1997–98 Bristol Rovers F.C. season

The 1997–98 season saw Bristol Rovers reach the playoff places, finishing in 5th place and despite taking a first-leg advantage of 3–1 against Northampton Town, Rovers subsequently lost 3–0 in the second leg and went out 4–3 on aggregate in the semi-finals.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 Football League

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 Rovers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	7,386	Hayles
16 August 1997	York City	A	1–0	3,307	Hayles
23 August 1997	Carlisle United	H	3–1	6,044	Bennett, Hayles, Penrice
30 August 1997	Burnley	A	0–0	9,887
2 September 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–1	5,550	Cureton (pen)
9 September 1997	Walsall	H	2–0	6,225	Ramasut, Hayles
13 September 1997	Gillingham	H	1–2	6,572	Hayles
20 September 1997	Chesterfield	A	0–0	5,309
27 September 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	4–4	5,990	Beadle (2), Hayles, Cureton (pen)
4 October 1997	Wrexham	H	1–0	6,829	Ramasut
14 October 1997	Watford	H	1–2	8,110	Penrice
18 October 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	5,836
21 October 1997	Brentford	A	3–2	3,967	Hayles (2), Beadle
25 October 1997	Blackpool	H	0–3	6,183
1 November 1997	Northampton Town	A	1–1	7,264	Cureton
4 November 1997	Bristol City	H	1–2	7,552	Tillson
8 November 1997	Fulham	H	2–3	6,166	Penrice (2)
18 November 1997	Preston North End	A	2–1	7,798	Penrice, Alsop
22 November 1997	Southend United	A	1–1	3,653	Beadle (pen)
29 November 1997	Millwall	H	2–1	5,542	Beadle, Hayles
2 December 1997	Wigan Athletic	A	0–3	2,738
12 December 1997	Grimsby Town	H	0–4	4,801
20 December 1997	Luton Town	A	4–2	5,266	Cureton, Hayles (2), Beadle
26 December 1997	Walsall	A	1–0	6,634	Beadle
28 December 1997	Bournemouth	H	5–3	7,256	Beadle (3), Hayles (2)
10 January 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–1	6,850	Cureton, Hayles
17 January 1998	Burnley	H	1–0	7,208	Cureton
24 January 1998	Carlisle United	A	1–3	5,725	Cureton
31 January 1998	Gillingham	A	1–1	5,593	Cureton (pen)
7 February 1998	Chesterfield	H	3–1	5,481	Bennett, Cureton (2)
14 February 1998	Wrexham	A	0–1	3,716
21 February 1998	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	5,789	Hayles (2), Ramasut
24 February 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–1	5,805	Hayles, Beadle, Ramasut
28 February 1998	Watford	A	2–3	12,186	White, Cureton
3 March 1998	Fulham	A	0–1	6,843
7 March 1998	Northampton Town	H	0–2	6,535
10 March 1998	York City	H	1–2	4,289	Ramasut
14 March 1998	Bristol City	A	0–2	17,086
21 March 1998	Preston North End	H	2–2	5,278	Cureton (pen), Hayles
27 March 1998	Southend United	H	2–0	5,323	Tillson, Hayles
4 April 1998	Millwall	A	1–1	5,635	Zabek
10 April 1998	Wigan Athletic	H	5–0	6,038	Hayles, Ramasut, Beadle (3)
13 April 1998	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	5,484	Hayles (2)
18 April 1998	Luton Town	H	2–1	8,038	Beadle, Tillson
25 April 1998	Blackpool	A	0–1	7,057
2 May 1998	Brentford	H	2–1	9,043	Cureton, Hayles

Second Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	10 May 1998	Northampton Town	H	3–1	9,173	Beadle (pen), Bennett, Hayles
SF 2nd Leg	13 May 1998	Northampton Town	A	0–3 (lost 3-4 on agg)	7,501

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 November 1997	Gillingham	H	2–2	4,825	Alsop, Holloway
R1R	25 November 1997	Gillingham	A	2–0	4,459	Hayles, Penrice
R2	6 December 1997	Wisbech Town	A	2–0	3,593	Beadle, Hayles
R3	3 January 1998	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	8,610	Beadle
R3R	13 January 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	11,362

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1997	Bristol City	A	0–0	9,341
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1997	Bristol City	H	1–2 (lost 1-2 on agg)	5,872	Alsop

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	8 December 1997	Cambridge United	H	1–0	2,386	Cureton
SR2	6 January 1998	Exeter City	A	2–1	1,851	Bennett, Tillson
SQF	28 January 1998	Walsall	H	0–1 (a.e.t.)	4,165

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	Andy Collett
-	GK	Shane Higgs
-	GK	Lee Jones (on loan from Swansea City)
-	DF	Steve Foster
-	DF	David Pritchard
-	DF	Andy Tillson
-	DF	Jason Perry
-	DF	Matt Lockwood
-	DF	Tom White
-	DF	Brian Gayle
-	DF	Graeme Power
-	DF	Luke Basford
-	DF	Mark Smith
-	DF	Billy Clark
-	DF	Lee Martin

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Gary Penrice
-	MF	Ian Holloway (player-manager)
-	MF	Tom Ramasut
-	MF	Matt Hayfield
-	MF	Lee Zabek
-	MF	Josh Low
-	MF	Jon French
-	MF	Lee Archer
-	FW	Barry Hayles
-	FW	Jamie Cureton
-	FW	Peter Beadle
-	FW	Julian Alsop
-	FW	Frankie Bennett
-	FW	Steve Parmenter
-	FW	David Whyte

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1997	DF	Jason Perry	Cardiff City	Free transfer
1 August 1997	DF	Steve Foster	Woking	£150,000
1 August 1997	MF	Gary Penrice	Watford	Free transfer
1 August 1997	FW	Barry Hayles	Stevenage	£250,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 August 1997	MF	Paul Miller	Lincoln City	Free transfer
1 August 1997	DF	Andy Gurney	Torquay United	Free transfer
31 October 1997	DF	Billy Clark	Exeter City	Free transfer
1 December 1997	MF	Ryan Morgan	Clevedon Town	Free transfer
8 December 1997	MF	Brian Gayle	Shrewsbury Town	Monthly
13 March 1998	FW	Julian Alsop	Swansea City	£30,000
13 March 1998	FW	Steve Parmenter	Yeovil Town	Free transfer
14 March 1998	FW	David Whyte	Southend United	Signed

Transfers in:

£400,000

Transfers out:

£30,000

Total spending:

£370,000

References

Bristol Rovers Football Club

The Club	History Seasons Managers Current season

Grounds	Eastville Stadium (1897–1986) Twerton Park (1986–1996) The Memorial Stadium (1996–present) UWE Stadium (proposed)

Rivalries	Bristol derby Swindon Town Severnside derby

Matches	2015 Conference Premier play-off Final 2007 Football League Two play-off Final 2007 Football League Trophy Final 1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final 1990 Football League Trophy Final 1989 Football League Third Division play-off Final

Players	Players (100+ appearances) Players (25–99 appearances) International appearances

1997–98 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2
Group G
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

Football Conference	Cheltenham Town Dover Athletic Farnborough Town Gateshead Halifax Town Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Leek Town Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Slough Town Southport Stalybridge Celtic Stevenage Borough Telford United Welling United Woking Yeovil Town

Others	Newport

Summer 1997 transfers
Winter 1997–98 transfers

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