Easter Saturday 1997-03-29

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

Friendly International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	2	0	Mexico		Wembley Stadium, London	48,076
	Sheringham (p), Fowler	Lineups

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Crystal Palace	0	1	Birmingham City	Selhurst Park	16,331
	Lineups		Grainger
Oxford United	2	3	Queens Park Rangers	Manor Ground	8,359
Jemson (p), Moody	Lineups		Yates, Spencer, Peacock
Portsmouth	3	1	Bradford City	Fratton Park	12,340
Bradbury, Hall, Svensson	Lineups		Murray
Sheffield United	2	0	Reading	Bramall Lane	15,133
Bodin OG, Walker	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Ground	11,755
Sheron (p), Macari	Lineups		Barlow
Swindon Town	0	3	Norwich City	County Ground	10,249
	Lineups		Eadie 2, O'Neill

				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	Barnsley	38	11	4	4	35	18	7	9	3	27	25	62	67	W	D	D	W	D	1997-03-31	Reading	A
3	1	Sheffield United	40	11	5	4	41	21	7	6	7	27	26	68	65	W	D	L	W	L	1997-03-31	Huddersfield Town	A
4	-1	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
5	0	Crystal Palace	38	8	4	6	31	17	8	7	5	37	22	68	59	L	W	W	L	D	1997-04-05	Huddersfield Town	H
6	3	Portsmouth	39	10	4	5	26	18	7	4	9	24	25	50	59	W	W	L	W	D	1997-03-31	Southend United	A
7	3	Norwich City	40	8	8	4	25	17	8	2	10	33	42	58	58	W	L	L	D	L	1997-03-31	Oxford United	H
8	-2	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
9	-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
10	1	Stoke City	39	13	2	5	29	20	3	7	9	17	29	46	57	W	L	W	L	L	1997-03-31	Bradford City	A
11	-3	Tranmere Rovers	39	9	7	4	36	24	6	4	9	17	24	53	56	W	D	D	D	L	1997-03-31	Port Vale	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	40	8	4	8	26	23	7	7	6	27	30	53	56	W	W	W	L	W	1997-03-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	0	Swindon Town	40	11	5	4	36	21	4	2	14	15	37	51	52	L	L	W	L	D	1997-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
14	0	Oxford United	40	12	3	5	37	23	2	5	13	19	35	56	50	L	D	W	L	W	1997-03-31	Norwich City	A
15	0	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	39	11	7	2	32	21	2	4	13	16	34	48	50	L	L	W	D	W	1997-03-31	Barnsley	H
17	0	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	1	Birmingham City	38	9	5	5	27	18	4	6	9	16	27	43	50	W	D	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Charlton Athletic	H
19	-1	West Bromwich Albion	40	5	7	8	33	30	6	7	7	28	36	61	47	L	L	W	L	W	1997-04-05	Sheffield United	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	0	Bradford City	39	7	5	7	24	30	2	6	12	17	34	41	38	L	W	D	L	L	1997-03-31	Stoke City	H
22	0	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	0	Oldham Athletic	38	4	6	9	20	27	4	5	10	19	25	39	35	L	L	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Southend United	40	6	8	6	28	28	1	5	14	9	46	37	34	L	D	L	L	L	1997-03-31	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	2	Bury	Griffin Park	7,823
	Lineups		Daws, Carter (p)
Bristol City	0	1	Gillingham	Ashton Gate	11,276
	Lineups		Onuora (p)
Burnley	0	2	Luton Town	Turf Moor	15,490
	Lineups		Thorpe 2
Chesterfield	0	0	Blackpool	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,974
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	2	Bristol Rovers	London Road	6,132
Otto	Lineups		Alsop, Beadle
Preston North End	2	0	Notts County	Deepdale	9,472
Reeves, Moyes	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Walsall	Millmoor	2,428
Hayward	Lineups		Lightbourne, Viveash
Stockport County	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	7,411
Cooper	Lineups
Watford	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road	10,019
	Lineups		Cox
Wycombe Wanderers	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Adams Park	6,562
Scott, Stallard, Carroll	Lineups
York City	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Bootham Crescent	3,917
Bushell	Lineups		Corazzin

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bury	37	13	5	0	31	6	6	5	8	23	28	54	67	W	W	W	W	L	1997-03-31	Wycombe Wanderers	H
2	1	Luton Town	37	12	3	3	33	11	6	7	6	27	28	60	64	W	W	D	L	L	1997-04-01	Bristol City	H
3	-1	Brentford	38	7	10	2	25	19	10	3	6	27	18	52	64	L	W	L	L	L	1997-03-31	Gillingham	A
4	4	Stockport County	35	10	5	3	24	12	7	5	5	26	24	50	61	W	W	W	W	D	1997-04-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
5	-1	Watford	37	9	7	3	20	11	6	9	3	19	16	39	61	L	W	W	W	L	1997-03-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	-1	Burnley	39	12	2	6	40	23	5	7	7	21	19	61	60	L	W	W	W	D	1997-04-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	-1	Millwall	39	12	2	6	26	19	4	9	6	23	28	49	59	D	L	D	L	W	1997-04-02	York City	H
8	-1	Crewe Alexandra	38	13	4	3	35	13	5	1	12	13	29	48	59	L	L	D	D	D	1997-03-31	Preston North End	H
9	0	Bristol City	39	10	4	5	35	16	6	5	9	21	29	56	57	L	W	L	L	W	1997-04-01	Luton Town	A
10	1	Walsall	38	10	7	3	30	18	6	2	10	16	23	46	57	W	L	D	L	D	1997-04-01	Chesterfield	H
11	-1	Wrexham	37	8	8	2	29	23	5	9	5	14	16	43	56	D	L	W	L	D	1997-03-31	Bristol Rovers	A
12	0	Blackpool	38	9	6	3	31	18	4	8	8	15	21	46	53	D	W	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Rotherham United	H
13	1	Gillingham	38	10	3	5	29	20	5	5	10	17	30	46	53	W	W	W	L	W	1997-03-31	Brentford	H
14	1	AFC Bournemouth	40	7	7	6	20	17	7	4	9	17	21	37	53	W	D	W	W	D	1997-04-01	Stockport County	H
15	-2	Chesterfield	36	8	7	3	21	15	6	4	8	12	16	33	53	D	L	W	L	D	1997-04-01	Walsall	A
16	0	Preston North End	40	12	4	4	29	18	3	2	15	14	33	43	51	W	L	W	L	W	1997-03-31	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	1	Bristol Rovers	39	10	4	5	29	20	2	7	11	11	23	40	47	W	W	L	L	L	1997-03-31	Wrexham	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	38	6	8	5	17	18	5	5	9	25	34	42	46	D	L	W	W	L	1997-03-31	Watford	H
19	0	York City	38	7	5	7	24	25	4	6	9	16	30	40	44	D	D	D	W	D	1997-04-02	Millwall	A
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	40	7	6	7	25	28	3	6	11	22	38	47	42	L	L	L	D	L	1997-04-01	Burnley	H
21	0	Wycombe Wanderers	38	10	3	6	22	13	1	5	13	17	37	39	41	W	L	L	W	D	1997-03-31	Bury	A
22	0	Peterborough United	39	5	7	8	33	32	3	6	10	16	37	49	37	L	D	L	L	W	1997-03-31	Notts County	A
23	0	Rotherham United	39	4	7	9	17	23	2	6	11	16	32	33	31	L	L	W	W	D	1997-03-31	Blackpool	A
24	0	Notts County	39	3	7	9	16	21	2	5	13	11	31	27	27	L	L	L	D	L	1997-03-31	Peterborough United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	2	1	Cambridge United	Underhill Stadium	2,409
Ndah, Primus	Lineups		Barnwell
Carlisle United	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Brunton Park	6,551
	Lineups
Chester City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Deva Stadium	3,613
Woods, Milner	Lineups		Minton
Darlington	1	0	Hull City	Feethams Ground	3,024
Roberts	Lineups
Exeter City	0	0	Mansfield Town	St James Park	3,181
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	0	Colchester United	Victoria Park	2,725
Beech	Lineups
Hereford United	0	0	Fulham	Edgar Street	4,473
	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Torquay United	Sincil Bank	3,455
Alcide	Lineups		Jack, McFarlane
Northampton Town	0	1	Wigan Athletic	Sixfields Stadium	5,914
	Lineups		Lowe
Rochdale	2	3	Swansea City	Spotland	1,884
Russell 2	Lineups		Molby 2 (1p), Brayson
Scunthorpe United	1	2	Leyton Orient	Glanford Park	3,365
Forrester	Lineups		Timons, Channing

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Wigan Athletic	40	15	3	2	50	20	8	5	7	27	28	77	77	W	W	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Cardiff City	H
2	-1	Carlisle United	39	14	3	3	35	17	8	8	3	24	17	59	77	D	W	L	D	W	1997-03-31	Leyton Orient	A
3	0	Fulham	39	12	4	4	38	18	10	5	4	28	17	66	75	D	W	W	W	D	1997-03-31	Rochdale	H
4	0	Swansea City	40	11	4	5	30	15	8	3	9	24	30	54	64	W	D	W	W	L	1997-03-31	Chester City	H
5	0	Chester City	40	10	7	3	28	14	6	8	6	19	23	47	63	W	D	D	D	W	1997-03-31	Swansea City	A
6	0	Cambridge United	39	11	3	5	28	22	6	5	9	21	29	49	59	L	D	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Colchester United	39	10	8	2	33	19	4	8	7	20	23	53	58	L	W	W	L	L	1997-03-31	Darlington	H
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	39	11	4	5	37	16	4	6	9	21	26	58	55	L	L	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Torquay United	A
11	0	Scunthorpe United	38	9	2	9	32	31	7	4	7	20	22	52	54	L	W	W	D	W	1997-03-31	Scarborough	A
12	0	Lincoln City	40	8	8	4	29	23	6	3	11	27	40	56	53	L	W	D	W	L	1997-03-31	Cambridge United	A
13	0	Mansfield Town	39	7	6	6	18	16	6	8	6	23	23	41	53	D	W	L	L	W	1997-03-31	Hartlepool United	H
14	0	Hull City	39	8	7	4	24	19	4	9	7	13	19	37	52	L	L	W	D	D	1997-03-31	Hereford United	H
15	0	Rochdale	40	8	6	6	29	23	3	9	8	19	30	48	48	L	L	L	W	W	1997-03-31	Fulham	A
16	0	Torquay United	40	9	4	7	22	17	4	5	11	19	34	41	48	W	L	L	D	D	1997-03-31	Northampton Town	H
17	0	Barnet	39	7	8	4	25	17	4	7	9	12	22	37	48	W	L	L	L	D	1997-04-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	2	Leyton Orient	40	8	6	6	22	17	3	6	11	18	32	40	45	W	L	L	D	L	1997-03-31	Carlisle United	H
19	-1	Doncaster Rovers	39	8	5	6	23	17	4	3	13	19	40	42	44	D	W	W	W	D	1997-03-31	Exeter City	H
20	1	Darlington	39	9	5	5	32	21	2	5	13	23	46	55	43	W	D	D	D	W	1997-03-31	Colchester United	A
21	-2	Exeter City	40	6	7	7	20	21	5	3	12	20	36	40	43	D	W	L	L	D	1997-03-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	1	Hartlepool United	40	6	6	8	26	29	5	2	13	16	30	42	41	W	L	L	L	D	1997-03-31	Mansfield Town	A
23	-1	Hereford United	40	5	6	9	23	23	5	4	11	21	36	44	40	D	L	W	L	L	1997-03-31	Hull City	A
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	9	6	5	38	27	1	2	17	10	40	48	36	L	W	L	D	W	1997-04-01	Barnet	H