1997–98 Swindon Town F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Swindon Town 1997–98 Steve McMahon Rikki Hunt County Ground First Division 18th FA Cup Third round League Cup First round Hay (14) 10,298 1996–97 1998–99 During the 1997–98 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary Swindon started the season brilliantly and at the end of October they were top of the table but it all started to go downhill after hammering Oxford 4–1 in December, when Swindon managed just three more wins from the remaining 26 league games which also included an embarrassing FA Cup home defeat to non-league Stevenage. They finished the season in a lowly 18th position, and the pressure on McMahon to resign was immense, but chairman Rikki Hunt refused to sack him. Final league table 1997–98 Football League First Division y SWI Results Swindon Town's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/swindon-town/1997-1998/results Swindon Town 1997-1998 Results - statto.com 13 May 2014 14 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140514091000/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swindon-town/1997-1998/results live Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Crewe AlexandraH2–08,334Allison, Finney (pen) 16 August 1997 ReadingA1–09,338Hay 23 August 1997 Huddersfield TownH1–17,683Hay 30 August 1997 Stoke CityA2–123,000Allison, Hay 2 September 1997 Ipswich TownA1–211,246Allison 7 September 1997 Nottingham ForestH0–013,051 13 September 1997 Tranmere RoversH2–16,811Walters, Casper 20 September 1997 West Bromwich AlbionA0–016,237 27 September 1997 Manchester CityA0–626,646 4 October 1997 Port ValeH4–28,048Hay (3), Taylor 11 October 1997 BuryH3–17,640Hay (2), Gooden 18 October 1997 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–321,794Hay (pen) 21 October 1997 SunderlandA0–027,553 25 October 1997 Norwich CityH1–09,256Hay 31 October 1997 PortsmouthA1–08,707Hay 5 November 1997 Queens Park RangersH3–110,132Walters, Taylor, Hay 8 November 1997 Bradford CityH1–010,029Cowe 15 November 1997 Stockport CountyA2–47,694Hay, Leitch 22 November 1997 MiddlesbroughH1–215,228Ndah 28 November 1997 Charlton AthleticA0–313,769 6 December 1997 Oxford UnitedH4–110,902Wilsterman (own goal), Walters (pen), Finney, Gooden 13 December 1997 Sheffield UnitedA1–218,115Finney 20 December 1997 Birmingham CityH1–110,334Finney 26 December 1997 Nottingham ForestA0–326,500 28 December 1997 Ipswich TownH0–210,609 11 January 1998 Crewe AlexandraA0–24,176 17 January 1998 ReadingH0–29,500 24 January 1998 Bradford CityA1–115,130Hay 28 January 1998 Stoke CityH1–06,683Robinson 31 January 1998 Huddersfield TownA0–010,028 7 February 1998 West Bromwich AlbionH0–29,861 10 February 1998 Tranmere RoversA0–35,288 17 February 1998 Port ValeA1–05,925Collins 21 February 1998 Manchester CityH1–312,280Cowe 28 February 1998 BuryA0–15,002 7 March 1998 PortsmouthH0–19,100 11 March 1998 MiddlesbroughA0–629,581 14 March 1998 Queens Park RangersA2–113,486Walters (pen), Onoura 18 March 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–07,770 21 March 1998 Stockport CountyH1–16,684McDonald 4 April 1998 Charlton AthleticH0–17,845 11 April 1998 Oxford UnitedA1-28,005Ndah (pen) 13 April 1998 Sheffield UnitedH1–15,956Walters 18 April 1998 Birmingham CityA0–317,016 25 April 1998 Norwich CityA0–518,443 3 May 1998 SunderlandH1–214,868Walters FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 1998 Stevenage BoroughH1–29,422Walters League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 First Leg 13 August 1997 WatfordH0–26,271R1 Second Leg 26 August 1997 WatfordA1–1 (lost 1–3 on agg)7,712Leitch Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/swindon-town/tab/players/season/1998 All Swindon Town players: 1998 ENG GK Fraser Digby ENG DF Brian Borrows NIR DF Alan McDonald ENG DF Craig Taylor ENG DF Mark Robinson ENG MF Ty Gooden ENG MF Darren Bullock ENG MF Mark Walters SCO MF Scott Leitch SCO FW Chris Hay ENG FW Steve Finney ENG FW Wayne Allison SCO MF Lee Collins FRA MF Philippe Cuervo ENG FW George Ndah ENG GK Steve Mildenhall ENG MF Kevin Watson ENG DF Frédéric Darras ENG DF Jason Drysdale ENG DF David Kerslake ENG MF David Thompson on loan from Liverpool ENG DF Ian Culverhouse ENG MF Bobby Howe ENG FW Steve Cowe ENG DF Chris Casper on loan from Manchester United ENG FW Iffy Onuora ENG DF Mark Seagraves ENG DF Sol Davis ENG MF Alex Smith AUS GK Frank Talia TRI GK Tony Warner on loan from Liverpool ENG MF Stuart Elliott on loan from Newcastle United ENG MF Steve McMahon ENG MF Robin Hulbert ENG FW Alex Meechan NIR MF Paul McAreavey WAL MF Michael Pattimore ENG DF Phil King ENG DF Adam Willis References Category:Swindon Town F.C. seasons Swindon Town