1997-05-01

First Division	Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Valley Parade	15,780
Pepper	Lineups
Footnotes
Oldham Athletic 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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	45	10	5	7	31	23	12	5	6	37	27	68	76	W	D	W	L	W	1997-05-04	Portsmouth	H
4	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
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	0	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	0	Port Vale	45	9	9	5	36	28	8	6	8	21	26	57	66	L	L	W	W	W	1997-05-04	Crystal Palace	A
9	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
10	0	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	0	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	0	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	45	11	7	4	36	28	5	3	15	16	38	52	58	L	L	W	L	W	1997-05-04	Sheffield United	H
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	0	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	0	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	1	Bradford City	45	9	5	8	26	32	2	7	14	18	40	44	45	W	L	L	D	L	1997-05-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	-1	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
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