Saturday 1998-03-28

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Highbury	38,087
Bergkamp	Lineups
Barnsley	2	3	Liverpool	Oakwell	18,687
Redfearn 2 (1p)	Lineups		Riedle 2, McManaman
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Leicester City	Reebok Stadium	25,000
Thompson 2	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Derby County	Highfield Road	18,700
Huckerby	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	26,116
Shipperley	Lineups		Berti, Armstrong, Klinsmann
Everton	1	4	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	36,471
Madar	Lineups		Joachim, Charles, Yorke 2 (1p)
Manchester United	2	0	Wimbledon	Old Trafford	55,306
Johnsen, Scholes	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Newcastle United	The Dell	15,251
Pearce OG, Le Tissier (p)	Lineups		Lee

				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	32	12	2	2	37	7	7	4	5	23	16	37	63	W	L	D	L	W	1998-04-06	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	0	Arsenal	29	11	2	2	30	9	5	7	2	18	17	22	57	W	W	W	D	W	1998-03-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	0	Liverpool	31	10	2	4	31	15	5	7	3	23	19	20	54	W	D	W	L	D	1998-04-10	Manchester United	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	Leeds United	30	7	3	5	22	15	7	3	5	23	15	15	48	W	W	W	L	D	1998-03-30	West Ham United	A
6	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
7	0	Derby County	30	10	3	2	28	13	3	3	9	16	27	4	45	L	L	W	L	W	1998-04-05	Chelsea	H
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	1	Coventry City	30	7	7	1	22	14	4	3	8	14	21	1	43	W	D	W	W	W	1998-04-04	Leicester City	A
10	1	Southampton	31	10	1	5	27	18	3	3	9	14	25	-2	43	W	L	W	W	W	1998-04-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	1	Aston Villa	32	7	3	6	22	21	5	3	8	16	21	-4	42	W	W	L	W	W	1998-04-04	West Ham United	H
12	-3	Leicester City	30	5	7	3	16	11	5	3	7	19	21	3	40	L	L	L	W	D	1998-04-04	Coventry City	H
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	4	4	27	22	2	3	10	18	36	-13	37	L	L	W	L	W	1998-04-04	Southampton	H
14	0	Wimbledon	29	5	3	7	16	19	4	5	5	14	15	-4	35	L	W	L	L	W	1998-03-31	Newcastle United	H
15	0	Newcastle United	30	6	5	6	17	18	3	3	7	11	17	-7	35	L	L	D	D	D	1998-03-31	Wimbledon	A
16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	31	6	5	4	18	19	3	2	11	14	29	-16	34	W	D	L	W	L	1998-04-04	Everton	H
17	-1	Everton	31	6	3	6	20	22	2	6	8	15	24	-11	33	L	W	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	0	Barnsley	30	6	3	6	22	29	3	1	11	9	40	-38	31	L	W	W	W	L	1998-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	30	5	8	2	16	15	1	4	10	13	32	-18	30	W	W	L	L	D	1998-03-31	Arsenal	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	31	0	4	10	8	29	6	4	7	19	25	-27	26	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-11	Leicester City	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's	23,260
Johnson	Lineups
Bradford City	2	1	Manchester City	Valley Parade	17,099
Pepper, Edinho	Lineups		Whitley Jef
Charlton Athletic	4	2	Nottingham Forest	The Valley	15,815
Bright, Mortimer, Mendonca (p), Kinsella	Lineups		Campbell 2
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Kirklees Stadium	13,681
Gray	Lineups		Jones
Ipswich Town	1	0	Reading	Portman Road	19,075
Scowcroft	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Norwich City	Manor Ground	7,869
Francis, Beauchamp (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Port Vale	Bramall Lane	15,860
Marcelo, Saunders	Lineups		Corden
Stockport County	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	8,370
	Lineups		Smith S (p)
Stoke City	0	3	Tranmere Rovers	Britannia Stadium	16,692
	Lineups		Jones G, Mellon, Kelly
Sunderland	2	1	Bury	Stadium of Light	37,425
Clark, Phillips (p)	Lineups		Small

				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	39	14	2	3	43	19	9	6	5	24	19	67	77	L	W	W	W	L	1998-04-01	Sheffield United	H
2	1	Sunderland	39	12	6	2	42	19	10	4	5	30	22	72	76	W	W	D	D	W	1998-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	-1	Middlesbrough	38	14	3	2	41	10	8	6	5	23	26	64	75	W	D	W	L	L	1998-04-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	39	13	5	1	41	17	7	4	9	30	32	71	69	W	W	D	L	W	1998-04-04	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Ipswich Town	39	11	4	4	37	17	7	9	4	27	21	64	67	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-05	Nottingham Forest	A
6	0	Sheffield United	37	14	4	1	36	14	3	10	5	20	24	56	65	W	D	W	L	W	1998-04-01	Nottingham Forest	A
7	0	Birmingham City	40	9	6	5	23	14	7	8	5	29	19	52	62	W	L	D	D	W	1998-04-04	Portsmouth	A
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	40	12	5	3	41	18	4	2	14	20	38	61	55	L	D	L	L	W	1998-04-04	Manchester City	A
10	2	Oxford United	40	11	5	4	33	16	4	3	13	22	36	55	53	W	L	W	W	W	1998-04-04	Port Vale	A
11	2	Bradford City	40	10	8	2	24	16	3	6	11	17	27	41	53	W	L	D	D	L	1998-04-04	Norwich City	A
12	-2	West Bromwich Albion	40	8	6	6	21	21	6	5	9	18	25	39	53	L	D	D	D	L	1998-04-04	Middlesbrough	H
13	-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
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	40	7	2	11	21	33	8	3	9	25	24	46	50	W	L	L	L	D	1998-04-11	Huddersfield Town	A
15	0	Huddersfield Town	40	7	5	8	25	24	5	5	10	20	34	45	46	D	W	W	W	L	1998-04-04	Bury	A
16	3	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	6	5	24	18	5	4	11	19	28	43	46	W	W	L	W	L	1998-04-03	Sunderland	H
17	0	Bury	40	6	9	5	18	19	3	9	8	19	29	37	45	L	W	L	W	D	1998-04-04	Huddersfield Town	H
18	-2	Norwich City	40	7	8	5	20	24	4	4	12	17	38	37	45	L	L	D	L	D	1998-04-04	Bradford City	H
19	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	8	7	5	27	19	2	7	11	18	37	45	44	D	L	L	L	W	1998-04-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Port Vale	40	6	6	8	22	22	5	3	12	25	36	47	42	L	D	W	W	L	1998-04-04	Oxford United	H
21	0	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	40	5	5	10	22	22	5	5	10	21	26	43	40	L	D	L	L	W	1998-04-04	Stockport County	H
23	0	Stoke City	40	6	5	9	24	34	3	8	9	14	27	38	40	L	W	L	L	D	1998-04-04	Reading	A
24	0	Reading	40	7	4	9	25	29	3	5	12	11	40	36	39	L	L	L	L	L	1998-04-04	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Griffin Park	4,547
Scott, Taylor	Lineups		Reid
Burnley	2	1	Grimsby Town	Turf Moor	8,256
Little, Payton	Lineups		Lester
Carlisle United	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Brunton Park	4,951
	Lineups		Stein
Chesterfield	3	1	Millwall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,952
Willis 2, Howard	Lineups		Tomlinson
Gillingham	2	0	Fulham	Priestfield Stadium	10,507
Akinbiyi 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Wrexham	Home Park	4,759
Corazzin, Saunders	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Deepdale	10,171
Ashcroft	Lineups		Lowe
Walsall	2	3	Luton Town	Bescot Stadium	3,922
Viveash, Tholot	Lineups		Oldfield, Allen R, Marshall
Watford	1	1	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	14,268
Johnson	Lineups		Peer
Wycombe Wanderers	1	2	Bristol City	Adams Park	6,326
Harkin	Lineups		Cramb 2
York City	1	1	Blackpool	Bootham Crescent	3,650
Cresswell	Lineups		Preece

				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	40	11	6	3	33	21	10	8	2	26	14	59	77	D	D	W	D	D	1998-04-04	Wigan Athletic	A
2	0	Bristol City	39	14	4	2	37	15	8	5	6	25	17	62	75	W	L	W	D	W	1998-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	38	11	6	2	29	9	7	5	7	23	22	52	65	L	W	D	W	W	1998-03-31	Wrexham	A
4	0	Wrexham	39	10	7	2	28	19	7	5	8	20	25	48	63	L	W	W	W	D	1998-03-31	Grimsby Town	H
5	0	Northampton Town	40	13	4	3	30	14	3	11	6	15	17	45	63	D	D	W	W	L	1998-04-04	Burnley	H
6	0	Fulham	39	10	6	3	22	10	7	3	10	26	26	48	60	L	W	L	W	W	1998-04-04	Preston North End	H
7	1	Gillingham	39	12	5	3	27	16	5	4	10	21	28	48	60	W	L	W	L	W	1998-03-31	Walsall	A
8	-1	Bristol Rovers	40	10	2	8	34	31	6	7	7	24	28	58	57	W	D	L	L	L	1998-04-04	Millwall	A
9	1	Chesterfield	40	11	6	3	27	17	2	9	9	12	21	39	54	W	W	L	L	D	1998-04-03	Southend United	A
10	2	AFC Bournemouth	39	9	7	4	25	14	5	4	10	25	33	50	53	W	L	L	L	D	1998-04-04	Wycombe Wanderers	H
11	2	Blackpool	39	11	6	3	32	22	3	3	13	17	35	49	51	D	W	L	D	W	1998-04-04	Walsall	H
12	3	York City	40	9	5	6	25	19	3	10	7	22	32	47	51	D	L	L	W	D	1998-04-04	Luton Town	A
13	-4	Millwall	40	7	6	7	20	19	7	3	10	20	29	40	51	L	L	W	L	W	1998-04-04	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-3	Oldham Athletic	38	11	6	1	35	17	1	8	11	16	28	51	50	L	D	L	L	D	1998-03-31	Bristol City	H
15	1	Preston North End	40	8	5	7	23	22	5	6	9	24	26	47	50	D	W	D	W	L	1998-04-04	Fulham	A
16	-2	Wycombe Wanderers	40	10	7	3	30	18	2	7	11	17	33	47	50	L	L	W	D	W	1998-04-04	AFC Bournemouth	A
17	0	Walsall	37	8	7	4	23	15	4	3	11	15	29	38	46	L	W	L	D	W	1998-03-31	Gillingham	H
18	0	Wigan Athletic	38	8	4	6	30	28	4	5	11	21	30	51	45	D	L	L	W	D	1998-04-04	Watford	H
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	5	6	32	25	2	7	11	17	35	49	45	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-04	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Brentford	40	9	6	5	31	23	1	9	10	12	37	43	45	W	D	W	W	D	1998-04-04	Wrexham	A
21	2	Luton Town	39	4	7	9	26	36	6	7	6	20	20	46	44	W	D	D	D	L	1998-04-04	York City	H
22	-1	Carlisle United	40	7	5	8	23	24	4	3	13	28	36	51	41	L	L	L	L	D	1998-04-04	Bristol City	A
23	-1	Southend United	40	8	6	6	28	25	3	2	15	17	45	45	41	L	W	W	D	L	1998-04-03	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Burnley	38	7	9	3	28	19	2	3	14	15	32	43	39	W	L	D	D	L	1998-04-04	Northampton Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	1	Hartlepool United	Underhill Stadium	2,344
Devine	Lineups		Midgley
Cambridge United	1	0	Darlington	Abbey Stadium	2,649
Taylor	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ninian Park	3,519
	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Macclesfield Town	Boothferry Park	3,677
	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	1	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	4,040
	Lineups		Dunne
Mansfield Town	2	0	Peterborough United	Field Mill	2,760
Whitehall, Tallon	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Leyton Orient	Meadow Lane	8,389
Robson	Lineups
Rochdale	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	1,858
Painter 2, Stuart, Lancashire	Lineups		Tedaldi
Rotherham United	0	0	Scarborough	Millmoor	3,836
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Torquay United	Glanford Park	3,264
Hope, Calvo-Garcia	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Exeter City	Gay Meadow	2,251
Steele	Lineups		Clark
Swansea City	2	0	Chester City	Vetch Field	2,500
Barwood, Watkin	Lineups
Footnotes
Notts County champions and promoted

				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	40	12	6	2	31	16	14	4	2	37	19	68	88	W	D	W	W	W	1998-04-03	Peterborough United	A
2	0	Torquay United	40	13	3	4	35	19	7	6	7	26	30	61	69	L	D	W	L	W	1998-04-04	Rochdale	H
3	0	Macclesfield Town	40	16	4	0	34	9	2	9	9	18	30	52	67	D	W	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Barnet	40	10	7	3	33	18	8	5	7	22	23	55	66	D	D	W	L	W	1998-04-04	Darlington	A
5	0	Scarborough	40	13	4	3	41	22	5	7	8	21	29	62	65	D	D	W	W	D	1998-04-03	Cardiff City	H
6	0	Lincoln City	40	8	7	5	25	22	9	6	5	25	23	50	64	L	W	W	W	L	1998-04-04	Macclesfield Town	A
7	1	Colchester United	40	12	4	4	34	19	5	6	9	27	33	61	61	W	D	W	L	D	1998-04-03	Rotherham United	H
8	-1	Peterborough United	40	11	5	4	34	16	5	7	8	25	28	59	60	L	W	L	D	L	1998-04-03	Notts County	H
9	0	Rotherham United	40	9	7	4	35	27	5	10	5	21	23	56	59	D	D	D	D	D	1998-04-03	Colchester United	A
10	3	Scunthorpe United	39	8	7	5	26	23	7	4	8	23	25	49	56	W	D	D	W	W	1998-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	3	Mansfield Town	40	10	7	3	37	22	4	6	10	18	26	55	55	W	W	D	D	D	1998-04-04	Leyton Orient	A
12	-2	Leyton Orient	39	12	4	3	33	14	4	6	10	17	22	50	55	L	W	L	W	D	1998-04-04	Mansfield Town	H
13	-1	Exeter City	40	8	8	4	32	22	5	7	8	27	31	59	54	D	L	W	D	L	1998-04-04	Chester City	H
14	-3	Chester City	40	10	6	4	28	12	5	3	12	24	37	52	54	L	L	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Exeter City	A
15	1	Cambridge United	40	9	7	4	32	24	3	9	8	21	25	53	52	W	W	D	W	D	1998-04-04	Hartlepool United	A
16	-1	Hartlepool United	40	9	10	1	34	18	2	9	9	18	27	52	52	D	L	W	D	L	1998-04-04	Cambridge United	H
17	0	Cardiff City	40	5	12	3	26	18	4	10	6	20	23	46	49	D	W	W	D	L	1998-04-03	Scarborough	A
18	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	10	3	7	30	25	2	9	8	21	29	51	48	D	L	L	W	D	1998-03-31	Darlington	A
19	1	Rochdale	40	12	3	5	34	14	2	2	16	11	35	45	47	W	W	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Darlington	39	11	5	3	35	22	1	5	14	13	40	48	46	L	L	L	D	W	1998-03-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Swansea City	40	7	7	6	21	15	5	2	13	23	40	44	45	W	D	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Hull City	40	7	6	7	30	29	1	1	18	15	44	45	31	D	L	L	D	L	1998-04-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	2	8	10	16	30	3	6	11	13	26	29	29	D	L	L	D	D	1998-04-04	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	2	3	15	12	45	1	4	15	15	60	27	16	L	L	L	L	L	1998-04-04	Hull City	H