Saturday 1998-04-11

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Newcastle United	Highbury	38,102
Anelka 2, Vieira	Lineups		Barton
Barnsley	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Oakwell	18,692
Ward, Fjortoft	Lineups		Stefanovic
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Reebok Stadium	25,000
Holdsworth, Taylor	Lineups		Duff
Chelsea	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	34,149
Flo, Vialli	Lineups
Coventry City	1	2	Aston Villa	Highfield Road	22,790
Whelan	Lineups		Yorke 2
Crystal Palace	0	3	Leicester City	Selhurst Park	18,771
	Lineups		Heskey 2, Elliott
Everton	2	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	37,099
Hutchison, Ferguson	Lineups
Southampton	0	1	Wimbledon	The Dell	14,815
	Lineups		Leaburn
West Ham United	0	0	Derby County	Upton Park	25,155
	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	34	12	3	2	38	8	8	4	5	26	17	39	67	D	W	W	L	D	1998-04-18	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Arsenal	31	12	2	2	33	10	6	7	2	19	17	25	63	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Liverpool	32	10	2	4	31	15	5	8	3	24	20	20	55	D	W	D	W	L	1998-04-13	Crystal Palace	H
4	1	Chelsea	33	10	2	3	30	12	7	1	10	33	26	25	54	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	-1	Leeds United	34	9	3	5	27	17	7	3	7	23	20	13	54	L	W	W	L	W	1998-04-18	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	10	3	3	38	22	4	6	6	15	22	9	51	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-13	Arsenal	H
7	0	West Ham United	32	11	4	1	32	10	3	2	11	12	30	4	48	D	L	W	W	D	1998-04-13	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	1	Aston Villa	34	8	3	6	24	21	6	3	8	18	22	-1	48	W	W	W	W	L	1998-04-18	Southampton	A
9	-1	Derby County	32	10	3	3	28	14	3	4	9	16	27	3	46	D	L	L	L	W	1998-04-13	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	2	Leicester City	32	5	8	3	17	12	6	3	7	22	21	6	44	W	D	L	L	L	1998-04-14	Southampton	H
11	-1	Coventry City	32	7	7	2	23	16	4	4	8	15	22	0	44	L	D	W	D	W	1998-04-13	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	-1	Southampton	33	10	1	6	27	19	3	3	10	14	26	-4	43	L	L	W	L	W	1998-04-14	Leicester City	A
13	1	Wimbledon	32	5	5	7	16	19	5	5	5	15	15	-3	40	W	D	D	L	W	1998-04-13	Everton	H
14	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	33	9	4	4	28	22	2	3	11	19	38	-13	40	L	W	L	L	W	1998-04-13	West Ham United	H
15	2	Everton	33	7	3	6	22	22	2	7	8	16	25	-9	37	W	D	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Wimbledon	A
16	-1	Newcastle United	32	6	5	6	17	18	3	4	8	12	20	-9	36	L	D	L	L	D	1998-04-13	Barnsley	H
17	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	33	6	6	4	19	20	3	2	12	14	31	-18	35	L	D	W	D	L	1998-04-13	Coventry City	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	33	6	8	3	18	17	1	5	10	13	32	-18	34	W	D	L	W	W	1998-04-13	Derby County	A
19	0	Barnsley	33	7	3	6	24	30	3	1	13	11	44	-39	34	W	L	L	L	W	1998-04-13	Newcastle United	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	32	0	4	11	8	32	6	4	7	19	25	-30	26	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-13	Liverpool	A

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Port Vale	St Andrew's	17,193
Ndlovu	Lineups		Ainsworth
Bradford City	0	3	Nottingham Forest	Valley Parade	17,248
	Lineups		Campbell, Gemmill, Bart-Williams
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Kirklees Stadium	11,263
Allison, Johnson	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Portman Road	18,039
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	0	Bury	Riverside Stadium	30,218
Ricard, Branca 3	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Swindon Town	Manor Ground	8,066
Francis, Gilchrist	Lineups		Ndah (p)
Sheffield United	2	2	Norwich City	Bramall Lane	16,915
Stuart, Borbokis	Lineups		Bellamy, Llewellyn
Stockport County	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Edgeley Park	7,943
Cooper (p), Byrne	Lineups		Hughes
Stoke City	2	1	Portsmouth	Britannia Stadium	15,569
Pickering, Lightbourne	Lineups		Durnin
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Manchester City	Molineux	24,458
Margetson OG, Simpson	Lineups		Pollock, Horlock

				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	42	16	2	3	48	20	10	6	5	27	19	75	86	W	W	W	L	W	1998-04-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	0	Sunderland	41	12	7	2	44	21	11	4	5	32	22	76	80	D	W	W	W	D	1998-04-13	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Charlton Athletic	42	15	5	1	45	17	8	4	9	31	32	76	78	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-13	Port Vale	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	41	15	3	2	45	10	8	6	7	24	29	69	78	W	L	L	W	D	1998-04-13	Reading	A
5	0	Sheffield United	40	15	5	1	39	16	3	10	6	20	27	59	69	D	W	L	W	D	1998-04-13	Swindon Town	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	41	11	5	4	37	17	7	9	5	28	23	65	68	D	L	W	W	W	1998-04-13	Portsmouth	A
7	0	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	24	15	7	9	5	30	20	54	64	D	D	W	L	D	1998-04-13	Manchester City	A
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	12	6	3	36	20	5	4	11	13	22	49	61	D	L	D	W	L	1998-04-13	Nottingham Forest	A
9	2	Stockport County	42	13	5	3	43	19	4	2	15	21	42	64	58	W	L	L	D	L	1998-04-13	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	2	Oxford United	42	12	5	4	35	17	4	3	14	22	39	57	56	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-2	Bradford City	42	10	8	3	24	19	4	6	11	20	29	44	56	L	W	W	L	D	1998-04-13	Bury	A
12	-2	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	6	6	23	22	6	5	10	19	27	42	56	L	W	L	D	D	1998-04-13	Sunderland	H
13	0	Swindon Town	42	9	5	7	26	22	5	4	12	14	40	40	51	L	L	D	D	W	1998-04-13	Sheffield United	H
14	1	Huddersfield Town	42	8	5	8	27	24	5	6	10	22	36	49	50	W	D	D	W	W	1998-04-13	Norwich City	A
15	-1	Crewe Alexandra	41	7	2	11	21	33	8	3	10	25	26	46	50	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-13	Stoke City	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	7	7	6	26	22	5	5	11	19	28	45	48	D	D	L	W	W	1998-04-13	Stockport County	H
17	2	Port Vale	42	7	6	8	25	22	5	4	12	26	37	51	46	D	W	L	D	W	1998-04-13	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	27	19	2	8	11	20	39	47	46	D	D	D	L	L	1998-04-14	Oxford United	H
19	1	Norwich City	42	7	8	6	22	27	4	5	12	19	40	41	46	D	L	L	L	D	1998-04-13	Huddersfield Town	H
20	-2	Bury	42	6	10	5	20	21	3	9	9	19	33	39	46	L	D	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Bradford City	H
21	0	Manchester City	42	6	5	10	26	23	5	6	10	23	28	49	44	D	W	L	D	L	1998-04-13	Birmingham City	H
22	0	Portsmouth	42	7	6	8	25	29	4	4	13	20	31	45	43	L	D	D	L	L	1998-04-13	Ipswich Town	H
23	1	Stoke City	42	7	5	9	26	35	3	8	10	14	29	40	43	W	L	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	-1	Reading	42	8	4	9	27	29	3	5	13	11	43	38	42	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-13	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	2	Fulham	Griffin Park	10,510
	Lineups		Moody 2
Burnley	1	0	Bristol City	Turf Moor	10,600
Payton (p)	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	4,594
Smart, Stevens, Anthony	Lineups		Hodgson
Chesterfield	2	1	Northampton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,064
Breckin, Williams	Lineups		Clarkson
Gillingham	2	1	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium	6,846
Akinbiyi 2	Lineups		Allen R
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Blackpool	Home Park	5,655
Butler OG, Logan, Corazzin	Lineups		Heathcote OG
Preston North End	1	0	Southend United	Deepdale	8,096
Parkinson	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Millwall	Bescot Stadium	3,307
tholot, Hodge (p)	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Wrexham	Vicarage Road	12,340
Lee	Lineups
York City	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Bootham Crescent	2,840
	Lineups		O'Neill

				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	42	15	4	2	38	15	9	5	7	27	19	65	81	L	W	W	W	L	1998-04-13	Watford	H
2	0	Watford	42	12	6	3	34	21	10	8	3	28	17	62	80	W	L	D	D	W	1998-04-13	Bristol City	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	42	11	7	3	29	10	7	7	7	24	23	53	68	D	L	D	D	L	1998-04-13	Bristol Rovers	H
4	1	Fulham	42	11	7	3	25	12	8	3	10	28	26	53	67	W	D	W	L	W	1998-04-13	Carlisle United	H
5	-1	Wrexham	42	10	9	2	30	21	7	5	9	20	26	50	65	L	D	D	L	W	1998-04-13	York City	H
6	2	Gillingham	42	13	5	3	29	17	5	5	11	21	29	50	64	W	D	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Southend United	A
7	-1	Northampton Town	42	13	4	4	30	15	3	11	7	16	19	46	63	L	L	D	D	W	1998-04-13	Preston North End	H
8	-1	Bristol Rovers	42	11	2	8	39	31	6	8	7	25	29	64	61	W	D	W	D	L	1998-04-13	Grimsby Town	A
9	1	Chesterfield	42	12	6	3	29	18	3	9	9	14	21	43	60	W	W	W	W	L	1998-04-14	Luton Town	A
10	-1	Blackpool	42	12	6	3	33	22	4	3	14	20	39	53	57	L	W	W	D	W	1998-04-13	Brentford	H
11	0	AFC Bournemouth	42	9	8	4	25	14	6	4	11	26	34	51	57	W	L	D	W	L	1998-04-14	Walsall	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	41	12	6	2	38	19	1	8	12	17	31	55	53	L	W	L	L	D	1998-04-13	Wycombe Wanderers	H
13	5	Preston North End	42	9	5	7	24	22	5	6	10	25	28	49	53	W	L	D	W	D	1998-04-13	Northampton Town	A
14	5	Walsall	41	10	7	4	26	15	4	4	12	16	31	42	53	W	D	L	W	L	1998-04-14	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	-2	Wycombe Wanderers	42	10	8	3	31	19	2	8	11	17	33	48	52	D	D	L	L	W	1998-04-13	Oldham Athletic	A
16	-2	Millwall	42	7	7	7	21	20	7	3	11	20	31	41	52	L	D	L	L	W	1998-04-13	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	-2	Wigan Athletic	41	10	4	6	34	30	4	5	12	21	35	55	51	L	W	W	D	L	1998-04-13	Burnley	H
18	-2	York City	42	9	5	7	25	20	3	10	8	22	35	47	51	L	L	D	L	L	1998-04-13	Wrexham	A
19	-2	Luton Town	42	5	7	9	29	36	7	7	7	22	22	51	50	L	W	W	W	D	1998-04-14	Chesterfield	H
20	1	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	5	6	35	26	2	7	12	17	37	52	48	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-13	Millwall	A
21	-1	Brentford	42	9	6	6	31	25	1	10	10	14	39	45	46	L	D	W	D	W	1998-04-13	Blackpool	A
22	0	Burnley	41	8	9	4	30	21	3	3	14	16	32	46	45	W	L	W	W	L	1998-04-13	Wigan Athletic	A
23	0	Carlisle United	42	8	5	8	26	25	4	3	14	28	37	54	44	W	L	L	L	L	1998-04-13	Fulham	A
24	0	Southend United	42	8	6	7	28	27	3	2	16	17	46	45	41	L	L	L	W	W	1998-04-13	Gillingham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	2	Leyton Orient	Underhill Stadium	3,437
Goodhind	Lineups		Griffiths, Baker
Cambridge United	1	0	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium	5,445
Kyd	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	2	Colchester United	Ninian Park	2,809
	Lineups		Abrahams, Gregory D
Chester City	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Deva Stadium	1,593
Flitcroft (p), Rimmer	Lineups		Mike
Hull City	2	1	Hartlepool United	Boothferry Park	3,343
Brown D 2	Lineups		Midgley
Mansfield Town	2	2	Torquay United	Field Mill	2,282
Whitehall, Peacock	Lineups		Hill, Gurney
Notts County	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Meadow Lane	5,344
Hughes, Jones G	Lineups		Mayo 2
Rochdale	4	0	Scarborough	Spotland	1,795
Painter 2, Lancashire, Farrell	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Swansea City	Millmoor	2,942
Martindale	Lineups		Alsop
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Macclesfield Town	Glanford Park	2,949
D'Auria	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Darlington	Gay Meadow	1,942
Scott, Steele, Berkley	Lineups
Footnotes
Doncaster Rovers relegated

				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	42	12	7	2	33	18	14	4	3	37	20	70	89	D	L	W	D	W	1998-04-13	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	0	Torquay United	42	13	4	4	35	19	7	7	7	28	32	63	71	D	D	L	D	W	1998-04-13	Rotherham United	H
3	0	Macclesfield Town	42	17	4	0	35	9	2	9	10	18	31	53	70	L	W	D	W	L	1998-04-13	Barnet	H
4	0	Barnet	42	10	7	4	34	20	9	5	7	25	25	59	69	L	W	D	D	W	1998-04-13	Macclesfield Town	A
5	0	Scarborough	42	14	4	3	44	23	5	7	9	21	33	65	68	L	W	D	D	W	1998-04-13	Scunthorpe United	H
6	0	Colchester United	42	13	4	4	36	20	6	6	9	29	33	65	67	W	W	W	D	W	1998-04-13	Hull City	H
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	42	12	5	4	35	16	5	7	9	25	29	60	63	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Cardiff City	H
9	0	Rotherham United	42	9	8	4	36	28	5	10	6	22	25	58	60	D	L	D	D	D	1998-04-13	Torquay United	A
10	2	Leyton Orient	41	12	5	3	35	16	5	6	10	19	23	54	59	W	D	L	W	L	1998-04-13	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	2	Scunthorpe United	41	9	7	5	27	23	7	4	9	24	27	51	59	W	L	W	D	D	1998-04-13	Scarborough	A
12	-2	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
13	-2	Mansfield Town	42	10	8	3	39	24	4	7	10	20	28	59	57	D	D	W	W	D	1998-04-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Chester City	42	11	6	4	30	13	5	3	13	24	42	54	57	W	L	L	L	L	1998-04-13	Darlington	A
15	0	Cambridge United	42	10	7	4	33	24	3	10	8	24	28	57	56	W	D	W	W	D	1998-04-13	Exeter City	A
16	1	Shrewsbury Town	42	11	3	7	33	25	3	9	9	23	32	56	54	W	W	L	D	L	1998-04-13	Leyton Orient	A
17	-1	Hartlepool United	42	9	11	1	37	21	2	9	10	19	29	56	53	L	D	D	L	W	1998-04-13	Lincoln City	H
18	2	Rochdale	42	13	3	5	38	14	2	3	16	11	35	49	51	W	D	W	W	L	1998-04-13	Swansea City	A
19	-1	Darlington	42	12	5	4	40	26	1	5	15	13	43	53	49	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-13	Chester City	H
20	-1	Cardiff City	42	5	12	4	26	20	4	10	7	21	26	47	49	L	L	D	W	W	1998-04-13	Peterborough United	A
21	0	Swansea City	42	7	7	7	21	16	5	3	13	24	41	45	46	D	L	W	D	L	1998-04-13	Rochdale	H
22	1	Hull City	42	8	6	7	32	30	1	1	19	15	45	47	34	W	L	D	L	L	1998-04-13	Colchester United	A
23	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	3	8	10	18	31	3	7	11	15	28	33	33	D	W	D	L	L	1998-04-13	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	3	3	15	13	45	1	4	16	16	62	29	19	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-13	Notts County	H