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Date Opposition H/A

FT

HT Scorer Scorer Attd  Pts Pos Yellow Red
Wed
24-Jul
Blyth Spartans 
& Gateshead
(h) 6-0 2-0 Kitson 20,22
Lee
53,86
Ferdinand 63,78
  13,593 - -    
Tue
30-Jul
Thailand (a) 2-1 1-1 Asprilla 45
Lee
59
Sritong-in 22 18,000 - -    
Thu
01-Aug
S-League 
All Stars
(a) 5-0 2-0 Ferdinand 7
Ginola
25pen,73
Kitson
72,88
  50,000 - - Batty  
Sun
04-Aug
Gamba Osaka (a) 1-3 0-2 Ferdinand 89 Gilhaus 16,41
Škrinjar 84
6,949 - - Asprilla
Batty
Gillespie
 
Fri
09-Aug
Lincoln City (a) 2-0 1-0 Shearer 33pen
Albert
60
  10,069 - -    
Sun
11-Aug
Manchester United (a) 0-4 0-2   Cantona 25
Butt 30
Beckham 86
Keane 88
73,214 - -    
Tue
13-Aug
Anderlecht (a) 2-1 1-0 Asprilla 45
Ginola
62
De Bilde 61pen 18,000 - -    
Sat
17-Aug
Everton (a) 0-2 0-2   Unsworth
29pen
Speed 40
40,117 0 16 Albert
Beresford
 
Wed
21-Aug
Wimbledon (h) 2-0 1-0 Batty 3
Shearer
88
  36,385 3 12 Albert  
Sat
24-Aug
Sheffield Wednesday (h) 1-2 1-1  Shearer
13pen
Atherton 15
Whittingham 80 
36,452 3  13    
Wed
04-Sep
mackems  (a) 2-1 0-1 Beardsley
52
Ferdinand
62
Scott 19pen 22,037 6 8 Elliott  
Sat
07-Sep
Tottenham (a) 2-1  1-1 Ferdinand 37,61 Allen 28   32,535 9 6 Lee  
Tue
10-Sep
UE1R1L
Halmstads
 
(h) 4-0 2-0 Ferdinand 6
Asprilla
26
Albert 51
Beardsley
54
  28,124 - -    
Sat
14-Sep
Blackburn Rovers  (h) 2-1 1-0  Shearer 45pen
Ferdinand
61
Sutton 85  36,424 12 3    
Sat
21-Sep
Leeds United  (a) 1-0 0-0 Shearer 59   36,070 15 1 Ginola   
Tue
24-Sep
UE1R2L
Halmstads (a) 1-2 1-0  Ferdinand 45 Ardvidsson 74
Svensson 81 
7,847 - -    
Mon
30-Sep
Aston Villa  (h) 4-3  3-1 Ferdinand 5,22
Shearer
38
Howey
67
Yorke 
4,59,69
36,400 18 2    
Sat
12-Oct
Derby County  (a) 1-0 0-0 Shearer 76 18,092 21 1 Watson   
Tue
15-Oct
UE2R1L
Ferencvaros (a) 2-3 2-2 Ferdinand 25
Shearer
35
Horvath 7
Lisztes 17,57  
18,000 - - Beresford
Ferdinand
 
Sun
20-Oct
Manchester United  (h) 5-0 2-0 Peacock 12
Ginola
30
Ferdinand
63
Shearer
75
Albert
83
  36,579 24 1 Batty   
Wed
23-Oct
LC3
Oldham Athletic (h) 1-0 1-0 Beardsley
25pen
  36,314 - - Albert
Peacock 
 
Sat
26-Oct
Leicester City  (a) 0-2 0-1   Claridge 17
Heskey 79
21,134 24 2 Albert
Batty
Ginola
Lee
 
Tue
29-Oct
UE2R2L
Ferencvaros (h) 4-0  1-0 Asprilla 42,58
Ginola
65
Ferdinand
90
  35,740 - -    
Sun
03-Nov
Middlesbrough (h) 3-1 1-0 Beardsley  40pen,69
Lee
74
Beck 88 36,577 27 1 Batty
Elliott 
 
Sat
16-Nov
West Ham  (h) 1-1 0-1 Beardsley 83 Rowland 23 36,552 28 1    
Tue
19-Nov
UE3R1L
Metz (a) 1-1 1-0 Beardsley 31pen Traore 67 16,700 - - Barton
Beresford
 
Sat
23-Nov
Chelsea (a) 1-1 1-1 Shearer 41 Vialli 24  28,401 29 1 Albert
Batty
Ginola
Shearer 
Batty
Wed
27-Nov
LC4
Middlesbrough (a) 1-3 1-1 Shearer 45 Whyte 26
Beck 61
Ravanelli 89 
29,831 - - Gillespie  
Sat
30-Nov
Arsenal (h) 1-2 1-1 Shearer 21 Dixon 11
Wright 59 
36,565 29 2 Beardsley
Lee
Peacock
 
Tue
03-Dec
UE3R2L
Metz   (h) 2-0 0-0 Asprilla 
80,82
  35,641 - - Asprilla  
Mon
09-Dec
Nottingham Forest  (a) 0-0 0-0     25,762 30 4    
Tue
17-Dec
Coventry City (a) 1-2  0-2 Shearer 61 Huckerby 6
McAllister 31 
21,538 30 4 Lee   
Mon
23-Dec
Liverpool (h) 1-1  1-1 Shearer 28 Fowler 45 36,570 31 6    
Thu
26-Dec
Blackburn Rovers (a) 0-1  0-0   Gallacher 75 30,398 31 6 Batty
Beardsley
Shearer
Watson
 
Sat
28-Dec
Tottenham (h) 7-1 2-0  Shearer
20,82 
Ferdinand
22,59
Lee
61,88
Albert
79
Neilsen 88  36,308 34 5 Lee  
Wed
01-Jan
Leeds United (h) 3-0 1-0 Shearer 
4,77
Ferdinand
89
  36,489 37 4 Batty
Beresford
Shearer
 
Sun
05-Jan

FAC3
Charlton Athletic (a) 1-1 1-0 Lee 33 Kinsella 78  14,980 - -    
Sat
11-Jan
Aston Villa (a) 2-2 2-1 Shearer 16
Clark
21
Yorke 39
Milosevic 52 
39.339 38 4    
Wed
15-Jan
FAC3R
Charlton Athletic (h) 2-1  1-0 Clark 33
Shearer
100
Robson 55 36,398 - -    
Sat
18-Jan
Southampton (a) 2-2 1-0 Ferdinand 14
Clark
82
Maddison 88
Le Tissier 89 
15,251 39 4 Beresford
Elliott
Ferdinand
 
Sun-
26-Jan
FAC4
Nottingham Forest (h) 1-2 0-0 Ferdinand 60 Woan 76,80  36,434 - -    
Wed
29-Jan
Everton (h) 4-1  0-1 Ferdinand 74
Lee
79
Shearer
83pen
Elliott
90
Speed 3  36,143 42 4 Batty
Shearer
 
Sun
02-Feb
Leicester City (h) 4-3 1-0 Elliott 3
Shearer 
77,83,90
Elliott 55
Claridge 60
Heskey 68 
36,396 45 4 Batty
Lee
 
Sat
22-Feb
Middlesbrough (a) 1-0 1-0 Ferdinand 8   30,063 48 3 Clark  
Sat
01-Mar
Southampton  (h) 0-1 0-0   Le Tissier 56 36,446 48 4 Asprilla  
Tue
04-Mar
UEQF1L
AS Monaco  (h) 0-1  0-0   Anderson 59 36,215 - - Watson
Lee
Albert
 
Mon
10-Mar
Liverpool (a) 3-4 0-3 Gillespie 71
Asprilla
87
Barton
88
McManaman 29
Berger 30
Redknapp 42
Fowler 90+2
40,751 48 4 Batty
Gillespie
 
Sat
15-Mar
Coventry City (h) 4-0  2-0 Watson 12
Lee
45
Beardsley
76pen 
Elliott
87
  36,571 51 4 Albert
Beardsley
 
Tue
18-Mar
UEQF2L
AS Monaco (a) 0-3  0-1   Legwinski 42
Benarbia 50,67
18,500 - - Barton
Batty
 
Sun
23-Mar
Wimbledon (a) 1-1 0-1 Asprilla 53 Leonhardsen 28  23,175 52 4 Ginola  
Sat
05-Apr
mackems (h) 1-1  0-1 Shearer 77 Gray 32 36,582 53 4    
Sun
13-Apr
Sheffield Wednesday (a) 1-1 1-0  Elliott 35 Pembridge 57  33,798 54 5 Barton
Batty
 
Wed
16-Apr
Chelsea (h) 3-1  3-0 Shearer 12,35
Asprilla
30
Burley 62 36,320 57 4    
Sat
19-Apr
Derby County (h) 3-1 1-1  og(Hoult) 12
Ferdinand
52
Shearer
75
Sturridge 1 36,553 60 4 Ferdinand  
Sat
03-May
Arsenal (a) 1-0 1-0 Elliott 44   38,179 63 4 Asprilla
Batty
Ferdinand
Watson
Gillespie
Tue
06-May
West Ham (a) 0-0 0-0     24,617 64 4 Batty
Beresford
Peacock
Shearer
 
Thu
08-May
Manchester United (a) 0-0 0-0     55,236 65 3 Albert  
Sun
11-May
Nottingham Forest  (h) 5-0 4-0  Asprilla 20
Ferdinand
23,26
Shearer
36 Elliott 77
  36,554 68 2    

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