1997-04-05

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	1	Everton	Villa Park	39,339
Milosevic, Staunton, Yorke	Lineups		Unsworth
Chelsea	0	3	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	26,923
	Lineups		Wright, Platt, Bergkamp
Manchester United	2	3	Derby County	Old Trafford	55,243
Cantona, Solskjaer	Lineups		Ward, Wanchope, Sturridge
Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland	St James' Park	36,582	Largest home gate 1996-97
Shearer	Lineups		Gray
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Southampton	City Ground	25,134
Pearce (p)	Lineups		Magilton, Evans 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Wimbledon	White Hart Lane	32,654
Dozzell	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	32	11	3	2	33	14	7	6	3	30	22	27	63	L	W	W	L	W	1997-04-12	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	1	Arsenal	33	9	4	3	33	16	8	5	4	22	12	27	60	W	L	W	W	W	1997-04-12	Leicester City	H
3	-1	Liverpool	31	9	6	1	34	13	8	3	4	19	13	27	60	W	D	W	L	D	1997-04-06	Coventry City	H
4	0	Newcastle United	31	10	3	3	43	18	5	5	5	17	19	23	53	D	D	W	L	L	1997-04-13	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	0	Aston Villa	32	10	4	3	25	12	5	4	6	15	16	12	53	W	W	D	L	W	1997-04-09	Wimbledon	A
6	0	Chelsea	32	8	7	2	31	21	5	3	7	20	26	4	49	L	L	W	W	L	1997-04-09	Coventry City	A
7	0	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	31	6	6	2	23	17	6	4	7	19	21	4	46	L	D	D	L	D	1997-04-09	Aston Villa	H
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	32	7	4	6	17	15	5	2	8	22	28	-4	42	W	L	D	W	W	1997-04-09	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	-1	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
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	2	Derby County	32	7	4	4	21	17	2	7	8	17	32	-11	38	W	W	L	L	W	1997-04-09	Southampton	H
13	-1	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
14	-1	Everton	32	6	2	7	20	18	3	7	7	18	30	-10	36	L	L	W	L	D	1997-04-09	Leicester City	H
15	1	Sunderland	33	6	6	4	16	15	2	4	11	14	34	-19	34	D	D	L	L	W	1997-04-13	Liverpool	H
16	-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
17	0	Middlesbrough	31	7	5	5	31	22	2	3	9	13	30	-8	32	D	W	W	W	W	1997-04-09	West Ham United	A
18	0	Nottingham Forest	34	3	7	7	13	25	3	6	8	16	27	-23	31	L	D	D	D	D	1997-04-19	Leeds United	H
19	1	Southampton	32	4	6	6	26	22	3	3	10	16	30	-10	30	W	D	L	L	D	1997-04-09	Derby County	A
20	-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

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Birmingham City	Oakwell	13,092
	Lineups		Grainger
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Burnden Park	19,198
Fairclough, McGinlay	Lineups		Morrow
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Manchester City	The Valley	14,815
Leaburn	Lineups		Brannan
Crystal Palace	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Selhurst Park	13,541
Shipperley	Lineups		Payton
Ipswich Town	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Portman Road	11,730
Scowcroft, Williams, Stockwell, Gregory	Lineups
Oxford United	0	2	Port Vale	Manor Ground	7,367
	Lineups		Mills, Naylor
Portsmouth	1	0	Grimsby Town	Fratton Park	9,854
Carter	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	15,004
Fjortoft	Lineups		Coldicott, Taylor
Stoke City	1	1	Reading	Victoria Ground	9,947
Forsyth	Lineups		Lambert
Swindon Town	0	0	Southend United	County Ground	6,730
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Norwich City	Molineux	26,938
Thomas, Curle (p), Roberts	Lineups		Broughton, Adams (p)
Footnotes
Bolton Wanderers promoted

				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	41	16	4	1	52	19	9	8	3	36	30	88	87	W	W	W	W	W	1997-04-09	Manchester City	A
2	0	Barnsley	40	11	4	5	35	19	8	9	3	29	26	64	70	L	W	W	D	D	1997-04-12	Charlton Athletic	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	9	4	7	26	21	11	5	5	34	24	60	69	W	D	L	L	L	1997-04-12	Reading	A
4	0	Sheffield United	42	11	5	5	42	23	7	6	8	28	28	70	65	L	L	W	D	L	1997-04-12	Crystal Palace	H
5	0	Port Vale	42	8	9	4	32	24	8	6	7	21	24	53	63	W	W	W	L	W	1997-04-12	Oldham Athletic	H
6	3	Portsmouth	41	11	4	5	27	18	7	4	10	25	27	52	62	W	L	W	W	L	1997-04-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	3	Ipswich Town	41	11	6	3	40	22	5	7	9	19	27	59	61	W	L	L	W	L	1997-04-12	Swindon Town	A
8	-2	Crystal Palace	39	8	5	6	32	18	8	7	5	37	22	69	60	D	L	W	W	L	1997-04-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	-2	Norwich City	42	8	9	4	26	18	8	2	11	35	45	61	59	L	D	W	L	L	1997-04-12	Stoke City	H
10	-2	Tranmere Rovers	41	10	7	4	39	24	6	4	10	18	26	57	59	W	L	W	D	D	1997-04-12	Portsmouth	A
11	1	Stoke City	41	13	3	5	30	21	3	7	10	17	30	47	58	D	L	W	L	W	1997-04-12	Norwich City	A
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	5	8	28	25	7	7	7	28	32	56	57	L	D	W	W	W	1997-04-12	Grimsby Town	H
13	3	Birmingham City	40	9	6	5	27	18	5	6	9	17	27	44	54	W	D	W	D	L	1997-04-08	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-1	Swindon Town	42	11	6	4	36	21	4	2	15	16	42	52	53	D	L	L	L	W	1997-04-12	Ipswich Town	H
15	0	Charlton Athletic	40	9	7	4	32	26	5	3	12	15	29	47	52	D	D	W	D	L	1997-04-09	Huddersfield Town	H
16	-2	Oxford United	42	12	3	6	37	25	2	6	13	20	36	57	51	L	D	L	D	W	1997-04-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	0	Reading	41	11	7	3	33	23	2	5	13	17	35	50	51	D	L	L	L	W	1997-04-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Manchester City	39	10	4	5	27	17	4	5	11	22	33	49	51	D	W	D	D	L	1997-04-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	5	7	8	33	30	7	7	7	30	37	63	50	W	L	L	W	L	1997-04-09	Crystal Palace	H
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	41	10	5	6	28	20	2	8	10	17	37	45	49	D	W	D	L	L	1997-04-09	Charlton Athletic	A
21	0	Bradford City	41	8	5	7	25	30	2	6	13	17	37	42	41	L	W	L	W	D	1997-04-12	Southend United	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	40	5	7	9	25	34	4	5	10	27	38	52	39	L	W	D	L	D	1997-04-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
23	0	Oldham Athletic	40	5	6	9	25	28	4	5	11	19	29	44	38	L	W	L	L	D	1997-04-08	Birmingham City	H
24	0	Southend United	42	7	8	6	30	29	1	6	14	9	46	39	38	D	W	L	D	L	1997-04-12	Bradford City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Griffin Park	5,521
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Bury	Ashton Gate	10,274
Barnard	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Millwall	Turf Moor	9,840
Weller	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Gillingham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,926
Morris, Howard	Lineups		Butler, Onuora
Peterborough United	3	1	AFC Bournemouth	London Road	4,221
Clark, De Souza, Otto	Lineups		Rawlinson
Preston North End	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Deepdale	8,503
Reeves	Lineups		Saunders
Rotherham United	0	3	Luton Town	Millmoor	2,609
	Lineups		Thorpe 3
Stockport County	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Edgeley Park	5,689
Cooper (p)	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Vicarage Road	12,441
	Lineups		Whalley
Wrexham	1	2	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	3,266
Connolly (p)	Lineups		Lightbourne, Watson
Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	Blackpool	Adams Park	5,619
Scott	Lineups
York City	1	2	Notts County	Bootham Crescent	3,115
Rowe	Lineups		Dudley, Redmile

				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	39	14	5	0	33	6	6	5	9	23	29	56	70	L	W	W	W	W	1997-04-08	Walsall	H
2	1	Luton Town	39	12	4	3	35	13	7	7	6	30	28	65	68	W	D	W	W	D	1997-04-08	Wycombe Wanderers	H
3	-1	Brentford	40	7	11	2	25	19	11	3	6	29	19	54	68	D	W	L	W	L	1997-04-11	Rotherham United	A
4	0	Stockport County	37	11	5	3	25	12	7	6	5	26	24	51	65	W	D	W	W	W	1997-04-08	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	40	14	4	3	36	13	6	1	12	14	29	50	65	W	W	L	L	D	1997-04-12	Bristol Rovers	H
6	1	Burnley	41	13	2	6	41	23	5	7	8	22	21	63	63	W	L	L	W	W	1997-04-12	Stockport County	A
7	-1	Watford	39	9	7	4	20	12	6	10	3	19	16	39	62	L	D	L	W	W	1997-04-08	Chesterfield	A
8	1	Bristol City	41	11	4	5	36	16	6	6	9	23	31	59	61	W	D	L	W	L	1997-04-15	Wrexham	H
9	1	Walsall	40	10	8	3	31	19	7	2	10	18	24	49	61	W	D	W	L	D	1997-04-08	Bury	A
10	-2	Millwall	41	12	3	6	27	20	4	9	7	23	29	50	60	L	D	D	L	D	1997-04-08	Bristol Rovers	A
11	0	Blackpool	40	10	6	3	35	19	4	8	9	15	22	50	56	L	W	D	W	D	1997-04-12	Bury	H
12	0	Wrexham	39	8	8	3	30	25	5	9	6	14	18	44	56	L	L	D	L	W	1997-04-08	Rotherham United	H
13	1	Chesterfield	38	8	8	3	23	17	6	5	8	13	17	36	55	D	D	D	L	W	1997-04-08	Watford	H
14	1	Gillingham	40	10	3	6	30	22	5	6	10	19	32	49	54	D	L	W	W	W	1997-04-12	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	-2	AFC Bournemouth	42	7	8	6	20	17	7	4	10	18	24	38	54	L	D	W	D	W	1997-04-12	Gillingham	H
16	0	Preston North End	42	12	5	4	30	19	3	2	16	14	34	44	52	D	L	W	L	W	1997-04-12	Peterborough United	A
17	0	Bristol Rovers	41	11	4	5	31	20	2	7	12	11	24	42	50	L	W	W	W	L	1997-04-08	Millwall	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	6	9	5	17	18	5	6	9	26	35	43	48	D	D	D	L	W	1997-04-08	Stockport County	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	8	6	7	27	29	3	7	11	22	38	49	46	D	W	L	L	L	1997-04-12	Wrexham	H
20	0	York City	40	7	5	8	25	27	4	7	9	17	31	42	45	L	D	D	D	D	1997-04-08	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Wycombe Wanderers	40	11	3	6	23	13	1	5	14	17	39	40	44	W	L	W	L	L	1997-04-08	Luton Town	A
22	0	Peterborough United	41	6	7	8	36	33	3	7	10	16	37	52	41	W	D	L	D	L	1997-04-08	York City	A
23	0	Rotherham United	41	4	7	10	17	26	2	6	12	17	36	34	31	L	L	L	L	W	1997-04-08	Wrexham	A
24	0	Notts County	41	3	8	9	16	21	3	5	13	13	32	29	31	W	D	L	L	L	1997-04-12	Wycombe Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnet	1	0	Hull City	Underhill Stadium	1,668
Ndah	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	0	Cambridge United	Ninian Park	3,410
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	2	Fulham	Brunton Park	9,171	Largest home gate 1996-97
Delap	Lineups		Conroy, McAree
Chester City	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Deva Stadium	4,005	Largest home gate 1996-97
Flitcroft	Lineups		Kilford
Darlington	0	3	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	3,071
	Lineups		Pemberton, Cramb 2
Exeter City	1	1	Torquay United	St James Park	4,991	Largest home gate 1996-97
Steele	Lineups		McFarlane
Hartlepool United	3	1	Leyton Orient	Victoria Park	2,576
Bradley, Baker, Halliday	Lineups		Channing
Hereford United	1	0	Colchester United	Edgar Street	2,535
McGorry	Lineups
Lincoln City	4	0	Swansea City	Sincil Bank	3,348
Alcide, Ainsworth (p), Stant 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	0	Scarborough	Sixfields Stadium	4,854
Hunter (p)	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Mansfield Town	Spotland	1,620
	Lineups		Cresswell
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Glanford Park	2,925
Hope	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Fulham	41	12	5	4	39	19	11	5	4	30	18	69	79	W	D	D	W	W	1997-04-08	Mansfield Town	A
2	-1	Wigan Athletic	42	15	3	3	50	21	8	6	7	28	29	78	78	D	L	W	W	D	1997-04-08	Colchester United	H
3	-1	Carlisle United	41	14	3	4	36	19	8	8	4	25	19	61	77	L	L	D	W	L	1997-04-08	Darlington	A
4	0	Swansea City	42	12	4	5	32	16	8	3	10	24	34	56	67	L	W	W	D	W	1997-04-11	Colchester United	A
5	0	Chester City	42	10	8	3	29	15	6	8	7	20	25	49	64	D	L	W	D	D	1997-04-12	Cardiff City	A
6	3	Northampton Town	41	12	4	5	38	16	5	6	9	23	27	61	61	W	W	L	L	D	1997-04-08	Cambridge United	A
7	-1	Cardiff City	40	9	3	8	27	23	9	4	7	21	23	48	61	D	W	L	D	L	1997-04-08	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	0	Cambridge United	41	11	3	6	29	25	6	6	9	21	29	50	60	D	L	L	D	D	1997-04-08	Northampton Town	H
9	2	Lincoln City	42	9	8	4	33	23	7	3	11	30	41	63	59	W	W	L	W	D	1997-04-12	Exeter City	A
10	-3	Scarborough	42	9	8	4	35	28	6	6	9	27	36	62	59	L	W	L	D	W	1997-04-12	Hereford United	H
11	1	Mansfield Town	41	8	6	6	19	16	7	8	6	24	23	43	59	W	W	D	W	L	1997-04-08	Fulham	H
12	-2	Colchester United	41	10	8	3	33	22	4	8	8	20	24	53	58	L	L	L	W	W	1997-04-08	Wigan Athletic	A
13	0	Scunthorpe United	40	10	2	9	33	31	7	4	8	22	25	55	57	W	L	L	W	W	1997-04-08	Barnet	A
14	0	Hull City	41	8	8	4	25	20	4	9	8	13	20	38	53	L	D	L	L	W	1997-04-12	Scunthorpe United	A
15	3	Barnet	41	8	8	4	26	17	4	7	10	12	23	38	51	W	L	W	L	L	1997-04-08	Scunthorpe United	H
16	-1	Rochdale	42	8	6	7	29	24	3	10	8	20	31	49	49	L	D	L	L	L	1997-04-12	Darlington	H
17	0	Torquay United	42	9	4	8	23	19	4	6	11	20	35	43	49	D	L	W	L	L	1997-04-12	Barnet	H
18	-2	Leyton Orient	42	9	6	6	24	18	3	6	12	19	35	43	48	L	W	W	L	L	1997-04-12	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	2	Doncaster Rovers	41	8	5	7	24	19	5	3	13	22	40	46	47	W	L	D	W	W	1997-04-08	Cardiff City	H
20	0	Exeter City	42	6	8	7	21	22	6	3	12	22	37	43	47	D	W	D	W	L	1997-04-12	Lincoln City	H
21	-2	Darlington	41	9	5	6	32	24	3	5	13	26	46	58	46	L	W	W	D	D	1997-04-08	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Hereford United	42	6	6	9	24	23	5	5	11	22	37	46	44	W	D	D	L	W	1997-04-12	Scarborough	A
23	0	Hartlepool United	42	7	6	8	29	30	5	2	14	16	31	45	44	W	L	W	L	L	1997-04-12	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	6	5	39	27	1	2	18	10	41	49	39	L	W	L	W	L	1997-04-12	Wigan Athletic	H