Saturday 1998-02-21

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Crystal Palace	Highbury	38,094
Grimandi	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	West Ham United	Reebok Stadium	25,000
Blake	Lineups		Sinclair
Coventry City	1	0	Barnsley	Highfield Road	20,262
Dublin (p)	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Chelsea	Filbert Street	21,335
Heskey 2	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	55,170
Giggs, Irwin (p)	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	29,871
Di Canio	Lineups
Southampton	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	The Dell	15,162
Ostenstad 2, Hirst	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	1	Aston Villa	Selhurst Park	13,131
Euell, Leaburn	Lineups		Milosevic

				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	27	11	2	1	35	6	6	3	4	21	13	37	56	W	W	D	L	L	1998-02-28	Chelsea	A
2	3	Arsenal	25	10	2	2	29	9	3	6	2	16	17	19	47	W	W	W	D	W	1998-03-02	West Ham United	A
3	-1	Liverpool	26	9	1	4	28	13	4	6	2	16	12	19	46	D	L	D	W	D	1998-02-23	Everton	H
4	-1	Chelsea	26	8	2	1	22	8	6	1	8	30	21	23	45	L	L	W	L	W	1998-02-28	Manchester United	H
5	-1	Blackburn Rovers	26	8	3	2	30	15	4	6	3	14	15	14	45	L	L	D	W	L	1998-02-28	Leicester City	H
6	0	Derby County	27	9	3	1	25	8	3	3	8	16	26	7	42	L	W	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	2	Leicester City	27	5	7	3	16	11	5	3	4	15	12	8	40	W	D	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	0	West Ham United	26	9	1	1	26	8	3	2	10	12	28	2	39	D	W	D	L	W	1998-03-02	Arsenal	H
9	-2	Leeds United	25	5	3	4	17	14	6	2	5	17	14	6	38	L	W	L	L	D	1998-02-22	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Coventry City	27	6	7	1	21	14	3	2	8	11	21	-3	36	W	W	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Crystal Palace	A
11	1	Southampton	27	8	1	5	23	16	2	3	8	10	21	-4	34	W	L	W	L	W	1998-02-28	Leeds United	A
12	1	Sheffield Wednesday	27	7	4	4	25	22	2	3	7	16	29	-10	34	W	D	L	D	W	1998-02-28	Derby County	A
13	2	Wimbledon	25	4	3	6	14	17	4	5	3	13	11	-1	32	W	W	D	D	L	1998-02-28	Barnsley	A
14	-3	Newcastle United	25	6	3	5	15	15	3	2	6	10	15	-5	32	L	W	L	W	L	1998-02-22	Leeds United	H
15	-1	Aston Villa	27	5	3	5	17	18	3	3	8	11	20	-10	30	L	L	W	L	L	1998-02-28	Liverpool	H
16	0	Everton	26	5	2	5	18	18	2	5	7	13	21	-8	28	L	D	D	W	W	1998-02-23	Liverpool	A
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27	5	4	4	14	16	2	2	10	11	27	-18	27	L	D	W	L	W	1998-03-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	26	3	8	2	11	13	1	4	8	12	29	-19	24	D	D	L	L	D	1998-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	-1	Crystal Palace	26	0	4	8	7	23	5	4	5	14	15	-17	23	L	L	L	L	L	1998-02-28	Coventry City	H
20	0	Barnsley	26	4	3	5	14	22	2	1	11	8	40	-40	22	L	D	L	W	L	1998-02-28	Wimbledon	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	0	Oxford United	Valley Parade	14,190
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kirklees Stadium	12,633
Dyson	Lineups
Ipswich Town	5	0	Norwich City	Portman Road	21,858
Mathie 3, Petta 2	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	1	Sunderland	Riverside Stadium	30,227
Branca 2, Armstrong	Lineups		Clark
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Port Vale	Loftus Road	14,196
	Lineups		Mills
Reading	0	1	Portsmouth	Elm Park	9,928
	Lineups		Whitbread
Stockport County	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Edgeley Park	7,705
Cooper 2, Mutch	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Britannia Stadium	16,899
Crowe	Lineups		Moore
Swindon Town	1	3	Manchester City	County Ground	12,987
Cowe	Lineups		Rosler 2, Bradbury
Tranmere Rovers	0	3	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	7,534
	Lineups		Rivers, Little 2
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bury	The Hawthorns	15,879
Hughes	Lineups		Ellis

				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	Middlesbrough	32	11	3	2	31	10	8	5	3	23	17	54	65	W	W	D	W	W	1998-02-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	-1	Nottingham Forest	32	12	2	2	36	16	7	5	4	16	13	52	64	D	W	W	L	W	1998-02-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	0	Sunderland	31	9	4	2	31	13	8	3	5	23	19	54	58	L	W	W	W	L	1998-02-24	Huddersfield Town	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	32	10	4	1	30	14	5	4	8	24	28	54	53	L	D	L	D	D	1998-02-25	Stoke City	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	10	4	2	29	14	5	2	9	13	18	42	51	L	W	L	L	W	1998-02-28	Birmingham City	H
7	1	Stockport County	33	11	4	1	34	13	4	1	12	18	30	52	50	W	L	W	L	W	1998-02-24	Norwich City	H
8	-1	West Bromwich Albion	33	8	4	5	18	15	6	4	6	17	17	35	50	D	L	D	W	W	1998-02-24	Portsmouth	H
9	2	Ipswich Town	32	7	4	4	25	14	5	8	4	23	19	48	48	W	W	W	D	W	1998-02-24	Oxford United	H
10	-1	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
11	-1	Swindon Town	34	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	9	11	30	36	46	L	W	L	L	D	1998-02-28	Bury	A
12	0	Bradford City	34	8	7	2	20	14	3	5	9	14	21	34	45	D	L	L	W	L	1998-02-24	Port Vale	H
13	1	Crewe Alexandra	33	6	2	9	19	26	7	2	7	24	22	43	43	W	L	W	L	W	1998-02-25	Middlesbrough	A
14	-1	Norwich City	33	7	5	5	16	20	4	3	9	15	30	31	41	L	L	D	D	L	1998-02-24	Stockport County	A
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	7	6	4	19	15	2	5	9	16	33	35	38	L	D	D	W	L	1998-02-25	Sheffield United	H
16	0	Oxford United	32	7	4	4	20	15	3	3	11	18	30	38	37	D	W	L	W	W	1998-02-24	Ipswich Town	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	6	5	5	21	17	3	4	9	15	24	36	36	L	W	W	W	L	1998-02-24	Nottingham Forest	H
18	2	Huddersfield Town	33	6	4	6	18	17	3	5	9	16	32	34	36	W	L	L	W	D	1998-02-24	Sunderland	H
19	-1	Reading	32	6	4	7	22	24	3	5	7	10	26	32	36	L	L	L	W	L	1998-02-24	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Stoke City	33	5	5	6	20	26	3	6	8	12	21	32	35	D	D	L	D	L	1998-02-25	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Port Vale	33	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	10	18	30	38	34	W	L	D	D	L	1998-02-24	Bradford City	A
22	1	Manchester City	33	4	4	9	21	20	4	5	7	16	18	37	33	W	L	L	D	D	1998-02-24	Reading	A
23	-1	Bury	33	3	9	5	15	19	2	8	6	14	22	29	32	D	D	W	D	D	1998-02-25	Birmingham City	A
24	0	Portsmouth	32	6	3	8	22	27	2	3	10	12	23	34	30	W	W	L	L	D	1998-02-24	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Oldham Athletic	The Memorial Stadium	5,789
Hayles 2, Ramasut	Lineups		Starbuck (p)
Burnley	1	1	Brentford	Turf Moor	10,097
Little	Lineups		Taylor
Chesterfield	3	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,919
Howard 2, Reeves	Lineups		Owen
Fulham	2	0	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage	7,791
Hayward, Peschisolido	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Carlisle United	Priestfield Stadium	6,250
Butler	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park	5,715
O'Neill OG, Groves	Lineups		Warren
Luton Town	0	0	Bristol City	Kenilworth Road	6,405
	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Northampton Town	The Den	6,007
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Deepdale	7,665
Macken	Lineups		Brown
Southend United	2	1	Blackpool	Roots Hall	3,340
Dublin, Boere	Lineups		Brabin
Walsall	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Bescot Stadium	4,612
	Lineups		Heathcote
York City	1	1	Watford	Bootham Crescent	4,890
Barras (p)	Lineups		Palmer

				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	32	9	4	2	25	14	10	5	2	22	10	47	66	D	D	L	W	W	1998-02-25	Millwall	A
2	0	Bristol City	33	12	3	2	32	13	6	5	5	22	14	54	62	D	L	L	D	D	1998-02-24	York City	A
3	0	Northampton Town	33	11	4	2	26	12	2	9	5	12	15	38	52	D	W	W	D	D	1998-02-24	Gillingham	A
4	1	Grimsby Town	30	8	5	2	24	9	6	4	5	18	16	42	51	W	W	W	D	W	1998-02-24	Blackpool	H
5	1	Fulham	32	9	6	1	20	7	5	3	8	22	22	42	51	W	L	W	D	W	1998-02-24	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	1	Bristol Rovers	32	8	1	6	26	24	6	7	4	22	22	48	50	W	L	W	D	L	1998-02-24	Wycombe Wanderers	H
7	-3	Oldham Athletic	32	11	4	1	32	14	1	8	7	13	21	45	48	L	W	L	D	W	1998-02-24	Chesterfield	A
8	1	Gillingham	32	8	5	3	21	15	5	4	7	20	24	41	48	W	W	W	D	D	1998-02-24	Northampton Town	H
9	-1	AFC Bournemouth	32	9	6	2	22	8	3	4	8	18	25	40	46	L	W	W	W	D	1998-02-24	Fulham	A
10	0	Wrexham	31	7	6	2	21	16	4	5	7	16	22	37	44	L	W	W	D	L	1998-02-24	Burnley	A
11	2	Chesterfield	33	8	6	2	20	12	2	8	7	11	18	31	44	W	L	L	L	D	1998-02-24	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-1	Blackpool	33	9	5	3	27	19	3	2	11	16	31	43	43	L	W	W	D	L	1998-02-24	Grimsby Town	A
13	-1	York City	32	9	3	4	22	14	1	10	5	16	26	38	43	D	D	W	L	L	1998-02-24	Bristol City	H
14	0	Wycombe Wanderers	33	7	7	2	22	15	2	6	9	16	28	38	40	D	W	L	D	D	1998-02-24	Bristol Rovers	A
15	0	Millwall	31	5	5	6	17	17	6	2	7	16	22	33	40	D	L	L	D	W	1998-02-25	Watford	H
16	0	Walsall	30	7	5	3	20	12	3	3	9	12	23	32	38	L	D	L	D	W	1998-02-24	Brentford	H
17	0	Wigan Athletic	31	6	4	5	26	24	4	2	10	17	25	43	36	L	L	D	W	L	1998-02-24	Luton Town	A
18	0	Preston North End	32	6	4	6	18	16	3	5	8	19	22	37	36	D	D	L	D	D	1998-02-24	Carlisle United	H
19	2	Plymouth Argyle	32	6	5	5	26	23	2	6	8	13	23	39	35	W	D	W	L	W	1998-02-24	Southend United	A
20	-1	Burnley	32	6	8	2	24	15	2	2	12	14	29	38	34	D	L	W	W	W	1998-02-24	Wrexham	H
21	-1	Luton Town	32	4	4	9	23	33	4	6	5	14	16	37	34	D	D	L	L	L	1998-02-24	Wigan Athletic	H
22	0	Brentford	33	7	5	4	25	18	0	7	10	8	34	33	33	D	D	D	W	L	1998-02-24	Walsall	A
23	0	Carlisle United	32	5	5	6	19	20	3	2	11	21	30	40	31	L	D	L	D	W	1998-02-24	Preston North End	A
24	0	Southend United	33	6	6	5	20	21	2	1	13	13	40	33	31	W	L	L	D	L	1998-02-24	Plymouth Argyle	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	0	0	Cambridge United	Ninian Park	2,683
	Lineups
Chester City	4	0	Rotherham United	Deva Stadium	2,432
Murphy, Alsford, Priest 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Torquay United	Belle Vue	1,424
	Lineups		Bedeau
Exeter City	0	1	Colchester United	St James Park	3,346
	Lineups		Lock
Hull City	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Boothferry Park	4,920
Dewhurst, McGinty	Lineups		Regis
Leyton Orient	2	2	Swansea City	Brisbane Road	4,261
Griffiths, Harris	Lineups		Coates, O'Gorman
Lincoln City	2	0	Barnet	Sincil Bank	2,945
Hone, Gordon	Lineups
Mansfield Town	4	0	Darlington	Field Mill	2,071
Harper 3, Sedgemore	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Scarborough	Meadow Lane	5,645
Farrell	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Macclesfield Town	London Road	6,224
	Lineups		Askey
Rochdale	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Spotland	1,865
Jones, Gouck	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Hartlepool United	Gay Meadow	2,160
Evans (p)	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	33	9	5	2	26	15	12	4	1	31	15	57	72	W	W	D	W	W	1998-02-24	Swansea City	H
2	1	Macclesfield Town	33	14	3	0	30	8	2	7	7	17	24	47	58	W	W	W	D	W	1998-02-24	Mansfield Town	A
3	2	Torquay United	33	11	2	3	31	14	5	6	6	21	26	52	56	W	W	W	W	W	1998-02-24	Chester City	A
4	-2	Peterborough United	33	10	3	4	31	14	5	7	4	23	18	54	55	L	W	L	L	W	1998-02-24	Scarborough	H
5	-1	Barnet	33	9	5	3	29	16	6	4	6	18	21	47	54	L	D	D	W	W	1998-02-24	Hull City	A
6	2	Lincoln City	32	7	5	4	21	19	7	6	3	17	17	38	53	W	D	W	W	L	1998-02-24	Scunthorpe United	H
7	-1	Scarborough	33	11	3	3	35	19	4	4	8	19	28	54	52	L	W	L	D	D	1998-02-24	Peterborough United	A
8	1	Chester City	33	10	5	2	26	7	5	2	9	20	29	46	52	W	D	L	D	D	1998-02-24	Torquay United	H
9	-2	Rotherham United	33	8	4	4	31	24	5	7	5	18	20	49	50	L	L	W	L	D	1998-02-24	Cardiff City	A
10	1	Colchester United	33	10	3	4	28	18	3	5	8	24	32	52	47	W	W	L	D	L	1998-02-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	-1	Exeter City	33	6	8	3	25	16	5	5	6	22	24	47	46	L	L	L	D	L	1998-02-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	1	Leyton Orient	32	9	4	3	28	13	4	5	7	15	16	43	45	D	L	W	D	W	1998-02-24	Hartlepool United	H
13	-1	Hartlepool United	33	7	10	0	27	14	2	7	7	15	22	42	44	L	D	D	L	D	1998-02-24	Leyton Orient	A
14	1	Mansfield Town	33	7	6	3	30	19	4	4	9	14	20	44	43	W	L	L	W	W	1998-02-24	Macclesfield Town	H
15	-1	Scunthorpe United	32	6	5	5	19	19	6	2	8	19	22	38	43	L	W	D	W	W	1998-02-24	Lincoln City	A
16	2	Shrewsbury Town	31	8	2	5	23	19	2	7	7	18	25	41	39	W	W	D	D	L	1998-02-24	Colchester United	H
17	-1	Cardiff City	33	4	10	3	17	15	3	8	5	15	18	32	39	D	W	D	L	D	1998-02-24	Rotherham United	H
18	-1	Cambridge United	33	7	5	4	27	22	1	9	7	16	23	43	38	D	D	W	L	D	1998-02-24	Rochdale	A
19	0	Darlington	32	9	5	2	30	19	0	4	12	10	36	40	36	L	L	D	W	L	1998-02-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	1	Rochdale	33	9	2	5	25	11	2	1	14	11	32	36	36	W	L	W	D	L	1998-02-24	Cambridge United	H
21	-1	Swansea City	33	5	5	6	16	13	5	1	11	19	33	35	36	D	L	W	D	W	1998-02-24	Notts County	A
22	0	Hull City	33	7	4	5	29	25	1	1	15	14	37	43	29	W	L	L	L	W	1998-02-24	Barnet	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	1	7	9	13	26	3	4	9	12	22	25	23	L	D	L	L	L	1998-02-24	Exeter City	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	2	3	11	9	35	1	4	12	12	46	21	16	L	D	W	L	L	1998-02-24	Darlington	H