1998-10-17

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Southampton	Highbury	38,027
Anelka	Lineups		Howells
Chelsea	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge	34,642
Leboeuf (p), Poyet	Lineups		Youds
Everton	0	0	Liverpool	Goodison Park	40,185	Largest home gate 1998-99
	Lineups
Manchester United	5	1	Wimbledon	Old Trafford	55,265
Cole 2, Giggs, Beckham, Yorke	Lineups		Euell
Middlesbrough	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Riverside Stadium	34,413
Ricard (p), Fleming	Lineups		Sherwood
Newcastle United	2	1	Derby County	St James' Park	36,750
Dabizas, Glass	Lineups		Burton
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Leeds United	City Ground	23,911
Stone	Lineups		Halle
West Ham United	0	0	Aston Villa	Upton Park	26,002
	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	Aston Villa	9	4	0	0	7	1	2	3	0	3	1	8	21	D	W	W	D	W	1998-10-24	Leicester City	H
2	0	Manchester United	8	4	1	0	15	4	1	1	1	3	3	11	17	W	W	W	L	W	1998-10-24	Derby County	A
3	1	Middlesbrough	9	2	3	0	9	4	2	0	2	5	5	5	15	W	W	L	D	W	1998-10-24	Wimbledon	A
4	2	Chelsea	8	3	2	0	7	3	1	1	1	6	6	4	15	W	D	W	W	W	1998-10-25	Leeds United	A
5	-2	Arsenal	9	3	2	0	9	2	0	3	1	1	2	6	14	D	W	L	W	D	1998-10-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	4	Newcastle United	9	3	1	1	9	5	1	1	2	6	6	4	14	W	L	W	W	W	1998-10-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	-2	Liverpool	9	1	3	0	6	4	2	1	2	7	6	3	13	D	D	L	D	L	1998-10-24	Nottingham Forest	H
8	1	West Ham United	9	2	2	1	6	5	1	2	1	1	3	-1	13	D	L	W	D	W	1998-10-24	Charlton Athletic	A
9	2	Leeds United	9	2	1	1	4	1	0	5	0	5	5	3	12	D	L	D	D	D	1998-10-25	Chelsea	H
10	-3	Derby County	9	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	4	5	1	12	L	L	L	W	W	1998-10-24	Manchester United	H
11	-3	Wimbledon	9	2	1	1	7	5	1	2	2	6	11	-3	12	L	L	D	W	L	1998-10-24	Middlesbrough	H
12	2	Everton	9	0	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	6	5	0	11	D	W	D	D	D	1998-10-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	8	1	1	2	5	10	2	1	1	4	4	-5	11	W	D	D	L	W	1998-10-19	Leicester City	A
14	-1	Charlton Athletic	9	1	1	1	7	3	1	3	2	6	9	1	10	L	W	D	D	L	1998-10-24	West Ham United	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	8	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	3	4	7	-1	9	L	W	L	W	L	1998-10-18	Coventry City	A
16	0	Leicester City	8	1	2	1	4	3	1	1	2	3	5	-1	9	W	D	L	D	L	1998-10-19	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	9	2	1	1	7	4	0	1	4	2	8	-3	8	L	W	D	L	L	1998-10-25	Arsenal	H
18	0	Nottingham Forest	9	1	2	2	2	4	1	0	3	4	7	-5	8	D	L	L	D	L	1998-10-24	Liverpool	A
19	0	Coventry City	8	1	1	2	4	8	0	1	3	1	6	-9	5	L	D	L	L	L	1998-10-18	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Southampton	9	0	1	3	3	8	0	1	4	1	14	-18	2	D	L	L	D	L	1998-10-24	Coventry City	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	St Andrew's	20,087
Ndlovu, O'Connor (p), Furlong	Lineups		Johnson
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Oxford United	Reebok Stadium	17,064
Frandsen	Lineups		Thomson
Bury	1	1	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	5,732
Matthews	Lineups		Branch
Crystal Palace	5	1	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	18,100
Rizzo, Jansen 2, Svensson, Lombardo	Lineups		Roberts
Grimsby Town	2	0	Bradford City	Blundell Park	7,473
Nogan, Groves	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Kirklees Stadium	11,276
Edwards, Thornley	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Swindon Town	Portman Road	13,212
Johnson	Lineups
Port Vale	3	2	Bristol City	Vale Park	6,691
Beesley, Ainsworth 2	Lineups		Murray, Akinbiyi
Portsmouth	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	13,861
McLoughlin (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	23,180
Quinn	Lineups		Fjortoft
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Watford	Prenton Park	6,753
Irons 2, Mahon	Lineups		Smart, Noel-Williams

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Huddersfield Town	14	6	1	0	14	5	2	1	4	6	12	20	26	W	L	W	D	L	1998-10-21	Sunderland	H
2	1	Birmingham City	14	4	2	1	11	5	3	1	3	8	8	19	24	W	D	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Swindon Town	H
3	3	Ipswich Town	12	4	1	1	10	3	2	3	1	8	4	18	22	W	W	W	L	W	1998-10-20	Norwich City	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	11	4	2	0	13	5	1	4	0	13	12	26	21	D	D	W	W	D	1998-10-20	Watford	H
5	-3	Sunderland	11	4	2	0	18	2	1	4	0	7	5	25	21	D	D	D	W	D	1998-10-18	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-1	Watford	13	3	2	1	6	5	3	0	4	14	16	20	20	L	D	L	D	W	1998-10-20	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	1	Sheffield United	13	5	1	1	13	9	0	3	3	6	11	19	19	D	W	D	L	W	1998-10-20	Stockport County	H
8	4	Grimsby Town	13	3	3	1	12	6	2	1	3	5	8	17	19	W	W	D	D	W	1998-10-20	Bristol City	H
9	-2	Bradford City	13	4	2	1	16	8	1	1	4	3	8	19	18	L	W	D	W	W	1998-10-20	Portsmouth	A
10	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	3	2	1	8	5	2	1	3	6	5	14	18	L	D	L	W	L	1998-10-20	Crystal Palace	A
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	11	3	0	2	12	7	2	2	2	11	13	23	17	W	L	D	L	W	1998-10-18	Sunderland	H
12	3	Portsmouth	14	3	2	2	11	6	1	3	3	10	13	21	17	W	D	L	L	D	1998-10-20	Bradford City	H
13	-2	Norwich City	11	3	2	0	10	5	2	0	4	7	11	17	17	L	L	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Ipswich Town	A
14	3	Crystal Palace	11	4	1	1	14	6	1	1	3	3	11	17	17	W	L	W	W	L	1998-10-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	3	Port Vale	13	3	0	4	6	13	2	2	2	7	9	13	17	W	W	W	L	D	1998-10-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-3	Bury	14	4	2	1	8	3	0	3	4	2	9	10	17	D	L	L	L	L	1998-10-20	Oxford United	H
17	-3	Stockport County	13	1	4	1	7	7	2	3	2	9	11	16	16	D	W	D	D	L	1998-10-20	Sheffield United	A
18	-2	Barnsley	13	2	3	2	11	10	1	3	2	6	8	17	15	D	L	D	D	L	1998-10-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	2	Oxford United	14	3	2	2	14	8	0	2	5	4	19	18	13	D	L	L	W	W	1998-10-20	Bury	A
20	-1	Bristol City	14	1	3	3	13	16	1	3	3	9	12	22	12	L	D	W	D	W	1998-10-20	Grimsby Town	A
21	-1	Swindon Town	14	3	2	2	15	12	0	1	6	4	14	19	12	L	W	L	L	D	1998-10-20	Birmingham City	A
22	2	Tranmere Rovers	12	1	3	2	7	9	1	3	2	4	10	11	12	W	W	D	L	D	1998-10-20	Barnsley	H
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	12	2	2	1	9	7	0	2	5	7	16	16	10	L	D	D	L	D	1998-10-20	Port Vale	A
24	-1	Queens Park Rangers	12	1	3	1	4	3	1	0	6	6	17	10	9	L	L	W	L	W	1998-10-21	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Northampton Town	Dean Court	6,362
Stein	Lineups		Hodgson
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Wrexham	The Memorial Stadium	6,072
	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Notts County	Turf Moor	10,559
Vindheim	Lineups		Pearce
Chesterfield	2	1	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,113
Williams, Reeves (p)	Lineups		Cresswell
Lincoln City	1	2	Stoke City	Sincil Bank	6,159
Battersby	Lineups		Robinson, Sigurdsson
Luton Town	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Kenilworth Road	5,447
Gray, Scarlett	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Fulham	The Den	11,876
	Lineups		Symons
Preston North End	2	0	Colchester United	Deepdale	10,483
Eyres, Nogan	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Gillingham	Madejski Stadium	11,467
	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	Blackpool	Bescot Stadium	4,728
Wrack	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Manchester City	Springfield Park	6,700	Largest home gate 1998-99
	Lineups		Goater
Wycombe Wanderers	3	0	Macclesfield Town	Adams Park	4,012
Baird, Simpson, Scott	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Stoke City	13	4	1	1	8	3	5	0	2	12	8	20	28	W	D	L	L	W	1998-10-20	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Preston North End	13	4	1	1	15	5	4	2	1	10	7	25	27	W	W	L	D	W	1998-10-20	Macclesfield Town	H
3	0	Walsall	13	4	1	2	10	8	4	0	2	7	6	17	25	W	L	W	L	W	1998-10-20	Colchester United	H
4	0	Luton Town	13	4	1	1	8	2	3	2	2	11	10	19	24	W	D	W	L	L	1998-10-20	Northampton Town	H
5	1	Fulham	12	3	2	1	10	6	4	1	1	6	3	16	24	W	L	W	W	D	1998-10-24	Walsall	H
6	-1	AFC Bournemouth	13	4	2	0	10	2	2	2	3	7	8	17	22	D	D	L	W	W	1998-10-20	Gillingham	H
7	2	Manchester City	13	3	3	1	11	6	2	3	1	6	7	17	21	W	L	D	D	D	1998-10-20	Lincoln City	A
8	-1	Blackpool	13	4	1	2	12	8	2	1	3	6	10	18	20	L	L	L	W	W	1998-10-21	Reading	A
9	-1	York City	12	2	3	1	10	7	3	1	2	10	11	20	19	L	D	W	W	D	1998-10-21	Millwall	A
10	0	Wrexham	13	5	1	2	13	9	0	3	2	2	7	15	19	D	W	W	L	L	1998-10-20	Wycombe Wanderers	A
11	3	Chesterfield	13	5	0	1	7	3	0	4	3	1	6	8	19	W	D	D	W	D	1998-10-20	Notts County	H
12	-1	Millwall	13	3	3	1	7	4	2	0	4	6	11	13	18	L	W	D	D	L	1998-10-21	York City	H
13	0	Bristol Rovers	13	4	3	0	13	5	0	2	4	3	9	16	17	D	L	W	L	W	1998-10-20	Stoke City	H
14	-2	Wigan Athletic	13	3	1	3	8	6	2	1	3	7	8	15	17	L	W	W	D	W	1998-10-24	Stoke City	A
15	0	Gillingham	13	3	2	2	13	7	0	5	1	5	6	18	16	D	W	D	D	W	1998-10-20	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	0	Notts County	13	2	1	3	8	8	2	3	2	9	8	17	16	D	L	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Colchester United	13	2	1	3	4	8	2	2	3	8	10	12	15	L	L	L	W	D	1998-10-20	Walsall	A
18	0	Burnley	13	2	3	1	7	6	1	2	4	9	10	16	14	D	W	D	D	L	1998-10-20	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Northampton Town	13	1	4	1	8	8	1	2	4	6	9	14	12	D	W	L	D	L	1998-10-20	Luton Town	A
20	1	Reading	11	2	3	0	7	3	1	0	5	4	14	11	12	D	W	W	L	D	1998-10-21	Blackpool	H
21	-1	Oldham Athletic	13	2	1	4	8	10	1	1	4	4	11	12	11	L	L	W	L	L	1998-10-20	Burnley	A
22	0	Macclesfield Town	13	1	2	3	4	6	1	2	4	5	12	9	10	L	D	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Preston North End	A
23	0	Lincoln City	13	1	0	5	8	13	1	2	4	4	11	12	8	L	W	L	L	L	1998-10-20	Manchester City	H
24	0	Wycombe Wanderers	13	1	2	4	6	8	0	1	5	3	13	9	6	W	L	D	L	L	1998-10-20	Wrexham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	1	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park	4,883
Freeman, Aspinall (p), Rowlands	Lineups		Miller
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	3	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	2,808
Moralee	Lineups		Peacock, Clarke, Christie
Cardiff City	0	1	Cambridge United	Ninian Park	6,886
	Lineups		Taylor
Chester City	1	1	Swansea City	Deva Stadium	3,926	Largest home gate 1998-99
Murphy	Lineups		Alsop
Exeter City	2	2	Scunthorpe United	St James Park	2,885
Wilkinson, Flack	Lineups		Forrester, Hope
Peterborough United	2	0	Rochdale	London Road	4,536
Farrell, Grazioli	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	1	Darlington	Millmoor	4,004
Glover 2, Dillon	Lineups		Shutt
Scarborough	1	2	Hull City	Seamer Road	2,760
Hoyland	Lineups		Mann, Hateley
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	2,778
Berkley, Seabury	Lineups		Seabury OG
Southend United	2	2	Leyton Orient	Roots Hall	6,700	Largest home gate 1998-99
Clarke, Fitzpatrick	Lineups		Lockwood, Inglethorpe
Torquay United	2	2	Carlisle United	Plainmoor	2,211
McGorry, Bedeau	Lineups		Brightwell, Finney

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	4	Brentford	12	5	0	1	13	5	3	0	3	12	11	25	24	W	W	W	L	L	1998-10-20	Scunthorpe United	H
2	0	Scunthorpe United	13	4	1	2	12	12	3	2	1	12	9	24	24	D	D	L	W	W	1998-10-20	Brentford	A
3	-2	Darlington	13	4	2	1	13	6	3	1	2	6	8	19	24	L	W	D	L	W	1998-10-20	Torquay United	A
4	2	Rotherham United	13	4	1	2	11	5	3	1	2	11	9	22	23	W	D	L	L	W	1998-10-20	Rochdale	H
5	-2	Cardiff City	13	4	0	3	7	6	3	2	1	10	8	17	23	L	W	W	D	W	1998-10-20	Leyton Orient	H
6	2	Cambridge United	13	2	1	3	9	10	5	0	2	11	5	20	22	W	L	W	D	W	1998-10-20	Halifax Town	A
7	-3	Halifax Town	13	3	2	1	8	5	3	2	2	10	5	18	22	D	L	W	D	W	1998-10-20	Cambridge United	H
8	1	Mansfield Town	13	4	1	1	8	3	2	2	3	10	12	18	21	W	W	L	W	L	1998-10-20	Southend United	A
9	1	Peterborough United	13	3	1	3	12	10	3	1	2	15	8	27	20	W	L	L	W	L	1998-10-20	Carlisle United	H
10	-3	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	1	1	6	3	3	1	3	8	6	14	20	L	D	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	0	Chester City	13	1	3	2	7	10	3	3	1	9	8	16	18	D	D	W	D	D	1998-10-20	Hartlepool United	H
12	0	Swansea City	13	3	2	1	10	5	1	3	3	7	9	17	17	D	D	D	W	D	1998-10-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	0	Southend United	13	2	3	2	8	6	2	2	2	7	9	15	17	D	D	D	L	L	1998-10-20	Mansfield Town	H
14	0	Leyton Orient	13	3	2	2	8	10	1	3	2	7	7	15	17	D	W	D	L	W	1998-10-20	Cardiff City	A
15	0	Exeter City	13	5	1	1	9	4	0	1	5	5	14	14	17	D	L	W	D	W	1998-10-20	Hull City	H
16	1	Carlisle United	13	4	1	2	9	5	0	3	3	6	11	15	16	D	W	W	D	D	1998-10-20	Peterborough United	A
17	-1	Hartlepool United	13	2	2	2	9	9	2	1	4	7	12	16	15	L	D	D	L	L	1998-10-20	Chester City	A
18	0	Rochdale	13	3	2	1	6	5	1	1	5	6	11	12	15	L	W	D	W	L	1998-10-20	Rotherham United	A
19	0	Barnet	13	2	1	3	9	17	2	1	4	6	7	15	14	D	D	L	W	L	1998-10-21	Scarborough	A
20	1	Torquay United	13	2	4	1	9	7	1	1	4	4	9	13	14	D	L	D	D	D	1998-10-20	Darlington	H
21	-1	Scarborough	13	2	0	5	12	14	2	1	3	6	6	18	13	L	L	L	D	W	1998-10-21	Barnet	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	1	3	7	10	2	0	5	5	10	12	13	L	W	L	L	L	1998-10-20	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Shrewsbury Town	13	2	2	2	6	9	1	1	5	3	9	9	12	W	D	W	D	L	1998-10-20	Swansea City	H
24	0	Hull City	13	2	0	5	8	13	1	1	4	6	13	14	10	W	L	L	L	L	1998-10-20	Exeter City	A