Tuesday 1998-02-17

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

Football League Trophy Semi Final North						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Burnley	1	0	Preston North End	D 2	Turf Moor	10,079
D 2	Grimsby Town	1	0	Blackpool	D 2	Blundell Park	8,027
Football League Trophy Semi Final South						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Luton Town	D 2	Dean Court	5,367
D 2	Peterborough United	1	2	Walsall	D 2	London Road	4,199

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	0	0	Stoke City	Gigg Lane	5,802
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Valley	15,555
Robinson	Lineups		Peacock (p)
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Birmingham City	Gresty Road	5,559
	Lineups		Adebola, Hughes
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Huddersfield Town	City Ground	18,231
van Hooijdonk 2, Bonalair	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Manor Ground	9,412
Gilchrist, Francis	Lineups		Taylor
Port Vale	0	1	Swindon Town	Vale Park	5,925
	Lineups		Collins
Portsmouth	1	0	Stockport County	Fratton Park	8,622
Claridge	Lineups
Sunderland	4	1	Reading	Stadium of Light	40,579
Quinn, Rae, Phillips 2	Lineups		Bowen

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Nottingham Forest	31	12	2	2	36	16	7	4	4	15	12	51	63	W	W	L	W	L	1998-02-21	Stoke City	A
2	-1	Middlesbrough	31	10	3	2	28	9	8	5	3	23	17	51	62	W	D	W	W	D	1998-02-21	Sunderland	H
3	0	Sunderland	30	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	4	22	16	53	58	W	W	W	L	W	1998-02-21	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Sheffield United	30	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	4	18	20	46	54	W	D	D	W	L	1998-02-22	Birmingham City	A
5	0	Charlton Athletic	31	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	7	24	25	54	53	D	L	D	D	W	1998-02-21	Stockport County	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	8	3	5	17	14	6	4	6	17	17	34	49	L	D	W	W	L	1998-02-21	Bury	H
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	4	2	27	13	5	2	8	13	17	40	48	L	L	W	L	W	1998-02-18	Bradford City	H
8	0	Stockport County	32	10	4	1	31	13	4	1	12	18	30	49	47	L	W	L	W	L	1998-02-21	Charlton Athletic	H
9	0	Birmingham City	31	6	6	3	17	9	6	5	5	22	14	39	47	W	D	L	W	D	1998-02-22	Sheffield United	H
10	1	Swindon Town	33	9	3	4	24	16	4	4	9	11	30	35	46	W	L	L	D	W	1998-02-21	Manchester City	H
11	-1	Bradford City	32	8	6	2	20	14	3	5	8	13	19	33	44	L	W	L	W	D	1998-02-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	0	Ipswich Town	30	6	4	4	20	14	4	8	4	21	18	41	42	W	D	W	W	D	1998-02-18	Manchester City	A
13	0	Norwich City	31	7	5	4	16	18	4	3	8	15	25	31	41	D	D	L	W	W	1998-02-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	6	2	9	19	26	6	2	7	21	22	40	40	L	W	L	W	W	1998-02-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	32	7	6	3	19	14	2	5	9	16	33	35	38	D	D	W	L	L	1998-02-21	Port Vale	H
16	1	Oxford United	31	7	4	4	20	15	3	2	11	18	30	38	36	W	L	W	W	L	1998-02-21	Bradford City	A
17	-1	Reading	31	6	4	6	22	23	3	5	7	10	26	32	36	L	L	W	L	W	1998-02-21	Portsmouth	H
18	2	Stoke City	32	5	4	6	19	25	3	6	8	12	21	31	34	D	L	D	L	L	1998-02-21	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	30	6	5	4	21	14	2	4	9	13	24	34	33	W	W	L	D	D	1998-02-18	Norwich City	A
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	5	4	6	17	17	3	5	9	16	32	33	33	L	L	W	D	D	1998-02-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Port Vale	32	5	5	7	20	20	3	2	10	17	30	37	31	L	D	D	L	L	1998-02-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	1	Bury	32	3	9	5	15	19	2	7	6	13	21	28	31	D	W	D	D	L	1998-02-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
23	-1	Manchester City	31	4	4	8	20	18	3	5	7	13	17	33	30	L	D	D	D	L	1998-02-18	Ipswich Town	H
24	0	Portsmouth	31	6	3	8	22	27	1	3	10	11	23	33	27	W	L	L	D	L	1998-02-21	Reading	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cardiff City	4	1	Mansfield Town	Ninian Park	2,562
Saville (p), Fowler, Carss, Penney	Lineups		Williams

				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	32	8	5	2	25	15	12	4	1	31	15	56	69	W	D	W	W	W	1998-02-21	Scarborough	H
2	0	Peterborough United	32	10	3	3	31	13	5	7	4	23	18	54	55	W	L	L	W	L	1998-02-21	Macclesfield Town	H
3	0	Macclesfield Town	32	14	3	0	30	8	1	7	7	16	24	46	55	W	W	D	W	W	1998-02-21	Peterborough United	A
4	0	Barnet	32	9	5	3	29	16	6	4	5	18	19	47	54	D	D	W	W	D	1998-02-21	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Torquay United	32	11	2	3	31	14	4	6	6	20	26	51	53	W	W	W	W	L	1998-02-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	Scarborough	32	11	3	3	35	19	4	4	7	19	27	54	52	W	L	D	D	W	1998-02-21	Notts County	A
7	0	Rotherham United	32	8	4	4	31	24	5	7	4	18	16	49	50	L	W	L	D	D	1998-02-21	Chester City	A
8	0	Lincoln City	31	6	5	4	19	19	7	6	3	17	17	36	50	D	W	W	L	D	1998-02-21	Barnet	H
9	0	Chester City	32	9	5	2	22	7	5	2	9	20	29	42	49	D	L	D	D	W	1998-02-21	Rotherham United	H
10	0	Exeter City	32	6	8	2	25	15	5	5	6	22	24	47	46	L	L	D	L	D	1998-02-21	Colchester United	H
11	0	Colchester United	32	10	3	4	28	18	2	5	8	23	32	51	44	W	L	D	L	W	1998-02-21	Exeter City	A
12	0	Hartlepool United	32	7	10	0	27	14	2	7	6	15	21	42	44	D	D	L	D	L	1998-02-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	0	Leyton Orient	31	9	3	3	26	11	4	5	7	15	16	41	44	L	W	D	W	W	1998-02-21	Swansea City	H
14	0	Scunthorpe United	31	6	5	5	19	19	6	2	7	18	20	37	43	W	D	W	W	L	1998-02-21	Hull City	A
15	0	Mansfield Town	32	6	6	3	26	19	4	4	9	14	20	40	40	L	L	W	W	L	1998-02-21	Darlington	H
16	4	Cardiff City	32	4	9	3	17	15	3	8	5	15	18	32	38	W	D	L	D	D	1998-02-21	Cambridge United	H
17	-1	Cambridge United	32	7	5	4	27	22	1	8	7	16	23	43	37	D	W	L	D	L	1998-02-21	Cardiff City	A
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	30	7	2	5	22	19	2	7	7	18	25	40	36	W	D	D	L	D	1998-02-21	Hartlepool United	H
19	-1	Darlington	31	9	5	2	30	19	0	4	11	10	32	40	36	L	D	W	L	W	1998-02-21	Mansfield Town	A
20	-1	Swansea City	32	5	5	6	16	13	5	0	11	17	31	33	35	L	W	D	W	L	1998-02-21	Leyton Orient	A
21	0	Rochdale	32	8	2	5	23	11	2	1	14	11	32	34	33	L	W	D	L	L	1998-02-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Hull City	32	6	4	5	27	24	1	1	15	14	37	41	26	L	L	L	W	L	1998-02-21	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	1	7	9	13	26	3	4	8	12	20	25	23	D	L	L	L	D	1998-02-21	Rochdale	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	32	2	3	10	9	34	1	4	12	12	46	21	16	D	W	L	L	L	1998-02-21	Torquay United	H