Saturday 1998-02-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Liverpool	Villa Park	39,372
Collymore 2	Lineups		Owen (p)
Barnsley	2	1	Wimbledon	Oakwell	17,172
Fjortoft 2	Lineups		Euell
Blackburn Rovers	5	3	Leicester City	Ewood Park	24,854
Dahlin, Sutton 3, Hendry	Lineups		Wilson, Izzet, Ullathorne
Chelsea	0	1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	34,517
	Lineups		Neville P
Crystal Palace	0	3	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	21,810
	Lineups		Telfer, Moldovan, Dublin
Derby County	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Pride Park	30,203
Wanchope 2, Rowett	Lineups
Everton	0	0	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	37,972
	Lineups
Leeds United	0	1	Southampton	Elland Road	28,926
	Lineups		Hirst

				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	28	11	2	1	35	6	7	3	4	22	13	38	59	W	W	W	D	L	1998-03-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	3	Blackburn Rovers	27	9	3	2	35	18	4	6	3	14	15	16	48	W	L	L	D	W	1998-03-11	Leeds United	A
3	-1	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
4	-1	Liverpool	28	9	2	4	29	14	4	6	3	17	14	18	47	L	D	D	L	D	1998-03-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	-1	Chelsea	27	8	2	2	22	9	6	1	8	30	21	22	45	L	L	L	W	L	1998-03-08	Aston Villa	H
6	0	Derby County	28	10	3	1	28	8	3	3	8	16	26	10	45	W	L	W	L	W	1998-03-15	Leeds United	H
7	0	Leicester City	28	5	7	3	16	11	5	3	5	18	17	6	40	L	W	D	W	W	1998-03-14	Wimbledon	A
8	0	Leeds United	27	5	3	5	17	15	6	3	5	18	15	5	39	L	D	L	W	L	1998-03-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	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
10	0	Coventry City	28	6	7	1	21	14	4	2	8	14	21	0	39	W	W	W	W	W	1998-03-14	Newcastle United	A
11	0	Southampton	28	8	1	5	23	16	3	3	8	11	21	-3	37	W	W	L	W	L	1998-03-07	Everton	H
12	1	Newcastle United	27	6	4	5	16	16	3	3	6	10	15	-5	34	D	D	L	W	L	1998-03-14	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	7	4	4	25	22	2	3	8	16	32	-13	34	L	W	D	L	D	1998-03-07	Manchester United	H
14	1	Aston Villa	28	6	3	5	19	19	3	3	8	11	20	-9	33	W	L	L	W	L	1998-03-08	Chelsea	A
15	-1	Wimbledon	26	4	3	6	14	17	4	5	4	14	13	-2	32	L	W	W	D	D	1998-03-11	Arsenal	H
16	0	Everton	28	5	3	5	18	18	2	6	7	14	22	-8	30	D	D	L	D	D	1998-03-07	Southampton	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	2	Barnsley	27	5	3	5	16	23	2	1	11	8	40	-39	25	W	L	D	L	W	1998-03-11	Aston Villa	A
19	-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
20	-1	Crystal Palace	27	0	4	9	7	26	5	4	5	14	15	-20	23	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-11	Chelsea	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	1	0	Swindon Town	Gigg Lane	5,002
Daws	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	12,908
Bright	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Reading	Gresty Road	5,202
Rivers	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	28,460
Rosler	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	12,730
	Lineups
Oxford United	3	0	Stockport County	Manor Ground	6,650
Davis, Donaldson, Francis	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Fratton Park	12,250
Aloisi	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Bradford City	Bramall Lane	17,848
Taylor 2	Lineups		Steiner
Sunderland	2	2	Ipswich Town	Stadium of Light	35,114
Williams, Phillips	Lineups		Petta, Dyer
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Birmingham City	Molineux	25,591
Freedman	Lineups		Ndlovu 2 (1p), Adebola

				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	33	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	3	23	17	55	68	W	W	W	D	W	1998-03-01	Nottingham Forest	A
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	33	9	5	2	33	15	9	3	5	26	21	59	62	D	W	L	W	W	1998-03-04	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	34	11	4	1	31	14	6	4	8	26	29	57	59	W	W	L	D	L	1998-03-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Sheffield United	33	12	4	0	30	12	3	9	5	20	24	50	58	W	D	L	W	D	1998-03-03	Ipswich Town	H
6	3	Birmingham City	34	7	6	4	20	12	7	5	5	25	15	45	53	W	L	W	W	D	1998-03-04	Norwich City	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	34	8	4	4	30	16	5	9	4	25	21	55	52	D	W	W	W	W	1998-03-03	Sheffield United	A
8	-2	Stockport County	35	11	5	1	36	15	4	1	13	18	33	54	51	L	D	W	L	W	1998-03-03	Reading	H
9	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	10	4	3	30	17	5	2	9	13	18	43	51	L	L	W	L	L	1998-03-04	Stoke City	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	8	4	6	18	18	6	4	7	17	18	35	50	L	L	D	L	D	1998-03-03	Charlton Athletic	A
11	0	Bradford City	36	9	7	2	22	15	3	5	10	15	23	37	48	L	W	D	L	L	1998-03-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	1	Crewe Alexandra	35	7	2	9	20	26	7	2	8	24	23	44	46	W	L	W	L	W	1998-03-03	Oxford United	A
13	-1	Swindon Town	35	9	3	5	25	19	4	4	10	11	31	36	46	L	L	W	L	L	1998-03-07	Portsmouth	H
14	0	Norwich City	35	7	6	5	16	20	4	4	9	17	32	33	43	D	D	L	L	D	1998-03-04	Birmingham City	H
15	2	Oxford United	34	8	4	4	23	15	3	3	12	20	35	43	40	W	L	D	W	L	1998-03-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-1	Queens Park Rangers	35	7	7	4	21	17	2	6	9	16	33	37	40	D	D	L	D	D	1998-03-04	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Reading	34	7	4	7	25	24	3	5	8	10	27	35	39	L	W	L	L	L	1998-03-03	Stockport County	A
18	3	Bury	35	4	9	5	16	19	3	8	6	17	23	33	38	W	W	D	D	W	1998-03-03	Portsmouth	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	34	6	6	5	21	17	3	4	10	15	25	36	37	L	D	L	W	W	1998-03-04	Port Vale	A
20	3	Manchester City	35	5	4	9	22	20	4	5	8	16	21	38	36	W	L	W	L	L	1998-03-03	Huddersfield Town	A
21	3	Portsmouth	34	7	3	8	23	27	3	3	10	15	23	38	36	W	W	W	W	L	1998-03-03	Bury	H
22	-3	Huddersfield Town	35	6	4	7	20	20	3	5	10	16	33	36	36	L	L	W	L	L	1998-03-03	Manchester City	H
23	-3	Stoke City	34	5	5	7	21	28	3	6	8	12	21	33	35	L	D	D	L	D	1998-03-01	Port Vale	A
24	-2	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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	2	Preston North End	Dean Court	5,009
	Lineups		Davey, Appleton
Blackpool	2	1	Fulham	Bloomfield Road	5,183
Preece, Clarkson	Lineups		Coleman
Brentford	1	2	York City	Griffin Park	4,490
McGhee	Lineups		Gabbiadini, Jones
Bristol City	1	0	Southend United	Ashton Gate	12,049
Cramb	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Burnley	Brunton Park	7,192
Smart, Stevens	Lineups		Cooke
Northampton Town	2	1	Grimsby Town	Sixfields Stadium	6,932
Seal (p), Gleghorn	Lineups		Donovan
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Millwall	Boundary Park	4,805
Barlow	Lineups		McNiven OG
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Luton Town	Home Park	4,846
	Lineups		Fotiadis, Evers
Watford	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Vicarage Road	12,186
Noel-Williams, Rosenthal, Mooney	Lineups		White T, Cureton
Wigan Athletic	2	1	Chesterfield	Springfield Park	3,017
Lowe, Jones (p)	Lineups		Wilkinson
Wrexham	2	1	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	3,622
Brammer, Wainwright	Lineups		Ricketts
Wycombe Wanderers	1	0	Gillingham	Adams Park	5,583
Ryan	Lineups

				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	34	10	4	2	28	16	10	6	2	23	11	51	70	W	D	D	D	L	1998-03-03	Walsall	H
2	0	Bristol City	35	13	3	2	33	13	7	5	5	23	14	56	68	W	W	D	L	L	1998-03-03	Brentford	H
3	2	Northampton Town	35	12	4	2	28	13	2	9	6	12	16	40	55	W	L	D	W	W	1998-03-03	Wrexham	H
4	-1	Grimsby Town	32	9	5	2	25	9	6	4	6	19	18	44	54	L	W	W	W	W	1998-03-03	Chesterfield	H
5	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	9	1	6	29	25	6	7	5	24	25	53	53	L	W	W	L	W	1998-03-03	Fulham	A
6	0	Fulham	34	9	6	2	20	8	5	3	9	23	24	43	51	L	L	W	L	W	1998-03-03	Bristol Rovers	H
7	0	Gillingham	34	9	5	3	22	15	5	4	8	20	25	42	51	L	W	W	W	W	1998-03-03	Oldham Athletic	H
8	2	Wrexham	33	8	6	2	23	17	5	5	7	18	23	41	50	W	W	L	W	W	1998-03-03	Northampton Town	A
9	0	Oldham Athletic	34	11	5	1	33	15	1	8	8	14	23	47	49	D	L	L	W	L	1998-03-03	Gillingham	A
10	-2	AFC Bournemouth	34	9	6	3	22	10	4	4	8	19	25	41	49	L	W	L	W	W	1998-03-03	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	0	Chesterfield	35	9	6	2	22	13	2	8	8	12	20	34	47	L	W	W	L	L	1998-03-03	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	Blackpool	35	10	5	3	29	20	3	2	12	16	32	45	46	W	L	L	W	W	1998-03-07	Watford	H
13	0	York City	34	9	3	5	22	15	2	10	5	18	27	40	46	W	L	D	D	W	1998-03-03	Wycombe Wanderers	A
14	1	Wycombe Wanderers	35	8	7	2	23	15	2	6	10	17	31	40	43	W	L	D	W	L	1998-03-03	York City	H
15	-1	Millwall	33	5	6	6	18	18	6	3	7	17	23	35	42	D	D	D	L	L	1998-03-03	Carlisle United	A
16	1	Wigan Athletic	33	7	4	5	28	25	4	3	10	18	26	46	40	W	D	L	L	D	1998-03-07	York City	A
17	1	Preston North End	34	6	4	7	18	19	4	5	8	21	22	39	39	W	L	D	D	L	1998-03-03	Luton Town	H
18	-2	Walsall	32	7	6	3	20	12	3	3	10	13	25	33	39	L	D	L	D	L	1998-03-03	Watford	A
19	1	Luton Town	34	4	5	9	24	34	5	6	5	16	16	40	38	W	D	D	D	L	1998-03-03	Preston North End	A
20	1	Carlisle United	34	6	5	6	21	21	4	2	11	24	30	45	37	W	W	L	D	L	1998-03-03	Millwall	H
21	-2	Plymouth Argyle	34	6	5	6	26	25	2	6	9	13	26	39	35	L	L	W	D	W	1998-03-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
22	0	Burnley	34	6	8	3	25	17	2	2	13	15	31	40	34	L	L	D	L	W	1998-03-07	Walsall	A
23	0	Southend United	35	7	6	5	23	21	2	1	14	13	41	36	34	L	W	W	L	L	1998-03-07	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Brentford	35	7	5	5	26	20	0	8	10	8	34	34	34	L	D	D	D	D	1998-03-03	Bristol City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Underhill Stadium	2,322
McGleish	Lineups		Tretton
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Chester City	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,510
Mayo 2, Ansah	Lineups		Flitcroft, Murphy
Cambridge United	2	0	Mansfield Town	Abbey Stadium	2,303
Charles, Ashbee	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	2,181
Robinson	Lineups
Hartlepool United	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Park	1,920
Clark, Bradley, Howard	Lineups		Rowe
Macclesfield Town	2	0	Notts County	Moss Rose	5,122
Askey, Wood	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Leyton Orient	Millmoor	3,542
Roscoe, Monington	Lineups		Griffiths
Scarborough	2	1	Hull City	Seamer Road	3,831
Brodie, Conway (p)	Lineups		Boyack
Scunthorpe United	3	3	Cardiff City	Glanford Park	2,135
Eyre (p), Forrester, Calvo-Garcia	Lineups		Saville 3
Swansea City	2	1	Exeter City	Vetch Field	3,323
Hartfield, Bird	Lineups		McConnell (p)
Torquay United	3	2	Lincoln City	Plainmoor	3,540
Jack, Gurney, Gibbs (p)	Lineups		Thorpe, Alcide

				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	35	10	5	2	28	16	12	4	2	31	17	59	75	L	W	W	W	D	1998-03-03	Exeter City	A
2	0	Torquay United	35	12	2	3	34	16	6	6	6	24	27	58	62	W	W	W	W	W	1998-03-03	Cardiff City	H
3	0	Macclesfield Town	35	15	3	0	32	8	2	7	8	17	25	49	61	W	L	W	W	W	1998-03-03	Cambridge United	A
4	0	Barnet	35	9	6	3	30	17	7	4	6	20	21	50	58	D	W	L	D	D	1998-03-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	3	Scarborough	35	12	3	3	37	20	4	5	8	19	28	56	56	W	D	L	W	L	1998-03-03	Mansfield Town	H
6	-1	Peterborough United	35	10	4	4	31	14	5	7	5	23	19	54	56	L	D	L	W	L	1998-03-03	Darlington	A
7	3	Rotherham United	35	9	4	4	33	25	5	8	5	20	22	53	54	W	D	L	L	W	1998-03-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	-2	Lincoln City	34	7	6	4	22	20	7	6	4	19	20	41	54	L	D	W	D	W	1998-03-03	Swansea City	H
9	-2	Colchester United	35	11	3	4	29	18	4	5	8	26	32	55	53	W	W	W	W	L	1998-03-03	Rochdale	H
10	-1	Chester City	35	10	5	3	27	10	5	2	10	22	32	49	52	L	L	W	D	L	1998-03-03	Leyton Orient	H
11	0	Exeter City	35	7	8	3	27	17	5	5	7	23	26	50	49	L	W	L	L	L	1998-03-03	Notts County	H
12	0	Leyton Orient	34	10	4	3	30	14	4	5	8	16	18	46	48	L	W	D	L	W	1998-03-03	Chester City	A
13	1	Hartlepool United	35	8	10	0	30	15	2	7	8	16	24	46	47	W	L	L	D	D	1998-03-03	Scunthorpe United	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	35	8	6	3	31	19	4	4	10	14	22	45	46	L	W	W	L	L	1998-03-03	Scarborough	A
15	0	Scunthorpe United	34	6	6	5	22	22	6	3	8	20	23	42	45	D	D	L	W	D	1998-03-03	Hartlepool United	A
16	1	Darlington	34	10	5	2	31	19	1	4	12	12	36	43	42	W	W	L	L	D	1998-03-03	Peterborough United	H
17	3	Cambridge United	35	8	5	4	29	22	1	9	8	16	25	45	41	W	L	D	D	W	1998-03-03	Macclesfield Town	H
18	-2	Cardiff City	35	4	11	3	19	17	3	9	5	18	21	37	41	D	D	D	W	D	1998-03-03	Torquay United	A
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	33	8	2	6	23	21	2	8	7	19	26	42	40	D	L	W	W	D	1998-03-03	Hull City	H
20	-1	Rochdale	35	10	2	5	27	11	2	1	15	11	33	38	39	L	W	W	L	W	1998-03-03	Colchester United	A
21	0	Swansea City	35	6	5	6	18	14	5	1	12	20	35	38	39	W	L	D	L	W	1998-03-03	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Hull City	35	7	4	6	29	27	1	1	16	15	39	44	29	L	L	W	L	L	1998-03-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	2	7	9	16	28	3	4	10	13	24	29	26	W	L	L	D	L	1998-03-03	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	2	3	12	9	37	1	4	13	13	49	22	16	L	L	L	D	W	1998-03-03	Barnet	H