Home fixtures are in upper case, away fixtures in lower case.
August
17 ASTON VILLA Won 2:1 (Humphreys, Whittingham)
20 Leeds United Won 2:0 (Humphreys, Booth)
24 Newcastle United Won 2:1 (Atherton, Whittingham)
September
2 LEICESTER CITY (SKY) Won 2:1 (Humphreys, Booth)
7 CHELSEA Lost 2:0
16 Arsenal (SKY) Lost 4:1 (Booth)
CCC 18 OXFORD Drew 1:1 (Whittingham)
21 DERBY COUNTY Drew 0:0
CCC 24 Oxford Lost 1:0
28 Everton Lost 2:0
October
12 Wimbledon
19 BLACKBURN ROVERS
26 Coventry City
November
2 SOUTHAMPTON
18 NOTTINGHAM FOREST (SKY)
23 Sunderland
30 WEST HAM UNITED
December
7 Liverpool
14 MANCHESTER UNITED
21 Tottenham Hotspur
26 ARSENAL (SKY)
28 Chelsea
January
1 Derby County
4 (FA Cup 3rd round)
11 EVERTON
18 Middlesbrough
25 (FA Cup 4th round)
February
1 COVENTRY CITY
15 SUNDERLAND
22 Southampton
March
1 MIDDLESBROUGH
5 Nottingham Forest
8 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
15 Manchester United
22 LEEDS UNITED
29 Aston Villa
April
5 Leicester City
12 NEWCASTLE UNITED
19 WIMBLEDON
22 Blackburn Rovers
May
3 West Ham United
11 LIVERPOOL