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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)

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

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

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1	85	1	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Middlesbrough (4-0)
2	28	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	1	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	4	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	1	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 Bromwich Albion (1-1)
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)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,302
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,524
Average League Attendance:: 20,543
Highest Cup Attendance:: 9,908
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 7,841

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 23
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1997-98)

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (Tier 2)								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
2	Middlesbrough	46	27	10	9	77	41	17	4	2	51	12	10	6	7	26	29	36	91		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		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		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		1-0	1-1
24	Reading	46	11	9	26	39	78	8	4	11	27	31	3	5	15	12	47	-39	42		1-0	3-3

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GAMES

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 (?)
2	Fri Aug 15, 1997	Norwich City	H	4-1	Win	16,524	1	van Hooijdonk (?), Thomas (?, ?), Campbell (?)
3	Sat Aug 23, 1997	Oxford United	A	1-0	Win	9,486	1	Bart-Williams (?)
4	Sat Aug 30, 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	18,804	1	van Hooijdonk (?, ?, ?), Saunders (?)
5	Wed Sep 03, 1997	Manchester City	H	1-3	Loss	23,681	2	Campbell (?)
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 (?)
9	Sat Sep 27, 1997	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	19,018	1	Campbell (?)
10	Fri Oct 03, 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	2-0	Win	11,258	1	Cooper (?), Saunders (?)
11	Sat Oct 18, 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	17,009	1	van Hooijdonk (?), Gemmill (?)
12	Tue Oct 21, 1997	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win	19,243	1	Campbell (?)
13	Fri Oct 24, 1997	Reading	A	3-3	Draw	12,610	1	van Hooijdonk (?, ? pen), Campbell (?)
14	Sat Nov 01, 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-1	Win	18,268	1	Campbell (?), van Hooijdonk (?, ?)
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 (?)
17	Sat Nov 15, 1997	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	19,610	1	Campbell (?)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	5-2	Win	18,532	1	van Hooijdonk (?, ?, ?), Woan (?), Campbell (?)
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 (?)
21	Sat Dec 06, 1997	Bradford City	H	2-2	Draw	17,943	2	Cooper (?), Bonalair (?)
22	Sun Dec 14, 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	24,635	2	Johnson (?)
23	Sat Dec 20, 1997	Stockport County	H	2-1	Win	16,701	2	van Hooijdonk (? pen), Stone (?)
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 (? pen, ? pen), Campbell (?)
26	Sat Jan 10, 1998	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	17,639	1	van Hooijdonk (?, ?)
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 (?)
29	Sat Jan 31, 1998	Oxford United	H	1-3	Loss	18,392	1	van Hooijdonk (? pen)
30	Sat Feb 07, 1998	Portsmouth	A	1-0	Win	15,033	1	Chettle (?)
31	Tue Feb 17, 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	Win	18,231	1	van Hooijdonk (?, ?), Bonalair (?)
32	Sat Feb 21, 1998	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	16,899	2	Thomas-Moore (?)
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 (?, ? pen), Campbell (?), Cooper (?)
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 (?), Campbell (?, ?, ?)
37	Sat Mar 14, 1998	Bury	H	3-0	Win	18,846	1	Lucketti Chris (? OG), van Hooijdonk (?), Rogers (?)
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 (?, ?)
40	Wed Apr 01, 1998	Sheffield United	H	3-0	Win	21,512	1	Thomas (?), Campbell (?, 81)
41	Sun Apr 05, 1998	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	22,292	1	Cooper (?), van Hooijdonk (?)
42	Sat Apr 11, 1998	Bradford City	A	3-0	Win	17,248	1	Campbell (?), Gemmill (?), Bart-Williams (?)
43	Mon Apr 13, 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	22,863	1	Johnson (?), van Hooijdonk (?), Campbell (?)
44	Sat Apr 18, 1998	Stockport County	A	2-2	Draw	9,892	1	van Hooijdonk (?), Johnson (?)
45	Sun Apr 26, 1998	Reading	H	1-0	Win	29,302	1	Bart-Williams (?)
46	Sun May 03, 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	23,013	1	Stone (?)

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 (?)

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 (?), Saunders (?, ?), Hjelde (?, ?), van Hooijdonk (?, ?), Allen (?)
Wed Aug 27, 1997	Doncaster Rovers	1	2	H	2-1	Win	9,908	Guinan (?), van Hooijdonk (?)
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 (?), Armstrong (?)

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	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Con Blatsis	Bought			Con Blatsis	Sold
	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	Bought			David Henry	Sold
	Glynn Hodges	Bought			Marlon Harewood	Loan out
	Jon Olav Hjelde	Bought			Paul Archer	Sold
	Jon Olav Hjelde	Bought		Aug 27, 1997	Alan Fettis	Sold
	Mendy (Guest)	Bought		Sep 17, 1997	David Phillips	Sold
	Paul Archer	Bought		Oct 03, 1997	Dean Saunders	Sold
	Roche (Guest)	Bought		Dec 01, 1997	Paul Smith (1997)	Sold
Jul 19, 1997	Alan Rogers	Bought	£2,100,000
Jul 19, 1997	Andy Johnson	Bought	£2,200,000
Jul 24, 1997	Marco Pascolo	Bought
Jul 24, 1997	Thierry Bonalair	Bought
Nov 01, 1997	Dave Beasant	Bought
Jan 12, 2001	David Johnson	Bought	£3,150,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alan Fettis	1	1									Left to join Blackburn Rovers
GK		Dave Beasant	45	25	11	9
GK		David Henry
GK		Marco Pascolo	5	4		1						9
GK		Mark Crossley											Went on loan to Millwall
GK		Mark Goodlad
D		Con Blatsis
D		Lee Cowling
D		Vance Warner	1	1							1		Left to join Rotherham United
M		Andy Todd
M		Des Lyttle	40	22	9	9				6
M		John Burns
M		Jon Olav Hjelde	31	17	8	6	3			3	5	4
M		Mendy (Guest)
M		Roche (Guest)
M		Steve Melton
M		Steve Stone	29	20	7	2	2			5	2
M		Thierry Bonalair	33	20	5	8	2			4	7	2
F		Alan Rogers	51	30	11	10	1			10
F		Andy Dawson
F		Andy Johnson	38	24	6	8	4			7	11	4
F		Bobby Howe	1	1
F		Chris Allen	3	3			1			1			Went on loan to Luton town
F		Chris Bart-Williams	37	21	10	6	4			3	4
F		Christian Edwards
F		Colin Cooper	37	21	9	7	5			2
F		Craig Armstrong	24	15	5	4	1			2	17	15
F		David Johnson	6	3	1	2				3	1
F		David Phillips	2	1		1				1	1		Left to join Huddersfield
F		Dean Saunders	12	7	2	3	4			1	4		Left to join Sheffield United
F		Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	13	8	2	3	4			3	5	1
F		Glynn Hodges
F		Ian Thomas-Moore	19	10	3	6	1			1	10	18
F		Ian Woan	22	14	4	4	1			9	10	7
F		Kevin Campbell	45	25	10	10	23			5
F		Marlon Harewood	1		1
F		Paul McGregor										2
F		Paul Smith (1997)											Left to join Lincoln City
F		Pierre van Hooijdonk	47	29	9	9	34			2	2		Player Of The Year
F		Scot Gemmill	47	27	11	9	2			9		1
F		Steve Chettle	49	29	10	10	1			3
F		Steve Guinan	3	3			1			1	1	11
		Paul Archer

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
34	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)	13
3	Jon Olav Hjelde	31
2	Scot Gemmill	47
2	Steve Stone	29
2	Thierry Bonalair	33
1	Alan Rogers	51
1	Chris Allen	3
1	Craig Armstrong	24
1	Ian Thomas-Moore	19
1	Ian Woan	22
1	Steve Chettle	49
1	Steve Guinan	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1997-98

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