1997-03-08

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate	Notes
PL	Derby County	0	2	Middlesbrough	PL	Pride Park	17,567
		Lineups		Juninho, Ravanelli

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Highbury	38,206
Bergkamp 2 (1p)	Lineups
Coventry City	0	0	Leicester City	Highfield Road	19,199
	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Everton	Elland Road	32,055
Molenaar	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Manchester United	Roker Park	22,204
Gray, Mullin	Lineups		Melville OG

				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	29	10	3	1	29	11	6	6	3	28	22	24	57	L	W	D	W	W	1997-03-15	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	1	Arsenal	30	9	4	2	32	14	6	5	4	17	12	23	54	W	W	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Southampton	A
3	-1	Liverpool	28	8	6	1	30	10	7	2	4	16	11	25	53	L	D	W	W	W	1997-03-10	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Newcastle United	27	9	2	3	38	17	5	4	4	13	14	20	48	L	W	W	W	D	1997-03-10	Liverpool	A
5	0	Aston Villa	29	9	3	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	46	L	W	D	W	W	1997-03-15	West Ham United	H
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	28	5	7	1	14	9	6	5	4	23	23	5	45	W	W	W	D	D	1997-03-12	Sunderland	H
7	0	Wimbledon	27	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	5	18	17	7	44	D	L	D	W	D	1997-03-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	0	Chelsea	27	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	5	18	22	4	43	D	L	D	W	W	1997-03-12	West Ham United	A
9	1	Leeds United	29	7	3	5	14	12	4	3	7	10	19	-7	39	W	W	W	L	D	1997-03-12	Southampton	H
10	-1	Leicester City	28	6	3	5	17	19	4	4	6	16	19	-5	37	D	W	W	W	L	1997-03-15	Middlesbrough	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	5	4	6	15	15	5	1	7	19	23	-4	35	W	L	L	D	L	1997-03-15	Leeds United	H
12	0	Everton	29	5	2	6	19	16	3	7	6	17	27	-7	33	L	D	L	D	W	1997-03-15	Derby County	H
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	27	6	2	4	16	11	1	9	5	12	15	2	32	D	W	D	W	L	1997-03-11	Nottingham Forest	H
14	0	Derby County	29	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	7	14	29	-13	32	L	W	L	D	W	1997-03-15	Everton	A
15	1	Sunderland	29	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	9	10	25	-14	32	W	L	L	L	L	1997-03-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-1	Coventry City	30	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	7	13	23	-13	30	D	D	L	D	L	1997-03-15	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Nottingham Forest	29	3	6	6	11	21	3	3	8	13	24	-21	27	L	L	W	D	L	1997-03-11	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Southampton	27	4	5	5	24	18	2	2	9	13	28	-9	25	D	W	D	L	L	1997-03-12	Leeds United	A
19	0	West Ham United	27	5	3	6	17	20	1	4	8	7	17	-13	25	L	W	L	L	L	1997-03-12	Chelsea	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	27	5	4	5	27	20	1	3	9	10	29	-12	22	W	L	L	D	W	1997-03-15	Leicester City	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Southend United	St Andrew's	13,189
Forster, O'Connor (p)	Lineups		Marsh
Bolton Wanderers	7	0	Swindon Town	Burnden Park	13,981
Thompson, Frandsen, Pollock, Bergsson 2, McGinlay, Blake	Lineups
Bradford City	3	4	Grimsby Town	Valley Parade	15,219
Sundgot, Edinho, O'Brien	Lineups		Mendonca 2, Rodger, Livingstone
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Crystal Palace	The Valley	15,000	Largest home gate 1996-97
Lee, Robinson	Lineups		Dyer
Manchester City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Maine Road	30,729	Largest home & D 1 gate 1996-97
Rosler	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Port Vale	Carrow Road	16,101
Jackson	Lineups		McCarthy
Oxford United	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Manor Ground	8,502
Murphy	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Loftus Road	9,789
McDermott, Spencer	Lineups
Stoke City	0	1	Ipswich Town	Victoria Ground	11,933
	Lineups		Taricco
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	Molineux	26,192
Bull 2, Roberts	Lineups		Irons, Aldridge

				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	37	14	4	1	46	16	7	8	3	34	30	80	75	W	D	W	W	D	1997-03-15	Ipswich Town	A
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	8	4	7	23	19	11	4	2	29	16	52	65	W	W	D	W	L	1997-03-15	Oldham Athletic	A
3	-1	Barnsley	35	10	4	4	33	18	7	7	3	26	24	59	62	W	D	W	L	D	1997-03-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Sheffield United	36	9	5	4	36	20	7	5	6	25	22	61	58	L	W	D	W	D	1997-03-15	Oxford United	H
5	0	Norwich City	37	8	8	3	25	16	7	2	9	30	40	55	55	D	L	W	D	D	1997-03-15	Crystal Palace	A
6	1	Ipswich Town	36	9	6	2	33	20	5	7	7	18	24	51	55	W	W	D	W	D	1997-03-15	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Crystal Palace	35	7	4	5	29	16	7	7	5	36	22	65	53	L	D	W	L	W	1997-03-15	Norwich City	H
8	2	Port Vale	37	5	9	4	27	23	7	6	6	17	20	44	51	D	L	W	W	D	1997-03-15	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-1	Stoke City	35	11	2	5	26	19	3	7	7	17	26	43	51	L	W	D	D	L	1997-03-15	Swindon Town	A
10	-1	Tranmere Rovers	35	8	5	4	31	22	6	3	9	17	24	48	50	L	W	D	W	L	1997-03-15	Barnsley	H
11	0	Portsmouth	35	8	4	5	22	17	6	4	8	20	22	42	50	D	D	W	W	W	1997-03-15	Huddersfield Town	A
12	0	Swindon Town	37	10	5	3	35	18	4	2	13	15	36	50	49	L	D	W	W	L	1997-03-15	Stoke City	H
13	1	Queens Park Rangers	36	7	4	7	24	20	5	7	6	23	28	47	47	W	L	L	D	L	1997-03-12	Reading	H
14	2	Oxford United	36	11	3	4	32	18	2	4	12	16	30	48	46	W	L	L	L	W	1997-03-15	Sheffield United	A
15	3	Charlton Athletic	35	9	6	4	31	25	4	1	11	12	25	43	46	W	W	L	D	D	1997-03-15	Port Vale	A
16	3	Manchester City	34	9	4	5	25	17	4	2	10	19	28	44	45	W	D	W	W	W	1997-03-11	Birmingham City	A
17	-4	West Bromwich Albion	37	4	7	7	30	28	6	7	6	28	34	58	44	L	W	L	L	W	1997-03-16	Birmingham City	H
18	-3	Huddersfield Town	37	9	4	5	25	16	2	7	10	16	36	41	44	L	W	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Portsmouth	H
19	-2	Reading	34	10	6	2	31	21	1	4	11	14	31	45	43	W	L	W	W	D	1997-03-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	0	Birmingham City	34	8	4	5	24	17	3	6	8	15	25	39	43	W	L	W	L	L	1997-03-11	Manchester City	H
21	2	Grimsby Town	35	4	5	9	22	32	4	5	8	25	34	47	34	W	L	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Manchester City	H
22	-1	Bradford City	36	6	5	7	22	29	2	5	11	16	31	38	34	L	L	L	W	L	1997-03-15	Reading	A
23	-1	Southend United	37	6	7	5	26	25	1	5	13	9	43	35	33	L	L	L	D	L	1997-03-15	Queens Park Rangers	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	34	3	5	8	16	23	4	5	9	18	23	34	31	L	L	W	L	L	1997-03-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	5	0	Peterborough United	Turf Moor	8,646
Barnes 3, Cooke, Matthew	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	7,385
Hessenthaler, Onuora (p), Butler	Lineups		Scott
Luton Town	0	2	Millwall	Kenilworth Road	9,109
	Lineups		Hartley, Dolby
Notts County	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Meadow Lane	4,047
	Lineups		Rivers
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Rotherham United	Home Park	4,717
Corazzin	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Brentford	Deepdale	9,489
Bryson	Lineups
Stockport County	2	1	Bury	Edgeley Park	8,170
Mutch, Jeffers	Lineups		Butler
Walsall	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Bescot Stadium	4,819
Lightbourne, Ricketts	Lineups		Currie, Walton
Wycombe Wanderers	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Adams Park	5,386
Stallard, Brown	Lineups
York City	1	0	Blackpool	Bootham Crescent	3,639
Sharples	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	34	7	10	0	25	14	9	3	5	25	17	50	61	L	D	D	W	D	1997-03-15	Burnley	H
2	0	Luton Town	33	11	3	3	32	11	5	6	5	24	26	56	57	L	D	D	W	L	1997-03-12	Wrexham	A
3	1	Millwall	35	12	2	4	26	17	4	7	6	20	25	46	57	W	W	W	D	W	1997-03-15	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	1	Crewe Alexandra	33	13	1	2	33	10	5	1	11	13	28	46	56	W	W	L	W	L	1997-03-15	Luton Town	H
5	-2	Bury	33	11	5	0	27	6	4	5	8	20	28	47	55	L	W	L	D	W	1997-03-15	Gillingham	H
6	3	Burnley	36	12	2	5	40	21	3	7	7	15	18	55	54	W	D	W	D	D	1997-03-15	Brentford	A
7	-1	Walsall	34	10	6	2	28	14	5	2	9	14	21	42	53	D	W	W	D	L	1997-03-15	Watford	A
8	2	Stockport County	32	9	5	3	23	12	5	5	5	22	23	45	52	W	D	L	W	D	1997-03-15	Peterborough United	A
9	-2	Watford	33	7	7	2	18	10	5	9	3	18	16	36	52	L	L	W	W	D	1997-03-15	Walsall	H
10	-2	Bristol City	34	10	4	3	35	13	4	5	8	17	26	52	51	L	L	W	L	D	1997-03-16	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Chesterfield	32	7	6	3	17	13	6	4	6	12	12	29	49	D	D	L	D	D	1997-03-11	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	0	Wrexham	31	7	6	1	24	17	4	9	4	12	14	36	48	D	D	D	W	D	1997-03-12	Luton Town	H
13	0	Blackpool	34	7	6	3	28	17	4	6	8	14	20	42	45	L	W	L	W	D	1997-03-15	Preston North End	H
14	1	Preston North End	36	10	4	4	25	17	3	2	13	13	30	38	45	W	W	L	L	W	1997-03-15	Blackpool	A
15	2	Gillingham	34	9	3	5	28	20	3	5	9	14	26	42	44	W	L	W	W	W	1997-03-15	Bury	A
16	-2	AFC Bournemouth	36	6	6	6	16	16	5	4	9	15	21	31	43	D	L	D	W	L	1997-03-11	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Shrewsbury Town	37	7	6	5	23	23	3	6	10	22	35	45	42	D	L	D	L	D	1997-03-15	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	35	6	8	4	17	17	4	4	9	21	31	38	42	W	L	L	W	W	1997-03-15	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	1	York City	35	7	4	7	23	24	4	4	9	15	29	38	41	W	D	W	D	L	1997-03-15	Wrexham	A
20	-2	Bristol Rovers	35	9	4	4	27	18	1	7	10	9	21	36	41	L	L	W	D	W	1997-03-16	Bristol City	H
21	1	Wycombe Wanderers	35	9	3	6	19	13	1	5	11	15	32	34	38	W	D	L	W	D	1997-03-15	Chesterfield	A
22	-1	Peterborough United	36	5	7	6	32	28	3	5	10	15	36	47	36	L	W	D	L	L	1997-03-15	Stockport County	H
23	0	Notts County	35	3	7	7	15	18	2	4	12	9	27	24	26	L	D	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Rotherham United	34	4	6	7	13	17	0	6	11	12	32	25	24	L	D	D	D	L	1997-03-15	Notts County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	4	Leyton Orient	Goldstone Ground	8,655
Maskell 2, Baird, McDonald (p)	Lineups		Griffiths 2, McGleish, Inglethorpe
Chester City	1	0	Barnet	Deva Stadium	2,291
Campbell OG	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Hull City	Belle Vue	3,274	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups
Fulham	4	0	Scarborough	Craven Cottage	6,080
Cockerill, Freeman, Blake, Warren	Lineups
Hereford United	1	2	Northampton Town	Edgar Street	2,995
Foster A	Lineups		Parrish, Lee
Lincoln City	2	1	Hartlepool United	Sincil Bank	2,915
Ainsworth 2 (1p)	Lineups		Allon
Mansfield Town	1	3	Cardiff City	Field Mill	2,569
Hackett	Lineups		Haworth, Stoker, Dale
Rochdale	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Spotland	3,254
Deary, Johnson, Russell	Lineups		Jones (p)
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Carlisle United	Glanford Park	3,470
	Lineups
Swansea City	3	1	Exeter City	Vetch Field	3,115
Brayson, Thomas 2	Lineups		Rowbotham
Torquay United	1	1	Darlington	Plainmoor	1,762
McFarlane	Lineups		Roberts

				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	36	14	2	2	33	14	7	8	3	23	17	56	73	D	W	W	D	W	1997-03-15	Hereford United	H
2	1	Fulham	36	11	4	4	37	18	9	4	4	26	17	63	68	W	D	D	D	W	1997-03-16	Leyton Orient	A
3	-1	Wigan Athletic	36	13	2	2	40	18	7	5	7	26	28	66	67	L	D	L	W	W	1997-03-11	Scarborough	H
4	1	Swansea City	37	11	3	5	29	14	6	3	9	20	28	49	57	W	L	L	L	L	1997-03-15	Barnet	A
5	-1	Cambridge United	36	11	2	5	26	20	6	4	8	19	26	45	57	W	L	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	Chester City	36	9	6	3	26	13	6	6	6	16	20	42	57	W	D	D	W	W	1997-03-11	Torquay United	H
7	0	Cardiff City	35	9	1	7	26	20	8	4	6	20	21	46	56	W	W	W	D	W	1997-03-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	2	Northampton Town	36	11	3	4	36	14	4	6	8	21	25	57	54	W	L	D	W	D	1997-03-15	Lincoln City	H
9	-1	Scarborough	36	7	8	3	26	21	6	5	7	25	27	51	52	L	W	D	W	L	1997-03-11	Wigan Athletic	A
10	-1	Colchester United	36	8	8	2	30	18	4	8	6	20	22	50	52	L	L	L	D	W	1997-03-14	Mansfield Town	H
11	3	Lincoln City	37	8	8	3	28	21	5	2	11	23	37	51	49	W	L	L	D	D	1997-03-15	Northampton Town	A
12	-1	Mansfield Town	36	6	6	6	17	16	6	7	5	22	21	39	49	L	W	L	W	D	1997-03-14	Colchester United	A
13	-1	Hull City	36	7	7	3	21	18	4	9	6	13	18	34	49	D	D	W	D	W	1997-03-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-1	Scunthorpe United	35	9	2	8	31	29	5	4	7	17	21	48	48	D	W	W	W	L	1997-03-15	Exeter City	A
15	2	Rochdale	36	8	6	5	27	20	2	9	6	17	25	44	45	W	W	L	D	D	1997-03-15	Hartlepool United	A
16	-1	Barnet	36	6	8	3	23	15	4	7	8	12	20	35	45	L	D	W	W	D	1997-03-15	Swansea City	H
17	-1	Torquay United	36	9	4	6	21	15	3	4	10	16	30	37	44	D	L	L	D	L	1997-03-11	Chester City	A
18	0	Leyton Orient	37	8	6	4	20	12	2	6	11	16	31	36	42	D	L	L	D	W	1997-03-16	Fulham	H
19	0	Exeter City	37	6	6	6	20	20	4	3	12	16	33	36	39	L	D	W	W	L	1997-03-15	Scunthorpe United	H
20	1	Darlington	36	8	4	5	30	20	2	4	13	22	45	52	38	D	W	L	L	W	1997-03-15	Chester City	H
21	-1	Hartlepool United	37	5	6	7	24	27	5	2	12	16	29	40	38	L	D	L	L	D	1997-03-15	Rochdale	H
22	0	Hereford United	37	5	5	9	23	23	4	4	10	18	33	41	36	L	L	D	D	D	1997-03-15	Carlisle United	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	6	5	6	19	17	3	2	13	17	40	36	34	D	W	L	D	L	1997-03-14	Cardiff City	A
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	8	6	5	36	27	1	2	15	9	35	45	33	D	W	L	W	L	1997-03-15	Hull City	A