Saturday 1998-04-18

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	0	Wimbledon	Highbury	38,024
Adams, Overmars, Bergkamp, Petit, Wreh	Lineups
Barnsley	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Oakwell	18,692
Redfearn	Lineups		Calderwood
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Leeds United	Reebok Stadium	25,000
Thompson, Fish	Lineups		Haaland, Halle, Hasselbaink
Crystal Palace	3	1	Derby County	Selhurst Park	18,101
Jansen, Curcic, Bent	Lineups		Bohinen
Everton	1	1	Leicester City	Goodison Park	33,642
Madar	Lineups		Marshall
Manchester United	1	1	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	55,194
Beckham	Lineups		Andersson
Southampton	1	2	Aston Villa	The Dell	15,238
Le Tissier	Lineups		Hendrie, Yorke
West Ham United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	24,733
Hartson 2	Lineups		Wilcox

				Home					Away
Ptn		Premier League	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Arsenal	33	13	2	2	38	10	7	7	2	23	18	33	69	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-25	Barnsley	A
2	-1	Manchester United	35	12	4	2	39	9	8	4	5	26	17	39	68	D	D	W	W	L	1998-04-27	Crystal Palace	A
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	1	Leeds United	35	9	3	5	27	17	8	3	7	26	22	14	57	W	L	W	W	L	1998-04-25	Coventry City	H
5	-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
6	2	West Ham United	34	12	4	1	34	11	3	3	11	13	31	5	52	W	D	D	L	W	1998-04-25	Southampton	H
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	34	10	3	4	39	26	4	6	7	16	24	5	51	L	L	L	L	W	1998-04-25	Wimbledon	H
8	1	Aston Villa	35	8	3	6	24	21	7	3	8	20	23	0	51	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	-2	Derby County	34	11	3	3	32	14	3	4	10	17	30	5	49	L	W	D	L	L	1998-04-26	Leicester City	H
10	0	Leicester City	34	5	9	3	20	15	6	4	7	23	22	6	46	D	D	W	D	L	1998-04-26	Derby County	A
11	0	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
12	0	Southampton	35	10	1	7	28	21	3	4	10	17	29	-5	44	L	D	L	L	W	1998-04-25	West Ham United	A
13	0	Wimbledon	34	5	6	7	16	19	5	5	6	15	20	-8	41	L	D	W	D	D	1998-04-25	Blackburn Rovers	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	0	Newcastle United	34	7	5	6	19	19	3	5	8	13	21	-8	40	D	W	L	D	L	1998-04-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	0	Everton	35	7	4	6	23	23	2	8	8	16	25	-9	39	D	D	W	D	L	1998-04-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	6	7	4	20	21	3	3	12	15	32	-18	37	D	D	L	D	W	1998-04-25	Newcastle United	H
18	1	Barnsley	35	7	4	6	25	31	3	1	14	12	46	-40	35	D	L	W	L	L	1998-04-25	Arsenal	H
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	35	6	8	4	20	20	1	5	11	13	36	-23	34	L	L	W	D	L	1998-04-25	Aston Villa	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	34	1	4	11	11	33	6	4	8	20	27	-29	29	W	L	L	L	W	1998-04-27	Manchester United	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	0	Swindon Town	St Andrew's	17,016
Furlong 2 (1p), Hughes	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Portsmouth	The Valley	14,082
Jones S	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Kirklees Stadium	11,704
Baldry	Lineups
Ipswich Town	5	1	Port Vale	Portman Road	16,205
Johnson 2, Petta 2, Mathie	Lineups		Barnett
Oxford United	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Manor Ground	6,489
Cook	Lineups		Mahon
Sheffield United	3	0	Bury	Bramall Lane	16,056
Stuart (p), Saunders 2	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Edgeley Park	9,892
Angell 2	Lineups		van Hooijdonk, Johnson A
Stoke City	2	0	Norwich City	Britannia Stadium	13,098
Sigurdsson, Lightbourne	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Stadium of Light	40,441
Ball, Clark	Lineups		Charnock
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Reading	Molineux	19,785
Muscat, Goodman 2	Lineups		Brayson

				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	44	17	2	3	51	20	10	7	5	29	21	80	90	D	W	W	W	W	1998-04-26	Reading	H
2	1	Sunderland	43	13	7	2	46	22	11	5	5	35	25	81	84	W	D	D	W	W	1998-04-25	Stoke City	H
3	1	Charlton Athletic	44	16	5	1	46	17	9	4	9	32	32	78	84	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	-2	Middlesbrough	43	16	3	2	46	10	9	6	7	25	29	71	84	W	W	W	L	L	1998-04-24	Port Vale	A
5	0	Ipswich Town	43	12	5	4	42	18	8	9	5	29	23	71	74	W	W	D	L	W	1998-04-25	Bury	A
6	0	Sheffield United	42	16	5	1	42	16	3	11	6	21	28	63	73	W	D	D	W	L	1998-04-25	West Bromwich Albion	H
7	0	Birmingham City	44	10	7	5	27	15	8	9	5	31	20	58	70	W	W	D	D	W	1998-04-25	Oxford United	A
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	43	13	6	3	39	21	5	4	12	13	25	52	64	W	L	D	L	D	1998-04-25	Stockport County	H
9	0	Stockport County	44	13	6	3	45	21	4	2	16	21	45	66	59	D	L	W	L	L	1998-04-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	Oxford United	44	12	6	4	36	18	4	4	14	23	40	59	58	D	D	W	L	W	1998-04-25	Birmingham City	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	44	9	7	6	26	25	6	5	11	19	28	45	57	L	D	L	W	L	1998-04-25	Sheffield United	A
12	0	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	3	Huddersfield Town	44	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	11	22	41	50	53	W	L	W	D	D	1998-04-25	Portsmouth	A
14	-1	Crewe Alexandra	43	8	2	11	23	33	8	3	11	26	28	49	53	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-25	Bradford City	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	8	7	6	29	22	5	6	11	20	29	49	52	D	W	D	D	L	1998-04-25	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-2	Swindon Town	44	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	13	14	43	41	52	L	D	L	L	D	1998-04-25	Norwich City	A
17	0	Norwich City	44	8	8	6	27	27	4	5	13	19	42	46	49	L	W	D	L	L	1998-04-25	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Bury	44	7	10	5	22	21	3	9	10	19	36	41	49	L	W	L	D	L	1998-04-25	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	43	8	9	5	28	20	2	8	11	20	39	48	47	D	D	D	D	L	1998-04-19	Bradford City	A
20	0	Port Vale	44	7	6	9	25	23	5	4	13	27	42	52	46	L	L	D	W	L	1998-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
21	2	Stoke City	44	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	11	14	31	42	46	W	L	W	L	L	1998-04-25	Sunderland	A
22	-1	Manchester City	44	6	5	11	26	24	5	6	11	23	29	49	44	L	L	D	W	L	1998-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
23	-1	Portsmouth	44	7	6	9	25	30	4	4	14	20	32	45	43	L	L	L	D	D	1998-04-25	Huddersfield Town	H
24	0	Reading	44	8	4	10	27	30	3	5	14	12	46	39	42	L	L	L	W	L	1998-04-26	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	0	2	Wigan Athletic	Griffin Park	4,480
	Lineups		Bradshaw (p), Kilford
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Luton Town	The Memorial Stadium	8,038
Beadle, Tillson	Lineups		Oldfield
Burnley	2	1	Fulham	Turf Moor	9,745
Cooke, Payton	Lineups		Moody
Chesterfield	1	0	Bristol City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,085
Williams	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Wrexham	Priestfield Stadium	7,869
Akinbiyi	Lineups		Wilson
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Northampton Town	Home Park	6,389
Saunders	Lineups		Freestone 3
Preston North End	3	3	Blackpool	Deepdale	13,500
Eyres, Parkinson, Macken	Lineups		Clarkson 2, Hills
Walsall	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Bescot Stadium	3,562
	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	Millwall	Adams Park	5,371
	Lineups
York City	1	1	Southend United	Bootham Crescent	2,850
Tolson	Lineups		Boere

				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	44	15	5	2	39	16	9	5	8	27	20	66	82	L	D	L	W	W	1998-04-25	Walsall	H
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	0	Fulham	44	12	7	3	30	12	8	3	11	29	28	59	70	L	W	W	D	W	1998-04-25	Northampton Town	A
4	0	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	2	Bristol Rovers	44	12	2	8	41	32	7	8	7	27	30	68	67	W	W	W	D	W	1998-04-25	Blackpool	A
6	2	Northampton Town	44	13	5	4	32	17	4	11	7	19	20	51	67	W	D	L	L	D	1998-04-25	Fulham	H
7	-2	Wrexham	44	10	9	3	31	23	7	6	9	21	27	52	66	D	L	L	D	D	1998-04-25	Preston North End	H
8	-2	Gillingham	44	13	6	3	30	18	5	6	11	21	29	51	66	D	D	W	D	L	1998-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	1	Chesterfield	44	13	6	3	30	18	3	9	10	14	24	44	63	W	L	W	W	W	1998-04-25	Wycombe Wanderers	A
10	-1	AFC Bournemouth	43	10	8	4	26	14	6	4	11	26	34	52	60	W	W	L	D	W	1998-04-25	Burnley	H
11	0	Blackpool	44	12	6	4	34	24	4	4	14	23	42	57	58	D	L	L	W	W	1998-04-25	Bristol Rovers	H
12	1	Wigan Athletic	43	11	4	6	39	31	5	5	12	23	35	62	57	W	W	L	W	W	1998-04-21	Walsall	H
13	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	44	10	9	3	31	19	3	8	11	18	33	49	56	D	W	D	D	L	1998-04-25	Chesterfield	H
14	0	Preston North End	44	9	6	7	27	25	5	7	10	27	30	54	55	D	D	W	L	D	1998-04-25	Wrexham	A
15	0	York City	44	9	6	7	26	21	4	10	8	24	36	50	55	D	W	L	L	D	1998-04-25	Carlisle United	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	43	12	6	3	38	20	1	9	12	17	31	55	54	D	L	L	W	L	1998-04-25	Southend United	H
17	1	Walsall	43	10	8	4	26	15	4	4	13	16	32	42	54	D	L	W	D	L	1998-04-21	Wigan Athletic	A
18	1	Millwall	44	7	8	7	22	21	7	4	11	20	31	42	54	D	D	L	D	L	1998-04-24	Wigan Athletic	A
19	-2	Luton Town	44	6	7	9	32	36	7	7	8	23	24	55	53	L	W	L	W	W	1998-04-25	Brentford	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	44	10	5	7	36	29	2	8	12	18	38	54	49	L	D	W	L	W	1998-04-25	Gillingham	H
21	0	Brentford	44	9	6	7	31	27	2	10	10	16	40	47	49	L	W	L	D	W	1998-04-25	Luton Town	H
22	0	Burnley	43	9	9	4	32	22	3	3	15	17	37	49	48	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-25	AFC Bournemouth	A
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	44	8	7	7	28	27	3	3	16	18	47	46	43	D	D	L	L	L	1998-04-25	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	1	1	Scarborough	Underhill Stadium	2,353
Devine	Lineups		Bennett G
Cambridge United	4	1	Swansea City	Abbey Stadium	2,336
Butler 2, Kyd 2	Lineups		Bird
Cardiff City	1	2	Macclesfield Town	Ninian Park	2,501
Roberts	Lineups		Sodje, Sorvel
Chester City	3	1	Colchester United	Deva Stadium	1,780
Whelan, Fisher, Rimmer	Lineups		Abrahams
Hull City	3	2	Leyton Orient	Boothferry Park	3,744
Mann, Boyack, Lowthorpe	Lineups		Griffiths, Inglethorpe
Lincoln City	3	0	Peterborough United	Sincil Bank	6,748
Alcide 2, Smith	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	2	Hartlepool United	Field Mill	2,047
Whitehall 2 (1p)	Lineups		Beech 2
Notts County	3	0	Torquay United	Meadow Lane	5,183
Pearce, Jones G 2	Lineups
Rochdale	3	0	Exeter City	Spotland	1,850
Bayliss, Lancashire 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	4,328
Berry 2, Richardson	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Darlington	Glanford Park	2,267
Sertori	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	2,728
Kerrigan, Jagielka	Lineups		Minton

				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	44	13	7	2	36	18	15	4	3	39	21	75	95	W	W	D	L	W	1998-04-25	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Macclesfield Town	44	18	4	0	37	9	3	9	10	20	32	57	76	W	W	L	W	D	1998-04-25	Chester City	H
3	0	Torquay United	44	13	4	5	36	21	7	7	8	28	35	64	71	L	L	D	D	L	1998-04-25	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Colchester United	44	14	4	4	40	23	6	6	10	30	36	70	70	L	W	W	W	W	1998-04-25	Leyton Orient	H
5	0	Scarborough	44	14	5	3	44	23	5	8	9	22	34	66	70	D	D	L	W	D	1998-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	0	Barnet	44	10	8	4	35	21	9	5	8	25	27	60	70	D	L	L	W	D	1998-04-25	Mansfield Town	H
7	1	Lincoln City	43	9	7	5	28	22	9	7	6	26	25	54	68	W	D	L	L	W	1998-04-21	Exeter City	H
8	1	Rotherham United	44	10	8	4	39	28	6	10	6	24	26	63	66	W	W	D	L	D	1998-04-25	Rochdale	H
9	-2	Peterborough United	44	13	5	4	37	16	5	7	10	25	32	62	66	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-25	Torquay United	A
10	1	Scunthorpe United	43	10	7	5	28	23	7	5	9	24	27	52	63	W	D	W	L	W	1998-04-21	Leyton Orient	A
11	-1	Exeter City	43	10	8	4	38	22	5	7	9	27	34	65	60	L	W	W	D	L	1998-04-21	Lincoln City	A
12	2	Shrewsbury Town	44	12	3	7	35	26	4	9	9	26	34	61	60	W	W	W	W	L	1998-04-25	Scarborough	A
13	2	Chester City	44	12	6	4	33	14	5	3	14	24	43	57	60	W	L	W	L	L	1998-04-25	Macclesfield Town	A
14	-1	Mansfield Town	44	10	9	3	41	26	4	8	10	21	29	62	59	D	D	D	D	W	1998-04-25	Barnet	A
15	1	Cambridge United	44	11	7	4	37	25	3	10	9	24	29	61	59	W	L	W	D	W	1998-04-25	Notts County	H
16	-4	Leyton Orient	43	12	5	4	37	19	5	6	11	21	26	58	59	L	L	W	D	L	1998-04-21	Scunthorpe United	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	44	9	12	1	38	22	2	10	10	21	31	59	55	D	D	L	D	D	1998-04-25	Cardiff City	H
18	1	Rochdale	44	14	3	5	41	14	2	3	17	11	38	52	54	W	L	W	D	W	1998-04-25	Rotherham United	A
19	-1	Darlington	44	13	5	4	41	26	1	5	16	13	44	54	52	L	W	L	L	W	1998-04-25	Lincoln City	H
20	0	Swansea City	44	8	7	7	24	16	5	3	14	25	45	49	49	L	W	D	L	W	1998-04-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Cardiff City	44	5	12	5	27	22	4	10	8	21	28	48	49	L	L	L	L	D	1998-04-25	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Hull City	44	9	6	7	35	32	1	1	20	18	49	53	37	W	L	W	L	D	1998-04-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	3	9	10	19	32	3	7	12	16	30	35	34	L	D	D	W	D	1998-04-25	Hull City	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	44	3	3	16	14	47	1	4	17	16	65	30	19	L	L	L	W	L	1998-04-25	Swansea City	A