1997–98 Bury F.C. season

Bury
1997–98 season
Chairman Terry Robinson
Manager Stan Ternent
Stadium Gigg Lane
First Division 17th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Battersby/Ellis/Swan (6)
All: Johnson (8)
Average home league attendance 6,177

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

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, newly promoted Bury were battling against relegation for most of the campaign and were destined to be heading straight back down by the beginning of February where they sat in the bottom three with only 4 wins from 30 games, but from then on Bury went on an amazing nine game unbeaten run and winning 7 in their final 16 league games to secure survival against the odds.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nottingham Forest (C) 46 28 10 8 82 42 +40 94 Promotion to 1998–99 FA 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 First Division play-offs
4 Charlton Athletic (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 1998–99 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

Updated to games played on 3 May 1998.
Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Bury's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1997ReadingH1–15,065Armstrong
16 August 1997Stockport CountyA0–07,260
23 August 1997Charlton AthleticH0–04,657
30 August 1997Wolverhampton WanderersA2–421,141Battersby, Johnson
2 September 1997Crewe AlexandraA2–14,447Johnson, Swan
7 September 1997Tranmere RoversH1–05,073Swan
12 September 1997Manchester CityH1–111,216Johnson
20 September 1997Port ValeA1–16,781Swan
27 September 1997West Bromwich AlbionH1–36,439Lucketti
4 October 1997Stoke CityA2–311,760Swan, Gray (pen)
11 October 1997Swindon TownA1–37,640Battersby
18 October 1997Birmingham CityH2–15,700Johnson, Swan
21 October 1997Queens Park RangersH1–14,602Battersby
25 October 1997Ipswich TownA0–210,478
1 November 1997Norwich CityA2–214,419Battersby, Johnrose
4 November 1997Nottingham ForestH2–06,137Swan, Johnson
8 November 1997PortsmouthH0–25,065
15 November 1997Oxford UnitedA1–15,811C Swailes
22 November 1997SunderlandH1–17,790Lucketti
29 November 1997Huddersfield TownA0–211,929
6 December 1997MiddlesbroughH0–18,016
13 December 1997Bradford CityA0–115,812
20 December 1997Sheffield UnitedH1–16,012Johnrose
26 December 1997Tranmere RoversA0–09,146
28 December 1997Crewe AlexandraH1–15,661Patterson
10 January 1998ReadingA1–17,499Gray
18 January 1998Stockport CountyH0–15,699
27 January 1998Wolverhampton WanderersH1–36,134Battersby
31 January 1998Charlton AthleticA0–015,312
7 February 1998Port ValeH2–25,285Battersby, Ellis
14 February 1998Manchester CityA1–028,885Butler
17 February 1998Stoke CityH0–05,802
21 February 1998West Bromwich AlbionA1–115,840Ellis
25 February 1998Birmingham CityA3–120,021Rigby, Patterson, Ellis
28 February 1998Swindon TownH1–05,002Daws
3 March 1998PortsmouthA1–112,462Johnrose
7 March 1998Norwich CityH1–05,154Jemson (pen)
14 March 1998Nottingham ForestA0–318,846
21 March 1998Oxford UnitedH1–05,159Ellis
28 March 1998SunderlandA1–237,425Small
4 April 1998Huddersfield TownH2–28,042Butler, Ellis
11 April 1998MiddlesbroughA0–430,218
13 April 1998Bradford CityH2–06,570Ellis, Daws
18 April 1998Sheffield UnitedA0–316,056
25 April 1998Ipswich TownH0–17,830
3 May 1998Queens Park RangersA1–015,210Armstrong

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998Sheffield UnitedA1–114,009Gray
R3R13 January 1998Sheffield UnitedH1–24,920Gray

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg12 August 1997Crewe AlexandraA3–22,618Armstrong, Jepson (pen), Johnson
R1 Second Leg26 August 1997Crewe AlexandraH3–3 (won 6-5 on agg)3,296Gray, Johnson, Battersby (pen)
R2 First Leg16 September 1997SunderlandA1–218,775Daws
R2 Second Leg23 September 1997SunderlandH1–2 (lost 2-4 on agg)3,928Johnson

Squad

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

No. Position Player
England GK Dean Kiely
England DF Andy Woodward
England DF Chris Lucketti
Republic of Ireland DF Paul Butler
England DF Bryan Small (on loan from Bradford City)
England MF Nick Daws
England MF Lenny Johnrose
England MF Gordon Armstrong
England FW Tony Battersby
England FW Peter Swan
England FW Tony Ellis
England MF Andy A Gray
England MF Mark Patterson
Jamaica FW David Johnson
Wales DF Ian Hughes
England DF Chris Swailes
No. Position Player
England FW Nigel Jemson
England MF Rob Matthews
England MF Tony Rigby
England FW Ronnie Jepson
Scotland FW Andy D Gray (on loan from Leeds United)
England DF Steve Morgan (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
England DF Dean West
England MF Jason Peake
England MF Adrian Randall
Scotland FW Paul Dalglish (on loan from Newcastle United)
England FW David Pugh
England DF Danny Swailes
England DF Brian Linighan
England DF Matt Barrass
England MF Martyn Forrest

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bury/1997-1998/results
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