1997-02-22

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	1	1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	28,324
Zola	Lineups		Beckham
Coventry City	0	0	Everton	Highfield Road	19,452
	Lineups
Leicester City	4	2	Derby County	Filbert Street	20,323
Marshall 3, Claridge	Lineups		Sturridge 2
Liverpool	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield Road	40,747
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Newcastle United	Riverside Stadium	30,063
	Lineups		Ferdinand
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Aston Villa	City Ground	25,239
	Lineups
Southampton	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	15,062
Ostenstad, Le Tissier	Lineups		Hirst 2, Booth
Sunderland	0	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	21,846
	Lineups		Bowyer

				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	27	9	3	1	26	10	6	6	2	27	20	23	54	D	W	W	W	W	1997-03-01	Coventry City	H
2	0	Liverpool	27	8	6	1	30	10	7	2	3	16	10	26	53	D	W	W	W	D	1997-03-02	Aston Villa	A
3	1	Newcastle United	26	9	2	2	38	16	5	4	4	13	14	21	48	W	W	W	D	D	1997-03-01	Southampton	H
4	-1	Arsenal	27	8	4	1	30	13	5	5	4	15	12	20	48	L	D	D	W	W	1997-02-23	Wimbledon	H
5	0	Aston Villa	27	8	3	3	21	11	4	4	5	13	15	8	43	D	W	W	L	L	1997-03-02	Liverpool	H
6	0	Chelsea	25	6	6	1	23	15	5	3	4	16	19	5	42	D	W	W	L	W	1997-03-01	Derby County	A
7	0	Wimbledon	23	6	4	1	20	12	5	2	5	16	16	8	39	D	L	L	D	W	1997-02-23	Arsenal	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	26	4	7	1	11	8	5	5	4	20	23	0	39	W	D	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Middlesbrough	H
9	2	Leeds United	27	5	3	5	12	12	4	3	7	10	19	-9	33	W	L	D	D	W	1997-03-01	West Ham United	H
10	0	Everton	26	5	2	5	19	14	3	6	5	15	24	-4	32	D	W	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Arsenal	H
11	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	25	5	4	5	15	14	4	1	6	12	19	-6	32	D	L	W	L	L	1997-02-24	West Ham United	A
12	3	Leicester City	25	5	3	5	16	19	3	3	6	13	18	-8	30	W	L	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Wimbledon	A
13	-1	Derby County	27	5	4	4	14	13	1	7	6	13	23	-9	29	L	D	W	L	D	1997-03-01	Chelsea	H
14	-1	Sunderland	26	5	5	3	13	9	2	3	8	10	24	-10	29	L	L	D	D	W	1997-03-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-1	Blackburn Rovers	25	5	2	4	15	11	1	8	5	11	14	1	28	D	W	L	D	W	1997-03-01	Sunderland	H
16	0	Coventry City	27	3	5	5	12	15	3	5	6	12	20	-11	28	D	L	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Manchester United	A
17	0	Nottingham Forest	26	3	6	5	11	18	2	3	7	12	22	-17	24	D	L	L	W	W	1997-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	0	West Ham United	25	4	3	6	13	17	1	4	7	7	16	-13	22	L	L	L	L	D	1997-02-24	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Southampton	24	4	3	5	22	16	1	2	9	12	28	-10	20	L	L	D	W	L	1997-02-26	Wimbledon	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	25	4	4	5	21	19	1	3	8	9	26	-15	19	L	D	W	L	L	1997-03-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oakwell	17,810
Sheridan	Lineups		Bull, Roberts, Froggatt
Charlton Athletic	4	4	Norwich City	The Valley	12,405
Kinsella, Robson, Lee, Leaburn	Lineups		Adams 2 (1p), Eadie 2
Crystal Palace	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Selhurst Park	15,396
	Lineups		O'Brien
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Kirklees Stadium	16,061
Cowan	Lineups		Fairclough, Taggart
Ipswich Town	2	1	Oxford United	Portman Road	11,483
Naylor, Stockwell	Lineups		Gabbiadini
Manchester City	3	0	Swindon Town	Maine Road	27,262
Horlock, Summerbee, Rosler	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Bradford City	Boundary Park	9,534
Ormondroyd	Lineups		Sundgot, Edinho
Reading	3	2	Southend United	Elm Park	7,683
McPherson, Gilkes, Morley	Lineups		Boere 2
Sheffield United	3	1	Grimsby Town	Bramall Lane	17,502
Fjortoft 3	Lineups		Lester
Stoke City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Victoria Ground	13,121
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	15,800
	Lineups		Hillier, Burton

				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	34	12	4	1	38	16	7	7	3	33	29	71	68	W	D	L	W	W	1997-03-02	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	7	3	7	20	17	10	4	2	27	15	47	58	W	L	W	W	W	1997-03-01	Ipswich Town	H
3	-1	Barnsley	32	9	3	4	30	17	6	7	3	24	23	54	55	L	D	W	D	W	1997-03-01	Southend United	A
4	0	Sheffield United	33	8	5	4	33	20	7	4	5	24	19	57	54	W	D	L	L	D	1997-03-01	Portsmouth	A
5	1	Norwich City	33	7	7	3	22	15	7	1	8	28	37	50	50	D	L	W	D	L	1997-02-25	Southend United	A
6	-1	Crystal Palace	32	7	3	5	28	15	6	7	4	31	19	59	49	L	W	W	W	L	1997-03-01	Oxford United	A
7	1	Ipswich Town	33	8	6	2	30	18	4	6	7	17	24	47	48	W	D	W	D	W	1997-03-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	1	Portsmouth	33	8	3	5	21	16	6	3	8	19	21	40	48	W	W	W	W	W	1997-03-01	Sheffield United	H
9	-2	Stoke City	32	10	2	4	23	17	3	6	7	17	26	40	47	D	L	W	L	L	1997-02-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	3	Tranmere Rovers	32	8	4	4	31	22	5	3	8	13	20	44	46	W	L	D	W	L	1997-02-28	Stoke City	H
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	33	6	4	6	22	19	5	7	5	22	26	44	44	D	L	D	L	D	1997-03-01	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-2	Port Vale	33	4	9	4	26	23	6	5	5	14	15	40	44	D	L	D	L	W	1997-02-23	Birmingham City	A
13	-2	Oxford United	33	10	3	3	30	14	2	4	11	16	29	46	43	L	W	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Crystal Palace	H
14	0	Swindon Town	33	8	5	3	31	17	4	1	12	14	28	45	42	L	W	D	W	L	1997-02-26	Birmingham City	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	3	7	7	26	28	6	7	4	28	32	54	41	L	W	L	W	D	1997-03-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	0	Huddersfield Town	34	8	4	5	24	16	2	7	8	16	32	40	41	L	D	L	D	L	1997-03-01	Norwich City	A
17	1	Reading	32	9	6	2	29	20	1	4	10	14	30	43	40	W	W	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Port Vale	A
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	32	7	6	4	27	23	4	1	10	12	24	39	40	D	D	W	L	L	1997-03-01	Swindon Town	A
19	1	Manchester City	31	8	3	5	23	16	3	2	10	16	27	39	38	W	W	W	D	D	1997-03-01	Bradford City	A
20	-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
21	2	Bradford City	33	6	5	5	18	22	2	5	10	14	28	32	34	W	L	D	W	D	1997-03-01	Manchester City	H
22	-1	Southend United	33	6	6	4	24	22	1	5	11	8	37	32	32	L	W	L	D	W	1997-02-25	Norwich City	H
23	-1	Grimsby Town	32	4	5	8	21	30	3	5	7	20	28	41	31	L	D	W	W	L	1997-03-01	Birmingham City	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	31	3	5	7	15	21	3	5	8	17	22	32	28	L	L	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Queens Park Rangers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Stockport County	Bloomfield Road	5,772
Quinn, Ellis	Lineups		Linighan OG
Brentford	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Griffin Park	6,071
Asaba	Lineups
Bristol City	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Ashton Gate	11,306
Goater, Agostino, Westwood OG	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Turf Moor	8,847
Matthew, Barnes	Lineups		Cureton, Alsop
Bury	2	0	Notts County	Gigg Lane	3,430
Randall, Jepson	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,833
Howard	Lineups		Evans, Saunders
Gillingham	2	1	Peterborough United	Priestfield Stadium	6,550
Onuora 2	Lineups		Morrison
Luton Town	5	1	Preston North End	Kenilworth Road	6,896
Oldfield 3, Waddock, Thomas	Lineups		Reeves
Rotherham United	0	0	Wrexham	Millmoor	2,539
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Millwall	Gay Meadow	2,968
Anthrobus	Lineups		Doyle
Walsall	1	1	York City	Bescot Stadium	3,664
Lightbourne	Lineups		Pepper (p)
Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	Watford	Adams Park	8,438	Largest home gate 1996-97
	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	31	7	9	0	25	14	9	2	4	24	15	49	59	W	D	W	D	D	1997-03-01	Notts County	A
2	0	Luton Town	30	11	3	2	32	9	5	4	5	22	24	54	55	W	L	D	W	D	1997-03-01	York City	A
3	1	Bristol City	32	10	4	3	35	13	4	5	6	17	21	52	51	W	L	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Watford	A
4	2	Bury	29	10	4	0	25	6	4	5	6	18	23	43	51	W	L	W	W	L	1997-02-25	Wrexham	H
5	-2	Crewe Alexandra	31	12	1	2	30	8	4	1	11	12	28	42	50	L	W	L	D	W	1997-03-01	Gillingham	H
6	-1	Stockport County	30	8	4	3	21	11	5	5	5	22	23	43	48	L	W	D	L	W	1997-03-01	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Millwall	32	10	2	4	23	16	3	7	6	18	25	41	48	D	W	L	L	L	1997-02-25	Notts County	H
8	1	Burnley	33	11	2	5	35	21	2	6	7	12	17	47	47	D	D	L	D	D	1997-02-25	Blackpool	A
9	-1	Chesterfield	30	7	5	3	16	12	6	3	6	11	11	27	47	L	D	D	W	D	1997-03-01	Peterborough United	A
10	1	Walsall	31	9	5	2	24	12	4	2	9	13	21	37	46	D	L	W	W	W	1997-03-01	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-1	Wrexham	29	7	5	1	24	17	4	8	4	12	14	36	46	D	W	D	D	D	1997-02-25	Bury	A
12	0	Watford	29	5	7	2	13	10	5	9	1	16	11	29	46	D	D	W	D	D	1997-02-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	2	Blackpool	31	7	6	2	27	14	3	6	7	13	19	40	42	W	D	W	D	W	1997-02-25	Burnley	H
14	-1	AFC Bournemouth	35	6	5	6	16	16	5	4	9	15	21	31	42	L	D	W	L	W	1997-03-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	2	Gillingham	32	8	3	5	25	19	3	5	8	12	23	37	41	W	W	W	D	W	1997-03-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	-2	Shrewsbury Town	33	7	6	5	23	23	3	4	8	20	29	43	40	D	L	W	L	D	1997-02-25	Watford	A
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	32	5	8	3	16	16	4	4	8	21	29	37	39	W	W	D	D	L	1997-02-25	Bristol Rovers	A
18	-2	Preston North End	33	8	4	4	21	16	3	2	12	12	27	33	39	L	W	L	W	L	1997-02-25	York City	A
19	-1	Bristol Rovers	32	8	4	3	25	17	1	7	9	9	19	34	38	D	W	L	W	D	1997-02-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	0	York City	32	5	3	7	18	22	4	4	9	15	29	33	34	D	L	L	W	L	1997-02-25	Preston North End	H
21	0	Peterborough United	32	4	6	6	29	26	3	5	8	15	29	44	32	L	W	L	L	L	1997-02-25	Wycombe Wanderers	A
22	0	Wycombe Wanderers	31	7	3	6	15	13	1	4	10	14	30	29	31	D	L	W	D	W	1997-02-25	Peterborough United	H
23	0	Notts County	32	3	6	6	14	16	2	4	11	9	26	23	25	L	D	L	L	L	1997-02-25	Millwall	A
24	0	Rotherham United	32	4	6	7	13	17	0	5	10	12	31	25	23	D	D	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Stockport County	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnet	2	2	Fulham	Underhill Stadium	3,316	Largest home gate 1996-97
Hodges, Wilson (p)	Lineups		Conroy, Scott
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Swansea City	Goldstone Ground	6,645
Baird 2, Maskell	Lineups		Brayson, Walker
Cardiff City	2	0	Hartlepool United	Ninian Park	2,971
Haworth, Davies	Lineups
Chester City	1	0	Mansfield Town	Deva Stadium	2,385
Noteman	Lineups
Exeter City	3	2	Darlington	St James Park	2,986
Bailey, Rowbotham, Crowe	Lineups		Atkinson B, Barbara
Lincoln City	3	3	Hereford United	Sincil Bank	2,957
Holmes, Bimson, Alcide	Lineups		Matthewson, Smith, Williams
Northampton Town	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Sixfields Stadium	4,577
Cooper, Grayson	Lineups
Scarborough	2	2	Rochdale	Seamer Road	2,384
Bennett G, Currie (p)	Lineups		Russell, Sutherland OG
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Colchester United	Glanford Park	2,738
D'Auria, Jones	Lineups		Whitton
Torquay United	1	1	Hull City	Plainmoor	2,072
Jack	Lineups		Greaves
Wigan Athletic	5	1	Leyton Orient	Springfield Park	3,783
Jones 3, Lancashire, Rogers	Lineups		Inglethorpe

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Carlisle United	32	12	2	2	27	13	7	6	3	22	16	49	65	W	W	W	L	W	1997-02-25	Chester City	A
2	0	Fulham	34	10	3	4	32	17	9	4	4	26	17	58	64	D	D	W	L	L	1997-03-01	Chester City	H
3	0	Wigan Athletic	32	12	1	2	35	14	7	5	5	25	23	60	63	W	D	W	W	L	1997-02-25	Darlington	H
4	0	Swansea City	35	10	3	4	26	12	6	3	9	20	28	46	54	L	L	L	W	W	1997-03-02	Cardiff City	H
5	0	Cambridge United	33	10	2	4	25	18	6	4	7	19	25	44	54	L	D	W	L	L	1997-02-25	Scunthorpe United	H
6	0	Colchester United	34	8	8	1	29	15	4	8	5	20	21	49	52	L	D	W	W	W	1997-02-28	Scarborough	H
7	0	Chester City	33	8	5	3	24	12	6	5	6	15	19	39	52	W	W	D	W	W	1997-02-25	Carlisle United	H
8	1	Northampton Town	33	11	3	4	36	14	3	5	7	17	21	53	50	W	D	L	L	W	1997-03-01	Hull City	A
9	1	Cardiff City	33	9	1	7	26	20	6	4	6	16	20	42	50	W	D	W	L	W	1997-03-02	Swansea City	A
10	-2	Scarborough	34	7	8	3	26	21	5	5	6	22	22	48	49	D	W	L	W	D	1997-02-28	Colchester United	A
11	1	Lincoln City	34	7	8	3	26	20	5	2	9	23	35	49	46	D	D	W	L	L	1997-02-25	Barnet	A
12	-1	Mansfield Town	34	5	6	5	15	13	6	7	5	22	21	37	46	L	W	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Cambridge United	H
13	0	Hull City	33	7	6	3	20	17	3	8	6	11	17	31	44	D	W	L	W	L	1997-02-25	Rochdale	A
14	0	Torquay United	33	9	3	6	20	14	3	4	8	14	23	34	43	D	L	D	D	L	1997-03-01	Rochdale	A
15	1	Scunthorpe United	32	9	1	8	31	29	3	4	7	14	21	45	41	W	L	L	L	D	1997-02-25	Cambridge United	A
16	-1	Leyton Orient	35	8	6	3	20	11	2	5	11	12	27	32	41	L	D	W	D	L	1997-03-01	Barnet	H
17	0	Rochdale	33	6	6	4	21	16	2	9	6	17	25	38	39	D	D	D	L	D	1997-02-25	Hull City	H
18	1	Barnet	32	5	8	3	22	15	3	6	7	10	18	32	38	D	D	L	D	D	1997-02-25	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Hartlepool United	34	5	6	6	24	26	5	1	11	13	25	37	37	L	D	L	L	W	1997-03-01	Scunthorpe United	H
20	0	Hereford United	35	5	5	7	21	19	4	4	10	18	33	39	36	D	D	D	W	D	1997-03-01	Exeter City	H
21	1	Exeter City	34	6	5	6	19	19	3	3	11	13	29	32	35	W	L	L	D	D	1997-03-01	Hereford United	A
22	-1	Darlington	33	7	4	5	28	20	2	3	12	19	41	47	34	L	W	L	D	W	1997-02-25	Wigan Athletic	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	5	4	6	17	17	3	2	13	17	40	34	30	L	D	L	D	L	1997-02-28	Wigan Athletic	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	7	5	5	30	22	1	2	14	9	33	39	29	W	L	W	W	D	1997-03-01	Darlington	A