1997-04-25

First Division	Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	22,030	Largest home gate 1996-97
Thompson, Taggart, McGinlay 2 (1p)	Lineups	Kinsella
Norwich City	0	0	Manchester City	Carrow Road	14,080
	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	12,101
	Lineups	Scowcroft
Sheffield United	1	0	Stoke City	Bramall Lane	25,596	Largest home gate 1996-97
Tiler	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	Bolton Wanderers	45	18	4	1	60	20	10	9	3	38	31	98	97	W	D	W	W	W	1997-05-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Barnsley	44	13	4	5	41	19	8	10	4	32	31	73	77	L	D	W	W	L	1997-04-26	Bradford City	H
3	1	Ipswich Town	45	13	6	3	43	22	7	7	9	24	27	67	73	W	W	W	W	W	1997-05-04	Birmingham City	H
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	10	5	7	31	23	11	5	6	35	26	66	73	D	W	L	W	D	1997-04-27	Port Vale	A
5	0	Sheffield United	45	13	5	5	46	23	7	7	8	29	29	75	72	W	D	W	L	L	1997-05-04	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	44	10	6	6	38	21	8	7	7	37	26	75	67	W	D	W	L	L	1997-04-26	Swindon Town	A
7	0	Port Vale	44	9	9	4	35	26	8	6	8	21	26	56	66	L	W	W	W	W	1997-04-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Portsmouth	45	12	4	7	32	24	7	4	11	26	29	58	65	L	W	L	L	W	1997-05-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	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
10	1	Norwich City	45	9	10	4	28	18	8	2	12	35	47	63	63	D	L	W	L	D	1997-05-04	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-1	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
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	0	Stoke City	45	14	3	5	32	21	3	7	13	17	35	49	61	L	W	L	L	D	1997-05-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	1	Manchester City	45	11	4	7	31	23	5	6	12	25	35	56	58	D	L	L	W	W	1997-05-03	Reading	H
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	44	11	7	4	36	28	5	3	14	16	37	52	58	L	W	L	W	D	1997-05-01	Bradford City	A
16	0	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	0	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	0	Reading	44	12	7	3	35	24	2	5	15	19	40	54	54	L	L	W	D	L	1997-04-26	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	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	0	Grimsby Town	44	6	7	9	27	34	4	6	12	29	45	56	43	D	W	L	L	L	1997-04-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	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