Tuesday 1998-02-24

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	1	Port Vale	Valley Parade	13,293
Melville, Pepper	Lineups		Foyle
Huddersfield Town	2	3	Sunderland	Kirklees Stadium	14,615
Allison, Phillips	Lineups		Johnston 3 (1p)
Ipswich Town	5	2	Oxford United	Portman Road	11,824
Mathie, Johnson 3 (1p), Holland	Lineups		Francis, Donaldson (p)
Reading	3	0	Manchester City	Elm Park	11,513
Hodges, Houghton, Asaba	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Norwich City	Edgeley Park	7,471
Dinning, Grant	Lineups		Grant, Coote
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Prenton Park	7,377
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	3	Portsmouth	The Hawthorns	12,757
	Lineups		Hillier, Claridge, McLoughlin

				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	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	0	Nottingham Forest	33	12	2	2	36	16	7	6	4	16	13	52	65	D	D	W	W	L	1998-03-01	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Sunderland	32	9	4	2	31	13	9	3	5	26	21	57	61	W	L	W	W	W	1998-02-28	Ipswich Town	H
4	0	Sheffield United	31	11	4	0	28	11	3	8	5	18	22	46	54	L	W	D	D	W	1998-02-25	Queens Park Rangers	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	1	Stockport County	34	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	12	18	30	54	51	D	W	L	W	L	1998-02-28	Oxford United	A
7	3	Ipswich Town	33	8	4	4	30	16	5	8	4	23	19	53	51	W	W	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Sunderland	A
8	-2	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
9	-1	Birmingham City	32	7	6	3	19	9	6	5	5	22	14	41	50	W	W	D	L	W	1998-02-25	Bury	H
10	-1	West Bromwich Albion	34	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	6	17	17	35	50	L	D	L	D	W	1998-02-28	Manchester City	A
11	1	Bradford City	35	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	9	14	21	36	48	W	D	L	L	W	1998-02-28	Sheffield United	A
12	-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
13	0	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	0	Norwich City	34	7	5	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	33	42	D	L	L	D	D	1998-02-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	4	Reading	33	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	7	10	26	35	39	W	L	L	L	W	1998-02-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
16	-1	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
17	-1	Oxford United	33	7	4	4	20	15	3	3	12	20	35	40	37	L	D	W	L	W	1998-02-28	Stockport County	H
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	33	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	9	15	24	36	37	D	L	W	W	W	1998-02-28	Portsmouth	A
19	-1	Huddersfield Town	34	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	9	16	32	36	36	L	W	L	L	W	1998-02-28	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	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	34	5	5	7	20	20	4	2	11	19	32	39	34	L	W	L	D	D	1998-03-01	Stoke City	H
22	0	Manchester City	34	4	4	9	21	20	4	5	8	16	21	37	33	L	W	L	L	D	1998-02-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
23	1	Portsmouth	33	6	3	8	22	27	3	3	10	15	23	37	33	W	W	W	L	L	1998-02-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	-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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Wycombe Wanderers	The Memorial Stadium	5,805
Hayles, Beadle, Ramasut	Lineups		Scott
Burnley	1	2	Wrexham	Turf Moor	8,576
Cooke	Lineups		Roberts, Wilson
Chesterfield	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,077
Howard, Williams	Lineups		Garnett
Fulham	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Craven Cottage	7,708
	Lineups		Robinson
Gillingham	1	0	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	6,405
Butters (p)	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Blackpool	Blundell Park	4,924
Clare	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Kenilworth Road	4,403
Oldfield	Lineups		Jones
Preston North End	0	3	Carlisle United	Deepdale	8,985
	Lineups		Barr, Wright 2
Southend United	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Roots Hall	4,442
Aldridge, Maher, Jobson	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Brentford	Bescot Stadium	3,166
	Lineups
York City	0	1	Bristol City	Bootham Crescent	3,770
	Lineups		Bell (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	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	34	12	3	2	32	13	7	5	5	23	14	55	65	W	D	L	L	D	1998-02-28	Southend United	H
3	1	Grimsby Town	31	9	5	2	25	9	6	4	5	18	16	43	54	W	W	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Northampton Town	A
4	2	Bristol Rovers	33	9	1	6	29	25	6	7	4	22	22	51	53	W	W	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Watford	A
5	-2	Northampton Town	34	11	4	2	26	12	2	9	6	12	16	38	52	L	D	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Grimsby Town	H
6	-1	Fulham	33	9	6	2	20	8	5	3	8	22	22	42	51	L	W	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Blackpool	A
7	1	Gillingham	33	9	5	3	22	15	5	4	7	20	24	42	51	W	W	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Wycombe Wanderers	A
8	1	AFC Bournemouth	33	9	6	2	22	8	4	4	8	19	25	41	49	W	L	W	W	W	1998-02-28	Preston North End	H
9	-2	Oldham Athletic	33	11	4	1	32	14	1	8	8	14	23	46	48	L	L	W	L	D	1998-02-28	Millwall	H
10	0	Wrexham	32	7	6	2	21	16	5	5	7	18	23	39	47	W	L	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Walsall	H
11	0	Chesterfield	34	9	6	2	22	13	2	8	7	11	18	33	47	W	W	L	L	L	1998-02-28	Wigan Athletic	A
12	0	Blackpool	34	9	5	3	27	19	3	2	12	16	32	43	43	L	L	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Fulham	H
13	0	York City	33	9	3	5	22	15	1	10	5	16	26	38	43	L	D	D	W	L	1998-02-28	Brentford	A
14	0	Wycombe Wanderers	34	7	7	2	22	15	2	6	10	17	31	39	40	L	D	W	L	D	1998-02-28	Gillingham	H
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	31	7	6	3	20	12	3	3	9	12	23	32	39	D	L	D	L	D	1998-02-28	Wrexham	A
17	0	Wigan Athletic	32	6	4	5	26	24	4	3	10	18	26	44	37	D	L	L	D	W	1998-02-28	Chesterfield	H
18	0	Preston North End	33	6	4	7	18	19	3	5	8	19	22	37	36	L	D	D	L	D	1998-02-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	6	5	5	26	23	2	6	9	13	26	39	35	L	W	D	W	L	1998-02-28	Luton Town	H
20	1	Luton Town	33	4	5	9	24	34	4	6	5	14	16	38	35	D	D	D	L	L	1998-02-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	2	Carlisle United	33	5	5	6	19	20	4	2	11	24	30	43	34	W	L	D	L	D	1998-02-28	Burnley	H
22	-2	Burnley	33	6	8	3	25	17	2	2	12	14	29	39	34	L	D	L	W	W	1998-02-28	Carlisle United	A
23	1	Southend United	34	7	6	5	23	21	2	1	13	13	40	36	34	W	W	L	L	D	1998-02-28	Bristol City	A
24	-2	Brentford	34	7	5	4	25	18	0	8	10	8	34	33	34	D	D	D	D	W	1998-02-28	York City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Cardiff City	2	2	Rotherham United	Ninian Park	2,731
Saville, White	Lineups		Middleton OG, Glover
Chester City	1	3	Torquay United	Deva Stadium	2,163
Woods	Lineups		Gurney, Roberts, Jack
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Darlington	Belle Vue	1,342
	Lineups		Dorner, Robinson
Exeter City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	2,754
Williams, McConnell (p)	Lineups		Ansah
Hull City	0	2	Barnet	Boothferry Park	3,313
	Lineups		McGleish, Samuels
Leyton Orient	2	1	Hartlepool United	Brisbane Road	3,713
Harris, Joseph M	Lineups		Clark
Lincoln City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	3,407
Alcide	Lineups		Forrester
Mansfield Town	1	0	Macclesfield Town	Field Mill	2,683
Peters	Lineups
Notts County	2	1	Swansea City	Meadow Lane	4,484
Jones G 2	Lineups		Hartfield
Peterborough United	0	0	Scarborough	London Road	4,208
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	0	Cambridge United	Spotland	1,192
Gouck 2	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	1,972
	Lineups		Gregory N, Gregory D

				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	34	10	5	2	28	16	12	4	1	31	15	59	75	W	W	W	D	W	1998-02-28	Macclesfield Town	A
2	1	Torquay United	34	11	2	3	31	14	6	6	6	24	27	55	59	W	W	W	W	W	1998-02-28	Lincoln City	H
3	-1	Macclesfield Town	34	14	3	0	30	8	2	7	8	17	25	47	58	L	W	W	W	D	1998-02-28	Notts County	H
4	1	Barnet	34	9	5	3	29	16	7	4	6	20	21	49	57	W	L	D	D	W	1998-02-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	-1	Peterborough United	34	10	4	4	31	14	5	7	4	23	18	54	56	D	L	W	L	L	1998-02-27	Colchester United	A
6	0	Lincoln City	33	7	6	4	22	20	7	6	3	17	17	39	54	D	W	D	W	W	1998-02-28	Torquay United	A
7	0	Scarborough	34	11	3	3	35	19	4	5	8	19	28	54	53	D	L	W	L	D	1998-02-28	Hull City	H
8	0	Chester City	34	10	5	3	27	10	5	2	9	20	29	47	52	L	W	D	L	D	1998-02-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	0	Rotherham United	34	8	4	4	31	24	5	8	5	20	22	51	51	D	L	L	W	L	1998-02-28	Leyton Orient	H
10	0	Colchester United	34	10	3	4	28	18	4	5	8	26	32	54	50	W	W	W	L	D	1998-02-27	Peterborough United	H
11	0	Exeter City	34	7	8	3	27	17	5	5	6	22	24	49	49	W	L	L	L	D	1998-02-28	Swansea City	A
12	0	Leyton Orient	33	10	4	3	30	14	4	5	7	15	16	45	48	W	D	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Rotherham United	A
13	1	Mansfield Town	34	8	6	3	31	19	4	4	9	14	20	45	46	W	W	L	L	W	1998-02-28	Cambridge United	A
14	-1	Hartlepool United	34	7	10	0	27	14	2	7	8	16	24	43	44	L	L	D	D	L	1998-02-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	0	Scunthorpe United	33	6	5	5	19	19	6	3	8	20	23	39	44	D	L	W	D	W	1998-02-28	Cardiff City	H
16	1	Cardiff City	34	4	11	3	19	17	3	8	5	15	18	34	40	D	D	W	D	L	1998-02-28	Scunthorpe United	A
17	2	Darlington	33	9	5	2	30	19	1	4	12	12	36	42	39	W	L	L	D	W	1998-02-28	Rochdale	H
18	-2	Shrewsbury Town	32	8	2	6	23	21	2	7	7	18	25	41	39	L	W	W	D	D	1998-02-28	Barnet	A
19	1	Rochdale	34	10	2	5	27	11	2	1	14	11	32	38	39	W	W	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Darlington	A
20	-2	Cambridge United	34	7	5	4	27	22	1	9	8	16	25	43	38	L	D	D	W	L	1998-02-28	Mansfield Town	H
21	0	Swansea City	34	5	5	6	16	13	5	1	12	20	35	36	36	L	D	L	W	D	1998-02-28	Exeter City	H
22	0	Hull City	34	7	4	6	29	27	1	1	15	14	37	43	29	L	W	L	L	L	1998-02-28	Scarborough	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	1	7	9	13	26	3	4	10	13	24	26	23	L	L	D	L	L	1998-02-28	Chester City	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	2	3	12	9	37	1	4	12	12	46	21	16	L	L	D	W	L	1998-02-28	Hartlepool United	A