1997–98 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Tottenham Hotspur 1997–98 Gerry Francis (until 19 November) Chris Hughton (caretaker 19–20 November) Christian Gross (from 20 November) Alan Sugar White Hart Lane FA Premier League 14th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Jürgen Klinsmann (9) Jürgen Klinsmann/David Ginola (9) 35,995 (vs. Southampton, 10 May)Fixtures & Results: Barclays - Premier League 97/98 http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/matches/matches_frr.html Tottenham Hotspur plc 2011-04-24 19,255 (vs. Carlisle United, 17 September) 28,306 1996–97 1998–99 _spurs97-99 _spurs97-99 _spurs97-99 _spurs97-99 _spurs97-99 _spurs97-99_away _spurs97-99_away _spurs97-99_away _spurs97-99_away _spurs97-99_away During the 1997–98 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League, FA Cup, and Football League Cup. Season summary Despite the pre-season capture of Newcastle stars David Ginola and Les Ferdinand, Tottenham Hotspur began the season badly and looked nothing like a side who were hoping to challenge for a European place. By the time Gerry Francis resigned in November, Spurs were in the relegation zone and chairman Alan Sugar was the target of more hostility than ever before. Swiss coach Christian Gross was named as Francis's successor,Moore Glenn 'Sugar didn't want me to go' - Francis https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sugar-didnt-want-me-to-go--francis-1295175.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sugar-didnt-want-me-to-go--francis-1295175.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 20 November 1997 6 August 2015 and soon after arriving he brought in former Spurs star Jürgen Klinsmann - who had been so successful and popular during his first spell three seasons earlier. In the end, Tottenham beat the drop and finished 14th in the final table. Klinsmann retired from playing, to draw the curtain on a brilliant career. Final league table 1997–98 FA Premier League TOT Results summary 7 8 4 23 22 4 3 12 21 34 1997-98 FA Premier League table August 2015 Results by matchday table b Match Ground H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/L/W/W/D/L/D/D/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/W/L/D/L/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/D/L/D/D/W/W/D Position 20/19/13/9/7/9/12/11/13/14/11/14/15/16/17/17/18/18/18/18/19/19/18/18/17/17/17/17/17/17/16/16/17/17/17/16/15/14 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1997-98 Tottenham Hotspur results August 2015 Results Tottenham Hotspur's score comes firstSoccerbase: 1997-98 Tottenham Hotspur results Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 1997 Manchester UnitedH0–226,359 13 August 1997 West Ham UnitedA1–225,354Ferdinand 23 August 1997 Derby CountyH1–025,886Calderwood 27 August 1997 Aston VillaH3–226,317Ferdinand (2), Fox 30 August 1997 ArsenalA0–038,102 13 September 1997 Leicester CityA0–320,683 20 September 1997 Blackburn RoversH0–026,573 23 September 1997 Bolton WanderersA1–123,433Armstrong 27 September 1997 WimbledonH0–026,261 4 October 1997 Newcastle UnitedA0–136,709 19 October 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH3–225,097Dominguez, Armstrong, Ginola 25 October 1997 SouthamptonA2–315,255Dominguez, Ginola 1 November 1997 Leeds UnitedH0–126,441 8 November 1997 LiverpoolA0–438,006 24 November 1997 Crystal PalaceH0–125,634 29 November 1997 EvertonA2–036,670Vega, Ginola 6 December 1997 ChelseaH1–628,476Vega 13 December 1997 Coventry CityA0–419,499 20 December 1997 BarnsleyH3–028,232Nielsen (2), Ginola 26 December 1997 Aston VillaA1–438,644Calderwood 28 December 1997 ArsenalH1–129,610Nielsen 10 January 1998 Manchester UnitedA0–255,281 17 January 1998 West Ham UnitedH1–030,284Klinsmann 31 January 1998 Derby CountyA1–230,187Fox 7 February 1998 Blackburn RoversA3–030,388Berti, Armstrong, Fox 14 February 1998 Leicester CityH1–128,355Calderwood 21 February 1998 Sheffield WednesdayA0–129,871 1 March 1998 Bolton WanderersH1–029,032Nielsen 4 March 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–131,394 14 March 1998 LiverpoolH3–330,245Klinsmann, Ginola, Vega 28 March 1998 Crystal PalaceA3–126,116Berti, Armstrong, Klinsmann 4 April 1998 EvertonH1–135,624Armstrong 11 April 1998 ChelseaA0–234,149 13 April 1998 Coventry CityH1–133,463Berti 18 April 1998 BarnsleyA1–118,692Calderwood 25 April 1998 Newcastle UnitedH2–035,847Klinsmann, Ferdinand 2 May 1998 WimbledonA6–225,820Ferdinand, Klinsmann (4), Saïb 10 May 1998 SouthamptonH1–135,995Klinsmann FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 1998 FulhamH3–127,909Clemence, Calderwood, Taylor (own goal)R424 January 1998 BarnsleyH1–128,722CampbellR4R4 February 1998 BarnsleyA1–318,220Ginola League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 17 September 1997 Carlisle UnitedH3–219,255Fenn, Fox, MahornR2 2nd Leg 30 September 1997 Carlisle UnitedA2–0 (won 5–2 on agg)13,571Ginola (pen), ArmstrongR315 October 1997 Derby CountyH1–220,390Ginola Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1997-1998/faprem/tottenha.htm FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1997/98 1 ENG GK Ian Walker 2 ENG DF Dean Austin 3 ENG DF Justin Edinburgh 4 ENG MF David Howells 5 SCO DF Colin Calderwood vice-captain 6 ENG DF Gary Mabbutt captain 7 MSR MF Ruel FoxFox was born in Ipswich, England. 8 DEN MF Allan Nielsen 9 ENG MF Darren Anderton 10 ENG FW Les Ferdinand 11 ENG FW Chris Armstrong 12 IRL DF Stephen Carr 13 NOR GK Espen Baardsen 14 FRA MF David Ginola 15 SUI DF Ramon Vega 16 ENG DF Clive Wilson 17 ENG DF John Scales 18 NOR FW Steffen Iversen 20 POR MF José Dominguez 21 ENG FW Rory Allen 22 ENG MF Andy Sinton 23 ENG DF Sol Campbell 24 IRL FW Neale FennFenn was born in Enfield, England. 25 ENG MF Stephen Clemence 26 NIR FW Paul McVeigh 27 ENG MF Danny Hill 29 ENG DF Mark Arber 31 ENG GK Simon Brown 32 SCO MF Garry Brady 33 GER FW Jürgen Klinsmann 34 ALG MF Moussa Saïb 35 ITA MF Nicola Berti 36 NOR GK Frode Grodås 37 IRL MF Peter GainGain was born in Fulham, England. Left club during season 19 ENG DF Stuart Nethercott to Millwall 28 ENG DF Jamie Clapham to Ipswich Town 30 ENG FW Paul Mahorn to Port Vale - IRL MF Kevin MaherMaher was born in Redbridge, England. to Southend United Reserve squad - ENG GK Alan Marriott - ENG DF Luke Young - ENG MF Jason Dozzell - ENG MF Mark Gower Transfers In DatePosNameFromFee15 July 1997MFFRA David GinolaENGNewcastle United£2,000,00028 July 1997FWENG Les FerdinandENG Newcastle United£6,000,0008 August 1997MFPOR José DominguezPOR Sporting CP£1,600,00028 December 1997FWGER Jürgen KlinsmannITA SampdoriaFree transfer8 January 1998MFITA Nicola BertiITA Inter MilanFree transfer30 January 1998GKNOR Frode GrodåsENG Chelsea£250,00023 February 1998MFALG Moussa SaïbESP Valencia£2,300,000 Out DatePosNameToFee27 June 1997FWENG Teddy SheringhamENG Manchester United£3,500,0001 August 1997MFENG Simon WormullENG BrentfordFree transfer10 August 1997FWISR Ronny RosenthalENG WatfordFree transfer19 September 1997DFENG Leon TownleyENG Brentford£55,00023 January 1998MFIRE Kevin MaherENG Southend UnitedFree transfer13 March 1998DFENG Jamie ClaphamENG Ipswich Town£300,00020 March 1998FWENG Paul MahornENG Port ValeNon-contract Transfers in: £12,150,000 Transfers out: £3,855,000 Total spending: £8,295,000 Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Ian Walker GK ENG 29 0 1 0 3 0 13 Espen Baardsen GK NOR 9 0 2+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 3 Justin Edinburgh DF ENG 13+3 0 0 0 2 0 5 Colin Calderwood DF SCO 21+5 4 1+1 1 1+1 0 6 Gary Mabbutt DF ENG 8+3 0 0 0 1 0 12 Stephen Carr DF IRL 37+1 0 3 0 2 0 15 Ramon Vega DF SUI 22+3 3 3 0 2 0 16 Clive Wilson DF ENG 16 0 3 0 0 0 17 John Scales DF ENG 9+1 0 0 0 2 0 23 Sol Campbell DF ENG 34 0 3 1 3 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 4 David Howells MF ENG 14+6 0 0+1 0 1 0 7 Ruel Fox MF MSR 32 3 2 0 3 1 8 Allan Nielsen MF DEN 21+5 3 0 0 1 0 9 Darren Anderton MF ENG 7+8 0 0 0 0 0 14 David Ginola MF FRA 34 6 3 1 3 2 20 José Dominguez MF POR 8+10 2 1 0 2+1 0 22 Andy Sinton MF ENG 14+5 0 1 0 1 0 25 Stephen Clemence MF ENG 12+5 0 2 1 2 0 32 Garry Brady MF SCO 0+9 0 1+1 0 0 0 34 Moussa Saib MF ALG 3+6 1 0 0 0 0 35 Nicola Berti MF ITA 17 3 2 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 10 Les Ferdinand FW ENG 19+2 5 2 0 1 0 11 Chris Armstrong FW ENG 13+6 5 0+1 0 2 1 18 Steffen Iversen FW NOR 8+5 0 0 0 0 0 21 Rory Allen FW ENG 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 24 Neale Fenn FW IRL 0+4 0 0 0 1 1 33 Jürgen Klinsmann FW GER 15 9 3 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 30 Paul Mahorn MF ENG 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 1 15 May 1999 https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2590&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128 Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base October 2016 Goal scorers 26 July 2020 premierleague.com February 2024 The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Rnk Ranking Pos Position No. Squad Number Player FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total1 MF 14 FRA David Ginola 6 1 2 9 FW 33 GER Jürgen Klinsmann 9 0 0 93 FW 11 ENG Chris Armstrong 5 0 1 64 DF 5 SCO Colin Calderwood 4 1 0 5 FW 10 ENG Les Ferdinand 5 0 0 56 MF 7 MSR Ruel Fox 3 0 1 47 MF 8 DEN Allan Nielsen 3 0 0 3 DF 15 SUI Ramon Vega 3 0 0 3 MF 35 ITA Nicola Berti 3 0 0 310 MF 20 POR José Dominguez 2 0 0 211 DF 23 ENG Sol Campbell 0 1 0 1 FW 24 IRL Neale Fenn 0 0 1 1 MF 25 ENG Stephen Clemence 0 1 0 1 FW 30 ENG Paul Mahorn 0 0 1 1 MF 34 ALG Moussa Saib 1 0 0 1TOTALS444654 Clean sheets 26 July 2020 premierleague.com February 2024 Rnk Ranking No. Squad NumberPlayerFA Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 1 ENG Ian Walker 7 0 1 82 13 NOR Espen Baardsen 3 1 0 4TOTALS101112 Notes References Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons Tottenham Hotspur