1997-04-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	0	Bradford City	Oakwell	18,605	Largest home gate 1996-97
Wilkinson, Marcelle	Lineups
Birmingham City	2	0	Oxford United	St Andrew's	16,109
Devlin, Bowen	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Loftus Road	14,859
Dichio, Spencer	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Elm Park	8,301
Roach, Lovell	Lineups
Southend United	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Roots Hall	4,762
Boere	Lineups		Payton, Beresford
Swindon Town	0	2	Crystal Palace	County Ground	10,447
	Lineups		Shipperley 2
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Grimsby Town	The Hawthorns	15,572
Hunt, Coldicott	Lineups
Footnotes
Barnsley promoted
Southend United relegated

				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	45	14	4	5	43	19	8	10	4	32	31	75	80	W	L	D	W	W	1997-05-04	Oxford United	A
3	0	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	0	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	45	10	6	6	38	21	9	7	7	39	26	77	70	W	W	D	W	L	1997-05-04	Port Vale	H
7	4	Queens Park Rangers	45	10	5	8	33	25	8	7	7	31	32	64	66	W	W	W	L	D	1997-05-04	Bradford City	A
8	-1	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
9	-1	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
10	2	Birmingham City	45	11	7	5	30	18	6	7	9	21	29	51	65	W	W	D	W	D	1997-05-04	Ipswich Town	A
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	45	10	8	4	40	25	7	5	11	21	29	61	64	L	D	D	W	W	1997-05-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	-2	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
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	0	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	0	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	45	7	7	9	37	33	7	8	7	30	37	67	57	W	D	L	W	W	1997-05-04	Stoke City	A
17	1	Reading	45	13	7	3	37	24	2	5	15	19	40	56	57	W	L	L	W	D	1997-05-03	Manchester City	A
18	-1	Oxford United	45	13	3	6	39	25	2	6	15	20	42	59	54	L	W	L	L	D	1997-05-04	Barnsley	H
19	0	Swindon Town	45	11	6	6	36	27	4	2	16	16	44	52	53	L	L	L	D	L	1997-05-04	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	45	10	6	6	28	20	3	8	12	20	41	48	53	W	D	L	L	D	1997-05-04	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	45	6	7	9	27	34	4	6	13	29	47	56	43	L	D	W	L	L	1997-05-04	Southend United	H
22	0	Bradford City	44	8	5	8	25	32	2	7	14	18	40	43	42	L	L	D	L	W	1997-05-01	Charlton Athletic	H
23	0	Oldham Athletic	45	5	8	9	27	30	4	5	14	21	36	48	40	L	D	L	L	D	1997-05-04	Norwich City	H
24	0	Southend United	45	7	9	7	32	32	1	6	15	10	50	42	39	L	L	D	D	W	1997-05-04	Grimsby Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Wrexham	Dean Court	4,805
O'Neill, Holland	Lineups		Connolly
Blackpool	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Bloomfield Road	6,673
Preece 2, Bonner	Lineups		Cureton, Parmenter
Bristol City	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	15,368
Barnard 2 (1p), Nugent	Lineups		Williams
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Chesterfield	Gresty Road	4,858	Largest home gate 1996-97
Adebola	Lineups		Morris, Ebdon
Millwall	0	2	Gillingham	The Den	8,946
	Lineups		Akinbiyi, Onuora
Notts County	1	1	Burnley	Meadow Lane	4,591
Dudley	Lineups		Matthew
Peterborough United	0	1	Luton Town	London Road	9,499	Peterborough United relegated
	Lineups		Fotiadis
Rotherham United	0	2	York City	Millmoor	3,122
	Lineups		Rowe, Tolson
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Preston North End	Gay Meadow	5,341	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups		Gregan, Davey
Stockport County	2	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Edgeley Park	9,463	Largest home gate 1996-97
Armstrong, Forsyth OG	Lineups		Carroll (p)
Walsall	1	0	Brentford	Bescot Stadium	5,359
Lightbourne	Lineups
Watford	0	0	Bury	Vicarage Road	9,017
	Lineups
Footnotes
Shrewsbury Town relegated
Bury 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	Bury	45	17	5	0	37	7	6	7	10	23	31	60	81	D	D	W	W	L	1997-05-03	Millwall	H
2	0	Stockport County	44	15	5	3	31	14	7	7	7	26	26	57	78	W	W	L	L	W	1997-04-28	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Luton Town	45	13	6	3	37	13	8	8	7	33	31	70	77	W	D	W	D	L	1997-05-03	Stockport County	H
4	0	Brentford	45	8	11	3	26	21	12	3	8	30	21	56	74	L	L	L	W	W	1997-05-03	Peterborough United	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	15	4	4	38	15	7	2	13	17	31	55	72	L	D	W	L	W	1997-05-03	York City	A
6	0	Bristol City	44	13	4	5	41	18	7	6	9	26	31	67	70	W	W	W	W	D	1997-04-30	Chesterfield	H
7	0	Blackpool	45	13	7	3	41	21	5	8	9	18	24	59	69	W	W	W	D	W	1997-05-03	Wrexham	A
8	3	Walsall	44	12	8	3	35	21	7	2	12	19	28	54	67	W	L	W	L	W	1997-04-29	Gillingham	A
9	0	Watford	45	10	8	5	24	14	6	11	5	20	20	44	67	D	L	L	L	W	1997-05-03	Burnley	A
10	-2	Wrexham	45	10	9	3	35	27	6	9	8	17	22	52	66	L	D	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Blackpool	H
11	-1	Burnley	45	13	3	6	44	26	5	8	10	23	28	67	65	D	D	L	L	W	1997-05-03	Watford	H
12	0	Chesterfield	43	9	9	3	24	17	8	5	9	17	19	41	65	W	W	W	L	D	1997-04-28	Stockport County	H
13	1	Gillingham	44	11	3	7	33	25	6	7	10	23	34	56	61	W	L	W	D	D	1997-04-29	Walsall	H
14	-1	Millwall	45	12	4	7	27	22	4	9	9	23	31	50	61	L	L	D	L	L	1997-05-03	Bury	A
15	1	AFC Bournemouth	45	8	9	6	24	20	7	5	10	19	25	43	59	W	D	D	L	D	1997-05-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	1	Preston North End	45	13	5	4	31	19	4	2	17	16	36	47	58	W	W	L	D	L	1997-05-03	Walsall	H
17	-2	Bristol Rovers	45	13	4	5	33	20	2	7	14	13	28	46	56	L	W	L	W	L	1997-05-03	Rotherham United	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	45	7	10	5	19	18	5	7	11	28	40	47	53	L	W	L	D	D	1997-05-03	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	0	Wycombe Wanderers	45	12	4	6	29	14	2	6	15	20	42	49	52	L	D	W	W	D	1997-05-03	Bristol City	H
20	0	York City	45	8	5	9	26	30	5	7	11	20	37	46	51	W	L	L	L	W	1997-05-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	8	6	9	27	32	3	7	12	22	40	49	46	L	L	L	D	W	1997-05-03	Gillingham	A
22	0	Peterborough United	45	7	7	9	38	34	3	7	12	16	39	54	44	L	L	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Brentford	A
23	0	Notts County	45	4	9	10	20	25	3	5	14	13	33	33	35	D	L	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Rotherham United	45	4	7	12	17	29	2	7	13	20	40	37	32	L	D	L	L	L	1997-05-03	Bristol Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Goldstone Ground	11,341	Largest home gate 1996-97
Storer	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	0	Carlisle United	Ninian Park	5,104
Dale (p), Lloyd	Lineups
Colchester United	0	0	Northampton Town	Layer Road	5,956	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	5	Chester City	St James Park	4,300
Richardson J	Lineups		Davidson, McDonald 2, Milner, Flitcroft
Fulham	2	0	Hull City	Craven Cottage	10,588
Morgan 2	Lineups
Hartlepool United	4	0	Barnet	Victoria Park	3,070
Allon 2, Baker, Halliday	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	1	Hereford United	Brisbane Road	5,610
Ling, Inglethorpe	Lineups		Agana
Mansfield Town	2	1	Darlington	Field Mill	2,431
Doolan (p), Ford	Lineups		Shutt
Rochdale	3	0	Cambridge United	Spotland	1,810
Stuart 2, Russell	Lineups
Scarborough	0	2	Lincoln City	Seamer Road	3,607	Largest home gate 1996-97
	Lineups		Stant 2
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Swansea City	Glanford Park	3,130
Forrester	Lineups
Torquay United	0	3	Wigan Athletic	Plainmoor	2,481
	Lineups		Jones 2, Diaz

				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	45	16	3	3	51	21	9	6	8	31	30	82	84	W	L	W	D	L	1997-05-03	Mansfield Town	H
2	0	Fulham	45	13	5	5	41	20	11	7	4	30	18	71	84	W	D	L	D	W	1997-05-03	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Carlisle United	44	14	3	4	36	19	8	9	6	26	23	62	78	L	D	L	L	L	1997-04-29	Rochdale	H
4	0	Swansea City	45	13	4	5	35	18	8	3	12	25	38	60	70	L	W	L	L	W	1997-05-03	Hartlepool United	H
5	1	Chester City	45	11	8	3	30	15	7	8	8	25	27	55	70	W	W	L	D	L	1997-05-03	Leyton Orient	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	45	13	4	5	42	17	6	8	9	24	27	66	69	D	W	W	D	W	1997-05-03	Scunthorpe United	H
7	0	Cardiff City	45	11	4	8	30	23	9	5	8	25	29	55	69	W	L	D	W	D	1997-05-03	Darlington	A
8	2	Lincoln City	45	10	8	4	35	23	8	4	11	35	44	70	66	W	W	D	W	W	1997-05-03	Rochdale	H
9	0	Colchester United	45	11	9	3	36	23	5	8	9	22	26	58	65	D	W	W	L	L	1997-05-03	Barnet	A
10	-2	Cambridge United	45	11	5	6	30	26	7	6	10	23	32	53	65	L	D	W	D	D	1997-05-03	Fulham	H
11	0	Mansfield Town	45	9	8	6	21	17	7	8	7	26	26	47	64	W	L	D	D	W	1997-05-03	Wigan Athletic	A
12	1	Scunthorpe United	45	11	3	9	36	33	7	6	9	23	28	59	63	W	L	D	D	D	1997-05-03	Northampton Town	A
13	-1	Scarborough	45	9	9	5	36	31	6	6	10	27	37	63	60	L	L	D	L	W	1997-05-03	Hull City	A
14	0	Barnet	45	9	9	4	30	19	5	7	11	14	28	44	58	L	W	W	D	W	1997-05-03	Colchester United	H
15	0	Hull City	45	9	8	5	29	24	4	10	9	15	24	44	57	L	W	L	D	L	1997-05-03	Scarborough	H
16	0	Rochdale	44	10	6	7	34	24	3	10	8	20	31	54	55	W	W	L	D	L	1997-04-29	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Leyton Orient	45	11	6	6	28	20	3	6	13	21	38	49	54	W	L	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Chester City	A
18	4	Hartlepool United	45	8	6	9	33	32	6	2	14	18	32	51	50	W	W	L	W	L	1997-05-03	Swansea City	A
19	-1	Torquay United	45	9	4	10	24	24	4	7	11	21	36	45	50	L	D	L	D	L	1997-05-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	-1	Darlington	45	10	5	7	35	27	3	5	15	27	50	62	49	L	L	L	W	L	1997-05-03	Cardiff City	H
21	-1	Doncaster Rovers	45	8	7	7	27	22	5	3	15	23	43	50	49	L	D	L	D	W	1997-05-03	Torquay United	H
22	-1	Exeter City	45	6	9	8	25	30	6	3	13	23	41	48	48	L	L	D	D	W	1997-05-03	Carlisle United	A
23	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	12	6	5	41	27	1	3	18	11	42	52	46	W	D	W	L	W	1997-05-03	Hereford United	A
24	-1	Hereford United	45	6	7	9	25	24	5	6	12	24	40	49	46	L	D	D	W	D	1997-05-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H