1997–98 Football League First Division

September 2011 First Division 1997–98 Nottingham Forest Nottingham ForestMiddlesbroughCharlton Athletic Manchester CityStoke CityReading 552 1410 Kevin PhillipsPierre van Hooijdonk(29 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 31 October 2010 Middlesbrough 6–0 Swindon Town(11 March 1998) Stoke City 0–7 Birmingham City(10 January 1998) Nottingham Forest 5–2 Charlton Athletic(22 November 1997)Stoke City 0–7 Birmingham City(10 January 1998)Ipswich Town 5–2 Oxford United(24 February 1998)Stoke City 2–5 Manchester City(3 May 1998) 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current league division format. Changes from previous season Team changes From First Division Promoted to Premier League Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Crystal Palace Relegated to Second Division Grimsby Town Oldham Athletic Southend United To First Division Promoted from Second Division Bury Crewe Alexandra Stockport County Relegated from Premier League Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest Sunderland Teams Stadium and locations England right 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1997–1998 teams England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Birmingham Bradford City Bury Charlton Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Ipswich Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford Portsmouth Port Vale QPR Reading Sheffield United Stockport Stoke Sunderland Swindon Tranmere West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Team Location Stadium Capacity Birmingham City Birmingham St Andrew's 25,877 Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 17,848 Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840 Charlton Athletic Charlton The Valley 15,815 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,153 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Alfred McAlpine Stadium 24,500 Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,311 Manchester City Manchester Maine Road 35,150 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 30,000 Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 24,663 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground 30,576 Oxford United Oxford Manor Ground 9,500 Port Vale Burslem Vale Park 19,052 Portsmouth Portsmouth Fratton Park 21,100 Queens Park Rangers White City Loftus Road 18,439 Reading Reading Elm Park 14,800 Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 29,034 Stockport County Stockport Edgeley Park 10,841 Stoke City Stoke-on-Trent Britannia Stadium 27,743 Sunderland Sunderland Stadium of Light 42,000 Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728 Tranmere Rovers Birkenhead Prenton Park 16,567 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich The Hawthorns 22,986 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 28,525 Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Birmingham City ENG Trevor Francis ENG Steve Bruce Pony Auto Windscreens Bradford City ENG Paul Jewell ENG Wayne Jacobs Beaver JCT600 Bury ENG Stan Ternent ENG Chris Lucketti Super League Birthdays Charlton Athletic ENG Alan Curbishley IRL Mark Kinsella Quaser Viglen Crewe Alexandra ENG Dario Gradi ENG Gareth Whalley Adidas Boldon James Huddersfield Town ENG Peter Jackson WAL Barry Horne Pony Panasonic Ipswich Town SCO George Burley ENG Jason Cundy Punch Greene King Manchester City ENG Joe Royle WAL Kit Symons Kappa Brother Middlesbrough ENG Bryan Robson ENG Nigel Pearson Erreà Cellnet Norwich City ENG John Faulkner (caretaker) ENG Matt Jackson Pony Colman's Nottingham Forest ENG Dave Bassett ENG Steve Chettle Umbro Pinnacle Oxford United ENG Malcolm Shotton ENG Phil Gilchrist Own Brand Unipart Port Vale ENG John Rudge ENG Allen Tankard Mizuno Tunstall Assurance Portsmouth ENG Alan Ball ENG Adrian Whitbread Admiral KJC Queens Park Rangers ENG Ray Harford NIR Steve Morrow Le Coq Sportif Ericsson Reading SCO Tommy Burns ENG Phil Parkinson Mizuno Auto Trader Sheffield United ENG Steve Thompson (caretaker) ENG David Holdsworth Le Coq Sportif Wards Stockport County ENG Gary Megson ENG Mike Flynn Adidas Robinsons Stoke City WAL Alan Durban (caretaker) ISL Lárus Sigurðsson Asics Britannia Sunderland ENG Peter Reid ENG Kevin Ball Asics Lambtons Swindon Town ENG Steve McMahon ENG Brian Borrows Mizuno Nationwide Tranmere Rovers IRL John Aldridge IRL Liam O'Brien Mizuno Wirral West Bromwich Albion ENG Denis Smith ENG Sean Flynn Patrick West Bromwich Building Society Wolverhampton Wanderers SCO Mark McGhee ENG Keith Curle Puma Goodyear Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Huddersfield Town ENG Brian Horton Sacked 6 October 1997 24th ENG Peter Jackson 7 October 1997Mystery man replaces Horton John Edwards http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MYSTERY+MAN+REPLACES+HORTON.-a061066243 The Mirror The Free Library 7 October 1997 24 March 2012 Queens Park Rangers SCO Stewart Houston Sacked 10 November 1997 13th ENG Ray Harford 5 December 1997 West Bromwich Albion ENG Ray Harford Resigned 4 December 1997 4th ENG Denis Smith 24 December 1997 Oxford United ENG Denis Smith Signed by West Bromwich Albion 24 December 1997 16th ENG Malcolm Shotton 24 January 1998 Bradford City ENG Chris Kamara Sacked 6 January 1998 11th ENG Paul Jewell 6 January 1998 Portsmouth ENG Terry Fenwick Sacked 14 January 1998 24th ENG Alan Ball 26 January 1998 Stoke City ENG Chic Bates Mutual consent 22 January 1998 20th ENG Chris Kamara 22 January 1998Kamara takes charge of Stoke as Bates steps down Rupert Metcalf https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kamara-takes-charge-of-stoke-as-bates-steps-down-1140368.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kamara-takes-charge-of-stoke-as-bates-steps-down-1140368.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent Independent Print Limited 23 January 1998 25 March 2012 Manchester City ENG Frank Clark Sacked 17 February 1998 22nd ENG Joe Royle 18 February 1998Clark sacked, Royle in at City. Alan Nixon http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Clark+sacked,+Royle+in+at+City.-a060693483 The Mirror The Free Library 18 February 1998 24 March 2012 Sheffield United ENG Nigel Spackman Resigned 2 March 1998 5th ENG Steve Bruce 2 July 1998 Reading ENG Terry Bullivant Resigned 18 March 1998Bullivant ends Reading rule Alan Nixon https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-bullivant-ends-reading-rule-1151144.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-bullivant-ends-reading-rule-1151144.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent Independent Print Limited 19 March 1998 24 March 2012 23rd SCO Tommy Burns 25 March 1998Burns takes the reins at Reading https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-burns-takes-the-reins-at-reading-1152570.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-burns-takes-the-reins-at-reading-1152570.html 2022-05-01 subscription The Independent Independent Print Limited 26 March 1998 25 March 2012 Stoke City ENG Chris Kamara Mutual consent 8 April 1998Kamara leaves struggling Stoke Andrew Martin https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kamara-leaves-struggling-stoke-1155373.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kamara-leaves-struggling-stoke-1155373.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent Independent Print Limited 9 April 1998 25 March 2012 24th ENG Brian Little 13 May 1998 Norwich City WAL Mike Walker Resigned 30 April 1998 16th SCO Bruce Rioch 12 June 1998 League table main WDL First Division Statto.com complete NFO, MID, SUN, CHA, IPS, SHU, BIR, SPC, WOL, WBA, CRE, OXF, BRA, TRA, NOR, HUD, BRY, SWI, PVL, POR, QPR, MCI, STK, REA PRO PRO PPO PPO PPO PPO REL REL REL 19 17 10 60 35 14 15 17 46 59 11 19 16 42 58 26 10 10 80 49 18 5 23 58 65 14 11 21 50 72 23 14 9 77 43 12 12 22 56 57 27 10 9 77 41 14 13 19 52 69 28 10 8 82 42 16 10 20 60 64 13 10 23 51 63 13 10 23 56 66 10 19 17 51 63 11 9 26 39 78 19 17 10 69 54 19 8 19 71 69 11 13 22 44 74 26 12 8 86 50 14 10 22 42 73 14 14 18 54 57 16 13 17 50 56 18 11 17 57 53 C, P P O, P R R R Birmingham City Bradford City Bury Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Stockport County Stoke City Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference QR green1 Promotion to the Premier League yellow1 Qualification for the First Division play-offs red1 Relegation to the Second Division Play-offs Football League Championship play-offs#1998 2/1 y Semi-finalsFirst leg – 10 May; Second leg – 13 May 1998 Final at Wembley25 May 1998 3rd Sunderland 1 2 3 6th Sheffield United 2 0 2 4th Charlton Athletic 1 1 2 5th Ipswich Town 0 0 0 3rd Sunderland 4 (6) 4th Charlton Athletic (pen.) 4 (7) Results main FBR grey BIR BRA BRY CHA CRE HUD IPS MCI MID NWC NOT OXF PTV POR QPR REA SHU STP STK SUN SWI TRA WBA WOL Birmingham City 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 Bradford City 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 Bury 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 Charlton Athletic 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 5–0 1–2 0–3 2–5 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 Huddersfield Town 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–2 5–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 Ipswich Town 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 5–2 5–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 Manchester City 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 Middlesbrough 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Norwich City 3–3 2–3 2–2 0–4 0–2 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 Nottingham Forest 1–0 2–2 3–0 5–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 Oxford United 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–4 3–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 Port Vale 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 Portsmouth 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 Reading 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–2 0–4 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 Sheffield United 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 5–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 Stockport County 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 Stoke City 0–7 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–5 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 3–0 Sunderland 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 4–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 Swindon Town 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 Tranmere Rovers 0–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 6–0 3–3 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 complete Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1ENG Kevin PhillipsSunderland29NED Pierre van HooijdonkNottingham Forest3ENG Kevin Campbell23ENG Clive MendoncaCharlton Athletic5ENG David JohnsonIpswich Town206ENG Brett AngellStockport County187ENG Paul FurlongBirmingham City15ENG Marcus StewartHuddersfield Town Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateNED Pierre van Hooijdonk van Hooijdonk, Pierre Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers 4–0 dmy 1997 8 30 Charlton Athletic 5–2 dmy 1997 11 22 ENG Kevin Campbell Kevin Campbell (footballer) Crewe Alexandra 4–1 dmy 1998 3 7 ENG Clive Mendonca Mendonca, Clive Charlton Athletic Norwich City 4–0 dmy 1997 9 17 NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft Fjørtoft Åge, Jan Sheffield United Stockport County 5–1 dmy 1997 10 21ENG Paul Furlong Furlong, Paul Birmingham City Stoke City 7–0 dmy 1998 1 10 Stockport County 4–1 dmy 1998 1 27 SCO Dougie Freedman Freedman, Dougie Wolverhampton Wanderers Norwich City 5–0 dmy 1998 1 10 SCO Alex Mathie Mathie, Alex Ipswich Town Norwich City 5–0 dmy 1998 2 21 ENG David Johnson David Johnson (footballer, born 1976) Oxford United 5–2 dmy 1998 2 24 IRL Niall Quinn Quinn, Niall Sunderland Stockport County 4–1 dmy 1998 3 7 ITA Marco Branca Branca, Marco Middlesbrough Bury 4–0 dmy 1998 4 11 ENG Colin Little Little, Colin Crewe Alexandra Bradford City 5–0 dmy 1998 4 25 References Eng Category:Football League First Division seasons 2 1