1997–98 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Nottingham Forest 1997–98 Dave Bassett Nigel Wray City Ground First Division 1st (champions) FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round van Hooijdonk (29) van Hooijdonk (34) 20,584 1996–97 1998–99 During the 1997–98 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Nottingham Forest were re-promoted to the Premier League, much thanks to the striking partnership of Pierre van Hooijdonk and Kevin Campbell. In the end, Forest had a four-point margin down to the 3rd positioned-team Sunderland, prompting an immediate return to the top flight. Final league table 1997–98 Football League First Division y NFO Results Nottingham Forest's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1997-1998/results Nottingham Forest results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com 17 May 2013 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065853/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1997-1998/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Port ValeA1–012,533Campbell 15 August 1997 Norwich CityH4–116,524van Hooijdonk, Thomas (2), Campbell 23 August 1997 Oxford UnitedA1–09,486Bart-Williams 30 August 1997 Queens Park RangersH4–018,804van Hooijdonk (3), Saunders 3 September 1997 Manchester CityH1–323,681Campbell 7 September 1997 Swindon TownA0–013,051 13 September 1997 Sheffield UnitedA0–124,536 20 September 1997 PortsmouthH1–017,292van Hooijdonk 27 September 1997 Stoke CityH1–019,018Campbell 3 October 1997 Huddersfield TownA2–011,258Cooper, Saunders 18 October 1997 Tranmere RoversH2–217,009van Hooijdonk, Gemmill 21 October 1997 West Bromwich AlbionH1–019,243Campbell 24 October 1997 ReadingA3–312,610van Hooijdonk (2, 1 pen), Campbell 1 November 1997 Crewe AlexandraH3–118,268Campbell, van Hooijdonk (2) 4 November 1997 BuryA0–26,137 8 November 1997 SunderlandA1–133,160Hjelde 15 November 1997 Birmingham CityH1–019,610Campbell 22 November 1997 Charlton AthleticH5–218,532van Hooijdonk (3), Woan, Campbell 26 November 1997 MiddlesbroughA0–030,143 29 November 1997 Ipswich TownA1–017,580Campbell 6 December 1997 Bradford CityH2–217,943Cooper, Bonalair 14 December 1997 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–224,635A Johnson 20 December 1997 Stockport CountyH2–116,701van Hooijdonk (pen), Stone 26 December 1997 Swindon TownH3–026,500Campbell (2), A Johnson 28 December 1997 Manchester CityA3–231,839van Hooijdonk (2 pens), Campbell 10 January 1998 Port ValeH2–117,639van Hooijdonk (2) 17 January 1998 Norwich CityA0–117,059 24 January 1998 Queens Park RangersA1–013,220Cooper 31 January 1998 Oxford UnitedH1–318,392van Hooijdonk (pen) 7 February 1998 PortsmouthA1–015,033Chettle 17 February 1998 Huddersfield TownH3–018,231van Hooijdonk (2), Bonalair 21 February 1998 Stoke CityA1–116,899Thomas-Moore 24 February 1998 Tranmere RoversA0–07,377 1 March 1998 MiddlesbroughH4–025,286van Hooijdonk (2, 1 pen), Campbell, Cooper 4 March 1998 SunderlandH0–329,009 7 March 1998 Crewe AlexandraA4–15,759Bart-Williams, Campbell (3) 14 March 1998 BuryH3–018,846Lucketti (own goal), van Hooijdonk, Rogers 21 March 1998 Birmingham CityA2–124,663van Hooijdonk (2) 28 March 1998 Charlton AthleticA2–415,815Campbell (2) 1 April 1998 Sheffield UnitedH3–021,512Thomas, Campbell (2) 5 April 1998 Ipswich TownH2–122,292Cooper, van Hooijdonk 11 April 1998 Bradford CityA3–017,248Campbell, Gemmill, Bart-Williams 13 April 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–022,863Johnson, van Hooijdonk, Campbell 18 April 1998 Stockport CountyA2–29,892van Hooijdonk, Johnson 26 April 1998 ReadingH1–029,302Bart-Williams 3 May 1998 West Bromwich AlbionA1–123,013Stone FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 1998 Charlton AthleticA1–413,827van Hooijdonk League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 First Leg 11 August 1997 Doncaster RoversA8–04,547Thomas, Saunders (2), Hjelde (2), van Hooijdonk (2), AllenR1 Second Leg 27 August 1997 Doncaster RoversH2–1 (won 10–1 on agg)9,908Guinan, van HooijdonkR2 First Leg 17 September 1997 WalsallH0–17,841R2 Second Leg 24 September 1997 WalsallA2–2 (lost 2–3 on agg)6,037van Hooijdonk, Armstrong First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1998 All Nottingham Forest players: 1998 ENG GK Dave Beasant ENG GK Mark Goodlad WAL GK Mark Crossley SUI GK Marco Pascolo ENG DF Steve Chettle ENG DF Colin Cooper ENG DF Andy Dawson ENG DF Des Lyttle ENG DF Alan Rogers ENG DF Stuart Thom SCO DF Chris Doig FRA DF Thierry Bonalair NOR DF Jon-Olav Hjelde ENG MF Chris Allen ENG MF Craig Armstrong ENG MF Chris Bart-Williams ENG MF Richard Cooper ENG MF John Finnigan ENG MF Richard Hodgson ENG MF Bobby Howe ENG MF Steve Melton ENG MF Steve Stone ENG MF Geoff Thomas ENG MF Andy Todd ENG MF Ian Woan WAL MF Christian Edwards WAL MF Glyn Hodges WAL MF Andy Johnson SCO MF Scot Gemmill IRL MF John Burns AUS MF Gareth Edds ENG FW Kevin Campbell ENG FW Steve Guinan ENG FW Marlon Harewood ENG FW Paul McGregor ENG FW Ian Thomas-Moore IRL FW David Freeman NED FW Pierre van Hooijdonk ESP FW Carlos Merino Left club permanently during season NIR GK Alan Fettis to Blackburn Rovers ENG DF Vance Warner to Rotherham United ENG MF Paul Smith to Lincoln City WAL MF David Phillips to Huddersfield Town NIR MF Damien Johnson on loan from Blackburn Rovers WAL FW Dean Saunders to Sheffield United Left club on loan during season WAL GK Mark Crossley on loan to Millwall ENG MF Chris Allen on loan to Luton Town ENG MF John Finnigan on loan to Lincoln City ENG FW Marlon Harewood on loan to FC Haka References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest