1997-02-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Stoke City	Prenton Park	9,127
	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	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	0	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	0	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	0	Norwich City	34	7	7	3	22	15	7	2	8	29	38	51	51	D	D	L	W	D	1997-03-01	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	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	0	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	0	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	1	Stoke City	33	10	2	4	23	17	3	7	7	17	26	40	48	D	D	L	W	L	1997-03-05	Grimsby Town	H
10	1	Tranmere Rovers	33	8	5	4	31	22	5	3	8	13	20	44	47	D	W	L	D	W	1997-03-04	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-2	Port Vale	34	4	9	4	26	23	7	5	5	16	16	42	47	W	D	L	D	L	1997-03-01	Reading	H
12	0	Swindon Town	34	9	5	3	34	18	4	1	12	14	28	48	45	W	L	W	D	W	1997-03-01	Charlton Athletic	H
13	0	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
14	0	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
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Birmingham City	31	7	4	4	21	14	2	6	8	13	24	34	37	L	L	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Grimsby Town	A
21	0	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	0	Southend United	34	6	7	4	25	23	1	5	11	8	37	33	33	D	L	W	L	D	1997-03-01	Barnsley	H
23	0	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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	1	3	Scarborough	Layer Road	3,719
Adcock	Lineups		Williams G 2, Rigby
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Wigan Athletic	Belle Vue	2,948
Cramb, Mike	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	Wigan Athletic	34	13	1	2	38	16	7	5	6	25	25	63	66	L	W	W	D	W	1997-03-04	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Carlisle United	33	12	2	2	27	13	7	7	3	23	17	50	66	D	W	W	W	L	1997-03-01	Lincoln City	H
3	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
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	34	10	2	5	25	20	6	4	7	19	25	44	54	L	L	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Mansfield Town	A
6	0	Chester City	34	8	6	3	25	13	6	5	6	15	19	40	53	D	W	W	D	W	1997-03-01	Fulham	A
7	3	Scarborough	35	7	8	3	26	21	6	5	6	25	23	51	52	W	D	W	L	W	1997-03-08	Fulham	A
8	-1	Colchester United	35	8	8	2	30	18	4	8	5	20	21	50	52	L	L	D	W	W	1997-03-07	Cambridge United	A
9	-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
10	-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
11	0	Hull City	34	7	6	3	20	17	4	8	6	13	18	33	47	W	D	W	L	W	1997-03-01	Northampton Town	H
12	0	Lincoln City	35	7	8	3	26	20	5	2	10	23	36	49	46	L	D	D	W	L	1997-03-01	Carlisle United	A
13	0	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
14	0	Scunthorpe United	33	9	1	8	31	29	4	4	7	16	21	47	44	W	W	L	L	L	1997-03-01	Hartlepool United	A
15	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
16	0	Barnet	33	6	8	3	23	15	3	6	7	10	18	33	41	W	D	D	L	D	1997-03-01	Leyton Orient	A
17	0	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
18	0	Rochdale	34	6	6	5	22	18	2	9	6	17	25	39	39	L	D	D	D	L	1997-03-01	Torquay United	H
19	0	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	0	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	0	Darlington	34	7	4	5	28	20	2	3	13	21	44	49	34	L	L	W	L	D	1997-03-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	6	4	6	19	17	3	2	13	17	40	36	33	W	L	D	L	D	1997-03-08	Hull City	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