Saturday 1998-01-31

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Southampton	Highbury	38,056
Bergkamp, Adams, Anelka	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	5	Coventry City	Reebok Stadium	25,000
Sellars	Lineups		Whelan, Huckerby 2, Dublin 2
Chelsea	2	0	Barnsley	Stamford Bridge	34,442
Vialli, Hughes M	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	2	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	25,248
	Lineups		Wallace, Hasselbaink
Derby County	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Pride Park	30,187
Sturridge, Wanchope	Lineups		Fox
Liverpool	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield Road	43,890
	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Leicester City	Old Trafford	55,156
	Lineups		Cottee
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Wimbledon	Hillsborough	22,655
Pembridge	Lineups		Hughes M
West Ham United	2	2	Everton	Upton Park	25,905
Sinclair 2	Lineups		Barmby, Madar

				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	24	10	1	1	32	5	5	3	4	19	13	33	49	L	L	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	2	Chelsea	24	8	2	1	22	8	6	1	6	30	17	27	45	W	L	W	L	D	1998-02-08	Arsenal	A
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	24	8	3	1	30	12	4	6	2	14	12	20	45	D	W	L	D	D	1998-02-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	-1	Liverpool	24	9	1	3	26	10	4	5	2	13	9	20	45	D	W	D	W	W	1998-02-07	Southampton	H
5	0	Arsenal	23	8	2	2	26	9	3	6	2	16	17	16	41	W	D	W	D	W	1998-02-08	Chelsea	H
6	0	Derby County	24	9	3	0	25	7	2	3	7	14	23	9	39	W	D	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Leeds United	24	5	3	4	17	14	6	2	4	17	13	7	38	W	L	L	D	L	1998-02-07	Leicester City	A
8	0	West Ham United	24	9	1	1	26	8	2	1	10	10	27	1	35	D	L	W	W	W	1998-02-07	Newcastle United	A
9	0	Leicester City	24	3	7	3	13	11	5	2	4	14	11	5	33	W	D	D	D	L	1998-02-07	Leeds United	H
10	1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	6	3	4	21	19	2	3	6	16	28	-10	30	D	W	W	D	D	1998-02-07	Coventry City	A
11	-1	Newcastle United	23	6	3	4	15	14	2	2	6	9	15	-5	29	L	W	L	L	L	1998-02-01	Aston Villa	A
12	0	Southampton	24	7	1	4	19	14	1	3	8	7	19	-7	28	L	W	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Liverpool	A
13	3	Coventry City	24	4	7	1	19	14	2	2	8	9	20	-6	27	W	D	L	W	L	1998-02-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	0	Everton	24	5	2	4	17	16	2	4	7	11	19	-7	27	D	W	W	W	L	1998-02-07	Barnsley	A
15	-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
16	-1	Wimbledon	23	3	3	6	12	16	3	5	3	10	11	-5	26	D	D	L	L	D	1998-02-09	Crystal Palace	A
17	0	Crystal Palace	24	0	4	7	7	20	5	4	4	14	14	-13	23	L	L	L	D	D	1998-02-09	Wimbledon	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	5	3	4	13	15	1	2	9	8	26	-20	23	L	W	L	D	L	1998-02-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	3	7	2	10	12	1	3	8	11	28	-19	22	L	L	D	L	D	1998-02-07	Manchester United	A
20	0	Barnsley	24	4	2	5	12	20	2	1	10	8	39	-39	21	L	W	L	W	D	1998-02-07	Everton	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Bury	The Valley	15,312
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Norwich City	Gresty Road	5,559
Fuglestad OG	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Swindon Town	Kirklees Stadium	10,028
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Bradford City	Portman Road	11,864
Mathie 2	Lineups		Blake
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Oxford United	City Ground	18,392
van Hooijdonk (p)	Lineups		Beauchamp 2, Weatherstone
Portsmouth	1	1	Sheffield United	Fratton Park	12,003
Foster	Lineups		Knight OG
Reading	2	0	Birmingham City	Elm Park	10,315
Hodges, Asaba	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Edgeley Park	7,958
Armstrong, Dinning (p)	Lineups
Sunderland	4	2	Port Vale	Stadium of Light	39,258
Johnston, Phillips, Quinn, Carragher OG	Lineups		Talbot, Jansson
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Manchester City	Prenton Park	12,830
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	28,244
	Lineups		Hunt

				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	29	11	2	2	33	16	6	4	4	14	12	47	57	L	W	L	W	W	1998-02-07	Portsmouth	A
2	1	Charlton Athletic	29	10	3	1	29	13	5	4	6	24	24	53	52	D	D	W	W	L	1998-02-07	Bradford City	A
3	2	Sunderland	28	8	4	2	27	12	7	3	4	21	16	48	52	W	L	W	W	D	1998-02-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	-2	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
5	-1	Sheffield United	29	10	4	0	27	11	3	8	4	18	20	45	51	D	D	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Oxford United	H
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	4	1	27	12	5	2	8	13	17	40	48	L	W	L	W	W	1998-02-07	Sunderland	H
7	2	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	2	5	16	13	5	4	5	14	15	30	45	W	L	L	D	D	1998-02-07	Swindon Town	A
8	2	Stockport County	29	9	4	1	30	13	4	1	10	18	28	48	44	W	L	W	L	L	1998-02-07	Huddersfield Town	A
9	-2	Birmingham City	29	6	5	3	16	8	5	5	5	20	14	36	43	L	W	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Middlesbrough	H
10	-2	Swindon Town	30	9	3	3	24	14	3	4	8	10	27	34	43	D	W	D	L	L	1998-02-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	0	Bradford City	30	7	6	2	19	14	3	5	7	13	18	32	41	L	W	D	L	W	1998-02-07	Charlton Athletic	H
12	0	Norwich City	29	7	4	4	16	18	4	2	8	13	23	29	39	L	W	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Manchester City	H
13	0	Ipswich Town	28	5	4	4	15	13	4	7	4	20	17	35	38	W	W	D	D	W	1998-02-07	Stoke City	A
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	29	5	2	8	16	23	6	2	6	19	19	35	37	W	W	W	W	D	1998-02-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	1	Reading	29	6	4	5	21	20	3	5	6	9	22	30	36	W	L	W	D	D	1998-02-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	2	Oxford United	29	6	4	4	18	14	3	2	10	18	29	36	33	W	W	L	L	D	1998-02-07	Sheffield United	A
17	-2	Queens Park Rangers	29	6	6	3	16	12	2	3	9	14	31	30	33	L	L	D	D	D	1998-02-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-1	Stoke City	28	5	3	5	17	22	3	5	7	12	20	29	32	L	W	L	D	D	1998-02-01	Middlesbrough	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	29	4	4	6	16	17	3	5	7	15	24	31	30	D	D	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Stockport County	H
20	1	Manchester City	29	4	4	7	20	17	3	4	7	13	17	33	29	D	D	L	W	L	1998-02-07	Norwich City	A
21	-1	Port Vale	29	5	4	6	18	17	3	1	10	15	28	33	29	L	L	W	L	L	1998-02-07	Bury	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	27	5	5	4	18	14	1	4	8	10	20	28	27	D	D	D	D	D	1998-02-04	Middlesbrough	A
23	0	Bury	29	3	7	5	13	17	1	7	6	12	21	25	26	D	L	L	D	D	1998-02-07	Port Vale	H
24	0	Portsmouth	28	5	3	7	21	26	1	3	9	10	20	31	24	D	L	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Nottingham Forest	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	0	2	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road	5,288
	Lineups		Warne, Lydiate OG
Brentford	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Griffin Park	4,783
Bates, Scott, Hogg	Lineups		Corazzin
Bristol City	1	1	Wrexham	Ashton Gate	11,741
Goater	Lineups		Roberts
Burnley	7	2	York City	Turf Moor	9,975
Moore, Barras OG, Brass, Cooke 3, Payton	Lineups		Pouton, Barras
Carlisle United	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Brunton Park	6,220
	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Watford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,975
	Lineups		Noel-Williams
Gillingham	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	5,681
Onuora	Lineups		Cureton (p)
Grimsby Town	1	1	Fulham	Blundell Park	6,785
Burnett	Lineups		Lightbourne
Luton Town	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	Kenilworth Road	6,062
Johnson	Lineups		Brissett, Fletcher S
Northampton Town	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Sixfields Stadium	6,559
	Lineups
Southend United	0	0	Millwall	Roots Hall	3,705
	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Preston North End	Bescot Stadium	5,377
Hodge (p)	Lineups		Nogan (p)

				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	29	9	3	1	24	11	10	4	2	21	9	45	64	W	W	W	L	D	1998-02-08	Gillingham	H
2	0	Bristol City	29	12	3	1	32	11	6	3	4	20	11	52	60	D	D	W	W	L	1998-02-03	Blackpool	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	29	10	4	0	31	13	1	8	6	12	18	43	45	D	W	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Blackpool	H
4	0	Fulham	29	7	6	1	16	7	5	3	7	22	21	38	45	D	W	D	W	W	1998-02-07	Southend United	H
5	0	Bristol Rovers	29	6	1	6	20	22	6	7	3	22	21	42	44	D	L	W	W	W	1998-02-07	Chesterfield	H
6	0	Northampton Town	29	9	4	2	21	11	2	7	5	11	14	32	44	D	D	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Wigan Athletic	A
7	0	Grimsby Town	27	7	5	2	22	8	4	4	5	15	16	37	42	D	W	L	W	D	1998-02-07	Millwall	A
8	0	Chesterfield	30	7	6	2	17	11	2	8	5	10	13	27	41	L	D	W	L	D	1998-02-07	Bristol Rovers	A
9	3	AFC Bournemouth	29	7	6	2	19	8	3	4	7	17	23	36	40	W	D	L	W	L	1998-02-07	Bristol City	H
10	-1	Gillingham	29	7	5	3	20	15	3	4	7	16	24	36	39	D	D	W	W	W	1998-02-08	Watford	A
11	0	Millwall	28	5	4	5	17	16	6	2	6	16	19	33	39	D	W	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Grimsby Town	H
12	-2	York City	29	8	2	4	20	13	1	9	5	16	26	36	38	L	L	D	D	D	1998-02-07	Walsall	H
13	0	Wrexham	28	5	6	2	18	15	4	5	6	15	19	33	38	D	L	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Luton Town	H
14	1	Walsall	27	7	5	2	20	11	3	2	8	11	21	31	37	D	W	W	L	L	1998-02-07	York City	A
15	-1	Blackpool	29	8	4	3	22	17	2	2	10	14	29	36	36	L	L	W	L	L	1998-02-03	Bristol City	H
16	2	Wigan Athletic	28	6	3	4	25	21	4	2	9	17	23	42	35	W	L	L	W	L	1998-02-07	Northampton Town	H
17	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	29	6	6	2	20	14	2	5	8	15	25	35	35	D	W	D	L	W	1998-02-07	Brentford	H
18	-1	Preston North End	29	6	3	5	15	12	3	4	8	19	22	34	34	D	D	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Burnley	H
19	0	Luton Town	29	4	3	9	23	33	4	5	4	12	13	35	32	L	L	L	W	W	1998-02-07	Wrexham	A
20	0	Carlisle United	29	5	4	6	18	19	3	2	9	20	27	38	30	D	W	L	W	W	1998-02-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	3	Burnley	29	6	7	2	23	14	1	2	11	10	25	33	30	W	W	L	W	L	1998-02-07	Preston North End	A
22	1	Brentford	30	7	4	4	25	18	0	5	10	7	33	32	30	W	L	L	W	D	1998-02-07	Wycombe Wanderers	A
23	-2	Plymouth Argyle	29	5	4	5	24	22	1	6	8	12	23	36	28	L	W	L	L	D	1998-02-07	Carlisle United	H
24	-2	Southend United	30	5	6	5	18	20	2	1	11	12	35	30	28	D	L	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Fulham	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	2	0	Cambridge United	Underhill Stadium	2,455
Heald, Simpson	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Feethams Ground	2,480
Dorner	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Leyton Orient	St James Park	4,023
Rowbotham, Birch	Lineups		Clark, Ling
Lincoln City	1	0	Hull City	Sincil Bank	4,067
Walling	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	2	Notts County	Field Mill	6,786
	Lineups		Jones G 2
Peterborough United	1	0	Rotherham United	London Road	7,165
Quinn	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	Cardiff City	Spotland	1,445
	Lineups
Scarborough	1	1	Colchester United	Seamer Road	2,219
Campbell	Lineups		Whitton
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Chester City	Gay Meadow	3,002
Steele	Lineups		Woods
Swansea City	1	1	Macclesfield Town	Vetch Field	3,293
Alsop	Lineups		Howarth
Torquay United	1	0	Hartlepool United	Plainmoor	2,238
Gibbs	Lineups
Footnotes
Leyton Orient 3 Pts deducted for fielding a suspended player

				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	30	8	4	2	24	14	11	4	1	29	15	53	65	W	W	W	W	W	1998-02-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	0	Peterborough United	29	10	3	2	31	12	4	7	3	22	17	53	52	W	L	W	W	L	1998-02-06	Leyton Orient	A
3	0	Barnet	30	9	4	3	27	14	6	3	5	17	18	44	52	W	W	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Scunthorpe United	A
4	0	Scarborough	30	10	3	3	31	18	4	4	6	18	24	49	49	D	D	W	D	W	1998-02-07	Macclesfield Town	A
5	0	Macclesfield Town	30	12	3	0	26	7	1	7	7	16	24	42	49	D	W	W	W	W	1998-02-07	Scarborough	H
6	1	Chester City	30	9	5	1	22	6	5	1	9	20	29	42	48	D	D	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Mansfield Town	H
7	-1	Rotherham United	30	7	4	3	30	23	5	7	4	18	16	48	47	L	D	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Exeter City	H
8	1	Torquay United	30	10	2	3	26	13	3	6	6	16	25	42	47	W	W	L	L	W	1998-02-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	-1	Exeter City	30	6	8	2	25	15	5	5	4	21	19	46	46	D	L	D	W	D	1998-02-07	Rotherham United	A
10	1	Lincoln City	29	6	5	4	19	19	6	5	3	15	16	34	46	W	L	D	L	D	1998-02-07	Cardiff City	A
11	1	Hartlepool United	30	7	8	0	25	12	2	7	6	15	21	40	42	L	D	L	D	W	1998-02-07	Darlington	H
12	1	Colchester United	30	9	3	3	25	16	2	5	8	23	32	48	41	D	L	W	W	L	1998-02-06	Swansea City	H
13	-3	Leyton Orient	29	8	3	3	25	11	4	5	6	15	15	40	41	D	W	W	L	W	1998-02-06	Peterborough United	H
14	0	Scunthorpe United	29	5	4	5	16	18	6	2	7	18	20	34	39	W	W	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Barnet	H
15	3	Darlington	29	9	5	1	30	17	0	3	11	8	30	38	35	W	L	W	L	W	1998-02-07	Hartlepool United	A
16	-1	Mansfield Town	28	6	6	3	26	19	2	4	7	9	14	35	34	L	W	D	W	D	1998-02-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	0	Cardiff City	29	3	9	2	13	13	3	7	5	13	16	26	34	D	D	L	L	W	1998-02-07	Lincoln City	H
18	-2	Cambridge United	30	6	4	4	24	20	1	8	7	16	23	40	33	L	D	L	D	L	1998-02-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	7	2	5	22	19	1	6	7	16	24	38	32	D	L	D	L	W	1998-02-07	Notts County	A
20	0	Swansea City	30	5	5	5	16	12	4	0	11	15	30	31	32	D	W	L	W	W	1998-02-06	Colchester United	A
21	0	Rochdale	30	8	2	5	23	11	1	1	13	9	30	32	30	D	L	L	L	L	1998-02-07	Hull City	A
22	0	Hull City	30	6	4	4	27	22	1	1	14	13	32	40	26	L	W	L	L	D	1998-02-07	Rochdale	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	1	6	8	12	22	3	4	8	12	20	24	22	L	L	D	L	L	1998-02-07	Torquay United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	28	2	3	9	9	31	0	3	11	10	44	19	12	L	L	L	W	L	1998-02-03	Mansfield Town	H