During the 1997–98 English football season, Everton competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
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Everton began the season with three significant new signings – Slaven Bilić, John Oster and Gareth Farrelly – but the big news at Goodison Park was the return of Howard Kendall for his third spell as manager.
With financial problems growing and fans growing ever more hostile towards chairman Peter Johnson, Kendall was soon facing the biggest struggle of his managerial career. Everton – top division members continuously since 1954 – were battling against relegation and looked anything but a trophy-winning team that they so often had been during Kendall's earlier spells. They ended up surviving, but only avoided relegation to Division One because they had a greater goal difference than 18th-placed Bolton Wanderers.[1] That kept Everton up, but Kendall resigned just weeks later and was replaced by the former Rangers manager Walter Smith.[2][3]
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Source:
Premier LeagueRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
- Results summary
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Overall | Home | Away |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 |
9 |
13 |
16 |
41 |
56 |
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40 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
25 |
27 |
−2 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
16 |
29 |
−13 |
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- Results by round
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Round | 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 |
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Ground | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
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Result | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D |
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Position | 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
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Everton's score comes first[4]
FA Premier League
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Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
9 August 1997 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–2 | 35,716 | Ferguson |
23 August 1997 | West Ham United | H | 2–1 | 34,356 | Speed, Stuart |
27 August 1997 | Manchester United | H | 0–2 | 40,079 | |
1 September 1997 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–0 | 23,131 | |
13 September 1997 | Derby County | A | 1–3 | 27,828 | Stuart |
20 September 1997 | Barnsley | H | 4–2 | 32,659 | Speed (2, 1 pen), Cadamarteri, Oster |
24 September 1997 | Newcastle United | A | 0–1 | 36,705 | |
27 September 1997 | Arsenal | H | 2–2 | 35,457 | Ball, Cadamarteri |
4 October 1997 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1–3 | 24,486 | Cadamarteri |
18 October 1997 | Liverpool | H | 2–0 | 40,112 | Ruddock (own goal), Cadamarteri |
25 October 1997 | Coventry City | A | 0–0 | 18,760 | |
2 November 1997 | Southampton | H | 0–2 | 29,565 | |
8 November 1997 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2–3 | 25,397 | Speed, Ferguson |
22 November 1997 | Aston Villa | A | 1–2 | 36,389 | Speed (pen) |
26 November 1997 | Chelsea | A | 0–2 | 34,148 | |
29 November 1997 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 0–2 | 36,670 | |
6 December 1997 | Leeds United | A | 0–0 | 34,869 | |
13 December 1997 | Wimbledon | H | 0–0 | 28,533 | |
20 December 1997 | Leicester City | A | 1–0 | 20,628 | Speed (pen) |
26 December 1997 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 55,167 | |
28 December 1997 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3–2 | 37,149 | Ferguson (3) |
10 January 1998 | Crystal Palace | A | 3–1 | 23,311 | Barmby, Ferguson, Madar |
18 January 1998 | Chelsea | H | 3–1 | 32,355 | Speed, Ferguson, Duberry (own goal) |
31 January 1998 | West Ham United | A | 2–2 | 25,909 | Barmby, Madar |
7 February 1998 | Barnsley | A | 2–2 | 18,672 | Ferguson, Grant |
14 February 1998 | Derby County | H | 1–2 | 34,876 | Thomsen |
23 February 1998 | Liverpool | A | 1–1 | 44,501 | Ferguson |
28 February 1998 | Newcastle United | H | 0–0 | 37,972 | |
7 March 1998 | Southampton | A | 1–2 | 15,102 | Tiler |
14 March 1998 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–0 | 33,423 | Madar |
28 March 1998 | Aston Villa | H | 1–4 | 36,471 | Madar |
4 April 1998 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–1 | 35,624 | Madar |
11 April 1998 | Leeds United | H | 2–0 | 37,099 | Hutchison, Ferguson |
13 April 1998 | Wimbledon | A | 0–0 | 15,131 | |
18 April 1998 | Leicester City | H | 1–1 | 33,642 | Madar |
25 April 1998 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–3 | 35,497 | Ferguson |
3 May 1998 | Arsenal | A | 0–4 | 38,269 | |
10 May 1998 | Coventry City | H | 1–1 | 40,109 | Farrelly |
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FA Cup
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Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
R3 | 4 January 1998 | Newcastle United | H | 0–1 | 20,885 | |
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League Cup
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Left club during season
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Reserve squad
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- Transfers in: £5,600,000
- Transfers out: £9,500,000
- Total spending: £3,900,000
Appearances and goals
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Starting 11
- Considering starts in all competitions[6][7]
- GK: #31, Thomas Myhre, 23
- RB: #12, Craig Short, 29
- CB: #28, Slaven Bilić, 25
- CB: #5, Dave Watson, 28
- LB: #25, Michael Ball, 23
- RM: #19, John Oster, 19
- CM: #7, Graham Stuart, 17
- CM: #17, Gareth Farrelly, 20
- LM: #10, Gary Speed, 24
- AM: #8, Nick Barmby, 28
- CF: #9, Duncan Ferguson, 31