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SEASON: 1997-98

Prev Season: 1996-97
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

ATTENDANCES

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

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 23
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	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

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 09, 1997	Port Vale	A	1-0	Win	12,533	8	Vale Park
2	Fri Aug 15, 1997	Norwich City	H	4-1	Win	16,524	1
3	Sat Aug 23, 1997	Oxford United	A	1-0	Win	9,486	1	Manor Ground
4	Sat Aug 30, 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	18,804	1
5	Wed Sep 03, 1997	Manchester City	H	1-3	Loss	23,681	2
6	Sun Sep 07, 1997	Swindon Town	A	0-0	Draw	13,051	2	County Ground (Swindon)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1997	Sheffield United	A	0-1	Loss	24,536	5	Bramall Lane
8	Sat Sep 20, 1997	Portsmouth	H	1-0	Win	17,292	1
9	Sat Sep 27, 1997	Stoke City	H	1-0	Win	19,018	1
10	Fri Oct 03, 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	2-0	Win	11,258	1	Alfred Mcalpine Stadium
11	Sat Oct 18, 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	17,009	1
12	Tue Oct 21, 1997	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	Win	19,243	1
13	Fri Oct 24, 1997	Reading	A	3-3	Draw	12,610	1	Elm Park
14	Sat Nov 01, 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-1	Win	18,268	1
15	Tue Nov 04, 1997	Bury	A	0-2	Loss	6,137	1	Gigg Lane
16	Sat Nov 08, 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	33,160	2	Stadium of Light
17	Sat Nov 15, 1997	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	19,610	1
18	Sat Nov 22, 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	5-2	Win	18,532	1
19	Wed Nov 26, 1997	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	30,143	1	Ayresome Park
20	Sat Nov 29, 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	Win	17,580	1	Portman Road
21	Sat Dec 06, 1997	Bradford City	H	2-2	Draw	17,943	2
22	Sun Dec 14, 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	24,635	2	Molineux
23	Sat Dec 20, 1997	Stockport County	H	2-1	Win	16,701	2
24	Fri Dec 26, 1997	Swindon Town	H	3-0	Win	26,500	2
25	Sun Dec 28, 1997	Manchester City	A	3-2	Win	31,839	2	Maine Road
26	Sat Jan 10, 1998	Port Vale	H	2-1	Win	17,639	1
27	Sat Jan 17, 1998	Norwich City	A	0-1	Loss	17,059	1	Carrow Road
28	Sat Jan 24, 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	13,220	1	Loftus Road
29	Sat Jan 31, 1998	Oxford United	H	1-3	Loss	18,392	1
30	Sat Feb 07, 1998	Portsmouth	A	1-0	Win	15,033	1	Fratton Park
31	Tue Feb 17, 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	Win	18,231	1
32	Sat Feb 21, 1998	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	16,899	2	Brittania Stadium
33	Tue Feb 24, 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	7,377	2	Prenton Park
34	Sun Mar 01, 1998	Middlesbrough	H	4-0	Win	25,286	1
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	Gresty Road
37	Sat Mar 14, 1998	Bury	H	3-0	Win	18,846	1
38	Sat Mar 21, 1998	Birmingham City	A	2-1	Win	24,663	1	St. Andrews
39	Sat Mar 28, 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2-4	Loss	15,815	1	The Valley
40	Wed Apr 01, 1998	Sheffield United	H	3-0	Win	21,512	1
41	Sun Apr 05, 1998	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	22,292	1
42	Sat Apr 11, 1998	Bradford City	A	3-0	Win	17,248	1	Valley Parade
43	Mon Apr 13, 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	22,863	1
44	Sat Apr 18, 1998	Stockport County	A	2-2	Draw	9,892	1	Edgeley Park
45	Sun Apr 26, 1998	Reading	H	1-0	Win	29,302	1
1	Sun May 03, 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	23,013	1	The Hawthorns

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 03, 1998	Charlton Athletic	3			A	1-4	Loss	13,827	The Valley

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon Aug 11, 1997	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	A	8-0	Win	4,547	Belle Vue
Wed Aug 27, 1997	Doncaster Rovers	1	2	H	2-1	Win	9,908		Won 10-1 on aggregate
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	Bescot Stadium	Lost 3-2 on aggregate

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon Aug 04, 1997	Notts County	Final	A	6-1	Win	8,095	Meadow Lane

Pre-Season Friendly

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

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Mon Apr 27, 1998	Shrewsbury Town	England	A	1-4	Loss	-	Gay Meadow
Wed May 06, 1998	Chelsea	England	A	3-3	Draw	3,573	Stamford Bridge
Fri May 08, 1998	Middlesbrough	England	A	5-0	Win	14,766	Riverside Stadium

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