1997-04-19

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Highbury	38,086
Platt	Lineups		Flitcroft
Aston Villa	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	39,339
Yorke	Lineups		Vega
Chelsea	2	1	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	26,400
Minto, Hughes M	Lineups		Sinclair OG
Liverpool	1	3	Manchester United	Anfield Road	40,892	Largest home gate 1996-97
Barnes	Lineups		Pallister 2, Cole
Middlesbrough	0	1	Sunderland	Riverside Stadium	30,106
	Lineups		Williams
Newcastle United	3	1	Derby County	St James' Park	36,550
Elliott, Ferdinand, Shearer	Lineups		Sturridge
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Leeds United	City Ground	25,565
Van Hooijdonk	Lineups		Deane
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Wimbledon	Hillsborough	26,957
Donaldson, Trustfull 2	Lineups		Goodman
Southampton	2	2	Coventry City	The Dell	15,251
Evans, Ostenstad	Lineups		Ndlovu, Whelan
West Ham United	2	2	Everton	Upton Park	24,525
Kitson 2	Lineups		Branch, Ferguson

				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	34	11	3	2	33	14	9	6	3	36	25	30	69	W	W	L	W	W	1997-05-03	Leicester City	A
2	1	Arsenal	35	10	5	3	36	17	8	5	4	22	12	29	64	D	W	W	L	W	1997-04-21	Coventry City	A
3	-1	Liverpool	35	9	6	3	36	18	9	4	4	22	15	25	64	L	D	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Newcastle United	34	12	3	3	49	20	5	6	5	18	20	27	60	W	W	D	D	D	1997-05-03	Arsenal	A
5	0	Aston Villa	35	10	5	3	26	13	6	4	7	18	18	13	57	D	L	W	W	W	1997-04-22	Leeds United	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	8	9	1	24	15	6	5	5	23	25	7	56	W	D	W	D	L	1997-04-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	1	Chelsea	35	9	7	2	33	22	5	3	9	22	32	1	52	W	L	L	L	L	1997-04-22	Wimbledon	A
8	-1	Wimbledon	34	7	6	3	25	19	6	4	8	20	24	2	49	L	W	L	L	D	1997-04-22	Chelsea	H
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	7	4	6	17	15	5	3	10	24	32	-6	43	D	L	L	W	L	1997-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
10	1	Leeds United	35	7	5	5	14	12	4	5	9	13	25	-10	43	D	L	D	D	L	1997-04-22	Aston Villa	H
11	1	Everton	36	7	4	7	23	20	3	8	7	20	32	-9	42	D	D	W	D	L	1997-05-03	Sunderland	A
12	-2	Derby County	35	8	5	4	24	19	2	7	9	18	35	-12	42	L	W	D	W	W	1997-04-23	Nottingham Forest	H
13	0	Leicester City	34	6	4	6	19	23	4	6	8	20	26	-10	40	L	L	D	D	D	1997-04-23	West Ham United	H
14	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	7	3	6	22	18	1	11	6	14	18	0	38	D	L	D	L	L	1997-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	0	Coventry City	35	4	7	6	17	20	4	6	8	17	30	-16	37	D	W	W	L	L	1997-04-21	Arsenal	H
16	2	Sunderland	35	6	6	5	17	17	3	4	11	15	34	-19	37	W	L	D	D	L	1997-04-22	Southampton	H
17	-1	Southampton	35	5	7	6	30	24	3	4	10	17	31	-8	35	D	W	D	W	D	1997-04-22	Sunderland	A
18	-1	West Ham United	34	6	5	6	22	24	2	6	9	11	21	-12	35	D	L	D	W	D	1997-04-23	Leicester City	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	33	7	5	6	31	23	2	4	9	13	30	-9	33	L	D	D	W	W	1997-04-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	35	3	8	7	14	26	3	6	8	16	27	-23	32	D	L	D	D	D	1997-04-23	Derby County	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	2	Birmingham City	Valley Parade	15,123
	Lineups		Devlin, Furlong
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Portsmouth	The Valley	12,342
Bright 2	Lineups		Hall
Crystal Palace	1	1	Barnsley	Selhurst Park	20,006
Shipperley	Lineups		Thompson (p)
Grimsby Town	2	0	Reading	Blundell Park	4,706
Southall, Widdrington	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Kirklees Stadium	12,748
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	Maine Road	27,580
	Lineups		Spencer 2, Slade
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Boundary Park	10,702
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Swindon Town	Manor Ground	8,166
Aldridge, Massey	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Sheffield United	Prenton Park	10,027
Jones L	Lineups		Whitehouse
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Southend United	Molineux	25,095
Ferguson, Bull, Atkins, Goodman	Lineups		Rammell

				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	44	17	4	1	56	19	10	9	3	38	31	94	94	D	W	W	W	W	1997-04-25	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Barnsley	43	13	4	5	41	19	8	10	3	30	27	71	77	D	W	W	L	W	1997-04-22	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	10	4	7	30	22	11	5	6	35	26	65	72	W	L	W	D	L	1997-04-23	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Sheffield United	44	12	5	5	45	23	7	7	8	29	29	74	69	D	W	L	L	W	1997-04-25	Stoke City	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	43	12	6	3	42	22	6	7	9	23	27	65	67	W	W	W	L	L	1997-04-22	Manchester City	H
6	0	Port Vale	43	9	9	4	35	26	8	6	7	21	24	56	66	W	W	W	W	L	1997-04-20	Stoke City	A
7	0	Crystal Palace	43	9	6	6	35	19	8	7	7	37	26	72	64	D	W	L	L	D	1997-04-23	Reading	H
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	10	8	4	40	25	7	5	10	21	27	61	64	D	D	W	W	L	1997-04-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	2	Queens Park Rangers	44	9	5	8	31	25	8	7	7	31	32	62	63	W	W	L	D	W	1997-04-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	-1	Norwich City	44	9	9	4	28	18	8	2	12	35	47	63	62	L	W	L	D	W	1997-04-25	Manchester City	H
11	-1	Portsmouth	43	11	4	6	28	21	7	4	11	26	29	54	62	L	L	W	L	W	1997-04-22	Barnsley	H
12	0	Birmingham City	44	10	7	5	28	18	6	7	9	21	29	49	62	W	D	W	D	W	1997-04-26	Oxford United	H
13	2	Charlton Athletic	43	11	7	4	36	28	5	3	13	15	33	51	58	W	L	W	D	D	1997-04-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Stoke City	43	13	3	5	30	21	3	7	12	17	34	47	58	L	L	D	L	W	1997-04-20	Port Vale	H
15	-1	Manchester City	43	11	4	7	31	23	5	5	11	25	34	56	57	L	W	W	L	D	1997-04-22	Ipswich Town	A
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	44	6	7	9	35	33	7	8	7	30	37	65	54	D	L	W	W	L	1997-04-26	Grimsby Town	H
17	2	Oxford United	44	13	3	6	39	25	2	6	14	20	40	59	54	W	L	L	D	L	1997-04-26	Birmingham City	A
18	-2	Reading	43	12	7	3	35	24	2	5	14	17	37	52	54	L	W	D	L	L	1997-04-23	Crystal Palace	A
19	-1	Swindon Town	44	11	6	5	36	25	4	2	16	16	44	52	53	L	L	D	L	L	1997-04-26	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Huddersfield Town	44	10	6	6	28	20	2	8	12	18	40	46	50	D	L	L	D	W	1997-04-26	Southend United	A
21	1	Grimsby Town	43	6	7	9	27	34	4	5	12	28	44	55	42	W	L	L	L	W	1997-04-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Bradford City	43	8	5	8	25	32	2	7	13	18	38	43	42	L	D	L	W	L	1997-04-26	Barnsley	A
23	0	Oldham Athletic	44	5	8	9	27	30	4	5	13	21	34	48	40	D	L	L	D	L	1997-04-26	Reading	A
24	0	Southend United	44	7	9	6	31	30	1	6	15	10	50	41	39	L	D	D	W	L	1997-04-26	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Griffin Park	6,183
	Lineups		Adebola, Smith S
Burnley	3	3	Rotherham United	Turf Moor	7,875
Cooke 2, Barnes	Lineups		Jean 3
Bury	1	0	Peterborough United	Gigg Lane	4,631
Johnson	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Millwall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,935
Curtis	Lineups
Gillingham	2	3	Blackpool	Priestfield Stadium	5,146
Galloway, Butler	Lineups		Quinn, Mellon, Clarkson
Luton Town	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Kenilworth Road	7,501
Thorpe (p), Marshall	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Walsall	Home Park	5,535
Saunders, Barlow	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Stockport County	Deepdale	10,298
Bryson	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Watford	Racecourse Ground	3,437
Connolly 2 (1p), Skinner	Lineups		Ramage
Wycombe Wanderers	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Adams Park	6,043
Scott	Lineups		Holland
York City	0	3	Bristol City	Bootham Crescent	3,344
	Lineups		Goater 2, Nugent

				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	43	17	5	0	37	7	6	5	10	23	31	60	79	W	W	L	W	L	1997-04-22	Luton Town	A
2	0	Brentford	43	8	11	3	26	21	12	3	6	30	19	56	74	L	W	W	D	W	1997-04-22	Blackpool	A
3	1	Luton Town	43	13	5	3	37	13	7	8	7	32	31	69	73	W	D	L	D	W	1997-04-22	Bury	H
4	-1	Stockport County	42	13	5	3	27	12	7	7	7	26	26	53	72	L	L	W	W	D	1997-04-22	York City	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	15	4	3	37	13	7	1	13	16	30	53	71	W	L	W	W	W	1997-04-22	Wrexham	A
6	1	Bristol City	43	12	4	5	38	17	7	6	9	26	31	64	67	W	W	W	D	L	1997-04-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	-1	Watford	43	10	7	4	24	12	6	11	5	20	20	44	66	L	L	W	D	L	1997-04-24	Chesterfield	H
8	2	Wrexham	43	10	8	3	34	26	6	9	7	16	20	50	65	W	L	W	W	L	1997-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	0	Burnley	44	13	3	6	44	26	5	7	10	22	27	66	64	D	L	L	W	L	1997-04-26	Notts County	A
10	-2	Walsall	43	11	8	3	34	21	7	2	12	19	28	53	64	L	W	L	W	D	1997-04-26	Brentford	H
11	1	Blackpool	43	11	7	3	37	19	5	8	9	18	24	55	63	W	D	W	L	W	1997-04-22	Brentford	H
12	-1	Millwall	44	12	4	6	27	20	4	9	9	23	31	50	61	L	D	L	L	D	1997-04-26	Gillingham	H
13	1	Chesterfield	41	9	9	3	24	17	6	5	9	13	18	37	59	W	L	D	D	D	1997-04-24	Watford	A
14	-1	Gillingham	43	11	3	7	33	25	5	7	10	21	34	54	58	L	W	D	D	L	1997-04-26	Millwall	A
15	0	AFC Bournemouth	44	7	9	6	22	19	7	5	10	19	25	41	56	D	D	L	D	W	1997-04-26	Wrexham	H
16	1	Preston North End	44	13	5	4	31	19	3	2	17	14	36	45	55	W	L	D	L	W	1997-04-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	44	7	10	5	19	18	5	7	10	27	37	46	53	W	L	D	D	D	1997-04-26	Bristol City	A
18	-2	Bristol Rovers	43	12	4	5	32	20	2	7	13	11	25	43	53	L	W	L	W	W	1997-04-20	Notts County	H
19	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	44	12	4	6	29	14	2	6	14	19	40	48	52	D	W	W	D	W	1997-04-26	Stockport County	A
20	0	York City	43	8	5	9	26	30	4	7	10	17	35	43	48	L	L	W	L	D	1997-04-22	Stockport County	A
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	8	6	8	27	30	3	7	12	22	40	49	46	L	L	D	W	L	1997-04-26	Preston North End	H
22	0	Peterborough United	44	7	7	8	38	33	3	7	12	16	39	54	44	L	W	L	W	D	1997-04-26	Luton Town	H
23	0	Notts County	43	4	8	10	19	24	3	5	13	13	32	32	34	W	L	W	D	L	1997-04-20	Bristol Rovers	A
24	0	Rotherham United	44	4	7	11	17	27	2	7	13	20	40	37	32	D	L	L	L	L	1997-04-26	York City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnet	3	1	Cardiff City	Underhill Stadium	2,497
Samuels, Gale, Middleton OG	Lineups		Dale
Cambridge United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Abbey Stadium	6,032
Wanless	Lineups		Reinelt
Chester City	1	0	Scarborough	Deva Stadium	2,311
Milner	Lineups
Darlington	1	2	Hartlepool United	Feethams Ground	4,662	Largest home gate 1996-97
Roberts	Lineups		Brown, Allon
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Fulham	Belle Vue	2,920
	Lineups
Hereford United	1	1	Torquay United	Edgar Street	2,852
Agana	Lineups		Winter
Hull City	3	2	Leyton Orient	Boothferry Park	2,647
Peacock, Mann, Rioch	Lineups		Griffiths, Inglethorpe
Lincoln City	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	4,755
Ainsworth, Stant	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	1	Exeter City	Sixfields Stadium	6,400
Parrish, Cooper 2, Gayle	Lineups		Rowbotham (p)
Swansea City	3	2	Mansfield Town	Vetch Field	4,868
Thomas, Heggs 2	Lineups		Ford, Eustace

				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	44	16	3	3	51	21	8	6	8	28	30	79	81	L	W	D	L	W	1997-04-26	Torquay United	A
2	0	Fulham	44	12	5	5	39	20	11	7	4	30	18	69	81	D	L	D	W	D	1997-04-26	Hull City	H
3	0	Carlisle United	43	14	3	4	36	19	8	9	5	26	21	62	78	D	L	L	L	D	1997-04-26	Cardiff City	A
4	0	Swansea City	44	13	4	5	35	18	8	3	11	25	37	60	70	W	L	L	W	W	1997-04-26	Scunthorpe United	A
5	1	Northampton Town	44	13	4	5	42	17	6	7	9	24	27	66	68	W	W	D	W	W	1997-04-26	Colchester United	A
6	3	Chester City	44	11	8	3	30	15	6	8	8	20	26	50	67	W	L	D	L	W	1997-04-26	Exeter City	A
7	-2	Cardiff City	44	10	4	8	28	23	9	5	8	25	29	53	66	L	D	W	D	D	1997-04-26	Carlisle United	H
8	0	Cambridge United	44	11	5	6	30	26	7	6	9	23	29	53	65	D	W	D	D	L	1997-04-26	Rochdale	A
9	-2	Colchester United	44	11	8	3	36	23	5	8	9	22	26	58	64	W	W	L	L	L	1997-04-26	Northampton Town	H
10	1	Lincoln City	44	10	8	4	35	23	7	4	11	33	44	68	63	W	D	W	W	L	1997-04-26	Scarborough	A
11	-1	Mansfield Town	44	8	8	6	19	16	7	8	7	26	26	45	61	L	D	D	W	W	1997-04-26	Darlington	H
12	0	Scarborough	44	9	9	4	36	29	6	6	10	27	37	63	60	L	D	L	W	L	1997-04-26	Lincoln City	H
13	0	Scunthorpe United	44	10	3	9	35	33	7	6	9	23	28	58	60	L	D	D	D	W	1997-04-26	Swansea City	H
14	0	Barnet	44	9	9	4	30	19	5	7	10	14	24	44	58	W	W	D	W	L	1997-04-26	Hartlepool United	A
15	0	Hull City	44	9	8	5	29	24	4	10	8	15	22	44	57	W	L	D	L	D	1997-04-26	Fulham	A
16	0	Rochdale	43	9	6	7	31	24	3	10	8	20	31	51	52	W	L	D	L	L	1997-04-26	Cambridge United	H
17	0	Leyton Orient	44	10	6	6	26	19	3	6	13	21	38	47	51	L	W	L	W	W	1997-04-26	Hereford United	H
18	1	Torquay United	44	9	4	9	24	21	4	7	11	21	36	45	50	D	L	D	L	W	1997-04-26	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-1	Darlington	44	10	5	7	35	27	3	5	14	26	48	61	49	L	L	W	L	W	1997-04-26	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	44	8	7	7	27	22	5	3	14	23	42	50	49	D	L	D	W	L	1997-04-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Exeter City	44	6	9	7	24	25	6	3	13	23	41	47	48	L	D	D	W	D	1997-04-26	Chester City	H
22	1	Hartlepool United	44	7	6	9	29	32	6	2	14	18	32	47	47	W	L	W	L	W	1997-04-26	Barnet	H
23	-1	Hereford United	44	6	7	9	25	24	5	6	11	23	38	48	46	D	D	W	D	D	1997-04-26	Leyton Orient	A
24	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	11	6	5	40	27	1	3	18	11	42	51	43	D	W	L	W	L	1997-04-26	Doncaster Rovers	H