| Index | ||||||
| Football | ||||||
| Premiership - Tables | ||||||
| 1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | ||||
| 1 | Manchester U. | 82 | Manchester U. | 75 | Arsenal | 78 |
| 2 | Newcastle U. | 78 | Newcastle U. | 68 | Manchester U. | 77 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 71 | Arsenal | 68 | Liverpool | 65 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 63 | Liverpool | 68 | Chelsea | 63 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 63 | Aston Villa | 61 | Leeds U. | 59 |
| 6 | Everton | 61 | Chelsea | 59 | Blackburn R. | 58 |
| 7 | Blackburn R. | 61 | Sheffield W. | 57 | Aston Villa | 57 |
| 8 | Tottenham H. | 61 | Wimbledon | 56 | West Ham U. | 56 |
| 9 | Nottingham F. | 58 | Leicester C. | 47 | Derby C. | 55 |
| 10 | West Ham U. | 51 | Tottenham H. | 46 | Leicester C. | 53 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 50 | Leeds U. | 46 | Coventry C. | 52 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 43 | Derby C. | 46 | Southampton | 48 |
| 13 | Leeds U. | 43 | Blackburn R. | 42 | Newcastle U. | 44 |
| 14 | Wimbledon | 41 | West Ham U. | 42 | Tottenham H. | 44 |
| 15 | Sheffield W. | 40 | Everton | 42 | Wimbledon | 44 |
| 16 | Coventry C. | 38 | Southampton | 41 | Sheffield W. | 44 |
| 17 | Southampton | 38 | Coventry C. | 41 | Everton | 40 |
| 18 | Manchester C. | 38 | Sunderland | 39 | Bolton W. | 40 |
| 19 | Queens Park R. | 33 | Middlesbrough | 39 | Barnsley | 35 |
| 20 | Bolton W. | 29 | Nottingham F. | 34 | Crystal Palace | 33 |
| Teams in italics were relegated. | ||||||