Saturday 1998-01-24

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 4						Venue	Gate
PL	Aston Villa	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Villa Park	39,372
	Grayson, Yorke 2, Collymore	Lineups
D 1	Birmingham City	2	1	Stockport County	D 1	St Andrew's	15,882
	Hughes 2	Lineups		Armstrong
D 3	Cardiff City	1	1	Reading	D 1	Ninian Park	10,174
	Nugent	Lineups		Asaba
D 1	Charlton Athletic	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	The Valley	15,540
	Jones	Lineups		Richards
PL	Coventry City	2	0	Derby County	PL	Highfield Road	22,824
	Dublin 2	Lineups
PL	Crystal Palace	3	0	Leicester City	PL	Selhurst Park	15,489
	Dyer 3	Lineups
D 1	Huddersfield Town	0	1	Wimbledon	PL	Kirklees Stadium	14,533
		Lineups		Ardley
D 1	Ipswich Town	1	1	Sheffield United	D 1	Portman Road	14,654
	Johnson	Lineups		Saunders
PL	Leeds United	2	0	Grimsby Town	D 2	Elland Road	29,598
	Molenaar, Hasselbaink	Lineups
PL	Manchester United	5	1	Walsall	D 2	Old Trafford	54,669
	Solskjaer 2, Cole 2, Johnsen	Lineups		Boli
D 1	Middlesbrough	1	2	Arsenal	PL	Riverside Stadium	28,294
	Merson	Lineups		Overmars, Parlour
PL	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Barnsley	PL	White Hart Lane	28,722
	Campbell	Lineups		Redfearn (p)
D 1	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Sunderland	D 1	Prenton Park	14,055
	Parkinson	Lineups
D 1	Manchester City	1	2	West Ham United	PL	Maine Road	26,495
	Kinkladze	Lineups		Berkovic, Lomas
NL	Stevenage Borough	1	1	Newcastle United	PL	Broadhall Way	8,040
	Grazioli	Lineups		Shearer
PL	Sheffield Wednesday	0	3	Blackburn Rovers	PL	Hillsborough	15,940
		Lineups		Sutton, Sherwood, Duff

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Swindon Town	Valley Parade	15,130
Edinho	Lineups		Hay
Oxford United	1	0	Portsmouth	Manor Ground	7,402
Beauchamp	Lineups
Port Vale	2	3	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park	10,571
Naylor, Porter (p)	Lineups		Smith S (p), Whalley, Foran
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Loftus Road	13,220
	Lineups		Cooper

				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	28	11	2	1	32	13	6	4	4	14	12	46	57	W	L	W	W	W	1998-01-31	Oxford United	H
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	Stockport County	27	8	4	1	28	13	4	1	9	17	24	45	41	W	L	L	W	L	1998-01-27	Birmingham City	A
9	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
10	0	Swindon Town	28	8	3	3	23	14	3	3	8	10	27	33	39	D	L	L	L	L	1998-01-28	Stoke City	H
11	0	Bradford City	28	6	6	2	15	13	3	5	6	12	16	27	38	D	L	W	D	L	1998-01-27	Reading	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	4	Crewe Alexandra	28	4	2	8	15	23	6	2	6	19	19	34	34	W	W	W	D	W	1998-01-31	Norwich City	H
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	28	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	8	14	29	30	33	L	D	D	D	L	1998-01-31	Stockport County	A
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	-1	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
18	2	Oxford United	28	6	4	4	18	14	2	2	10	15	28	33	30	W	L	L	D	L	1998-01-31	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-1	Port Vale	28	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	9	13	24	31	29	L	W	L	L	L	1998-01-31	Sunderland	A
20	-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
21	0	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	27	3	7	4	12	14	1	6	6	12	21	24	25	L	D	D	D	D	1998-01-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
24	0	Portsmouth	27	5	2	7	20	25	1	3	9	10	20	30	23	L	L	L	L	W	1998-01-31	Sheffield United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Dean Court	4,079
	Lineups
Brentford	1	2	Watford	Griffin Park	6,969
Rapley	Lineups		Mooney, Johnson
Bristol City	0	0	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	14,753
	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Southend United	Turf Moor	9,386
Payton	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Brunton Park	5,725
Stevens 3	Lineups		Cureton
Luton Town	1	4	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	8,366
Thorpe	Lineups		Moody 3, Hayward
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Wigan Athletic	Home Park	4,345
Collins, Barlow, Saunders	Lineups		Kilford, Lee
Preston North End	0	0	Chesterfield	Deepdale	8,231
	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	2	1	Blackpool	Adams Park	5,073
Harkin, Stallard	Lineups		Preece
York City	2	3	Millwall	Bootham Crescent	3,508
Stephenson, Bull	Lineups		Shaw 2, Grant

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Watford	28	9	3	1	24	11	9	4	2	20	9	44	61	W	W	L	D	D	1998-01-31	Chesterfield	A
2	-1	Bristol City	28	12	2	1	31	10	6	3	4	20	11	51	59	D	W	W	L	W	1998-01-31	Wrexham	H
3	3	Fulham	28	7	6	1	16	7	5	2	7	21	20	37	44	W	D	W	W	W	1998-01-31	Grimsby Town	A
4	-1	Bristol Rovers	28	6	1	6	20	22	6	6	3	21	20	41	43	L	W	W	W	W	1998-01-31	Gillingham	A
5	-1	Northampton Town	28	9	3	2	21	11	2	7	5	11	14	32	43	D	W	L	W	D	1998-01-31	Oldham Athletic	H
6	1	Oldham Athletic	27	9	4	0	28	13	1	7	6	12	18	40	41	D	W	D	D	D	1998-01-27	Wrexham	H
7	-2	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
8	0	Chesterfield	29	7	6	1	17	10	2	8	5	10	13	27	41	D	W	L	D	D	1998-01-31	Watford	H
9	0	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	0	York City	28	8	2	4	20	13	1	9	4	14	19	34	38	L	D	D	D	D	1998-01-31	Burnley	A
11	4	Millwall	27	5	4	5	17	16	6	1	6	16	19	33	38	W	L	L	L	L	1998-01-31	Southend United	A
12	1	AFC Bournemouth	28	7	6	2	19	8	2	4	7	15	22	34	37	D	L	W	L	W	1998-01-31	Luton Town	A
13	-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
14	-2	Blackpool	28	8	4	2	22	15	2	2	10	14	29	36	36	L	W	L	L	D	1998-01-31	Wigan Athletic	H
15	-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
16	3	Wycombe Wanderers	28	6	6	2	20	14	2	4	8	15	25	35	34	W	D	L	W	D	1998-01-31	Carlisle United	A
17	0	Preston North End	28	6	3	5	15	12	3	3	8	18	21	33	33	D	L	L	L	D	1998-01-31	Walsall	A
18	-2	Wigan Athletic	27	6	3	4	25	21	3	2	9	15	23	40	32	L	L	W	L	D	1998-01-31	Blackpool	A
19	-1	Luton Town	28	4	3	8	22	31	4	5	4	12	13	34	32	L	L	W	W	W	1998-01-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	2	Carlisle United	28	5	3	6	18	19	3	2	9	20	27	38	29	W	L	W	W	D	1998-01-31	Wycombe Wanderers	H
21	2	Plymouth Argyle	28	5	4	5	24	22	1	6	7	11	20	35	28	W	L	L	D	L	1998-01-31	Brentford	A
22	-2	Southend United	29	5	5	5	18	20	2	1	11	12	35	30	27	L	L	L	L	L	1998-01-31	Millwall	H
23	-2	Brentford	29	6	4	4	22	17	0	5	10	7	33	29	27	L	L	W	D	L	1998-01-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	0	Burnley	28	5	7	2	16	12	1	2	11	10	25	26	27	W	L	W	L	D	1998-01-31	York City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	3	2	Colchester United	Underhill Stadium	2,471
Devine 2, McGleish	Lineups		Skelton, Wilkins
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Scarborough	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	1,988
Smith	Lineups		Mitchell
Cambridge United	1	2	Chester City	Abbey Stadium	2,473
Wilson (p)	Lineups		Rimmer, McDonald
Darlington	3	2	Exeter City	Feethams Ground	1,917
Dorner, Naylor 2	Lineups		Flack 2
Doncaster Rovers	0	3	Macclesfield Town	Belle Vue	1,707
	Lineups		Sorvel, Wood 2
Hartlepool United	0	0	Rotherham United	Victoria Park	2,375
	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Peterborough United	Boothferry Park	4,669
Darby 2, Joyce	Lineups		Edwards
Lincoln City	3	5	Notts County	Sincil Bank	5,911
Smith, Hone, Brown SR	Lineups		Farrell 2, Baraclough, Strodder, Jones G
Rochdale	0	2	Leyton Orient	Spotland	1,774
	Lineups		Griffiths, Inglethorpe
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Swansea City	Glanford Park	2,123
D'Auria	Lineups
Torquay United	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor	1,996
Gurney, Gittens, Roberts	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	29	8	4	2	24	14	10	4	1	27	15	51	62	W	W	W	W	W	1998-01-31	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Peterborough United	28	9	3	2	30	12	4	7	3	22	17	52	49	L	W	W	L	L	1998-01-31	Rotherham United	H
3	1	Barnet	29	8	4	3	25	14	6	3	5	17	18	42	49	W	D	W	D	W	1998-01-31	Cambridge United	H
4	-1	Scarborough	29	10	2	3	30	17	4	4	6	18	24	48	48	D	W	D	W	W	1998-01-31	Colchester United	H
5	0	Rotherham United	28	7	3	3	28	21	5	7	3	18	15	46	46	D	W	D	W	W	1998-01-27	Cambridge United	H
6	1	Chester City	28	9	4	1	22	6	5	0	9	19	28	41	46	W	L	W	W	W	1998-01-27	Cardiff City	H
7	-1	Exeter City	29	6	7	2	23	13	5	5	4	21	19	44	45	L	D	W	D	D	1998-01-31	Leyton Orient	H
8	1	Macclesfield Town	28	11	3	0	25	7	1	6	7	15	23	40	45	W	W	W	L	W	1998-01-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	2	Torquay United	29	9	2	3	25	13	3	6	6	16	25	41	44	W	L	L	W	D	1998-01-31	Hartlepool United	H
10	3	Leyton Orient	28	8	3	3	25	11	4	4	6	13	13	38	43	W	W	L	W	L	1998-01-31	Exeter City	A
11	-3	Lincoln City	28	5	5	4	18	19	6	5	3	15	16	33	43	L	D	L	D	L	1998-01-31	Hull City	H
12	-2	Hartlepool United	29	7	8	0	25	12	2	7	5	15	20	40	42	D	L	D	W	L	1998-01-31	Torquay United	A
13	-1	Colchester United	29	9	3	3	25	16	2	4	8	22	31	47	40	L	W	W	L	L	1998-01-31	Scarborough	A
14	1	Scunthorpe United	28	5	4	5	16	18	5	2	7	16	19	32	36	W	L	L	L	L	1998-01-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	-1	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
16	0	Cambridge United	28	6	4	4	24	20	1	7	6	14	19	38	32	L	D	L	L	W	1998-01-27	Rotherham United	A
17	2	Darlington	27	8	5	1	29	17	0	3	10	8	26	37	32	W	L	W	L	W	1998-01-27	Swansea City	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	27	3	9	2	13	13	3	5	5	13	16	26	32	L	L	W	L	D	1998-01-27	Chester City	A
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	27	7	1	5	21	18	1	6	7	16	24	37	31	L	D	L	W	L	1998-01-31	Chester City	H
20	0	Rochdale	29	8	1	5	23	11	1	1	13	9	30	32	29	L	L	L	L	L	1998-01-31	Cardiff City	H
21	0	Swansea City	28	4	4	5	11	11	4	0	11	15	30	26	28	L	W	W	L	L	1998-01-27	Darlington	H
22	0	Hull City	29	6	4	4	27	22	1	1	13	13	31	40	26	W	L	L	D	L	1998-01-31	Lincoln City	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	1	6	8	12	22	3	4	6	12	18	24	22	D	L	L	W	D	1998-01-27	Macclesfield Town	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	27	2	3	8	8	29	0	3	11	10	44	18	12	L	L	W	L	L	1998-01-30	Scunthorpe United	H