Easter Monday 1997-03-31

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Charlton Athletic	St Andrew's	14,525
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	0	Stoke City	Valley Parade	13,579
Pepper	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	Ipswich Town	Blundell Park	6,268
Mendonca, Lee	Lineups		Mason
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Sheffield United	Kirklees Stadium	14,551
Dalton, Cowan	Lineups		Sinnott OG
Norwich City	1	1	Oxford United	Carrow Road	14,644
Eadie	Lineups		Massey
Oldham Athletic	5	1	Swindon Town	Boundary Park	5,699
Richardson LJ (p), Barlow 3, Rush	Lineups		Cowe
Port Vale	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	7,469
Mills 2	Lineups		Irons
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loftus Road	17,376	Largest home gate 1996-97
Spencer, Peacock	Lineups		Goodman, Curle (p)
Reading	1	2	Barnsley	Elm Park	10,244
Morley (p)	Lineups		Holsgrove OG, Marcelle
Southend United	2	1	Portsmouth	Roots Hall	6,107
Gridelet, Rammell	Lineups		Hall

				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	39	11	4	4	35	18	8	9	3	29	26	64	70	W	W	D	D	W	1997-04-05	Birmingham City	H
3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	8	4	7	23	19	11	5	5	34	24	57	66	D	L	L	L	W	1997-04-05	Norwich City	H
4	-1	Sheffield United	41	11	5	4	41	21	7	6	8	28	28	69	65	L	W	D	L	W	1997-04-05	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	4	Port Vale	41	8	9	4	32	24	7	6	7	19	24	51	60	W	W	L	W	D	1997-04-05	Oxford United	A
6	-1	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
7	0	Norwich City	41	8	9	4	26	18	8	2	10	33	42	59	59	D	W	L	L	D	1997-04-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	-2	Portsmouth	40	10	4	5	26	18	7	4	10	25	27	51	59	L	W	W	L	W	1997-04-05	Grimsby Town	H
9	-1	Ipswich Town	40	10	6	3	36	22	5	7	9	19	27	55	58	L	L	W	L	W	1997-04-05	Oldham Athletic	H
10	2	Queens Park Rangers	41	8	5	8	28	25	7	7	6	27	30	55	57	D	W	W	W	L	1997-04-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	-1	Stoke City	40	13	2	5	29	20	3	7	10	17	30	46	57	L	W	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Reading	H
12	-1	Tranmere Rovers	40	9	7	4	36	24	6	4	10	18	26	54	56	L	W	D	D	D	1997-04-04	Bradford City	H
13	0	Swindon Town	41	11	5	4	36	21	4	2	15	16	42	52	52	L	L	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Southend United	H
14	0	Oxford United	41	12	3	5	37	23	2	6	13	20	36	57	51	D	L	D	W	L	1997-04-05	Port Vale	H
15	2	Charlton Athletic	39	9	6	4	31	25	5	3	12	15	29	46	51	D	W	D	L	W	1997-04-05	Manchester City	H
16	2	Birmingham City	39	9	6	5	27	18	4	6	9	16	27	43	51	D	W	D	L	W	1997-04-05	Barnsley	A
17	-1	Reading	40	11	7	3	33	23	2	4	13	16	34	49	50	L	L	L	W	D	1997-04-05	Stoke City	A
18	-3	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
19	1	Huddersfield Town	40	10	5	6	28	20	2	7	10	16	36	44	48	W	D	L	L	W	1997-04-05	Crystal Palace	A
20	-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
21	0	Bradford City	40	8	5	7	25	30	2	6	12	17	34	42	41	W	L	W	D	L	1997-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	39	5	7	9	25	34	4	5	9	27	37	52	39	W	D	L	D	W	1997-04-05	Portsmouth	A
23	0	Oldham Athletic	39	5	6	9	25	28	4	5	10	19	25	44	38	W	L	L	D	W	1997-04-05	Ipswich Town	A
24	0	Southend United	41	7	8	6	30	29	1	5	14	9	46	39	37	W	L	D	L	L	1997-04-05	Swindon Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	4	1	Rotherham United	Bloomfield Road	5,524
Linighan, Clarkson, Ellis, Barlow	Lineups		Breckin
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Wrexham	The Memorial Stadium	6,225
Skinner, Beadle	Lineups
Bury	2	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Gigg Lane	5,714
Daws, Butler	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Preston North End	Gresty Road	4,407
Adebola	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium	7,359
Onuora	Lineups		Janney, Asaba
Notts County	0	0	Peterborough United	Meadow Lane	3,848
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Watford	Home Park	6,836
	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	Bury	38	14	5	0	33	6	6	5	8	23	28	56	70	W	W	W	W	W	1997-04-05	Bristol City	A
2	1	Brentford	39	7	10	2	25	19	11	3	6	29	19	54	67	W	L	W	L	L	1997-04-05	Shrewsbury Town	H
3	-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
4	4	Crewe Alexandra	39	14	4	3	36	13	5	1	12	13	29	49	62	W	L	L	D	D	1997-04-05	Watford	A
5	0	Watford	38	9	7	3	20	11	6	10	3	19	16	39	62	D	L	W	W	W	1997-04-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	-2	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
7	-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
8	-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
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	0	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	Blackpool	39	10	6	3	35	19	4	8	8	15	21	50	56	W	D	W	D	W	1997-04-05	Wycombe Wanderers	A
12	-1	Wrexham	38	8	8	2	29	23	5	9	6	14	18	43	56	L	D	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Walsall	H
13	0	Gillingham	39	10	3	6	30	22	5	5	10	17	30	47	53	L	W	W	W	L	1997-04-05	Chesterfield	A
14	0	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	0	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	41	12	4	4	29	18	3	2	16	14	34	43	51	L	W	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	40	11	4	5	31	20	2	7	11	11	23	42	50	W	W	W	L	L	1997-04-05	Stockport County	A
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	39	6	9	5	17	18	5	5	9	25	34	42	47	D	D	L	W	W	1997-04-05	Preston North End	A
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	39	10	3	6	22	13	1	5	14	17	39	39	41	L	W	L	L	W	1997-04-05	Blackpool	H
22	0	Peterborough United	40	5	7	8	33	32	3	7	10	16	37	49	38	D	L	D	L	L	1997-04-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
23	0	Rotherham United	40	4	7	9	17	23	2	6	12	17	36	34	31	L	L	L	W	W	1997-04-05	Luton Town	H
24	0	Notts County	40	3	8	9	16	21	2	5	13	11	31	27	28	D	L	L	L	D	1997-04-05	York City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	1	3	Lincoln City	Abbey Stadium	3,656
Kyd	Lineups		Robertson, Craddock OG, Stant
Colchester United	0	3	Darlington	Layer Road	3,604
	Lineups		Naylor 3 (1p)
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Exeter City	Belle Vue	2,457
Schofield	Lineups		Crowe 2
Fulham	1	1	Rochdale	Craven Cottage	7,866
Conroy	Lineups		Gouck
Hull City	1	1	Hereford United	Boothferry Park	2,818
Greaves	Lineups		Foster A
Leyton Orient	2	1	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road	4,604
McGleish 2	Lineups		Hopper
Mansfield Town	1	0	Hartlepool United	Field Mill	2,229
Sedgemore	Lineups
Scarborough	3	2	Scunthorpe United	Seamer Road	3,212
Midgley, Brodie 2	Lineups		Jones, Forrester
Swansea City	2	1	Chester City	Vetch Field	6,284
Molby (p), Torpey	Lineups		Alsford
Torquay United	1	2	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	2,335
Jack	Lineups		Parrish, Sampson
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Cardiff City	Springfield Park	4,634
	Lineups		Haworth

				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	41	15	3	3	50	21	8	5	7	27	28	77	77	L	W	W	D	W	1997-04-05	Chester City	A
2	0	Carlisle United	40	14	3	3	35	17	8	8	4	25	19	60	77	L	D	W	L	D	1997-04-05	Fulham	H
3	0	Fulham	40	12	5	4	39	19	10	5	4	28	17	67	76	D	D	W	W	W	1997-04-05	Carlisle United	A
4	0	Swansea City	41	12	4	5	32	16	8	3	9	24	30	56	67	W	W	D	W	W	1997-04-05	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Chester City	41	10	7	3	28	14	6	8	7	20	25	48	63	L	W	D	D	D	1997-04-05	Wigan Athletic	H
6	2	Cardiff City	39	9	2	8	27	23	9	4	7	21	23	48	60	W	L	D	L	W	1997-04-05	Cambridge United	H
7	2	Scarborough	41	9	8	4	35	28	6	6	8	27	35	62	59	W	L	D	W	L	1997-04-05	Northampton Town	A
8	-2	Cambridge United	40	11	3	6	29	25	6	5	9	21	29	50	59	L	L	D	D	W	1997-04-05	Cardiff City	A
9	1	Northampton Town	40	11	4	5	37	16	5	6	9	23	27	60	58	W	L	L	D	W	1997-04-05	Scarborough	H
10	-3	Colchester United	40	10	8	3	33	22	4	8	7	20	23	53	58	L	L	W	W	L	1997-04-05	Hereford United	A
11	1	Lincoln City	41	8	8	4	29	23	7	3	11	30	41	59	56	W	L	W	D	W	1997-04-05	Swansea City	H
12	1	Mansfield Town	40	8	6	6	19	16	6	8	6	23	23	42	56	W	D	W	L	L	1997-04-05	Rochdale	A
13	-2	Scunthorpe United	39	9	2	9	32	31	7	4	8	22	25	54	54	L	L	W	W	D	1997-04-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Hull City	40	8	8	4	25	20	4	9	7	13	19	38	53	D	L	L	W	D	1997-04-05	Barnet	A
15	0	Rochdale	41	8	6	6	29	23	3	10	8	20	31	49	49	D	L	L	L	W	1997-04-05	Mansfield Town	H
16	2	Leyton Orient	41	9	6	6	24	18	3	6	11	18	32	42	48	W	W	L	L	D	1997-04-05	Hartlepool United	A
17	-1	Torquay United	41	9	4	8	23	19	4	5	11	19	34	42	48	L	W	L	L	D	1997-04-05	Exeter City	A
18	-1	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
19	1	Darlington	40	9	5	5	32	21	3	5	13	26	46	58	46	W	W	D	D	D	1997-04-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	1	Exeter City	41	6	7	7	20	21	6	3	12	22	37	42	46	W	D	W	L	L	1997-04-05	Torquay United	H
21	-2	Doncaster Rovers	40	8	5	7	24	19	4	3	13	19	40	43	44	L	D	W	W	W	1997-04-05	Darlington	A
22	1	Hereford United	41	5	6	9	23	23	5	5	11	22	37	45	41	D	D	L	W	L	1997-04-05	Colchester United	H
23	-1	Hartlepool United	41	6	6	8	26	29	5	2	14	16	31	42	41	L	W	L	L	L	1997-04-05	Leyton Orient	H
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