Tuesday 1997-12-02

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Ipswich Town	1	1	Middlesbrough	Portman Road	13,619
Johnson	Lineups		Merson
Sheffield United	3	2	Stoke City	Bramall Lane	14,509
Taylor, Fjortoft, Deane	Lineups		Thorne 2
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	17,904
	Lineups		Dickov

				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	0	Middlesbrough	20	6	2	2	16	7	5	4	1	18	10	34	39	D	W	D	W	W	1997-12-06	Bury	A
3	1	Sheffield United	19	7	3	0	19	8	3	5	1	10	8	29	38	W	W	D	D	D	1997-12-06	Norwich City	A
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	7	1	2	10	4	4	3	3	12	11	22	37	L	L	W	W	W	1997-12-06	Stockport County	H
5	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Stoke City	20	4	2	3	13	10	3	3	5	11	16	24	26	L	L	L	D	W	1997-12-06	Portsmouth	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	4	Manchester City	20	3	3	4	14	10	2	3	5	9	14	23	21	W	L	W	D	L	1997-12-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-1	Bury	20	3	5	2	10	10	1	4	5	11	19	21	21	L	D	D	L	W	1997-12-06	Middlesbrough	H
19	-1	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
20	-1	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
21	-1	Ipswich Town	19	3	3	3	11	11	1	5	4	10	12	21	20	D	L	W	D	D	1997-12-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	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	0	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	0	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
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	York City	Dean Court	3,365
	Lineups
Blackpool	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Bloomfield Road	3,281
	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Burnley	Ashton Gate	11,136
Goodridge 2, Bell (p)	Lineups		Barnes
Fulham	1	1	Brentford	Craven Cottage	10,783
Peschisolido	Lineups		Gleghorn
Grimsby Town	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Blundell Park	4,160
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	2	Gillingham	Kenilworth Road	5,255
Davis S, Thorpe	Lineups		Akinbiyi 2
Northampton Town	0	0	Chesterfield	Sixfields Stadium	4,824
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	4,449
Rickers, Barlow, Duxbury	Lineups		Anthony
Southend United	3	2	Preston North End	Roots Hall	2,307
Boere, Gridelet 2	Lineups		Lormor 2
Wigan Athletic	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Springfield Park	2,738
Kilford, Lowe 2	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Watford	Racecourse Ground	3,702
McGregor	Lineups		Rosenthal

				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	21	8	1	1	19	8	7	3	1	17	6	36	49	D	W	W	W	D	1997-12-13	Bristol City	H
2	0	Bristol City	21	9	1	1	22	8	5	2	3	16	9	38	45	W	W	W	W	W	1997-12-13	Watford	A
3	2	Oldham Athletic	21	8	3	0	26	12	1	4	5	10	15	36	34	W	W	D	L	W	1997-12-13	Wycombe Wanderers	A
4	0	Chesterfield	21	6	3	1	14	8	2	6	3	8	9	22	33	D	W	D	W	W	1997-12-13	Luton Town	H
5	-2	Millwall	19	4	4	2	16	12	5	1	3	11	8	27	32	L	D	W	D	D	1997-12-03	Walsall	H
6	0	Northampton Town	21	6	3	2	14	7	2	5	3	9	8	23	32	D	L	L	W	L	1997-12-13	Preston North End	A
7	0	York City	21	7	0	3	17	10	1	6	4	9	14	26	30	D	L	L	D	W	1997-12-13	Wrexham	H
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	5	5	1	12	7	2	4	4	11	14	23	30	D	D	W	W	L	1997-12-13	Walsall	A
9	0	Blackpool	21	6	4	1	18	12	2	1	7	11	20	29	29	D	L	W	D	W	1997-12-13	Brentford	A
10	1	Wrexham	20	5	4	1	16	10	2	4	4	11	13	27	29	D	D	D	D	W	1997-12-13	York City	A
11	1	Preston North End	21	5	1	4	12	8	3	3	5	15	13	27	28	L	W	W	L	W	1997-12-13	Northampton Town	H
12	-2	Bristol Rovers	21	4	1	5	14	15	3	6	2	13	14	27	28	L	W	D	W	L	1997-12-12	Grimsby Town	H
13	1	Fulham	21	5	5	1	14	7	2	2	6	10	16	24	28	D	L	W	D	W	1997-12-13	Carlisle United	A
14	-1	Grimsby Town	20	4	4	2	13	6	3	3	4	10	12	23	28	D	W	W	L	D	1997-12-12	Bristol Rovers	A
15	0	Gillingham	21	5	3	2	13	11	2	3	6	13	19	26	27	D	L	L	D	L	1997-12-13	Southend United	H
16	1	Wycombe Wanderers	21	4	5	1	15	10	1	3	7	13	23	28	23	D	D	L	D	L	1997-12-13	Oldham Athletic	H
17	-1	Walsall	19	5	4	1	14	6	1	1	7	7	18	21	23	W	W	D	D	L	1997-12-03	Millwall	A
18	3	Wigan Athletic	20	5	3	2	21	16	1	1	8	7	17	28	22	W	L	L	L	L	1997-12-13	Burnley	A
19	3	Southend United	21	5	4	2	12	11	1	0	9	9	27	21	22	W	L	D	L	W	1997-12-13	Gillingham	A
20	-2	Plymouth Argyle	21	3	4	3	16	14	1	5	5	8	15	24	21	D	L	D	L	W	1997-12-13	Millwall	H
21	-1	Luton Town	20	3	2	6	14	21	2	4	3	7	10	21	21	D	W	L	L	L	1997-12-13	Chesterfield	A
22	-3	Burnley	21	3	6	1	13	10	1	2	8	10	21	23	20	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-13	Wigan Athletic	H
23	0	Brentford	21	4	3	3	15	12	0	4	7	6	22	21	19	D	D	D	L	L	1997-12-13	Blackpool	H
24	0	Carlisle United	21	2	2	6	7	17	2	2	7	17	24	24	16	L	L	L	L	D	1997-12-13	Fulham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Chester City	Belle Vue	864
Helliwell, Smith M	Lineups		Jones
Exeter City	1	2	Lincoln City	St James Park	4,224
Williams	Lineups		Thorpe, Brown SR
Hartlepool United	2	2	Hull City	Victoria Park	1,933
Beech, Lucas	Lineups		Joyce, Hodges
Leyton Orient	2	0	Barnet	Brisbane Road	2,611
Smith, Hanson	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	0	Cambridge United	London Road	10,791
Quinn	Lineups
Swansea City	1	1	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	2,463
Coates	Lineups		Garner
Torquay United	2	1	Mansfield Town	Plainmoor	1,440
Gurney, Thomas	Lineups		Peacock

				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	21	5	4	1	13	9	6	3	2	10	7	23	40	W	D	W	W	D	1997-12-13	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Peterborough United	21	7	3	1	21	8	3	6	1	18	11	39	39	W	D	D	D	D	1997-12-13	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Exeter City	21	4	5	2	14	11	5	3	2	16	12	30	35	L	D	D	W	D	1997-12-12	Cambridge United	A
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	1	Rotherham United	21	5	3	2	20	16	3	5	3	14	15	34	32	D	W	W	L	W	1997-12-13	Torquay United	H
7	-1	Barnet	21	5	3	3	17	11	4	2	4	14	17	31	32	L	W	L	D	D	1997-12-13	Macclesfield Town	H
8	1	Hartlepool United	21	6	5	0	19	9	1	6	3	11	14	30	32	D	L	W	W	D	1997-12-13	Lincoln City	A
9	-1	Chester City	21	7	4	0	19	4	2	0	8	12	23	31	31	L	D	W	D	L	1997-12-13	Darlington	H
10	2	Torquay United	21	6	2	2	18	11	2	5	4	13	19	31	31	W	W	L	D	D	1997-12-13	Rotherham United	A
11	-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
12	-1	Scarborough	20	6	1	3	20	13	2	3	5	11	17	31	28	D	L	W	L	L	1997-12-06	Rochdale	H
13	3	Leyton Orient	21	5	3	3	12	9	2	4	4	9	10	21	28	W	D	D	L	W	1997-12-13	Shrewsbury Town	A
14	-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
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	0	Cambridge United	21	4	4	2	18	14	1	5	5	10	14	28	24	L	W	D	D	L	1997-12-12	Exeter City	H
18	0	Mansfield Town	21	4	4	2	19	14	2	2	7	7	12	26	24	L	D	D	L	W	1997-12-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	0	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	1	Swansea City	21	3	3	4	8	8	3	0	8	14	24	22	21	D	W	L	L	D	1997-12-13	Rochdale	A
21	-1	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
22	0	Hull City	21	4	3	3	20	18	1	1	9	8	21	28	19	D	W	L	L	L	1997-12-13	Colchester United	H
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	21	1	3	6	7	23	0	3	8	7	26	14	9	W	L	L	L	D	1997-12-13	Notts County	A