The Football League 1997-98

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Statistics of The Football League in season 1997/1998.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

Champions Nottingham Forest and runners-up Middlesbrough won promotion back to the Premiership at the first time of asking. Charlton Athletic won the playoffs to end an eight-year absence from the top flight.

Reading were relegated in bottom place. They were joined on the last day of the season by Manchester City and Stoke City. The blue half of Manchester endured relegation to the third tier of the English league for the first time in its history, despite beating also doomed Stoke 5-2 away on the last day of the season, but neither fans took lightly to relegation, as mass football violence outside outshone the match. QPR, Portsmouth and Port Vale all won their games to avoid the drop.

[edit] Second Division

Graham Taylor's second spell as manager brought instant success as Watford won the Division Two championship. They were joined by runners-up Bristol City and playoff winners Grimsby Town.

Going down to Division Three were Brentford, Plymouth Argyle, Carlisle United and Southend United. Brentford had been losing playoff finalists just 12 months earlier, Plymouth had been promoted to Division Two just two seasons earlier, Carlisle were newly-promoted and Southend had endured their second successive relegation.

[edit] Third Division

Macclesfield Town finished runners-up in Division Three to gain their second successive promotion, a year after winning the Conference. They were joined by champions Notts County, who won the title by 17 points and became the first team since World War II to secure promotion in March, third-placed Lincoln City and playoff winners Colchester United.

Doncaster Rovers suffered an English league record of 34 defeats and won just four games to lose their league status. They were replaced by Conference champions Halifax Town, who regained their league status five years after losing it.

[edit] League Standings

[edit] First Division

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1. Nottingham Forest (C)(P) 46 28 10 8 82 42 94
2. Middlesbrough(P) 46 27 10 9 77 41 91
3. Sunderland(PO) 46 26 12 8 86 50 90
4. Charlton Athletic(PO)(P) 46 26 10 10 80 49 88
5. Ipswich Town(PO) 46 23 14 9 77 43 83
6. Sheffield United(PO) 46 19 17 10 69 54 74
7. Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 74
8. Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 65
9. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 28 11 17 57 53 65
10. West Bromwich Albion 46 16 13 17 50 56 61
11. Crewe Alexandra 46 18 5 23 58 65 59
12. Oxford United 46 16 10 20 60 64 58
13. Bradford City 46 14 15 17 46 59 57
14. Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 54 57 56
15. Norwich City 46 14 13 19 52 69 55
16. Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 50 72 53
17. Bury 46 11 19 16 42 58 52
18. Swindon Town 46 14 10 22 42 73 52
19. Port Vale 46 13 10 23 56 66 49
20. Queens Park Rangers 46 10 19 17 51 63 49
21. Portsmouth 46 13 10 23 51 63 49
22. Manchester City(R) 46 12 12 22 56 57 48
23. Stoke City(R) 46 11 13 22 44 74 46
24. Reading(R) 46 11 9 26 39 78 42

See also: Play-off results

[edit] Second Division

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1. Watford(C)(P) 46 24 16 6 67 41 88
2. Bristol City(P) 46 25 10 11 69 39 85
3. Grimsby Town(PO)(P) 46 19 15 12 55 37 72
4. Northampton Town(PO) 46 18 17 11 52 37 71
5. Bristol Rovers(PO) 46 20 10 16 70 64 70
6. Fulham(PO) 46 20 10 16 60 43 70
7. Wrexham 46 18 16 12 55 51 70
8. Gillingham 46 19 13 14 52 47 70
9. Bournemouth 46 18 12 16 57 52 66
10. Chesterfield 46 16 17 13 46 44 65
11. Wigan Athletic 46 17 11 18 64 66 62
12. Blackpool 46 17 11 18 59 67 62
13. Oldham Athletic 46 15 16 15 62 54 61
14. Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 18 14 51 53 60
15. Preston North End 46 15 14 17 56 56 59
16. York City 46 14 17 15 52 58 59
17. Luton Town 46 14 15 17 60 64 57
18. Millwall 46 14 13 19 43 54 55
19. Walsall 46 14 12 20 43 52 54
20. Burnley 46 13 13 20 55 65 52
21. Brentford(R) 46 11 17 18 50 71 50
22. Plymouth Argyle(R) 46 12 13 21 55 70 49
23. Carlisle United(R) 46 12 8 26 57 73 44
24. Southend United(R) 46 11 10 25 47 79 43

See also: Play-off results

[edit] Third Division

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1. Notts County(C)(P) 46 29 12 5 82 43 99
2. Macclesfield Town(P) 46 23 13 10 63 44 82
3. Lincoln City(P) 46 20 15 11 60 51 75
4. Colchester United(PO)(P) 46 21 11 14 72 60 74
5. Torquay United(PO) 46 21 11 14 68 59 74
6. Scarborough(PO) 46 19 15 12 67 58 72
7. Barnet(PO) 46 19 13 14 61 51 70
8. Scunthorpe United 46 19 12 15 56 52 69
9. Rotherham United 46 16 19 11 67 61 67
10. Peterborough United 46 18 13 15 63 51 67
11. Leyton Orient 46 19 12 15 62 47 66(-3)
12. Mansfield Town 46 16 17 13 64 55 65
13. Shrewsbury Town 46 16 13 17 61 62 61
14. Chester City 46 17 10 19 60 61 61
15. Exeter City 46 15 15 16 68 63 60
16. Cambridge United 46 14 18 14 63 57 60
17. Hartlepool United 46 12 23 11 61 53 59
18. Rochdale 46 17 7 22 56 55 58
19. Darlington 46 14 12 20 56 72 54
20. Swansea City 46 13 11 22 49 62 50
21. Cardiff City 46 9 23 14 48 52 50
22. Hull City 46 11 8 27 56 83 41
23. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 6 17 23 38 66 35
24. Doncaster Rovers(R) 46 4 8 34 30 113 20

See also: Play-off results

[edit] Top Scorers

First Division

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Wolverhampton Wanderers 23
2 Flag of England James Beattie Sheffield United 22
Flag of England Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 22
4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Southampton 19
5 Flag of England Kevin Lisbie Colchester United 17
6 Flag of Ireland Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 16
7 Flag of England Fraizer Campbell Hull City 15
Flag of Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Stoke City 15
9 Flag of Ireland Liam Lawrence Stoke City 14

Second Division

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Wolverhampton Wanderers 23
2 Flag of England James Beattie Sheffield United 22
Flag of England Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 22
4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Southampton 19
5 Flag of England Kevin Lisbie Colchester United 17
6 Flag of Ireland Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 16
7 Flag of England Fraizer Campbell Hull City 15
Flag of Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Stoke City 15
9 Flag of Ireland Liam Lawrence Stoke City 14

Third Division

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Wolverhampton Wanderers 23
2 Flag of England James Beattie Sheffield United 22
Flag of England Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion 22
4 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Southampton 19
5 Flag of England Kevin Lisbie Colchester United 17
6 Flag of Ireland Clinton Morrison Crystal Palace 16
7 Flag of England Fraizer Campbell Hull City 15
Flag of Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Stoke City 15
9 Flag of Ireland Liam Lawrence Stoke City 14

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