1997–98 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season March 2015 March 2015 West Ham United F.C. 1997–98 Terry Brown Harry Redknapp Boleyn Ground Premier League 8th FA Cup Sixth round League Cup Quarter-final Hartson (15) Hartson (24) 25,909 (vs. Everton, 31 January) 23,335 (vs. Crystal Palace, 3 December) 24,967 1996–97 1998–99 During the 1997–98 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary West Ham United finished eighth in the Premier League in 1997–98. John Hartson was the club’s leading scorer, scoring 15 league goals and 24 in all competitions, while Paul Kitson also featured regularly in attack. Rio Ferdinand established himself in the first team during the season. West Ham finished eighth with 56 points. They reached the sixth round of the FA Cup and the quarter-finals of the League Cup. Final league table 1997–98 FA Premier League WHU Results summary 13 4 2 40 18 3 4 12 16 39 1997-98 FA Premier League table September 2015 Results by matchday table b Match Ground A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H Result W/W/L/D/W/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/D/D/W/W/L/D/D/W/L/L/D/W Position 2/3/7/5/3/6/6/10/7/9/8/11/13/15/12/10/10/10/10/8/8/7/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/7/7/7/8/6/7/10/9/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1997-98 West Ham United results September 2015 Results West Ham United's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1997-1998/results West Ham United 1997-1998 Results - statto.com 17 November 2013 5 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105180701/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1997-1998/results live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 BarnsleyA2–118,667Hartson, Lampard 13 August 1997 Tottenham HotspurH2–125,354Hartson, Berkovic 23 August 1997 EvertonA1–234,356Watson (own goal) 27 August 1997 Coventry CityA1–118,289Kitson 30 August 1997 WimbledonH3–124,516Hartson, Rieper, Berkovic 13 September 1997 Manchester UnitedA1–255,068Hartson 20 September 1997 Newcastle UnitedH0–125,884 24 September 1997 ArsenalA0–438,012 27 September 1997 LiverpoolH2–125,908Hartson, Berkovic 4 October 1997 SouthamptonA0–315,212 18 October 1997 Bolton WanderersH3–024,864Berkovic, Hartson (2) 27 October 1997 Leicester CityA1–220,201Berkovic 9 November 1997 ChelseaA1–234,382Hartson (pen) 23 November 1997 Leeds UnitedA1–330,031Lampard 29 November 1997 Aston VillaH2–124,976Hartson (2) 3 December 1997 Crystal PalaceH4–123,335Hartson, Berkovic, Unsworth, Lomas 6 December 1997 Derby CountyA0–229,300 13 December 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH1–024,344Kitson 20 December 1997 Blackburn RoversA0–321,653 26 December 1997 Coventry CityH1–024,532Kitson 28 December 1997 WimbledonA2–122,087Kimble (own goal), Kitson 10 January 1998 BarnsleyH6–023,714Lampard, Abou (2), Moncur, Hartson, Lazaridis 17 January 1998 Tottenham HotspurA0–130,284 31 January 1998 EvertonH2–225,909Sinclair (2) 7 February 1998 Newcastle UnitedA1–036,736Lazaridis 21 February 1998 Bolton WanderersA1–125,000Sinclair 2 March 1998 ArsenalH0–025,717 11 March 1998 Manchester UnitedH1–125,892Sinclair 14 March 1998 ChelseaH2–125,829Sinclair, Unsworth 30 March 1998 Leeds UnitedH3–024,107Hartson, Abou, Pearce 4 April 1998 Aston VillaA0–239,372 11 April 1998 Derby CountyH0–025,155 13 April 1998 Sheffield WednesdayA1–128,036Berkovic 18 April 1998 Blackburn RoversH2–124,733Hartson (2) 25 April 1998 SouthamptonH2–425,878Sinclair, Lomas 2 May 1998 LiverpoolA0–544,414 5 May 1998 Crystal PalaceA3–319,129Lampard, Omoyinmi (2) 10 May 1998 Leicester CityH4–325,781Lampard, Abou (2), Sinclair FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 1998 EmleyH2–118,629Lampard, HartsonR424 January 1998 Manchester CityA2–126,495Berkovic, LomasR514 February 1998 Blackburn RoversH2–225,729Kitson, BerkovicR5R25 February 1998 Blackburn RoversA1–1 (5–4 on pens)21,972HartsonQF8 March 1998 ArsenalA1–138,077PearceQFR17 March 1998 ArsenalH1–1 (3–4 on pens)25,859Hartson League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 16 September 1997 Huddersfield TownA0–18,525R2 2nd Leg 29 September 1997 Huddersfield TownH3–0 (won 3–1 on agg)16,137Hartson (3)R315 October 1997 Aston VillaH3–020,360Hartson (2), LampardR419 November 1997 WalsallH4–117,463Lampard (3), HartsonQF6 January 1998 ArsenalH1–224,770Abou Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1997-1998/faprem/westham.htm FootballSquads - West Ham United - 1997/98 1 CZE GK Luděk Mikloško 2 ENG DF Tim Breacker 3 ENG DF Julian Dicks (captain) 4 ENG DF Steve PottsPotts was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the United States. 5 ENG DF Richard Hall 6 ENG DF David Unsworth 8 ENG MF Trevor Sinclair 9 ENG FW Paul Kitson 10 WAL FW John Hartson 11 NIR MF Steve LomasLomas was born in Hanover, Germany, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994. 13 ENG GK Stephen Bywater 15 ENG DF Rio Ferdinand 16 ENG MF John Moncur 17 AUS MF Stan Lazaridis 18 ENG MF Frank Lampard 19 ENG DF Ian Pearce 20 ENG DF Andrew Impey 21 ENG GK Les Sealey 22 CAN GK Craig Forrest 23 ENG MF Scott Mean 24 FRA FW Samassi Abou 25 ENG MF Lee Hodges 26 FRA DF Mohamed Berthé 27 NGA FW Emmanuel Omoyinmi 28 AUS DF Chris Coyne 29 ISR MF Eyal Berkovic 30 ENG DF Joey Keith 31 ENG GK Neil Finn 32 FRA GK Bernard Lama 33 IRL FW Lee Boylan 34 ENG FW Gary Alexander Left club during season 7 ENG MF Ian Bishop to Manchester City 8 DEN DF Marc Rieper to Celtic 12 NIR DF Keith Rowland to Queens Park Rangers 13 FRA DF David Terrier to Newcastle United 14 NIR FW Iain DowieDowie was born in Hatfield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990. to Queens Park Rangers 24 NIR MF Michael Hughes to Wimbledon 30 ENG FW Ian Moore to Nottingham Forest 30 POR FW Paulo Alves to Sporting Lisbon Reserve squad - ENG MF Jimmy Bullard - ENG MF Craig Etherington - ENG DF Anthony Henry - WAL DF David Partridge Transfers In DatePosNameFromFee2 June 1997MFEyal BerkovicMaccabi Haifa£1,750,0009 July 1997DFDavid TerrierMetzFree transfer21 July 1997GKCraig ForrestIpswich Town£500,00015 August 1997DFDavid UnsworthEvertonSwap18 September 1997DFIan PearceBlackburn Rovers£2,300,00026 September 1997DFAndrew ImpeyQPR£1,200,00028 October 1997FWSamassi AbouCannes£250,00029 January 1998MFTrevor SinclairQPR£2,300,00020 February 1998GKStephen BywaterRochdale£300,000 Out DatePosNameToFee14 May 1997DFSlaven BilićEverton£4,500,00015 August 1997MFDanny WilliamsonEvertonSwap12 September 1997DFMarc RieperCeltic£1,400,00025 September 1997MFMichael HughesWimbledon£1,600,00029 January 1998DFKeith RowlandQPRSwap29 January 1998FWIain DowieQPR£1,600,00026 March 1998MFIan BishopManchester CityFree transfer Transfers in: £8,600,000 Transfers out: £7,500,000 Total spending: £1,100,000 Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers 1 Luděk Mikloško GK CZE 13 0 0 0 2 0 22 Craig Forrest GK CAN 14 0 4 0 3 0 32 Bernard Lama GK FRA 12 0 2 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders 2 Tim Breacker DF ENG 18+1 0 2+1 0 4 0 4 Steve Potts DF ENG 15+9 0 4+1 0 3+1 0 6 David Unsworth DF ENG 33 2 4 0 5 0 15 Rio Ferdinand DF ENG 36 0 6 0 5 0 19 Ian Pearce DF ENG 31 1 6 1 3 0 20 Andrew Impey DF ENG 19+1 0 3 0 3 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders 8 Trevor Sinclair MF ENG 14 7 0 0 0 0 11 Steve Lomas MF NIR 34 2 5 1 4 0 16 John Moncur MF ENG 18+3 1 2+1 0 1 0 17 Stan Lazaridis MF AUS 27+1 2 6 0 1 0 18 Frank Lampard MF ENG 28+4 5 6 1 5 4 23 Scott Mean MF ENG 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 25 Lee Hodges MF ENG 0+2 0 0+3 0 0 0 29 Eyal Berkovic MF ISR 35+1 7 6 2 5 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards 9 Paul Kitson FW ENG 12+1 4 2 1 2 0 10 John Hartson FW WAL 33 15 5 3 5 6 24 Samassi Abou FW FRA 12+8 5 3+2 0 1+1 1 27 Emmanuel Omoyinmi FW NGA 1+4 2 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season 7 Ian Bishop MF ENG 3 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 Marc Rieper DF DEN 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 Keith Rowland DF NIR 6+1 0 0 0 0+2 0 13 David Terrier DF FRA 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Iain Dowie FW NIR 8+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 24 Michael Hughes MF NIR 2+3 0 0 0 1 0 30 Ian Moore FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 30 Paulo Alves FW POR 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 |- |} References Category:West Ham United F.C. seasons West Ham United West Ham United West Ham United