1997–98 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
1997–98 season
Chairman	Scott Davidson
Manager	John Ward
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Second Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Goater (16) All: Goater (17)
Average home league attendance	11,846
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Bristol City achieved promotion to Division One, which was confirmed on 10 April 1998 after Grimsby failed to win at Wycombe and can only manage a 1-1 draw. It was also thoroughly deserved as they were in the top two since the beginning of November and also going on a brilliant run of form midway through the season which saw them lose only one from 21 league games and winning eight consecutive games during that run.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Watford	46	13	7	3	36	22	11	9	3	31	19	67	41	+26	88
2	Bristol City	46	16	5	2	41	17	9	5	9	28	22	69	39	+30	85
3	Grimsby Town	46	11	7	5	30	14	8	8	7	25	23	55	37	+18	72
4	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	33	17	4	12	7	19	20	52	37	+15	71
5	Bristol Rovers	46	13	2	8	43	33	7	8	8	27	31	70	64	+6	70
6	Fulham	46	12	7	4	31	14	8	3	12	29	29	60	43	+17	70
7	Wrexham	46	10	10	3	31	23	8	6	9	24	28	55	51	+4	70
8	Gillingham	46	13	7	3	30	18	6	6	11	22	29	52	47	+5	70
9	Bournemouth	46	11	8	4	28	15	7	4	12	29	37	57	52	+5	66
10	Chesterfield	46	13	7	3	31	19	3	10	10	15	25	46	44	+2	65
11	Wigan Athletic	46	12	5	6	41	31	5	6	12	23	35	64	66	–2	62
12	Blackpool	46	13	6	4	35	24	4	5	14	24	43	59	67	–8	62
13	Oldham Athletic	46	13	7	3	43	23	2	9	12	19	31	62	54	+8	61
14	Wycombe Wanderers	46	10	10	3	32	20	4	8	11	19	33	51	53	–2	60
15	Preston North End	46	10	6	7	29	26	5	8	10	27	30	56	56	±0	59
16	York City	46	9	7	7	26	21	5	10	8	26	37	52	58	–6	59
17	Luton Town	46	7	7	9	35	38	7	8	8	25	26	60	64	–4	57
18	Millwall	46	7	8	8	23	23	7	5	11	20	31	43	54	–11	55
19	Walsall	46	10	8	5	26	16	4	4	15	17	36	43	52	–9	54
20	Burnley	46	10	9	4	34	23	3	4	16	21	42	55	65	–10	52
21	Brentford	46	9	7	7	33	29	2	10	11	17	42	50	71	–21	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	5	8	36	30	2	8	13	19	40	55	70	–15	49
23	Carlisle United	46	8	5	10	27	28	4	3	16	30	45	57	73	–16	44
24	Southend United	46	8	7	8	29	30	3	3	17	18	49	47	79	–32	43

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Bristol City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,220	Torpey
16 August 1997	Blackpool	H	2–0	9,043	Cramb, Goater
23 August 1997	Northampton Town	A	1–2	6,217	Cramb
30 August 1997	Wigan Athletic	H	3–0	9,255	Goater (3, 1 pen)
2 September 1997	Fulham	H	0–2	10,293
13 September 1997	Wrexham	A	1–2	3,251	Goater
20 September 1997	Bournemouth	H	1–1	8,330	Goater
27 September 1997	Luton Town	H	3–0	8,509	Bell (pen), Torpey (2)
4 October 1997	Gillingham	A	0–2	6,277
11 October 1997	Southend United	A	2–0	3,273	Bell, Hails (own goal)
17 October 1997	York City	H	2–1	9,568	Cramb, Torpey
21 October 1997	Preston North End	H	2–1	9,039	Bell (pen), Goodridge
25 October 1997	Walsall	A	0–0	4,618
29 October 1997	Millwall	A	2–0	7,026	Torpey, Locke
1 November 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	10,221	Bell (pen)
4 November 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	7,552	Goater (2)
8 November 1997	Brentford	A	4–1	6,183	Torpey, Doherty (2), Goater
18 November 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	10,867	Bell (2)
22 November 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–1	11,129	Hewlett (2), Torpey
29 November 1997	Carlisle United	A	3–0	5,044	Goater (2), Goodridge
2 December 1997	Burnley	H	3–1	11,136	Goodridge (2), Bell (pen)
13 December 1997	Watford	A	1–1	16,072	Goater
20 December 1997	Chesterfield	H	1–0	11,792	Bell (pen)
26 December 1997	Millwall	H	4–1	16,128	Cramb, Edwards, Tinnion, Taylor
28 December 1997	Fulham	A	0–1	13,273
10 January 1998	Grimsby Town	H	4–1	12,567	Cramb (2), Taylor, Goater
17 January 1998	Wigan Athletic	A	3–0	5,078	Doherty, Tinnion, Goater
24 January 1998	Northampton Town	H	0–0	14,753
31 January 1998	Wrexham	H	1–1	11,741	Goater
3 February 1998	Blackpool	A	2–2	3,724	Hewlett (2)
7 February 1998	Bournemouth	A	0–1	6,623
14 February 1998	Gillingham	H	0–2	11,781
21 February 1998	Luton Town	A	0–0	6,405
24 February 1998	York City	A	1–0	3,770	Bell (pen)
28 February 1998	Southend United	H	1–0	12,049	Cramb
3 March 1998	Brentford	H	2–2	10,398	Torpey, Cockerill (own goal)
14 March 1998	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	17,086	Bell (pen), Goater
21 March 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	7,622
28 March 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	6,326	Cramb (2)
31 March 1998	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	4,543	Goodridge, Roberts
4 April 1998	Carlisle United	H	1–0	12,578	Goodridge
11 April 1998	Burnley	A	0–1	10,600
13 April 1998	Watford	H	1–1	19,141	Edwards
18 April 1998	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,085
25 April 1998	Walsall	H	2–1	15,059	Owers, Tinnion
2 May 1998	Preston North End	A	1–2	12,067	McCarthy

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	15 November 1997	Millwall	H	1–0	8,413	Taylor
R2	7 December 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–3	5,687	Cramb

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	9,341
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1 (won 2-1 on agg)	5,872	Taylor, Bent
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1997	Leeds United	A	1–3	8,806	Goater
R2 2nd Leg	30 September 1997	Leeds United	H	2–1 (lost 3-4 on agg)	10,857	Goodridge, Taylor

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	6 January 1998	Millwall	H	1–0	2,557	Locke
SQF	27 January 1998	Bournemouth	A	0–1	2,124

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Keith Welch
-	GK	Stuart Naylor
-	GK	Steve Phillips
-	DF	Michael Bell
-	DF	Shaun Taylor
-	DF	Adam Locke
-	DF	Louis Carey
-	DF	Rob Edwards
-	DF	Sean Dyche
-	DF	Scott Paterson
-	DF	Jim Brennan
-	DF	Mark Shail
-	DF	Kevin Langan
-	DF	Andy Jordan
-	MF	Brian Tinnion
-	MF	Matthew Hewlett
-	MF	Tommy Doherty

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Gary Owers
-	MF	Scott Murray
-	MF	Paul Tisdale
-	MF	Jehad Muntasser
-	FW	Colin Cramb
-	FW	Shaun Goater
-	FW	Gregory Goodridge
-	FW	Steve Torpey
-	FW	Sean McCarthy (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
-	FW	Stig Johansen (on loan from Southampton)
-	FW	Jason Roberts (on loan from Wolves)
-	FW	Dominic Barclay
-	FW	Junior Bent
-	FW	Dwayne Plummer

References

Bristol City Football Club

Club	Players Managers Bristol derby Severnside derby

Grounds	St John's Lane Ashton Gate

Bristol City F.C. seasons

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FA competitions

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Football Conference

Football Conference
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Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2
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Knockout stage
Squad)
Glenn Hoddle

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	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

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Southend United Walsall Watford Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United

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Others	Newport

Summer 1997 transfers
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