The Football League First Division 1997/98 was the sixth season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 95th second division season overall. It started on August 9, 1997 and ended on May 3, 1998.
Nottingham Forest became second division champions and also second-placed Middlesbrough FC rose directly to the Premier League . In addition, Charlton Athletic prevailed in the play-off games against Ipswich Town and in the final against AFC Sunderland and thus became the third promoted team. From the Premier League, the three in the table below Bolton Wanderers , FC Barnsley and Crystal Palace took the free places in the following second division season 1998/99 . From the First Division in the third-rate Football League Second Division dismount had Manchester City , Stoke City and Reading FC . Instead of the three clubs, the second division winners FC Watford and the Bristol City and play-off winners Grimsby Town behind them took the vacant positions in the following season 1998/99 .
Closing table
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 3rd goals conceded
Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 1998/99
Promoted to the Premier League in 1998/99
defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 1998/99
Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1998/99
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1997/98
BIR
BRA
BUY
CHA
CRE
HUD
IPS
MNC
MID
NOR
NOF
OXF
PVA
POR
QPR
REA
SHU
STC
STO
SUN
SWI
TRA
WBA
WOL
Birmingham City
0-0
1: 3
0-0
0: 1
0-0
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1: 2
0-0
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
3-0
2-0
4: 1
2-0
0: 1
3-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
Bradford City
0-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 2
2: 1
0: 3
0-0
2: 1
1: 3
1: 1
4: 1
1: 1
2: 1
0-0
0: 4
1: 1
0: 1
0-0
2-0
Bury FC
2: 1
2-0
0-0
1: 1
2: 2
0: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1-0
2-0
1-0
2: 2
0: 2
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
0-0
1: 1
1-0
1-0
1: 3
1: 3
Charlton Athletic
1: 1
4: 1
0-0
3: 2
1-0
3-0
2: 1
3-0
2: 1
4: 2
3: 2
1-0
1-0
1: 1
3-0
2: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
2-0
5-0
1-0
Crewe Alexandra
0: 2
5-0
1: 2
0: 3
2: 5
0-0
1-0
1: 1
1-0
1: 4
2: 1
0: 1
3: 1
2: 3
1-0
2: 1
0: 1
2-0
0: 3
2-0
2: 1
2: 3
0: 2
Huddersfield Town
0: 1
1: 2
2-0
0: 3
2-0
2: 2
1: 3
0: 1
1: 3
0: 2
5: 1
0: 4
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
0-0
1-0
3: 1
2: 3
0-0
3-0
1-0
1-0
Ipswich Town
0: 1
2: 1
2-0
3: 1
3: 2
5: 1
1-0
1: 1
5-0
0: 1
5: 2
5: 1
2-0
0-0
1-0
2: 2
0: 2
2: 3
2-0
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
3-0
Manchester City
0: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 2
1-0
0: 1
1: 2
2-0
1: 2
2: 3
0: 2
2: 3
2: 2
2: 2
0-0
0-0
4: 1
0: 1
0: 1
6-0
1: 1
1-0
0: 1
Middlesbrough FC
3: 1
1-0
4-0
2: 1
1-0
3-0
1: 1
1-0
3-0
0-0
4: 1
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
4-0
1: 2
3: 1
0: 1
3: 1
6-0
3-0
1-0
1: 1
Norwich City
3: 3
2: 3
2: 2
0: 4
0: 2
5-0
2: 1
0-0
1: 3
1-0
2: 1
1-0
2-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
0-0
2: 1
5-0
0: 2
1: 1
0: 2
Nottingham Forest
1-0
2: 2
3-0
5: 2
3: 1
3-0
2: 1
1: 3
4-0
2: 3
1: 3
2: 1
1-0
4-0
1-0
3-0
2: 1
1-0
0: 3
3-0
2: 2
1-0
3-0
Oxford United
0: 2
0-0
1: 1
1: 2
0-0
2-0
1-0
0-0
1: 4
2-0
0: 1
2-0
1-0
3: 1
3-0
2: 4
3-0
5: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
2: 1
3-0
Port Vale
0: 1
0-0
1: 1
0: 1
2: 3
4: 1
1: 3
2: 1
0: 1
2: 2
0: 1
3-0
2: 1
2-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
0-0
3: 1
0: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0: 2
Portsmouth FC
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
0: 2
2: 3
3-0
0: 1
0: 3
0-0
1: 1
0: 1
2: 1
3: 1
3: 1
0: 2
1: 1
1-0
2-0
1: 4
0: 1
1-0
2: 3
3: 2
Queens Park Rangers
1: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 4
3: 2
2: 1
0-0
2-0
5-0
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1-0
1: 1
2: 2
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0-0
2-0
0-0
Reading FC
2-0
0: 3
1: 1
2-0
3: 3
0: 2
0: 4
3-0
0: 1
0: 1
3: 3
2: 1
0: 3
0: 1
1: 2
0: 1
1-0
2-0
4-0
0: 1
1: 3
2: 1
0-0
Sheffield United
0-0
2: 1
3-0
4: 1
1-0
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
1-0
2: 2
1-0
1-0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 2
4-0
5: 1
3: 2
2-0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 4
1-0
Stockport County
2: 2
1: 2
0-0
3-0
0: 1
3-0
0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
2: 2
2: 2
3: 2
3-0
3: 1
2-0
5: 1
1-0
1-0
1: 1
4: 2
3: 1
2: 1
1-0
Stoke City
0: 7
2: 1
3: 2
1: 2
0: 2
1: 2
1: 1
2: 5
1: 2
2-0
1: 1
0-0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 2
2: 2
2: 1
1: 2
1: 2
0: 3
0-0
3-0
Sunderland AFC
1: 1
2-0
2: 1
0-0
2: 1
3: 1
2: 2
3: 1
1: 2
0: 1
1: 1
3: 1
4: 2
2: 1
2: 2
4: 1
4: 2
4: 1
3-0
0-0
3-0
2-0
1: 1
Swindon Town
1: 1
1-0
3: 1
0: 1
2-0
1: 1
0: 2
1: 3
1: 2
1-0
0-0
4: 1
4: 2
0: 1
3: 1
0: 2
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 2
2: 1
0: 2
0-0
Tranmere Rovers
0: 3
3: 1
0-0
2: 2
0: 3
1-0
1: 1
0-0
0: 2
2-0
0-0
0: 2
1: 2
2: 2
2: 1
6-0
3: 3
3-0
3: 1
0: 2
3-0
0-0
2: 1
West Bromwich Albion
1-0
1: 1
1: 1
1-0
0: 1
0: 2
2: 3
0: 1
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 2
2: 2
0: 3
1: 1
1-0
2-0
3: 2
1: 1
3: 3
0-0
2: 1
1-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1: 3
2: 1
4: 2
3: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1-0
5-0
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
2-0
3: 2
3: 1
0-0
3: 4
1: 1
0: 1
3: 1
2: 1
0: 1
Play-off games
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ 1997/98 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
↑ Charlton Athletic won 7-6 on penalties.
^ Football League First Division 1997/98 in the database of soccerbase.com (English). Retrieved April 14, 2018.
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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