1997–98 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 West Bromwich Albion 1997–98 Ray Harford (until 4 December) Richie Barker and John Trewick (caretaker managers until 24 December) Denis Smith (from 24 December) Tony Hale The Hawthorns First Division 10th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Hughes (14) Hunt/Hughes (14) 23,013 v Nottingham Forest 7,227 v Luton Town 17,004 (16,635 all competitions) 1996–97 1998–99 During the 1997–98 English football season, West Bromwich Albion F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. In the first few months of the 1997–98 season, West Brom established themselves in the top six. Harford then stunned Albion supporters by moving to QPR after less than a year in charge, making way for Denis Smith,Irwin Mark QPR's Harf measure http://www.thefreelibrary.com/QPR's+Harf+measure.-a061050762 The Free Library The Mirror 4 December 1997 18 September 2013Moore David Football: Albion job for Smith http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Albion+job+for+Smith.-a061054337 The Free Library The Mirror 24 December 1997 18 September 2013 who struggled to maintain the momentum created by Harford, and the Baggies could only finish 10th. Nigel Spink (24) became the oldest goalkeeper to appear for the club when, at the age of 39 years and 19 days, he kept goal in a League Cup tie against Cambridge United on 27 August 1997, Matthews Tony The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion Breedon Books 2005 220–221 1-85983-474-4 a record since broken by Dean Kiely at 1970 10 10 2010 4 17.4190 2009 Dean Kiely 19 March 2013 Final league table 1997–98 Football League First Division y WBA Results West Bromwich Albion's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/1997-1998/results West Bromwich Albion results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com 17 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065710/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/1997-1998/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Tranmere RoversH2–116,727Kilbane, Hunt 16 August 1997 Crewe AlexandraA3–25,234Hunt (pen), Hughes (2) 24 August 1997 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–022,511Curle (own goal) 30 August 1997 Ipswich TownA1–113,508Sneekes 3 September 1997 Stoke CityA0–017,500 7 September 1997 ReadingH1–015,966Hunt 13 September 1997 Queens Park RangersA0–214,399 20 September 1997 Swindon TownH0–016,237 27 September 1997 BuryA3–16,439Peschisolido (3) 4 October 1997 Oxford UnitedH1–215,889Hunt 18 October 1997 PortsmouthA3–29,158Mardon, Hunt (2) 21 October 1997 Nottingham ForestA0–119,243 25 October 1997 Sheffield UnitedH2–017,311Hunt, Hughes 1 November 1997 Bradford CityA0–016,212 4 November 1997 Norwich CityH1–013,949Hughes 8 November 1997 Charlton AthleticH1–016,124Hunt 15 November 1997 Port ValeA2–111,124Hunt, Hamilton 23 November 1997 Birmingham CityH1–018,444Sneekes 29 November 1997 MiddlesbroughA0–130,164 2 December 1997 Manchester CityH0–117,904 6 December 1997 Stockport CountyH3–214,957Sneekes, Hughes, Hunt 13 December 1997 SunderlandA0–229,231 20 December 1997 Huddersfield TownH0–214,619 26 December 1997 ReadingA1–210,154Kilbane 28 December 1997 Stoke CityH1–119,690Hunt 9 January 1998 Tranmere RoversA0–08,058 17 January 1998 Crewe AlexandraH0–115,257 27 January 1998 Ipswich TownH2–312,403Murphy, Flynn 31 January 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–028,244Hunt 7 February 1998 Swindon TownA2–09,861Carbon, Evans 14 February 1998 Queens Park RangersH1–120,143Hughes 17 February 1998 Oxford UnitedA1–29,412Taylor 21 February 1998 BuryH1–115,840Hughes 24 February 1998 PortsmouthH0–312,757 28 February 1998 Manchester CityA0–128,460 3 March 1998 Charlton AthleticA0–510,893 7 March 1998 Bradford CityH1–113,281Burgess 14 March 1998 Norwich CityA1–116,663Hughes 21 March 1998 Port ValeH2–214,242Flynn, Taylor 28 March 1998 Birmingham CityA0–123,260 4 April 1998 MiddlesbroughH2–121,620Quinn (2, 1 pen) 11 April 1998 Stockport CountyA1–27,943Hughes 13 April 1998 SunderlandH3–322,181Hughes (2), Kilbane 18 April 1998 Huddersfield TownA0–111,704 25 April 1998 Sheffield UnitedA4–221,248Hunt, Hughes (2), Kilbane 3 May 1998 Nottingham ForestH1–123,013Hughes (pen) FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR313 January 1998 Stoke CityH3–117,598Sneekes (2), KilbaneR424 January 1998 Aston VillaA0–439,372 League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 First Leg 12 August 1997 Cambridge UnitedA1–13,520PeschisolidoR1 Second Leg 27 August 1997 Cambridge UnitedH2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)10,264Hunt, Sneekes (pen)R2 First Leg 16 September 1997 Luton TownA1–13,437TaylorR2 Second Leg 23 September 1997 Luton TownH4–2 (won 5–3 on agg)7,227Raven, McDermott, Peschisolido (2)R315 October 1997 LiverpoolH0–222,986 First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.11v11.com/teams/west-bromwich-albion/tab/players/season/1998 All West Bromwich Albion players: 1998 ENG GK Alan Miller ENG GK Chris Adamson ENG GK Paul Crichton ENG GK Nigel Spink SCO GK Gary GermaineGermaine was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. ENG DF Paul Holmes WAL DF Paul MardonMardon was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in October 1995. ENG DF Matt Carbon ENG DF Daryl Burgess ENG DF Shane Nicholson IRL MF Kevin KilbaneKilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in September 1997. NED MF Richard Sneekes ENG MF Peter Butler ENG MF Ian Hamilton ENG MF Sean Flynn ENG FW Andy Hunt ENG FW Lee Hughes ENG MF David Smith AUS DF Shaun Murphy AUS DF Andy McDermott NIR FW James QuinnQuinn was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996. ENG FW Bob Taylor SCO DF Steve Nicol ENG DF Paul Raven AUS DF Jason van Blerk ENG DF Paul Beesley on loan from Manchester City ENG MF Stacy Coldicott ENG DF Tony Dobson CAN FW Paul Peschisolido ENG DF Graham Potter IRL FW Mickey EvansEvans was born in Plymouth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in October 1997. ENG FW Franz Carr WAL FW James Thomas on loan from Blackburn Rovers SKN FW Brian QuaileyQuailey was born in Leicester, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and represented them at U-23 level. ENG MF Dave Gilbert ENG MF Dean Bennett ENG FW Michael Rodosthenous ENG GK Neil Wypior Notes notes 32em References 32em Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons West Bromwich Albion