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PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) - 1997-98

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	68	33	15	2	2	43	10	8	7	4	25	23	35	78	Champions League
2	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	73	26	13	4	2	42	9	10	4	5	31	17	47	77	Champions League Second Qualifying Round
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68	42	13	2	4	42	16	5	9	5	26	26	26	65	UEFA Cup First Round
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71	43	13	2	4	37	14	7	1	11	34	29	28	63	Cup Winners Cup First Round
5	Leeds United	38	17	8	13	57	46	9	5	5	31	21	8	3	8	26	25	11	59	UEFA Cup First Round
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57	52	11	4	4	40	26	5	6	8	17	26	5	58	UEFA Cup First Round
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49	48	9	3	7	26	24	8	3	8	23	24	1	57	UEFA Cup First Round
8	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	56	57	13	4	2	40	18	3	4	12	16	39	-1	56
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52	49	12	3	4	33	18	4	4	11	19	31	3	55
10	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51	41	6	10	3	21	15	7	4	8	30	26	10	53
11	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	8	9	2	26	17	4	7	8	20	27	2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	10	1	8	28	23	4	5	10	22	32	-5	48
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	35	44	8	5	6	22	20	3	6	10	13	24	-9	44	Cup Winners Cup First Round
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	44	56	7	8	4	23	22	4	3	12	21	34	-12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	5	6	8	18	25	5	8	6	16	21	-12	44
16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8	18	52	67	9	5	5	30	26	3	3	13	22	41	-15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	7	5	7	25	27	2	8	9	16	29	-15	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	38	9	13	16	41	61	7	8	4	25	22	2	5	12	16	39	-20	40	Relegated
19	Barnsley	38	10	5	23	37	82	7	4	8	25	35	3	1	15	12	47	-45	35	Relegated
20	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	37	71	2	5	12	15	39	6	4	9	22	32	-34	33	Relegated

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2) - 1997-98

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	46	28	10	8	82	42	18	2	3	52	20	10	8	5	30	22	40	94	Promoted as Champions
2	Middlesbrough	46	27	10	9	77	41	17	4	2	51	12	10	6	7	26	29	36	91	Promoted	4-0	0-0
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	14	7	2	49	22	12	5	6	37	28	36	90		0-3	1-1
4	Charlton Athletic	46	26	10	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	5	9	32	32	31	88	Promoted via playoffs	5-2	2-4
5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	14	5	4	47	20	9	9	5	30	23	34	83		2-1	1-0
6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	16	5	2	44	20	3	12	8	25	34	15	74		3-0	0-1
7	Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	10	8	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	74		1-0	2-1
8	Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	14	6	3	46	21	5	2	16	25	48	2	65		2-1	2-2
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	13	6	4	42	25	5	5	13	15	28	4	65		3-0	1-2
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	9	8	6	27	26	7	5	11	23	30	-6	61		1-0	1-1
11	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	10	2	11	30	34	8	3	12	28	31	-7	59		3-1	4-1
12	Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	15	24	44	-4	58		1-3	1-0
13	Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	10	9	4	26	23	4	6	13	20	36	-13	57		2-2	3-0
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	9	8	6	34	26	5	6	12	20	31	-3	56		2-2	0-0
15	Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	9	8	6	32	27	5	5	13	20	42	-17	55		4-1	0-1
16	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	9	5	9	28	28	5	6	12	22	44	-22	53		3-0	2-0
17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	7	10	6	22	22	4	9	10	20	36	-16	52		3-0	0-2
18	Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	9	6	8	28	25	5	4	14	14	48	-31	52		3-0	0-0
19	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	7	6	10	25	24	6	4	13	31	42	-10	49		2-1	1-0
20	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	8	6	9	28	30	5	4	14	23	33	-12	49		1-0	1-0
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	8	9	6	28	21	2	10	11	23	42	-12	49		4-0	1-0
22	Manchester City	46	12	12	22	56	57	6	6	11	28	26	6	6	11	28	31	-1	48	Relegated	1-3	3-2
23	Stoke City	46	11	13	22	44	74	8	5	10	30	40	3	8	12	14	34	-30	46	Relegated	1-0	1-1
24	Reading	46	11	9	26	39	78	8	4	11	27	31	3	5	15	12	47	-39	42	Relegated	1-0	3-3

LEAGUE DIVISION TWO (Tier 3) - 1997-98

LEAGUE DIVISION THREE (Tier 4) - 1997-98