Saturday 1997-10-25

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	0	0	Everton	Highfield Road	18,755
	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	38,017
Fowler 2, Leonhardsen, McManaman	Lineups
Manchester United	7	0	Barnsley	Old Trafford	55,142
Cole 3, Giggs 2, Scholes, Poborsky	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	St James' Park	36,716
Gillespie	Lineups		Sutton
Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Crystal Palace	Hillsborough	22,072
Collins	Lineups		Hreidarsson, Rodger, Shipperley
Southampton	3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	15,255
Campbell OG, Hirst 2	Lineups		Dominguez, Ginola
Wimbledon	1	0	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	15,718
Ardley (p)	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Manchester United	12	5	1	0	17	3	2	3	1	6	3	17	25	W	D	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	-1	Arsenal	11	4	1	0	15	1	2	4	0	12	9	17	23	D	W	D	W	W	1997-10-26	Aston Villa	H
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	12	3	2	1	13	7	3	3	0	9	3	12	23	D	W	W	D	D	1997-11-01	Barnsley	A
4	0	Chelsea	10	3	0	1	8	5	3	1	2	17	9	11	19	W	L	W	D	L	1997-10-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	4	Liverpool	11	4	0	1	14	5	1	3	2	6	7	8	18	W	L	W	L	W	1997-11-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	-1	Leicester City	11	2	3	1	9	6	3	0	2	5	3	5	18	L	L	W	D	W	1997-10-27	West Ham United	H
7	-1	Derby County	11	3	2	0	11	4	2	0	4	8	11	4	17	L	D	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Arsenal	H
8	-1	Leeds United	12	2	1	3	6	7	3	1	2	9	6	2	17	L	W	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	2	Wimbledon	12	2	2	3	7	7	2	2	1	7	6	1	16	W	D	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Coventry City	H
10	0	Newcastle United	9	4	1	1	7	5	1	0	2	2	5	-1	16	D	L	W	L	W	1997-11-01	Leicester City	H
11	-3	West Ham United	11	4	0	1	10	4	1	1	4	5	13	-2	16	W	L	W	L	L	1997-10-27	Leicester City	A
12	2	Crystal Palace	12	0	2	3	3	8	4	1	2	9	6	-2	15	W	D	L	D	D	1997-11-08	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Aston Villa	11	2	1	2	6	9	2	0	4	6	8	-5	13	L	W	D	L	W	1997-10-26	Arsenal	A
14	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	2	1	7	6	0	2	4	4	10	-5	13	L	W	L	D	D	1997-11-01	Leeds United	H
15	0	Coventry City	12	2	5	0	8	6	0	2	3	0	7	-5	13	D	L	D	D	D	1997-11-01	Wimbledon	A
16	0	Everton	11	3	1	2	11	9	0	2	3	2	7	-3	12	D	W	L	D	L	1997-11-02	Southampton	H
17	3	Southampton	12	3	1	3	9	9	0	0	5	2	11	-9	10	W	L	W	L	L	1997-11-02	Everton	A
18	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	2	1	3	8	12	0	2	4	9	17	-12	9	L	L	W	D	L	1997-11-01	Manchester United	A
19	-1	Barnsley	12	2	0	4	5	14	1	0	5	4	21	-26	9	L	W	L	L	L	1997-11-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	-1	Bolton Wanderers	10	0	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	7	13	-7	8	L	L	D	D	D	1997-10-26	Chelsea	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Oxford United	St Andrew's	16,352
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	15,333
Edinho	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Portsmouth	Kirklees Stadium	8,985
Dalton	Lineups		Igoe
Ipswich Town	2	0	Bury	Portman Road	10,478
Tanner (p), Dozzell	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	Port Vale	Riverside Stadium	30,096
Merson 2 (2p)	Lineups		Foyle
Stockport County	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Edgeley Park	9,804
Cook	Lineups
Stoke City	1	2	Sunderland	Britannia Stadium	14,587
Stewart	Lineups		Clark 2
Swindon Town	1	0	Norwich City	County Ground	9,256
Hay	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Prenton Park	5,911
Branch, Jones L	Lineups		Kinsella, Leaburn
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Sheffield United	The Hawthorns	17,311
Hunt, Hughes	Lineups

				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	13	5	1	1	14	6	3	2	1	7	4	21	27	D	W	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	1	Swindon Town	14	5	2	0	13	5	2	2	3	5	12	18	25	W	D	L	W	W	1997-10-31	Portsmouth	A
3	2	West Bromwich Albion	13	4	1	1	7	3	3	2	2	10	9	17	24	W	L	W	L	W	1997-11-01	Bradford City	A
4	3	Bradford City	13	4	2	1	9	8	2	3	1	7	6	16	23	W	D	D	W	D	1997-11-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-1	Charlton Athletic	13	3	2	1	12	9	3	2	2	15	9	27	22	D	D	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Ipswich Town	H
6	-4	Sheffield United	11	4	2	0	12	4	2	2	1	6	5	18	22	L	W	D	W	D	1997-11-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	2	Middlesbrough	11	3	0	2	8	6	3	3	0	12	6	20	21	W	W	D	L	W	1997-10-28	Huddersfield Town	H
8	-2	Stoke City	13	3	1	2	9	8	3	2	2	6	6	15	21	L	W	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Huddersfield Town	A
9	4	Sunderland	13	3	2	2	11	7	3	0	3	8	10	19	20	W	D	W	L	L	1997-11-01	Stockport County	A
10	4	Stockport County	14	4	3	0	13	6	1	1	5	9	15	22	19	W	L	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Sunderland	H
11	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	4	3	0	14	7	1	1	5	3	9	17	19	L	W	W	L	L	1997-11-01	Middlesbrough	H
12	0	Birmingham City	13	3	1	2	6	2	2	3	2	9	8	15	19	D	D	L	W	L	1997-10-28	Ipswich Town	H
13	-3	Port Vale	14	4	2	1	12	5	1	1	5	7	13	19	18	L	W	D	L	L	1997-11-01	Reading	H
14	-3	Queens Park Rangers	12	3	1	1	7	5	2	2	3	9	14	16	18	D	D	L	L	W	1997-10-26	Manchester City	H
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	13	1	2	4	8	11	3	1	2	9	8	17	15	L	D	D	D	W	1997-10-29	Manchester City	A
16	0	Bury	14	2	4	1	7	7	1	2	4	8	14	15	15	L	D	W	L	L	1997-11-01	Norwich City	A
17	0	Norwich City	13	2	2	3	4	10	2	1	3	5	9	9	15	L	D	D	L	W	1997-11-01	Bury	H
18	1	Oxford United	14	3	1	3	9	9	1	1	5	9	14	18	14	D	L	W	L	W	1997-11-01	Manchester City	H
19	-1	Reading	14	2	2	3	13	13	1	3	3	3	11	16	14	D	D	D	D	W	1997-11-01	Port Vale	A
20	2	Ipswich Town	11	3	1	1	8	5	0	3	3	4	7	12	13	W	D	L	W	L	1997-10-28	Birmingham City	A
21	-1	Tranmere Rovers	13	3	1	2	12	8	0	2	5	7	12	19	12	D	L	D	W	L	1997-11-01	Sheffield United	A
22	-1	Manchester City	11	1	3	2	10	6	1	1	3	6	8	16	10	L	D	L	W	L	1997-10-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
23	0	Portsmouth	13	2	2	3	11	12	0	2	4	5	10	16	10	D	D	L	L	L	1997-10-31	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Huddersfield Town	13	0	3	4	4	11	0	2	4	4	14	8	5	D	L	L	L	L	1997-10-28	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Blackpool	The Memorial Stadium	6,183
	Lineups		Bonner, Clarkson, Preece
Burnley	2	2	AFC Bournemouth	Turf Moor	9,501
Waddle, Creaney	Lineups		Howe, Vincent
Chesterfield	1	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,119
Holland	Lineups
Fulham	1	1	Northampton Town	Craven Cottage	9,848
Peschisolido	Lineups		Gayle
Gillingham	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Priestfield Stadium	6,797
Akinbiyi, Fortune-West	Lineups		Jean
Grimsby Town	0	1	Watford	Blundell Park	5,699
	Lineups		Rosenthal
Luton Town	2	0	Brentford	Kenilworth Road	6,494
Alexander, Thorpe	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Wigan Athletic	The Den	7,986
Bowry	Lineups		Jones
Preston North End	0	1	Wrexham	Deepdale	9,098
	Lineups		Chalk
Southend United	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Roots Hall	3,595
Coulbault	Lineups		Barlow
Walsall	0	0	Bristol City	Bescot Stadium	4,618
	Lineups
York City	4	3	Carlisle United	Bootham Crescent	3,700
Rowe, Stephenson 2, Bushell	Lineups		Pounewatchy, Barr, McAlindon

				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	14	5	1	1	11	5	5	1	1	12	5	23	32	W	W	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Blackpool	H
2	0	Northampton Town	14	5	1	1	9	5	2	4	1	7	4	16	26	D	D	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Bristol Rovers	H
3	1	Gillingham	14	5	2	0	11	5	2	1	4	9	10	20	24	W	W	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Millwall	H
4	-1	Millwall	12	4	1	1	13	7	3	1	2	5	4	18	23	D	D	W	W	W	1997-10-29	Bristol City	H
5	0	Oldham Athletic	14	5	2	0	16	8	0	4	3	7	12	23	21	D	W	W	L	L	1997-11-01	Bristol City	A
6	5	York City	14	5	0	2	13	8	1	3	3	7	11	20	21	W	D	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Wigan Athletic	A
7	-1	Bristol City	13	5	1	1	13	5	1	2	3	5	7	18	21	D	W	W	W	L	1997-10-29	Millwall	A
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	14	3	3	1	7	4	2	3	2	9	8	16	21	D	D	W	W	D	1997-11-01	Brentford	H
9	4	Blackpool	14	4	2	1	14	10	2	0	5	8	13	22	20	W	W	D	L	L	1997-11-01	Watford	A
10	-3	Bristol Rovers	14	3	1	3	9	9	2	4	1	9	8	18	20	L	W	L	L	W	1997-11-01	Northampton Town	A
11	3	Chesterfield	14	4	2	1	11	7	1	3	3	4	7	15	20	W	L	L	L	D	1997-11-01	Fulham	A
12	-3	Wycombe Wanderers	14	4	2	1	12	7	1	2	4	10	14	22	19	L	W	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Luton Town	H
13	-3	Preston North End	14	4	1	2	8	4	1	3	3	6	7	14	19	L	L	W	L	W	1997-11-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	-2	Wigan Athletic	14	4	2	1	16	11	1	1	5	5	11	21	18	D	L	D	W	L	1997-11-01	York City	H
15	2	Wrexham	13	3	2	1	11	7	2	1	4	8	10	19	18	W	W	D	L	L	1997-11-01	Carlisle United	A
16	-1	Fulham	14	4	2	1	8	4	1	1	5	5	10	13	18	D	L	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Grimsby Town	14	2	3	2	4	4	2	2	3	8	11	12	17	L	L	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Southend United	H
18	3	Luton Town	14	3	1	3	9	12	1	3	3	3	7	12	16	W	W	D	W	L	1997-11-01	Wycombe Wanderers	A
19	0	Walsall	14	4	2	1	12	5	0	1	6	5	16	17	15	D	L	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Burnley	A
20	-2	Brentford	14	4	2	1	13	6	0	1	6	4	16	17	15	L	L	W	L	L	1997-11-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	-1	Southend United	14	3	3	1	7	5	1	0	6	7	19	14	15	D	L	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Carlisle United	14	2	1	4	5	10	1	1	5	12	17	17	11	L	L	L	L	L	1997-11-01	Wrexham	H
23	1	Burnley	14	1	6	0	8	6	0	2	5	4	10	12	11	D	D	D	W	D	1997-11-01	Walsall	H
24	-1	Plymouth Argyle	14	1	4	2	9	10	0	3	4	5	12	14	10	L	D	L	L	L	1997-11-01	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	1	1	Hartlepool United	Ninian Park	3,383
Crowe	Lineups		Baker
Chester City	1	1	Macclesfield Town	Deva Stadium	3,245
Priest	Lineups		Landon
Exeter City	2	3	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	4,552
Williams 2	Lineups		Walsh, Hope, D'Auria
Hull City	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boothferry Park	5,686
	Lineups
Leyton Orient	0	2	Colchester United	Brisbane Road	4,607
	Lineups		Adcock, Forbes
Lincoln City	3	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	3,384
Thorpe 2, Whitney	Lineups		Roberts
Mansfield Town	1	2	Barnet	Field Mill	2,340
Hackett	Lineups		McGleish, Wilson (p)
Notts County	1	0	Cambridge United	Meadow Lane	4,279
Jones G	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	0	Torquay United	London Road	6,325
Carruthers, Quinn	Lineups
Rochdale	0	1	Rotherham United	Spotland	2,267
	Lineups		Garner
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Scarborough	Gay Meadow	2,395
	Lineups		Bennett G

				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	Peterborough United	14	6	0	1	17	5	3	3	1	16	9	33	30	W	L	W	W	W	1997-11-01	Exeter City	A
2	1	Notts County	14	4	2	1	9	6	4	3	0	12	6	21	29	W	D	W	D	D	1997-11-01	Barnet	A
3	-2	Exeter City	14	3	3	1	10	7	5	1	1	12	7	22	28	L	D	W	W	D	1997-11-01	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Lincoln City	14	3	3	1	9	7	4	1	2	7	6	16	25	W	W	W	D	D	1997-11-01	Leyton Orient	H
5	0	Barnet	14	4	1	2	10	5	3	2	2	11	13	21	24	W	W	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Notts County	H
6	1	Scunthorpe United	13	4	2	1	8	4	3	0	3	6	8	14	23	W	D	L	L	W	1997-10-31	Colchester United	A
7	4	Colchester United	14	4	2	1	11	7	2	2	3	10	12	21	22	W	W	D	L	D	1997-10-31	Scunthorpe United	H
8	-2	Macclesfield Town	14	5	2	0	14	5	0	5	2	5	8	19	22	D	D	W	D	D	1997-11-01	Rotherham United	A
9	3	Scarborough	14	4	1	2	12	9	2	2	3	7	10	19	21	W	W	L	L	D	1997-11-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	-2	Hartlepool United	14	4	3	0	13	7	0	5	2	8	11	21	20	D	W	D	D	L	1997-11-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	-2	Chester City	14	5	2	0	12	3	1	0	6	9	19	21	20	D	L	L	W	W	1997-11-01	Rochdale	H
12	-2	Torquay United	14	4	2	1	12	5	1	2	4	7	14	19	19	L	D	W	D	D	1997-11-01	Cambridge United	A
13	5	Rotherham United	14	3	3	1	15	11	1	3	3	6	9	21	18	W	D	D	D	L	1997-11-01	Macclesfield Town	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	14	3	2	2	13	9	2	1	4	3	5	16	18	L	W	L	W	D	1997-11-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	-1	Cambridge United	14	3	2	2	14	12	1	3	3	5	6	19	17	L	L	D	L	D	1997-11-01	Torquay United	H
16	1	Cardiff City	13	1	4	1	7	8	2	4	1	7	6	14	17	D	D	D	D	D	1997-11-02	Swansea City	H
17	-2	Leyton Orient	14	2	2	3	5	7	2	3	2	9	8	14	17	L	D	D	D	D	1997-11-01	Lincoln City	A
18	-2	Rochdale	14	5	0	2	14	4	0	1	6	5	13	19	16	L	L	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Chester City	A
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	14	4	0	3	9	7	0	3	4	8	13	17	15	L	D	D	W	W	1997-11-01	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Swansea City	14	3	1	3	7	5	1	0	6	10	19	17	13	W	L	L	L	L	1997-11-02	Cardiff City	A
21	0	Darlington	14	2	4	1	11	7	0	2	5	4	14	15	12	L	D	W	L	D	1997-11-01	Hull City	H
22	0	Hull City	14	2	3	2	13	12	1	0	6	2	11	15	12	D	W	L	W	D	1997-11-01	Darlington	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	1	3	3	6	9	1	1	5	5	12	11	10	D	L	L	L	W	1997-11-01	Hartlepool United	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	14	0	2	5	4	18	0	2	5	5	16	9	4	L	L	L	D	L	1997-11-01	Scarborough	A