F.A. Carling Premiership

                P   W   D   L   F   A  PTS 
 1 Arsenal     38  23   9   6  68  33  78 Champions
 2 Man Utd     38  23   8   7  73  26  77 
 3 Liverpool   38  18  11   9  68  42  65 
 4 Chelsea     38  20   3  15  71  43  63 European qualifiers.
 5 Leeds       38  17   8  13  57  46  59 
 6 Blackburn   38  16  10  12  57  52  58 
 7 Aston Villa 38  17   6  15  49  48  57 
 8 West Ham    38  16   8  14  56  57  56 
 9 Derby       38  16   7  15  52  49  55 
10 Leicester   38  13  14  11  51  41  53 
11 Coventry    38  12  16  10  46  44  52 
12 Southampton 38  14   6  18  50  55  48 
13 Newcastle   38  11  11  16  35  44  44 
14 Tottenham   38  11  11  16  44  56  44 
15 Wimbledon   38  10  14  14  34  46  44 
16 Sheff Wed   38  12   8  18  52  67  44 
17 Everton     38   9  13  16  41  56  40 
18 Bolton      38   9  13  16  41  61  40 
19 Barnsley    38  10   5  23  37  82  35 
20 C Palace    38   8   9  21  37  71  33 Relegated

 

Newcastle qualify for the Cup Winners Cup no matter what happens at Wembley in May as Arsenal are in the Champions League next season.

       Name                     Lge       LC      FAC      EC      Total
       Faustino ASPRILLA         2                          4        6 
       (now at Parma)
       John BARNES               6                          1        7
       Warren BARTON             3                                   3
       David BATTY               1                 1                 2
       John BERESFORD (at soham) 2                          4        6
       Nickos Dabizas 		 1				     1
       Keith GILLESPIE           4                                   4
       Des HAMILTON                       1                          1
       Temur KETSBAIA            3                 1        1        5
       Rob LEE                   4                                   4
       Stuart PEARCE                                        1        1
       Ian RUSH                           1        1                 2
       Alan SHEARER              2                 5                 7
       Gary SPEED                1                 1                 2
       (plus 6 lge goals for Everton)
       Jon Dahl TOMASSON         3        1                          4
       Steve WATSON              1                                   1
       Andreas ANDERSSON         2                                   2
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       Totals                   32        3        9       11       55