Saturday 1998-03-14

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	1	Crystal Palace	Villa Park	33,781
Taylor, Milosevic 2 (1p)	Lineups		Jansen
Barnsley	4	3	Southampton	Oakwell	18,366
Ward, Jones, Fjortoft, Redfearn (p)	Lineups		Ostenstad, Le Tissier 2
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Reebok Stadium	24,847
Frandsen, Blake, Thompson (p)	Lineups		Booth, Atherton
Everton	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	33,423
Madar	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Arsenal	Old Trafford	55,174
	Lineups		Overmars
Newcastle United	0	0	Coventry City	St James' Park	36,762
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	Liverpool	White Hart Lane	30,245
Klinsmann, Ginola, Vega	Lineups		McManaman 2, Ince
West Ham United	2	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	25,829
Sinclair, Unsworth	Lineups		Charvet
Wimbledon	2	1	Leicester City	Selhurst Park	13,229
Roberts, Hughes M	Lineups		Savage

				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	31	11	2	2	35	7	7	4	5	23	16	35	60	L	D	L	W	W	1998-03-28	Wimbledon	H
2	0	Arsenal	28	10	2	2	29	9	5	7	2	18	17	21	54	W	W	D	W	W	1998-03-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	0	Liverpool	30	10	2	4	31	15	4	7	3	20	17	19	51	D	W	L	D	D	1998-03-28	Barnsley	A
4	0	Chelsea	30	9	2	3	28	12	6	1	9	31	23	24	48	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-05	Derby County	A
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	9	3	2	35	18	4	6	5	14	20	11	48	L	L	W	L	L	1998-03-31	Barnsley	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	29	7	3	5	22	15	6	3	5	18	15	10	45	W	W	L	D	L	1998-03-15	Derby County	A
8	0	West Ham United	29	10	3	1	29	10	3	2	10	12	28	3	44	W	D	D	D	W	1998-03-30	Leeds United	H
9	0	Leicester City	29	5	7	3	16	11	5	3	6	19	19	5	40	L	L	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	1	Coventry City	29	6	7	1	21	14	4	3	8	14	21	0	40	D	W	W	W	W	1998-03-28	Derby County	H
11	-1	Southampton	30	9	1	5	25	17	3	3	9	14	25	-3	40	L	W	W	W	L	1998-03-28	Newcastle United	H
12	1	Aston Villa	31	7	3	6	22	21	4	3	8	12	20	-7	39	W	L	W	W	L	1998-03-28	Everton	A
13	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	4	4	27	22	2	3	9	18	35	-12	37	L	W	L	W	D	1998-03-28	Arsenal	A
14	1	Wimbledon	28	5	3	7	16	19	4	5	4	14	13	-2	35	W	L	L	W	W	1998-03-28	Manchester United	A
15	-1	Newcastle United	28	6	5	5	16	16	3	3	6	10	15	-5	35	D	D	D	L	W	1998-03-18	Crystal Palace	H
16	0	Everton	30	6	3	5	19	18	2	6	8	15	24	-8	33	W	L	D	D	L	1998-03-28	Aston Villa	H
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	6	5	4	18	19	2	2	11	11	28	-18	31	D	L	W	L	D	1998-03-28	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Barnsley	29	6	3	5	20	26	3	1	11	9	40	-37	31	W	W	W	L	D	1998-03-28	Liverpool	H
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	29	4	8	2	14	15	1	4	10	13	32	-20	27	W	L	L	D	D	1998-03-28	Leicester City	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	29	0	4	9	7	26	5	4	7	17	24	-26	23	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-18	Newcastle United	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	0	0	Birmingham City	Valley Parade	16,392
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Kirklees Stadium	10,844
Allison, Stewart, Hill OG	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Carrow Road	19,069
Bellamy	Lineups		Hughes
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Bury	City Ground	18,846
Armstrong OG, van Hooijdonk, Rogers	Lineups
Oxford United	5	1	Stoke City	Manor Ground	7,300
Murphy 2, Francis 2, Beauchamp	Lineups		Crowe
Port Vale	2	1	Manchester City	Vale Park	13,122
Foyle, Ainsworth	Lineups		Wiekens
Portsmouth	0	0	Middlesbrough	Fratton Park	17,003
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	13,486
Quashie	Lineups		Walters (p), Onuora
Sheffield United	4	0	Reading	Bramall Lane	15,473
Stuart, Marcelo, Taylor, Quinn	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Ipswich Town	Edgeley Park	8,939
	Lineups		Johnson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Molineux	24,272
Keane	Lineups

				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	37	14	2	3	43	19	8	6	4	20	14	63	74	W	W	L	W	D	1998-03-21	Birmingham City	A
2	-1	Middlesbrough	37	13	3	2	38	10	8	6	5	23	26	61	72	D	W	L	L	W	1998-03-22	Norwich City	H
3	0	Sunderland	36	10	6	2	38	17	10	3	5	29	21	67	69	D	W	W	D	W	1998-03-15	Charlton Athletic	A
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	0	Ipswich Town	37	9	4	4	33	17	7	9	4	27	21	60	61	W	W	W	D	W	1998-03-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	1	Sheffield United	35	13	4	1	34	13	3	9	5	20	24	54	61	W	L	W	D	L	1998-03-21	Manchester City	A
7	-1	Birmingham City	38	8	6	4	21	12	7	8	5	29	19	50	59	D	D	W	D	W	1998-03-21	Nottingham Forest	H
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	11	5	3	32	18	5	2	9	13	18	45	55	W	D	L	L	W	1998-03-18	Swindon Town	A
9	-1	Stockport County	38	12	5	2	41	17	4	1	14	19	37	60	54	L	L	W	L	D	1998-03-21	Swindon Town	A
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	5	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	24	37	52	D	D	L	L	L	1998-03-21	Port Vale	H
11	0	Bradford City	38	9	8	2	22	15	3	6	10	16	24	38	50	D	D	L	W	D	1998-03-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	1	Swindon Town	38	9	3	6	25	20	5	4	11	13	38	38	49	W	L	L	L	L	1998-03-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	1	Oxford United	37	9	5	4	28	16	4	3	12	22	35	50	47	W	W	D	W	L	1998-03-17	Reading	H
14	-2	Crewe Alexandra	38	7	2	10	21	30	7	3	9	24	24	45	47	L	L	D	W	L	1998-03-21	Charlton Athletic	H
15	0	Norwich City	38	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	10	17	33	37	45	D	L	D	D	D	1998-03-22	Middlesbrough	A
16	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	7	5	27	19	2	6	10	16	34	43	43	L	L	W	D	D	1998-03-21	Stoke City	A
17	4	Huddersfield Town	38	7	4	8	24	23	4	5	10	18	34	42	42	W	W	L	L	L	1998-03-21	Reading	A
18	-1	Bury	38	5	9	5	17	19	3	9	7	18	27	35	42	L	W	D	W	W	1998-03-21	Oxford United	H
19	4	Port Vale	38	6	6	8	22	22	5	2	11	22	32	44	41	W	W	L	D	L	1998-03-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	-2	Portsmouth	37	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	10	16	23	40	41	D	W	D	W	W	1998-03-21	Sunderland	A
21	-2	Tranmere Rovers	36	6	6	5	21	17	4	4	11	16	28	37	40	L	W	L	D	L	1998-03-21	Bradford City	H
22	-2	Manchester City	38	5	4	10	22	22	5	5	9	20	24	42	39	L	L	W	W	L	1998-03-21	Sheffield United	H
23	-1	Reading	37	7	4	8	25	27	3	5	10	11	36	36	39	L	L	L	L	W	1998-03-17	Oxford United	A
24	0	Stoke City	38	5	5	8	22	30	3	8	9	14	27	36	37	L	L	D	D	L	1998-03-21	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Wrexham	Dean Court	5,512
	Lineups		Owen
Bristol City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	17,086
Bell (p), Goater	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Luton Town	Turf Moor	9,656
Payton	Lineups		Thomas
Carlisle United	1	2	Brentford	Brunton Park	6,021
Stevens	Lineups		Hogg, Scott
Fulham	1	2	Millwall	Craven Cottage	12,318
Thorpe	Lineups		Shaw, Gray
Gillingham	1	0	Chesterfield	Priestfield Stadium	5,672
Corbett	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	0	Walsall	Blundell Park	4,916
Nogan, Donovan 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	0	Blackpool	Sixfields Stadium	6,586
Freestone, Heggs	Lineups
Preston North End	3	2	York City	Deepdale	7,664
Eyres, Appleton, Parkinson	Lineups		Rowe 2
Watford	1	1	Southend United	Vicarage Road	10,750
Hyde	Lineups		Thomson
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Springfield Park	4,277
Kilford	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	5	1	Plymouth Argyle	Adams Park	5,508
Ryan, Scott, Stallard 2, Carroll	Lineups		Corazzin

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Bristol City	37	14	4	2	37	15	7	5	5	23	14	60	72	W	D	W	W	D	1998-03-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	-1	Watford	37	10	5	3	30	19	10	7	2	24	12	54	72	D	D	L	W	D	1998-03-17	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	35	10	6	2	28	9	7	4	6	20	18	48	61	W	W	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Luton Town	A
4	0	Northampton Town	38	13	4	3	30	14	3	9	6	14	16	44	61	W	W	L	W	L	1998-03-21	Brentford	A
5	0	Fulham	37	10	6	3	22	10	6	3	9	25	24	47	57	L	W	W	L	L	1998-03-21	York City	A
6	0	Gillingham	37	11	5	3	25	16	5	4	9	20	26	45	57	W	L	W	L	W	1998-03-21	Blackpool	A
7	0	Wrexham	36	8	7	2	25	19	7	5	7	20	23	45	57	W	D	W	W	W	1998-03-17	Millwall	H
8	0	Bristol Rovers	38	9	1	8	30	29	6	7	7	24	28	54	53	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-21	Preston North End	H
9	0	AFC Bournemouth	37	9	7	4	25	14	4	4	9	21	28	46	50	L	L	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Southend United	A
10	4	Wycombe Wanderers	38	10	7	2	29	16	2	7	10	17	31	46	50	W	D	W	W	L	1998-03-21	Wrexham	A
11	-1	York City	38	9	4	5	24	17	3	10	7	22	32	46	50	L	W	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Fulham	H
12	-1	Oldham Athletic	36	11	5	1	33	15	1	8	10	15	26	48	49	L	L	D	L	L	1998-03-21	Watford	H
13	2	Millwall	36	6	6	6	19	18	7	3	8	19	25	38	48	W	W	L	D	D	1998-03-17	Wrexham	A
14	-2	Chesterfield	38	9	6	3	22	15	2	9	9	12	21	34	48	L	L	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Carlisle United	H
15	-2	Blackpool	37	10	6	3	30	21	3	2	13	16	34	46	47	L	D	W	L	L	1998-03-21	Gillingham	H
16	1	Preston North End	37	8	4	7	22	21	4	5	9	21	24	43	45	W	L	W	W	L	1998-03-21	Bristol Rovers	A
17	2	Wigan Athletic	35	8	4	5	29	25	4	4	10	20	28	49	44	W	D	W	D	L	1998-03-17	Southend United	H
18	-2	Walsall	35	7	7	3	20	12	4	3	11	15	29	35	43	L	D	W	L	D	1998-03-21	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-1	Carlisle United	37	7	5	7	23	23	4	3	11	26	32	49	41	L	D	W	W	W	1998-03-17	Watford	A
20	2	Brentford	38	8	5	5	29	22	1	9	10	12	37	41	41	W	W	D	L	D	1998-03-21	Northampton Town	H
21	0	Luton Town	37	4	6	9	24	34	5	7	6	17	18	41	40	D	D	L	W	D	1998-03-21	Grimsby Town	H
22	-2	Plymouth Argyle	37	7	5	6	28	25	2	7	10	17	34	45	39	L	W	D	L	L	1998-03-21	Bristol City	H
23	0	Burnley	36	6	9	3	26	18	2	3	13	15	31	41	36	D	D	L	L	D	1998-03-21	Millwall	A
24	0	Southend United	37	7	6	6	23	22	2	2	14	14	42	37	35	D	L	L	W	W	1998-03-17	Wigan Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Underhill Stadium	2,845
Simpson, Howarth	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium	2,423
Benjamin 2	Lineups		Forrester, Stamp
Cardiff City	7	1	Doncaster Rovers	Ninian Park	2,931
Saville 2, O'Sullivan, Roberts, Beech, Penney, Young	Lineups		Mike
Chester City	0	1	Notts County	Deva Stadium	2,753
	Lineups		Jones G
Colchester United	5	1	Macclesfield Town	Layer Road	2,760
Sale 2, Skelton, Abrahams, Lock	Lineups		Whittaker
Darlington	1	2	Torquay United	Feethams Ground	2,386
Naylor	Lineups		Bedeau, Jack
Exeter City	3	0	Hull City	St James Park	3,052
McConnell 2, Baddeley	Lineups
Hartlepool United	4	2	Swansea City	Victoria Park	1,727
Halliday, Lee 2, Beech	Lineups		Watkin, Walker
Lincoln City	2	0	Rochdale	Sincil Bank	2,992
Thorpe, Alcide	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	2	Mansfield Town	Millmoor	4,054
Knill 2	Lineups		Whitehall 2
Scarborough	2	0	Leyton Orient	Seamer Road	2,655
Williams (p), Campbell	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Peterborough United	Gay Meadow	2,421
White, Steele 2, Scott	Lineups		Carruthers

				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	38	11	5	2	30	16	14	4	2	37	19	67	84	W	W	W	L	W	1998-03-21	Colchester United	H
2	0	Torquay United	38	13	2	4	35	19	7	6	6	26	28	61	68	W	L	W	W	W	1998-03-21	Barnet	H
3	1	Barnet	38	10	6	3	32	17	8	4	7	22	23	54	64	W	L	W	D	W	1998-03-21	Torquay United	A
4	1	Scarborough	38	13	4	3	41	22	5	5	8	21	29	62	63	W	W	D	W	D	1998-03-21	Swansea City	A
5	-2	Macclesfield Town	38	15	4	0	32	8	2	8	9	18	30	50	63	L	D	D	W	L	1998-03-21	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	2	Lincoln City	37	8	7	4	25	21	7	6	5	19	21	44	58	W	L	D	L	D	1998-03-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	2	Colchester United	38	12	4	4	34	19	4	5	9	26	33	60	57	W	L	D	W	W	1998-03-21	Notts County	A
8	-2	Peterborough United	38	10	5	4	32	15	5	7	7	25	26	57	57	L	D	L	L	D	1998-03-21	Chester City	H
9	-2	Rotherham United	38	9	6	4	35	27	5	9	5	20	22	55	57	D	D	D	W	D	1998-03-21	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Chester City	38	10	6	4	28	12	5	3	10	23	33	51	54	L	D	D	L	L	1998-03-21	Peterborough United	A
11	2	Exeter City	38	8	8	4	32	22	5	6	7	24	27	56	53	W	D	L	L	W	1998-03-21	Mansfield Town	A
12	-1	Leyton Orient	37	11	4	3	31	14	4	6	9	17	21	48	52	L	W	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Darlington	H
13	-1	Scunthorpe United	37	7	6	5	23	22	7	4	8	23	25	46	52	D	W	W	D	D	1998-03-21	Rotherham United	H
14	1	Hartlepool United	38	9	10	1	34	18	2	8	8	16	24	50	51	W	D	L	W	L	1998-03-21	Rochdale	A
15	-1	Mansfield Town	38	8	7	3	32	20	4	6	10	18	26	50	49	D	D	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Exeter City	H
16	2	Shrewsbury Town	36	10	2	6	29	22	2	9	7	20	27	49	47	W	D	W	D	L	1998-03-21	Macclesfield Town	A
17	0	Cambridge United	38	8	7	4	31	24	2	9	8	19	25	50	46	D	W	D	W	L	1998-03-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-2	Darlington	37	11	5	3	35	22	1	5	12	13	37	48	46	L	D	W	W	W	1998-03-21	Leyton Orient	A
19	0	Cardiff City	38	5	11	3	26	18	3	10	6	19	23	45	45	W	D	L	D	D	1998-03-21	Hull City	A
20	0	Swansea City	38	6	6	6	19	15	5	2	13	23	40	42	41	L	D	D	W	L	1998-03-21	Scarborough	H
21	0	Rochdale	38	10	3	5	28	12	2	2	16	11	35	39	41	L	D	D	L	W	1998-03-21	Hartlepool United	H
22	0	Hull City	38	7	5	6	30	28	1	1	18	15	44	45	30	L	D	L	L	L	1998-03-21	Cardiff City	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	2	8	9	16	28	3	5	11	13	26	29	28	L	D	D	W	L	1998-03-21	Cambridge United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	2	3	14	10	41	1	4	14	14	56	24	16	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-21	Lincoln City	H