Saturday 1998-04-04

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	0	West Ham United	Villa Park	39,372
Joachim, Milosevic	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Barnsley	Elland Road	37,749
Hasselbaink, Moses OG	Lineups		Hristov
Leicester City	1	1	Coventry City	Filbert Street	21,137
Wilson	Lineups		Whelan
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Southampton	Hillsborough	29,677
Carbone	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Everton	White Hart Lane	35,624
Armstrong	Lineups		Madar
Wimbledon	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Selhurst Park	11,356
	Lineups

				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	30	11	2	2	30	9	6	7	2	19	17	23	60	W	W	W	W	D	1998-04-11	Newcastle United	H
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	2	Leeds United	32	8	3	5	24	16	7	3	6	23	18	13	51	W	L	W	W	W	1998-04-08	Chelsea	H
5	-1	Blackburn Rovers	30	10	3	2	37	19	4	6	5	14	20	12	51	W	L	L	W	L	1998-04-06	Manchester United	H
6	-1	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
7	0	West Ham United	31	11	3	1	32	10	3	2	11	12	30	4	47	L	W	W	D	D	1998-04-11	Derby County	H
8	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
9	2	Aston Villa	33	8	3	6	24	21	5	3	8	16	21	-2	45	W	W	W	L	W	1998-04-11	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Coventry City	31	7	7	1	22	14	4	4	8	15	22	1	44	D	W	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Aston Villa	H
11	-1	Southampton	32	10	1	5	27	18	3	3	10	14	26	-3	43	L	W	L	W	W	1998-04-11	Wimbledon	H
12	0	Leicester City	31	5	8	3	17	12	5	3	7	19	21	3	41	D	L	L	L	W	1998-04-11	Crystal Palace	A
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	9	4	4	28	22	2	3	10	18	36	-12	40	W	L	L	W	L	1998-04-11	Barnsley	A
14	0	Wimbledon	31	5	5	7	16	19	4	5	5	14	15	-4	37	D	D	L	W	L	1998-04-11	Southampton	A
15	0	Newcastle United	31	6	5	6	17	18	3	4	7	11	17	-7	36	D	L	L	D	D	1998-04-11	Arsenal	A
16	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	6	6	4	19	20	3	2	11	14	29	-16	35	D	W	D	L	W	1998-04-11	Chelsea	A
17	0	Everton	32	6	3	6	20	22	2	7	8	16	25	-11	34	D	L	W	L	D	1998-04-11	Leeds United	H
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	32	5	8	3	16	16	1	5	10	13	32	-19	31	D	L	W	W	L	1998-04-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-1	Barnsley	32	6	3	6	22	29	3	1	13	11	44	-40	31	L	L	L	W	W	1998-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	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
Bury	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Gigg Lane	8,042
Butler, Ellis	Lineups		Richardson 2 (1p)
Manchester City	4	1	Stockport County	Maine Road	31,855
Goater, Jobson, Bradbury 2	Lineups		Wilbraham
Norwich City	2	3	Bradford City	Carrow Road	13,260
Llewellyn, Bellamy	Lineups		Jacobs, Lawrence, Blake (p)
Port Vale	3	0	Oxford United	Vale Park	6,524
Mills, Naylor, Ainsworth	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Birmingham City	Fratton Park	14,591
Thomson	Lineups		Adebola
Reading	2	0	Stoke City	Elm Park	10,448
O'Neill, Meaker	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Charlton Athletic	County Ground	7,845
	Lineups		Jones S
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	20,620
Quinn 2 (1p)	Lineups		Branca

				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	40	15	2	3	46	19	9	6	5	24	19	70	80	W	L	W	W	W	1998-04-05	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Sunderland	40	12	6	2	42	19	11	4	5	32	22	74	79	W	W	W	D	D	1998-04-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Middlesbrough	39	14	3	2	41	10	8	6	6	24	28	65	75	L	W	D	W	L	1998-04-07	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	40	13	5	1	41	17	8	4	9	31	32	72	72	W	W	W	D	L	1998-04-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
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	38	14	4	1	36	14	3	10	6	20	27	56	65	L	W	D	W	L	1998-04-07	Middlesbrough	H
7	0	Birmingham City	41	9	6	5	23	14	7	9	5	30	20	53	63	D	W	L	D	D	1998-04-11	Port Vale	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	12	5	3	34	18	5	4	10	13	21	47	60	D	W	L	D	W	1998-04-07	Charlton Athletic	A
9	2	Bradford City	41	10	8	2	24	16	4	6	11	20	29	44	56	W	W	L	D	D	1998-04-11	Nottingham Forest	H
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	41	9	6	6	23	22	6	5	9	18	25	41	56	W	L	D	D	D	1998-04-11	Stockport County	A
11	-2	Stockport County	41	12	5	3	41	18	4	2	15	21	42	62	55	L	L	D	L	L	1998-04-11	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	-2	Oxford United	41	11	5	4	33	16	4	3	14	22	39	55	53	L	W	L	W	W	1998-04-11	Swindon Town	H
13	0	Swindon Town	41	9	5	7	26	22	5	4	11	13	38	39	51	L	D	D	W	L	1998-04-11	Oxford United	A
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	41	7	5	8	25	24	5	6	10	22	36	47	47	D	D	W	W	W	1998-04-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	39	7	6	6	24	20	5	4	11	19	28	43	46	L	W	W	L	W	1998-04-07	Portsmouth	H
17	1	Bury	41	6	10	5	20	21	3	9	8	19	29	39	46	D	L	W	L	W	1998-04-11	Middlesbrough	A
18	2	Port Vale	41	7	6	8	25	22	5	3	12	25	36	50	45	W	L	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Birmingham City	A
19	-2	Queens Park Rangers	41	8	8	5	27	19	2	7	11	18	37	45	45	D	D	L	L	L	1998-04-10	Sunderland	A
20	-1	Norwich City	41	7	8	6	22	27	4	4	12	17	38	39	45	L	L	L	D	L	1998-04-11	Sheffield United	A
21	1	Manchester City	41	6	5	10	26	23	5	5	10	21	26	47	43	W	L	D	L	L	1998-04-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Portsmouth	40	7	6	8	25	29	4	3	12	17	27	42	42	D	L	L	D	W	1998-04-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	1	Reading	41	8	4	9	27	29	3	5	12	11	40	38	42	W	L	L	L	L	1998-04-10	Charlton Athletic	A
24	-1	Stoke City	41	6	5	9	24	34	3	8	10	14	29	38	40	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-11	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Wycombe Wanderers	Dean Court	4,281
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Walsall	Bloomfield Road	4,451
Preece	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Carlisle United	Ashton Gate	12,578
Goodridge	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Preston North End	Craven Cottage	8,814
Brazier, Collins	Lineups		Macken
Grimsby Town	0	0	Gillingham	Blundell Park	5,500
	Lineups
Luton Town	3	0	York City	Kenilworth Road	5,541
Alexander (p), Oldfield, Gray	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Bristol Rovers	The Den	5,635
Shaw	Lineups		Zabek
Northampton Town	0	1	Burnley	Sixfields Stadium	7,264
	Lineups		Payton
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	4,244
Littlejohn 2	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	3	2	Watford	Springfield Park	4,262
Barlow, Lowe, Kilford	Lineups		Foley, Hyde
Wrexham	2	2	Brentford	Racecourse Ground	3,654
Wilson, Ward	Lineups		Rapley, Hutchings

				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	Bristol City	41	15	4	2	38	15	9	5	6	27	18	65	81	W	W	W	L	W	1998-04-11	Burnley	A
2	0	Watford	41	11	6	3	33	21	10	8	3	28	17	61	77	L	D	D	W	D	1998-04-11	Wrexham	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	40	11	7	2	29	9	7	6	7	23	22	52	67	D	D	L	W	D	1998-04-07	Luton Town	H
4	0	Wrexham	41	10	9	2	30	21	7	5	8	20	25	50	65	D	D	L	W	W	1998-04-11	Watford	A
5	1	Fulham	40	11	6	3	24	11	7	3	10	26	26	50	63	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-07	Walsall	H
6	-1	Northampton Town	41	13	4	4	30	15	3	11	6	15	17	45	63	L	D	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Chesterfield	A
7	0	Gillingham	41	12	5	3	27	16	5	5	11	21	29	48	61	D	L	W	L	W	1998-04-11	Luton Town	H
8	0	Bristol Rovers	41	10	2	8	34	31	6	8	7	25	29	59	58	D	W	D	L	L	1998-04-10	Wigan Athletic	H
9	0	Chesterfield	41	11	6	3	27	17	3	9	9	14	21	41	57	W	W	W	L	L	1998-04-11	Northampton Town	H
10	0	AFC Bournemouth	40	9	8	4	25	14	5	4	10	25	33	50	54	D	W	L	L	L	1998-04-07	Wigan Athletic	A
11	0	Blackpool	40	12	6	3	33	22	3	3	13	17	35	50	54	W	D	W	L	D	1998-04-07	Burnley	A
12	2	Oldham Athletic	40	12	6	2	38	19	1	8	11	16	28	54	53	W	L	L	D	L	1998-04-11	Carlisle United	A
13	0	Millwall	41	7	7	7	21	20	7	3	10	20	29	41	52	D	L	L	W	L	1998-04-11	Walsall	A
14	2	Wycombe Wanderers	41	10	7	3	30	18	2	8	11	17	33	47	51	D	L	L	W	D	1998-04-10	Grimsby Town	H
15	-3	York City	41	9	5	6	25	19	3	10	8	22	35	47	51	L	D	L	L	W	1998-04-11	AFC Bournemouth	H
16	-1	Preston North End	41	8	5	7	23	22	5	6	10	25	28	48	50	L	D	W	D	W	1998-04-11	Southend United	H
17	0	Walsall	39	9	7	4	24	15	4	3	12	15	30	39	49	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-07	Fulham	A
18	0	Wigan Athletic	39	9	4	6	33	30	4	5	11	21	30	54	48	W	D	L	L	W	1998-04-07	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	2	Luton Town	40	5	7	9	29	36	6	7	6	20	20	49	47	W	W	D	D	D	1998-04-07	Grimsby Town	A
20	0	Brentford	41	9	6	5	31	23	1	10	10	14	39	45	46	D	W	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Fulham	H
21	-2	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	5	6	32	25	2	7	12	17	37	49	45	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-11	Blackpool	H
22	2	Burnley	39	7	9	3	28	19	3	3	14	16	32	44	42	W	W	L	D	D	1998-04-07	Blackpool	H
23	-1	Carlisle United	41	7	5	8	23	24	4	3	14	28	37	51	41	L	L	L	L	L	1998-04-11	Oldham Athletic	H
24	-1	Southend United	41	8	6	7	28	27	3	2	15	17	45	45	41	L	L	W	W	D	1998-04-11	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,141
Minton 2 (1p)	Lineups		Hope
Darlington	2	3	Barnet	Feethams Ground	1,880
Campbell, Dorner	Lineups		Devine 3
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Hull City	Belle Vue	2,597
Mike	Lineups
Exeter City	5	0	Chester City	St James Park	2,965
Rowbotham, McConnell 2, Clark, Flack	Lineups
Hartlepool United	3	3	Cambridge United	Victoria Park	1,867
Miller, Di Lella 2	Lineups		Butler 2, Wanless
Leyton Orient	2	2	Mansfield Town	Brisbane Road	4,081
Griffiths 2	Lineups		Whitehall, Clarke
Macclesfield Town	1	0	Lincoln City	Moss Rose	3,278
Wood	Lineups
Swansea City	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	2,623
	Lineups		Berkley
Torquay United	0	0	Rochdale	Plainmoor	2,796
	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	41	12	6	2	31	16	14	4	3	37	20	68	88	L	W	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Torquay United	41	13	4	4	35	19	7	6	7	26	30	61	70	D	L	D	W	L	1998-04-11	Mansfield Town	A
3	1	Macclesfield Town	41	17	4	0	35	9	2	9	9	18	30	53	70	W	D	W	L	D	1998-04-11	Scunthorpe United	A
4	1	Barnet	41	10	7	3	33	18	9	5	7	25	25	58	69	W	D	D	W	L	1998-04-11	Leyton Orient	H
5	-2	Scarborough	41	14	4	3	44	23	5	7	8	21	29	65	68	W	D	D	W	W	1998-04-11	Rochdale	A
6	0	Colchester United	41	13	4	4	36	20	5	6	9	27	33	63	64	W	W	D	W	L	1998-04-11	Cardiff City	A
7	0	Lincoln City	41	8	7	5	25	22	9	6	6	25	24	50	64	L	L	W	W	W	1998-04-13	Hartlepool United	A
8	0	Peterborough United	41	12	5	4	35	16	5	7	8	25	28	60	63	W	L	W	L	D	1998-04-11	Cambridge United	A
9	0	Rotherham United	41	9	7	4	35	27	5	10	6	22	25	57	59	L	D	D	D	D	1998-04-11	Swansea City	H
10	3	Exeter City	41	9	8	4	37	22	5	7	8	27	31	64	57	W	D	L	W	D	1998-04-13	Cambridge United	H
11	0	Mansfield Town	41	10	7	3	37	22	4	7	10	20	28	57	56	D	W	W	D	D	1998-04-11	Torquay United	H
12	0	Leyton Orient	40	12	5	3	35	16	4	6	10	17	22	52	56	D	L	W	L	W	1998-04-11	Barnet	A
13	-3	Scunthorpe United	40	8	7	5	26	23	7	4	9	24	27	50	56	L	W	D	D	W	1998-04-11	Macclesfield Town	H
14	0	Chester City	41	10	6	4	28	12	5	3	13	24	42	52	54	L	L	L	L	D	1998-04-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	0	Cambridge United	41	9	7	4	32	24	3	10	8	24	28	56	53	D	W	W	D	W	1998-04-11	Peterborough United	H
16	0	Hartlepool United	41	9	11	1	37	21	2	9	9	18	27	55	53	D	D	L	W	D	1998-04-11	Hull City	A
17	2	Shrewsbury Town	41	10	3	7	30	25	3	9	9	23	32	53	51	W	L	D	L	L	1998-04-11	Darlington	H
18	-1	Darlington	41	12	5	4	40	26	1	5	14	13	40	53	49	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	-1	Cardiff City	41	5	12	3	26	18	4	10	7	21	26	47	49	L	D	W	W	D	1998-04-11	Colchester United	H
20	0	Rochdale	41	12	3	5	34	14	2	3	16	11	35	45	48	D	W	W	L	D	1998-04-11	Scarborough	H
21	0	Swansea City	41	7	7	7	21	16	5	2	13	23	40	44	45	L	W	D	L	D	1998-04-11	Rotherham United	A
22	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	3	8	10	18	31	3	6	11	13	26	31	32	W	D	L	L	D	1998-04-11	Notts County	A
23	-1	Hull City	41	7	6	7	30	29	1	1	19	15	45	45	31	L	D	L	L	D	1998-04-11	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	3	3	15	13	45	1	4	15	15	60	28	19	W	L	L	L	L	1998-04-11	Chester City	A