1998-12-26

Cup and International
Premier League
First Division
Second Division
Third Division

Premier League

Premier League				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	West Ham United	Highbury	38,098
Overmars	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	27,536
Gallacher, Sherwood	Lineups		Scimeca
Coventry City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	23,091	Largest home gate 1998-99
Aloisi	Lineups		Campbell
Everton	0	0	Derby County	Goodison Park	39,206
	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	55,216
Johnsen 2, Giggs	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	3	Liverpool	Riverside Stadium	34,626
Deane	Lineups		Owen, Heggem, Redknapp
Newcastle United	0	3	Leeds United	St James' Park	36,759
	Lineups		Kewell, Bowyer, Hasselbaink
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Leicester City	Hillsborough	33,513
	Lineups		Cottee
Southampton	0	2	Chelsea	The Dell	15,253
	Lineups		Flo, Poyet
Wimbledon	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Selhurst Park	19,106
Euell, Hughes M	Lineups		Redfearn

				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	Chelsea	19	6	3	0	15	5	3	6	1	16	12	14	36	W	W	D	D	W	1998-12-29	Manchester United	H
2	-1	Aston Villa	19	6	2	1	17	11	4	4	2	12	8	10	36	L	W	W	L	D	1998-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	0	Manchester United	19	7	3	1	27	12	2	4	2	12	11	16	34	W	L	D	D	D	1998-12-29	Chelsea	A
4	1	Leeds United	19	6	2	1	16	3	2	6	2	16	14	15	32	W	L	W	W	L	1998-12-29	Wimbledon	H
5	1	Arsenal	19	6	4	0	15	4	2	4	3	6	7	10	32	W	W	L	D	D	1998-12-28	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-2	Middlesbrough	19	4	5	1	16	10	3	4	2	15	14	7	30	L	W	W	D	D	1998-12-28	Derby County	A
7	0	West Ham United	19	5	3	1	14	10	3	2	5	8	13	-1	29	L	W	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Coventry City	H
8	0	Wimbledon	19	6	3	1	16	10	2	2	5	9	20	-5	29	W	L	W	W	L	1998-12-29	Leeds United	A
9	0	Liverpool	19	4	3	2	17	10	4	1	5	15	13	9	28	W	W	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Newcastle United	H
10	1	Leicester City	19	5	2	2	14	9	2	4	4	8	11	2	27	W	L	W	W	D	1998-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	1	Derby County	19	2	5	2	8	8	3	5	2	10	9	1	25	D	D	D	D	W	1998-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
12	-2	Newcastle United	19	5	2	3	14	13	1	4	4	8	11	-2	24	L	W	D	D	W	1998-12-28	Liverpool	A
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	4	3	2	15	15	2	3	5	9	14	-5	24	D	L	D	W	L	1998-12-28	Everton	H
14	1	Everton	19	2	6	2	3	5	3	2	4	9	12	-5	23	D	L	W	D	W	1998-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	19	5	2	3	13	6	1	2	6	7	14	0	22	L	L	W	W	D	1998-12-28	Aston Villa	A
16	2	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	2	4	12	11	0	3	6	7	16	-8	17	W	D	D	W	L	1998-12-28	Leicester City	A
17	0	Coventry City	19	3	4	3	11	12	1	1	7	5	15	-11	17	D	D	L	L	D	1998-12-28	West Ham United	A
18	-2	Charlton Athletic	19	2	3	3	13	9	1	4	6	10	21	-7	16	L	L	L	L	L	1998-12-28	Arsenal	H
19	0	Southampton	19	2	2	6	12	20	1	2	6	3	17	-22	13	L	W	L	L	L	1998-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	19	1	5	3	8	11	1	1	8	9	24	-18	12	L	D	L	L	D	1998-12-28	Southampton	H

First Division

First Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Sheffield United	St Andrew's	22,005
Furlong (p)	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Bradford City	Reebok Stadium	24,625	Largest home gate 1998-99
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Bury	Gresty Road	5,333
Little, Rivers, Wright J	Lineups		Woodward
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Grimsby Town	Kirklees Stadium	16,186
Stewart, Beech	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	0	Portsmouth	Portman Road	21,805
Naylor 2, Dyer	Lineups
Oxford United	1	3	Crystal Palace	Manor Ground	8,375
Windass	Lineups		Foster, Morrison, Bradbury (p)
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Norwich City	Loftus Road	15,251
Murray, Peacock	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	10,263
	Lineups		De Zeeuw
Swindon Town	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	County Ground	11,627
Onuora	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Sunderland	Prenton Park	14,248	Largest home gate 1998-99
Taylor	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	15,081
Smart	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Port Vale	The Hawthorns	14,929
Murphy, Bortolazzi, Hughes (p)	Lineups		Naylor 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sunderland	25	9	2	1	29	6	6	6	1	24	10	53	53	L	D	W	W	W	1998-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Ipswich Town	25	8	1	4	18	7	6	5	1	18	8	36	48	W	W	L	W	D	1998-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	1	Watford	25	7	5	1	20	12	5	2	5	23	23	43	43	W	L	W	D	D	1998-12-29	Norwich City	A
4	3	Birmingham City	25	6	5	2	18	10	6	1	5	20	14	38	42	W	D	W	L	W	1998-12-28	Bury	A
5	-2	Bradford City	24	7	2	2	26	12	5	3	5	16	15	42	41	D	W	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	2	Huddersfield Town	25	9	3	1	25	12	3	2	7	12	28	37	41	W	W	L	W	L	1998-12-28	Sheffield United	A
7	-1	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	4	2	26	14	3	6	2	18	18	44	40	D	W	D	D	W	1998-12-28	Port Vale	A
8	-3	Norwich City	24	6	4	1	22	13	5	3	5	17	19	39	40	L	W	D	D	W	1998-12-29	Watford	H
9	0	Grimsby Town	25	7	4	1	20	9	4	1	8	10	20	30	38	L	W	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Stockport County	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	8	0	5	28	20	3	4	5	18	22	46	37	W	L	W	D	L	1998-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Sheffield United	25	6	3	3	20	19	3	4	6	17	22	37	34	L	L	D	L	L	1998-12-28	Huddersfield Town	H
12	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	6	5	1	19	11	3	2	8	15	16	34	34	L	L	D	D	L	1998-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
13	0	Barnsley	25	4	4	4	22	17	4	5	4	14	16	36	33	W	L	W	D	W	1998-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	0	Crystal Palace	24	7	4	1	27	14	2	2	8	9	26	36	33	W	D	L	D	D	1998-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	2	Swindon Town	25	6	4	3	25	20	2	2	8	10	20	35	30	W	W	L	D	L	1998-12-28	Bristol City	A
16	2	Tranmere Rovers	25	3	5	5	15	17	3	7	2	17	18	32	30	W	W	D	D	L	1998-12-28	Bradford City	A
17	-2	Stockport County	25	4	5	4	16	13	2	6	4	14	19	30	29	L	W	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
18	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	5	4	4	15	11	3	1	8	13	23	28	29	W	D	L	W	D	1998-12-28	Barnsley	A
19	-3	Bury	25	7	3	2	16	9	0	4	9	5	22	21	28	L	L	D	W	L	1998-12-28	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Port Vale	25	5	1	6	12	20	2	3	8	17	28	29	25	L	W	L	L	D	1998-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Portsmouth	25	5	2	5	18	14	1	4	8	14	28	32	24	L	L	L	W	L	1998-12-28	Oxford United	H
22	0	Oxford United	25	4	3	6	19	23	2	2	8	8	25	27	23	L	L	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Portsmouth	A
23	0	Bristol City	25	3	5	4	20	25	1	3	9	14	28	34	20	L	L	D	W	L	1998-12-28	Swindon Town	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	3	3	7	16	26	1	3	8	11	24	27	18	W	L	W	D	L	1998-12-28	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road	5,147
Garvey	Lineups		Liddell
Chesterfield	1	3	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,448
Wilkinson	Lineups		Allott 2, Holt
Fulham	2	0	Colchester United	Craven Cottage	11,939
Smith N, Hayles (p)	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Macclesfield Town	Sincil Bank	3,732
Holmes	Lineups
Millwall	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	The Den	7,807
Harris	Lineups		Warren, Stein
Notts County	3	1	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	6,131
Grant, Tierney, Richardson	Lineups		Howey
Stoke City	0	1	Preston North End	Britannia Stadium	23,272	Largest home gate 1998-99
	Lineups		Jackson
Walsall	2	2	Wycombe Wanderers	Bescot Stadium	6,258
Rammell 2	Lineups		McSporran, Brown
Wrexham	0	1	Manchester City	Racecourse Ground	9,048	Largest home gate 1998-99
	Lineups		Wiekens
York City	3	3	Burnley	Bootham Crescent	5,630
Hall, Rowe 2	Lineups		Payton, Robertson, Armstrong

				Home					Away
Ptn		Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Fulham	22	8	2	1	23	8	7	1	3	12	8	35	48	W	W	W	L	L	1998-12-28	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Walsall	23	8	3	2	20	12	6	1	3	15	14	35	46	D	W	W	W	D	1998-12-28	Wigan Athletic	A
3	0	Stoke City	23	7	2	2	15	6	7	0	5	15	11	30	44	L	L	D	W	W	1998-12-28	Manchester City	A
4	0	Preston North End	22	5	3	3	23	12	6	4	1	15	10	38	40	W	L	W	D	D	1998-12-28	Wrexham	H
5	0	Gillingham	22	8	2	2	23	8	1	8	1	10	10	33	37	W	D	W	D	W	1998-12-29	Millwall	H
6	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	6	3	0	20	6	4	3	5	14	16	34	36	W	W	W	L	W	1998-12-28	Luton Town	H
7	5	Manchester City	23	4	5	2	13	8	4	4	4	13	13	26	33	W	L	D	D	D	1998-12-28	Stoke City	H
8	-1	Chesterfield	22	9	1	2	20	8	0	5	5	3	10	23	33	L	D	L	D	W	1998-12-28	Wycombe Wanderers	A
9	-1	Millwall	23	4	6	2	14	10	4	2	5	9	15	23	32	L	W	D	D	D	1998-12-29	Gillingham	A
10	0	Wigan Athletic	23	5	3	3	16	7	3	4	5	13	16	29	31	D	D	D	W	D	1998-12-28	Walsall	H
11	-2	Reading	21	4	6	1	15	10	4	1	5	10	17	25	31	D	D	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Notts County	H
12	1	Blackpool	23	4	5	3	16	13	3	4	4	12	15	28	30	D	D	D	D	L	1998-12-28	Macclesfield Town	A
13	-2	Luton Town	20	5	2	2	11	5	3	4	4	16	18	27	30	L	D	D	D	L	1998-12-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
14	0	York City	23	4	6	2	19	16	3	1	7	12	24	31	28	D	W	L	W	D	1998-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Colchester United	22	3	4	3	8	11	3	4	5	13	16	21	26	L	D	D	D	W	1998-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	22	5	5	2	19	13	0	5	5	5	12	24	25	D	D	D	D	L	1998-12-28	Colchester United	A
17	0	Wrexham	23	6	3	5	15	14	0	4	5	6	16	21	25	L	L	D	W	L	1998-12-28	Preston North End	A
18	2	Notts County	22	4	2	5	16	16	2	4	5	10	17	26	24	W	L	L	L	L	1998-12-28	Reading	A
19	0	Burnley	23	5	3	3	11	11	1	3	8	14	28	25	24	D	L	L	W	L	1998-12-28	Lincoln City	H
20	-2	Northampton Town	23	2	6	2	11	11	3	3	7	11	15	22	24	L	W	W	D	L	1998-12-28	Fulham	H
21	2	Oldham Athletic	23	3	2	6	11	17	2	4	6	12	19	23	21	W	D	L	D	W	1998-12-28	York City	H
22	-1	Macclesfield Town	23	2	4	4	9	11	2	5	6	10	18	19	21	L	D	D	L	D	1998-12-28	Blackpool	H
23	-1	Wycombe Wanderers	23	4	2	6	16	13	0	6	5	6	16	22	20	D	W	D	L	D	1998-12-28	Chesterfield	H
24	0	Lincoln City	23	3	2	6	14	18	1	2	9	8	24	22	16	W	L	D	L	L	1998-12-28	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnet	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Underhill Stadium	2,519
Currie	Lineups		Forinton
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham	4,838	Largest home gate 1998-99
Thomas R, Minton, Arnott	Lineups		Freeman
Cambridge United	3	2	Rotherham United	Abbey Stadium	5,325
Taylor, Benjamin, Mustoe	Lineups		Knill, Raven
Cardiff City	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Ninian Park	12,452
Williams, Nugent, Hill	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Torquay United	St James Park	5,575
Flack	Lineups		Lee
Halifax Town	0	0	Darlington	The Shay	3,557
	Lineups
Hull City	1	2	Chester City	Boothferry Park	6,695
D'Auria	Lineups		Flitcroft, Whitney OG
Leyton Orient	1	1	Swansea City	Brisbane Road	5,343
Smith (p)	Lineups		Alsop
Mansfield Town	3	2	Scarborough	Field Mill	3,495
Williams, Ryder, Harper	Lineups		Greenacre, McNaughton
Rochdale	1	1	Carlisle United	Spotland	2,900
Peake	Lineups		Monington OG
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Hartlepool United	Glanford Park	3,621
Forrester	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Peterborough United	Roots Hall	6,159
Fitzpatrick, Newman	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	Cardiff City	23	9	1	3	18	8	5	3	2	14	10	32	46	W	W	W	W	W	1998-12-28	Brentford	A
2	1	Mansfield Town	23	8	1	2	19	8	4	3	5	18	21	37	40	W	L	W	W	D	1998-12-28	Chester City	A
3	-1	Brentford	21	9	0	1	22	8	4	0	7	15	21	37	39	L	W	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Cardiff City	H
4	2	Cambridge United	22	6	2	3	18	15	6	1	4	18	12	36	39	W	L	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Carlisle United	A
5	-1	Halifax Town	23	5	6	1	19	13	5	2	4	12	7	31	38	D	D	L	D	W	1998-12-28	Rotherham United	A
6	-1	Peterborough United	23	6	1	5	21	18	5	2	4	18	12	39	36	L	W	W	L	W	1998-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	2	Scunthorpe United	23	8	1	3	22	20	3	2	6	15	18	37	36	W	L	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Scarborough	A
8	-1	Leyton Orient	23	6	3	3	14	14	3	5	3	15	13	29	35	D	L	L	W	W	1998-12-28	Darlington	A
9	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	1	5	18	18	6	0	6	14	14	32	34	W	L	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Peterborough United	A
10	-2	Rotherham United	23	5	4	3	21	13	4	2	5	21	22	42	33	L	L	L	D	D	1998-12-28	Halifax Town	H
11	-1	Darlington	21	6	2	2	20	9	3	3	5	10	15	30	32	D	W	L	W	L	1998-12-28	Leyton Orient	H
12	0	Swansea City	22	4	4	1	13	7	4	4	5	14	15	27	32	D	W	D	W	W	1998-12-28	Barnet	H
13	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	5	2	3	14	9	4	2	6	12	12	26	31	D	W	L	L	L	1998-12-28	Exeter City	H
14	1	Chester City	22	2	6	2	11	13	5	3	4	19	18	30	30	W	W	W	L	D	1998-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
15	1	Southend United	23	5	3	4	16	12	3	3	5	14	20	30	30	W	W	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Torquay United	A
16	-2	Rochdale	22	5	4	2	11	9	2	4	5	11	15	22	29	D	W	D	D	L	1998-12-28	Hartlepool United	A
17	0	Barnet	23	5	2	5	17	23	3	2	6	11	17	28	28	D	W	W	W	L	1998-12-28	Swansea City	A
18	0	Exeter City	22	7	2	3	15	8	0	4	6	7	17	22	27	D	D	L	D	L	1998-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	0	Hartlepool United	23	4	2	5	19	18	3	2	7	13	20	32	25	L	L	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Rochdale	H
20	0	Torquay United	23	3	6	2	13	10	2	4	6	12	21	25	25	D	W	W	L	L	1998-12-28	Southend United	H
21	1	Carlisle United	21	5	2	4	11	8	1	4	5	8	15	19	24	D	L	W	L	L	1998-12-28	Cambridge United	H
22	-1	Shrewsbury Town	23	4	3	4	12	15	2	3	7	5	14	17	24	L	L	L	L	W	1998-12-28	Hull City	H
23	0	Scarborough	23	3	2	6	15	17	3	1	8	10	20	25	21	L	L	W	L	L	1998-12-28	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Hull City	23	3	1	9	11	21	1	2	7	8	21	19	15	L	L	L	W	L	1998-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A