FA Carling Premiership - 1997/98
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. ARSENAL 38 15 2 2 43 10 8 7 4 25 23 78
2. Manchester United 38 13 4 2 42 9 10 4 5 31 17 77
3. Liverpool 38 13 2 4 42 16 5 9 5 26 26 65
4. Chelsea 38 13 2 4 37 14 7 1 11 34 29 63
5. Leeds United 38 9 5 5 31 21 8 3 8 26 25 59
6. Blackburn Rovers 38 11 4 4 40 26 5 6 8 17 26 58
7. Aston Villa 38 9 3 7 26 24 8 3 8 23 24 57
8. West Ham United 38 13 4 2 40 18 3 4 12 16 39 56
9. Derby County 38 12 3 4 33 18 4 4 11 19 31 55
10. Leicester City 38 6 10 3 21 15 7 4 8 30 26 53
11. Coventry City 38 8 9 2 26 17 4 7 8 20 27 52
12. Southampton 38 10 1 8 28 23 4 5 10 22 32 48
13. Newcastle United 38 8 5 6 22 20 3 6 10 13 24 44
14. Tottenham Hotspur 38 7 8 4 23 22 4 3 12 21 34 44
15. Wimbledon 38 5 6 8 18 25 5 8 6 16 21 44
16. Sheffield Wednesday 38 9 5 5 30 26 3 3 13 22 41 44
17. Everton 38 7 5 7 25 27 2 8 9 16 29 40
18. BOLTON WANDERERS 38 7 8 4 25 22 2 5 12 16 39 40
19. BARNSLEY 38 7 4 8 25 35 3 1 15 12 47 35
20. CRYSTAL PALACE 38 2 5 12 15 39 6 4 9 22 32 33
Nationwide League Division 1 - 1997/98
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. NOTTINGHAM FOREST 46 18 2 3 52 20 10 8 5 30 22 94
2. MIDDLESBROUGH 46 17 4 2 51 12 10 6 7 26 29 91
3. Sunderland 46 14 7 2 49 22 12 5 6 37 28 90
4. CHARLTON ATHLETIC 46 17 5 1 48 17 9 5 9 32 32 88
5. Ipswich Town 46 14 5 4 47 20 9 9 5 30 23 83
6. Sheffield United 46 16 5 2 44 20 3 12 8 25 34 74
7. Birmingham City 46 10 8 5 27 15 9 9 5 33 20 74
8. Stockport County 46 14 6 3 46 21 5 2 16 25 48 65
9. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 6 4 42 25 5 5 13 15 28 65
10. West Bromwich Albion 46 9 8 6 27 26 7 5 11 23 30 61
11. Crewe Alexandra 46 10 2 11 30 34 8 3 12 28 31 59
12. Oxford United 46 12 6 5 36 20 4 4 15 24 44 58
13. Bradford City 46 10 9 4 26 23 4 6 13 20 36 57
14. Tranmere Rovers 46 9 8 6 34 26 5 6 12 20 31 56
15. Norwich City 46 9 8 6 32 27 5 5 13 20 42 55
16. Huddersfield Town 46 9 5 9 28 28 5 6 12 22 44 53
17. Bury 46 7 10 6 22 22 4 9 10 20 36 52
18. Swindon Town 46 9 6 8 28 25 5 4 14 14 48 52
19. Port Vale 46 7 6 10 25 24 6 4 13 31 42 49
20. Portsmouth 46 8 6 9 28 30 5 4 14 23 33 49
21. Queens Park Rangers 46 8 9 6 28 21 2 10 11 23 42 49
22. MANCHESTER CITY 46 6 6 11 28 26 6 6 11 28 31 48
23. STOKE CITY 46 8 5 10 30 40 3 8 12 14 34 46
24. READING 46 8 4 11 27 31 3 5 15 12 47 42
Nationwide League Division 2 - 1997/98
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. WATFORD 46 13 7 3 36 22 11 9 3 31 19 88
2. BRISTOL CITY 46 16 5 2 41 17 9 5 9 28 22 85
3. GRIMSBY TOWN 46 11 7 5 30 14 8 8 7 25 23 72
4. Northampton Town 46 14 5 4 33 17 4 12 7 19 20 71
5. Bristol Rovers 46 13 2 8 43 33 7 8 8 27 31 70
6. Fulham 46 12 7 4 31 14 8 3 12 29 29 70
7. Wrexham 46 10 10 3 31 23 8 6 9 24 28 70
8. Gillingham 46 13 7 3 30 18 6 6 11 22 29 70
9. AFC Bournemouth 46 11 8 4 28 15 7 4 12 29 37 66
10. Chesterfield 46 13 7 3 31 19 3 10 10 15 25 65
11. Wigan Athletic 46 12 5 6 41 31 5 6 12 23 35 62
12. Blackpool 46 13 6 4 35 24 4 5 14 24 43 62
13. Oldham Athletic 46 13 7 3 43 23 2 9 12 19 31 61
14. Wycombe Wanderers 46 10 10 3 32 20 4 8 11 19 33 60
15. Preston North End 46 10 6 7 29 26 5 8 10 27 30 59
16. York City 46 9 7 7 26 21 5 10 8 26 37 59
17. Luton Town 46 7 7 9 35 38 7 8 8 25 26 57
18. Millwall 46 7 8 8 23 23 7 5 11 20 31 55
19. Walsall 46 10 8 5 26 16 4 4 15 17 36 54
20. Burnley 46 10 9 4 34 23 3 4 16 21 42 52
21. BRENTFORD 46 9 7 7 33 29 2 10 11 17 42 50
22. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 46 10 5 8 36 30 2 8 13 19 40 49
23. CARLISLE UNITED 46 8 5 10 27 28 4 3 16 30 45 44
24. SOUTHEND UNITED 46 8 7 8 29 30 3 3 17 18 49 43
Nationwide League Division 3 - 1997/98
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1. NOTTS COUNTY 46 14 7 2 41 20 15 5 3 41 23 99
2. MACCLESFIELD TOWN 46 19 4 0 40 11 4 9 10 23 33 82
3. LINCOLN CITY 46 11 7 5 32 24 9 8 6 28 27 75
4. COLCHESTER UNITED 46 14 5 4 41 24 7 6 10 31 36 74
5. Torquay United 46 14 4 5 39 22 7 7 9 29 37 74
6. Scarborough 46 14 6 3 44 23 5 9 9 23 35 72
7. Barnet 46 10 8 5 35 22 9 5 9 26 29 70
8. Scunthorpe United 46 11 7 5 30 24 8 5 10 26 28 69
9. Rotherham United 46 10 9 4 41 30 6 10 7 26 31 67
10. Peterborough United 46 13 6 4 37 16 5 7 11 26 35 67
11. Leyton Orient 46 14 5 4 40 20 5 7 11 22 27 66 -3
12. Mansfield Town 46 11 9 3 42 26 5 8 10 22 29 65
13. Shrewsbury Town 46 12 3 8 35 28 4 10 9 26 34 61
14. Chester City 46 12 7 4 34 15 5 3 15 26 46 61
15. Exeter City 46 10 8 5 39 25 5 7 11 29 38 60
16. Cambridge United 46 11 8 4 39 27 3 10 10 24 30 60
17. Hartlepool United 46 10 12 1 40 22 2 11 10 21 31 59
18. Rochdale 46 15 3 5 43 15 2 4 17 13 40 58
19. Darlington 46 13 6 4 43 28 1 6 16 13 44 54
20. Swansea City 46 8 8 7 24 16 5 3 15 25 46 50
21. Cardiff City 46 5 13 5 27 22 4 10 9 21 30 50
22. Hull City 46 10 6 7 36 32 1 2 20 20 51 41
23. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 3 10 10 21 34 3 7 13 17 32 35
24. DONCASTER ROVERS 46 3 3 17 14 48 1 5 17 16 65 20
Division 1 Play-offs - 1997/98
Semi-Finals
Sun 10 May Ipswich Town............. 0 Charlton Athletic........ 1 21,681
Wed 13 May Charlton Athletic........ 1 Ipswich Town............. 0 15,585
Charlton Athletic won 2-0 on aggregate
Sun 10 May Sheffield United......... 2 Sunderland............... 1 23,800
Wed 13 May Sunderland............... 2 Sheffield United......... 0 40,092
Sunderland won 3-2 on aggregate
Final
Mon 25 May Charlton Athletic........ 4 Sunderland............... 4 77,739
+after extra time.
Charlton Athletic won 7-6 on penalties
at Wembley Stadium
Division 2 Play-offs - 1997/98
Semi-Finals
Sun 10 May Bristol Rovers........... 3 Northampton Town......... 1 9,173
Wed 13 May Northampton Town......... 3 Bristol Rovers........... 0 7,501
Northampton Town won 4-3 on aggregate
Sun 10 May Fulham................... 1 Grimsby Town............. 1 13,954
Wed 13 May Grimsby Town............. 1 Fulham................... 0 8,689
Grimsby Town won 2-1 on aggregate
Final
Sun 24 May Grimsby Town............. 1 Northampton Town......... 0 62,988
at Wembley Stadium
Division 3 Play-offs - 1997/98
Semi-Finals
Sun 10 May Barnet .................. 1 Colchester United........ 0 3,858
Wed 13 May Colchester United........ 3 Barnet................... 1 5,863
+after extra time.
Colchester United won 3-2 on aggregate
Sun 10 May Scarborough.............. 1 Torquay United........... 3 5,246
Wed 13 May Torquay United........... 4 Scarborough.............. 1 5,386
Torquay United won 7-2 on aggregate
Final
Fri 22 May Colchester United........ 1 Torquay United........... 0 19,486
at Wembley Stadium
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