Norwich beat Wimbledon 2-1 to go 8 points clear at the top. Shock result of the day is bottom club Nottingham F. beating champions Leeds 4-1 at Elland Road – their first league defeat at home for nearly eighteen months. Elsewhere debutant Sol Campbell (18) comes on as a substitute for fellow teenager Nick Barnby, and scores for Spurs in their 2-1 home defeat to Chelsea.
Charlton (Div 1) return to The Valley after a seven-year exile at both Selhurst Park and Upton Park.