Saturday 1998-03-07

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
PL	Coventry City	1	1	Sheffield United	D 1	Highfield Road	23,084
	Dublin (p)	Lineups		Marcelo
PL	Leeds United	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	Elland Road	39,902
		Lineups		Goodman

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Liverpool	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Anfield Road	44,532
Ince, Owen	Lineups		Thompson
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Manchester United	Hillsborough	39,427
Atherton, Di Canio	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Everton	The Dell	15,102
Le Tissier (p), Ostenstad	Lineups		Tiler

				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	29	11	2	1	35	6	7	3	5	22	15	36	59	L	W	W	W	D	1998-03-11	West Ham United	A
2	2	Liverpool	29	10	2	4	31	15	4	6	3	17	14	19	50	W	L	D	D	L	1998-03-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	-1	Arsenal	26	10	2	2	29	9	3	7	2	16	17	19	48	D	W	W	W	D	1998-03-11	Wimbledon	A
4	-1	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
5	0	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	Leeds United	28	6	3	5	18	15	6	3	5	18	15	6	42	W	L	D	L	W	1998-03-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	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
9	0	West Ham United	27	9	2	1	26	8	3	2	10	12	28	2	40	D	D	W	D	L	1998-03-11	Manchester United	H
10	1	Southampton	29	9	1	5	25	17	3	3	8	11	21	-2	40	W	W	W	L	W	1998-03-14	Barnsley	A
11	-1	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
12	1	Sheffield Wednesday	29	8	4	4	27	22	2	3	8	16	32	-11	37	W	L	W	D	L	1998-03-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	-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
14	0	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	0	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	29	5	3	5	18	18	2	6	8	15	24	-9	30	L	D	D	L	D	1998-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	29	6	4	4	15	16	2	2	11	11	28	-18	30	L	W	L	D	W	1998-03-14	Liverpool	H
18	0	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	0	Bolton Wanderers	28	3	8	2	11	13	1	4	10	13	32	-21	24	L	L	D	D	L	1998-03-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	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
Birmingham City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	St Andrew's	18,298
Adebola	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Norwich City	Gigg Lane	5,154
Jemson (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	4	Nottingham Forest	Gresty Road	5,759
Little	Lineups		Bart-Williams, Campbell 3
Ipswich Town	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Portman Road	19,831
Stockwell, Cundy, Johnson	Lineups		Mendonca
Manchester City	0	2	Oxford United	Maine Road	28,720
	Lineups		Beauchamp, Cook
Reading	0	3	Port Vale	Elm Park	7,139
	Lineups		Mills, Talbot, Jansson
Stoke City	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Britannia Stadium	12,594
Tiatto	Lineups		Barnes, Stewart
Sunderland	4	1	Stockport County	Stadium of Light	34,870
Quinn 3, Phillips	Lineups		Angell
Swindon Town	0	1	Portsmouth	County Ground	9,100
	Lineups		Durnin
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bradford City	The Hawthorns	13,281
Burgess	Lineups		Steiner

				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	36	13	2	3	40	19	8	6	4	20	14	60	71	W	L	W	D	D	1998-03-14	Bury	H
2	1	Sunderland	35	10	5	2	37	16	10	3	5	29	21	66	68	W	W	D	W	L	1998-03-10	Birmingham City	H
3	-1	Middlesbrough	35	12	3	2	32	10	8	5	5	23	26	55	68	L	L	W	W	W	1998-03-11	Swindon Town	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	36	12	4	1	36	14	6	4	9	27	32	63	62	L	W	W	W	L	1998-03-15	Sunderland	H
5	1	Ipswich Town	36	9	4	4	33	17	6	9	4	26	21	59	58	W	W	D	W	W	1998-03-14	Stockport County	A
6	-1	Sheffield United	34	12	4	1	30	13	3	9	5	20	24	50	58	L	W	D	L	W	1998-03-14	Reading	H
7	1	Birmingham City	36	8	6	4	21	12	7	6	5	28	18	49	57	W	D	W	L	W	1998-03-10	Sunderland	A
8	-1	Stockport County	37	12	5	1	41	16	4	1	14	19	37	60	54	L	W	L	D	W	1998-03-14	Ipswich Town	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	10	5	3	31	18	5	2	9	13	18	44	52	D	L	L	W	L	1998-03-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	8	5	6	19	19	6	4	8	17	23	36	51	D	L	L	L	D	1998-03-14	Norwich City	A
11	0	Bradford City	37	9	7	2	22	15	3	6	10	16	24	38	49	D	L	W	D	L	1998-03-14	Birmingham City	H
12	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	7	2	10	21	30	7	3	8	24	23	45	47	L	D	W	L	W	1998-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Swindon Town	36	9	3	6	25	20	4	4	10	11	31	36	46	L	L	L	W	L	1998-03-11	Middlesbrough	A
14	2	Oxford United	36	8	5	4	23	15	4	3	12	22	35	45	44	W	D	W	L	D	1998-03-14	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Norwich City	37	7	7	5	19	23	4	4	10	17	33	36	44	L	D	D	D	L	1998-03-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-1	Queens Park Rangers	37	8	7	4	26	17	2	6	10	16	34	42	43	L	W	D	D	L	1998-03-14	Swindon Town	H
17	3	Bury	37	5	9	5	17	19	3	9	6	18	24	35	42	W	D	W	W	D	1998-03-14	Nottingham Forest	A
18	3	Portsmouth	36	7	4	8	24	28	4	3	10	16	23	40	40	W	D	W	W	W	1998-03-14	Middlesbrough	H
19	-2	Tranmere Rovers	35	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	10	16	25	37	40	W	L	D	L	W	1998-03-14	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-2	Manchester City	37	5	4	10	22	22	5	5	8	19	22	41	39	L	W	W	L	W	1998-03-14	Port Vale	A
21	2	Huddersfield Town	37	6	4	8	21	23	4	5	10	18	34	39	39	W	L	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	-3	Reading	36	7	4	8	25	27	3	5	9	11	32	36	39	L	L	L	W	L	1998-03-14	Sheffield United	A
23	1	Port Vale	37	5	6	8	20	21	5	2	11	22	32	42	38	W	L	D	L	W	1998-03-14	Manchester City	H
24	-2	Stoke City	37	5	5	8	22	30	3	8	8	13	22	35	37	L	D	D	L	D	1998-03-14	Oxford United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Watford	Bloomfield Road	5,237
Clarkson	Lineups		Bazeley
Brentford	3	2	AFC Bournemouth	Griffin Park	4,973
Hutchings, Bryan, Rapley	Lineups		Rolling 2
Bristol Rovers	0	2	Northampton Town	The Memorial Stadium	6,535
	Lineups		Freestone, Dozzell (p)
Chesterfield	0	2	Fulham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,129
	Lineups		Morgan, Blake
Luton Town	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	6,114
	Lineups
Millwall	1	0	Gillingham	The Den	8,241
Law	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Preston North End	Home Park	4,201
Wotton, Conlon	Lineups
Southend United	0	1	Grimsby Town	Roots Hall	4,829
	Lineups		Groves
Walsall	0	0	Burnley	Bescot Stadium	5,212
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	2	Carlisle United	Racecourse Ground	4,242
Ward, Connolly	Lineups		Stevens, Wright
York City	2	2	Wigan Athletic	Bootham Crescent	3,536
Thompson, Bushell	Lineups		Greenall, Jones

				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	36	10	4	3	29	18	10	7	2	24	12	53	71	D	L	W	D	D	1998-03-14	Southend United	H
2	0	Bristol City	36	13	4	2	35	15	7	5	5	23	14	58	69	D	W	W	D	L	1998-03-14	Bristol Rovers	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	34	9	6	2	25	9	7	4	6	20	18	45	58	W	D	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Walsall	H
4	0	Northampton Town	37	12	4	3	28	14	3	9	6	14	16	42	58	W	L	W	L	D	1998-03-14	Blackpool	H
5	0	Fulham	36	10	6	2	21	8	6	3	9	25	24	46	57	W	W	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Millwall	H
6	0	Gillingham	36	10	5	3	24	16	5	4	9	20	26	44	54	L	W	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Chesterfield	H
7	1	Wrexham	35	8	7	2	25	19	6	5	7	19	23	44	54	D	W	W	W	L	1998-03-14	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	-1	Bristol Rovers	36	9	1	7	29	27	6	7	6	24	26	53	53	L	L	L	W	W	1998-03-10	York City	H
9	0	AFC Bournemouth	36	9	7	3	25	13	4	4	9	21	28	46	50	L	D	L	W	L	1998-03-14	Wrexham	H
10	0	Oldham Athletic	35	11	5	1	33	15	1	8	9	15	25	48	49	L	D	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Wigan Athletic	A
11	0	Chesterfield	37	9	6	3	22	15	2	9	8	12	20	34	48	L	D	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Gillingham	A
12	0	Blackpool	36	10	6	3	30	21	3	2	12	16	32	46	47	D	W	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Northampton Town	A
13	1	York City	36	9	4	5	24	17	2	10	6	18	28	42	47	D	L	W	L	D	1998-03-10	Bristol Rovers	A
14	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	37	9	7	2	24	15	2	7	10	17	31	41	47	D	W	W	L	D	1998-03-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	2	Millwall	35	6	6	6	19	18	6	3	8	17	24	36	45	W	L	D	D	D	1998-03-14	Fulham	A
16	0	Walsall	34	7	7	3	20	12	4	3	10	15	26	35	43	D	W	L	D	L	1998-03-14	Grimsby Town	A
17	-2	Preston North End	36	7	4	7	19	19	4	5	9	21	24	40	42	L	W	W	L	D	1998-03-14	York City	H
18	0	Carlisle United	36	7	5	6	22	21	4	3	11	26	32	48	41	D	W	W	W	L	1998-03-14	Brentford	H
19	0	Wigan Athletic	34	7	4	5	28	25	4	4	10	20	28	48	41	D	W	D	L	L	1998-03-14	Oldham Athletic	H
20	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	7	5	6	28	25	2	7	9	16	29	44	39	W	D	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Wycombe Wanderers	A
21	-1	Luton Town	36	4	6	9	24	34	5	6	6	16	17	40	39	D	L	W	D	D	1998-03-14	Burnley	A
22	0	Brentford	37	8	5	5	29	22	0	9	10	10	36	39	38	W	D	L	D	D	1998-03-14	Carlisle United	A
23	0	Burnley	35	6	8	3	25	17	2	3	13	15	31	40	35	D	L	L	D	L	1998-03-14	Luton Town	H
24	0	Southend United	36	7	6	6	23	22	2	1	14	13	41	36	34	L	L	W	W	L	1998-03-14	Watford	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Hartlepool United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,811
	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Darlington	Boothferry Park	3,616
Wright	Lineups		Dorner
Leyton Orient	1	0	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	4,746
Inglethorpe	Lineups
Macclesfield Town	0	0	Rotherham United	Moss Rose	3,156
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Field Mill	2,219
Peacock	Lineups		Seabury
Notts County	2	0	Barnet	Meadow Lane	6,081
Jones G, Hughes	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Exeter City	London Road	4,888
Cleaver	Lineups		Clark
Rochdale	1	1	Chester City	Spotland	1,955
Lancashire	Lineups		Murphy
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Colchester United	Glanford Park	2,143
McAuley	Lineups
Torquay United	0	3	Cambridge United	Plainmoor	3,809
	Lineups		Kyd, Benjamin, Wanless

				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	37	11	5	2	30	16	13	4	2	36	19	66	81	W	W	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Chester City	A
2	0	Torquay United	37	13	2	4	35	19	6	6	6	24	27	59	65	L	W	W	W	W	1998-03-14	Darlington	A
3	0	Macclesfield Town	37	15	4	0	32	8	2	8	8	17	25	49	63	D	D	W	L	W	1998-03-14	Colchester United	A
4	0	Barnet	37	9	6	3	30	17	8	4	7	22	23	52	61	L	W	D	W	L	1998-03-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Scarborough	36	12	4	3	39	22	4	5	8	19	28	58	57	D	W	D	L	W	1998-03-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	Peterborough United	37	10	5	4	32	15	5	7	6	24	22	56	57	D	L	L	D	L	1998-03-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	0	Rotherham United	37	9	5	4	33	25	5	9	5	20	22	53	56	D	D	W	D	L	1998-03-14	Mansfield Town	H
8	0	Lincoln City	36	7	7	4	23	21	7	6	5	19	21	42	55	L	D	L	D	W	1998-03-14	Rochdale	H
9	0	Colchester United	37	11	4	4	29	18	4	5	9	26	33	55	54	L	D	W	W	W	1998-03-14	Macclesfield Town	H
10	0	Chester City	37	10	6	3	28	11	5	3	10	23	33	51	54	D	D	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Notts County	H
11	1	Leyton Orient	36	11	4	3	31	14	4	6	8	17	19	48	52	W	D	L	W	D	1998-03-14	Scarborough	A
12	1	Scunthorpe United	36	7	6	5	23	22	7	3	8	21	23	44	51	W	W	D	D	L	1998-03-14	Cambridge United	A
13	-2	Exeter City	37	7	8	4	29	22	5	6	7	24	27	53	50	D	L	L	W	L	1998-03-14	Hull City	H
14	0	Mansfield Town	37	8	7	3	32	20	4	5	10	16	24	48	48	D	D	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Rotherham United	A
15	0	Hartlepool United	37	8	10	1	30	16	2	8	8	16	24	46	48	D	L	W	L	L	1998-03-14	Swansea City	H
16	0	Darlington	36	11	5	2	34	20	1	5	12	13	37	47	46	D	W	W	W	L	1998-03-14	Torquay United	H
17	1	Cambridge United	37	8	6	4	29	22	2	9	8	19	25	48	45	W	D	W	L	D	1998-03-14	Scunthorpe United	H
18	-1	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	2	6	25	21	2	9	7	20	27	45	44	D	W	D	L	W	1998-03-14	Peterborough United	H
19	2	Rochdale	37	10	3	5	28	12	2	2	15	11	33	39	41	D	D	L	W	W	1998-03-14	Lincoln City	A
20	-1	Cardiff City	36	4	11	3	19	17	3	9	6	18	22	37	41	L	D	D	D	W	1998-03-08	Swansea City	A
21	-1	Swansea City	36	6	5	6	18	14	5	2	12	21	36	39	40	D	W	L	D	L	1998-03-08	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Hull City	37	7	5	6	30	28	1	1	17	15	41	45	30	D	L	L	L	W	1998-03-14	Exeter City	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	2	8	9	16	28	3	5	10	13	24	29	28	D	D	W	L	L	1998-03-14	Barnet	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	2	3	13	9	39	1	4	13	13	49	22	16	L	L	L	L	D	1998-03-10	Scarborough	H