Saturday 1998-03-21

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	24,663
Ndlovu (p)	Lineups		van Hooijdonk 2
Bury	1	0	Oxford United	Gigg Lane	5,159
Ellis	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Charlton Athletic	Gresty Road	5,252
	Lineups		Mills, Newton, Kinsella
Ipswich Town	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portman Road	21,546
Johnson, Holland, Scowcroft	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Sheffield United	Maine Road	28,496
	Lineups
Reading	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Elm Park	8,593
	Lineups		Stewart 2
Stoke City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Britannia Stadium	11,051
Dowie OG, Crowe	Lineups		Barker (p)
Sunderland	2	1	Portsmouth	Stadium of Light	38,134
Phillips, Johnston	Lineups		Hall
Swindon Town	1	1	Stockport County	County Ground	6,684
McDonald	Lineups		Woodthorpe
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Bradford City	Prenton Park	9,463
Irons, Jones G, Kelly	Lineups		Youds
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Port Vale	The Hawthorns	14,242
Flynn, Taylor	Lineups		Jansson, Foyle

				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	38	14	2	3	43	19	9	6	4	22	15	65	77	W	W	W	L	W	1998-03-28	Charlton Athletic	A
2	1	Sunderland	38	11	6	2	40	18	10	4	5	30	22	70	73	W	D	D	W	W	1998-03-28	Bury	H
3	-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
4	0	Charlton Athletic	38	12	5	1	37	15	7	4	9	30	32	67	66	W	D	L	W	W	1998-03-28	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	38	10	4	4	36	17	7	9	4	27	21	63	64	W	W	W	W	D	1998-03-28	Reading	H
6	0	Sheffield United	36	13	4	1	34	13	3	10	5	20	24	54	62	D	W	L	W	D	1998-03-28	Port Vale	H
7	0	Birmingham City	39	8	6	5	22	14	7	8	5	29	19	51	59	L	D	D	W	D	1998-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	11	5	3	32	18	5	3	10	13	21	45	56	L	D	W	D	L	1998-03-29	Portsmouth	H
9	0	Stockport County	39	12	5	2	41	17	4	2	14	20	38	61	55	D	L	L	W	L	1998-03-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	8	6	6	21	21	6	5	8	18	24	39	53	D	D	D	L	L	1998-03-28	Birmingham City	A
11	2	Swindon Town	40	9	5	6	26	21	5	4	11	13	38	39	51	D	D	W	L	L	1998-04-04	Charlton Athletic	H
12	-1	Oxford United	39	10	5	4	31	16	4	3	13	22	36	53	50	L	W	W	W	D	1998-03-28	Norwich City	H
13	-1	Bradford City	39	9	8	2	22	15	3	6	11	17	27	39	50	L	D	D	L	W	1998-03-28	Manchester City	H
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	7	2	11	21	33	7	3	9	24	24	45	47	L	L	L	D	W	1998-03-28	Stockport County	A
15	2	Huddersfield Town	39	7	4	8	24	23	5	5	10	20	34	44	45	W	W	W	L	L	1998-03-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-1	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
17	1	Bury	39	6	9	5	18	19	3	9	7	18	27	36	45	W	L	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Sunderland	A
18	-2	Queens Park Rangers	39	8	7	5	27	19	2	6	11	17	36	44	43	L	L	L	W	D	1998-03-28	Huddersfield Town	A
19	2	Tranmere Rovers	37	7	6	5	24	18	4	4	11	16	28	40	43	W	L	W	L	D	1998-03-28	Stoke City	A
20	-1	Port Vale	39	6	6	8	22	22	5	3	11	24	34	46	42	D	W	W	L	D	1998-03-28	Sheffield United	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	38	7	5	8	24	28	4	3	11	17	25	41	41	L	D	W	D	W	1998-03-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Manchester City	39	5	5	10	22	22	5	5	9	20	24	42	40	D	L	L	W	W	1998-03-28	Bradford City	A
23	1	Stoke City	39	6	5	8	24	31	3	8	9	14	27	38	40	W	L	L	D	D	1998-03-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	-1	Reading	39	7	4	9	25	29	3	5	11	11	39	36	39	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-28	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	1	Gillingham	Bloomfield Road	4,344
Malkin, Clarkson	Lineups		Fortune-West
Brentford	0	0	Northampton Town	Griffin Park	5,746
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Preston North End	The Memorial Stadium	5,278
Cureton (p), Hayles	Lineups		Davey, Ashcroft
Chesterfield	2	1	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,967
Willis, Holland	Lineups		Smart
Luton Town	2	2	Grimsby Town	Kenilworth Road	5,700
Evers, Davis S	Lineups		Gallimore, Donovan
Millwall	1	0	Burnley	The Den	7,582
Grant	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Watford	Boundary Park	5,744
Littlejohn, Allott	Lineups		Bazeley, Gibbs
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Bristol City	Home Park	7,622
Saunders, Conlon	Lineups
Southend United	5	3	AFC Bournemouth	Roots Hall	4,884
Boere 2, Thomson 2, Clarke	Lineups		Stein, Bailey, Fletcher S
Walsall	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Bescot Stadium	3,169
Peron	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Racecourse Ground	4,290
Kavanagh OG, Brammer	Lineups
York City	0	1	Fulham	Bootham Crescent	4,871
	Lineups		Peschisolido

				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	39	11	5	3	32	20	10	8	2	26	14	58	76	D	W	D	D	L	1998-03-28	Northampton Town	H
2	0	Bristol City	38	14	4	2	37	15	7	5	6	23	16	60	72	L	W	D	W	W	1998-03-28	Wycombe Wanderers	A
3	2	Wrexham	38	10	7	2	28	19	7	5	7	20	23	48	63	W	W	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	-1	Grimsby Town	36	10	6	2	28	9	7	5	6	22	20	50	62	D	W	W	D	L	1998-03-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-1	Northampton Town	39	13	4	3	30	14	3	10	6	14	16	44	62	D	W	W	L	W	1998-03-28	Watford	A
6	0	Fulham	38	10	6	3	22	10	7	3	9	26	24	48	60	W	L	W	W	L	1998-03-28	Gillingham	A
7	0	Gillingham	38	11	5	3	25	16	5	4	10	21	28	46	57	L	W	L	W	L	1998-03-28	Fulham	H
8	0	Bristol Rovers	39	9	2	8	32	31	6	7	7	24	28	56	54	D	L	L	L	L	1998-03-27	Southend United	H
9	4	Millwall	38	7	6	6	20	18	7	3	9	19	26	39	51	W	L	W	W	L	1998-03-25	Preston North End	H
10	4	Chesterfield	39	10	6	3	24	16	2	9	9	12	21	36	51	W	L	L	D	L	1998-03-28	Millwall	H
11	1	Oldham Athletic	37	11	6	1	35	17	1	8	10	15	26	50	50	D	L	L	D	L	1998-03-28	Brentford	A
12	-3	AFC Bournemouth	38	9	7	4	25	14	4	4	10	24	33	49	50	L	L	L	D	L	1998-03-28	Carlisle United	A
13	2	Blackpool	38	11	6	3	32	22	3	2	13	16	34	48	50	W	L	D	W	L	1998-03-28	York City	A
14	-4	Wycombe Wanderers	39	10	7	2	29	16	2	7	11	17	33	46	50	L	W	D	W	W	1998-03-28	Bristol City	H
15	-4	York City	39	9	4	6	24	18	3	10	7	22	32	46	50	L	L	W	D	L	1998-03-28	Blackpool	H
16	0	Preston North End	38	8	4	7	22	21	4	6	9	23	26	45	46	D	W	L	W	W	1998-03-25	Millwall	A
17	1	Walsall	36	8	7	3	21	12	4	3	11	15	29	36	46	W	L	D	W	L	1998-03-28	Luton Town	H
18	-1	Wigan Athletic	37	8	4	6	30	28	4	4	11	20	29	50	44	L	L	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Preston North End	A
19	3	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	5	6	30	25	2	7	10	17	34	47	42	W	L	W	D	L	1998-03-24	Grimsby Town	A
20	0	Brentford	39	8	6	5	29	22	1	9	10	12	37	41	42	D	W	W	D	L	1998-03-28	Oldham Athletic	H
21	-2	Carlisle United	39	7	5	7	23	23	4	3	13	28	36	51	41	L	L	L	D	W	1998-03-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
22	1	Southend United	39	8	6	6	28	25	3	2	14	17	43	45	41	W	W	D	L	L	1998-03-27	Bristol Rovers	A
23	-2	Luton Town	38	4	7	9	26	36	5	7	6	17	18	43	41	D	D	D	L	W	1998-03-28	Walsall	A
24	0	Burnley	37	6	9	3	26	18	2	3	14	15	32	41	36	L	D	D	L	L	1998-03-28	Grimsby Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Cambridge United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,746
	Lineups		Kyd, Benjamin
Doncaster Rovers	2	4	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	2,357
George, Donnelly	Lineups		Stant, Thorpe, Martin, Alcide
Hull City	0	1	Cardiff City	Boothferry Park	3,408
	Lineups		Roberts
Leyton Orient	2	0	Darlington	Brisbane Road	4,752
Naylor, Inglethorpe	Lineups
Macclesfield Town	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Moss Rose	3,013
Chambers, Wood	Lineups		Brown
Mansfield Town	3	2	Exeter City	Field Mill	2,033
Ford 2, Peters	Lineups		Richardson, Gale
Notts County	0	0	Colchester United	Meadow Lane	6,284
	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	1	Chester City	London Road	4,817
Carruthers, Farrell	Lineups		McDonald
Rochdale	2	1	Hartlepool United	Spotland	1,395
Painter (p), Farrell	Lineups		Clark
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Rotherham United	Glanford Park	4,011
Eyre	Lineups		Glover
Swansea City	0	0	Scarborough	Vetch Field	2,797
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Barnet	Plainmoor	4,020
	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	39	11	6	2	30	16	14	4	2	37	19	67	85	D	W	W	W	L	1998-03-28	Leyton Orient	H
2	0	Torquay United	39	13	3	4	35	19	7	6	6	26	28	61	69	D	W	L	W	W	1998-03-28	Scunthorpe United	A
3	2	Macclesfield Town	39	16	4	0	34	9	2	8	9	18	30	52	66	W	L	D	D	W	1998-03-28	Hull City	A
4	-1	Barnet	39	10	6	3	32	17	8	5	7	22	23	54	65	D	W	L	W	D	1998-03-28	Hartlepool United	H
5	-1	Scarborough	39	13	4	3	41	22	5	6	8	21	29	62	64	D	W	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Rotherham United	A
6	0	Lincoln City	38	8	7	4	25	21	8	6	5	23	23	48	61	W	W	L	D	L	1998-03-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	1	Peterborough United	39	11	5	4	34	16	5	7	7	25	26	59	60	W	L	D	L	L	1998-03-28	Mansfield Town	A
8	-1	Colchester United	39	12	4	4	34	19	4	6	9	26	33	60	58	D	W	L	D	W	1998-03-28	Lincoln City	A
9	0	Rotherham United	39	9	6	4	35	27	5	10	5	21	23	56	58	D	D	D	D	W	1998-03-28	Scarborough	H
10	2	Leyton Orient	38	12	4	3	33	14	4	6	9	17	21	50	55	W	L	W	D	L	1998-03-28	Notts County	A
11	-1	Chester City	39	10	6	4	28	12	5	3	11	24	35	52	54	L	L	D	D	L	1998-03-28	Swansea City	A
12	-1	Exeter City	39	8	8	4	32	22	5	6	8	26	30	58	53	L	W	D	L	L	1998-03-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	0	Scunthorpe United	38	7	7	5	24	23	7	4	8	23	25	47	53	D	D	W	W	D	1998-03-28	Torquay United	H
14	1	Mansfield Town	39	9	7	3	35	22	4	6	10	18	26	53	52	W	D	D	D	L	1998-03-28	Peterborough United	H
15	-1	Hartlepool United	39	9	10	1	34	18	2	8	9	17	26	51	51	L	W	D	L	W	1998-03-28	Barnet	A
16	1	Cambridge United	39	8	7	4	31	24	3	9	8	21	25	52	49	W	D	W	D	W	1998-03-28	Darlington	H
17	2	Cardiff City	39	5	11	3	26	18	4	10	6	20	23	46	48	W	W	D	L	D	1998-03-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-2	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	2	6	29	22	2	9	8	21	29	50	47	L	W	D	W	D	1998-03-24	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Darlington	38	11	5	3	35	22	1	5	13	13	39	48	46	L	L	D	W	W	1998-03-28	Cambridge United	A
20	1	Rochdale	39	11	3	5	30	13	2	2	16	11	35	41	44	W	L	D	D	L	1998-03-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	-1	Swansea City	39	6	7	6	19	15	5	2	13	23	40	42	42	D	L	D	D	W	1998-03-28	Chester City	H
22	0	Hull City	39	7	5	7	30	29	1	1	18	15	44	45	30	L	L	D	L	L	1998-03-28	Macclesfield Town	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	2	8	10	16	30	3	5	11	13	26	29	28	L	L	D	D	W	1998-03-28	Cardiff City	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	2	3	15	12	45	1	4	14	14	56	26	16	L	L	L	L	L	1998-03-28	Rochdale	A