1997–98 Notts County F.C. season

During the 1997–98 English football season, Notts County F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.

Notts County

1997–98 season
Chairman	Derek Pavis
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Meadow Lane
Third Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Jones All: Gary Jones (28)
Highest home attendance	12,431
Lowest home attendance	3,104
Average home league attendance	5,710
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season Notts County secured promotion in March and finished top of the division.

Final league table

Main article: 1997–98 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notts County (C, P)	46	29	12	5	82	43	+39	99	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Macclesfield Town (P)	46	23	13	10	63	44	+19	82
3	Lincoln City (P)	46	20	15	11	60	51	+9	75
4	Colchester United (O, P)	46	21	11	14	72	60	+12	74	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Torquay United	46	21	11	14	68	59	+9	74

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Notts County's score comes first.^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Rochdale	H	2–1	4,173
16 August 1997	Hull City	A	3–0	7,142
23 August 1997	Lincoln City	H	1–2	5,707
30 August 1997	Cardiff City	A	1–1	6,191
2 September 1997	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	2,010
7 September 1997	Scunthorpe	H	2–1	5,009
13 September 1997	Mansfield Town	H	1–0	6,706
20 September 1997	Shrewsbury	A	2–1	2,532
27 September 1997	Scarborough	A	2–1	2,751
4 October 1997	Darlington	H	1–1	4,428
11 October 1997	Macclesfield Town	H	1–1	4,871
18 October 1997	Swansea City	A	2–1	3,668
21 October 1997	Rotherham United	A	1–1	3,161
25 October 1997	Cambridge United	H	1–0	4,279
1 November 1997	Barnet	A	2–1	2,530
4 November 1997	Chester City	H	1–2	3,104
8 November 1997	Exeter City	H	1–1	5,107
18 November 1997	Colchester United	A	0–2	2,635
22 November 1997	Leyton Orient	A	1–1	4,321
29 November 1997	Peterborough United	H	2–2	8,006
3 December 1997	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1–0	1,239
13 December 1997	Doncaster Rovers	H	5–2	4,024
20 December 1997	Torquay United	A	2–0	2,536
26 December 1997	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	4,781
28 December 1997	Hartlepool United	H	2–0	6,073
10 January 1998	Rochdale	A	2–1	2,387
17 January 1998	Cardiff City	H	3–1	6,214
20 January 1998	Hull City	H	1–0	4,017
24 January 1998	Lincoln City	A	5–3	6,059
31 January 1998	Mansfield Town	A	2–0	6,786
7 February 1998	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	5,790
14 February 1998	Darlington	A	2–0	2,781
21 February 1998	Scarborough	H	1–0	5,645
24 February 1998	Swansea City	H	2–1	4,484
28 February 1998	Macclesfield Town	A	0–2	5,112
3 March 1998	Exeter City	A	5–2	2,966
7 March 1998	Barnet	H	2–0	6,081
14 March 1998	Chester City	A	1–0	2,753
21 March 1998	Colchester United	H	0–0	6,284
28 March 1998	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	8,389
3 April 1998	Peterborough United	A	0–1	2,485
11 April 1998	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2–2	5,344
13 April 1998	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–1	2,485
18 April 1998	Torquay United	H	3–0	5,183
25 April 1998	Cambridge United	A	2–2	4,009
2 May 1998	Rotherham United	H	5–2	12,431

FA Cup

Main article: 1997-98 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	16 November 1997	Colwyn Bay	H	2–0
R2	6 December 1997	Preston North End	A	2–2
R2R	16 December 1997	Preston North End	H	1–2

League Cup

Main article: 1997-98 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 Aug 1997	Darlington	A	1–1	2,189
R1 2nd Leg	26 Aug 1997	Darlington	H	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	1,925
R2 1st Leg	16 Sep 1997	Tranmere	H	0–2	1,779
R2 2nd Leg	23 Sep 1997	Tranmere	A	1–0 (lost 1–2 on agg)	3,287

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997-98 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2[2]	27 January 1998	Burnley	A	0–2	2,442

Squad

^[3] 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  ENG Steve Cherry — GK  ENG Mike Pollitt — GK  WAL Darren Ward — DF  ENG Ian Baraclough — DF  IRL Steve Finnan — DF  ENG Ian Hendon — DF  ENG Graeme Hogg — DF  ENG Paul Mitchell — DF  ENG Dennis Pearce — DF  ENG Matt Redmile — DF  ENG Ian Richardson — DF  ENG Gary Strodder — MF  ENG Shaun Cunnington — MF  ENG Shaun Derry — MF  ENG Wayne Diuk

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Alex Dyer — MF  ENG Terry Henshaw — MF  ENG Andy Hughes — MF  AUS Ricky Otto — MF  ENG Adem Poric — MF  IRL Phil Robinson — MF  ENG Mark Robson — FW  ENG Craig Dudley — FW  ENG Sean Farrell — FW  ENG Justin Jackson — FW  ENG Gary Jones — FW  ENG Andy Kiwomya — FW  ENG Tony Lormor — FW  ENG Gary Martindale — FW  ENG Devon White

References

1. "Notts County results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
2. Awarded a bye in the first round
3. "All Notts County players: 1998".