1997–98 Stockport County F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stockport County 1997–98 Gary Megson Edgeley Park First Division 8th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round 1996–97 1998–99 During the 1997–98 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the First Division. Season summary Stockport's return to the second flight after an absence of 60 years appeared to be in danger of being written off as a failure before a ball had been kicked, as manager Dave Jones, who had led County to promotion and the League Cup semi-final the previous season, left to join Southampton,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2995736/Dave-Jones-factfile.html Dave Jones factfile taking his assistant John Sainty, goalkeeper Paul Jones and defender Lee Todd with him to The Dell. Gary Megson was recruited from Blackpool as his replacement. Three points from the opening seven games left Stockport facing relegation, but four straight wins after that lifted Stockport up to eighth,http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/1997-1998 Stockport County 1997-1998 Home - statto.com 6 March 2012 19 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120819024158/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/1997-1998 live signalling the end of their relegation fears for the season. These fears were replaced with hopes of finally reaching the top flight, but ultimately County's poor away form saw them finish in eighth, nine points off the play-offs. Of course, this was still as success, for this was Stockport's highest-ever placing in England's footballing ladder while at the same time this season was Manchester City's worst season in their history. Final league table 1997–98 Football League#First Division y SPC Results Stockport County's scores comes first Legend WinDrawLoss First Division Stockport County 3–1 Manchester City (Cook, Angell, Armstrong) Manchester City 4–1 Stockport County FA Cup 1997–98 FA Cup League Cup 1997–98 Football League Cup Squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te1828/stockport-county/squad/ Stockport County - Squad 1997/1998 ENG GK Eric Nixon ENG DF Sean Connelly ENG DF Mike Flynn ENG DF Jim Gannon ENG DF Simon Travis ENG DF Ronnie Wallwork on loan from Manchester United ENG DF Colin Woodthorpe WAL DF Damon Searle SCO DF Tom Bennett SCO DF Martin McIntosh ENG MF Chris Byrne ENG MF Paul Cook ENG MF Kevin Cooper ENG MF Tony Dinning WAL MF Wayne Phillips ENG FW Brett Angell ENG FW Aaron Wilbraham IRL FW Stephen Grant Left club during season WAL GK Neil Edwards to Rochdale ENG DF Matthew Bound to Swansea City ENG MF Chris Marsden to Birmingham City ENG MF Lee Richardson on loan from Oldham Athletic IRL MF Eddie McGoldrick on loan from Manchester City ENG FW Alun Armstrong to Middlesbrough AUS FW Vasilios Kalogeracos to Perth Glory References Category:Stockport County F.C. seasons Sto