1997-03-15

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	0	West Ham United	Villa Park	35,992
	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Wimbledon	Ewood Park	23,333
Gallacher 3	Lineups		Ekoku
Everton	1	0	Derby County	Goodison Park	32,140
Watson	Lineups
Leicester City	1	3	Middlesbrough	Filbert Street	20,561
Marshall	Lineups		Blackmore, Juninho, Beck
Manchester United	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	55,267
Cole, Poborsky	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	0	Coventry City	St James' Park	36,571
Watson, Lee, Beardsley (p), Elliott	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Liverpool	City Ground	29,181	Largest home gate 1996-97
Woan	Lineups		Fowler
Southampton	0	2	Arsenal	The Dell	15,144
	Lineups		Hughes, Shaw
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Leeds United	White Hart Lane	33,040	Largest home gate 1996-97
Anderton	Lineups

				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	30	11	3	1	31	11	6	6	3	28	22	26	60	W	L	W	D	W	1997-03-22	Everton	A
2	0	Liverpool	30	9	6	1	34	13	7	3	4	17	12	26	57	D	W	L	D	W	1997-03-24	Arsenal	A
3	0	Arsenal	31	9	4	2	32	14	7	5	4	19	12	25	57	W	W	W	L	L	1997-03-24	Liverpool	H
4	0	Newcastle United	29	10	2	3	42	17	5	4	5	16	18	23	51	W	L	L	W	W	1997-03-23	Wimbledon	A
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	30	6	7	1	16	10	6	5	5	23	25	4	48	L	W	W	W	W	1997-03-22	Leeds United	H
6	0	Aston Villa	30	9	4	3	22	11	4	4	6	13	16	8	47	D	L	W	D	W	1997-03-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	0	Wimbledon	28	6	4	2	21	15	6	4	6	19	20	5	44	L	D	L	D	W	1997-03-18	West Ham United	H
8	0	Chelsea	28	6	7	1	24	16	5	3	6	20	25	3	43	L	D	L	D	W	1997-03-16	Sunderland	H
9	0	Leeds United	31	7	4	5	14	12	4	3	8	10	20	-8	40	L	D	W	W	W	1997-03-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	1	Tottenham Hotspur	29	6	4	6	16	15	5	1	7	19	23	-3	38	W	W	L	L	D	1997-03-19	Leicester City	A
11	-1	Leicester City	29	6	3	6	18	22	4	4	6	16	19	-7	37	L	D	W	W	W	1997-03-19	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	7	3	4	20	13	1	9	5	12	15	4	36	W	D	D	W	D	1997-03-19	Middlesbrough	A
13	0	Everton	30	6	2	6	20	16	3	7	6	17	27	-6	36	W	L	D	L	D	1997-03-22	Manchester United	H
14	0	Derby County	30	6	4	4	17	15	1	7	8	14	30	-14	32	L	L	W	L	D	1997-03-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	0	Sunderland	30	6	5	4	15	14	2	3	10	11	27	-15	32	L	W	L	L	L	1997-03-16	Chelsea	A
16	0	Coventry City	31	3	7	5	13	16	3	5	8	13	27	-17	30	L	D	D	L	D	1997-03-22	West Ham United	H
17	0	West Ham United	29	6	3	6	20	22	1	5	8	7	17	-12	29	D	W	L	W	L	1997-03-18	Wimbledon	A
18	0	Nottingham Forest	31	3	7	6	12	22	3	4	8	14	25	-21	29	D	D	L	L	W	1997-03-22	Sunderland	A
19	0	Southampton	29	4	5	6	24	20	2	3	9	13	28	-11	26	L	D	D	W	D	1997-03-19	Chelsea	A
20	0	Middlesbrough	28	5	4	5	27	20	2	3	9	13	30	-10	25	W	W	L	L	D	1997-03-19	Blackburn Rovers	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crystal Palace	2	0	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	17,378
Gordon (p), McKenzie	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Manchester City	Blundell Park	8,732	Largest home gate 1996-97
Appleton	Lineups		Kavelashvili
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Portsmouth	Kirklees Stadium	10,512
Stewart	Lineups		Igoe, Hall 2
Ipswich Town	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Portman Road	16,187
	Lineups		McGinlay
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Boundary Park	9,661
Rickers 2, Barlow	Lineups		Bull, Roberts
Port Vale	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Vale Park	5,905
Mills 2	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Bradford City	Elm Park	8,327
	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	1	Oxford United	Bramall Lane	16,226
Whitehouse, Fjortoft, Walker	Lineups		Gilchrist
Southend United	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Roots Hall	6,747
	Lineups		Roget OG
Swindon Town	1	0	Stoke City	County Ground	8,878
Thorne	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Barnsley	Prenton Park	7,347
Higgins	Lineups		Wilkinson

				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	38	14	4	1	46	16	8	8	3	35	30	81	78	W	W	D	W	W	1997-03-18	Port Vale	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	8	4	7	23	19	11	4	3	31	19	54	65	L	W	W	D	W	1997-03-18	Stoke City	A
3	0	Barnsley	36	10	4	4	33	18	7	8	3	27	25	60	63	D	W	D	W	L	1997-03-22	Huddersfield Town	A
4	0	Sheffield United	37	10	5	4	39	21	7	5	6	25	22	64	61	W	L	W	D	W	1997-03-18	Ipswich Town	A
5	2	Crystal Palace	36	8	4	5	31	16	7	7	5	36	22	67	56	W	L	D	W	L	1997-03-23	Oldham Athletic	A
6	-1	Norwich City	38	8	8	3	25	16	7	2	10	30	42	55	55	L	D	L	W	D	1997-03-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Ipswich Town	37	9	6	3	33	21	5	7	7	18	24	51	55	L	W	W	D	W	1997-03-18	Sheffield United	H
8	0	Port Vale	38	6	9	4	29	23	7	6	6	17	20	46	54	W	D	L	W	W	1997-03-18	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	2	Portsmouth	36	8	4	5	22	17	7	4	8	23	23	45	53	W	D	D	W	W	1997-03-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	2	Swindon Town	38	11	5	3	36	18	4	2	13	15	36	51	52	W	L	D	W	W	1997-03-22	Port Vale	A
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	36	8	6	4	32	23	6	3	9	17	24	49	51	D	L	W	D	W	1997-03-18	Manchester City	H
12	-3	Stoke City	36	11	2	5	26	19	3	7	8	17	27	43	51	L	L	W	D	D	1997-03-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	7	4	8	24	22	6	7	6	24	28	48	50	W	L	W	L	L	1997-03-22	Portsmouth	H
14	1	Reading	36	10	7	2	31	21	2	4	11	16	31	47	47	D	W	W	L	W	1997-03-22	Ipswich Town	H
15	-1	Oxford United	37	11	3	4	32	18	2	4	13	17	33	49	46	L	W	L	L	L	1997-03-18	Grimsby Town	H
16	2	Manchester City	36	9	4	5	25	17	4	3	11	20	31	45	46	D	L	W	D	W	1997-03-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	36	9	6	4	31	25	4	1	12	12	27	43	46	L	W	W	L	D	1997-03-18	Oldham Athletic	A
18	-1	Birmingham City	35	9	4	5	26	17	3	6	8	15	25	41	46	W	W	L	W	L	1997-03-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	0	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
20	0	Huddersfield Town	38	9	4	6	26	19	2	7	10	16	36	42	44	L	L	W	L	L	1997-03-22	Barnsley	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	36	4	6	9	23	33	4	5	8	25	34	48	35	D	W	L	L	L	1997-03-18	Oxford United	A
22	0	Bradford City	37	6	5	7	22	29	2	6	11	16	31	38	35	D	L	L	L	W	1997-03-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
23	1	Oldham Athletic	35	4	5	8	19	25	4	5	9	18	23	37	34	W	L	L	W	L	1997-03-18	Charlton Athletic	H
24	-1	Southend United	38	6	7	6	26	26	1	5	13	9	43	35	33	L	L	L	L	D	1997-03-22	Oxford United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	8,017	Largest home gate 1996-97
Clarkson 2	Lineups		Davey
Brentford	0	3	Burnley	Griffin Park	6,624
	Lineups		Hoyland, Cooke, Matthew
Bury	3	0	Gillingham	Gigg Lane	3,492
Johnrose, Battersby, Johnson	Lineups
Chesterfield	4	2	Wycombe Wanderers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,354
Howard 2, Hewitt, Hanson	Lineups		Stallard, Brown
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Luton Town	Gresty Road	4,474
	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	The Den	8,992
	Lineups		Bailey
Peterborough United	0	2	Stockport County	London Road	4,857
	Lineups		Cavaco, Marsden
Rotherham United	2	2	Notts County	Millmoor	2,605
Jean, Bowyer	Lineups		Regis, Redmile
Shrewsbury Town	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	3,414
Anthrobus, Stevens	Lineups		Billy 2, Illman
Watford	1	0	Walsall	Vicarage Road	7,818
Mooney	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	York City	Racecourse Ground	3,874
	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	35	7	10	1	25	17	9	3	5	25	17	50	61	L	L	D	D	W	1997-03-21	Luton Town	A
2	0	Luton Town	35	11	3	3	32	11	5	7	6	25	28	57	58	D	L	L	D	D	1997-03-21	Brentford	H
3	2	Bury	34	12	5	0	30	6	4	5	8	20	28	50	58	W	L	W	L	D	1997-03-22	Chesterfield	H
4	2	Burnley	37	12	2	5	40	21	4	7	7	18	18	58	57	W	W	D	W	D	1997-03-22	Walsall	A
5	-1	Crewe Alexandra	34	13	2	2	33	10	5	1	11	13	28	46	57	D	W	W	L	W	1997-03-18	Millwall	H
6	-3	Millwall	36	12	2	5	26	18	4	7	6	20	25	46	57	L	W	W	W	D	1997-03-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	1	Stockport County	33	9	5	3	23	12	6	5	5	24	23	47	55	W	W	D	L	W	1997-03-22	Notts County	A
8	1	Watford	34	8	7	2	19	10	5	9	3	18	16	37	55	W	L	L	W	W	1997-03-18	Bristol Rovers	H
9	-2	Walsall	35	10	6	2	28	14	5	2	10	14	22	42	53	L	D	W	W	D	1997-03-18	Blackpool	H
10	1	Wrexham	33	8	7	1	26	18	4	9	4	12	14	38	52	D	W	D	D	D	1997-03-18	Preston North End	A
11	1	Chesterfield	34	8	6	3	21	15	6	4	7	12	15	33	52	W	L	D	D	L	1997-03-22	Bury	A
12	-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
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	38	7	6	6	19	16	6	4	9	16	21	35	49	W	W	D	L	D	1997-03-22	York City	H
14	0	Blackpool	35	8	6	3	30	18	4	6	8	14	20	44	48	W	L	W	L	W	1997-03-18	Walsall	A
15	3	Plymouth Argyle	36	6	8	4	17	17	5	4	9	24	33	41	45	W	W	L	L	W	1997-03-22	Wrexham	H
16	-1	Preston North End	37	10	4	4	25	17	3	2	14	14	32	39	45	L	W	W	L	L	1997-03-18	Wrexham	H
17	-1	Gillingham	35	9	3	5	28	20	3	5	10	14	29	42	44	L	W	L	W	W	1997-03-22	Wycombe Wanderers	H
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	38	7	6	6	25	26	3	6	10	22	35	47	42	L	D	L	D	L	1997-03-22	Rotherham United	H
19	0	York City	36	7	4	7	23	24	4	5	9	15	29	38	42	D	W	D	W	D	1997-03-22	AFC Bournemouth	A
20	0	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	0	Wycombe Wanderers	36	9	3	6	19	13	1	5	12	17	36	36	38	L	W	D	L	W	1997-03-22	Gillingham	A
22	0	Peterborough United	37	5	7	7	32	30	3	5	10	15	36	47	36	L	L	W	D	L	1997-03-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	0	Notts County	36	3	7	7	15	18	2	5	12	11	29	26	27	D	L	D	L	L	1997-03-22	Stockport County	H
24	0	Rotherham United	35	4	7	7	15	19	0	6	11	12	32	27	25	D	L	D	D	D	1997-03-18	Bristol City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	0	1	Swansea City	Underhill Stadium	1,881
	Lineups		Ampadu
Carlisle United	2	3	Hereford United	Brunton Park	5,063
Conway, Freestone	Lineups		Foster A 3
Darlington	1	1	Chester City	Feethams Ground	2,348
Crosby	Lineups		Milner
Exeter City	0	1	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	3,378
	Lineups		Jones
Hartlepool United	1	2	Rochdale	Victoria Park	1,448
Beech	Lineups		Russell, Formby
Hull City	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boothferry Park	3,373
Joyce 2, Darby	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	1	Lincoln City	Sixfields Stadium	5,266
Hunter (p)	Lineups		Holmes
Scarborough	3	1	Torquay United	Seamer Road	2,257
Mitchell, Bennett G 2	Lineups		Stamps
Wigan Athletic	1	1	Cambridge United	Springfield Park	3,867
Jones	Lineups		Wanless

				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	37	14	2	3	35	17	7	8	3	23	17	58	73	L	D	W	W	D	1997-03-22	Hull City	A
2	0	Wigan Athletic	38	14	3	2	48	20	7	5	7	26	28	74	71	D	W	L	D	L	1997-03-22	Barnet	H
3	0	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
4	1	Swansea City	38	11	3	5	29	14	7	3	9	21	28	50	60	W	W	L	L	L	1997-03-22	Darlington	H
5	-1	Chester City	38	9	7	3	26	13	6	7	6	17	21	43	59	D	D	W	D	D	1997-03-22	Cambridge United	A
6	0	Cambridge United	37	11	2	5	26	20	6	5	8	20	27	46	58	D	W	L	L	L	1997-03-22	Chester City	H
7	0	Cardiff City	36	9	1	8	26	22	8	4	6	20	21	46	56	L	W	W	W	D	1997-03-18	Scarborough	H
8	1	Northampton Town	37	11	4	4	37	15	4	6	8	21	25	58	55	D	W	L	D	W	1997-03-22	Mansfield Town	A
9	1	Scarborough	38	8	8	3	29	22	6	5	8	26	34	55	55	W	L	L	W	D	1997-03-18	Cardiff City	A
10	-2	Colchester United	37	9	8	2	32	19	4	8	6	20	22	52	55	W	L	L	L	D	1997-03-21	Rochdale	H
11	2	Hull City	37	8	7	3	24	18	4	9	6	13	18	37	52	W	D	D	W	D	1997-03-22	Carlisle United	H
12	2	Scunthorpe United	36	9	2	8	31	29	6	4	7	18	21	49	51	W	D	W	W	W	1997-03-22	Torquay United	A
13	-2	Lincoln City	38	8	8	3	28	21	5	3	11	24	38	52	50	D	W	L	L	D	1997-03-22	Leyton Orient	A
14	-2	Mansfield Town	37	6	6	6	17	16	6	7	6	23	23	40	49	L	L	W	L	W	1997-03-22	Northampton Town	H
15	0	Rochdale	37	8	6	5	27	20	3	9	6	19	26	46	48	W	W	W	L	D	1997-03-21	Colchester United	A
16	0	Torquay United	38	9	4	6	21	15	3	5	11	17	33	38	45	L	D	D	L	L	1997-03-22	Scunthorpe United	H
17	0	Barnet	37	6	8	4	23	16	4	7	8	12	20	35	45	L	L	D	W	W	1997-03-22	Wigan Athletic	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	1	Darlington	37	8	5	5	31	21	2	4	13	22	45	53	39	D	D	W	L	L	1997-03-22	Swansea City	A
20	3	Hereford United	38	5	5	9	23	23	5	4	10	21	35	44	39	W	L	L	D	D	1997-03-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-2	Exeter City	38	6	6	7	20	21	4	3	12	16	33	36	39	L	L	D	W	W	1997-03-22	Scarborough	A
22	-1	Hartlepool United	38	5	6	8	25	29	5	2	12	16	29	41	38	L	L	D	L	L	1997-03-22	Fulham	A
23	-1	Doncaster Rovers	36	6	5	6	19	17	4	2	13	19	40	38	37	W	D	W	L	D	1997-03-21	Hereford United	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	6	5	36	27	1	2	16	9	38	45	33	L	D	W	L	W	1997-03-22	Cardiff City	H