First Division1997/1998

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 552

Goals scored : 1410 (2.55 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 84

Red cards : 10

47%
Home victories

26%
Draws

26%
Away victories

Players age average : 27.94 years

Number of players participating : 108

Promoted : Stockport, Crewe Alexandra, Bury

Relegated to lower tier : Oldham Athletic, Southend, Grimsby Town

Promoted to higher tier : Bolton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Barnsley

Relegated from higher tier : Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest

First Division 1997/1998's fixtures and results

Round 46

General rankingLast updated on 03/05/1998

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Nottingham	94	46	28	10	8	82	42	+40
2	Middlesbrough	91	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36
3	Sunderland	90	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36
4	Charlton	88	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31
5	Ipswich Town	83	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34
6	Birmingham City	74	46	19	17	10	60	35	+25
7	Sheffield United	74	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15
8	Wolverhampton	65	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4
9	Stockport	65	46	19	8	19	71	69	+2
10	WBA	61	46	16	13	17	50	56	-6
11	Crewe Alexandra	59	46	18	5	23	58	65	-7
12	Oxford United	58	46	16	10	20	60	64	-4
13	Bradford	57	46	14	15	17	46	59	-13
14	Tranmere Rovers	56	46	14	14	18	54	57	-3
15	Norwich City	55	46	14	13	19	52	69	-17
16	Huddersfield	53	46	14	11	21	50	72	-22
17	Bury	52	46	11	19	16	42	58	-16
18	Swindon Town	52	46	14	10	22	42	73	-31
19	Port Vale	49	46	13	10	23	56	66	-10
20	Portsmouth	49	46	13	10	23	51	63	-12
21	QPR	49	46	10	19	17	51	63	-12
22	Manchester City	48	46	12	12	22	56	57	-1
23	Stoke City	46	46	11	13	22	44	74	-30
24	Reading	42	46	11	9	26	39	78	-39

Latest transfers

May 01, 1998
Kevin Bond ( Stafford)		Portsmouth

April 18, 1998
John Mullin ( Burnley)		Sunderland
Steve Guinan ( Crewe)		Nottingham

April 08, 1998
Alan Durban mana.( Cardiff)		Stoke City

April 07, 1998
Eddie McGoldrick ( Stockport)		Man City

March 31, 1998
Alex Smith ( Huddersfield)		Swindon Town

March 26, 1998
Mark Walton ( Gillingham)		Norwich
Eddie McGoldrick ( Man City)		Stockport
Paul Brayson ( Newcastle U-23)		Reading
Stuart Gray ( Celtic)		Reading
James McIntyre ( Kilmarnock)		Reading
Ian Hamilton ( WBA)		Sheffield U
Chris Wilder ( Bradford)		Sheffield U
Scott Howie ( Coventry)		Reading

All transfers

One match scorers

Pierre van Hooijdonkhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 4-0 QPR (30/08/1997)

Pierre van Hooijdonkhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 5-2 Charlton (22/11/1997)

Dougie Freedmanhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 5-0 Norwich City (10/01/1998)

Kevin Campbellhas scored 3 goals during the match Crewe Alexandra 1-4 Nottingham (07/03/1998)

Marco Brancahas scored 3 goals during the match Middlesbrough 4-0 Bury (11/04/1998)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Ipswich Town	D 0-0 Tranmere Rovers11/04/1998	VPortsmouth 0-1 13/04/1998	V 5-1 Port Vale18/04/1998	VBury 0-1 25/04/1998	V 2-0 Sunderland28/04/1998	V 3-2 Crewe Alexandra03/05/1998
2	Middlesbrough	V 4-0 Bury11/04/1998	VReading 0-1 13/04/1998	V 1-0 Manchester City17/04/1998	VPort Vale 0-1 24/04/1998	D 1-1 Wolverhampton29/04/1998	V 4-1 Oxford United03/05/1998
3	Charlton	V 1-0 Wolverhampton07/04/1998	V 3-0 Reading10/04/1998	VPort Vale 0-1 13/04/1998	V 1-0 Portsmouth18/04/1998	V 2-0 Tranmere Rovers25/04/1998	DBirmingham City 0-0 03/05/1998
4	Nottingham	V 2-1 Ipswich Town05/04/1998	VBradford 0-3 11/04/1998	V 3-0 Wolverhampton13/04/1998	DStockport 2-2 18/04/1998	V 1-0 Reading26/04/1998	DWBA 1-1 03/05/1998
5	Birmingham City	DPortsmouth 1-1 04/04/1998	D 1-1 Port Vale11/04/1998	VManchester City 0-1 13/04/1998	V 3-0 Swindon Town18/04/1998	VOxford United 0-2 25/04/1998	D 0-0 Charlton03/05/1998
6	Sunderland	D 2-2 QPR10/04/1998	DWBA 3-3 13/04/1998	V 2-1 Crewe Alexandra18/04/1998	V 3-0 Stoke City25/04/1998	LIpswich Town 2-0 28/04/1998	VSwindon Town 1-2 03/05/1998
7	Stockport	LManchester City 4-1 04/04/1998	V 2-1 WBA11/04/1998	LTranmere Rovers 3-0 13/04/1998	D 2-2 Nottingham18/04/1998	VWolverhampton 3-4 25/04/1998	V 1-0 Sheffield United03/05/1998
8	Norwich City	L 2-3 Bradford04/04/1998	DSheffield United 2-2 11/04/1998	V 5-0 Huddersfield13/04/1998	LStoke City 2-0 18/04/1998	V 5-0 Swindon Town25/04/1998	VReading 0-1 03/05/1998
9	Tranmere Rovers	DIpswich Town 0-0 11/04/1998	V 3-0 Stockport13/04/1998	DOxford United 1-1 18/04/1998	LCharlton 2-0 25/04/1998	D 3-3 Sheffield United28/04/1998	V 2-1 Wolverhampton03/05/1998
10	Crewe Alexandra	LHuddersfield 2-0 11/04/1998	V 2-0 Stoke City13/04/1998	LSunderland 2-1 18/04/1998	V 5-0 Bradford25/04/1998	V 2-1 Sheffield United30/04/1998	LIpswich Town 3-2 03/05/1998
11	Manchester City	V 4-1 Stockport04/04/1998	DWolverhampton 2-2 11/04/1998	L 0-1 Birmingham City13/04/1998	LMiddlesbrough 1-0 17/04/1998	D 2-2 QPR25/04/1998	VStoke City 2-5 03/05/1998
12	WBA	V 2-1 Middlesbrough04/04/1998	LStockport 2-1 11/04/1998	D 3-3 Sunderland13/04/1998	LHuddersfield 1-0 18/04/1998	VSheffield United 2-4 25/04/1998	D 1-1 Nottingham03/05/1998
13	Portsmouth	DTranmere Rovers 2-2 07/04/1998	LStoke City 2-1 11/04/1998	L 0-1 Ipswich Town13/04/1998	LCharlton 1-0 18/04/1998	V 3-0 Huddersfield25/04/1998	VBradford 1-3 03/05/1998
14	Bury	D 2-2 Huddersfield04/04/1998	LMiddlesbrough 4-0 11/04/1998	V 2-0 Bradford13/04/1998	LSheffield United 3-0 18/04/1998	L 0-1 Ipswich Town25/04/1998	VQPR 0-1 03/05/1998
15	Port Vale	V 3-0 Oxford United04/04/1998	DBirmingham City 1-1 11/04/1998	L 0-1 Charlton13/04/1998	LIpswich Town 5-1 18/04/1998	L 0-1 Middlesbrough24/04/1998	VHuddersfield 0-4 03/05/1998
16	Huddersfield	DBury 2-2 04/04/1998	V 2-0 Crewe Alexandra11/04/1998	LNorwich City 5-0 13/04/1998	V 1-0 WBA18/04/1998	LPortsmouth 3-0 25/04/1998	L 0-4 Port Vale03/05/1998
17	Stoke City	LReading 2-0 04/04/1998	V 2-1 Portsmouth11/04/1998	LCrewe Alexandra 2-0 13/04/1998	V 2-0 Norwich City18/04/1998	LSunderland 3-0 25/04/1998	L 2-5 Manchester City03/05/1998
18	QPR	D 0-0 Wolverhampton01/04/1998	DSunderland 2-2 10/04/1998	D 1-1 Oxford United14/04/1998	DBradford 1-1 19/04/1998	DManchester City 2-2 25/04/1998	L 0-1 Bury03/05/1998
19	Wolverhampton	D 2-2 Manchester City11/04/1998	LNottingham 3-0 13/04/1998	V 3-1 Reading18/04/1998	L 3-4 Stockport25/04/1998	DMiddlesbrough 1-1 29/04/1998	LTranmere Rovers 2-1 03/05/1998
20	Oxford United	LPort Vale 3-0 04/04/1998	V 2-1 Swindon Town11/04/1998	DQPR 1-1 14/04/1998	D 1-1 Tranmere Rovers18/04/1998	L 0-2 Birmingham City25/04/1998	LMiddlesbrough 4-1 03/05/1998
21	Sheffield United	DSwindon Town 1-1 13/04/1998	V 3-0 Bury18/04/1998	L 2-4 WBA25/04/1998	DTranmere Rovers 3-3 28/04/1998	LCrewe Alexandra 2-1 30/04/1998	LStockport 1-0 03/05/1998
22	Bradford	VNorwich City 2-3 04/04/1998	L 0-3 Nottingham11/04/1998	LBury 2-0 13/04/1998	D 1-1 QPR19/04/1998	LCrewe Alexandra 5-0 25/04/1998	L 1-3 Portsmouth03/05/1998
23	Reading	V 2-0 Stoke City04/04/1998	LCharlton 3-0 10/04/1998	L 0-1 Middlesbrough13/04/1998	LWolverhampton 3-1 18/04/1998	LNottingham 1-0 26/04/1998	L 0-1 Norwich City03/05/1998
24	Swindon Town	L 0-1 Charlton04/04/1998	LOxford United 2-1 11/04/1998	D 1-1 Sheffield United13/04/1998	LBirmingham City 3-0 18/04/1998	LNorwich City 5-0 25/04/1998	L 1-2 Sunderland03/05/1998

Longest streaksLast updated on 23/04/2024 at 10:41

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Charlton	8
Sunderland	5
Ipswich Town	5	5
Middlesbrough	4
Swindon Town	4
Nottingham	4
WBA	4
Portsmouth	4	2
Crewe Alexandra	4
QPR	4
Stockport	4	2
Wolverhampton	3
Oxford United	3
Birmingham City	3
Bradford	3
Tranmere Rovers	3
Huddersfield	3
Sheffield United	2
Port Vale	2
Stoke City	2
Norwich City	2	2
Bury	2
Manchester City	2
Reading	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 23/04/2024 at 10:41

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Nottingham	9	1	1	1	2	3	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Middlesbrough	6	10	14	10	9	11	11	11	8	9	11	13	9	7	6	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Sunderland	20	12	18	18	12	6	6	8	11	13	14	11	13	10	11	12	12	7	8	8	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3
Charlton	16	11	9	9	10	12	14	6	10	6	3	4	4	5	3	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Ipswich Town	14	15	20	20	14	16	17	19	23	22	22	22	22	20	21	22	21	21	18	20	19	16	14	16	14	14	15	13	13	13	12	11	10	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
Birmingham City	1	8	6	6	4	2	4	7	7	8	7	8	10	11	10	10	13	14	14	14	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	7	9	8	9	8	7	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Sheffield United	1	5	3	5	7	8	7	4	4	2	4	5	2	6	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	7
Wolverhampton	1	5	8	7	6	10	8	10	12	12	15	12	8	13	8	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Stockport	16	16	21	21	21	22	23	18	17	15	10	10	14	12	13	9	11	8	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	10	8	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9
WBA	6	3	2	4	3	1	3	3	2	3	5	2	5	3	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	10	10
Crewe Alexandra	20	22	16	15	20	21	20	22	18	16	13	15	15	15	17	19	17	18	20	22	23	21	23	20	19	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	11
Oxford United	1	9	13	14	22	15	18	21	21	19	20	18	18	18	17	16	19	20	22	19	21	18	16	17	17	19	21	18	16	17	18	17	16	18	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	12
Bradford	6	7	5	2	1	4	2	5	5	4	6	6	7	4	7	8	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	9	11	12	11	12	13
Tranmere Rovers	16	12	9	11	18	19	21	17	20	18	19	20	20	21	22	18	20	17	16	16	17	19	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	17	16	17	17	19	19	18	21	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14
Norwich City	20	24	24	19	19	20	16	15	13	14	16	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	20	20	18	18	16	15
Huddersfield	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	24	20	24	23	20	19	20	19	18	19	20	18	19	23	23	21	18	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	16
Bury	12	14	15	17	13	7	9	13	15	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	20	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	23	20	18	18	17	17	15	15	17	19	17	17	19	17
Swindon Town	1	2	3	3	5	5	1	2	6	5	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	5	5	6	7	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	14	16	17	18
Port Vale	19	23	16	15	17	13	14	12	9	10	12	14	11	14	14	11	7	11	9	11	13	14	17	18	18	21	18	19	21	22	21	22	21	22	24	24	23	19	20	20	18	17	20	20	20	19
Portsmouth	10	4	7	8	8	9	12	16	19	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	23	24	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	21	21	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	21	20
QPR	14	16	11	13	11	14	10	9	3	7	9	9	12	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	21
Manchester City	10	19	19	23	15	17	19	20	16	21	21	21	21	22	20	21	22	22	19	21	18	20	19	19	20	18	20	21	20	20	22	23	22	23	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	22
Stoke City	20	20	12	12	16	18	13	14	14	11	8	7	6	8	12	13	8	9	11	12	14	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	19	20	21	22	22	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	21	22	23
Reading	12	16	23	24	24	24	22	23	22	20	18	19	19	19	19	20	18	19	21	18	16	17	18	15	16	15	14	16	15	16	16	18	19	16	17	17	22	23	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24

Goals per quarterLast updated on 23/04/2024 at 10:41

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	23
Best scorer : Paul Merson - 4 Goals
16 - 30	35
Best scorer : Pierre van Hooijdonk - 6 Goals
31 - 45+	33
Best scorer : Pierre van Hooijdonk - 5 Goals
46 - 60	30
Best scorer : Pierre van Hooijdonk - 8 Goals
61 - 75	37
Best scorer : Kevin Campbell - 4 Goals
76 - 90+	53
Best scorer : Pierre van Hooijdonk - 8 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 23/04/2024 at 10:41

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	50 times
1 - 0	112 times
1 - 1	66 times
2 - 0	56 times
2 - 1	80 times
2 - 2	25 times
3 - 0	44 times
3 - 1	38 times
3 - 2	21 times
3 - 3	5 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	10 times
4 - 1	14 times
4 - 2	9 times
4 - 3	1 times
5 - 0	7 times
5 - 1	6 times
5 - 2	4 times
6 - 0	3 times
7 - 0	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 23/04/2024 at 10:41

General statistics by teamLast updated on 22/04/2024 at 21:52

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Middlesbrough	35	42	17	Mikkel Beck (13 goals)
Wolverhampton	35	40	12	Robbie Keane (11 goals)
Nottingham	22	30	15	Pierre van Hooijdonk (29 goals)
Stoke City	13	1	1	Dean Crowe (1 goals)
Bury	1	1

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 07/04/2024 at 01:39

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Bury	25.6	Chris Lucketti (25 years)	Chris Lucketti (25 years)
Stoke City	25.9	Neville Southall (38 years)	Dean Crowe (17 years)
Wolverhampton	26.7	Hans Segers (35 years)	Matt Murray (15 years)
Middlesbrough	27	Andy Townsend (33 years)	Robbie Stockdale (17 years)
Nottingham	27	Dave Beasant (37 years)	Damien Johnson (18 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 22/04/2024 at 21:52

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	995	57	102
Republic of Ireland	139	9	17
Scotland	113	7	12
Wales	99	7	9
Australia	66	5	3
Netherlands	53	2	29
Italy	48	3	12
Denmark	37	1	13
France	31	1	2
Norway	27	1	1
Slovakia	26	1	2
Finland	23	1	0
Brazil	20	1	4
Poland	12	1	0
Colombia	8	1	2
Northern Ireland	6	1	0
Bolivia	5	1	1
Switzerland	5	1	0
Spain	5	2	0
Barbados	3	1	0

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