Saturday 1998-01-17

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	0	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	17,831
Ward	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	5	0	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	24,834
Sherwood, Gallacher 3, Ripley	Lineups
Coventry City	2	2	Arsenal	Highfield Road	22,777
Whelan, Dublin (p)	Lineups		Bergkamp, Anelka
Leeds United	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Elland Road	33,596
Pembridge OG	Lineups		Newsome, Booth
Leicester City	0	0	Liverpool	Filbert Street	21,633
	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	36,767
Barnes, Ketsbaia	Lineups		Blake
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	30,284
Klinsmann	Lineups
Wimbledon	0	0	Derby County	Selhurst Park	13,031
	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	22	10	1	0	32	4	5	3	3	19	12	35	49	W	L	W	W	W	1998-01-19	Southampton	A
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	3	1	30	12	4	5	2	14	12	20	44	W	L	D	D	W	1998-01-31	Liverpool	A
3	-1	Chelsea	22	7	2	1	20	8	6	1	5	29	14	27	42	W	L	D	W	D	1998-01-18	Everton	A
4	0	Liverpool	22	8	0	3	25	10	4	5	2	13	9	19	41	D	W	W	W	W	1998-01-20	Newcastle United	H
5	0	Arsenal	22	7	2	2	23	9	3	6	2	16	17	13	38	D	W	D	W	L	1998-01-31	Southampton	H
6	0	Derby County	23	8	3	0	23	6	2	3	7	14	23	8	36	D	W	L	W	D	1998-01-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	0	Leeds United	23	5	3	4	17	14	5	2	4	15	13	5	35	L	L	D	L	W	1998-01-31	Crystal Palace	A
8	0	West Ham United	23	9	0	1	24	6	2	1	10	10	27	1	34	L	W	W	W	L	1998-01-31	Everton	H
9	0	Leicester City	23	3	7	3	13	11	4	2	4	13	11	4	30	D	D	D	L	L	1998-01-31	Manchester United	A
10	1	Newcastle United	22	6	3	4	15	14	2	2	5	9	14	-4	29	W	L	L	L	L	1998-01-20	Liverpool	A
11	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	2	4	20	18	2	3	6	16	28	-10	29	W	W	D	D	L	1998-01-31	Wimbledon	H
12	-2	Aston Villa	23	5	3	3	17	15	2	3	7	9	18	-7	27	L	D	D	W	D	1998-02-01	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Southampton	22	6	1	4	18	14	1	3	7	7	16	-5	25	D	W	D	D	W	1998-01-19	Manchester United	H
14	0	Wimbledon	22	3	3	6	12	16	3	4	3	9	10	-5	25	D	L	L	D	D	1998-01-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	1	Coventry City	23	4	7	1	19	14	1	2	8	4	19	-10	24	D	L	W	L	L	1998-01-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	-1	Everton	22	4	2	4	14	15	2	3	7	9	17	-9	23	W	W	L	W	D	1998-01-18	Chelsea	H
17	0	Crystal Palace	23	0	4	6	7	18	5	4	4	14	14	-11	23	L	L	D	D	D	1998-01-31	Leeds United	H
18	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	5	3	4	13	15	1	2	8	7	24	-19	23	W	L	D	L	W	1998-01-31	Derby County	A
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	3	7	1	9	7	1	3	8	11	28	-15	22	L	D	L	D	L	1998-01-31	Coventry City	H
20	0	Barnsley	23	4	2	5	12	20	2	1	9	8	37	-37	21	W	L	W	D	L	1998-01-31	Chelsea	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Huddersfield Town	St Andrew's	17,850
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	1	Sunderland	Maine Road	31,715
	Lineups		Phillips
Middlesbrough	1	1	Ipswich Town	Riverside Stadium	30,081
Pearson	Lineups		Johnson
Norwich City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	17,059
Roberts	Lineups
Oxford United	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Manor Ground	7,244
Jemson	Lineups		Mendonca, Robinson
Port Vale	2	1	Portsmouth	Vale Park	6,028
Talbot, Mills	Lineups		Durnin
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Loftus Road	12,033
	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	22,144
Marcelo	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	2	Reading	County Ground	9,500
	Lineups		Lovell, Lambert
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	The Hawthorns	15,257
	Lineups		Little

				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	27	11	2	1	32	13	5	4	4	13	12	45	54	L	W	W	W	W	1998-01-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Middlesbrough	27	8	3	2	24	9	7	4	3	20	15	44	52	D	L	W	W	L	1998-02-01	Stoke City	A
3	0	Charlton Athletic	27	10	2	1	29	13	5	3	6	22	22	51	50	W	W	L	W	W	1998-01-28	Manchester City	A
4	0	Sunderland	26	7	4	2	23	10	7	3	3	20	14	43	49	W	W	D	W	W	1998-01-28	Norwich City	A
5	0	Sheffield United	27	10	3	0	26	10	3	7	4	17	19	43	49	W	L	W	D	D	1998-01-27	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	9	4	0	27	11	4	2	8	10	16	37	45	L	W	W	W	D	1998-01-27	Bury	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	2	4	14	10	4	4	5	13	15	27	42	L	D	D	L	L	1998-01-27	Ipswich Town	H
8	0	Birmingham City	27	5	5	3	12	7	5	5	4	20	12	32	40	D	W	D	W	D	1998-01-27	Stockport County	H
9	0	Stockport County	26	8	4	1	28	13	3	1	9	16	24	44	38	L	L	W	L	W	1998-01-18	Bury	A
10	0	Swindon Town	27	8	3	3	23	14	3	2	8	9	26	32	38	L	L	L	L	D	1998-01-24	Bradford City	A
11	0	Bradford City	27	6	5	2	14	12	3	5	6	12	16	26	37	L	W	D	L	L	1998-01-24	Swindon Town	H
12	0	Norwich City	27	6	4	4	14	17	4	2	7	13	22	27	36	W	L	W	L	D	1998-01-28	Sunderland	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	27	6	6	2	16	11	2	3	8	14	29	30	33	D	D	D	L	W	1998-01-24	Nottingham Forest	H
14	2	Reading	27	5	4	5	19	20	3	5	5	8	18	27	33	W	D	D	W	D	1998-01-27	Bradford City	A
15	0	Ipswich Town	26	4	4	4	13	12	3	7	4	17	15	30	32	D	D	W	L	W	1998-01-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	-2	Stoke City	27	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	6	12	19	29	32	W	L	D	D	D	1998-01-28	Swindon Town	A
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	27	4	2	8	15	23	5	2	6	16	17	31	31	W	W	D	W	L	1998-01-24	Port Vale	A
18	3	Port Vale	27	5	4	5	16	14	3	1	9	13	24	29	29	W	L	L	L	L	1998-01-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	1	Huddersfield Town	27	4	3	6	16	17	3	4	7	14	23	30	28	D	W	D	L	W	1998-01-27	Sheffield United	A
20	-1	Oxford United	27	5	4	4	17	14	2	2	10	15	28	32	27	L	L	D	L	W	1998-01-24	Portsmouth	H
21	-3	Manchester City	27	4	3	7	18	15	3	3	7	13	17	31	27	L	W	L	L	W	1998-01-28	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	26	5	4	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	28	26	D	D	D	D	L	1998-01-31	Manchester City	H
23	0	Bury	26	3	7	3	12	13	1	6	6	12	21	24	25	D	D	D	D	L	1998-01-18	Stockport County	H
24	0	Portsmouth	26	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	8	10	19	30	23	L	L	L	W	L	1998-01-24	Oxford United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Bloomfield Road	4,550
Clarkson	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Burnley	The Memorial Stadium	7,208
Cureton	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,879
Wilkinson 2	Lineups		Corazzin (p)
Fulham	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Craven Cottage	10,468
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	York City	Priestfield Stadium	5,785
	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	0	Brentford	Blundell Park	4,886
Groves, Smith, Donovan, Clare	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Wrexham	The Den	5,550
	Lineups		Wainwright
Northampton Town	2	1	Carlisle United	Sixfields Stadium	6,327
Heggs, Dozzell	Lineups		Stevens
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Luton Town	Boundary Park	6,057
Graham 2	Lineups		Alexander
Southend United	0	1	Walsall	Roots Hall	3,310
	Lineups		Watson
Watford	3	1	Preston North End	Vicarage Road	10,182
Kennedy 2, Hyde	Lineups		Parkinson
Wigan Athletic	0	3	Bristol City	Springfield Park	5,078
	Lineups		Doherty, Tinnion, Goater

				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	Bristol City	27	12	1	1	31	10	6	3	4	20	11	51	58	W	W	L	W	W	1998-01-24	Northampton Town	H
2	0	Watford	27	9	3	1	24	11	8	4	2	18	8	42	58	W	L	D	D	W	1998-01-24	Brentford	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	27	6	1	6	20	22	6	6	2	20	17	40	43	W	W	W	W	W	1998-01-24	Carlisle United	A
4	1	Northampton Town	27	9	3	2	21	11	2	6	5	11	14	32	42	W	L	W	D	W	1998-01-24	Bristol City	A
5	1	Grimsby Town	26	7	4	2	21	7	4	4	5	15	16	36	41	W	L	W	D	W	1998-01-31	Fulham	H
6	-2	Fulham	27	7	6	1	16	7	4	2	7	17	19	33	41	D	W	W	W	W	1998-01-24	Luton Town	A
7	0	Oldham Athletic	26	9	4	0	28	13	1	6	6	12	18	40	40	W	D	D	D	L	1998-01-24	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	2	Chesterfield	28	7	6	1	17	10	2	7	5	10	13	27	40	W	L	D	D	D	1998-01-24	Preston North End	A
9	-1	Gillingham	28	7	4	3	19	14	3	4	7	16	24	35	38	D	W	W	W	L	1998-01-31	Bristol Rovers	H
10	-1	York City	27	8	2	3	18	10	1	9	4	14	19	32	38	D	D	D	D	D	1998-01-24	Millwall	H
11	2	Wrexham	26	5	6	2	18	15	4	4	5	14	15	32	37	W	L	W	D	D	1998-01-27	Oldham Athletic	A
12	2	Blackpool	27	8	4	2	22	15	2	2	9	13	27	35	36	W	L	L	D	W	1998-01-24	Wycombe Wanderers	A
13	-2	AFC Bournemouth	27	7	5	2	19	8	2	4	7	15	22	34	36	L	W	L	W	L	1998-01-24	Oldham Athletic	H
14	1	Walsall	26	7	4	2	19	10	3	2	8	11	21	30	36	W	W	L	L	D	1998-01-31	Preston North End	H
15	-3	Millwall	26	5	4	5	17	16	5	1	6	13	17	30	35	L	L	L	L	W	1998-01-24	York City	A
16	0	Wigan Athletic	26	6	3	4	25	21	3	2	8	13	20	38	32	L	W	L	D	W	1998-01-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	0	Preston North End	27	6	2	5	15	12	3	3	8	18	21	33	32	L	L	L	D	L	1998-01-24	Chesterfield	H
18	0	Luton Town	27	4	3	7	21	27	4	5	4	12	13	33	32	L	W	W	W	D	1998-01-24	Fulham	H
19	0	Wycombe Wanderers	27	5	6	2	18	13	2	4	8	15	25	33	31	D	L	W	D	L	1998-01-24	Blackpool	H
20	0	Southend United	28	5	5	5	18	20	2	1	10	12	34	30	27	L	L	L	L	D	1998-01-24	Burnley	A
21	0	Brentford	28	6	4	3	21	15	0	5	10	7	33	28	27	L	W	D	L	D	1998-01-24	Watford	H
22	0	Carlisle United	27	4	3	6	15	18	3	2	9	20	27	35	26	L	W	W	D	L	1998-01-24	Bristol Rovers	H
23	0	Plymouth Argyle	27	4	4	5	21	20	1	6	7	11	20	32	25	L	L	D	L	L	1998-01-24	Wigan Athletic	H
24	0	Burnley	27	4	7	2	15	12	1	2	11	10	25	25	24	L	W	L	D	L	1998-01-24	Southend United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Chester City	0	1	Barnet	Deva Stadium	2,479
	Lineups		Devine
Exeter City	5	1	Doncaster Rovers	St James Park	4,145
Rowbotham 2, Flack, Illman, Fry	Lineups		Pemberton
Leyton Orient	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brisbane Road	6,599
Griffiths, Simpson 2	Lineups		Reinelt
Macclesfield Town	2	1	Hartlepool United	Moss Rose	2,334
Chambers, Wood	Lineups		Cullen
Mansfield Town	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Field Mill	2,375
Kerr	Lineups
Notts County	3	1	Cardiff City	Meadow Lane	6,214
Robinson, Jones G 2	Lineups		Harris
Peterborough United	3	1	Rochdale	London Road	5,676
Cleaver, Quinn 2	Lineups		Farrell
Rotherham United	3	0	Darlington	Millmoor	3,877
White 2, Goodwin	Lineups
Scarborough	2	2	Lincoln City	Seamer Road	2,905
Bennett G, Campbell	Lineups		Thorpe, Walling
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Cambridge United	Gay Meadow	2,210
Taylor OG	Lineups		Taylor
Swansea City	2	0	Hull City	Vetch Field	2,899
Bird, Coates	Lineups

				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	27	7	4	2	23	14	9	4	1	22	12	45	56	W	W	W	W	W	1998-01-20	Hull City	H
2	0	Peterborough United	27	9	3	2	30	12	4	7	2	21	14	51	49	W	W	L	L	W	1998-01-24	Hull City	A
3	2	Rotherham United	27	7	3	3	28	21	5	6	3	18	15	46	45	W	D	W	W	W	1998-01-24	Hartlepool United	A
4	2	Barnet	27	7	4	3	22	12	6	2	5	17	18	39	45	W	D	W	W	L	1998-01-20	Exeter City	A
5	-2	Scarborough	27	9	2	3	26	16	4	3	6	17	23	43	44	D	W	W	L	W	1998-01-20	Torquay United	H
6	3	Exeter City	27	6	6	2	23	13	5	5	3	19	16	42	44	W	D	D	D	W	1998-01-20	Barnet	H
7	-3	Chester City	27	9	4	1	22	6	4	0	9	17	27	39	43	L	W	W	W	L	1998-01-24	Cambridge United	A
8	-1	Lincoln City	27	5	5	3	15	14	6	5	3	15	16	30	43	D	L	D	L	L	1998-01-24	Notts County	H
9	-1	Hartlepool United	28	7	7	0	25	12	2	7	5	15	20	40	41	L	D	W	L	W	1998-01-24	Rotherham United	H
10	0	Torquay United	27	8	2	3	22	13	3	6	5	15	21	37	41	L	W	D	W	L	1998-01-20	Scarborough	A
11	1	Leyton Orient	27	8	3	3	25	11	3	4	6	11	13	36	40	W	L	W	L	W	1998-01-24	Rochdale	A
12	1	Macclesfield Town	26	10	3	0	23	7	0	6	7	12	23	35	39	W	L	W	L	W	1998-01-20	Scunthorpe United	H
13	-2	Colchester United	27	8	3	3	23	15	2	4	7	20	28	43	37	W	L	L	W	D	1998-01-20	Cardiff City	H
14	3	Mansfield Town	27	6	6	2	26	17	2	4	7	9	14	35	34	W	D	W	D	D	1998-01-31	Notts County	H
15	-1	Scunthorpe United	26	4	4	5	15	18	5	2	6	16	17	31	33	L	L	L	L	L	1998-01-20	Macclesfield Town	A
16	0	Cambridge United	27	6	4	3	23	18	1	7	6	14	19	37	32	D	L	L	W	D	1998-01-24	Chester City	H
17	-2	Cardiff City	26	3	9	2	13	13	3	5	4	12	14	25	32	L	W	L	D	L	1998-01-20	Colchester United	A
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	26	7	1	5	21	18	1	6	6	16	21	37	31	D	L	W	L	D	1998-01-24	Torquay United	A
19	0	Darlington	26	7	5	1	26	15	0	3	10	8	26	34	29	L	W	L	W	W	1998-01-24	Exeter City	H
20	0	Rochdale	28	8	1	4	23	9	1	1	13	9	30	32	29	L	L	L	L	W	1998-01-24	Leyton Orient	H
21	0	Swansea City	27	4	4	5	11	11	4	0	10	15	29	26	28	W	W	L	L	D	1998-01-24	Scunthorpe United	A
22	0	Hull City	27	5	4	4	24	21	1	1	12	13	30	37	23	L	D	L	L	L	1998-01-20	Notts County	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	1	5	8	11	21	3	4	6	12	18	23	21	L	L	W	D	D	1998-01-24	Scarborough	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	2	3	7	8	26	0	3	11	10	44	18	12	L	W	L	L	L	1998-01-24	Macclesfield Town	H