Season 1997-98

Division 1 1997-98 (24th)

PL W D L GF GA GF PTS
1 Nottingham ForestP 46 28 10 8 82 42 82 94
2 MiddlesbroughP 46 27 10 9 77 41 77 91
3 Sunderland 46 26 12 8 86 50 86 90
4 Charlton Athletic1 46 26 10 10 80 49 80 88
5 Ipswich Town 46 23 14 9 77 43 77 83
6 Sheffield United 46 19 17 10 69 54 69 74
7 Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 60 74
8 Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 71 65
9 Wolverhampton W 46 18 11 17 57 53 57 65
10 West Bromwich A 46 16 13 17 50 56 50 61
11 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 5 23 58 65 58 59
12 Oxford United 46 16 10 20 60 64 60 58
13 Bradford City 46 14 15 17 46 59 46 57
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 54 57 54 56
15 Norwich City 46 14 13 19 52 69 52 55
16 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 50 72 50 53
17 Bury 46 11 19 16 42 58 42 52
18 Swindon Town 46 14 10 22 42 73 42 52
19 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 56 66 56 49
20 Portsmouth 46 13 10 23 51 63 51 49
= Queens Park Rangers 46 10 19 17 51 63 51 49
22 Manchester CityR 46 12 12 22 56 57 56 48
23 Stoke CityR 46 11 13 22 44 74 44 46
24 READINGR 46 11 9 26 39 78 39 42
1 Charlton promoted after play-offs

Division 1 1997-98

9 Aug Bury A 1-1
16 Aug Swindon Town H 0-1
23 Aug Birmingham City A 0-3
30 Aug Bradford City H 0-3
2 Sep Queens Park Rangers H 1-2
7 Sep West Bromwich A A 0-1
13 Sep Oxford United H 2-1
20 Sep Tranmere Rovers A 0-6
27 Sep Portsmouth A 2-0
4 Oct Sunderland H 4-0
11 Oct Crewe Alexandra H 3-3
18 Oct Manchester City A 0-0
21 Oct Norwich City A 0-0
24 Oct Nottingham Forest H 3-3
1 Nov Port Vale A 0-0
4 Nov Sheffield United H 0-1
8 Nov Stockport County H 1-0
15 Nov Huddersfield Town A 0-1
22 Nov Ipswich Town H 0-4
29 Nov Stoke City A 2-1
6 Dec Charlton Athletic H 2-0
13 Dec Middlesbrough A 0-4
20 Dec Wolverhampton W H 0-0
26 Dec West Bromwich A H 2-1
28 Dec Queens Park Rangers A 1-1
10 Jan Bury H 1-1
17 Jan Swindon Town A 2-0
27 Jan Bradford City A 1-4
31 Jan Birmingham City H 2-0
7 Feb Tranmere Rovers H 1-3
17 Feb Sunderland A 1-4
21 Feb Portsmouth H 0-1
24 Feb Manchester City H 3-0
28 Feb Crewe Alexandra A 0-1
3 Mar Stockport County A 1-5
7 Mar Port Vale H 0-3
14 Mar Sheffield United A 0-4
17 Mar Oxford United A 0-3
21 Mar Huddersfield Town H 0-2
28 Mar Ipswich Town A 0-1
4 Apr Stoke City H 2-0
10 Apr Charlton Athletic A 0-3
13 Apr Middlesbrough H 0-1
18 Apr Wolverhampton W A 1-3
26 Apr Nottingham Forest A 0-1
3 May Norwich City H 0-1

FA Cup 1997-98

13 Jan R3 Cheltenham Town A 1-1
20 Jan (R) Cheltenham Town H 2-1
24 Jan R4 Cardiff City A 1-1
3 Feb (R) Cardiff City H 1-11
13 Feb R5 Sheffield United A 0-1
1 after extra time, won 4-3 on penalties

League Cup 1997-98

12 Aug R1 Swansea City H 2-0
26 Aug (2) Swansea City A 1-11
16 Sep R2 Peterborough Utd H 0-0
23 Sep (2) Peterborough Utd A 2-02
14 Oct R3 Wolverhampton W H 4-2
18 Nov R4 Leeds United A 3-2
6 Jan R5 Middlesbrough H 0-1
1 won 3-1 on aggregate
2 won 2-0 on aggregate