32	13	4	5	5	16	18	48	48	D	W	L	D	W	1997-02-15	Peterborough United	A
4	2	Bury	27	9	4	0	23	6	4	5	5	18	21	41	48	W	W	L	D	D	1997-02-15	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	-1	Crewe Alexandra	29	11	1	2	29	8	4	1	10	12	25	41	47	L	D	W	W	L	1997-02-15	Walsall	H
6	2	Chesterfield	28	7	4	2	14	9	6	3	6	11	11	25	46	D	W	D	L	W	1997-02-18	Rotherham United	H
7	-2	Burnley	31	11	1	5	33	19	2	5	7	12	17	45	45	L	D	D	L	W	1997-02-15	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	-1	Stockport County	28	7	4	3	18	10	5	5	4	21	21	39	45	D	L	W	W	D	1997-02-15	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	1	Watford	28	5	7	2	13	10	5	8	1	16	11	29	45	D	W	D	D	D	1997-02-22	Wycombe Wanderers	A
10	-1	Millwall	30	9	2	4	21	16	3	6	6	17	24	38	44	L	L	L	L	W	1997-02-15	Rotherham United	H
11	0	Wrexham	27	7	5	1	24	17	3	7	4	11	14	35	42	D	D	D	D	L	1997-02-11	Peterborough United	A
12	0	Walsall	28	9	4	2	23	11	3	2	8	11	20	34	42	W	W	W	W	W	1997-02-11	York City	A
13	1	Shrewsbury Town	31	7	5	5	22	22	3	4	7	19	26	41	39	W	L	D	W	L	1997-02-15	Stockport County	A
14	1	Blackpool	29	6	6	2	25	13	3	5	7	12	18	37	38	W	D	W	L	W	1997-02-15	Notts County	A
15	-2	AFC Bournemouth	32	5	4	6	14	16	5	4	8	15	20	29	38	L	W	D	W	L	1997-02-11	Preston North End	H
16	1	Preston North End	30	7	4	4	19	15	3	2	10	11	20	30	36	W	L	W	D	L	1997-02-11	AFC Bournemouth	A
17	1	Gillingham	30	7	3	5	23	18	2	5	8	9	21	32	35	W	D	W	D	L	1997-02-15	York City	A
18	-2	Bristol Rovers	30	7	4	3	22	15	1	6	9	7	17	29	34	L	W	D	D	L	1997-02-15	Luton Town	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	30	4	8	3	14	16	3	4	8	19	28	33	33	D	D	L	D	W	1997-02-15	Bury	H
20	0	York City	29	5	3	5	16	17	4	3	9	14	28	30	33	W	L	L	D	L	1997-02-11	Walsall	H
21	1	Wycombe Wanderers	29	7	2	6	15	13	1	4	9	13	28	28	30	W	D	W	L	L	1997-02-15	Preston North End	A
22	-1	Peterborough United	29	3	6	5	26	24	3	5	7	14	27	40	29	L	L	D	D	W	1997-02-11	Wrexham	H
23	0	Notts County	30	3	5	6	13	15	2	4	10	9	24	22	24	L	L	L	L	D	1997-02-15	Blackpool	H
24	0	Rotherham United	29	4	5	7	13	17	0	4	9	11	28	24	21	L	L	L	W	D	1997-02-15	Millwall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	2	3	Hereford United	Underhill Stadium	2,439
Primus, Wilson (p)	Lineups		Kottila, Hargreaves, Foster A
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Hartlepool United	Goldstone Ground	8,412
Baird, Maskell 3, Hobson	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	0	Hull City	Abbey Stadium	3,029
Raynor	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Colchester United	Ninian Park	3,912
Haworth	Lineups		Adcock, Whitton
Chester City	6	0	Doncaster Rovers	Deva Stadium	2,347
Milner 4, Alsford, Jones (p)	Lineups
Exeter City	0	0	Rochdale	St James Park	2,849
	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	0	Fulham	Sincil Bank	3,948
Ainsworth, Stant	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Swansea City	Sixfields Stadium	6,179
Lee	Lineups		Brayson, Penney (p)
Scarborough	4	1	Darlington	Seamer Road	2,585
Currie 3, McElhatton	Lineups		Oliver
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Mansfield Town	Glanford Park	2,600
	Lineups		Doolan, Martindale
Torquay United	0	0	Leyton Orient	Plainmoor	3,386
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Carlisle United	Springfield Park	6,195
Lowe	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Wigan Athletic	30	11	1	2	30	13	7	4	5	24	22	54	59	W	W	L	W	W	1997-02-15	Fulham	A
2	-1	Fulham	31	9	2	4	29	15	9	3	4	24	15	53	59	L	L	W	L	L	1997-02-11	Swansea City	H
3	0	Carlisle United	29	10	2	2	24	12	6	6	3	19	15	43	56	L	W	D	W	W	1997-02-11	Scarborough	H
4	0	Swansea City	32	10	3	3	25	10	6	3	7	17	23	42	54	W	W	W	L	W	1997-02-11	Fulham	A
5	0	Cambridge United	31	10	2	3	24	15	6	3	7	18	24	42	53	W	L	L	W	L	1997-02-15	Leyton Orient	A
6	0	Colchester United	32	8	7	1	29	15	4	8	4	19	19	48	51	W	W	W	W	D	1997-02-14	Chester City	H
7	0	Northampton Town	31	10	3	4	34	14	3	4	7	16	20	50	46	L	L	W	W	W	1997-02-15	Rochdale	A
8	1	Scarborough	31	7	7	3	24	19	4	5	5	20	20	44	45	W	D	L	W	D	1997-02-11	Carlisle United	A
9	1	Chester City	30	7	5	3	23	12	5	4	6	13	19	36	45	W	W	L	D	L	1997-02-14	Colchester United	A
10	1	Lincoln City	32	7	7	3	23	17	5	1	9	21	33	44	44	W	L	L	D	W	1997-02-15	Mansfield Town	A
11	-3	Cardiff City	30	8	1	7	24	20	5	3	6	12	17	36	43	L	W	W	L	L	1997-02-11	Hartlepool United	A
12	2	Mansfield Town	31	5	5	5	13	11	5	7	4	20	19	33	42	W	L	D	W	W	1997-02-15	Lincoln City	H
13	-1	Torquay United	30	9	2	5	18	11	3	3	8	13	22	31	41	D	L	W	W	L	1997-02-15	Hartlepool United	A
14	-1	Hull City	31	6	6	3	18	17	3	7	6	10	16	28	40	L	W	L	L	D	1997-02-15	Exeter City	H
15	0	Scunthorpe United	29	8	1	7	29	26	3	4	6	14	19	43	38	L	D	L	W	L	1997-02-15	Darlington	A
16	1	Leyton Orient	32	7	5	3	17	9	2	5	10	11	22	28	37	D	L	D	L	L	1997-02-11	Rochdale	H
17	2	Rochdale	29	6	4	4	20	15	2	8	5	14	21	34	36	D	D	D	L	W	1997-02-11	Leyton Orient	A
18	-2	Hartlepool United	31	5	5	5	21	22	5	1	10	13	23	34	36	L	W	L	L	D	1997-02-11	Cardiff City	H
19	-1	Barnet	30	5	7	3	20	13	3	5	7	9	17	29	36	L	D	D	D	L	1997-02-15	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	2	Hereford United	32	5	4	7	20	18	4	2	10	15	30	35	33	W	D	W	W	L	1997-02-16	Cardiff City	H
21	0	Exeter City	31	5	5	6	16	17	3	3	9	13	26	29	32	D	D	L	L	L	1997-02-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	-2	Darlington	31	6	4	5	26	20	2	3	11	17	38	43	31	L	D	W	D	W	1997-02-15	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	5	3	6	16	16	3	2	12	17	38	33	29	L	D	L	L	L	1997-02-15	Barnet	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	5	5	5	26	20	1	2	13	8	31	34	23	W	D	W	L	L	1997-02-11	Exeter City	H