Saturday 1997-12-20

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Southampton	Villa Park	29,343
Taylor	Lineups		Ostenstad
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	West Ham United	Ewood Park	21,653
Ripley, Duff 2	Lineups
Derby County	0	0	Crystal Palace	Pride Park	26,590
	Lineups
Leeds United	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Elland Road	31,184
Ribeiro, Hasselbaink	Lineups
Leicester City	0	1	Everton	Filbert Street	20,628
	Lineups		Speed (p)
Liverpool	1	0	Coventry City	Anfield Road	39,707
Owen	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	4	Chelsea	Hillsborough	28,334
Pembridge	Lineups		Petrescu, Vialli, Leboeuf (p), Flo
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Barnsley	White Hart Lane	28,232
Nielsen, Ginola 2	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	18	8	1	0	28	4	4	3	2	16	9	31	40	W	W	W	W	L	1997-12-21	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	7	2	1	23	10	4	4	1	13	9	17	39	W	W	W	L	W	1997-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Chelsea	19	6	1	1	16	6	6	1	4	29	13	26	38	W	D	W	W	W	1997-12-26	Wimbledon	H
4	0	Leeds United	19	5	2	3	15	11	5	2	2	13	8	9	34	W	D	D	W	W	1997-12-26	Liverpool	A
5	1	Liverpool	18	6	0	3	20	9	3	4	2	11	8	14	31	W	W	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Leeds United	H
6	-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
7	0	Derby County	19	6	3	0	19	5	2	2	6	14	22	6	29	D	D	D	W	L	1997-12-26	Newcastle United	H
8	0	Leicester City	19	3	5	3	12	10	4	1	3	11	8	5	27	L	L	D	W	D	1997-12-26	Arsenal	A
9	0	Newcastle United	17	5	3	2	12	10	2	2	3	8	11	-1	26	D	D	L	L	W	1997-12-21	Manchester United	H
10	0	West Ham United	19	7	0	1	17	6	1	1	9	8	25	-6	25	L	W	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Coventry City	H
11	0	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	19	4	2	3	12	13	2	2	6	8	12	-5	22	D	L	W	L	W	1997-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	2	Crystal Palace	19	0	3	5	5	14	5	3	3	12	11	-8	21	D	L	D	L	L	1997-12-26	Southampton	H
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	1	4	18	17	1	2	6	13	26	-12	21	L	L	W	W	W	1997-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	2	Southampton	19	5	1	4	17	14	1	1	7	6	15	-6	20	D	W	L	L	L	1997-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
16	-2	Coventry City	19	3	6	1	14	10	1	2	6	3	15	-8	20	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-26	West Ham United	A
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	19	3	5	1	8	6	1	3	6	8	23	-13	20	L	D	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Barnsley	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	4	2	4	11	14	1	2	6	6	18	-15	19	W	L	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Aston Villa	A
19	0	Everton	19	3	2	4	11	13	1	3	6	6	14	-10	17	W	D	D	L	L	1997-12-26	Manchester United	A
20	0	Barnsley	19	2	2	5	10	20	2	0	8	7	30	-33	14	L	D	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	1	1	Sheffield United	Gigg Lane	6,012
Johnrose	Lineups		Deane
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Sunderland	Gresty Road	5,404
	Lineups		Phillips, Summerbee, Quinn
Manchester City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	28,097
Rosler (p), Dickov	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Stoke City	Carrow Road	12,265
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Stockport County	City Ground	16,701
van Hooijdonk (p), Stone	Lineups		Armstrong
Port Vale	1	3	Ipswich Town	Vale Park	5,784
Foyle	Lineups		Mathie 2, Johnson
Portsmouth	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	8,581
	Lineups		Robinson, Leaburn
Reading	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elm Park	11,715
	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Birmingham City	County Ground	10,334
Finney	Lineups		Forster
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Oxford United	Prenton Park	5,181
	Lineups		Massey, Robinson
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Huddersfield Town	The Hawthorns	14,619
	Lineups		Dalton 2

				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	23	7	2	2	20	7	6	4	2	19	12	39	45	L	W	W	D	W	1997-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	23	9	2	1	27	12	4	4	3	10	9	37	45	W	L	D	W	D	1997-12-26	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Sheffield United	23	8	3	0	21	9	3	6	3	13	13	34	42	D	W	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Stoke City	A
4	1	Charlton Athletic	23	8	2	1	24	12	4	3	5	19	17	43	41	W	W	W	L	W	1997-12-26	Norwich City	H
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	1	3	13	8	4	3	4	12	13	25	40	L	L	W	L	L	1997-12-26	Reading	A
6	1	Sunderland	22	5	4	2	17	8	6	2	3	18	13	35	39	W	W	W	W	D	1997-12-26	Bradford City	H
7	-1	Swindon Town	23	8	3	1	23	10	3	2	6	9	21	32	38	D	L	W	L	L	1997-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	7	4	0	21	11	3	2	7	8	15	29	36	D	W	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Oxford United	H
9	-1	Stockport County	23	7	4	0	24	11	3	1	8	15	21	39	35	L	W	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Port Vale	H
10	0	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
11	0	Birmingham City	23	5	3	3	12	7	3	5	4	12	12	24	32	D	W	W	W	L	1997-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
12	0	Norwich City	23	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	5	12	15	23	30	D	W	W	D	L	1997-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
13	3	Ipswich Town	22	4	3	3	13	11	2	6	4	14	14	27	27	W	W	D	D	L	1997-12-26	Birmingham City	H
14	-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
15	0	Stoke City	23	4	2	4	13	12	3	4	6	11	18	24	27	D	L	L	L	L	1997-12-26	Sheffield United	H
16	2	Oxford United	23	5	3	3	15	11	2	2	8	14	22	29	26	W	W	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	-3	Port Vale	23	4	4	4	14	11	3	1	7	12	19	26	26	L	L	L	L	D	1997-12-26	Stockport County	A
18	-1	Reading	23	4	3	5	16	18	2	4	5	5	17	21	25	D	L	W	W	L	1997-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	2	Manchester City	23	4	3	5	16	11	2	3	6	10	16	26	24	W	L	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	4	Huddersfield Town	23	3	3	5	11	15	3	2	7	13	22	24	23	W	L	W	W	L	1997-12-26	Middlesbrough	H
21	-2	Tranmere Rovers	22	5	2	4	18	14	1	2	8	10	20	28	22	L	L	D	L	W	1997-12-26	Bury	H
22	0	Bury	23	3	6	3	11	12	1	4	6	11	20	22	22	D	L	L	L	D	1997-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	-3	Crewe Alexandra	23	2	2	8	12	23	4	1	6	14	16	26	21	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-26	Manchester City	H
24	-1	Portsmouth	22	4	2	6	17	21	1	3	6	9	15	26	20	L	L	W	W	L	1997-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Watford	Dean Court	6,231
	Lineups		Kennedy
Blackpool	2	1	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	8,342
Preece, Philpott	Lineups		Holt
Bristol City	1	0	Chesterfield	Ashton Gate	11,791
Bell (p)	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Carlisle United	Blundell Park	6,666
McDermott	Lineups
Luton Town	2	4	Bristol Rovers	Kenilworth Road	5,266
Allen C, Oldfield	Lineups		Cureton, Hayles 2, Beadle
Millwall	1	0	Wycombe Wanderers	The Den	6,092
Shaw	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Sixfields Stadium	5,546
Freestone 2	Lineups		Corazzin
Wigan Athletic	4	0	Brentford	Springfield Park	3,301
Lowe, Smeets 2, Kilford	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Gillingham	Racecourse Ground	2,834
	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	23	8	2	1	20	9	8	3	1	18	6	38	53	W	D	D	W	W	1997-12-26	Wycombe Wanderers	A
2	0	Bristol City	23	10	1	1	23	8	5	3	3	17	10	40	49	W	D	W	W	W	1997-12-26	Millwall	H
3	0	Oldham Athletic	23	8	4	0	26	12	1	4	6	11	17	37	35	D	L	W	W	D	1997-12-26	Preston North End	A
4	2	Millwall	22	5	4	3	17	13	5	1	4	11	11	28	35	W	L	L	L	D	1997-12-26	Bristol City	A
5	2	Northampton Town	23	7	3	2	16	8	2	5	4	9	9	25	35	W	L	D	L	L	1997-12-26	Luton Town	A
6	-2	York City	23	8	0	3	18	10	1	7	4	13	18	31	34	D	W	D	L	L	1997-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
7	2	Grimsby Town	22	5	4	2	14	6	4	3	4	14	12	28	34	W	W	D	W	W	1997-12-26	York City	A
8	-3	Chesterfield	23	6	4	1	14	8	2	6	4	8	10	22	34	L	D	D	W	D	1997-12-26	Burnley	A
9	4	Blackpool	23	7	4	1	20	13	2	1	8	12	23	32	32	W	L	D	L	W	1997-12-26	Carlisle United	A
10	5	Bristol Rovers	23	4	1	6	14	19	4	6	2	17	16	31	31	W	L	L	W	D	1997-12-26	Walsall	A
11	-3	Preston North End	23	6	1	4	13	8	3	3	6	16	15	29	31	L	W	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-2	Fulham	23	6	5	1	15	7	2	2	7	10	18	25	31	W	L	D	L	W	1997-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
13	1	Wrexham	22	5	5	1	16	10	2	4	5	11	14	27	30	D	L	D	D	D	1997-12-26	Wigan Athletic	H
14	-3	AFC Bournemouth	23	5	5	2	12	8	2	4	5	12	16	24	30	L	L	D	D	W	1997-12-26	Gillingham	H
15	-3	Walsall	22	6	4	1	16	7	2	2	7	8	18	24	30	D	W	W	W	W	1997-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
16	3	Wigan Athletic	22	6	3	2	25	16	2	1	8	9	17	34	28	W	W	W	L	L	1997-12-26	Wrexham	A
17	-1	Gillingham	23	5	3	3	14	13	2	4	6	13	19	27	28	D	L	D	L	L	1997-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
18	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	23	5	5	1	17	11	1	3	8	13	24	30	26	L	W	D	D	L	1997-12-26	Watford	H
19	-1	Southend United	23	5	5	2	16	15	2	0	9	11	28	27	26	D	W	W	L	D	1997-12-26	Brentford	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	4	4	3	19	14	1	5	6	9	17	28	24	L	W	D	L	D	1997-12-26	Fulham	H
21	0	Brentford	23	5	3	3	18	13	0	4	8	6	26	24	22	L	W	D	D	D	1997-12-26	Southend United	H
22	0	Luton Town	22	3	2	7	16	25	2	5	3	7	10	23	22	L	D	D	W	L	1997-12-26	Northampton Town	H
23	0	Burnley	23	3	6	2	13	12	1	2	9	10	22	23	20	L	L	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Carlisle United	23	3	2	6	9	17	2	2	8	17	25	26	19	L	W	L	L	L	1997-12-26	Blackpool	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	1,917
	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Feethams Ground	2,267
Crosby	Lineups
Exeter City	3	0	Rochdale	St James Park	3,378
Tisdale, Devlin, Richardson (p)	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	2	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	2,309
Halliday, Howard	Lineups		Christie, Sedgemore
Leyton Orient	2	1	Hull City	Brisbane Road	4,020
Smith, Harris	Lineups		Wright
Macclesfield Town	1	0	Cardiff City	Moss Rose	2,403
Wood	Lineups
Peterborough United	5	1	Lincoln City	London Road	8,771
Carruthers 2, Farrell 2, Thorpe OG	Lineups		Thorpe
Swansea City	1	1	Cambridge United	Vetch Field	2,605
Watkin	Lineups		Wilson (p)
Torquay United	0	2	Notts County	Plainmoor	2,536
	Lineups		Farrell 2

				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	Notts County	23	5	4	2	18	13	7	4	1	18	10	36	44	W	W	W	D	D	1997-12-26	Scunthorpe United	A
2	1	Peterborough United	23	8	3	1	26	9	3	7	1	18	11	44	43	W	D	W	D	D	1997-12-26	Barnet	A
3	-1	Lincoln City	23	5	5	1	14	10	6	3	3	11	12	25	41	L	D	W	D	W	1997-12-26	Rotherham United	H
4	3	Exeter City	23	5	5	2	17	11	5	3	3	17	14	34	38	W	L	L	D	D	1997-12-26	Cardiff City	A
5	-1	Scarborough	23	8	1	3	22	13	3	3	5	14	18	36	37	W	W	W	D	L	1997-12-26	Hartlepool United	A
6	-1	Rotherham United	23	5	3	3	20	17	4	5	3	17	15	37	35	W	L	D	W	W	1997-12-26	Lincoln City	A
7	-1	Barnet	23	6	3	3	20	12	4	2	5	14	18	34	35	L	W	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Peterborough United	H
8	2	Hartlepool United	23	6	6	0	21	11	1	7	3	12	15	33	34	D	D	D	L	W	1997-12-26	Scarborough	H
9	-1	Chester City	23	8	4	0	21	5	2	0	9	12	25	33	34	L	W	L	D	W	1997-12-26	Hull City	A
10	-1	Torquay United	23	6	2	3	18	13	3	5	4	14	19	32	34	L	W	W	W	L	1997-12-26	Swansea City	H
11	1	Leyton Orient	23	6	3	3	14	10	3	4	4	11	11	25	34	W	W	W	D	D	1997-12-26	Cambridge United	A
12	2	Macclesfield Town	22	8	3	0	20	6	0	6	5	10	17	30	33	W	L	D	W	L	1997-12-26	Darlington	A
13	-2	Scunthorpe United	22	4	4	3	13	13	5	2	4	16	15	29	33	L	L	L	W	W	1997-12-26	Notts County	H
14	-1	Colchester United	22	6	3	2	18	11	2	3	6	14	20	32	30	W	L	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	1	Cambridge United	23	5	4	2	20	15	1	6	5	11	15	31	28	D	W	L	W	D	1997-12-26	Leyton Orient	H
16	-1	Cardiff City	22	2	8	2	11	12	3	5	2	9	8	20	28	L	D	D	W	W	1997-12-26	Exeter City	H
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	6	0	5	17	15	1	6	4	15	17	32	27	D	L	L	D	W	1997-12-26	Rochdale	A
18	1	Mansfield Town	23	4	5	2	20	15	2	3	7	9	14	29	26	D	D	L	D	D	1997-12-28	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Rochdale	23	7	1	3	19	6	1	1	10	8	23	27	26	L	W	L	L	W	1997-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
20	2	Darlington	22	5	5	1	18	11	0	3	8	7	21	25	23	W	L	L	D	W	1997-12-26	Macclesfield Town	H
21	-1	Hull City	23	5	3	3	23	19	1	1	10	9	23	32	22	L	W	D	W	L	1997-12-26	Chester City	H
22	-1	Swansea City	23	3	4	4	9	9	3	0	9	14	27	23	22	D	L	D	W	L	1997-12-26	Torquay United	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	1	4	7	7	16	2	4	5	9	14	16	17	D	D	L	W	L	1997-12-26	Colchester United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	1	3	7	7	26	0	3	9	9	31	16	9	L	L	W	L	L	1997-12-28	Leyton Orient	A