Easter Monday 1998-04-13

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	4	Arsenal	Ewood Park	28,212
Gallacher	Lineups		Bergkamp, Parlour 2, Anelka
Derby County	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	Pride Park	29,126
Burton 2, Wanchope, Baiano	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Crystal Palace	Anfield Road	43,007
Leonhardsen, Thompson	Lineups		Bent
Newcastle United	2	1	Barnsley	St James' Park	36,534
Andersson, Shearer	Lineups		Fjortoft
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	West Ham United	Hillsborough	28,036
Magilton	Lineups		Berkovic
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	33,463
Berti	Lineups		Dublin
Wimbledon	0	0	Everton	Selhurst Park	15,131
	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	32	12	2	2	33	10	7	7	2	23	18	28	66	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-18	Wimbledon	H
3	0	Liverpool	33	11	2	4	33	16	5	8	3	24	20	21	58	W	D	W	D	W	1998-04-19	Coventry City	A
4	0	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	0	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	33	10	3	4	39	26	4	6	6	15	22	6	51	L	L	L	W	L	1998-04-18	West Ham United	A
7	2	Derby County	33	11	3	3	32	14	3	4	9	16	27	7	49	W	D	L	L	L	1998-04-18	Crystal Palace	A
8	-1	West Ham United	33	11	4	1	32	10	3	3	11	13	31	4	49	D	D	L	W	W	1998-04-18	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-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
10	1	Coventry City	33	7	7	2	23	16	4	5	8	16	23	0	45	D	L	D	W	D	1998-04-19	Liverpool	H
11	-1	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
12	0	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	0	Wimbledon	33	5	6	7	16	19	5	5	5	15	15	-3	41	D	W	D	D	L	1998-04-18	Arsenal	A
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	9	5	4	29	23	2	3	11	19	38	-13	41	D	L	W	L	L	1998-04-19	Chelsea	A
15	1	Newcastle United	33	7	5	6	19	19	3	4	8	12	20	-8	39	W	L	D	L	L	1998-04-18	Manchester United	A
16	-1	Everton	34	7	3	6	22	22	2	8	8	16	25	-9	38	D	W	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Leicester City	H
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	6	7	4	20	21	3	2	12	14	31	-18	36	D	L	D	W	D	1998-04-18	Barnsley	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	6	8	3	18	17	1	5	11	13	36	-22	34	L	W	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Leeds United	H
19	0	Barnsley	34	7	3	6	24	30	3	1	14	12	46	-40	34	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-18	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	33	0	4	11	8	32	6	4	8	20	27	-31	26	L	L	L	W	L	1998-04-18	Derby County	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	2	0	Bradford City	Gigg Lane	6,570
Ellis, Daws	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Stoke City	Gresty Road	5,759
Westwood, Lightfoot	Lineups
Manchester City	0	1	Birmingham City	Maine Road	29,569
	Lineups		Adebola
Norwich City	5	0	Huddersfield Town	Carrow Road	16,550
Fleming, Adams (p), Roberts 2, Fuglestad	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City Ground	22,863
Johnson A, van Hooijdonk, Campbell	Lineups
Port Vale	0	1	Charlton Athletic	Vale Park	9,973
	Lineups		Mendonca (p)
Portsmouth	0	1	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	15,040
	Lineups		Johnson
Reading	0	1	Middlesbrough	Elm Park	14,501
	Lineups		Branca
Swindon Town	1	1	Sheffield United	County Ground	7,125
Walters	Lineups		Marcelo
Tranmere Rovers	3	0	Stockport County	Prenton Park	8,070
Jones G 2, Mellon	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Sunderland	The Hawthorns	20,181
Hughes 2, Kilbane	Lineups		Quinn 2, Phillips

				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	43	17	2	3	51	20	10	6	5	27	19	78	89	W	W	W	W	L	1998-04-18	Stockport County	A
2	0	Sunderland	42	12	7	2	44	21	11	5	5	35	25	79	81	D	D	W	W	W	1998-04-18	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Charlton Athletic	43	15	5	1	45	17	9	4	9	32	32	77	81	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-18	Portsmouth	H
4	0	Middlesbrough	42	15	3	2	45	10	9	6	7	25	29	70	81	W	W	L	L	W	1998-04-17	Manchester City	H
5	1	Ipswich Town	42	11	5	4	37	17	8	9	5	29	23	66	71	W	D	L	W	W	1998-04-18	Port Vale	H
6	-1	Sheffield United	41	15	5	1	39	16	3	11	6	21	28	60	70	D	D	W	L	W	1998-04-18	Bury	H
7	0	Birmingham City	43	9	7	5	24	15	8	9	5	31	20	55	67	W	D	D	W	L	1998-04-18	Swindon Town	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	6	3	36	20	5	4	12	13	25	49	61	L	D	L	D	W	1998-04-18	Reading	H
9	0	Stockport County	43	13	5	3	43	19	4	2	16	21	45	64	58	L	W	L	L	D	1998-04-18	Nottingham Forest	H
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	43	9	7	6	26	25	6	5	10	19	27	45	57	D	L	W	L	D	1998-04-18	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-1	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
12	-1	Bradford City	43	10	8	3	24	19	4	6	12	20	31	44	56	L	L	W	W	L	1998-04-19	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	2	Crewe Alexandra	42	8	2	11	23	33	8	3	10	25	26	48	53	W	L	W	L	L	1998-04-18	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Swindon Town	43	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	12	14	40	41	52	D	L	L	D	D	1998-04-18	Birmingham City	A
15	1	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	7	6	29	22	5	5	11	19	28	48	51	W	D	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Oxford United	A
16	-2	Huddersfield Town	43	8	5	8	27	24	5	6	11	22	41	49	50	L	W	D	D	W	1998-04-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	2	Norwich City	43	8	8	6	27	27	4	5	12	19	40	46	49	W	D	L	L	L	1998-04-18	Stoke City	A
18	2	Bury	43	7	10	5	22	21	3	9	9	19	33	41	49	W	L	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Sheffield United	A
19	-2	Port Vale	43	7	6	9	25	23	5	4	12	26	37	51	46	L	D	W	L	D	1998-04-18	Ipswich Town	A
20	-2	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
21	0	Manchester City	43	6	5	11	26	24	5	6	10	23	28	49	44	L	D	W	L	D	1998-04-17	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Portsmouth	43	7	6	9	25	30	4	4	13	20	31	45	43	L	L	D	D	L	1998-04-18	Charlton Athletic	A
23	0	Stoke City	43	7	5	9	26	35	3	8	11	14	31	40	43	L	W	L	L	W	1998-04-18	Norwich City	H
24	0	Reading	43	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	13	11	43	38	42	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	2	Brentford	Bloomfield Road	3,926
Taylor	Lineups		Hutchings, Aspinall (p)
Bristol City	1	1	Watford	Ashton Gate	19,141
Edwards	Lineups		Lee
Fulham	5	0	Carlisle United	Craven Cottage	9,245
Peschisolido 3, Moody, Thorpe	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	2	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park	5,484
Donovan (p)	Lineups		Hayles 2
Millwall	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Den	5,496
Hockton	Lineups		Corazzin
Northampton Town	2	2	Preston North End	Sixfields Stadium	5,664
Sampson, Seal	Lineups		Ashcroft, Macken
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Wycombe Wanderers	Boundary Park	4,305
	Lineups		Stallard
Southend United	0	0	Gillingham	Roots Hall	6,151
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	5	1	Burnley	Springfield Park	4,926
Barlow, Lowe 2, Warne, Kilford	Lineups		Little
Wrexham	1	2	York City	Racecourse Ground	5,231
Wilson	Lineups		Thompson (p), Cresswell
Footnotes
Watford promoted

				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	43	15	5	2	39	16	9	5	7	27	19	66	82	D	L	W	W	W	1998-04-18	Chesterfield	A
2	0	Watford	43	12	6	3	34	21	10	9	3	29	18	63	81	D	W	L	D	D	1998-04-25	Grimsby Town	H
3	1	Fulham	43	12	7	3	30	12	8	3	10	28	26	58	70	W	W	D	W	L	1998-04-18	Burnley	A
4	-1	Grimsby Town	43	11	7	4	30	12	7	7	7	24	23	54	68	L	D	L	D	D	1998-04-21	Carlisle United	A
5	0	Wrexham	43	10	9	3	31	23	7	5	9	20	26	51	65	L	L	D	D	L	1998-04-18	Gillingham	A
6	0	Gillingham	43	13	5	3	29	17	5	6	11	21	29	50	65	D	W	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Wrexham	H
7	1	Bristol Rovers	43	11	2	8	39	31	7	8	7	27	30	66	64	W	W	D	W	D	1998-04-18	Luton Town	H
8	-1	Northampton Town	43	13	5	4	32	17	3	11	7	16	19	48	64	D	L	L	D	D	1998-04-18	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	0	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	0	Blackpool	43	12	6	4	34	24	4	3	14	20	39	54	57	L	L	W	W	D	1998-04-18	Preston North End	A
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	3	Wycombe Wanderers	43	10	8	3	31	19	3	8	11	18	33	49	55	W	D	D	L	L	1998-04-18	Millwall	H
13	4	Wigan Athletic	42	11	4	6	39	31	4	5	12	21	35	60	54	W	L	W	W	D	1998-04-18	Brentford	A
14	-1	Preston North End	43	9	5	7	24	22	5	7	10	27	30	51	54	D	W	L	D	W	1998-04-18	Blackpool	H
15	3	York City	43	9	5	7	25	20	4	10	8	24	36	49	54	W	L	L	D	L	1998-04-18	Southend United	H
16	-4	Oldham Athletic	42	12	6	3	38	20	1	8	12	17	31	55	53	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-18	Walsall	A
17	-3	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
18	-2	Millwall	43	7	8	7	22	21	7	3	11	20	31	42	53	D	L	D	L	L	1998-04-18	Wycombe Wanderers	A
19	0	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	0	Plymouth Argyle	43	10	5	6	35	26	2	8	12	18	38	53	49	D	W	L	W	L	1998-04-18	Northampton Town	H
21	0	Brentford	43	9	6	6	31	25	2	10	10	16	40	47	49	W	L	D	W	D	1998-04-18	Wigan Athletic	H
22	0	Burnley	42	8	9	4	30	21	3	3	15	17	37	47	45	L	W	L	W	W	1998-04-18	Fulham	H
23	0	Carlisle United	43	8	5	8	26	25	4	3	15	28	42	54	44	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-21	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Southend United	43	8	7	7	28	27	3	2	16	17	46	45	42	D	L	L	L	W	1998-04-18	York City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,704
Reinelt	Lineups		Christie
Colchester United	4	3	Hull City	Layer Road	4,700
Gregory D, Lock, Dunne, Duguid	Lineups		Boyack, McGinty, Darby
Darlington	1	0	Chester City	Feethams Ground	1,901
Ellison	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Notts County	Belle Vue	2,485
Messer	Lineups		Strodder, Finnan
Exeter City	1	0	Cambridge United	St James Park	3,527
Birch	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	1	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	1,997
Beech	Lineups		Alcide
Leyton Orient	2	3	Shrewsbury Town	Brisbane Road	4,956
Griffiths, Maskell	Lineups		Steele 3
Macclesfield Town	2	0	Barnet	Moss Rose	4,171
Sodje, Power	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	0	Cardiff City	London Road	4,756
Castle, Inman	Lineups
Scarborough	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Seamer Road	3,427
	Lineups
Swansea City	3	0	Rochdale	Vetch Field	2,854
Appleby 2, Walker	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Rotherham United	Plainmoor	3,963
Bedeau	Lineups		White, Roscoe

				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	43	12	7	2	33	18	15	4	3	39	21	72	92	W	D	L	W	D	1998-04-18	Torquay United	H
2	1	Macclesfield Town	43	18	4	0	37	9	2	9	10	18	31	55	73	W	L	W	D	W	1998-04-18	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Torquay United	43	13	4	5	36	21	7	7	7	28	32	64	71	L	D	D	L	D	1998-04-18	Notts County	A
4	2	Colchester United	43	14	4	4	40	23	6	6	9	29	33	69	70	W	W	W	W	D	1998-04-18	Chester City	A
5	0	Scarborough	43	14	5	3	44	23	5	7	9	21	33	65	69	D	L	W	D	D	1998-04-18	Barnet	A
6	-2	Barnet	43	10	7	4	34	20	9	5	8	25	27	59	69	L	L	W	D	D	1998-04-18	Scarborough	H
7	1	Peterborough United	43	13	5	4	37	16	5	7	9	25	29	62	66	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-18	Lincoln City	A
8	-1	Lincoln City	42	8	7	5	25	22	9	7	6	26	25	51	65	D	L	L	W	W	1998-04-18	Peterborough United	H
9	0	Rotherham United	43	9	8	4	36	28	6	10	6	24	26	60	63	W	D	L	D	D	1998-04-18	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	2	Exeter City	42	10	8	4	38	22	5	7	8	27	31	65	60	W	W	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Rochdale	A
11	0	Scunthorpe United	42	9	7	5	27	23	7	5	9	24	27	51	60	D	W	L	W	D	1998-04-18	Darlington	H
12	-2	Leyton Orient	42	12	5	4	37	19	5	6	10	19	23	56	59	L	W	D	L	W	1998-04-18	Hull City	A
13	0	Mansfield Town	43	10	8	3	39	24	4	8	10	21	29	60	58	D	D	D	W	W	1998-04-18	Hartlepool United	H
14	2	Shrewsbury Town	43	11	3	7	33	25	4	9	9	26	34	59	57	W	W	W	L	D	1998-04-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-1	Chester City	43	11	6	4	30	13	5	3	14	24	43	54	57	L	W	L	L	L	1998-04-18	Colchester United	H
16	-1	Cambridge United	43	10	7	4	33	24	3	10	9	24	29	57	56	L	W	D	W	W	1998-04-18	Swansea City	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	43	9	12	1	38	22	2	9	10	19	29	57	54	D	L	D	D	L	1998-04-18	Mansfield Town	A
18	1	Darlington	43	13	5	4	41	26	1	5	15	13	43	54	52	W	L	L	W	L	1998-04-18	Scunthorpe United	A
19	-1	Rochdale	43	13	3	5	38	14	2	3	17	11	38	49	51	L	W	D	W	W	1998-04-18	Exeter City	H
20	1	Swansea City	43	8	7	7	24	16	5	3	13	24	41	48	49	W	D	L	W	D	1998-04-18	Cambridge United	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	43	5	12	4	26	20	4	10	8	21	28	47	49	L	L	L	D	W	1998-04-18	Macclesfield Town	H
22	0	Hull City	43	8	6	7	32	30	1	1	20	18	49	50	34	L	W	L	D	L	1998-04-18	Leyton Orient	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	3	9	10	19	32	3	7	11	15	28	34	34	D	D	W	D	L	1998-04-18	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	3	3	16	14	47	1	4	16	16	62	30	19	L	L	W	L	L	1998-04-18	Rotherham United	A