Saturday 1997-12-13

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Highbury	38,147
Overmars	Lineups		Wilcox, Gallacher, Sherwood
Barnsley	2	2	Newcastle United	Oakwell	18,694
Redfearn, Hendrie	Lineups		Gillespie 2
Chelsea	0	0	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	34,779
	Lineups
Coventry City	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	19,490
Huckerby 2, Breen, Hall	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	3	Liverpool	Selhurst Park	25,790
	Lineups		McManaman, Owen, Leonhardsen
Everton	0	0	Wimbledon	Goodison Park	28,533
	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Leicester City	The Dell	15,121
Le Tissier, Benali	Lineups		Savage
West Ham United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Upton Park	24,344
Kitson	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	0	Manchester United	17	7	1	0	27	4	4	3	2	16	9	30	37	W	W	W	L	W	1997-12-15	Aston Villa	H
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	2	1	20	10	4	4	1	13	9	14	36	W	W	L	W	W	1997-12-20	West Ham United	H
3	-1	Chelsea	18	6	1	1	16	6	5	1	4	25	12	23	35	D	W	W	W	L	1997-12-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	1	Leeds United	18	4	2	3	13	11	5	2	2	13	8	7	31	D	D	W	W	W	1997-12-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	-1	Arsenal	18	5	2	2	19	7	3	4	2	13	14	11	30	L	W	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Leicester City	H
6	2	Liverpool	17	5	0	3	19	9	3	4	2	11	8	13	28	W	L	W	L	W	1997-12-20	Coventry City	H
7	-1	Leicester City	18	3	5	2	12	9	4	1	3	11	8	6	27	L	D	W	D	L	1997-12-20	Everton	H
8	-1	Derby County	16	6	2	0	19	5	2	0	6	11	19	6	26	W	L	W	L	W	1997-12-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Newcastle United	16	5	2	2	12	10	2	2	3	8	11	-1	25	D	L	L	W	W	1997-12-17	Derby County	H
10	1	West Ham United	18	7	0	1	17	6	1	1	8	8	22	-3	25	W	L	W	W	L	1997-12-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	-1	Wimbledon	18	3	2	5	11	14	3	3	2	8	7	-2	23	D	W	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Chelsea	A
12	0	Aston Villa	17	4	1	3	11	12	2	2	5	8	11	-4	21	W	L	W	D	L	1997-12-15	Manchester United	A
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	1	3	17	13	1	2	6	13	26	-9	21	L	W	W	W	W	1997-12-20	Chelsea	H
14	2	Coventry City	18	3	6	1	14	10	1	2	5	3	14	-7	20	W	L	L	L	D	1997-12-20	Liverpool	A
15	-1	Crystal Palace	18	0	3	5	5	14	5	2	3	12	11	-8	20	L	D	L	L	W	1997-12-20	Derby County	A
16	1	Southampton	18	5	1	4	17	14	1	0	7	5	14	-6	19	W	L	L	L	W	1997-12-20	Aston Villa	A
17	-2	Bolton Wanderers	17	3	4	1	5	3	1	3	5	8	21	-11	19	L	W	W	D	L	1997-12-14	Derby County	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	2	4	8	14	1	2	6	6	18	-18	16	L	L	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Barnsley	H
19	0	Everton	18	3	2	4	11	13	0	3	6	5	14	-11	14	D	D	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Leicester City	A
20	0	Barnsley	18	2	2	5	10	20	2	0	7	7	27	-30	14	D	L	L	W	L	1997-12-20	Tottenham Hotspur	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Manchester City	St Andrew's	21,014
Forster, O'Connor	Lineups		Shelia
Bradford City	1	0	Bury	Valley Parade	15,812
McGinlay	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Port Vale	The Valley	11,077
Newton	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Norwich City	Kirklees Stadium	11,436
Stewart	Lineups		Forbes, Bellamy, Grant
Ipswich Town	2	0	Portsmouth	Portman Road	11,641
Cundy, Johnson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	0	Reading	Riverside Stadium	29,876
Hignett 2, Beck 2	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Swindon Town	Bramall Lane	18,015
Holdsworth, Saunders	Lineups		Finney
Stockport County	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	7,903
Byrne, Cooper, Angell	Lineups		Aldridge
Stoke City	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Britannia Stadium	14,623
	Lineups		Smith S, Little
Sunderland	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Stadium of Light	28,879
Phillips, Johnston	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	Middlesbrough	22	7	2	2	20	7	6	4	1	19	10	39	45	W	W	D	W	D	1997-12-20	Manchester City	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	21	8	2	1	25	11	4	4	2	9	7	34	42	D	W	D	W	W	1997-12-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	1	Sheffield United	22	8	3	0	21	9	3	5	3	12	12	33	41	W	L	L	W	W	1997-12-20	Bury	A
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	22	8	1	2	13	6	4	3	4	12	13	25	40	L	W	L	L	W	1997-12-20	Huddersfield Town	H
5	1	Charlton Athletic	22	8	2	1	24	12	3	3	5	17	17	41	38	W	W	L	W	L	1997-12-20	Portsmouth	A
6	-1	Swindon Town	22	8	2	1	22	9	3	2	6	9	21	31	37	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Birmingham City	H
7	0	Sunderland	21	5	4	2	17	8	5	2	3	15	13	32	36	W	W	W	D	W	1997-12-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	0	Stockport County	22	7	4	0	24	11	3	1	7	14	19	38	35	W	L	W	W	W	1997-12-20	Nottingham Forest	A
9	1	Bradford City	22	6	4	2	13	11	2	5	3	9	10	22	33	W	D	W	L	D	1997-12-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	6	4	0	19	10	3	1	7	8	15	27	32	L	W	W	D	L	1997-12-14	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Birmingham City	22	5	3	3	12	7	3	4	4	11	11	23	31	W	W	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Swindon Town	A
12	3	Norwich City	22	4	3	4	11	17	4	2	5	12	15	23	29	W	W	D	L	W	1997-12-20	Stoke City	H
13	-1	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	4	2	14	10	2	2	7	13	26	27	27	L	L	D	L	W	1997-12-21	Bradford City	H
14	-1	Port Vale	22	4	4	3	13	8	3	1	7	12	19	25	26	L	L	L	D	L	1997-12-20	Ipswich Town	H
15	-1	Stoke City	22	4	2	4	13	12	3	3	6	11	18	24	26	L	L	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Norwich City	A
16	4	Ipswich Town	21	4	3	3	13	11	1	6	4	11	13	24	24	W	D	D	L	W	1997-12-20	Port Vale	A
17	-1	Reading	22	4	2	5	16	18	2	4	5	5	17	21	24	L	W	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	-1	Oxford United	22	5	3	3	15	11	1	2	8	12	22	27	23	W	L	W	L	D	1997-12-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	2	3	18	12	1	2	8	10	20	28	22	L	D	L	W	W	1997-12-20	Oxford United	H
20	4	Crewe Alexandra	22	2	2	7	12	20	4	1	6	14	16	26	21	W	L	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Sunderland	H
21	-2	Manchester City	22	3	3	5	14	11	2	3	6	10	16	24	21	L	L	W	L	W	1997-12-20	Middlesbrough	H
22	-1	Bury	22	3	5	3	10	11	1	4	6	11	20	21	21	L	L	L	D	D	1997-12-20	Sheffield United	H
23	-1	Portsmouth	21	4	2	5	17	19	1	3	6	9	15	26	20	L	W	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Charlton Athletic	H
24	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	3	3	5	11	15	2	2	7	11	22	22	20	L	W	W	L	W	1997-12-20	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	1	Blackpool	Griffin Park	3,725
Taylor, Townley 2	Lineups		Preece
Burnley	0	2	Wigan Athletic	Turf Moor	9,520
	Lineups		Lee, Jones
Carlisle United	2	0	Fulham	Brunton Park	4,574
Stevens 2	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	0	Luton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,358
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	4,774
Southall	Lineups		Boere, Coulbault
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Millwall	Home Park	4,460
Collins, Billy, Corazzin (p)	Lineups
Preston North End	1	0	Northampton Town	Deepdale	7,448
Macken	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Bescot Stadium	3,548
Boli, Hodge	Lineups		Robinson
Watford	1	1	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	16,072
Noel-Williams	Lineups		Goater
Wycombe Wanderers	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Adams Park	5,327
Scott, McGavin	Lineups		Barlow
York City	1	0	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	2,871
Barras	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	22	8	2	1	20	9	7	3	1	17	6	37	50	D	D	W	W	W	1997-12-20	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Bristol City	22	9	1	1	22	8	5	3	3	17	10	39	46	D	W	W	W	W	1997-12-20	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	22	8	3	0	26	12	1	4	6	11	17	37	34	L	W	W	D	L	1997-12-19	Walsall	H
4	0	Chesterfield	22	6	4	1	14	8	2	6	3	8	9	22	34	D	D	W	D	W	1997-12-20	Bristol City	A
5	3	York City	22	8	0	3	18	10	1	6	4	9	14	27	33	W	D	L	L	D	1997-12-19	Southend United	A
6	-1	Millwall	21	4	4	3	16	13	5	1	4	11	11	27	32	L	L	L	D	W	1997-12-20	Wycombe Wanderers	H
7	-1	Northampton Town	22	6	3	2	14	7	2	5	4	9	9	23	32	L	D	L	L	W	1997-12-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	4	Preston North End	22	6	1	4	13	8	3	3	5	15	13	28	31	W	L	W	W	L	1997-12-20	Blackpool	A
9	-2	Grimsby Town	21	4	4	2	13	6	4	3	4	14	12	27	31	W	D	W	W	L	1997-12-20	Carlisle United	H
10	-1	AFC Bournemouth	22	5	5	1	12	7	2	4	5	12	16	24	30	L	D	D	W	W	1997-12-20	Watford	H
11	-1	Blackpool	22	6	4	1	18	12	2	1	8	12	23	30	29	L	D	L	W	D	1997-12-20	Preston North End	H
12	-1	Wrexham	21	5	4	1	16	10	2	4	5	11	14	27	29	L	D	D	D	D	1997-12-20	Gillingham	H
13	3	Walsall	21	6	4	1	16	7	2	1	7	8	18	24	29	W	W	W	W	D	1997-12-19	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-1	Bristol Rovers	22	4	1	6	14	19	3	6	2	13	14	27	28	L	L	W	D	W	1997-12-20	Luton Town	A
15	-1	Fulham	22	5	5	1	14	7	2	2	7	10	18	24	28	L	D	L	W	D	1997-12-19	Burnley	H
16	-1	Gillingham	22	5	3	3	14	13	2	3	6	13	19	27	27	L	D	L	L	D	1997-12-20	Wrexham	A
17	0	Wycombe Wanderers	22	5	5	1	17	11	1	3	7	13	23	30	26	W	D	D	L	D	1997-12-20	Millwall	A
18	0	Wigan Athletic	21	5	3	2	21	16	2	1	8	9	17	30	25	W	W	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Brentford	H
19	0	Southend United	22	5	4	2	12	11	2	0	9	11	28	23	25	W	W	L	D	L	1997-12-19	York City	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	4	3	19	14	1	5	5	8	15	27	24	W	D	L	D	L	1997-12-20	Northampton Town	A
21	2	Brentford	22	5	3	3	18	13	0	4	7	6	22	24	22	W	D	D	D	L	1997-12-20	Wigan Athletic	A
22	-1	Luton Town	21	3	2	6	14	21	2	5	3	7	10	21	22	D	D	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Bristol Rovers	H
23	-1	Burnley	22	3	6	2	13	12	1	2	8	10	21	23	20	L	L	W	L	L	1997-12-19	Fulham	A
24	0	Carlisle United	22	3	2	6	9	17	2	2	7	17	24	26	19	W	L	L	L	L	1997-12-20	Grimsby Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	3	1	Macclesfield Town	Underhill Stadium	1,710
Searle, Adams, Devine	Lineups		Wood
Cardiff City	0	0	Peterborough United	Ninian Park	3,488
	Lineups
Chester City	2	1	Darlington	Deva Stadium	1,812
McDonald, Alsford	Lineups		Davidson OG
Hull City	3	1	Colchester United	Boothferry Park	3,896
Dewhurst, Rioch (p), Darby	Lineups		Adcock
Lincoln City	1	1	Hartlepool United	Sincil Bank	2,849
Cullen OG	Lineups		Cullen
Mansfield Town	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Field Mill	2,197
Whitehall	Lineups		Minton
Notts County	5	2	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane	4,024
Baraclough 2 (1p), Utley OG, Finnan, Farrell	Lineups		Pell, Smith M (p)
Rochdale	3	0	Swansea City	Spotland	1,482
Painter 2, Leonard	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Torquay United	Millmoor	3,636
	Lineups		Gibbs (p)
Scunthorpe United	1	3	Scarborough	Glanford Park	2,535
D'Auria	Lineups		Williams 2 (1p), Conway
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Leyton Orient	Gay Meadow	2,137
Steele	Lineups		Smith, Simpson

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Notts County	22	5	4	2	18	13	6	4	1	16	10	34	41	W	W	D	D	L	1997-12-20	Torquay United	A
2	-1	Lincoln City	22	5	5	1	14	10	6	3	2	10	7	24	41	D	W	D	W	W	1997-12-20	Peterborough United	A
3	-1	Peterborough United	22	7	3	1	21	8	3	7	1	18	11	39	40	D	W	D	D	D	1997-12-20	Lincoln City	H
4	3	Barnet	22	6	3	3	20	12	4	2	4	14	17	34	35	W	L	W	L	D	1997-12-19	Scarborough	A
5	-1	Exeter City	22	4	5	2	14	11	5	3	3	17	14	31	35	L	L	D	D	W	1997-12-20	Rochdale	H
6	3	Scarborough	22	7	1	3	21	13	3	3	5	14	18	35	34	W	W	D	L	W	1997-12-19	Barnet	H
7	3	Chester City	22	8	4	0	21	5	2	0	8	12	23	33	34	W	L	D	W	D	1997-12-19	Colchester United	A
8	3	Torquay United	22	6	2	2	18	11	3	5	4	14	19	32	34	W	W	W	L	D	1997-12-20	Notts County	H
9	-1	Hartlepool United	22	6	5	0	19	9	1	7	3	12	15	31	33	D	D	L	W	W	1997-12-20	Mansfield Town	H
10	-5	Scunthorpe United	21	4	4	3	13	13	5	2	3	16	14	29	33	L	L	W	W	D	1997-12-20	Darlington	A
11	-5	Rotherham United	22	5	3	3	20	17	3	5	3	14	15	34	32	L	D	W	W	L	1997-12-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	1	Leyton Orient	22	5	3	3	12	9	3	4	4	11	11	23	31	W	W	D	D	L	1997-12-20	Hull City	H
13	-1	Macclesfield Town	21	7	3	0	19	6	0	6	5	10	17	29	30	L	D	W	L	W	1997-12-20	Cardiff City	H
14	2	Cardiff City	21	2	8	2	11	12	3	5	1	9	7	20	28	D	D	W	W	D	1997-12-20	Macclesfield Town	A
15	-1	Cambridge United	22	5	4	2	20	15	1	5	5	10	14	30	27	W	L	W	D	D	1997-12-20	Swansea City	A
16	-1	Colchester United	21	5	3	2	16	11	2	3	6	14	20	30	27	L	L	L	W	L	1997-12-19	Chester City	H
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	6	0	5	17	15	1	5	4	15	17	32	26	L	L	D	W	W	1997-12-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	1	Rochdale	22	7	1	3	19	6	1	1	9	8	20	27	26	W	L	L	W	L	1997-12-20	Exeter City	A
19	-1	Mansfield Town	22	4	5	2	20	15	2	2	7	7	12	27	25	D	L	D	D	L	1997-12-20	Hartlepool United	A
20	2	Hull City	22	5	3	3	23	19	1	1	9	8	21	31	22	W	D	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Leyton Orient	A
21	-1	Swansea City	22	3	3	4	8	8	3	0	9	14	27	22	21	L	D	W	L	L	1997-12-20	Cambridge United	H
22	-1	Darlington	21	4	5	1	17	11	0	3	8	7	21	24	20	L	L	D	W	D	1997-12-20	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	1	3	7	7	16	2	4	5	9	14	16	16	D	L	W	L	D	1997-12-20	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	1	3	6	7	23	0	3	9	9	31	16	9	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-19	Rotherham United	H