| European UEFA Cup Round 1 1st Leg | Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
 | Genclerbirligi | 3 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | PL | Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium | 18,000 | |
| Skoko, Youla 2 | Lineups | Emerton | | | | |
| PL | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | Sporting Lokeren |  | City of Manchester Stadium | 29,067 | |
| Sibierski, Fowler, Anelka (p) | Lineups | Kristinsson, Zoundi | | | | |
| PL | Newcastle United | 5 | 0 | NAC Breda |  | St James' Park | 36,007 | |
| Bellamy 2, Bramble, Shearer, Ambrose | Lineups | | | | | |
 | Olimpija Ljubjana | 1 | 1 | Liverpool | PL | Bežigrad Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Zlogar | Lineups | Owen | | | | |
| PL | Southampton | 1 | 1 | Steaua Bucharest |  | St Mary's Stadium | 30,557 | |
| Phillips | Lineups | Raducanu | | | | |
| League Cup Round 2 | Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| PL | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | Walsall | D 1 | Reebox Stadium | 5,229 | |
| Jardel 2,Nolan | Lineups | Merson | | | | |
| D 1 | Coventry City | 0 | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | PL | Highfield Road | 15,474 | |
| | Lineups | Kanoute, Keane, Ricketts | | | | |
| PL | Everton | 3 | 0 | Stockport County | D 2 | Goodison Park | 19,807 | |
| Ferguson 2 (1p), Chadwick | Lineups | | | | | |
| PL | Leeds United | 2 | 2 | Swindon Town | D 2 | Elland Road | 29,211 | aet 4-3p |
| Harte, Robinson | Lineups | Gurney, Parkin | | | | |
| PL | Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | D 2 | Riverside Stadium | 10,435 | aet |
| Christie | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Oxford United | 1 | 3 | Reading | D 1 | Kassam Stadium | 9,870 | |
| Louis | Lineups | Salako, Forster, Harper | | | | |
