text: SOCCER - ENGLISH LEAGUE STANDINGS. LONDON 1996-12-07 
   Standings in English league soccer 
   after Saturday's matches (tabulated - played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): 
   Premier league 
   Arsenal 17 10 5 2 34 16 35 
   Wimbledon 16 9 4 3 29 17 31 
   Liverpool 16 9 4 3 26 14 31 
   Aston Villa 17 9 3 5 22 15 30 
   Newcastle 15 9 2 4 26 17 29 
   Manchester United 15 7 5 3 29 22 26 
   Chelsea 16 6 7 3 25 23 25 
   Everton 16 6 6 4 25 20 24 
   Sheffield Wednesday 16 6 6 4 17 18 24 
   Tottenham 16 7 2 7 17 17 23 
   Derby 16 5 7 4 19 19 22 
   Leicester 17 6 3 8 17 22 21 
   Leeds 16 6 2 8 15 20 20 
   Sunderland 16 4 5 7 14 21 17 
   West Ham 16 4 5 7 13 20 17 
   Middlesbrough 17 3 6 8 20 28 15 
   Blackburn 16 2 7 7 16 21 13 
   Southampton 17 3 4 10 24 32 13 
   Coventry 16 1 7 8 10 23 10 
   Nottingham Forest 15 1 6 8 12 25 9 
   Division One 
   Bolton 21 11 8 2 43 28 41 
   Sheffield United 21 11 6 4 38 20 39 
   Barnsley 21 10 8 3 38 26 38 
   Crystal Palace 21 9 8 4 46 22 35 
   Wolverhampton 21 9 6 6 29 21 33 
   Tranmere 22 9 5 8 31 26 32 
   Norwich 20 9 5 6 27 21 32 
   Birmingham 22 8 8 6 23 21 32 
   Oxford 22 8 6 8 27 21 30 
   Stoke 20 8 6 6 27 30 30 
   Swindon 22 9 2 11 32 28 29 
   Charlton 21 9 2 10 23 29 29 
   Huddersfield 22 7 7 8 25 28 28 
   Queens Park Rangers 22 7 7 8 25 28 28 
   Port Vale 22 6 10 6 19 22 28 
   Ipswich 22 6 8 8 27 32 26 
   Manchester City 22 8 2 12 26 35 26 
   Portsmouth 22 7 5 10 25 29 26 
   Reading 22 7 5 10 25 33 26 
   West Bromwich 20 5 9 6 26 31 24 
   Southend 22 5 9 8 23 36 24 
   Grimsby 22 5 6 11 24 41 21 
   Bradford 22 5 6 11 21 37 21 
   Oldham 22 4 8 10 23 28 20 
   Division Two 
   Brentford 22 11 7 4 35 23 40 
   Millwall 22 11 7 4 32 22 40 
   Bury 21 11 6 4 33 20 39 
   Luton 21 11 4 6 34 25 37 
   Burnley 22 11 4 7 30 22 37 
   Chesterfield 21 11 4 6 22 16 37 
   Stockport 22 10 6 6 29 25 36 
   Watford 21 9 9 3 24 18 36 
   Wrexham 20 9 8 3 27 22 35 
   Crewe 21 11 1 9 29 21 34 
   Bristol City 21 9 6 6 36 23 33 
   Bristol Rovers 22 7 7 8 22 23 28 
   Shrewsbury 22 7 6 9 26 33 27 
   York 21 7 5 9 23 29 26 
   Blackpool 22 5 10 7 22 24 25 
   Walsall 21 7 4 10 21 25 25 
   Gillingham 22 7 4 11 21 27 25 
   Preston 22 7 4 11 21 27 25 
   Bournemouth 22 7 4 11 20 27 25 
   Plymouth 22 5 8 9 24 31 23 
   Peterborough 22 4 8 10 32 41 20 
   Notts County 21 5 5 11 15 23 20 
   Wycombe 22 4 5 13 17 33 17 
   Rotherham 21 3 6 12 18 33 15 
   Division Three 
   Fulham 22 15 3 4 36 16 48 
   Cambridge 22 13 3 6 33 27 42 
   Wigan 21 12 4 5 39 24 40 
   Carlisle 22 11 7 4 32 20 40 
   Cardiff 21 10 4 7 25 22 34 
   Swansea 22 9 5 8 25 25 32 
   Barnet 22 8 8 6 23 17 32 
   Colchester 22 7 10 5 32 26 31 
   Scunthorpe 22 9 4 9 28 30 31 
   Northampton 22 8 6 8 31 26 30 
   Scarborough 21 7 9 5 30 27 30 
   Lincoln 22 8 6 8 28 33 30 
   Chester 21 8 6 7 23 23 30 
   Hull 22 6 11 5 20 22 29 
   Torquay 22 8 4 10 22 24 28 
   Rochdale 21 6 8 7 27 26 26 
   Exeter 22 7 5 10 21 28 26 
   Doncaster 22 7 3 12 24 33 24 
   Mansfield 21 5 9 7 21 22 24 
   Leyton Orient 21 6 6 9 16 19 24 
   Hereford 22 6 5 11 23 31 23 
   Darlington 22 6 4 12 30 39 22 
   Hartlepool 21 6 4 11 23 28 22 
   Brighton 22 3 4 15 18 42 13
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