1997-03-22

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	24,274
	Lineups		Johnson, Yorke
Coventry City	1	3	West Ham United	Highfield Road	22,290
Rieper OG	Lineups		Hartson 2, Ferdinand
Derby County	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	18,083
Van der Laan, Trollope, Sturridge, Ward	Lineups		Rosenthal, Dozzell
Everton	0	2	Manchester United	Goodison Park	40,079
	Lineups		Solskjaer, Cantona
Middlesbrough	1	0	Chelsea	Riverside Stadium	29,811
Juninho	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Leeds United	Hillsborough	30,373
Hirst, Booth	Lineups		Sharpe, Wallace
Southampton	2	2	Leicester City	The Dell	15,044
Ostenstad, van Gobbel	Lineups		Heskey, Dryden OG
Sunderland	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Roker Park	21,988
Ball	Lineups		Lyttle

				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	31	11	3	1	31	11	7	6	3	30	22	28	63	W	W	L	W	D	1997-04-05	Derby County	H
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	2	Aston Villa	31	9	4	3	22	11	5	4	6	15	16	10	50	W	D	L	W	D	1997-04-05	Everton	H
6	-1	Chelsea	31	8	7	1	31	18	5	3	7	20	26	7	49	L	W	W	L	D	1997-04-05	Arsenal	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	6	8	1	18	12	6	5	5	23	25	4	49	D	L	W	W	W	1997-04-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	Wimbledon	29	6	5	2	22	16	6	4	6	19	20	5	45	D	L	D	L	D	1997-03-23	Newcastle United	H
9	0	Leeds United	32	7	4	5	14	12	4	4	8	12	22	-8	41	D	L	D	W	W	1997-04-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	6	4	6	16	15	5	2	8	22	28	-5	39	L	D	W	W	L	1997-04-05	Wimbledon	H
11	0	Leicester City	31	6	4	6	19	23	4	5	6	18	21	-7	39	D	D	L	D	W	1997-04-09	Everton	A
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	31	7	3	5	20	15	1	9	6	13	17	1	36	L	L	W	D	D	1997-04-07	Leeds United	A
13	0	Everton	31	6	2	7	20	18	3	7	6	17	27	-8	36	L	W	L	D	L	1997-04-05	Aston Villa	A
14	0	Derby County	31	7	4	4	21	17	1	7	8	14	30	-12	35	W	L	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Manchester United	A
15	1	West Ham United	31	6	3	6	20	22	2	6	8	11	19	-10	33	W	D	D	W	L	1997-04-09	Middlesbrough	H
16	-1	Sunderland	32	6	6	4	16	15	2	3	11	13	33	-19	33	D	L	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Newcastle United	A
17	2	Middlesbrough	30	7	4	5	30	21	2	3	9	13	30	-8	31	W	W	W	W	L	1997-03-24	Nottingham Forest	H
18	-1	Coventry City	32	3	7	6	14	19	3	5	8	13	27	-19	30	L	L	D	D	L	1997-04-06	Liverpool	A
19	-1	Nottingham Forest	32	3	7	6	12	22	3	5	8	15	26	-21	30	D	D	D	L	L	1997-03-24	Middlesbrough	A
20	0	Southampton	31	4	6	6	26	22	2	3	10	13	29	-12	27	D	L	L	D	D	1997-04-05	Nottingham Forest	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Sheffield United	St Andrew's	14,969
Legg	Lineups		Katchouro
Bradford City	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Valley Parade	15,351
Edinho, Pepper	Lineups		Goodman
Grimsby Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	4,353
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Barnsley	Kirklees Stadium	14,754
	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Stoke City	Maine Road	28,497
Atkinson, Lomas	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Carrow Road	17,585
	Lineups		Sellars
Port Vale	1	0	Swindon Town	Vale Park	6,142
Mills	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Portsmouth	Loftus Road	15,746
Murray, Spencer	Lineups		Bradbury
Reading	1	0	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	10,058
Lovell	Lineups
Southend United	2	2	Oxford United	Roots Hall	4,102
Boere, Lapper	Lineups		Jemson, Aldridge
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Charlton Athletic	The Hawthorns	14,168
Hunt	Lineups		Robinson, Balmer

				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	40	15	4	1	50	18	9	8	3	36	30	86	84	W	W	W	W	D	1997-04-05	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	8	4	7	23	19	11	4	5	32	22	55	65	L	L	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Barnsley	37	10	4	4	33	18	7	9	3	27	25	60	64	D	D	W	D	W	1997-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
4	0	Sheffield United	39	10	5	4	39	21	7	6	7	27	26	66	62	D	L	W	L	W	1997-03-29	Reading	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	39	10	6	3	36	22	5	7	8	18	25	54	58	L	W	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Grimsby Town	A
6	2	Port Vale	40	7	9	4	30	23	7	6	7	19	24	49	57	W	L	W	D	L	1997-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	-1	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
8	-1	Norwich City	39	8	8	4	25	17	7	2	10	30	42	55	55	L	L	D	L	W	1997-03-29	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Stoke City	38	12	2	5	27	19	3	7	9	17	29	44	54	L	W	L	L	W	1997-03-29	Oldham Athletic	H
10	2	Tranmere Rovers	38	8	7	4	33	24	6	4	9	17	24	50	53	D	D	D	L	W	1997-03-28	Southend United	H
11	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	8	4	8	26	23	6	7	6	24	28	50	53	W	W	L	W	L	1997-03-29	Oxford United	A
12	-2	Portsmouth	37	8	4	5	22	17	7	4	9	24	25	46	53	L	W	D	D	W	1997-03-25	Reading	H
13	-2	Swindon Town	39	11	5	3	36	18	4	2	14	15	37	51	52	L	W	L	D	W	1997-03-29	Norwich City	H
14	0	Oxford United	39	12	3	4	35	20	2	5	13	19	35	54	50	D	W	L	W	L	1997-03-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	2	Manchester City	38	10	4	5	27	17	4	4	11	21	32	48	50	W	D	D	L	W	1997-04-05	Charlton Athletic	A
16	0	Reading	37	11	7	2	32	21	2	4	11	16	31	48	50	W	D	W	W	L	1997-03-25	Portsmouth	A
17	1	Charlton Athletic	38	9	6	4	31	25	5	2	12	15	29	46	50	W	D	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Birmingham City	A
18	-3	West Bromwich Albion	39	5	7	8	33	30	6	7	6	28	34	61	47	L	W	L	W	L	1997-03-28	Barnsley	A
19	0	Birmingham City	37	9	5	5	27	18	3	6	9	15	27	42	47	D	L	W	W	L	1997-03-29	Crystal Palace	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	39	9	5	6	26	19	2	7	10	16	36	42	45	D	L	L	W	L	1997-03-31	Sheffield United	H
21	2	Bradford City	38	7	5	7	24	30	2	6	11	16	31	40	38	W	D	L	L	L	1997-03-29	Portsmouth	A
22	-1	Grimsby Town	38	4	7	9	23	33	4	5	9	27	37	50	36	D	L	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Ipswich Town	H
23	-1	Oldham Athletic	36	4	6	8	20	26	4	5	9	18	23	38	35	D	W	L	L	W	1997-03-23	Crystal Palace	H
24	0	Southend United	39	6	8	6	28	28	1	5	13	9	43	37	34	D	L	L	L	L	1997-03-28	Tranmere Rovers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	York City	Dean Court	4,367
Town	Lineups		Gilbert
Blackpool	1	0	Bristol City	Bloomfield Road	4,518
Preece	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	4,162
Johnson	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Peterborough United	Gresty Road	3,565
Murphy	Lineups		Charlery
Gillingham	1	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Priestfield Stadium	5,925
Onuora	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Watford	The Den	8,713
	Lineups		Mooney
Notts County	1	2	Stockport County	Meadow Lane	4,238
Baraclough	Lineups		Flynn, Hogg OG
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Wrexham	Home Park	5,468
	Lineups		Humes
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Rotherham United	Gay Meadow	2,893
	Lineups		McDougald, Hurst
Walsall	1	3	Burnley	Bescot Stadium	6,306	Largest home gate 1996-97
Lightbourne	Lineups		Cooke 2, Barnes

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Luton Town	36	12	3	3	33	11	5	7	6	25	28	58	61	W	D	L	L	D	1997-03-29	Burnley	A
2	1	Bury	35	13	5	0	31	6	4	5	8	20	28	51	61	W	W	L	W	L	1997-03-25	Notts County	A
3	-1	Brentford	36	7	10	1	25	17	9	3	6	25	18	50	61	L	L	L	D	D	1997-03-25	Wrexham	A
4	2	Watford	36	9	7	2	20	10	6	9	3	19	16	39	61	W	W	W	L	L	1997-03-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	2	Burnley	38	12	2	5	40	21	5	7	7	21	19	61	60	W	W	W	D	W	1997-03-29	Luton Town	H
6	-2	Crewe Alexandra	36	13	4	2	34	11	5	1	11	13	28	47	59	D	D	D	W	W	1997-03-25	Bristol City	H
7	1	Stockport County	34	9	5	3	23	12	7	5	5	26	24	49	58	W	W	W	D	L	1997-03-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-3	Millwall	38	12	2	6	26	19	4	8	6	20	25	46	58	L	D	L	W	W	1997-03-28	Wrexham	A
9	2	Wrexham	35	8	7	1	26	18	5	9	5	14	16	40	55	W	L	D	W	D	1997-03-25	Brentford	H
10	-1	Bristol City	37	10	4	4	35	15	5	5	9	19	28	54	54	L	L	W	L	L	1997-03-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	-1	Walsall	37	10	7	3	30	18	5	2	10	14	22	44	54	L	D	L	D	W	1997-03-29	Rotherham United	A
12	1	Blackpool	37	9	6	3	31	18	4	7	8	15	21	46	52	W	D	W	L	W	1997-03-29	Chesterfield	A
13	-1	Chesterfield	35	8	6	3	21	15	6	4	8	12	16	33	52	L	W	L	D	D	1997-03-29	Blackpool	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	39	7	7	6	20	17	6	4	9	16	21	36	50	D	W	W	D	L	1997-03-29	Watford	A
15	0	Preston North End	38	11	4	4	27	18	3	2	14	14	32	41	48	W	L	W	W	L	1997-03-23	Bristol Rovers	A
16	1	Gillingham	36	10	3	5	29	20	3	5	10	14	29	43	47	W	L	W	L	W	1997-03-25	Rotherham United	A
17	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	6	8	5	17	18	5	4	9	24	33	41	45	L	W	W	L	L	1997-03-29	York City	A
18	1	York City	37	7	4	7	23	24	4	6	9	16	30	39	43	D	D	W	D	W	1997-03-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	39	7	6	7	25	28	3	6	10	22	35	47	42	L	L	D	L	D	1997-03-29	Wycombe Wanderers	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	37	9	4	5	28	20	1	7	11	9	22	37	41	L	L	L	L	W	1997-03-23	Preston North End	H
21	0	Wycombe Wanderers	37	9	3	6	19	13	1	5	13	17	37	36	38	L	L	W	D	L	1997-03-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Peterborough United	38	5	7	7	32	30	3	6	10	16	37	48	37	D	L	L	W	D	1997-03-29	Bristol Rovers	H
23	0	Rotherham United	37	4	7	7	15	19	2	6	11	16	32	31	31	W	W	D	L	D	1997-03-25	Gillingham	H
24	0	Notts County	37	3	7	8	16	20	2	5	12	11	29	27	27	L	D	L	D	L	1997-03-25	Bury	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Cardiff City	Goldstone Ground	9,293
McDonald (p), Baird	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Chester City	Abbey Stadium	3,044
Sinclair OG, Barnwell	Lineups		Rimmer, Milner
Fulham	1	0	Hartlepool United	Craven Cottage	7,222
Freeman	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	3,847
	Lineups		Jansen
Leyton Orient	2	3	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	4,122
Arnott, Timons	Lineups		Ainsworth (p), Brown S, Stant
Mansfield Town	1	0	Northampton Town	Field Mill	2,596
Eustace	Lineups
Scarborough	3	4	Exeter City	Seamer Road	2,125
Currie (p), Williams G 2	Lineups		Rowbotham, Steele, Hicks OG, Crowe
Swansea City	1	1	Darlington	Vetch Field	4,324
Molby (p)	Lineups		Blake
Torquay United	1	2	Scunthorpe United	Plainmoor	1,761
Winter (p)	Lineups		Forrester, Jones
Wigan Athletic	2	0	Barnet	Springfield Park	3,286
Kilford, Martinez	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	Carlisle United	38	14	2	3	35	17	8	8	3	24	17	59	76	W	L	D	W	W	1997-03-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Wigan Athletic	39	15	3	2	50	20	7	5	7	26	28	76	74	W	D	W	L	D	1997-03-29	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Fulham	38	12	4	4	38	18	10	4	4	28	17	66	74	W	W	W	D	D	1997-03-29	Hereford United	A
4	0	Swansea City	39	11	4	5	30	15	7	3	9	21	28	51	61	D	W	W	L	L	1997-03-29	Rochdale	A
5	0	Chester City	39	9	7	3	26	13	6	8	6	19	23	45	60	D	D	D	W	D	1997-03-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	1	Cambridge United	38	11	3	5	28	22	6	5	8	20	27	48	59	D	D	W	L	L	1997-03-29	Barnet	A
7	-1	Colchester United	38	10	8	2	33	19	4	8	6	20	22	53	58	W	W	L	L	L	1997-03-29	Hartlepool United	A
8	0	Cardiff City	38	9	2	8	27	23	8	4	7	20	23	47	57	L	D	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Wigan Athletic	A
9	0	Scarborough	40	8	8	4	32	26	6	6	8	27	35	59	56	L	D	W	L	L	1997-03-31	Scunthorpe United	H
10	0	Northampton Town	38	11	4	4	37	15	4	6	9	21	26	58	55	L	D	W	L	D	1997-03-29	Wigan Athletic	H
11	1	Scunthorpe United	37	9	2	8	31	29	7	4	7	20	22	51	54	W	W	D	W	W	1997-03-29	Leyton Orient	H
12	1	Lincoln City	39	8	8	3	28	21	6	3	11	27	40	55	53	W	D	W	L	L	1997-03-29	Torquay United	H
13	1	Mansfield Town	38	7	6	6	18	16	6	7	6	23	23	41	52	W	L	L	W	L	1997-03-29	Exeter City	A
14	-3	Hull City	38	8	7	4	24	19	4	9	6	13	18	37	52	L	W	D	D	W	1997-03-29	Darlington	A
15	0	Rochdale	38	8	6	5	27	20	3	9	7	19	27	46	48	L	W	W	W	L	1997-03-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	0	Torquay United	39	9	4	7	22	17	3	5	11	17	33	39	45	L	L	D	D	L	1997-03-29	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Barnet	38	6	8	4	23	16	4	7	9	12	22	35	45	L	L	L	D	W	1997-03-29	Cambridge United	H
18	4	Exeter City	39	6	6	7	20	21	5	3	12	20	36	40	42	W	L	L	D	W	1997-03-29	Mansfield Town	H
19	-1	Leyton Orient	39	8	6	6	22	17	2	6	11	16	31	38	42	L	L	D	L	L	1997-03-29	Scunthorpe United	A
20	0	Darlington	38	8	5	5	31	21	2	5	13	23	46	54	40	D	D	D	W	L	1997-03-29	Hull City	H
21	-2	Doncaster Rovers	37	7	5	6	20	17	4	2	13	19	40	39	40	W	W	D	W	L	1997-03-25	Rochdale	H
22	-1	Hereford United	39	5	5	9	23	23	5	4	11	21	36	44	39	L	W	L	L	D	1997-03-29	Fulham	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	39	5	6	8	25	29	5	2	13	16	30	41	38	L	L	L	D	L	1997-03-29	Colchester United	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	9	6	5	38	27	1	2	16	9	38	47	36	W	L	D	W	L	1997-03-29	Chester City	A