Friday 1997-08-15
| First Division |
| First Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford City | 0 | 0 | Stoke City | Valley Parade | 13,823 | |
| Lineups | ||||||
| Nottingham Forest | 4 | 1 | Norwich City | City Ground | 16,524 | |
| van Hooijdonk, Thomas G 2, Campbell | Lineups | O'Neill | ||||
| Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Manchester City | Stadium of Light | 38,827 | |
| Quinn, Phillips, Clark | Lineups | Kinkladze (p) | ||||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | Queens Park Rangers | Prenton Park | 7,467 | |
| Kelly, Jones L | Lineups | Peacock | ||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 8 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | W | W | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Oxford United | A |
| 2 | 4 | Bradford City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | D | W | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Ipswich Town | H |
| 3 | 21 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | W | L | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Port Vale | A |
| 4 | 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | W | L | # | # | # | 1997-08-22 | Manchester City | A |
| 5 | -4 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Reading | H |
| 6 | -4 | Oxford United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Charlton Athletic | A |
| 7 | -4 | Sheffield United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A |
| 8 | -4 | Swindon Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Reading | A |
| 9 | -4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Sheffield United | H |
| 10 | -3 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Stoke City | H |
| 11 | -3 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Crewe Alexandra | A |
| 12 | -2 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | L | D | # | # | # | 1997-08-22 | Tranmere Rovers | H |
| 13 | -2 | Portsmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Port Vale | H |
| 14 | -2 | Bury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Stockport County | A |
| 15 | -2 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Swindon Town | H |
| 16 | -1 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | L | D | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Stockport County | H |
| 17 | -3 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | D | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Bradford City | A |
| 18 | 5 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | D | L | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Middlesbrough | A |
| 19 | -3 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Oxford United | H |
| 20 | -3 | Stockport County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Bury | H |
| 21 | 1 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | L | L | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Crewe Alexandra | H |
| 22 | -3 | Port Vale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | Portsmouth | A |
| 23 | -3 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-16 | West Bromwich Albion | H |
| 24 | -3 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | L | # | # | # | # | 1997-08-23 | Swindon Town | A |
