Saturday 1997-09-27

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Villa Park	32,044
Staunton, Taylor	Lineups		Collins, Whittingham
Barnsley	0	2	Leicester City	Oakwell	18,660
	Lineups		Marshall, Fenton
Chelsea	1	0	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	31,050
Poyet	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Bolton Wanderers	Selhurst Park	17,134
Warhurst, Gordon	Lineups		Beardsley, Johansen
Derby County	4	0	Southampton	Pride Park	25,625
Eranio (p), Wanchope, Baiano, Carsley	Lineups
Everton	2	2	Arsenal	Goodison Park	35,457
Ball, Cadamarteri	Lineups		Wright, Overmars
Leeds United	1	0	Manchester United	Elland Road	39,943
Wetherall	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Wimbledon	White Hart Lane	26,261
	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Liverpool	Upton Park	25,908
Berkovic, Hartson	Lineups		Fowler

				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	Arsenal	9	3	1	0	10	1	2	3	0	12	9	12	19	D	W	W	W	D	1997-10-04	Barnsley	H
2	0	Manchester United	9	3	1	0	8	3	2	2	1	4	1	8	18	L	D	D	W	W	1997-10-04	Crystal Palace	H
3	1	Leicester City	9	2	3	0	8	4	3	0	1	5	2	7	18	W	D	W	W	L	1997-10-06	Derby County	H
4	1	Chelsea	8	2	0	1	7	5	3	1	1	15	5	12	16	W	D	L	W	W	1997-10-05	Liverpool	A
5	-2	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	1	1	12	7	2	2	0	7	2	10	15	D	D	L	W	W	1997-09-28	Coventry City	H
6	2	Leeds United	9	1	1	3	2	6	3	0	1	9	5	0	13	W	W	L	W	L	1997-10-04	Coventry City	A
7	3	West Ham United	9	3	0	1	7	4	1	1	3	5	10	-2	13	W	L	L	L	W	1997-10-04	Southampton	A
8	4	Derby County	7	3	0	0	8	1	1	0	3	6	6	7	12	W	W	L	W	W	1997-10-06	Leicester City	A
9	-3	Liverpool	8	2	0	1	6	3	1	3	1	6	5	4	12	L	W	D	W	W	1997-10-05	Chelsea	H
10	-3	Newcastle United	6	3	0	1	5	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	12	L	W	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-2	Crystal Palace	9	0	1	3	3	8	3	1	1	6	3	-2	11	D	D	W	L	L	1997-10-04	Manchester United	A
12	-1	Coventry City	8	2	3	0	8	6	0	1	2	0	5	-3	10	D	D	W	L	D	1997-09-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	9	2	2	1	4	4	0	2	2	2	6	-4	10	D	D	D	L	D	1997-10-04	Newcastle United	A
14	0	Aston Villa	9	2	1	1	5	7	1	0	4	5	8	-5	10	D	L	W	W	W	1997-10-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	0	Wimbledon	8	1	2	2	6	6	1	1	1	4	4	0	9	D	W	L	W	L	1997-10-04	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	0	Everton	8	2	1	2	9	9	0	1	2	1	4	-3	8	D	L	W	L	D	1997-10-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	8	0	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	7	10	-3	8	D	D	D	L	D	1997-10-04	Aston Villa	H
18	1	Sheffield Wednesday	9	1	1	2	4	8	0	2	3	7	14	-11	6	D	L	D	L	W	1997-10-04	Everton	H
19	-1	Barnsley	9	1	0	4	3	14	1	0	3	4	9	-16	6	L	L	L	L	L	1997-10-04	Arsenal	A
20	0	Southampton	9	1	1	3	3	7	0	0	4	2	10	-12	4	L	L	D	L	L	1997-10-04	West Ham United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Gigg Lane	6,439
Lucketti	Lineups		Peschisolido 3
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Stockport County	The Valley	12,083
Mortimer	Lineups		Armstrong, Angell, Rufus OG
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	4,845
Anthrobus, Street	Lineups		Stevens
Manchester City	6	0	Swindon Town	Maine Road	26,646
Kinkladze, Casper OG, Horlock, Dickov 2, Bradbury	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Stoke City	City Ground	19,018
Campbell	Lineups
Oxford United	0	0	Bradford City	Manor Ground	6,468
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Vale Park	7,197
Snijders, Naylor	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	2	Reading	Fratton Park	9,593
	Lineups		Hodges, Williams
Sheffield United	0	0	Birmingham City	Bramall Lane	20,553
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	21,723
Bull	Lineups		Stewart

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Nottingham Forest	9	4	0	1	11	4	2	1	1	2	1	13	19	W	W	L	D	L	1997-10-03	Huddersfield Town	A
2	2	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	1	0	4	1	2	2	1	7	6	11	18	W	D	L	W	D	1997-10-04	Oxford United	H
3	-1	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	1	0	5	1	2	0	3	6	11	11	16	L	W	W	W	W	1997-10-04	Charlton Athletic	H
4	1	Bradford City	9	2	2	1	6	8	2	1	1	6	5	12	15	D	L	D	L	W	1997-10-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	1	Sheffield United	7	3	1	0	5	1	1	2	0	4	2	9	15	D	W	W	D	W	1997-10-05	Middlesbrough	A
6	-3	Swindon Town	9	2	2	0	5	2	2	1	2	4	9	9	15	L	D	W	D	L	1997-10-04	Port Vale	H
7	2	Birmingham City	8	2	0	1	5	1	2	2	1	7	5	12	14	D	L	L	W	W	1997-10-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	5	Port Vale	9	3	1	1	8	4	1	1	2	3	5	11	14	W	D	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Swindon Town	A
9	-2	Charlton Athletic	8	3	0	1	10	7	1	1	2	6	5	16	13	L	W	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-2	Sunderland	8	2	1	1	7	4	2	0	2	6	5	13	13	D	W	W	W	L	1997-09-28	Middlesbrough	H
11	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	3	0	9	5	1	1	2	3	5	12	13	D	D	W	L	D	1997-10-04	Bradford City	A
12	-2	Norwich City	9	2	0	3	3	9	2	1	1	5	6	8	13	W	W	L	W	D	1997-10-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	-1	Middlesbrough	6	2	0	1	5	3	1	2	0	5	3	10	11	W	D	D	W	L	1997-09-28	Sunderland	A
14	0	Bury	9	1	3	1	4	5	1	2	1	5	6	9	11	L	D	D	W	W	1997-10-04	Stoke City	A
15	0	Stoke City	8	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	4	5	7	11	L	W	W	D	L	1997-10-04	Bury	H
16	4	Manchester City	8	1	2	1	10	5	1	1	2	6	7	16	9	W	L	D	W	L	1997-10-04	Ipswich Town	A
17	2	Stockport County	9	1	3	0	6	3	1	0	4	7	9	13	9	W	W	L	L	D	1997-10-04	Portsmouth	H
18	3	Crewe Alexandra	8	1	0	4	7	10	2	0	1	5	4	12	9	W	L	L	W	L	1997-10-04	Birmingham City	A
19	-3	Portsmouth	9	2	1	2	8	8	0	1	3	3	6	11	8	L	L	L	L	D	1997-10-04	Stockport County	A
20	-3	Tranmere Rovers	9	2	0	2	8	6	0	1	4	4	8	12	7	L	W	L	L	L	1997-10-04	Norwich City	H
21	-3	Oxford United	9	2	1	2	7	5	0	0	4	5	10	12	7	D	L	L	W	L	1997-10-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	1	Reading	9	1	0	3	3	7	1	1	3	3	11	6	7	W	L	W	L	L	1997-10-04	Sunderland	H
23	-1	Ipswich Town	7	1	1	1	5	5	0	2	2	4	6	9	6	L	L	D	W	D	1997-10-04	Manchester City	H
24	0	Huddersfield Town	8	0	2	2	3	5	0	2	2	2	7	5	4	D	L	D	L	L	1997-10-03	Nottingham Forest	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Grimsby Town	Dean Court	3,712
	Lineups		Groves
Blackpool	3	0	Southend United	Bloomfield Road	4,542
Bonner, Ellis, Clarkson	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Burnley	Griffin Park	4,317
Hutchings, Rapley	Lineups		Ford
Bristol City	3	0	Luton Town	Ashton Gate	8,509
Bell (p), Torpey 2	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Gillingham	Brunton Park	5,063
Archdeacon, Pounewatchy	Lineups		Butters (p)
Northampton Town	2	0	Millwall	Sixfields Stadium	6,578
Sampson, Hunter (p)	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	4	4	Bristol Rovers	Boundary Park	5,990
Barlow 2, McCarthy, Garnett	Lineups		Beadle 2, Hayles, Cureton (p)
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Walsall	Home Park	6,207
Barlow 2	Lineups		Boli
Watford	1	1	York City	Vicarage Road	13,812
Lee	Lineups		Tolson
Wigan Athletic	2	1	Fulham	Springfield Park	4,951
Johnson, Greenall	Lineups		Hayward
Wrexham	0	0	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	3,921
	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	Preston North End	Adams Park	4,838
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Watford	9	4	1	0	9	4	2	1	1	5	4	14	20	D	D	W	W	W	1997-10-04	Luton Town	A
2	0	Northampton Town	9	4	0	1	6	3	2	2	0	6	2	12	20	W	W	D	W	W	1997-10-04	Southend United	A
3	0	Chesterfield	9	3	1	0	7	3	1	3	1	3	3	10	16	D	D	L	W	W	1997-10-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	0	Oldham Athletic	9	3	2	0	12	8	0	3	1	4	6	16	14	D	D	D	W	D	1997-10-04	Fulham	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	9	2	1	1	7	4	1	4	0	6	5	13	14	D	D	L	W	D	1997-10-04	Wrexham	H
6	7	Wigan Athletic	9	4	1	0	14	6	0	0	4	0	6	14	13	W	L	W	W	L	1997-10-04	Grimsby Town	A
7	7	Blackpool	9	3	1	1	10	7	1	0	3	4	10	14	13	W	D	L	W	W	1997-10-04	Millwall	A
8	0	Preston North End	9	3	1	0	6	1	0	3	2	3	5	9	13	D	D	D	L	W	1997-10-04	Brentford	H
9	1	Wycombe Wanderers	9	2	2	1	7	5	1	1	2	8	10	15	12	D	D	L	L	W	1997-10-04	Burnley	A
10	-4	Millwall	7	2	0	1	8	4	2	0	2	4	4	12	12	L	W	W	W	L	1997-10-04	Blackpool	H
11	-4	AFC Bournemouth	9	2	2	1	5	3	1	1	2	5	5	10	12	L	D	D	L	D	1997-10-04	Chesterfield	A
12	-3	Gillingham	9	2	2	0	6	4	1	1	3	4	7	10	12	L	D	W	W	L	1997-10-04	Bristol City	H
13	4	Brentford	9	3	2	0	8	3	0	1	3	2	9	10	12	W	D	D	L	W	1997-10-04	Preston North End	A
14	-2	Wrexham	8	2	1	1	8	6	1	1	2	7	6	15	11	D	W	W	L	L	1997-10-04	Bristol Rovers	A
15	4	Bristol City	8	3	1	1	9	3	0	1	2	3	5	12	11	W	D	L	L	W	1997-10-04	Gillingham	A
16	2	Carlisle United	9	2	1	2	5	7	1	1	2	7	7	12	11	W	D	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Walsall	A
17	-2	York City	9	2	0	2	5	4	1	2	2	5	8	10	11	D	L	W	D	L	1997-10-04	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	-7	Fulham	9	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	4	6	7	11	L	L	L	W	W	1997-10-04	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-3	Southend United	9	3	1	0	6	2	0	0	5	3	14	9	10	L	W	L	W	L	1997-10-04	Northampton Town	H
20	1	Grimsby Town	9	0	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	6	7	7	10	W	L	W	D	L	1997-10-04	Wigan Athletic	H
21	1	Plymouth Argyle	9	1	3	1	5	5	0	3	1	4	6	9	9	W	D	D	L	L	1997-10-04	York City	A
22	-2	Walsall	9	2	1	1	6	4	0	1	4	3	9	9	8	L	W	D	L	L	1997-10-04	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Luton Town	9	1	1	2	4	8	0	2	3	1	6	5	6	L	L	D	L	L	1997-10-04	Watford	H
24	0	Burnley	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	8	3	4	L	D	L	L	D	1997-10-04	Wycombe Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	0	0	Lincoln City	Underhill Stadium	1,734
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Rochdale	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	1,544
Morris, Tuck	Lineups		Bayliss
Cambridge United	2	2	Cardiff City	Abbey Stadium	2,728
Barnwell 2	Lineups		Greenacre, Eckhardt
Colchester United	1	2	Exeter City	Layer Road	3,175
Abrahams	Lineups		Rowbotham, Flack
Darlington	0	0	Mansfield Town	Feethams Ground	1,399
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Victoria Park	2,253
Ingram (p), Cullen	Lineups		Evans (p)
Macclesfield Town	1	1	Peterborough United	Moss Rose	3,079
Landon (p)	Lineups		Houghton
Rotherham United	4	2	Chester City	Millmoor	3,061
Bos 2, White, Glover	Lineups		Alsford, Priest
Scarborough	1	2	Notts County	Seamer Road	2,751
Campbell	Lineups		Baraclough (p), Farrell
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Hull City	Glanford Park	4,905
Forrester, Calvo-Garcia	Lineups
Swansea City	1	1	Leyton Orient	Vetch Field	3,494
Bird	Lineups		Clark
Torquay United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Plainmoor	1,650
Hill, Hapgood	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Notts County	9	3	0	1	6	4	3	2	0	9	4	15	20	W	W	W	W	D	1997-10-04	Darlington	H
2	1	Exeter City	9	2	2	0	6	3	4	0	1	7	4	13	20	W	W	L	D	W	1997-10-04	Scarborough	H
3	1	Scunthorpe United	9	4	1	0	7	2	2	0	2	3	4	10	19	W	W	D	L	W	1997-10-04	Rochdale	A
4	-3	Peterborough United	9	3	0	1	9	2	2	3	0	12	6	21	18	D	W	D	W	D	1997-10-04	Swansea City	H
5	0	Cambridge United	9	3	1	1	13	10	1	2	1	3	2	16	15	D	D	L	W	W	1997-10-04	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Macclesfield Town	9	4	1	0	11	3	0	2	2	2	5	13	15	D	L	W	W	L	1997-10-04	Leyton Orient	A
7	7	Hartlepool United	9	3	2	0	9	4	0	3	1	4	5	13	14	W	D	W	D	D	1997-10-04	Chester City	A
8	1	Barnet	9	2	1	2	5	4	2	1	1	8	9	13	14	D	L	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Cardiff City	A
9	-2	Colchester United	9	3	1	1	8	5	1	1	2	5	8	13	14	L	W	W	W	L	1997-10-04	Mansfield Town	A
10	-2	Scarborough	9	3	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	5	6	12	14	L	W	L	D	W	1997-10-04	Exeter City	A
11	0	Lincoln City	9	2	1	1	5	5	2	1	2	5	6	10	14	D	W	W	L	L	1997-10-04	Cambridge United	H
12	-2	Chester City	9	3	1	0	6	1	1	0	4	7	12	13	13	L	L	W	W	W	1997-10-04	Hartlepool United	H
13	-1	Cardiff City	9	1	2	1	5	6	2	2	1	6	5	11	13	D	L	L	W	D	1997-10-04	Barnet	H
14	2	Torquay United	9	3	1	1	8	3	1	0	3	3	8	11	13	W	W	L	L	L	1997-10-04	Hull City	A
15	-2	Leyton Orient	9	2	0	2	3	3	2	1	2	6	5	9	13	D	L	W	L	W	1997-10-04	Macclesfield Town	H
16	1	Rotherham United	9	3	1	1	13	9	0	2	2	3	6	16	12	W	L	D	W	D	1997-10-04	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	-2	Mansfield Town	9	2	1	1	8	4	1	1	3	2	4	10	11	D	W	L	D	W	1997-10-04	Colchester United	H
18	0	Swansea City	9	3	1	1	6	2	0	0	4	6	15	12	10	D	L	L	L	W	1997-10-04	Peterborough United	A
19	0	Rochdale	9	3	0	1	7	3	0	0	5	3	9	10	9	L	W	L	L	W	1997-10-04	Scunthorpe United	H
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	9	2	0	2	5	5	0	1	4	6	11	11	7	L	L	L	W	D	1997-10-04	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Darlington	9	1	3	1	6	6	0	1	3	2	5	8	7	D	D	D	W	L	1997-10-04	Notts County	A
22	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	1	3	1	5	5	0	0	4	2	9	7	6	W	L	D	L	D	1997-10-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
23	-1	Hull City	9	1	1	2	7	9	0	0	5	1	9	8	4	L	L	L	L	D	1997-10-04	Torquay United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	9	0	1	3	1	10	0	2	3	3	9	4	3	L	D	D	D	L	1997-10-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H