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Date Opposition Ven

FT

HT Scorers Opp scorers Crowd  Pts Pos Yellow Red
Tue
15-Jul
 PSV Eindhoven (n) 3-2 2-1 Gillespie 21
Tomasson 24,80
Bruggink 30
Stam 75
18,000 - -    
Wed
16-Jul
 Derry City (n) 2-0 2-0 Crawford 7
Beardsley 36
  14,500 - -    
Sat
19-Jul
 Birmingham City (a) 3-2 1-1 Tomasson 39
Shearer 54
og(Bennett) 90
Devlin 4
Furlong 79
13,799 - -    
Sat
26-Jul
 Chelsea (n) 1-1
(lost 1-3 on pens)
1-0 Tomasson 44 Poyet 63 15,264 - -    
Sun
27-Jul
 Ajax (n) 0-3 0-0   McCarthy 76,86
Oliseh 83
10,289 - -    
Wed
30-Jul
 Bradford City (a) 3-0 3-0 Asprilla 7
Beardsley 27
Watson 39
  8,470 - -    
Sun
03-Aug
 Juventus (n) 2-3 0-3 Asprilla 70pen,82 Ferrara 1
Inzaghi 3,34
22,511 - -    
Sat
09-Aug
 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 2-1 1-1 Asprilla 2,72 Carbone 8 36,711 3 2 Batty  
Wed
13-Aug
CL2QR1
 Croatia Zagreb (h) 2-1 1-0 Beresford 21,75 Cvitanovic 51 34,465 - - Lee  
Sat
23-Aug
 Aston Villa (h) 1-0 1-0 Beresford 13   36,783 6 6 Albert
Batty
Ketsabaia
Batty
Wed
27-Aug
CL2QR2
 Croatia Zagreb (a) 2-2
(aet)
1-0 Asprilla 44pen
Ketsbaia 119
Simic 59
Cvitanovic 51
34,000 - - Beresford
Barton
 
Sat
13-Sep 
 Wimbledon (h) 1-3 1-1 Barton 32 Cort 2
Perry 59
Ekoku 76
36,526 6 8    
Wed
17-Sep
CLG1
 Barcelona (h) 3-2 2-0 Asprilla 22,30pen,49 Luis Enrique 72
Figo 89
35,274 3 - Batty  
Sat
20-Sep 
 West Ham (a) 1-0 1-0 Barnes 44   25,884 9 6 Barton
Gillespie
Lee
 
Wed
24-Sep
 Everton (h) 1-0 0-0 Lee 87   36,705 12 7    
Sat
27-Sep
 Chelsea (a) 0-1 0-0   Poyet 75 31,563 12 10 Watson  
Wed
01-Oct
CLG2
 Dynamo Kiev (a) 2-2 0-2 Beresford 78,85 Rebrov 4
Shevchenko 28
100,000 4 - Asprilla
Gillespie
 
Sat
04-Oct
 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 1-0 0-0 Barton 89   36,709 15 6    
Wed
15-Oct
LC3
 Hull City (h) 2-0 0-0 Hamilton 47
Rush 83
  35,856 - - Albert  
Sat
18-Oct
 Leeds United (a) 1-4 0-3 Gillespie 62 Ribeiro 30
Kewell 38
og(Beresford) 43
Wetherall 47
39,834 15 10 Barton
Batty
 
Wed
22-Oct
CLG3
 PSV Eindhoven (a) 0-1 0-1   Jonk 38 29,200 4 - Batty
Lee
Peacock
Tomasson
 
Sat
25-Oct
 Blackburn Rovers (h) 1-1 1-0 Gillespie 27 Sutton 57 36,716 16 10 Ketsbaia
Peacock
 
Sat
01-Nov
 Leicester City (h) 3-3 2-2 Barnes(pen) 4
Tomasson 45
Beresford 90
Marshall 12,32
Elliott 54
36,754 17 9 Albert
Beresford
 
Wed
05-Nov
CLG4
 PSV Eindhoven (h) 0-2 0-0   Nilis 32
De Bilde 90
35,214 4 - Gillespie  
Sat
08-Nov
 Coventry City (a) 2-2 1-1 Barnes 31
Lee 87
Dublin 4,82 22,679 18 9 Albert  
Tue
18-Nov
LC4
 Derby County (a) 1-0 0-0 Tomasson 72   27,364 - - Batty
Pistone
Watson
 
Sat
22-Nov
 Southampton (h) 2-1 0-1 Barnes 55,75 Davies 5 36,759 21 9 Albert  
Wed
26-Nov
CLG5
 Barcelona (a) 0-1 0-1   Giovanni 17 20,000 4 -    
Sat
29-Nov
 Crystal Palace (a) 2-1 1-0 Tomasson 45
Ketsbaia 63
Shipperley 67 26,085 24 7 Batty
Lee
Peacock
 
Mon
01-Dec
 Bolton Wanderers (a) 0-1 0-1   Blake 22 24,494 24 8 Gillespie
Pearce
 
Sat
06-Dec
 Arsenal (h) 0-1 0-1   Wright 36 36,751 24 9    
Wed
10-Dec
CLG6
 Dynamo Kiev (h) 2-0 2-0 Barnes 10
Pearce 21
  33,694 7 3 Albert
Gillespie
 
Sat
13-Dec
 Barnsley (a) 2-2 1-1 Gillespie 44,49 Redfearn 9
Hendrie 75
18,687 25 9 Albert
Batty
Peacock
Pistone
 
Wed
17-Dec
 Derby County (h) 0-0 0-0     36,289 26 9 Albert
Ketsbaia
 
Sun
21-Dec 
 Manchester United (h) 0-1 0-0   Cole 66 36,767 26 9 Batty
Gillespie
Peacock
Pistone
 
Fri
26-Dec
 Derby County (a) 0-1 0-0   Eranio(pen) 4 30,232 26 10 Batty
Beresford
Pearce
Tomasson
Batty
Sun
28-Dec
 Liverpool (h)  1-2 1-2 Watson 16 McManaman 31,43 36,702 26 11    
Sun
04-Jan
FAC3
 Everton (a) 1-0 0-0 Rush 67   20,885 - - Beresford
Lee
Peacock
Pistone
 
Wed
07-Jan
LCQF
 Liverpool (h) 0-2
(aet)
0-0   Owen 95
Fowler 103
33,207 - - Watson  
Sat
10-Jan
 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 1-2 1-1 Tomasson 20 Di Canio 1
Newsome 51
29,446 26 11 Beresford
Watson
 
Sat
17-Jan
 Bolton Wanderers (h) 2-1 1-0 Barnes 6
Ketsbaia 90
Blake 72 36,767 29 10 Barton  
Tue
20-Jan
 Liverpool (a) 0-1 0-1   Owen 17 42,791 29 10 Barton  
Sat
25-Jan
FAC4
 Stevenage Borough (a) 1-1 1-1 Shearer 3 Grazioli 41 8,040 - - Beresford
Pistone
Shearer
 
Sun
01-Feb
 Aston Villa (a) 1-0 0-0 Batty 58   38,266 32 10    
Wed
04-Feb
FAC4R
 Stevenage Borough (h) 2-1 1-0 Shearer 16,65 Crawshaw 74 36,705 - -    
Sat
07-Feb 
West Ham (h) 0-1 0-1   Lazaridis 66 36,763 32 10 Batty  
Sat
14-Feb
FAC5
 Tranmere Rovers (h) 1-0 1-0 Shearer 32   36,675 - - Pistone  
Sun
22-Feb
 Leeds United (h) 1-1 0-0 Ketsbaia 87 Wallace 82 36,519 33 14 Batty  
Sat
28-Feb
 Everton (a) 0-0 0-0     37,972 34 12 Lee  
Sun
08-Mar
FAC6
 Barnsley (h) 3-1 2-0 Ketsbaia 16
Speed 27
Batty 90
Liddell 57 36,695 - - Barton
Batty
Shearer
Howey
Pearce
 
Sat
14-Mar
 Coventry City (h) 0-0 0-0     36,767 35 15 Albert  
Wed
18-Mar
 Crystal Palace (h) 1-2 0-2 Shearer 77 Lombardo 14
Jansen 23
36,565 35 16 Barton
Dabizas
Shearer
Batty
 
Sat
28-Mar
 Southampton (a) 1-2 0-0 Lee 46 og(Pearce) 69
Le Tissier(pen 85
15,251 35 16 Pistone  
Tue
31-Mar
 Wimbledon (a) 0-0 0-0     15,478 36 15    
Sun
05-Apr
FACSF
 Sheffield United (n) 1-0 0-0 Shearer 60   53,452 - -    
Sat
11-Apr
 Arsenal (a) 1-3 0-1 Barton 79 Anelka 41,64
Vieria 72
38,102 36 15 Albert
Barton
 
Mon
13-Apr
 Barnsley (h) 2-1 1-0 Andersson 40
Shearer 86
Fjortoft 50 36,534 39 15 Barton
Pearce
 
Sat
18-Apr
 Manchester United (a) 1-1 1-1 Andersson 11 Beckham 38 55,194 40 15 Given
Pistone
Shearer
 
Sat
25-Apr
 Tottenham Hotspur (a) 0-2 0-1   Klinsmann 31
Ferdinand 73
35,874 40 15 Pistone
Watson
 
Wed
29-Apr
 Leicester City (a) 0-0 0-0     21,699 41 15 Barton
Dabizas
Speed
 
Sat
02-May
 Chelsea (h) 3-1 2-0 Dabizas 39
Lee 42
Speed 59
Di Matteo 77 36,710 44 13 Pearce  
Sun
10-May
 Blackburn Rovers (a) 0-1 0-0   Sutton 88 29,300 44 13   Batty
Sat
16-May
FACF
 Arsenal (n) 0-2 0-1   Overmars 23
Anelka 69
79,183 - - Barton
Dabizas
Shearer
Howey
 

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