England 1996/97

Premiership Final Table: 1.Manchester United 38 21 12 5 76-44 75 2.Newcastle United 38 19 11 8 73-40 68 3.Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62-32 68 4.Liverpool 38 19 11 8 62-37 68 5.Aston Villa 38 17 10 11 47-34 61 6.Chelsea 38 16 11 11 58-55 59 7.Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 15 9 50-51 57 8.Wimbledon 38 15 11 12 49-46 56 9.Leicester City 38 12 11 15 46-54 47 10.Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 7 18 44-51 46 11.Leeds United 38 11 13 14 28-38 46 12.Derby County 38 11 13 14 45-58 46 13.Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 42-43 42 14.West Ham United 38 10 12 16 39-48 42 15.Everton 38 10 12 16 44-57 42 16.Southampton 38 10 11 17 50-56 41 17.Coventry City 38 9 14 15 38-54 41 ---------------------------------------------- 18.Sunderland 38 10 10 18 35-53 40 19.Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 51-60 39 [*] 20.Nottingham Forest 38 6 16 16 31-59 34 [*] Middlesbrough 3 points deducted. Premier League Results, 1996/97 Aug 17 Arsenal 2 West Ham U 0 Hartson 27, Bergkamp 40p 38,056 Blackburn R 0 Tottenham H 2 Armstrong 33,67 26,960 Coventry C 0 Nottm Forest 3 Campbell 13,36,47 19,459 Derby Co. 3 Leeds U 3 Sturridge 77,88, Simpson 78 - Laursen (og 18),Harte 72, Bowyer 82 17,925 Everton 2 Newcastle U 0 Unsworth 29p, Speed 40 - 40,117 Middlesbro 3 Liverpool 3 Ravanelli 26p,36,81 - Bjornebye 4, Barnes 29, Fowler 65, 30,039 Sheff. Wed. 2 Aston Villa 1 Humphreys 56, Whittingham 84 - Johnson 88 - 26,861 Sunderland 0 Leicester C 0 19,291 Wimbledon 0 Man. Utd. 3 Cantona 25, Irwin 58, Beckham 90 25,786 Southampton 0 Chelsea 0 15,186 Aug 19 Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0 McManaman 68,74 38,103 Leeds U 0 Sheff. Wed. 2 Humphreys 14, Booth 90 31,008 Aug 21 Aston Villa 1 Blackburn R 0 Southgate 64 32,457 Chelsea 1 Middlesbro 0 Di Matteo 86 28,272 Leicester C 2 Southampton 1 Haskey 6,42 - Le Tissier 68p 17,562 Man. Utd. 2 Everton 2 Cruyff 70, Unsworth (og 82) - Ferguson 35,41 54,943 Newcastle U 2 Wimbledon 0 Batty 3, Shearer 88 36,385 Nottm Forest 1 Sunderland 4 Haaland 27 - Gray 8, Quinn 17,31, Ord 43 22,874 Tottenham H 1 Derby Co. 1 Sheringham 34 - Dailly 90 28,219 West Ham U 1 Coventry C 1 Rieper 74 - McAlister 12 21,580 Aug 24 Aston Villa 2 Derby Co. 0 Joachim 19, Johnson 47p 34,646 Chelsea 2 Coventry C 0 Leboeuf 29, Vialli 74 25,024 Leicester C 0 Arsenal 2 Bergkamp 27p, Wright 90 20,429 Liverpool 0 Sunderland 0 40.503 Newcastle U 1 Sheff. Wed. 2 Shearer 13p - Atherton 15, Whittingham 80 36,452 Nottm Forest 1 Middlesbro 1 Pearce 68 - Juninho 49 24,705 Tottenham H 0 Everton 0 29,669 West Ham U 2 Southampton 1 Hughes 73, Dicks 81p - Heaney 19 21,227 Aug 25 Man. Utd. 2 Blackburn R 2 Cruyff 39, Solskjaer 70 - Warhurst 34, Bohinen 51 54,178 Aug 26 Leeds U 1 Wimbledon 0 Sharpe 58 25,860 Sept 02 Sheff. Wed. 2 Leicester C 1 Humphreys 25, Booth 51 - Claridge 28 17,657 Sept 04 Arsenal 3 Chelsea 3 Merson 44, Keown 64, Wright 77 - Leboeuf 6p, Vialli 30, Wise 90 38,132 Blackburn R 0 Leeds U 1 Harte 40 23,226 Coventry C 0 Liverpool 1 Babb 68 22,949 Derby Co. 1 Man. Utd. 1 Laursen 25 - Beckham 38 18,025 Everton 0 Aston Villa 1 Ehiogu 62 39,115 Middlesbro 4 West Ham U 1 Emerson 12, Mustoe 28, Ravenelli 51, Stamp 81 - Hughes 57 30,061 Southampton 2 Nottm Forest 2 Dryden 53, Le Tisier 89 - Campbell 4, Saunders 23 14,450 Sunderland 1 Newcastle U 2 Scott 19p - Beardsley 52, Ferdinand 62 20,943 Wimbledon 1 Tottenham H 0 Earle 3 17,306 Sept 07 Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 2 Milosevic 39,63 - Merson 70, Linighan 90 37,944 Leeds U 0 Man. Utd. 4 Martyn (og 3), Butt 49, Poborsky 77, Cantona 90 39,694 Liverpool 2 Southampton 1 Collymore 39, McManaman 89 - Magilton 58 39,189 Middlesbro 4 Coventry C 0 Ravenelli 3,73, Juninho 28,80 29,811 Nottm Forest 0 Leicester C 0 24,105 Sheff. Wed. 0 Chelsea 2 Burley 28, Myers 83 30,983 Tottenham H 1 Newcastle U 2 Allen 28 - Ferdinand 37,61 32,594 Wimbledon 4 Everton 0 Ardley 33, Gayle 46, Earle 59, Ekoku 73 13,684 Sept 08 Sunderland 0 West Ham U 0 18,581 Sept 09 Blackburn R 1 Derby Co. 2 Sutton 11 - Willems 1, Flynn 85 19,214 Sept 14 Coventry C 2 Leeds U 1 Salako 57, Whelan 65 - Couzens 1 17,298 Derby Co. 1 Sunderland 0 Asanovic 84p 17,692 Everton 1 Middlesbro 2 Short 8 - Barmby 61, Juninho 81 39,250 Man. Utd. 4 Nottm Forest 1 Solskjaer 22, Giggs 43, Cantona 82 90p - Haaland 4 54,984 Newcastle U 2 Blackburn R 1 Shearer 45p, Ferdinand 61 - Sutton 85 36,424 Southampton 0 Tottenham H 1 Armstrong 66p 15,251 West Ham U 0 Wimbledon 2 Clarke 59, Ekoku 86 21,924 Sept 15 Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 1 Leboeuf 45 - Townsend 18 27,729 Leicester C 0 Liverpool 3 Berger 58,77 Thomas 61 20,987 Sept 16 Arsenal 4 Sheff. Wed. 1 Platt 57, Wright 61p,78,89 - Booth 25 33,461 Sept 21 Aston Villa 0 Man. Utd. 0 39,339 Blackburn R 1 Everton 1 Donis 32 - Unsworth 37 27,091 Leeds U 0 Newcastle U 1 Shearer 59 36,070 Liverpool 5 Chelsea 1 Fowler 15, Berger 42,49, Myers (og 45) Barnes 57 - Leboeuf 85p 40,739 Middlesbro 0 Arsenal 2 Hartson 3, Wright 27 29,629 Nottm Forest 0 West Ham U 2 Bowen 45, Hughes 54 23,352 Sheff. Wed. 0 Derby Co. 0 23,487 Sunderland 1 Coventry C 0 Agnew 51 19,340 Sept 22 Tottenham H 1 Leicester C 2 Wilson 64p - Claridge 22, Marshall 86 24,159 Sept 23 Wimbledon 3 Southampton 1 Gayle 12, Ekoku 35,72 - Oakley 77 8,572 Sept 28 Arsenal 2 Sunderland 0 Hartson 73, Parlour 88 38,016 Chelsea 1 Nottm Forest 1 Vialli 51 - Lee 90 26,996 Coventry C 0 Blackburn R 0 17,032 Derby Co. 0 Wimbledon 2 Earle 49, Gayle 70 17,022 Everton 2 Sheff. Wed. 0 Kanchelskis 16, Stuart 60 34,160 Leicester C 1 Leeds U 0 Heskey 60 20,359 Southampton 4 Middlesbro 0 Oakley 11, Le Tissier 28,48, Watson 82 15,230 Sept 29 Man. Utd. 2 Tottenham H 0 Solskjaer 38,58 54,943 West Ham U 1 Liverpool 2 Bilic 15 - Collymore 3, Thomas 55 25,064 Sept 30 Newcastle U 4 Aston Villa 3 Ferdinand 5,22, Shearer 38, Howey 67 - Yorke 4,59,69 36,400 Oct 12 Blackburn R 0 Arsenal 2 Wright 3,51 24,303 Derby Co. 0 Newcastle U 1 Shearer 76 18,092 Everton 2 West Ham U 1 Stuart 14, Speed 78 - Dicks 86p 36,541 Leeds U 2 Nottm Forest 0 Wallace 46,90 29,255 Leicester C 1 Chelsea 3 Watts 44 - Vialli 48, Di Matteo 64, Hughes M 80 20,766 Man. Utd. 1 Liverpool 0 Beckham 23 55,128 Tottenham H 1 Aston Villa 0 Nielsen 61 32,840 Wimbledon 4 Sheff. Wed. 2 Ekoku 2, Earle 31, Leonhardsen 67, Jones 86 - Booth 3, Hyde 72 10,512 Oct 13 Coventry C 1 Southampton 1 Sdublin 90 - Le Tissier 17 15,477 Oct 14 Sunderland 2 Middlesbro 2 Rae 21p, Russell 61 - Emerson 18, Ravanelli 53 20,841 Oct 19 Arsenal 0 Coventry C 0 38,141 Aston Villa 2 Leeds U 0 Yorke 58, Johnson 65 39,051 Chelsea 2 Wimbledon 4 Minto 9, Vialli 84p - Earle 4, Ardley 16, Gayle 64, Ekoku 78 27,589 Middlesbro 0 Tottenham H 3 Sheringham 21,90, Fox 23 30,215 Nottm Forest 1 Derby Co. 1 Saunders 2 - Dailly 64 27,771 Sheff. Wed. 1 Blackburn R 1 Booth 3 - Bohinen 74 22,226 Southampton 3 Sunderland 0 Dodd 38, Le Tissier 53p, Shipperley 89 15,225 West Ham U 1 Leicester C 0 Moncur 78 22,285 Oct 20 Newcastle U 5 Man. Utd. 0 Peacock 12, Ginola 30, Ferdinand 63, Shearer 75, Albert 83 35,579 Oct 26 Arsenal 3 Leeds U 0 Dixon 1, Bergkamp 5 Wright 55 38,076 Chelsea 3 Tottenham H 1 Gullit 27, Lee 52p, Di Matteo 89 - Armstrong 41 28,318 Coventry C 0 Sheff. Wed. 0 17,269 Leicester C 2 Newcastle U 0 Claridge 17, Heskey 79 31,134 Middlesbro 0 Wimbledon 0 29,758 Southampton 6 Man. Utd. 3 Berkovic 6,83, Le Tissier 34, Ostenstad 45,85, Neville G (og 89) - Beckham 41, May 56, Scholes 89 15,256 Sunderland 1 Aston Villa 0 Stewart 25 31,032 West Ham U 2 Blackburn R 1 Porfirio 77, Berg (og 85) - Berg 9 23,947 Oct 27 Liverpool 2 Derby Co. 1 Fowler 47,51 - Ward 89 39,515 Oct 28 Nottm Forest 0 Everton 1 Short 5 19,892 Nov 02 Aston Villa 2 Nottm Forest 0 Tiler 20, Yorke 64 35,310 Derby Co. 2 Leicester C 0 Ward 56, Whitlow (og 89) 18,010 Leeds U 3 Sunderland 0 Ford 27, Sharpe 62, Deane 68 31,450 Man. Utd. 1 Chelsea 2 May 81 - Duberry 31, Vialli 61 55,198 Sheff. Wed. 1 Southampton 1 Newsome 14 - Le Tissier 50p 20,106 Tottenham H 1 West Ham U 0 Armstrong 67 32,975 Wimbledon 2 Arsenal 2 Jones 44, Gayle 67 - Wright 6 , Merson 64 25,521 Nov 03 Blackburn R 3 Liverpool 0 Sutton 3p,55, Wilcox 24 29,598 Newcastle U 3 Middlesbro 1 Beardsley 40p,69 Lee 74 - Beck 88 36,577 Nov 04 Everton 1 Coventry C 1 Stuart 45p - McAlister 68 31,477 Nov 16 Aston Villa 1 Leicester C 3 Yorke 15 - Claridge 8, Parker 43p, Izzet 85 36,193 Blackburn R 1 Chelsea 1 Gallacher 56 - Petrescu 82 27,229 Everton 7 Southampton 1 Stuart 12, Kanchelskis 22,35, Speed 30,32,72 Barmby 57 - Ostenstad 39 35,669 Leeds U 0 Liverpool 2 Ruddock 13, McManaman 90 39,981 Man. Utd. 1 Arsenal 0 Winterburn (og 83) 55,210 Newcastle U 1 West Ham U 1 Beardsley 83 - Rowland 23 36,552 Tottenham H 2 Sunderland 0 Sinton 13, Sheringham 82 31,867 Wimbledon 2 Coventry C 2 Earle 45, Gayle 54 - Whelan 56, Dublin 70 10,307 Nov 17 Derby Co. 2 Middlesbro 1 Asanovic 15, Vickers (og 47) - Ravanelli 73 17,350 Nov 18 Sheff. Wed. 2 Nottm Forest 0 Trustfull 63, Carbone 85 16,390 Nov 20 Liverpool 1 Everton 1 Fowler 30 - Speed 82 40,751 Nov 23 Chelsea 1 Newcastle U 1 Vialli 24 - Shearer 41 29,056 Coventry C 1 Aston Villa 2 Dublin 75 - Joachim 29, Staunton 85 21,335 Leicester C 1 Everton 2 Walsh 83 - Hinchcliffe 12, Unsworth 52 20,975 Liverpool 1 Wimbledon 1 Collymore 1 - Leonhardsen 67 39,027 Middlesbro 2 Man. Utd. 2 Ravanelli 27, Hignett 83p - Keane 17, May 72 30,063 Southampton 0 Leeds U 2 Kelly 82, Sharpe 89 15,241 Sunderland 1 Sheff. Wed. 1 Melville 68 - Oakes 66 20,617 West Ham U 1 Derby Co. 1 Bishop 17 - Sturridge 43 24,576 Nov 24 Arsenal 3 Tottenham H 1 Wright 28p, Adams 88, Bergkamp 90 - Sinton 57 38,264 Nov 25 Nottm Forest 2 Blackburn R 2 Pearce 45p, Cooper 90 - Gallacher 54, Wilcox 57 17,525 Nov 30 Aston Villa 1 Middlesbro 0 Yorke 39p 39,053 Blackburn R 2 Southampton 1 Sherwood 27, Sutton 87 - Ostenstad 61 23,018 Derby Co. 2 Coventry C 1 Asanovic 12p, Ward 79 - Dublin 43 18,042 Everton 1 Sunderland 3 Ferguson 64 - Russell 54, Bridges 74,87 40,087 Man. Utd. 3 Leicester C 1 Butt 75,87, Solskjaer 85 - Lennon 90 55,196 Newcastle U 1 Arsenal 2 Shearer 21 - Dixon 11, Wright 60 36,565 Sheff. Wed. 0 West Ham U 0 22,321 Wimbledon 1 Nottm Forest 0 Earle 37 12,608 Dec 01 Leeds U 2 Chelsea 0 Deane 8, Rush 10 32,596 Dec 02 Tottenham H 0 Liverpool 2 Thomas 45, McManaman 49 32,899 Dec 03 Middlesbro 0 Leicester C 2 Claridge 45, Izzet 46 29,709 Dec 04 Arsenal 3 Southampton 1 Merson 43, Wright 57p, Shaw 89 - Berkovic 81 38,033 West Ham U 0 Aston Villa 2 Ehiogu 38, Yorke 74 19,105 Dec 07 Arsenal 2 Derby Co. 2 Adams 45, Vieira 90 - Sturridge 62, Powell D 71 38,018 Chelsea 2 Everton 2 Zola 12, Vialli 55 - Branch 17, Kanchelskis 28 27,920 Coventry C 1 Tottenham H 2 Whelan 60 - Sheringham 27, Sinton 75 19,656 Leicester C 1 Blackburn R 1 Marshall 78 - Sutton 33 19,306 Liverpool 0 Sheff. Wed. 1 Whittingham 22 39,507 Middlesbro 0 Leeds U 0 30,018 Southampton 0 Aston Villa 1 Townsend 34 15,232 Sunderland 1 Wimbledon 3 Melville 83 - Ekoku 8,29, Holdsworth 89 19,617 Dec 08 West Ham U 2 Man. Utd. 2 Raducioiu 78, Dicks 80p - Solskjaer 54, Beckham 75 25,045 Dec 09 Nottm Forest 0 Newcastle U 0 25,762 Dec 14 Leeds U 0 Tottenham H 0 33,783 Liverpool 5 Middlesbro 1 Fowler 1,28,77,85, Bjornebye 45 - Thomas (og 75) 39,491 Wimbledon 1 Blackburn R 0 Holdsworth 85 13,246 Dec 15 Sunderland 3 Chelsea 0 Duberry (og 30), Ball 47, Russell 67 19,617 Dec 16 Derby Co. 0 Everton 1 Barmby 86 17,252 Dec 17 Coventry C 2 Newcastle U 1 Huckerby 6, McAlister 31 - Shearer 61 22,092 Liverpool 4 Nottm Forest 2 Collymore 6,63, Fowler 27, Lyttle (og Dec 18 51) - Campbell 34, Pearce 60 36,126 Sheff. Wed. 1 Man. Utd. 1 Carbone 57 - Scholes 61 37,671 Dec 21 Chelsea 3 West Ham U 1 Hughes M 6,35, Zola 10 - Porfiro 11 27,012 Everton 0 Leeds U 0 36,954 Leicester C 0 Coventry C 2 Dublin 11,72 20,038 Man. Utd. 5 Sunderland 0 Solskjaer 35,48, Cantona 43p,80, Butt 59 55,081 Nottm Forest 2 Arsenal 1 Haaland 67,89 - Wright 63 27,384 Southampton 3 Derby Co. 1 Watson 9, Oakley 13, Magilton 89p - Dailly 8 14,901 Tottenham H 1 Sheff. Wed. 1 Nielsen 29 - Nolan 16 30,996 Dec 22 Aston Villa 5 Wimbledon 0 Yorke 38,86, Milosovic 42, Taylor 61, Blackwell (og 75) 28,875 Dec 23 Newcastle U 1 Liverpool 1 Shearer 28 - Fowler 45 36,570 Dec 26 Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 2 Zola 66,60 39,339 Blackburn R 1 Newcastle U 0 Gallacher 75 30,398 Leeds U 1 Coventry C 3 Deane 9 - Huckerby 30, Dublin 38, McAlister 40p 36,465 Liverpool 1 Leicester C 1 Collymore 80 - Claridge 76 40,786 Middlesbro 4 Everton 2 Hignett 22, Blackmore 37, Juninho 58, 74 - Unsworth 31p, Ferguson 45 29,673 Nottm Forest 0 Man. Utd. 4 Beckham 25, Butt 44, Solskjaer 67, Cole 76 29,032 Sheff. Wed. 0 Arsenal 0 23,245 Sunderland 2 Derby Co. 0 Ord 73, Russell 87 22,512 Tottenham H 3 Southampton 1 Iversen 1,30, Nielsen 64 - Le Tissier 40 30,549 Dec 28 Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2 Wright 12, Merson 73 - Milosevic 68, Yorke 74 38,130 Chelsea 2 Sheff. Wed. 2 Zola 9, Hughes M 23 - Pembridge 24, Stefanovic 90 26,608 Coventry C 3 Middlesbro 0 Huckerby 29, McAlister 64p, Liddle (og 85) 20,605 Derby Co. 0 Blackburn R 0 17,847 Everton 1 Wimbledon 3 Stuart 23 - Ekoku 59, Leonhardsen 70, Gayle 76 36,733 Leicester C 2 Nottm Forest 2 Heskey 10, Izzet 63 - Clough 37, Cooper 87 20,833 Man. Utd. 1 Leeds U 0 Cantona 9p 55,256 Newcastle U 7 Tottenham H 1 Shearer 20,82, Ferdinand 22,59, Lee 61,88, Albert 79 - Nielsen 89 36,308 West Ham U 2 Sunderland 0 Bilic 34, Raducioiu 90 24,077 Dec 29 Southampton 0 Liverpool 1 Barnes 76 15,222 Jan 01 1997 Arsenal 2 Middlesbro 0 Bergkamp 15, Wright 44 37,573 Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0 Di Matteo 43 - 27,291 Coventry C 2 Sunderland 2 Dublin 10, Diash 28 - Bridges 6, Agnew 18p 17,671 Everton 0 Blackburn R 2 Sherwood 18, Sutton 32 30,427 Man. Utd. 0 Aston Villa 0 55,133 Newcastle U 3 Leeds U 0 Shearer 4,77, Ferdinand 87 36,489 West Ham U 0 Nottm Forest 1 Campbell 38 22,358 Jan 11 Aston Villa 2 Newcastle U 2 Yorke 30, Milosevic 52 - Shearer 16, Clark 21 39,339 Blackburn R 4 Coventry C 0 Sutton 17,34, Gallacher 30, Donis 78 24,055 Leeds U 3 Leicester C 0 Bowyer 40, Rush 45,69 29,480 Liverpool 0 West Ham U 0 40,102 Middlesbro 0 Southampton 1 Magilton 59p 29,509 Nottm Forest 2 Chelsea 0 Pearce 40, Bart-Williams 53 28,358 Sheff. Wed. 2 Everton 1 Pembridge 22, Hirst 50 - Ferguson 63 24,175 Sunderland 1 Arsenal 0 Adams (og 66) 21,074 Wimbledon 1 Derby Co. 1 Gayle 60 - Willems 84 11,467 Jan 12 Tottenham H 1 Man. Utd. 2 Allen 44 - Solskjaer 23, Beckham 76 33,026 Jan 18 Chelsea 3 Derby Co. 1 Wise 36, Leboeuf 44p, Hughes P 85 - Asanovic 25 27,639 Coventry C 0 Man. Utd. 2 Giggs 60, Solskjaer 79 23,080 Leicester C 1 Wimbledon 0 Heskey 73 18,927 Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 0 Carragher 50, Collymore 58, Fowler 63 40,489 Middlesbro 4 Sheff. Wed. 2 Ravenelli 14p, Festa 23, Emerson 72p,Juninho 90 - Pembridge 29,80 29,484 Southampton 2 Newcastle U 2 Maddison 88, Le Tissier 89 - Ferdinand 14, Clark 82 15,251 Sunderland 0 Blackburn R 0 20,794 Jan 19 Arsenal 3 Everton 1 Bergkamp 55, Vieira 57, Merson 69 - Ferguson 90 38,095 Nottm Forest 2 Tottenham H 1 Roy 47,62 - Sinton 2 27,303 Jan 20 West Ham U 0 Leeds U 2 Kelly 53, Bowyer 70 19,441 Jan 29 Aston Villa 0 Sheff. Wed. 1 Booth 69 26,726 Leeds U 0 Derby Co. 0 27,523 Leicester C 1 Sunderland 1 Parker 32p - Williams 18 17,883 Man. Utd. 2 Wimbledon 1 Giggs 76, Cole 83 - Perry 61 55,314 Newcastle U 4 Everton 1 Ferdinand 74, Lee 79, Shearer 83p, Elliott 90 - Speed 3 36,143 Nottm Forest 0 Coventry C 1 Huckerby 51 22,619 Tottenham H 2 Blackburn R 1 Iversen 41, Sinton 83 - Hendry 57 22,943 West Ham U 1 Arsenal 2 Rose (og 63) - Parlour 8, Wright 67 24,382 Feb 01 Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 Milosevic 37 32,491 Blackburn R 2 West Ham U 1 Gallacher 36,Sutton 39 - Ferdinand 64 21,994 Derby Co. 0 Liverpool 1 Collymore 75 18,102 Everton 2 Nottm Forest 0 Ferguson 48, Barmby 67 32,567 Leeds U 0 Arsenal 0 35,596 Man. Utd. 2 Southampton 1 Pallister 19, Cantona 80 - Ostenstad 11 55,269 Sheff. Wed. 0 Coventry C 0 21,793 Tottenham H 1 Chelsea 2 Howells 83 - Campbell (og 1), Di Matteo 53 33,027 Wimbledon 1 Middlesbro 1 Cox (og 22) - Mustoe 75 15,046 Feb 02 Newcastle U 4 Leicester C 3 Elliott 3, Shearer 77,83,90 - Elliott 55, Claridge 60, Heskey 68 36,396 Feb 15 Derby Co. 1 West Ham U 0 Asanovic 53p 18,057 Tottenham H 0 Arsenal 0 33.039 Feb 19 Arsenal 1 Man. Utd. 2 Bergkamp 69 - Cole 18, Solksjaer 32 38,172 Aston Villa 2 Coventry C 1 Yorke 43,75 - Staunton (og 78) 30,409 Derby Co. 2 Sheff. Wed. 2 Sturridge 34, Stimac 71 - Collins 9, Hirst 76 18,060 Liverpool 4 Leeds U 0 Fowler 21, Collymore 36,37, Redknapp 87 38,597 Feb 22 Chelsea 1 Man. Utd. 1 Zola 2 - Beckham 68 Coventry C 0 Everton 0 19,452 Leicester C 4 Derby Co. 2 Marshall 7,24,27, Claridge 59 - Sturridge 2,47 20,323 Liverpool 0 Blackburn R 0 40,747 Middlesbro 0 Newcastle U 1 Ferdinand 8 30,063 Nottm Forest 0 Aston Villa 0 25,239 Southampton 2 Sheff. Wed. 3 Ostenstad 28, Le Tissier 33p, - Hirst 49,55, Booth 78 15,062 Sunderland 0 Leeds U 1 Bowyer 49 21,846 23 Feb Arsenal 0 Wimbledon 1 Jones 21 37,854 24 Feb West Ham U 4 Tottenham H 3 Dicks 21,72p, Kitson 22, Hartson 38 - Sheringham 8, Anderton 29, Howells 53 23,998 26 Feb Southampton 0 Wimbledon 0 14,318 Mar 01 Blackburn R 1 Sunderland 0 Gallacher 84 24,208 Derby Co. 3 Chelsea 2 Minto (og 51), Asanovic 62p, Ward 90 - Minto 16, Leboeuf 54 18,039 Everton 0 Arsenal 2 Bergkamp 21, Wright 27 36,980 Leeds U 1 West Ham U 0 Sharpe 47 30,575 Man. Utd. 3 Coventry C 1 Breen (og 4), Cole 5, Poborsky 47 - Huckerby 86 55,230 Newcastle U 0 Southampton 1 Le Tissier 56 36,446 Sheff. Wed. 3 Middlesbro 1 Booth 21, Hyde 43, Pembridge 90p - Mustoe 72 28,206 Tottenham H 0 Nottm Forest 1 Saunders 18 32,805 Wimbledon 1 Leicester C 3 Holdsworth 66 - Elliott 17,27, Robins 32 11,487 Mar 02 Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 0 Taylor 83 39,339 Mar 03 Coventry C 1 Wimbledon 1 Dublin 37 - Ekoku 32 15,266 Mar 04 Sunderland 0 Tottenham H 4 Iversen 2,9,62, Nielsen 26 20,729 Mar 05 Chelsea 1 Blackburn R 1 Minto 63 - Pedersen 62 25,784 Leicester C 1 Aston Villa 0 Claridge 66 20,626 Middlesbro 6 Derby Co. 1 Kinder 24, Ravanelli 54,82,86, Hignett 70, Beck 81 - Simpson 90 29,739 Nottm Forest 0 Sheff. Wed. 3 Carbone 52,87, Blinker 58 21,485 Southampton 2 Everton 2 Slater 59, Short (og 61) - Ferguson 11, Speed 27 15,134 Mar 08 Arsenal 2 Nottm Forest 0 Bergkamp 50,79p 38,206 Coventry C 0 Leicester C 0 19,199 Leeds U 1 Everton 0 Molenaar 28 32,055 Sunderland 2 Man. Utd. 1 Gray 52, Mullin 76 - Melville (og 78) 22,204 Mar 10 Liverpool 4 Newcastle U 3 McManaman 29, Berger 30, Fowler 42,90 - Gillespie 71, Asprilla 81, Barton 88 40,751 Mar 11 Blackburn R 1 Nottm Forest 1 Gallacher 64 - Haaland 18 20,485 Mar 12 Leeds U 0 Southampton 0 25,913 Sheff. Wed. 2 Sunderland 1 Hirst 42, Stefanovic 63 - Ball 28 20,296 West Ham U 3 Chelsea 2 Dicks 55p, Kitson 68,90 - Vialli 26 Hughes M 87 24,502 Mar 15 Aston Villa 0 West Ham U 0 35,992 Blackburn R 3 Wimbledon 1 Gallacher 7,26,58 - Ekoku 39 23,333 Everton 1 Derby Co. 0 Watson 79 32,140 Leicester C 1 Middlesbro 3 Marshall 47 - Blackmore 9, Juninho 27, Beck 36 20,561 Man. Utd. 2 Sheff. Wed. 0 Cole 19, Poborsky 51 55,267 Newcastle U 4 Coventry C 0 Watson 12, Lee 45, Beardsley 76p, Elliott 87 36,571 Nottm Forest 1 Liverpool 1 Woan 30 - Fowler 4 29,181 Southampton 0 Arsenal 2 Hughes 41, Shaw 72 15,144 Tottenham H 1 Leeds U 0 Anderton 26 33,040 Mar 16 Chelsea 6 Sunderland 2 Zola 38, Sinclair 43, Petrescu 51 Hughes M 78,89, Di Matteo 90 - Stewart 58, Rae 60 22,762 Mar 18 Wimbledon 1 West Ham U 1 Harford 19 - Lazaridis 89 15,771 Mar 19 Chelsea 1 Southampton 0 Zola 22 26,235 Leicester C 1 Tottenham H 1 Claridge 74 - Sheringham 90 20,593 Middlesbro 2 Blackburn R 1 Juninho 44, Ravanelli 61 - Sutton 68 29,891 Mar 22 Blackburn R 0 Aston Villa 2 Johnson 64, Yorke 79 24,274 Coventry C 1 West Ham U 3 Rieper (og 9) - Hartson 27,49, Ferdinand 34 22,290 Derby Co. 4 Tottenham H 2 Van der Laan 10, Trollope 22, Sturridge 68, Ward 89 - Rosenthal 29, Dozzell 50 18,083 Everton 0 Man. Utd. 2 Solskjaer 35, Cantona 79 40,079 Middlesbro 1 Chelsea 0 Juninho 53 29,811 Sheff. Wed. 2 Leeds U 2 Hirst 20, Booth 51 - Sharpe 17, Wallace 21 30,373 Southampton 2 Leicester C 2 Ostenstad 32, Van Gobbel 48 - Heskey 46, Dryden (og 70) 15,044 Sunderland 1 Nottm Forest 1 Ball 61 - Lyttle 86 21,988 Mar 23 Wimbledon 1 Newcastle U 1 Leonhardsen 28 - Asprilla 53 23,343 Mar 24 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 2 Wright 78 - Collymore 50, McAteer 65 38,068 Middlesbro 1 Nottm Forest 1 Beck 56 - Haaland 4 29,888 Apr 05 Aston Villa 3 Everton 1 Milosevic 41, Staunton 50, Yorke 54 Unsworth 14 39,339 Chelsea 0 Arsenal 3 Wright 22,Platt 53,Bergkamp 80 26,923 Man. Utd. 2 Derby Co. 3 Cantona 47, Solskjaer 76 - Ward 29, Wanchope 35, Sturridge 75 55,243 Newcastle U 1 Sunderland 1 Shearer 77 - Gray 32 36,582 Nottm Forest 1 Southampton 3 Pearce 88p - magilton 8, Evans 87,89 25,134 Tottenham H 1 Wimbledon 0 Dozzell 81 32,654 Apr 06 Liverpool 1 Coventry C 2 Fowler 52 - Whelan 65, Dublin 90 40,079 Apr 07 Leeds U 0 Blackburn R 0 27,322 Apr 09 Coventry C 3 Chelsea 1 Dublin 49, Williams 51, Whelan 58 - Hughes P 43 19,889 Derby Co. 1 Southampton 1 Ward 66 - Powell D (og 89) 17,839 Everton 1 Leicester C 1 Branch 17 - Marshall 70 30,368 Sheff. Wed. 2 Tottenham H 1 Atherton 18, Booth 70 - Neilsen 43 22,671 West Ham U 0 Middlesbro 0 23,988 Wimbledon 0 Aston Villa 2 Milosevic 26, Wright 78 9,015 Apr 12 Arsenal 2 Leicester C 0 Adams 35, Platt 66 38,044 Blackburn R 2 Man. Utd. 3 Mckinlay 34, Warhurst 88 - Cole 32 Scholes 43, Cantona 80 30,476 Derby Co. 2 Aston Villa 1 Rowett 21, Van der Laan 36 - Joachim 84 18,071 Everton 1 Tottenham H 0 Speed 11 36,380 Southampton 2 West Ham U 0 Evans 13, Berkovic 36 15,245 Apr 13 Sheff. Wed. 1 Newcastle U 1 Pembridge 57 - Elliott 35 33,798 Sunderland 1 Liverpool 2 Stewart 53 - Fowler 33, McManaman 47 21,889 Apr 16 Everton 1 Liverpool 1 Ferguson 65 - Thomsen (og 26) 40,177 Newcastle U 3 Chelsea 1 Shearer 12,35,Asprilla 30 - Burley 62 36,320 Wimbledon 2 Leeds U 0 Holdsworth 19, Castledine 74 7,979 Apr 19 Arsenal 1 Blackburn R 1 Platt 18 - Flitcroft 89 38,086 Aston Villa 1 Tottenham H 1 Yorke 81 - Vega 54 39,339 Chelsea 2 Leicester C 1 Minto 13, Hughes M 73 - Sinclair (og 47) 26,400 Liverpool 1 Man. Utd. 3 Barnes 19 - Pallister 13,42, Cole 53 40,892 Middlesbro 0 Sunderland 1 Williams 45 30,106 Newcastle U 3 Derby Co. 1 Elliot 12, Ferdinand 52, Shearer 75 - Sturridge 1 36,550 Nottm Forest 1 Leeds U 1 Van Hooijdonk 6 - Deane 66 25,565 Sheff. Wed. 3 Wimbledon 1 Donaldson 42, Trustfull 78,83 - Goodman 85 26,957 Southampton 2 Coventry C 2 Evans 27, Ostenstad 47 - Ndlovu 62, Whelan 74 15,251 West Ham U 2 Everton 2 Kitson 10,32 - Branch 78, Ferguson 90 24.525 Apr 21 Coventry C 1 Arsenal 1 Dublin 2 - Wright 19p 20,004 Apr 22 Blackburn R 4 Sheff. Wed. 1 Berg, Sherwood 23, Le Saux 39, Flitcroft 58 - Carbone 83p 20,845 Leeds U 0 Aston Villa 0 26,884 Sunderland 0 Southampton 1 Ostenstad 22 21,477 Wimbledon 0 Chelsea 1 Petrescu 14 14,601 Apr 23 Derby Co. 0 Nottm Forest 0 18,087 Leicester C 0 West Ham U 1 Moncur 75 20,327 Apr 24 Tottenham H 1 Middlesbro 0 Sinton 71 29,940 May 03 Arsenal 0 Newcastle U 1 Elliott 44 38,179 Chelsea 0 Leeds U 0 27,135 Coventry C 1 Derby Co. 2 McAlister 59p - Burrows (og 49), Sturridge 67 22,854 Leicester C 2 Man. Utd. 2 Walsh 16, Marshall 20 - Solskjaer 46,51 21,068 Liverpool 2 Tottenham H 1 Collymore 15, Berger 43 - Anderton 5 40,003 Middlesbro 3 Aston Villa 2 Ravanelli 20,90p, Beck 34 - Ehiogu 58, Milosevic 77 30,012 Nottm Forest 1 Wimbledon 1 Roy 59 - Leonhardsen 16 19,865 Southampton 2 Blackburn R 0 Slater 22, Le Tissier 74 15,247 Sunderland 3 Everton 0 Stewart 36p, Waddle 57, Johnston 68 22,052 West Ham U 5 Sheff. Wed. 1 Kitson 5,13,89, Hartson 30,67 - Carbone 82 24,960 May 05 Man. Utd. 3 Middlesbro 3 Keane 34, Neville G 42, Solskjaer 67 Juninho 15, Emerson 37, Hignett 40 54,489 May 06 West Ham U 0 Newcastle U 0 24,617 Wimbledon 2 Liverpool 1 Euell 43, Holdsworth 55 - Owen 74 20,194 May 07 Leicester C 1 Sheff. Wed. 0 Elliott 86 20,793 May 08 Blackburn R 0 Middlesbro 0 27,411 Man. Utd. 0 Newcastle U 0 55,236 May 11 Aston Villa 1 Southampton 0 Dryden (og 12) 39,339 Blackburn R 2 Leicester C 4 Flitcroft 25, Fenton 66 - Heskey 13,56, Claridge 55, Wilson 81 25,881 Derby Co. 1 Arsenal 3 Ward 9 - Wright 55,90, Bergkamp 82 18,287 Everton 1 Chelsea 2 Barmby 77 - Wise 14, Di Matteo 36 38,321 Leeds U 1 Middlesbro 1 Deane 77 - Juninho 79 38,569 Man. Utd. 2 West Ham U 0 Solskjaer 11, Cruyff 84 55,249 Newcastle U 5 Nottm Forest 0 Asprilla 20, Ferdinand 23,26, Shearer 36, Elliott 77 36,544 Sheff. Wed. 1 Liverpool 1 Donaldson 75 - Redknapp 83 38,943 Tottenham H 1 Coventry C 2 McVeigh 44 - Dublin 13, Williams 39 32,029 Wimbledon 1 Sunderland 0 Euell 85 21,516 Final Table: 1.Manchester United 38 21 12 5 76-44 75 2.Newcastle United 38 19 11 8 73-40 68 3.Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62-32 68 4.Liverpool 38 19 11 8 62-37 68 5.Aston Villa 38 17 10 11 47-34 61 6.Chelsea 38 16 11 11 58-55 59 7.Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 15 9 50-51 57 8.Wimbledon 38 15 11 12 49-46 56 9.Leicester City 38 12 11 15 46-54 47 10.Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 7 18 44-51 46 11.Leeds United 38 11 13 14 28-38 46 12.Derby County 38 11 13 14 45-58 46 13.Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 42-43 42 14.West Ham United 38 10 12 16 39-48 42 15.Everton 38 10 12 16 44-57 42 16.Southampton 38 10 11 17 50-56 41 17.Coventry City 38 9 14 15 38-54 41 ---------------------------------------------- 18.Sunderland 38 10 10 18 35-53 40 19.Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 51-60 39 [*] 20.Nottingham Forest 38 6 16 16 31-59 34 [*] Middlesbrough 3 points deducted. Topscorers: 25 : Shearer (Ncle) 23 : Wright (Arsenal) 18 : Fowler (L'Pool), Solskjaer (Man Utd) 17 : Yorke (Aston Villa), 16 : Ravanelli (M'Boro), Ferdinand (Ncle) 13 : Le Tisier (S'ton), Dublin (Coventry) 12 : Collymore (L'Pool), Juninho (M'Boro), Bergkamp 12 (Arsenal) 11 : Sturridge (Derby), Claridge (Leicester), Cantona (Man Utd), Sutton (Blackburn) Ekoku (Wimbledon) Red card overview 1996/97. FA Cup 1996/97 First Round Ashford Town 2-2 Dagenham & Redbridge Blackpool 1-0 Wigan Athletic Boreham Wood 1-1 Rushden & Diamonds Boston United 3-0 Morecambe Brentford 2-0 AFC Bournemouth Bristol Rovers 1-2 Exeter City Bromley 1-3 Enfield Burnley 2-1 Lincoln City Cambridge United 3-0 Welling United Cardiff City 2-0 Hendon Carlisle United 6-0 Shepshed Dynamo Chester City 3-0 Stalybridge Celtic Chesterfield 1-0 Bury Colchester United 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers Colwyn Bay 1-1 Wrexham Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Kidderminster Harriers Farnborough Town 2-2 Barnet Gillingham 1-0 Hereford United Hartlepool United 0-0 York City Hednesford Town 2-1 Southport Leyton Orient 2-1 Merthyr Tydfil Macclesfield Town 0-2 Rochdale Mansfield Town 4-0 Consett Northwich Victoria 2-2 Walsall Peterborough United 0-0 Cheltenham Town Plymouth Argyle 5-0 Fulham Preston North End 4-1 Altrincham Runcorn 1-4 Darlington Scunthorpe United 4-1 Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Scarborough Stevenage Borough 2-2 Hayes Stockport County 2-1 Doncaster Rovers Sudbury Town 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Swansea City 1-1 Bristol City Torquay United 0-1 Luton Town Wisbech Town 1-2 St Albans City Woking 2-2 Millwall Replays Barnet 1-0 Farnborough Town Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Sudbury Town [aet, 3-4 pen] Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City Cheltenham Town 1-3 Peterborough United [aet] Dagenham & Redbridge 1-1 Ashford Town [aet, 3-4 pen] Hayes 0-2 Stevenage Borough Hull City 8-4 Whitby Town [aet] Millwall 0-1 Woking Rushden & Diamonds 2-3 Boreham Wood Scarborough 1-0 Shrewsbury Town Walsall 3-1 Northwich Victoria Wrexham 2-0 Colwyn Bay York City 3-0 Hartlepool United Second Round Barnet 3-3 Wycombe Wanderers 3,176 Blackpool 0-1 Hednesford Town 4,583 Bristol City 9-2 St Albans 7,136 Cambridge United 0-2 Woking 5,857 Cardiff City 0-2 Gillingham 3,474 Carlisle United 1-0 Darlington 5,625 Chester City 1-0 Boston United 3,344 Chesterfield 2-0 Scarborough 4,475 Enfield 1-1 Peterborough United 2,847 Hull City 1-5 Crewe Alexandra 3,756 Leyton Orient 1-2 Stevenage Borough 6,980 Luton Town 2-1 Boreham Wood 5,332 Mansfield Town 0-3 Stockport County 3,354 Notts County 3-1 Rochdale 3,584 Plymouth Argyle 4-1 Exeter City 12,911 Preston North End 2-3 York City 7,893 Sudbury Town 1-3 Brentford 3,973 Walsall 1-1 Burnley 5,031 Watford 5-0 Ashford Town 7,590 Wrexham 2-2 Scunthorpe United 3,780 Replays Burnley 1-1 Walsall 5,799 [aet, 4-2 pen] Peterborough United 4-1 Enfield 3,997 Scunthorpe United 2-3 Wrexham 3,976 [aet] Wycombe Wanderers 3-2 Barnet 3,851 Third Round Arsenal 1-1 Sunderland 37,793 Barnsley 2-0 Oldham Athletic 9,936 Birmingham City 2-0 Stevenage Borough 15,365 Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Port Vale 19,891 Brentford 0-1 Manchester City 12,019 Carlisle United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers 10,090 Charlton Athletic 1-1 Newcastle United 15,000 Chelsea 3-0 West Bromwich Albion 27,446 Chesterfield 2-0 Bristol City 5,193 Coventry City 1-1 Woking 16,040 Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Wimbledon 5,011 Crystal Palace 2-2 Leeds United 21,052 Everton 3-0 Swindon Town 20,411 Gillingham 0-2 Derby County 9,5 8. Leicester City 2-0 Southend United 13,982 Liverpool 1-0 Burnley 33,252 Luton Town 1-1 Bolton Wanderers 7,414 Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 52,495 Middlesbrough 6-0 Chester City 18,684 Norwich City 1-0 Sheffield United 12,356 Nottingham Forest 3-0 Ipswich Town 14,681 Notts County 0-0 Aston Villa 13,315 Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Peterborough United 7,299 Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Huddersfield Town 11,776 Reading 3-1 Southampton 11,537 Sheffield Wednesday 7-1 Grimsby Town 20,590 Stoke City 0-2 Stockport County 9,961 Watford 2-0 Oxford United 9,5 2. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Portsmouth 23,626 Wrexham 1-1 West Ham United 9,747 Wycombe Wanderers 0-2 Bradford City 5,173 Replays Aston Villa 3-0 Notts County 25,0 6. Bolton Wanderers 6-2 Luton Town 9,713 Hednesford Town 1-O York City 2,684 Huddersfield Town 1-2 Queens Park Rangers 11,814 Leeds United 1-0 Crystal Palace 21,9 3. Newcastle United 2-1 Charlton Athletic 36,398 [aet] Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal 15,277 West Ham United 0-1 Wrexham 16,763 Wimbledon 2-0 Crewe Alexandra 4,951 Woking 1-2 Coventry City 6,000 Fourth Round Arsenal 0-1 Leeds United 38,115 Birmingham City 3-1 Stockport County 18,487 Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Coventry City 21,123 Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Chesterfield 10,854 Carlisle United 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday 16,1 4. Chelsea 4-2 Liverpool 27,950 Derby County 3-1 Aston Villa 17,977 Everton 2-3 Bradford City 30,0 7. Hednesford Town 2-3 Middlesbrough 27,511 Leicester City 2-1 Norwich City 16,7 3. Manchester City 3-1 Watford 24,031 Manchester United 1-1 Wimbledon 53,342 Newcastle United 1-2 Nottingham Forest 36,434 Peterborough United 2-4 Wrexham 8,734 Portsmouth 3-0 Reading 15,0 3. Queens Park Rangers 3-2 Barnsley 14,317 Replay Wimbledon 1-0 Manchester United 25,6 1. Fifth Round Birmingham City 1-3 Wrexham 21,511 Bradford City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday 17,830 Chesterfield 1-0 Nottingham Forest 8,890 Derby County 3-2 Coventry City 18,0 3. Leeds United 2-3 Portsmouth 35,6 4. Leicester City 2-2 Chelsea 19,125 Manchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough 30,462 Wimbledon 2-1 Queens Park Rangers 22,395 Replay Chelsea 1-0 Leicester City 26,053 [aet] Quarterfinals Chesterfield 1-0 Wrexham 8,735 Derby County 0-2 Middlesbrough 17,567 Portsmouth 1-4 Chelsea 15,7 1. Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wimbledon 25,032 Semifinals Chelsea 3-0 Wimbledon 36,674 Chesterfield 3-3 Middlesbrough 49,640 Replay Chesterfield 0-3 Middlesbrough 30,339 Final Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough 79,160 Di Matteo (1) Newton (83) Second Level (Division One) 1.Bolton Wanderers 46 28 14 4 100-53 98 2.Barnsley 46 22 14 10 76-55 80 -------------------------------------------------- 3.Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 10 14 68-51 76 4.Ipswich Town 46 20 14 12 68-50 74 5.Sheffield United 46 20 13 13 75-52 73 6.Crystal Palace 46 19 14 13 78-48 71 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Portsmouth 46 20 8 18 59-53 68 8.Port Vale 46 17 16 13 58-55 67 9.Queens Park Rangers 46 18 12 16 64-60 66 10.Birmingham City 46 17 15 14 52-48 66 11.Tranmere Rovers 46 17 14 15 63-56 65 12.Stoke City 46 18 10 18 51-57 64 13.Norwich City 46 17 12 17 63-68 63 14.Manchester City 46 17 10 19 59-60 61 15.Charlton Athletic 46 16 11 19 52-66 59 16.West Bromwich Albion 46 14 15 17 68-72 57 17.Oxford United 46 16 9 21 64-68 57 18.Reading 46 15 12 19 58-67 57 19.Swindon Town 46 15 9 22 52-71 54 20.Huddersfield Town 46 13 15 18 48-61 54 21.Bradford City 46 12 12 22 47-72 48 -------------------------------------------------- 22.Grimsby Town 46 11 13 22 60-81 46 23.Oldham Athletic 46 10 13 23 51-66 43 24.Southend United 46 8 15 23 42-86 39 Promotion Playoffs Semifinals Crystal Palace 3-1 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield United 1-1 2-2 Ipswich Town [aet, Sheffield on away goals] Final Crystal Palace 1-0 Sheffield United Third Level (Division Two) 1.Bury 46 24 12 10 62-38 84 2.Stockport County 46 23 13 10 59-41 82 -------------------------------------------------- 3.Luton Town 46 21 15 10 71-45 78 4.Brentford 46 20 14 12 56-43 74 5.Bristol City 46 21 10 15 69-51 73 6.Crewe Alexandra 46 22 7 17 56-47 73 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Blackpool 46 18 15 13 60-47 69 8.Wrexham 46 17 18 11 54-50 69 9.Burnley 46 19 11 16 71-55 68 10.Chesterfield 46 18 14 14 42-39 68 11.Gillingham 46 19 10 17 60-59 67 12.Walsall 46 19 10 17 54-53 67 13.Watford 46 16 19 11 45-38 67 14.Millwall 46 16 13 17 50-55 61 15.Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49-55 61 16.AFC Bournemouth 46 15 15 16 43-45 60 17.Bristol Rovers 46 15 11 20 47-50 56 18.Wycombe Wanderers 46 15 10 21 51-56 55 19.Plymouth Argyle 46 12 18 16 47-58 54 20.York City 46 13 13 20 47-68 52 -------------------------------------------------- 21.Peterborough United 46 11 14 21 55-73 47 22.Shrewsbury Town 46 11 13 22 49-74 46 23.Rotherham United 46 7 14 25 39-70 35 24.Notts County 46 7 14 25 33-59 35 Promotion Playoffs Semifinals Bristol City 1-2 1-2 Brentford Crewe Alexandra 2-1 2-2 Luton Town Final Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Brentford Fourth Level (Division Three) 1.Wigan Athletic 46 26 9 11 84-51 87 2.Fulham 46 25 12 9 72-38 87 3.Carlisle United 46 24 12 10 67-44 84 -------------------------------------------------- 4.Northampton Town 46 20 12 14 67-44 72 5.Swansea City 46 21 8 17 62-58 71 6.Chester City 46 18 15 11 55-43 70 7.Cardiff City 46 20 9 17 56-54 69 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Colchester United 46 17 17 12 62-51 68 9.Lincoln City 46 18 12 16 70-69 66 10.Cambridge United 46 18 11 17 53-59 65 11.Mansfield Town 46 16 16 14 47-45 64 12.Scarborough 46 16 15 15 65-68 63 13.Scunthorpe United 46 18 9 19 59-62 63 14.Rochdale 46 14 16 16 58-58 58 15.Barnet 46 14 16 16 46-51 58 16.Leyton Orient 46 15 12 19 50-58 57 17.Hull City 46 13 18 15 44-50 57 18.Darlington 46 14 10 22 64-78 52 19.Doncaster Rovers 46 14 10 22 52-66 52 20.Hartlepool United 46 14 9 23 53-66 51 21.Torquay United 46 13 11 22 46-62 50 22.Exeter City 46 12 12 22 48-73 48 23.Brighton & Hove Albion 46 13 10 23 53-70 47 [*] -------------------------------------------------- 24.Hereford United 46 11 14 21 50-65 47 [*] Brighton 2 points deducted. Promotion Playoffs Semifinals Cardiff City 0-1 2-3 Northampton Town Chester City 0-0 0-3 Swansea City Final Northampton Town 1-0 Swansea City Fifth Level (Conference) 1.Macclesfield Town 42 27 9 6 80-30 90 -------------------------------------------------- 2.Kidderminster Harriers 42 26 7 9 84-42 85 3.Stevenage Borough 42 24 10 8 87-53 82 4.Morecambe 42 19 9 14 69-56 66 5.Woking 42 18 10 14 71-63 64 6.Northwich Victoria 42 17 12 13 61-54 63 7.Farnborough Town 42 16 13 13 58-53 61 8.Hednesford Town 42 16 12 14 52-50 60 9.Telford United 42 16 10 16 46-56 58 10.Gateshead 42 15 11 16 59-63 56 11.Southport 42 15 10 17 51-61 55 12.Rushden & Diamonds 42 14 11 17 61-63 53 13.Stalybridge Celtic 42 14 10 18 53-58 52 14.Kettering Town 42 14 9 19 53-62 51 15.Hayes 42 12 14 16 54-55 50 16.Slough Town 42 12 14 16 62-65 50 17.Dover Athletic 42 12 14 16 57-68 50 18.Welling United 42 13 9 20 50-60 48 19.Halifax Town 42 12 12 18 55-74 48 -------------------------------------------------- 20.Bath City 42 12 11 19 53-80 47 21.Bromsgrove Rovers 42 12 5 25 41-67 41 22.Altrincham United 42 9 12 21 49-73 39 Sixth Level (Conference Feeders) Thanks to Stephen Mulrine. Dr Martens League Premier Division Gresley Rovers..............42 25 10 7 75:40 85 Cheltenham Town.............42 21 11 10 76:44 74 Promoted Gloucester City.............42 21 10 11 81:56 73 Halesowen Town..............42 21 10 11 77:54 73 King's Lynn.................42 20 8 14 65:61 68 Burton Albion...............42 18 12 12 70:53 66 Nuneaton Borough............42 19 9 14 61:52 66 Sittingbourne...............42 19 7 16 76:65 64 Merthyr Tydfil..............42 17 9 16 69:61 60 Worcester City..............42 15 14 13 52:50 59 Atherstone United...........42 15 13 14 46:47 58 Salisbury City..............42 15 13 14 57:66 58 Sudbury Town................42 16 7 19 72:72 55 Gravesend & Northfleet......42 16 7 19 63:73 55 Dorchester Town.............42 14 9 19 62:66 51 Hastings Town...............42 12 15 15 49:60 51 Crawley Town................42 13 8 21 49:67 47 Cambridge City..............42 11 13 18 57:65 46 Ashford Town................42 9 18 15 53:79 45 Baldock Town................42 11 8 23 52:90 41 Newport AFC.................42 9 13 20 40:60 40 Chelmsford City.............42 6 14 22 49:70 32 ICIS League Premier Division Yeovil Town.................42 31 8 3 83:34 101 Promoted Enfield.....................42 28 11 3 91:29 95 Sutton United...............42 18 13 11 87:70 67 Dagenham & Redbridge........42 18 11 13 57:43 65 St Albans City..............42 18 11 13 66:55 65 Yeading.....................42 17 14 11 58:47 65 Aylesbury United............42 18 11 13 64:54 65 Purfleet....................42 17 11 14 67:63 62 Heybridge Swifts............42 16 14 12 62:62 62 Boreham Wood................42 15 13 14 56:52 58 Kingstonian.................42 16 8 18 79:79 56 Dulwich Hamlet..............42 14 13 15 57:57 55 Carshalton Athletic.........42 14 11 17 51:56 53 Hitchin Town................42 15 7 20 67:73 52 Oxford City.................42 14 10 18 67:83 52 Hendon......................42 13 12 17 53:59 51 Harrow Borough..............42 12 14 16 58:63 50 Bromley.....................42 13 9 20 67:72 48 Bishop's Stortford..........42 10 13 19 43:64 43 Staines Town................42 10 8 24 46:71 38 Grays Athletic..............42 8 9 25 43:78 33 Chertsey Town...............42 8 7 27 40:98 31 UniBond League Premier Division Leek Town...................44 28 9 7 71:35 93 Promoted Bishop Auckland.............44 23 14 7 88:43 83 Hyde United.................44 22 16 6 93:46 82 Emley.......................44 23 12 9 89:54 81 Barrow......................44 23 11 10 71:45 80 Boston United...............44 22 13 9 74:47 79 Blyth Spartans..............44 22 11 11 74:49 77 Marine......................44 20 15 9 53:37 75 Guiseley....................44 20 11 13 63:54 71 Gainsborough Trinity........44 18 12 14 65:46 66 Accrington Stanley..........44 18 12 14 77:70 66 Runcorn.....................44 15 15 14 63:62 60 Chorley.....................44 16 9 19 69:66 57 Winsford United.............44 13 14 17 50:56 53 Knowsley United.............44 12 14 18 58:79 49 Colwyn Bay..................44 11 13 20 60:76 46 Lancaster City..............44 12 9 23 48:75 45 Frickley Athletic...........44 12 8 24 62:91 44 Spennymoor United...........44 10 10 24 52:68 40 Bamber Bridge...............44 11 7 26 59:99 40 Alfreton Town...............44 8 13 23 45:83 37 Witton Albion...............44 5 14 25 41:91 29 Buxton......................44 5 12 27 33:86 27

1995/96.

1997/98.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.

list of full tables.

list of divisional movements.

list of cup winners.

list of league cup winners.

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Last updated: 12 Oct 1999