Saturday 1997-11-29

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	3	Leeds United	Oakwell	18,690
Liddell, Ward	Lineups		Haaland, Wallace, Lilley
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Wimbledon	Reebok Stadium	22,703
Blake	Lineups
Chelsea	4	0	Derby County	Stamford Bridge	33,837
Zola 3, Hughes M	Lineups
Coventry City	0	2	Leicester City	Highfield Road	18,332
	Lineups		Fenton, Elliott (p)
Crystal Palace	1	2	Newcastle United	Selhurst Park	26,085
Shipperley	Lineups		Ketsbaia, Tomasson
Everton	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Goodison Park	36,670
	Lineups		Vega, Ginola
Southampton	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	15,244
Hirst, Palmer	Lineups		Atherton, Collins, Di Canio
West Ham United	2	1	Aston Villa	Upton Park	24,976
Hartson 2	Lineups		Yorke

				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	Manchester United	15	6	1	0	23	4	3	3	2	13	8	24	31	W	L	W	W	D	1997-11-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	1	Chelsea	16	6	0	1	16	6	4	1	4	19	11	18	31	W	W	L	W	W	1997-12-06	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	2	1	17	9	3	4	0	10	4	14	30	W	W	D	D	W	1997-11-30	Manchester United	A
4	1	Leeds United	16	4	1	3	13	11	5	1	2	13	8	7	29	W	W	W	W	L	1997-12-06	Everton	H
5	-1	Arsenal	15	5	2	0	18	3	2	4	2	12	14	13	27	L	W	L	D	D	1997-11-30	Liverpool	H
6	1	Leicester City	16	3	4	2	11	8	4	1	2	10	6	7	26	W	D	L	D	W	1997-12-06	Crystal Palace	H
7	2	Newcastle United	13	5	2	1	12	9	2	1	2	6	8	1	24	W	W	D	D	D	1997-12-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-2	Derby County	15	5	2	0	17	5	2	0	6	11	19	4	23	L	W	L	W	L	1997-12-06	West Ham United	H
9	-1	Liverpool	14	5	0	2	18	6	1	4	2	7	8	11	22	L	W	D	W	L	1997-11-30	Arsenal	A
10	0	Crystal Palace	15	0	3	4	5	11	5	1	2	10	6	-2	19	L	W	D	W	D	1997-12-03	West Ham United	A
11	0	Wimbledon	16	2	2	5	10	14	3	2	2	8	7	-3	19	L	L	W	L	W	1997-12-07	Southampton	H
12	3	West Ham United	15	5	0	1	12	5	1	1	7	8	20	-5	19	W	L	L	L	W	1997-12-03	Crystal Palace	H
13	-1	Aston Villa	16	3	1	3	8	12	2	2	5	8	11	-7	18	L	W	D	L	D	1997-12-06	Coventry City	H
14	2	Sheffield Wednesday	16	4	1	3	15	12	1	2	5	13	25	-9	18	W	W	W	L	L	1997-12-08	Barnsley	H
15	-2	Coventry City	16	2	6	1	10	10	1	2	4	3	11	-8	17	L	L	D	W	D	1997-12-06	Aston Villa	A
16	-2	Southampton	16	4	1	4	15	13	1	0	6	5	13	-6	16	L	L	W	W	W	1997-12-07	Wimbledon	A
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	16	3	2	3	7	8	1	2	5	6	14	-9	16	W	L	L	L	L	1997-12-06	Chelsea	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	15	2	4	1	4	3	1	3	4	7	18	-10	16	W	D	L	D	W	1997-12-01	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Barnsley	16	2	1	5	8	18	2	0	6	6	25	-29	13	L	W	L	D	L	1997-12-08	Sheffield Wednesday	A
20	0	Everton	16	3	1	4	11	13	0	2	6	5	14	-11	12	L	L	L	L	L	1997-12-06	Leeds United	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	17,738
Furlong 2	Lineups		Hall
Bradford City	2	1	Norwich City	Valley Parade	16,637
Steiner 2	Lineups		Bellamy
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Bury	Kirklees Stadium	11,929
Dalton 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Portman Road	17,580
	Lineups		Campbell
Middlesbrough	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Riverside Stadium	30,164
Beck	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Port Vale	Manor Ground	5,762
Beauchamp, Jemson	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Bramall Lane	16,973
Fjortoft	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Manchester City	Edgeley Park	11,351
Cook, Armstrong, Angell	Lineups		Brannan
Stoke City	1	2	Reading	Britannia Stadium	11,103
Thorne	Lineups		Morley 2 (1p)
Sunderland	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Stadium of Light	26,674
Clark 2, Phillips	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Molineux	23,645
Osborn, Goodman 2	Lineups		Sheron, Peacock

				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	20	8	1	1	23	9	4	4	2	9	7	32	41	W	D	W	W	D	1997-12-06	Bradford City	H
2	1	Middlesbrough	19	6	2	2	16	7	5	3	1	17	9	33	38	W	D	W	W	W	1997-12-02	Ipswich Town	A
3	-1	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	1	1	10	3	4	3	3	12	11	22	37	L	W	W	W	W	1997-12-02	Manchester City	H
4	2	Sheffield United	18	6	3	0	16	6	3	5	1	10	8	26	35	W	D	D	D	D	1997-12-02	Stoke City	H
5	-1	Swindon Town	20	7	2	1	18	8	3	2	5	8	19	26	34	L	L	L	W	W	1997-12-06	Oxford United	H
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	6	2	1	21	11	3	3	4	17	15	38	32	W	L	W	L	D	1997-12-06	Reading	A
7	0	Stockport County	20	6	4	0	21	10	3	1	6	12	16	33	32	W	W	W	L	W	1997-12-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	0	Sunderland	19	4	4	2	15	8	4	2	3	14	13	29	30	W	D	W	D	D	1997-12-06	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	6	4	0	19	10	2	1	6	5	12	24	29	W	D	L	W	W	1997-12-06	Manchester City	A
10	3	Bradford City	20	5	4	2	12	11	2	4	3	7	8	19	29	W	L	D	L	L	1997-12-06	Nottingham Forest	A
11	-2	Port Vale	20	4	4	2	13	7	3	1	6	12	18	25	26	L	D	L	W	W	1997-12-06	Birmingham City	H
12	-2	Queens Park Rangers	19	5	3	1	13	8	2	2	6	12	23	25	26	L	W	D	L	L	1997-12-03	Norwich City	H
13	-1	Stoke City	19	4	2	3	13	10	3	3	4	9	13	22	26	L	L	D	W	D	1997-12-02	Sheffield United	A
14	0	Birmingham City	20	4	3	3	10	6	2	4	4	10	11	20	25	W	L	L	L	D	1997-12-06	Port Vale	A
15	0	Norwich City	19	3	3	4	9	16	3	1	5	8	13	17	22	L	W	L	W	L	1997-12-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	5	1	3	17	11	1	2	7	9	17	26	21	L	W	W	L	W	1997-12-06	Ipswich Town	H
17	0	Bury	20	3	5	2	10	10	1	4	5	11	19	21	21	L	D	D	L	W	1997-12-06	Middlesbrough	H
18	3	Reading	20	3	2	5	14	18	2	4	4	5	13	19	21	W	L	L	W	L	1997-12-06	Charlton Athletic	H
19	3	Oxford United	20	4	3	3	12	10	1	2	7	11	18	23	20	W	L	D	L	D	1997-12-06	Swindon Town	A
20	-2	Ipswich Town	18	3	2	3	10	10	1	5	4	10	12	20	19	L	W	D	D	L	1997-12-02	Middlesbrough	H
21	-1	Manchester City	19	3	3	4	14	10	1	3	5	8	14	22	18	L	W	D	L	L	1997-12-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	-3	Crewe Alexandra	20	2	2	6	10	15	3	1	6	12	16	22	18	L	L	L	W	L	1997-12-06	Huddersfield Town	H
23	1	Huddersfield Town	20	3	3	4	10	12	1	2	7	6	20	16	17	W	L	W	W	L	1997-12-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	-1	Portsmouth	18	2	2	5	12	17	1	3	5	9	13	21	14	L	L	W	D	L	1997-12-06	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	1	Wrexham	Griffin Park	3,748
Aspinall	Lineups		Owen
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Millwall	The Memorial Stadium	5,542
Beadle, Hayles	Lineups		Shaw
Burnley	2	1	Northampton Town	Turf Moor	8,369
Moore, Barnes	Lineups		Gibb
Carlisle United	0	3	Bristol City	Brunton Park	5,044
	Lineups		Goater 2, Goodridge
Chesterfield	1	0	Southend United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,101
Willis	Lineups
Gillingham	0	2	Grimsby Town	Priestfield Stadium	4,902
	Lineups		Jobling, Black
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Home Park	5,452
	Lineups		Mauge OG, Rickers
Preston North End	3	1	Fulham	Deepdale	9,723
Ashcroft 3 (1p)	Lineups		Scott
Walsall	2	1	Blackpool	Bescot Stadium	3,933
Watson, Boli	Lineups		Clarkson
Watford	2	1	Wigan Athletic	Vicarage Road	9,455
Thomas, Mooney	Lineups		Jones
Wycombe Wanderers	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Adams Park	4,340
Stallard	Lineups		Robinson (p)
York City	1	2	Luton Town	Bootham Crescent	3,636
Cresswell	Lineups		Alexander, Thorpe

				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	20	8	1	1	19	8	7	2	1	16	5	35	48	W	W	W	D	W	1997-12-02	Wrexham	A
2	0	Bristol City	20	8	1	1	19	7	5	2	3	16	9	35	42	W	W	W	W	W	1997-12-02	Burnley	H
3	0	Millwall	19	4	4	2	16	12	5	1	3	11	8	27	32	L	D	W	D	D	1997-12-03	Walsall	H
4	2	Chesterfield	20	6	3	1	14	8	2	5	3	8	9	22	32	W	D	W	W	D	1997-12-02	Northampton Town	A
5	2	Oldham Athletic	20	7	3	0	23	11	1	4	5	10	15	33	31	W	D	L	W	W	1997-12-02	Carlisle United	H
6	-2	Northampton Town	20	6	2	2	14	7	2	5	3	9	8	23	31	L	L	W	L	D	1997-12-02	Chesterfield	H
7	-2	York City	20	7	0	3	17	10	1	5	4	9	14	26	29	L	L	D	W	W	1997-12-02	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	1	AFC Bournemouth	20	5	4	1	12	7	2	4	4	11	14	23	29	D	W	W	L	L	1997-12-02	York City	H
9	-1	Blackpool	20	6	3	1	18	12	2	1	7	11	20	29	28	L	W	D	W	D	1997-12-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	3	Bristol Rovers	20	4	1	5	14	15	3	6	1	13	11	27	28	W	D	W	L	L	1997-12-02	Wigan Athletic	A
11	-1	Wrexham	19	5	3	1	15	9	2	4	4	11	13	26	28	D	D	D	W	W	1997-12-02	Watford	H
12	2	Preston North End	20	5	1	4	12	8	3	3	4	13	10	25	28	W	W	L	W	L	1997-12-02	Southend United	A
13	2	Grimsby Town	19	4	3	2	13	6	3	3	4	10	12	23	27	W	W	L	D	W	1997-12-02	Wycombe Wanderers	H
14	-3	Fulham	20	5	4	1	13	6	2	2	6	10	16	23	27	L	W	D	W	D	1997-12-02	Brentford	H
15	-3	Gillingham	20	5	3	2	13	11	2	2	6	11	17	24	26	L	L	D	L	D	1997-12-02	Luton Town	A
16	2	Walsall	19	5	4	1	14	6	1	1	7	7	18	21	23	W	W	D	D	L	1997-12-03	Millwall	A
17	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	20	4	5	1	15	10	1	2	7	13	23	28	22	D	L	D	L	L	1997-12-02	Grimsby Town	A
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	20	3	4	3	16	14	1	4	5	8	15	24	20	L	D	L	W	W	1997-12-02	Blackpool	A
19	2	Burnley	20	3	6	1	13	10	1	2	7	9	18	22	20	W	L	L	L	W	1997-12-02	Bristol City	A
20	3	Luton Town	19	3	1	6	12	19	2	4	3	7	10	19	20	W	L	L	L	D	1997-12-02	Gillingham	H
21	-2	Wigan Athletic	19	4	3	2	18	16	1	1	8	7	17	25	19	L	L	L	L	D	1997-12-02	Bristol Rovers	H
22	-2	Southend United	20	4	4	2	9	9	1	0	9	9	27	18	19	L	D	L	W	L	1997-12-02	Preston North End	H
23	-1	Brentford	20	4	3	3	15	12	0	3	7	5	21	20	18	D	D	L	L	L	1997-12-02	Fulham	A
24	0	Carlisle United	20	2	2	6	7	17	2	2	6	16	21	23	16	L	L	L	D	W	1997-12-02	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	2	0	Darlington	Underhill Stadium	1,726
McGleish, Devine	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	0	Hartlepool United	Abbey Stadium	2,513
Kyd, Campbell	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Scarborough	Ninian Park	2,615
Dale	Lineups		McElhatton
Chester City	1	1	Exeter City	Deva Stadium	2,288
Rimmer	Lineups		Rowbotham
Hull City	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Boothferry Park	4,721
Rioch (p), Hocking, Gore OG	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Macclesfield Town	Sincil Bank	3,402
Gordon	Lineups		Whittaker
Mansfield Town	0	0	Leyton Orient	Field Mill	2,086
	Lineups
Notts County	2	2	Peterborough United	Meadow Lane	8,006
Jones G, Robson	Lineups		Gregory, Quinn (p)
Rochdale	0	1	Torquay United	Spotland	1,729
	Lineups		Jack
Rotherham United	3	2	Colchester United	Millmoor	3,259
Glover 2, Knill	Lineups		Skelton, Sale
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Glanford Park	3,187
	Lineups		Storer, Ryan
Shrewsbury Town	0	1	Swansea City	Gay Meadow	2,697
	Lineups		Coates

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Lincoln City	20	5	4	1	13	9	5	3	2	8	6	21	37	D	W	W	D	D	1997-12-02	Exeter City	A
2	0	Peterborough United	20	6	3	1	20	8	3	6	1	18	11	38	36	D	D	D	D	D	1997-12-02	Cambridge United	H
3	0	Exeter City	20	4	5	1	13	9	5	3	2	16	12	29	35	D	D	W	D	L	1997-12-02	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Notts County	20	4	4	2	13	11	5	4	1	15	10	28	35	D	D	L	D	L	1997-12-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	0	Scunthorpe United	20	4	4	2	12	10	5	2	3	16	14	28	33	L	W	W	D	D	1997-12-13	Scarborough	H
6	2	Barnet	20	5	3	3	17	11	4	2	3	14	15	31	32	W	L	D	D	W	1997-12-02	Leyton Orient	A
7	3	Rotherham United	20	5	3	2	20	16	3	4	3	13	14	33	31	W	W	L	W	D	1997-12-02	Swansea City	A
8	-1	Chester City	20	7	4	0	19	4	2	0	7	11	21	30	31	D	W	D	L	W	1997-12-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	-3	Hartlepool United	20	6	4	0	17	7	1	6	3	11	14	28	31	L	W	W	D	W	1997-12-02	Hull City	H
10	-1	Macclesfield Town	20	7	3	0	19	6	0	6	4	9	14	28	30	D	W	L	W	D	1997-12-13	Barnet	A
11	0	Scarborough	20	6	1	3	20	13	2	3	5	11	17	31	28	D	L	W	L	L	1997-12-06	Rochdale	H
12	3	Torquay United	20	5	2	2	16	10	2	5	4	13	19	29	28	W	L	D	D	W	1997-12-02	Mansfield Town	H
13	-1	Colchester United	20	5	3	2	16	11	2	3	5	13	17	29	27	L	L	W	L	D	1997-12-13	Hull City	A
14	0	Cardiff City	20	2	7	2	11	12	3	5	1	9	7	20	27	D	W	W	D	D	1997-12-13	Peterborough United	H
15	-2	Shrewsbury Town	20	6	0	4	16	13	1	5	4	15	17	31	26	L	D	W	W	D	1997-12-13	Leyton Orient	H
16	0	Leyton Orient	20	4	3	3	10	9	2	4	4	9	10	19	25	D	D	L	W	W	1997-12-02	Barnet	H
17	2	Cambridge United	20	4	4	2	18	14	1	5	4	10	13	28	24	W	D	D	L	D	1997-12-02	Peterborough United	A
18	-1	Mansfield Town	20	4	4	2	19	14	2	2	6	6	10	25	24	D	D	L	W	D	1997-12-02	Torquay United	A
19	-1	Rochdale	20	6	1	3	16	6	1	1	8	8	19	24	23	L	W	L	W	D	1997-12-06	Scarborough	A
20	0	Darlington	20	4	5	1	17	11	0	3	7	6	19	23	20	L	D	W	D	L	1997-12-13	Chester City	A
21	0	Swansea City	20	3	2	4	7	7	3	0	8	14	24	21	20	W	L	L	D	L	1997-12-02	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Hull City	20	4	3	3	20	18	1	0	9	6	19	26	18	W	L	L	L	W	1997-12-02	Hartlepool United	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	1	3	6	7	15	2	3	5	8	13	15	15	W	L	D	L	L	1997-12-03	Notts County	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	20	0	3	6	5	22	0	3	8	7	26	12	6	L	L	L	D	D	1997-12-02	Chester City	H