Norwich City
1997–98 season
ChairmanBarry Lockwood
ManagerMike Walker (until 30 April)
John Faulkner (caretaker from 30 April)
StadiumCarrow Road
First Division15th
FA CupThird round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerBellamy (13)
Average home league attendance14,444

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

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Norwich had a season of two halves where they had a satisfying first season in which the Canaries were lying in 12th place and 9 points adrift from the playoffs but from the end of January, Norwich went on a poor run of 14 games without a win with only 7 points picked up during that spell and also resulted in Walker resigning at the end of April and ended up finishing in a disappointing 15th place.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nottingham Forest (C, P) 46 28 10 8 82 42 +40 94 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough (P) 46 27 10 9 77 41 +36 91
3 Sunderland 46 26 12 8 86 50 +36 90 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Charlton Athletic (O, P) 46 26 10 10 80 49 +31 88
5 Ipswich Town 46 23 14 9 77 43 +34 83
6 Sheffield United 46 19 17 10 69 54 +15 74
7 Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 +25 74
8 Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 +2 65
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 18 11 17 57 53 +4 65
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 13 17 50 56 −6 61
11 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 5 23 58 65 −7 59
12 Oxford United 46 16 10 20 60 64 −4 58
13 Bradford City 46 14 15 17 46 59 −13 57
14 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 54 57 −3 56
15 Norwich City 46 14 13 19 52 69 −17 55
16 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 50 72 −22 53
17 Bury 46 11 19 16 42 58 −16 52
18 Swindon Town 46 14 10 22 42 73 −31 52
19 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 56 66 −10 49
20 Portsmouth 46 13 10 23 51 63 −12 49
21 Queens Park Rangers 46 10 19 17 51 63 −12 49
22 Manchester City (R) 46 12 12 22 56 57 −1 48 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Stoke City (R) 46 11 13 22 44 74 −30 46
24 Reading (R) 46 11 9 26 39 78 −39 42
Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Norwich City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1997Wolverhampton WanderersH0–217,230
15 August 1997Nottingham ForestA1–416,524O'Neill
23 August 1997Crewe AlexandraH0–211,821
30 August 1997SunderlandA1–029,204Sutch
2 September 1997PortsmouthA1–110,577Adams
13 September 1997Port ValeH1–011,269Fleck
17 September 1997Charlton AthleticH0–410,157
20 September 1997Manchester CityA2–127,258Adams, Coote
26 September 1997Ipswich TownH2–118,911Eadie, Cundy (own goal)
4 October 1997Tranmere RoversA0–26,674
18 October 1997Stockport CountyH1–112,689Eadie
21 October 1997ReadingH0–017,781
25 October 1997Swindon TownA0–19,256
1 November 1997BuryH2–214,419Bellamy, Adams
4 November 1997West Bromwich AlbionA0–113,949
8 November 1997Birmingham CityA2–116,464Forbes (2)
15 November 1997MiddlesbroughH1–316,011Roberts
22 November 1997Oxford UnitedH2–111,241Fleck, Bellamy
29 November 1997Bradford CityA1–216,637Bellamy
3 December 1997Queens Park RangersA1–110,141Forbes
6 December 1997Sheffield UnitedH2–111,745Vonk (own goal), Fuglestad
13 December 1997Huddersfield TownA3–111,436Forbes, Bellamy, Grant
20 December 1997Stoke CityH0–012,265
26 December 1997Charlton AthleticA1–214,472Bellamy (pen)
30 December 1997PortsmouthH2–016,441Jackson, Bellamy
10 January 1998Wolverhampton WanderersA0–523,703
17 January 1998Nottingham ForestH1–017,059Roberts
28 January 1998SunderlandH2–115,940Eadie, Craddock (own goal)
31 January 1998Crewe AlexandraA0–15,559
7 February 1998Manchester CityH0–015,274
14 February 1998Port ValeA2–26,664Grant, Jackson
18 February 1998Tranmere RoversH0–212,105
21 February 1998Ipswich TownA0–521,858
24 February 1998Stockport CountyA2–27,471Grant, Coote
28 February 1998Queens Park RangersH0–012,730
4 March 1998Birmingham CityH3–39,819Bellamy (2), Llewellyn
7 March 1998BuryA0–15,154
14 March 1998West Bromwich AlbionH1–124,663Bellamy
22 March 1998MiddlesbroughA0–330,040
28 March 1998Oxford UnitedA0–27,869
4 April 1998Bradford CityH2–313,260Llewellyn, Bellamy
11 April 1998Sheffield UnitedA2–216,915Bellamy, Llewellyn
13 April 1998Huddersfield TownH5–016,550Fleming, Adams (pen), Roberts (2), Fuglestad
18 April 1998Stoke CityA0–213,098
25 April 1998Swindon TownH5–018,443Llewellyn, Jackson, Roberts, Bellamy, Fenn
3 May 1998ReadingA1–014,817Bellamy

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998Grimsby TownA0–38,161

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg12 August 1997BarnetH2–15,429Roberts, Adams
R1 Second Leg26 August 1997BarnetA1–3 (lost 3–4 on agg)2,846Roberts

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Andy Marshall
— GK Scotland SCO Bryan Gunn
— GK England ENG Robert Green
— DF England ENG Daryl Sutch
— DF England ENG Matt Jackson
— DF Spain ESP Víctor Segura
— DF England ENG Craig Fleming
— DF Norway NOR Erik Fuglestad
— MF Scotland SCO Peter Grant
— MF England ENG Neil Adams
— MF England ENG Adrian Forbes
— MF England ENG Darren Eadie
— FW Wales WAL Craig Bellamy
— FW Wales WAL Iwan Roberts
— FW Scotland SCO Robert Fleck
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Mike Milligan[notes 1]
— MF Wales WAL Chris Llewellyn
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Adrian Coote[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF England ENG Danny Mills
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Shaun Carey[notes 3]
— DF England ENG Rob Newman
— DF England ENG John Polston
— DF England ENG Darren Kenton
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Neale Fenn[notes 4] (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith O'Neill
— MF England ENG Karl Simpson
— MF England ENG Lee Marshall
— DF England ENG Carl Bradshaw
— DF England ENG Kevin Scott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
— FW England ENG Drewe Broughton
— MF England ENG Darel Russell
— MF England ENG Jamie Shore
— DF England ENG Che Wilson
— GK Wales WAL Mark Walton (on loan from Gillingham)
— FW England ENG Damien Hilton

Notes

  1. ↑ Milligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.
  2. ↑ Coote was born in Belton with Browston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
  3. ↑ Carey was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
  4. ↑ Fenn was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

References

  1. ↑ "Norwich City results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "All Norwich City players: 1998".
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