Football League First Division 1997/98

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Football League First Division 1997/98
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Nottingham Forest
Climbers Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough FC , Charlton Athletic (as play-off winners)
Relegated Manchester City , Stoke City ,
Reading FC
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,410  (ø 2.55 per game)
Top scorer Kevin Phillips ( Sunderland AFC ) + Pierre van Hooijdonk ( Nottingham Forest )
← Football League First Division 1996/97
^ Premier League 1997/98

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

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Nottingham Forest (A)  46  28  10  8th 082:420 +40 94
 2. Middlesbrough FC (A)  46  27  10  9 077:410 +36 91
 3. Sunderland AFC (A)  46  26th  12  8th 086:500 +36 90
 4th Charlton Athletic  46  26th  10  10 080:490 +31 88
 5. Ipswich Town  46  23  14th  9 077:430 +34 83
 6th Sheffield United  46  19th  17th  10 069:540 +15 74
 7th Birmingham City  46  19th  17th  10 060:350 +25 74
 8th. Stockport County (N)  46  19th  8th  19th 071:690  +2 65
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  18th  11  17th 057:530  +4 65
10. West Bromwich Albion  46  16  13  17th 050:560  −6 61
11. Crewe Alexandra (N)  46  18th  5  23 058:650  −7 59
12. Oxford United  46  16  10  20th 060:640  −4 58
13. Bradford City  46  14th  15th  17th 046:590 −13 57
14th Tranmere Rovers  46  14th  14th  18th 054:570  −3 56
15th Norwich City  46  14th  13  19th 052:690 −17 55
16. Huddersfield Town  46  14th  11  21st 050:720 −22 53
17th Bury FC (N)  46  11  19th  16 042:580 −16 52
18th Swindon Town  46  14th  10  22nd 042:730 −31 52
19th Port Vale  46  13  10  23 056:660 −10 49
20th Portsmouth FC  46  13  10  23 051:630 −12 49
21st Queens Park Rangers  46  10  19th  17th 051:630 −12 49
22nd Manchester City  46  12  12  22nd 056:570  −1 48
23. Stoke City  46  11  13  22nd 044:740 −30 46
24. Reading FC  46  11  9  26th 039:780 −39 42

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
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League in 1996/97
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1996/97

    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

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Sunderland AFC 1 2 3    
    6th  Sheffield United 2 0 2  
    3  Sunderland AFC 4th
      4th  Charlton Athletic 4th
    4th  Charlton Athletic 1 1 2
    5  Ipswich Town 0 0 0  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 NetherlandsNetherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Nottingham Forest 29
    = EnglandEngland Kevin Phillips Sunderland AFC =
    3 JamaicaJamaica David Johnson Ipswich Town 25th
    4th EnglandEngland Kevin Campbell Nottingham Forest 23
    = EnglandEngland Clive Mendonca Charlton Athletic =

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1997/98 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
    3. ↑ Charlton Athletic won 7-6 on penalties.
    4. ^ Football League First Division 1997/98 in the database of soccerbase.com (English). Retrieved April 14, 2018.