The City Ground

SEASON: 1997-98

Prev Season: 1996-97
This Season: 1997-98
Next Season: 1998-99

DIVISION:: Nationwide League Division One (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Dave Bassett
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Charlton Athletic (A) 1-4)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Walsall (A) 2-2)
Player Of The Year:: Pierre van Hooijdonk

Top Goalscorer:: Pierre van Hooijdonk (34 goals)

TABLE

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2) - 1997-98

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	46	28	10	8	82	42	18	2	3	52	20	10	8	5	30	22	40	94	Promoted as Champions
2	Middlesbrough	46	27	10	9	77	41	17	4	2	51	12	10	6	7	26	29	36	91	Promoted	4-0	0-0
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	14	7	2	49	22	12	5	6	37	28	36	90		0-3	1-1
4	Charlton Athletic	46	26	10	10	80	49	17	5	1	48	17	9	5	9	32	32	31	88	Promoted via playoffs	5-2	2-4
5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	14	5	4	47	20	9	9	5	30	23	34	83		2-1	1-0
6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	16	5	2	44	20	3	12	8	25	34	15	74		3-0	0-1
7	Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	10	8	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	25	74		1-0	2-1
8	Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	14	6	3	46	21	5	2	16	25	48	2	65		2-1	2-2
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	13	6	4	42	25	5	5	13	15	28	4	65		3-0	1-2
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	9	8	6	27	26	7	5	11	23	30	-6	61		1-0	1-1
11	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	10	2	11	30	34	8	3	12	28	31	-7	59		3-1	4-1
12	Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	15	24	44	-4	58		1-3	1-0
13	Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	10	9	4	26	23	4	6	13	20	36	-13	57		2-2	3-0
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	9	8	6	34	26	5	6	12	20	31	-3	56		2-2	0-0
15	Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	9	8	6	32	27	5	5	13	20	42	-17	55		4-1	0-1
16	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	9	5	9	28	28	5	6	12	22	44	-22	53		3-0	2-0
17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	7	10	6	22	22	4	9	10	20	36	-16	52		3-0	0-2
18	Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	9	6	8	28	25	5	4	14	14	48	-31	52		3-0	0-0
19	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	7	6	10	25	24	6	4	13	31	42	-10	49		2-1	1-0
20	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	8	6	9	28	30	5	4	14	23	33	-12	49		1-0	1-0
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	8	9	6	28	21	2	10	11	23	42	-12	49		4-0	1-0
22	Manchester City	46	12	12	22	56	57	6	6	11	28	26	6	6	11	28	31	-1	48	Relegated	1-3	3-2
23	Stoke City	46	11	13	22	44	74	8	5	10	30	40	3	8	12	14	34	-30	46	Relegated	1-0	1-1
24	Reading	46	11	9	26	39	78	8	4	11	27	31	3	5	15	12	47	-39	42	Relegated	1-0	3-3

Click here for all tables for 1997-98

LEAGUE POSITIONS

Competitive Games:: 51
Competitive Goals:: 95
Goals per game:: 1.9
League Games:: 46
League Points:: 94 out of 138 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 68.1%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	11 times	9 times	4 times	2 times
Conceded	14 times	8 times	4 times	2 times
Won By	16 times	2 times	9 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	4 times	4 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	180	1	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Middlesbrough (4-0)
2	70	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	4	3	2	1	1	-	1	0	4	West Bromwich Albion (1-0), Middlesbrough (0-0)
4		4	2	-	-	2	2	7	0	Sunderland (0-3), Charlton Athletic (2-4)
5	7	5	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Swindon Town (0-0), Ipswich Town (2-1)
6		6	2	2	-	-	8	2	6	Charlton Athletic (5-2), Sheffield United (3-0)
7		7	2	2	-	-	5	1	6	Swindon Town (3-0), Birmingham City (2-1)
8	1	8	2	2	-	-	5	1	6	Stockport County (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0)
9	5	9	3	2	1	-	6	2	7	Oxford United (1-0), Bradford City (3-0), Stockport County (2-2)
10		10	5	1	2	2	8	6	5	Queens Park Rangers (4-0), Sheffield United (0-1), Bradford City (2-2), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-2), West B
11		11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Sunderland (1-1)
12		12	2	1	-	1	4	2	3	Norwich City (0-1), Crewe Alexandra (4-1)
13		13	2	2	-	-	2	0	6	Portsmouth (1-0), Queens Park Rangers (1-0)
14		14	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Birmingham City (1-0)
15		15	3	2	-	1	4	3	6	Stoke City (1-0), Crewe Alexandra (3-1), Bury (0-2)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	2	1	1	-	3	0	4	Tranmere Rovers (0-0), Bury (3-0)
18		18	3	2	-	1	4	4	6	Ipswich Town (1-0), Port Vale (2-1), Oxford United (1-3)
19		19	3	1	2	-	7	4	5	Reading (3-3), Huddersfield Town (3-0), Stoke City (1-1)
20		20	2	1	1	-	5	4	4	Tranmere Rovers (2-2), Manchester City (3-2)
21		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22		22	2	1	-	1	5	4	3	Norwich City (4-1), Manchester City (1-3)
23		23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24		24	3	3	-	-	4	0	9	Huddersfield Town (2-0), Portsmouth (1-0), Reading (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Port Vale (1-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,302 (Reading)
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,524 (Norwich City)
Average League Attendance:: 20,543
Highest Cup Attendance:: 9,908 (Doncaster Rovers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,841 (Walsall)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 23
Yellow Cards:: 29
Red Cards:: 1 (Dave Beasant)
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 2 (scored by us for opponents) (Craig Armstrong, Ian Woan)
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Dave Bassett
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 09, 1997	Port Vale	A	1-0	Win	12,533	8	Campbell (39)
2	Fri Aug 15, 1997	Norwich City	H	4-1	Win	16,524	1	van Hooijdonk (22), Thomas (57, 61), Campbell (59)
3	Sat Aug 23, 1997	Oxford United	A	1-0	Win	9,486	1	Bart-Williams (71)
4	Sat Aug 30, 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	18,804	1	van Hooijdonk (44, 50, 88), Saunders (79)
5	Wed Sep 03, 1997	Manchester City	H	1-3	Loss	23,681	2	Campbell (75)
6	Sun Sep 07, 1997	Swindon Town	A	0-0	Draw	13,051	2
7	Sat Sep 13, 1997	Sheffield United	A	0-1	Loss	24,536	5
8	Sat Sep 20, 1997	Portsmouth	H	1-0	Win	17,292	1	van Hooijdonk (34)
9	Sat Sep 27, 1997	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	19,018	1	Campbell (67)
10	Fri Oct 03, 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	2-0	Win	11,258	1	Cooper (68), Saunders (73)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	17,009	1	van Hooijdonk (19), Gemmill (41)
12	Tue Oct 21, 1997	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win	19,243	1	Campbell (74)
13	Fri Oct 24, 1997	Reading	A	3-3	Draw	12,610	1	van Hooijdonk (3, 48 pen), Campbell (65)
14	Sat Nov 01, 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-1	Win	18,268	1	Campbell (10), van Hooijdonk (53, 86)
15	Tue Nov 04, 1997	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	6,137	1
16	Sat Nov 08, 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	33,160	2	Hjelde (25)
17	Sat Nov 15, 1997	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	19,610	1	Campbell (17)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	5-2	Win	18,532	1	van Hooijdonk (21, 50, 56), Woan (75), Campbell (85)
19	Wed Nov 26, 1997	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	30,143	1
20	Sat Nov 29, 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	Win	17,580	1	Campbell (65)
21	Sat Dec 06, 1997	Bradford City	H	2-2	Draw	17,943	2	Cooper (13), Bonalair (63)
22	Sun Dec 14, 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	24,635	2	Johnson (84)
23	Sat Dec 20, 1997	Stockport County	H	2-1	Win	16,701	2	van Hooijdonk (81 pen), Stone (85)
24	Fri Dec 26, 1997	Swindon Town	H	3-0	Win	26,500	2	Campbell (10, 22), Johnson (29)
25	Sun Dec 28, 1997	Manchester City	A	3-2	Win	31,839	2	van Hooijdonk (31 pen, 53 pen), Campbell (50)
26	Sat Jan 10, 1998	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	17,639	1	van Hooijdonk (27, 83)
27	Sat Jan 17, 1998	Norwich City	A	0-1	Loss	17,059	1
28	Sat Jan 24, 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	13,220	1	Cooper (84)
29	Sat Jan 31, 1998	Oxford United	H	1-3	Loss	18,392	1	van Hooijdonk (28 pen)
30	Sat Feb 07, 1998	Portsmouth	A	1-0	Win	15,033	1	Chettle (52)
31	Tue Feb 17, 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	Win	18,231	1	van Hooijdonk (36, 80), Bonalair (67)
32	Sat Feb 21, 1998	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	16,899	2	Thomas-Moore (87)
33	Tue Feb 24, 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	7,377	2
34	Sun Mar 01, 1998	Middlesbrough	H	4-0	Win	25,286	1	van Hooijdonk (53, 84 pen), Campbell (55), Cooper (74)
35	Wed Mar 04, 1998	Sunderland	H	0-3	Loss	29,009	1
36	Sat Mar 07, 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-1	Win	5,759	1	Bart-Williams (10), Campbell (15, 25, 30)
37	Sat Mar 14, 1998	Bury	H	3-0	Win	18,846	1	Armstrong (63 OG), van Hooijdonk (69), Rogers (82)
38	Sat Mar 21, 1998	Birmingham City	A	2-1	Win	24,663	1	van Hooijdonk (84, 87)
39	Sat Mar 28, 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2-4	Loss	15,815	1	Campbell (16, 91)
40	Wed Apr 01, 1998	Sheffield United	H	3-0	Win	21,512	1	Thomas (21), Campbell (27, 81)
41	Sun Apr 05, 1998	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	22,292	1	Cooper (53), van Hooijdonk (57)
42	Sat Apr 11, 1998	Bradford City	A	3-0	Win	17,248	1	Campbell (38), Gemmill (63), Bart-Williams (83)
43	Mon Apr 13, 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	22,863	1	Johnson (32), van Hooijdonk (39), Campbell (90)
44	Sat Apr 18, 1998	Stockport County	A	2-2	Draw	9,892	1	van Hooijdonk (26), Johnson (67)
45	Sun Apr 26, 1998	Reading	H	1-0	Win	29,302	1	Bart-Williams (87)
46	Sun May 03, 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	23,013	1	Stone (18)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 03, 1998	Charlton Athletic	3			A	1-4	Loss	13,827	van Hooijdonk (56)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 11, 1997	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	A	8-0	Win	4,547	Thomas (11), Saunders (15, 78), Hjelde (30, 55), van Hooijdonk (47, 83), Allen (86)
Wed Aug 27, 1997	Doncaster Rovers	1	2	H	2-1	Win	9,908	Guinan (5), van Hooijdonk (57)
Wed Sep 17, 1997	Walsall	2	1	H	0-1	Loss	7,841
Wed Sep 24, 1997	Walsall	2	2	A	2-2	Draw	6,037	van Hooijdonk (48), Armstrong (91)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 04, 1997	Notts County	Final	A	6-1	Win	8,095	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jul 19, 1997	Lincoln City	England	A	1-1	Draw	4,023	? (?)
Thu Jul 24, 1997	Pallo-Illrol		A	5-0	Win	600	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Jul 26, 1997	FC Haka	Finland	A	2-1	Win	2,100	? (?, ?)
Mon Jul 28, 1997	Finnpa	Finland	A	4-4	Draw	2,638	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Aug 02, 1997	Leeds United	England	H	1-0	Win	8,141	? (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Apr 27, 1998	Shrewsbury Town	England	A	1-4	Loss	-	Stone (?)
Wed May 06, 1998	Chelsea	England	A	3-3	Draw	3,573	? (?, ?, ?)
Fri May 08, 1998	Middlesbrough	England	A	5-0	Win	14,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jul 19, 1997	Pre-Season Friendly	Lincoln City			A	1-1	4,023	? (?)
Thu Jul 24, 1997	Pre-Season Friendly	Pallo-Illrol			A	5-0	600	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Jul 26, 1997	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Haka			A	2-1	2,100	? (?, ?)
Mon Jul 28, 1997	Pre-Season Friendly	Finnpa			A	4-4	2,638	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Aug 02, 1997	Pre-Season Friendly	Leeds United			H	1-0	8,141	? (?)
Mon Aug 04, 1997	County Cup	Notts County	Final		A	6-1	8,095	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Sat Aug 09, 1997	League Tier 2	Port Vale			A	1-0	12,533	Campbell (39)
Mon Aug 11, 1997	League Cup	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	A	8-0	4,547	Thomas (11), Saunders (15, 78), Hjelde (30, 55), van Hooijdonk (47, 83), Allen (86)
Fri Aug 15, 1997	League Tier 2	Norwich City			H	4-1	16,524	van Hooijdonk (22), Thomas (57, 61), Campbell (59)
Sat Aug 23, 1997	League Tier 2	Oxford United			A	1-0	9,486	Bart-Williams (71)
Wed Aug 27, 1997	League Cup	Doncaster Rovers	1	2	H	2-1	9,908	Guinan (5), van Hooijdonk (57)
Sat Aug 30, 1997	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			H	4-0	18,804	van Hooijdonk (44, 50, 88), Saunders (79)
Wed Sep 03, 1997	League Tier 2	Manchester City			H	1-3	23,681	Campbell (75)
Sun Sep 07, 1997	League Tier 2	Swindon Town			A	0-0	13,051
Sat Sep 13, 1997	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			A	0-1	24,536
Wed Sep 17, 1997	League Cup	Walsall	2	1	H	0-1	7,841
Sat Sep 20, 1997	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			H	1-0	17,292	van Hooijdonk (34)
Wed Sep 24, 1997	League Cup	Walsall	2	2	A	2-2	6,037	van Hooijdonk (48), Armstrong (91)
Sat Sep 27, 1997	League Tier 2	Stoke City			H	1-0	19,018	Campbell (67)
Fri Oct 03, 1997	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			A	2-0	11,258	Cooper (68), Saunders (73)
Sat Oct 18, 1997	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers			H	2-2	17,009	van Hooijdonk (19), Gemmill (41)
Tue Oct 21, 1997	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			H	1-0	19,243	Campbell (74)
Fri Oct 24, 1997	League Tier 2	Reading			A	3-3	12,610	van Hooijdonk (3, 48 pen), Campbell (65)
Sat Nov 01, 1997	League Tier 2	Crewe Alexandra			H	3-1	18,268	Campbell (10), van Hooijdonk (53, 86)
Tue Nov 04, 1997	League Tier 2	Bury			A	0-2	6,137
Sat Nov 08, 1997	League Tier 2	Sunderland			A	1-1	33,160	Hjelde (25)
Sat Nov 15, 1997	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			H	1-0	19,610	Campbell (17)
Sat Nov 22, 1997	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			H	5-2	18,532	van Hooijdonk (21, 50, 56), Woan (75), Campbell (85)
Wed Nov 26, 1997	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			A	0-0	30,143
Sat Nov 29, 1997	League Tier 2	Ipswich Town			A	1-0	17,580	Campbell (65)
Sat Dec 06, 1997	League Tier 2	Bradford City			H	2-2	17,943	Cooper (13), Bonalair (63)
Sun Dec 14, 1997	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-2	24,635	Johnson (84)
Sat Dec 20, 1997	League Tier 2	Stockport County			H	2-1	16,701	van Hooijdonk (81 pen), Stone (85)
Fri Dec 26, 1997	League Tier 2	Swindon Town			H	3-0	26,500	Campbell (10, 22), Johnson (29)
Sun Dec 28, 1997	League Tier 2	Manchester City			A	3-2	31,839	van Hooijdonk (31 pen, 53 pen), Campbell (50)
Sat Jan 03, 1998	FA Cup	Charlton Athletic	3		A	1-4	13,827	van Hooijdonk (56)
Sat Jan 10, 1998	League Tier 2	Port Vale			H	2-1	17,639	van Hooijdonk (27, 83)
Sat Jan 17, 1998	League Tier 2	Norwich City			A	0-1	17,059
Sat Jan 24, 1998	League Tier 2	Queens Park Rangers			A	1-0	13,220	Cooper (84)
Sat Jan 31, 1998	League Tier 2	Oxford United			H	1-3	18,392	van Hooijdonk (28 pen)
Sat Feb 07, 1998	League Tier 2	Portsmouth			A	1-0	15,033	Chettle (52)
Tue Feb 17, 1998	League Tier 2	Huddersfield Town			H	3-0	18,231	van Hooijdonk (36, 80), Bonalair (67)
Sat Feb 21, 1998	League Tier 2	Stoke City			A	1-1	16,899	Thomas-Moore (87)
Tue Feb 24, 1998	League Tier 2	Tranmere Rovers			A	0-0	7,377
Sun Mar 01, 1998	League Tier 2	Middlesbrough			H	4-0	25,286	van Hooijdonk (53, 84 pen), Campbell (55), Cooper (74)
Wed Mar 04, 1998	League Tier 2	Sunderland			H	0-3	29,009
Sat Mar 07, 1998	League Tier 2	Crewe Alexandra			A	4-1	5,759	Bart-Williams (10), Campbell (15, 25, 30)
Sat Mar 14, 1998	League Tier 2	Bury			H	3-0	18,846	Armstrong (63 OG), van Hooijdonk (69), Rogers (82)
Sat Mar 21, 1998	League Tier 2	Birmingham City			A	2-1	24,663	van Hooijdonk (84, 87)
Sat Mar 28, 1998	League Tier 2	Charlton Athletic			A	2-4	15,815	Campbell (16, 91)
Wed Apr 01, 1998	League Tier 2	Sheffield United			H	3-0	21,512	Thomas (21), Campbell (27, 81)
Sun Apr 05, 1998	League Tier 2	Ipswich Town			H	2-1	22,292	Cooper (53), van Hooijdonk (57)
Sat Apr 11, 1998	League Tier 2	Bradford City			A	3-0	17,248	Campbell (38), Gemmill (63), Bart-Williams (83)
Mon Apr 13, 1998	League Tier 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	3-0	22,863	Johnson (32), van Hooijdonk (39), Campbell (90)
Sat Apr 18, 1998	League Tier 2	Stockport County			A	2-2	9,892	van Hooijdonk (26), Johnson (67)
Sun Apr 26, 1998	League Tier 2	Reading			H	1-0	29,302	Bart-Williams (87)
Mon Apr 27, 1998	Friendly	Shrewsbury Town			A	1-4	-	Stone (?)
Sun May 03, 1998	League Tier 2	West Bromwich Albion			A	1-1	23,013	Stone (18)
Wed May 06, 1998	Friendly	Chelsea			A	3-3	3,573	? (?, ?, ?)
Fri May 08, 1998	Friendly	Middlesbrough			A	5-0	14,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (16) - £7,800,000				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Con Blatsis	Bought			Con Blatsis	Sold
	Damien Johnson	Loan In			David Henry	Sold
	Etienne Mendy	Bought		1998	Marlon Harewood	Loan out
	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	Bought			Paul Archer	Sold
	Glynn Hodges	Bought		Aug 27, 1997	Alan Fettis	Sold
	Paul Archer	Bought		Sep 17, 1997	David Phillips	Sold
	Roche (Guest)	Bought		Oct 03, 1997	Dean Saunders	Sold
Jul 19, 1997	Alan Rogers	Bought	£2,100,000	Dec 01, 1997	Paul Smith (1997)	Sold
Jul 19, 1997	Andy Johnson	Bought	£2,200,000
Jul 24, 1997	Marco Pascolo	Bought
Jul 24, 1997	Thierry Bonalair	Bought
Aug 01, 1997	Jon Olav Hjelde	Bought
Aug 20, 1997	Dave Beasant	Loan In
Nov 01, 1997	Dave Beasant	Bought
Jan 12, 2001	David Johnson	Bought	£3,500,000
Jul 01, 2004	Jon Olav Hjelde	Bought

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alan Fettis	N. Ireland	1	1									Left to join Blackburn Rovers
GK		Dave Beasant	England	45	25	11	9			1
GK		Marco Pascolo	Switz	5	4		1						9
Defenders
D		Alan Rogers	England	51	30	11	10	1	3		9
D		Colin Cooper	England	37	21	9	7	5	4		2
D		Craig Armstrong	England	23	14	5	4	1	3		2	16	16
D		Des Lyttle	England	40	22	9	9		2		6
D		Steve Chettle	England	49	29	10	10	1	1		3
D		Vance Warner	England	1	1							1		Left to join Rotherham United
Midfielders
M		Andy Johnson	Wales	38	24	6	8	4	1		7	11	4
M		Chris Allen	England	3	3			1			1			Went on loan to Luton town
M		Damien Johnson	N. Ireland	6	3	1	2				3	1
M		David Phillips	Wales	2	1		1				1	1		Left to join Huddersfield
M		Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	England	14	9	2	3	4			3	5	1
M		Jon Olav Hjelde	Norway	31	17	8	6	3	3		3	5	4
M		Scot Gemmill	Scotland	48	28	11	9	2			9	1
M		Steve Stone	England	29	20	7	2	2	1		5	2
M		Thierry Bonalair	France	33	20	5	8	2	1		6	7	2
Forwards
F		Bobby Howe	England	1	1
F		Chris Bart-Williams	England	37	21	10	6	4	4		3	4
F		Dean Saunders	Wales	12	7	2	3	4			1	4		Left to join Sheffield United
F		Ian Thomas-Moore	England	19	9	3	7	1			1	11	17
F		Ian Woan	England	22	14	4	4	1	2		9	10	7
F		Kevin Campbell	England	45	25	10	10	23	3		5
F		Marlon Harewood	England	1		1
F		Pierre van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	47	29	9	9	34	1		2	2		Player Of The Year
F		Steve Guinan	England	3	3			1			1	1	11

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
34 (6)	Pierre van Hooijdonk	47
23	Kevin Campbell	45
5	Colin Cooper	37
4	Andy Johnson	38
4	Chris Bart-Williams	37
4	Dean Saunders	12
4	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	14
3	Jon Olav Hjelde	31
2	Scot Gemmill	48
2	Steve Stone	29
2	Thierry Bonalair	33
1	Alan Rogers	51
1	Chris Allen	3
1	Craig Armstrong	23
1	Ian Thomas-Moore	19
1	Ian Woan	22
1	Own Goals	51
1	Steve Chettle	49
1	Steve Guinan	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Sat Nov 15, 1997	Home	1-0	Sat Mar 21, 1998	Away	2-1
Crewe Alexandra	Sat Nov 01, 1997	Home	3-1	Sat Mar 07, 1998	Away	4-1
Huddersfield Town	Fri Oct 03, 1997	Away	2-0	Tue Feb 17, 1998	Home	3-0
Ipswich Town	Sat Nov 29, 1997	Away	1-0	Sun Apr 05, 1998	Home	2-1
Port Vale	Sat Aug 09, 1997	Away	1-0	Sat Jan 10, 1998	Home	2-1
Portsmouth	Sat Sep 20, 1997	Home	1-0	Sat Feb 07, 1998	Away	1-0
Queens Park Rangers	Sat Aug 30, 1997	Home	4-0	Sat Jan 24, 1998	Away	1-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score