Saturday 1998-04-25

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	3	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	38,392
Taylor	Lineups		Cox, Taylor, Blake
Barnsley	0	2	Arsenal	Oakwell	18,691
	Lineups		Bergkamp, Overmars
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Wimbledon	Ewood Park	24,848
	Lineups
Chelsea	4	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	34,639
Hughes M 2, Clarke, Flo	Lineups		Riedle
Everton	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	35,497
Ferguson	Lineups		Pembridge 2, Di Canio
Leeds United	3	3	Coventry City	Elland Road	36,868
Hasselbaink 2, Kewell	Lineups		Huckerby 3
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	35,847
Klinsmann, Ferdinand	Lineups
West Ham United	2	4	Southampton	Upton Park	25,878
Lomas, Sinclair	Lineups		Le Tissier, Ostenstad 2, Palmer

				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	Arsenal	34	13	2	2	38	10	8	7	2	25	18	35	72	W	W	W	W	W	1998-04-29	Derby County	H
2	0	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	1	Chelsea	35	12	2	3	35	13	7	1	10	33	26	29	60	W	W	W	L	W	1998-04-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	-1	Liverpool	35	11	2	4	33	16	5	9	4	26	25	18	59	L	D	W	D	W	1998-05-02	West Ham United	H
5	0	Leeds United	36	9	4	5	30	20	8	3	7	26	22	14	58	D	W	L	W	W	1998-05-04	Manchester United	A
6	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	4	4	39	26	4	6	7	16	24	5	52	D	L	L	L	L	1998-04-29	Chelsea	A
7	-1	West Ham United	35	12	4	2	36	15	3	3	11	13	31	3	52	L	W	D	D	L	1998-05-02	Liverpool	A
8	0	Aston Villa	36	8	3	7	25	24	7	3	8	20	23	-2	51	L	W	W	W	W	1998-05-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	0	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	1	Coventry City	35	7	8	2	24	17	4	6	8	19	26	0	47	D	D	D	L	D	1998-04-29	Wimbledon	H
11	1	Southampton	36	10	1	7	28	21	4	4	10	21	31	-3	47	W	L	D	L	L	1998-05-02	Derby County	H
12	-2	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
13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	36	9	5	4	29	23	3	3	12	22	40	-12	44	W	L	D	L	W	1998-05-02	Aston Villa	H
14	-1	Wimbledon	35	5	6	7	16	19	5	6	6	15	20	-8	42	D	L	D	W	D	1998-04-29	Coventry City	A
15	0	Newcastle United	35	7	5	6	19	19	3	5	9	13	23	-10	40	L	D	W	L	D	1998-04-29	Leicester City	A
16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	7	7	4	22	21	3	3	12	15	32	-16	40	W	D	D	L	D	1998-05-02	Wimbledon	A
17	-1	Everton	36	7	4	7	24	26	2	8	8	16	25	-11	39	L	D	D	W	D	1998-05-03	Arsenal	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	6	8	4	20	20	2	5	11	16	37	-21	37	W	L	L	W	D	1998-05-02	Crystal Palace	H
19	-1	Barnsley	36	7	4	7	25	33	3	1	14	12	46	-42	35	L	D	L	W	L	1998-05-02	Leicester City	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
Bury	0	1	Ipswich Town	Gigg Lane	7,830
	Lineups		Stockwell
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Valley	15,393
Mendonca 2 (2p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	5	0	Bradford City	Gresty Road	5,054
Anthrobus, Street, Little 3	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Maine Road	32,040
Kinkladze, Bradbury	Lineups		Sheron, Pollock OG
Norwich City	5	0	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	18,443
Llewellyn, Jackson, Roberts, Bellamy, Fenn	Lineups
Oxford United	0	2	Birmingham City	Manor Ground	8,818
	Lineups		Ford OG, Furlong
Portsmouth	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	14,013
Pethick, Thomson, Durnin	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	4	West Bromwich Albion	Bramall Lane	21,248
Stuart (p), Marcelo	Lineups		Hunt, Hughes 2, Kilbane
Sunderland	3	0	Stoke City	Stadium of Light	41,214
Williams, Phillips 2	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	4	Stockport County	Molineux	22,452
Keane 2, Atkins	Lineups		Cooper 2 (2p), Byrne 2

				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	44	14	7	2	49	22	11	5	5	35	25	84	87	W	W	D	D	W	1998-04-28	Ipswich Town	A
3	1	Charlton Athletic	45	17	5	1	48	17	9	4	9	32	32	80	87	W	W	W	W	W	1998-05-03	Birmingham City	A
4	-2	Middlesbrough	44	16	3	2	46	10	10	6	7	26	29	72	87	W	W	W	W	L	1998-04-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Ipswich Town	44	12	5	4	42	18	9	9	5	30	23	72	77	W	W	W	D	L	1998-04-28	Sunderland	H
6	0	Sheffield United	43	16	5	2	44	20	3	11	6	21	28	65	73	L	W	D	D	W	1998-04-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	0	Birmingham City	45	10	7	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	60	73	W	W	W	D	D	1998-05-03	Charlton Athletic	H
8	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	13	6	4	42	25	5	4	12	13	25	55	64	L	W	L	D	L	1998-04-29	Middlesbrough	A
9	0	Stockport County	45	13	6	3	45	21	5	2	16	25	48	70	62	W	D	L	W	L	1998-05-03	Sheffield United	H
10	2	West Bromwich Albion	45	9	7	6	26	25	7	5	11	23	30	49	60	W	L	D	L	W	1998-05-03	Nottingham Forest	H
11	-1	Oxford United	45	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	14	23	40	59	58	L	D	D	W	L	1998-05-03	Middlesbrough	A
12	-1	Bradford City	45	10	9	3	25	20	4	6	13	20	36	45	57	L	D	L	L	W	1998-05-03	Portsmouth	H
13	1	Crewe Alexandra	44	9	2	11	28	33	8	3	11	26	28	54	56	W	L	W	L	W	1998-04-30	Sheffield United	H
14	-1	Huddersfield Town	45	9	5	8	28	24	5	6	12	22	44	50	53	L	W	L	W	D	1998-05-03	Port Vale	H
15	2	Norwich City	45	9	8	6	32	27	4	5	13	19	42	51	52	W	L	W	D	L	1998-05-03	Reading	A
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	44	8	7	6	29	22	5	6	12	20	31	49	52	L	D	W	D	D	1998-04-28	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Swindon Town	45	9	6	7	27	23	5	4	14	14	48	41	52	L	L	D	L	L	1998-05-03	Sunderland	H
18	1	Queens Park Rangers	45	8	9	5	28	20	2	10	11	23	42	51	49	D	D	D	D	D	1998-05-03	Bury	H
19	-1	Bury	45	7	10	6	22	22	3	9	10	19	36	41	49	L	L	W	L	D	1998-05-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	0	Port Vale	45	7	6	10	25	24	5	4	13	27	42	52	46	L	L	L	D	W	1998-05-03	Huddersfield Town	A
21	2	Portsmouth	45	8	6	9	28	30	4	4	14	20	32	48	46	W	L	L	L	D	1998-05-03	Bradford City	A
22	-1	Stoke City	45	8	5	9	28	35	3	8	12	14	34	42	46	L	W	L	W	L	1998-05-03	Manchester City	H
23	-1	Manchester City	45	6	6	11	28	26	5	6	11	23	29	51	45	D	L	L	D	W	1998-05-03	Stoke City	A
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
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Burnley	Dean Court	6,592
Robinson (p), Fletcher S	Lineups		Matthew (p)
Blackpool	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Bloomfield Road	7,057
Brabin	Lineups
Brentford	2	2	Luton Town	Griffin Park	6,508
Scott, Hutchings	Lineups		Marshall, Allen R
Bristol City	2	1	Walsall	Ashton Gate	15,059
Owers, Tinnion	Lineups		Tholot
Carlisle United	1	2	York City	Brunton Park	3,897
Smart	Lineups		Pouton, McMillan
Northampton Town	1	0	Fulham	Sixfields Stadium	7,443
Peer	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Southend United	Boundary Park	4,485
Jepson, McNiven D	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Gillingham	Home Park	7,941
	Lineups		Smith
Watford	0	0	Grimsby Town	Vicarage Road	14,002
	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Preston North End	Racecourse Ground	7,302
	Lineups
Wycombe Wanderers	1	1	Chesterfield	Adams Park	5,113
Stallard	Lineups		Willis
Footnotes
Carlisle United relegated
Southend United relegated

				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	45	16	5	2	41	17	9	5	8	27	20	68	85	W	L	D	L	W	1998-05-02	Preston North End	A
2	0	Watford	44	12	7	3	34	21	10	9	3	29	18	63	82	D	D	W	L	D	1998-04-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	45	11	7	4	30	12	8	8	7	25	23	55	72	D	W	L	D	L	1998-05-02	Oldham Athletic	H
4	0	Fulham	45	12	7	3	30	12	8	3	12	29	29	59	70	L	L	W	W	D	1998-05-02	Watford	H
5	1	Northampton Town	45	14	5	4	33	17	4	11	7	19	20	52	70	W	W	D	L	L	1998-05-02	York City	A
6	2	Gillingham	45	13	6	3	30	18	6	6	11	22	29	52	69	W	D	D	W	D	1998-05-02	Wigan Athletic	H
7	-2	Bristol Rovers	45	12	2	8	41	32	7	8	8	27	31	68	67	L	W	W	W	D	1998-05-02	Brentford	H
8	-1	Wrexham	45	10	10	3	31	23	7	6	9	21	27	52	67	D	D	L	L	D	1998-05-02	Southend United	A
9	0	Chesterfield	45	13	6	3	30	18	3	10	10	15	25	45	64	D	W	L	W	W	1998-05-02	Blackpool	H
10	1	AFC Bournemouth	44	11	8	4	28	15	6	4	11	26	34	54	63	W	W	W	L	D	1998-04-28	Watford	A
11	-1	Wigan Athletic	45	12	5	6	41	31	5	5	12	23	35	64	61	D	W	W	W	L	1998-05-02	Gillingham	A
12	0	Blackpool	45	13	6	4	35	24	4	4	14	23	42	58	61	W	D	L	L	W	1998-05-02	Chesterfield	A
13	2	York City	45	9	6	7	26	21	5	10	8	26	37	52	58	W	D	W	L	L	1998-05-02	Northampton Town	H
14	3	Oldham Athletic	44	13	6	3	40	20	1	9	12	17	31	57	57	W	D	L	L	W	1998-04-28	Burnley	H
15	-2	Wycombe Wanderers	45	10	10	3	32	20	3	8	11	18	33	50	57	D	D	W	D	D	1998-05-02	Walsall	A
16	-2	Preston North End	45	9	6	7	27	25	5	8	10	27	30	54	56	D	D	D	W	L	1998-05-02	Bristol City	H
17	-1	Millwall	45	7	8	7	22	21	7	5	11	20	31	42	55	D	D	D	L	D	1998-05-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
18	1	Luton Town	45	6	7	9	32	36	7	8	8	25	26	57	54	D	L	W	L	W	1998-05-02	Carlisle United	H
19	-1	Walsall	45	10	8	4	26	15	4	4	15	17	36	43	54	L	L	D	L	W	1998-05-02	Wycombe Wanderers	H
20	1	Brentford	45	9	7	7	33	29	2	10	10	16	40	49	50	D	L	W	L	D	1998-05-02	Bristol Rovers	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	45	10	5	8	36	30	2	8	12	18	38	54	49	L	L	D	W	L	1998-05-02	Burnley	A
22	0	Burnley	44	9	9	4	32	22	3	3	16	18	39	50	48	L	W	L	W	L	1998-04-28	Oldham Athletic	A
23	0	Carlisle United	45	8	5	10	27	28	4	3	15	28	42	55	44	L	L	L	W	L	1998-05-02	Luton Town	A
24	0	Southend United	45	8	7	7	28	27	3	3	17	18	49	46	43	L	D	D	L	L	1998-05-02	Wrexham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnet	0	1	Mansfield Town	Underhill Stadium	2,792
	Lineups		Whitehall (p)
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Hull City	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	3,888
Ansah, Barker	Lineups		Darby 2
Cambridge United	2	2	Notts County	Abbey Stadium	4,009
Butler, Beall	Lineups		Jones G 2
Colchester United	1	1	Leyton Orient	Layer Road	6,220
Gregory N	Lineups		Inglethorpe
Darlington	2	2	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	3,161
Hope, Ellison	Lineups		Holmes (p), Bailey
Hartlepool United	2	0	Cardiff City	Victoria Park	2,817
Midgley, Ingram (p)	Lineups
Macclesfield Town	3	2	Chester City	Moss Rose	5,982
Wood, Sorvel, Power	Lineups		Whelan, Thomas
Rotherham United	2	2	Rochdale	Millmoor	3,463
White, Glover	Lineups		Jones, Painter (p)
Scarborough	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Seamer Road	3,712
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Exeter City	Glanford Park	2,024
D'Auria, Harsley	Lineups		Rowbotham (p)
Swansea City	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	3,661
	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Peterborough United	Plainmoor	4,472
Clayton, McFarlane, Jack	Lineups		Green
Footnotes
Macclesfield Town 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	45	13	7	2	36	18	15	5	3	41	23	77	96	D	W	W	D	L	1998-05-02	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Macclesfield Town	45	19	4	0	40	11	3	9	10	20	32	60	79	W	W	W	L	W	1998-05-02	Exeter City	A
3	0	Torquay United	45	14	4	5	39	22	7	7	8	28	35	67	74	W	L	L	D	D	1998-05-02	Leyton Orient	A
4	0	Lincoln City	45	10	7	5	30	23	9	8	6	28	27	58	72	D	W	W	D	L	1998-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Colchester United	45	14	5	4	41	24	6	6	10	30	36	71	71	D	L	W	W	W	1998-05-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	Scarborough	45	14	6	3	44	23	5	8	9	22	34	66	71	D	D	D	L	W	1998-05-02	Chester City	A
7	0	Barnet	45	10	8	5	35	22	9	5	8	25	27	60	70	L	D	L	L	W	1998-05-02	Rochdale	A
8	0	Rotherham United	45	10	9	4	41	30	6	10	6	24	26	65	67	D	W	W	D	L	1998-05-02	Notts County	A
9	0	Peterborough United	45	13	5	4	37	16	5	7	11	26	35	63	66	L	L	W	L	W	1998-05-02	Hartlepool United	H
10	0	Scunthorpe United	45	11	7	5	30	24	7	5	10	24	28	54	66	W	L	W	D	W	1998-05-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	0	Leyton Orient	45	13	5	4	38	19	5	7	11	22	27	60	63	D	W	L	L	W	1998-05-02	Torquay United	H
12	3	Mansfield Town	45	10	9	3	41	26	5	8	10	22	29	63	62	W	D	D	D	D	1998-05-02	Swansea City	H
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	45	12	3	7	35	26	4	10	9	26	34	61	61	D	W	W	W	W	1998-05-02	Scunthorpe United	H
14	-2	Exeter City	45	10	8	4	38	22	5	7	11	29	38	67	60	L	L	L	W	W	1998-05-02	Macclesfield Town	H
15	1	Cambridge United	45	11	8	4	39	27	3	10	9	24	29	63	60	D	W	L	W	D	1998-05-02	Hull City	A
16	-2	Chester City	45	12	6	4	33	14	5	3	15	26	46	59	60	L	W	L	W	L	1998-05-02	Scarborough	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	45	10	12	1	40	22	2	10	10	21	31	61	58	W	D	D	L	D	1998-05-02	Peterborough United	A
18	0	Rochdale	45	14	3	5	41	14	2	4	17	13	40	54	55	D	W	L	W	D	1998-05-02	Barnet	H
19	0	Darlington	45	13	6	4	43	28	1	5	16	13	44	56	53	D	L	W	L	L	1998-05-02	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Swansea City	45	8	8	7	24	16	5	3	14	25	45	49	50	D	L	W	D	L	1998-05-02	Mansfield Town	A
21	0	Cardiff City	45	5	12	5	27	22	4	10	9	21	30	48	49	L	L	L	L	L	1998-05-02	Darlington	H
22	0	Hull City	45	9	6	7	35	32	1	2	20	20	51	55	38	D	W	L	W	L	1998-05-02	Cambridge United	H
23	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	3	10	10	21	34	3	7	12	16	30	37	35	D	L	D	D	W	1998-05-02	Lincoln City	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	3	3	16	14	47	1	5	17	16	65	30	20	D	L	L	L	W	1998-05-02	Colchester United	H