Sunday 1997-12-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Derby County	Oakwell	18,686
Ward	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Crystal Palace	Ewood Park	23,872
Gallacher, Sutton	Lineups		Dyer, Warhurst
Coventry City	3	2	Manchester United	Highfield Road	23,055
Whelan, Dublin (p), Huckerby	Lineups		Solskjaer, Sheringham
Everton	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park	37,149
Ferguson 3	Lineups		Bergsson, Sellars
Leeds United	1	1	Aston Villa	Elland Road	36,909
Hasselbaink	Lineups		Milosevic
Leicester City	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Filbert Street	20,800
Guppy	Lineups		Booth
Newcastle United	1	2	Liverpool	St James' Park	36,702
Watson	Lineups		McManaman 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	29,601
Nielsen	Lineups		Parlour
Wimbledon	1	2	West Ham United	Selhurst Park	22,087
Solbakken	Lineups		Kitson, Kimble OG

				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	21	9	1	0	30	4	5	3	3	19	12	33	46	L	W	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	3	1	25	12	4	5	1	13	9	17	41	D	D	W	W	W	1998-01-11	Derby County	A
3	0	Chelsea	20	6	2	1	17	7	6	1	4	29	13	26	39	D	W	D	W	W	1997-12-29	Southampton	A
4	0	Liverpool	20	7	0	3	23	10	4	4	2	13	9	17	37	W	W	W	W	L	1998-01-10	Wimbledon	H
5	0	Leeds United	21	5	3	3	16	12	5	2	3	14	11	7	35	D	L	W	D	D	1998-01-10	Arsenal	A
6	0	Arsenal	20	6	2	2	21	8	3	5	2	14	15	12	34	D	W	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Leeds United	H
7	0	Derby County	21	7	3	0	20	5	2	2	7	14	23	6	32	L	W	D	D	D	1998-01-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	0	West Ham United	21	8	0	1	18	6	2	1	9	10	26	-4	31	W	W	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Barnsley	H
9	0	Leicester City	21	3	6	3	13	11	4	1	4	12	10	4	28	D	L	L	L	D	1998-01-10	Aston Villa	A
10	1	Aston Villa	21	5	2	3	16	14	2	3	6	9	13	-2	26	D	W	D	L	W	1998-01-10	Leicester City	H
11	-1	Newcastle United	20	5	3	4	13	13	2	2	4	8	12	-4	26	L	L	L	D	D	1998-01-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	0	Wimbledon	20	3	2	6	12	16	3	4	2	9	8	-3	24	L	D	D	W	L	1998-01-10	Liverpool	A
13	4	Coventry City	21	4	6	1	17	12	1	2	7	3	16	-8	23	W	L	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Chelsea	A
14	-1	Crystal Palace	21	0	4	5	6	15	5	4	3	14	13	-8	23	D	D	D	L	D	1998-01-10	Everton	H
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	21	5	2	4	18	17	1	3	6	14	27	-12	23	D	D	L	L	W	1998-01-10	Newcastle United	H
16	-1	Southampton	20	5	1	4	17	14	1	2	7	7	16	-6	21	D	D	W	L	L	1997-12-29	Chelsea	H
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	21	3	6	1	9	7	1	3	7	10	26	-14	21	L	D	L	D	L	1998-01-10	Southampton	H
18	1	Everton	21	4	2	4	14	15	1	3	7	6	16	-11	20	W	L	W	D	D	1998-01-10	Crystal Palace	A
19	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	4	3	4	12	15	1	2	7	7	22	-18	20	D	L	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Manchester United	A
20	0	Barnsley	21	3	2	5	11	20	2	1	8	8	31	-32	18	W	D	L	D	L	1998-01-10	West Ham United	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	St Andrew's	19,533
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Valley Parade	17,842
Blake	Lineups		Dalton
Bury	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Gigg Lane	5,661
Patterson	Lineups		Adebola
Manchester City	2	3	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	31,839
Shelia, Dickov	Lineups		van Hooijdonk 2 (1p), Campbell
Middlesbrough	3	1	Stockport County	Riverside Stadium	30,166
Hignett, Beck 2	Lineups		Flynn
Oxford United	1	1	Sunderland	Manor Ground	8,659
Jemson (p)	Lineups		Phillips
Port Vale	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vale Park	10,898
	Lineups		Muscat, Freedman
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Reading	Loftus Road	13,015
Spencer	Lineups		Morley
Sheffield United	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	18,677
Taylor, Saunders, Deane, Marker	Lineups		Bright
Swindon Town	0	2	Ipswich Town	County Ground	10,609
	Lineups		Johnson (p), Petta
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Stoke City	The Hawthorns	17,690
Hunt	Lineups		Thorne

				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	25	8	2	2	23	8	7	4	2	20	12	43	51	W	W	L	W	W	1998-01-10	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	25	10	2	1	30	12	5	4	3	13	11	43	51	W	W	W	L	D	1998-01-10	Port Vale	H
3	1	Sheffield United	25	9	3	0	25	10	3	7	3	15	15	40	46	W	D	D	W	L	1998-01-10	Sunderland	A
4	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	9	2	1	26	13	4	3	6	20	21	46	44	L	W	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	Sunderland	24	6	4	2	19	8	6	3	3	19	14	38	43	D	W	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Sheffield United	H
6	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	8	4	0	22	11	4	2	7	10	15	32	42	W	W	D	W	L	1998-01-10	Norwich City	H
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	8	2	3	14	9	4	3	5	13	15	27	41	D	L	L	L	W	1998-01-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	0	Stockport County	25	8	4	0	27	11	3	1	9	16	24	43	38	L	W	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Bradford City	H
9	0	Swindon Town	25	8	3	2	23	12	3	2	7	9	24	32	38	L	L	D	L	W	1998-01-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	0	Birmingham City	25	5	4	3	12	7	4	5	4	13	12	25	36	D	W	D	W	W	1998-01-10	Stoke City	A
11	0	Bradford City	25	6	5	2	14	12	2	5	5	9	13	23	34	D	L	L	W	D	1998-01-10	Stockport County	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	6	5	2	16	11	2	2	8	14	29	30	31	D	L	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Ipswich Town	A
13	3	Ipswich Town	24	4	3	4	13	12	3	6	4	16	14	29	30	W	L	W	W	D	1998-01-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	-1	Norwich City	24	4	4	4	11	17	4	2	6	13	17	24	30	L	D	W	W	D	1997-12-30	Portsmouth	H
15	-1	Stoke City	25	4	3	4	15	14	3	5	6	12	19	27	29	D	D	D	L	L	1998-01-10	Birmingham City	H
16	-1	Reading	25	5	3	5	18	19	2	5	5	6	18	24	29	D	W	D	L	W	1998-01-10	Bury	H
17	0	Oxford United	25	5	4	3	16	12	2	2	9	14	23	30	27	D	L	W	W	L	1998-01-10	Huddersfield Town	A
18	0	Port Vale	25	4	4	5	14	13	3	1	8	12	22	26	26	L	L	L	L	L	1998-01-10	Nottingham Forest	A
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	3	2	8	13	23	4	2	6	15	17	28	25	D	W	L	W	L	1998-01-11	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Manchester City	25	4	3	6	18	14	2	3	7	10	17	28	24	L	L	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Portsmouth	A
21	1	Tranmere Rovers	24	5	3	4	18	14	1	3	8	10	20	28	24	D	D	L	L	D	1998-01-09	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	1	Huddersfield Town	25	3	3	6	11	16	3	3	7	14	23	25	24	D	L	W	L	W	1998-01-10	Oxford United	H
23	1	Bury	25	3	7	3	12	13	1	5	6	11	20	23	24	D	D	D	L	L	1998-01-10	Reading	A
24	-3	Portsmouth	23	5	2	6	20	22	1	3	6	9	15	29	23	W	L	L	W	W	1997-12-30	Norwich City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	2	Wrexham	Bloomfield Road	5,424
Ormerod	Lineups		Owen, Wainwright
Bristol Rovers	5	3	AFC Bournemouth	The Memorial Stadium	7,256
Beadle 3, Hayles 2	Lineups		Jones, Cox, Robinson (p)
Chesterfield	1	1	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,320
Reeves	Lineups		Greening
Fulham	1	0	Bristol City	Craven Cottage	13,273
Moody	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	1	Preston North End	Blundell Park	6,725
Donovan 2, Black	Lineups		Gregan
Millwall	0	2	Luton Town	The Den	7,461
	Lineups		Davis S, Thorpe
Northampton Town	3	2	Walsall	Sixfields Stadium	7,094
Seal, Freestone, Dozzell	Lineups		Porter, Hodge
Southend United	1	2	Wycombe Wanderers	Roots Hall	5,162
Thomson	Lineups		Scott 2
Watford	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vicarage Road	11,594
Mooney	Lineups		Saunders
Wigan Athletic	0	2	Carlisle United	Springfield Park	4,511
	Lineups		McAlindon, Stevens

				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	25	8	3	1	21	10	8	4	1	18	6	39	55	D	D	W	D	D	1998-01-10	Burnley	A
2	0	Bristol City	25	11	1	1	27	9	5	3	4	17	11	44	52	L	W	W	D	W	1998-01-10	Grimsby Town	H
3	1	Northampton Town	25	8	3	2	19	10	2	6	4	11	11	30	39	W	D	W	L	D	1998-01-10	AFC Bournemouth	A
4	3	Grimsby Town	24	6	4	2	17	7	4	4	4	14	12	31	38	W	D	W	W	D	1998-01-10	Bristol City	A
5	4	Bristol Rovers	25	5	1	6	19	22	5	6	2	18	16	37	37	W	W	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	4	Fulham	25	7	5	1	16	7	3	2	7	14	19	30	37	W	W	W	L	D	1998-01-10	Wrexham	A
7	-4	Oldham Athletic	24	8	4	0	26	12	1	5	6	12	18	38	36	D	D	L	W	W	1998-01-10	York City	A
8	-3	York City	25	8	1	3	18	10	1	8	4	14	19	32	36	D	D	D	W	D	1998-01-10	Oldham Athletic	H
9	-1	Chesterfield	25	6	5	1	15	9	2	7	4	8	10	23	36	D	D	L	D	D	1998-01-03	Brentford	H
10	-4	Millwall	24	5	4	4	17	15	5	1	5	12	15	29	35	L	L	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Brentford	A
11	3	Wrexham	24	5	6	1	18	12	3	4	5	13	15	31	34	W	D	D	L	D	1998-01-10	Fulham	H
12	-1	Blackpool	25	7	4	2	21	15	2	2	8	13	24	34	33	L	D	W	L	D	1998-01-10	Luton Town	A
13	-1	AFC Bournemouth	25	6	5	2	16	8	2	4	6	15	21	31	33	L	W	L	L	D	1998-01-10	Northampton Town	H
14	-1	Preston North End	25	6	2	4	14	9	3	3	7	17	18	31	32	L	D	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Gillingham	H
15	3	Wycombe Wanderers	25	5	6	1	17	11	2	3	8	15	25	32	30	W	D	L	W	D	1998-01-10	Wigan Athletic	H
16	-1	Walsall	24	6	4	2	16	8	2	2	8	10	21	26	30	L	L	D	W	W	1998-01-10	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Wigan Athletic	24	6	3	3	25	18	2	2	8	11	19	36	29	L	D	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Wycombe Wanderers	A
18	-1	Gillingham	24	5	3	3	14	13	2	4	7	13	23	27	28	L	D	L	D	L	1997-12-29	Brentford	H
19	0	Southend United	25	5	5	3	17	17	2	1	9	12	29	29	27	L	D	D	W	W	1998-01-03	Luton Town	H
20	1	Luton Town	24	3	3	7	18	27	3	5	3	9	10	27	26	W	D	L	D	D	1998-01-03	Southend United	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	25	4	4	4	20	18	1	6	6	10	18	30	25	D	L	L	W	D	1998-01-10	Bristol Rovers	H
22	2	Carlisle United	25	3	3	6	10	18	3	2	8	19	25	29	23	W	D	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Southend United	H
23	-1	Brentford	24	5	4	3	19	14	0	4	8	6	26	25	23	D	L	W	D	D	1997-12-29	Gillingham	A
24	-1	Burnley	24	3	7	2	13	12	1	2	9	10	22	23	21	D	L	L	L	W	1998-01-03	Gillingham	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Chester City	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Deva Stadium	2,263
Priest	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Torquay United	St James Park	8,350
Rowbotham (p)	Lineups		Leadbitter
Leyton Orient	8	0	Doncaster Rovers	Brisbane Road	4,448
Smith, Richards 2, Griffiths 3, Baker, Inglethorpe	Lineups
Macclesfield Town	1	0	Rochdale	Moss Rose	2,666
Howarth (p)	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	2	Lincoln City	Field Mill	3,449
Whitehall 2	Lineups		Alcide, Smith
Notts County	2	0	Hartlepool United	Meadow Lane	6,073
Farrell 2	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	London Road	8,281
Quinn	Lineups		Minton, Reinelt
Rotherham United	5	4	Hull City	Millmoor	5,995
Glover 4, Taylor	Lineups		Darby 2, Hodges 2
Shrewsbury Town	3	2	Cardiff City	Gay Meadow	3,238
Brown, White, Preece	Lineups		Fowler, Young
Swansea City	0	2	Barnet	Vetch Field	3,987
	Lineups		McGleish, 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	0	Notts County	25	6	4	2	20	13	8	4	1	20	11	40	50	W	W	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Rochdale	A
2	0	Peterborough United	25	8	3	2	27	11	3	7	2	18	13	45	43	L	L	W	D	W	1998-01-10	Scunthorpe United	A
3	0	Lincoln City	25	5	5	2	14	11	6	4	3	13	14	27	42	D	L	L	D	W	1998-01-10	Chester City	H
4	1	Rotherham United	25	6	3	3	25	21	5	5	3	18	15	43	41	W	W	W	L	D	1998-01-10	Barnet	A
5	1	Barnet	25	7	3	3	22	12	5	2	5	16	18	38	41	W	W	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Rotherham United	H
6	-2	Exeter City	25	5	6	2	18	12	5	4	3	18	15	36	40	D	D	W	L	L	1998-01-10	Hartlepool United	A
7	2	Chester City	25	9	4	0	22	5	3	0	9	14	26	36	40	W	W	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Lincoln City	A
8	2	Torquay United	25	7	2	3	20	13	3	6	4	15	20	35	38	D	W	L	W	W	1998-01-10	Macclesfield Town	H
9	-2	Hartlepool United	25	7	6	0	24	11	1	7	4	12	17	36	37	L	W	D	D	D	1998-01-03	Colchester United	A
10	-2	Scarborough	24	8	1	3	22	13	3	3	6	14	21	36	37	L	W	W	W	D	1998-01-06	Darlington	H
11	0	Leyton Orient	25	7	3	3	22	10	3	4	5	11	12	33	37	W	L	W	W	W	1998-01-10	Cardiff City	A
12	0	Macclesfield Town	24	9	3	0	21	6	0	6	6	12	21	33	36	W	L	W	L	D	1998-01-10	Torquay United	A
13	0	Scunthorpe United	24	4	4	4	14	15	5	2	5	16	16	30	33	L	L	L	L	L	1998-01-10	Peterborough United	H
14	0	Colchester United	23	6	3	2	18	11	2	4	6	18	24	36	31	D	W	L	L	L	1997-12-29	Cambridge United	H
15	0	Cambridge United	24	6	4	2	21	15	1	6	5	11	15	32	31	W	D	W	L	W	1997-12-29	Colchester United	A
16	2	Shrewsbury Town	24	7	0	5	20	17	1	6	5	16	20	36	30	W	L	D	L	L	1998-01-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	Rochdale	25	8	1	3	22	7	1	1	11	8	24	30	29	L	W	L	W	L	1998-01-03	Mansfield Town	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	24	2	9	2	12	13	3	5	3	11	11	23	29	L	D	L	D	D	1998-01-10	Leyton Orient	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	24	4	6	2	22	17	2	3	7	9	14	31	27	D	D	D	L	D	1998-01-03	Rochdale	H
20	0	Darlington	23	6	5	1	22	13	0	3	8	7	21	29	26	W	W	L	L	D	1998-01-06	Scarborough	A
21	0	Hull City	25	5	3	4	24	21	1	1	11	13	28	37	22	L	L	L	W	D	1998-01-10	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Swansea City	25	3	4	5	9	11	3	0	10	14	29	23	22	L	L	D	L	D	1998-01-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	1	5	7	11	20	3	4	5	11	15	22	21	W	D	D	D	L	1998-01-10	Swansea City	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	1	3	7	7	26	0	3	10	9	39	16	9	L	L	L	W	L	1998-01-10	Shrewsbury Town	H