1997–98 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

Crewe Alexandra
1997–98 season
Chairman John Bowler
Manager Dario Gradi
Stadium Gresty Road
First Division 11th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup First round
Top goalscorer Little (13)
Average home league attendance 5,243

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

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Crewe were favourites to go straight back down to the Second Division and before Christmas, they were in the relegation zone and looked as though it would be a possibility but a fantastic run of 7 wins from 10 league games from January to the end of February, dramatically rose Crewe from a possible relegation to 12th and 7 points from the play-offs but it proved too much to ask for and Crewe finished a satisfying season in 11th place.

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

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1997Swindon TownA0–28,334
16 August 1997West Bromwich AlbionH2–35,234Adebola, Rivers
23 August 1997Norwich CityA2–011,821Rivers, S Smith
2 September 1997BuryH1–24,447S Smith (pen)
13 September 1997PortsmouthA3–29,505Rivers, Anthrobus, Adebola
16 September 1997Port ValeH0–15,519
20 September 1997Queens Park RangersH2–35,348Lunt, Adebola
27 September 1997Tranmere RoversH2–14,845Anthrobus, Street
4 October 1997Birmingham CityA1–016,548Rivers
11 October 1997ReadingA3–36,685Westwood, Little, Adebola
18 October 1997MiddlesbroughH1–15,759Adebola
21 October 1997Ipswich TownH0–04,730
25 October 1997Bradford CityA0–115,333
29 October 1997Manchester CityA0–127,384
1 November 1997Nottingham ForestA1–318,268Little
4 November 1997Wolverhampton WanderersH0–25,743
8 November 1997Oxford UnitedH2–14,524Westwood, Anthrobus
15 November 1997Charlton AthleticA2–314,091Street, S Smith
22 November 1997Stockport CountyH0–15,231
29 November 1997Sheffield UnitedA0–116,973
6 December 1997Huddersfield TownH2–54,861Charnock, Adebola
13 December 1997Stoke CityA2–014,623S Smith, Little
20 December 1997SunderlandH0–35,404
26 December 1997Manchester CityH1–05,759Holsgrove
28 December 1997BuryA1–15,661Adebola
11 January 1998Swindon TownH2–04,176Little, Street
17 January 1998West Bromwich AlbionA1–015,257Little
24 January 1998Port ValeA3–210,571S Smith (pen), Whalley, Foran
31 January 1998Norwich CityH1–05,559Fuglestad (own goal)
7 February 1998Queens Park RangersA2–313,429Anthrobus, Johnson
14 February 1998PortsmouthH3–15,114Little, Garvey, Lunt
17 February 1998Birmingham CityH0–25,559
21 February 1998Tranmere RoversA3–07,534Rivers, Little (2)
25 February 1998MiddlesbroughA0–129,936
28 February 1998ReadingH1–05,202Rivers
3 March 1998Oxford UnitedA0–06,069
7 March 1998Nottingham ForestH1–45,759Little
14 March 1998Wolverhampton WanderersA0–124,272
21 March 1998Charlton AthleticH0–35,252
28 March 1998Stockport CountyA1–08,370S Smith
11 April 1998Huddersfield TownA0–211,263
13 April 1998Stoke CityH2–05,759Westwood, Lightfoot
18 April 1998SunderlandA1–240,441Charnock
25 April 1998Bradford CityH5–05,054Anthrobus, Street, Little (3)
30 April 1998Sheffield UnitedH2–15,759Anthrobus, Little
3 May 1998Ipswich TownA2–319,105Charnock, Garvey

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998Birmingham CityH1–24,607Rivers

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg12 August 1997BuryH2–32,618Lunt, S Smith
R1 Second Leg26 August 1997BuryA3–3 (lost 5-6 on agg)3,296Rivers, S Smith, Butler (own goal)

Squad

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

No. Position Player
Australia GK Jason Kearton
England DF Shaun Smith
England DF Marcus Bignot
England DF Lee Unsworth
England DF Dave Walton
England MF Seth Johnson
England MF Phil Charnock
England MF Mark Rivers
England MF Kenny Lunt
England FW Colin Little
England FW Steve Anthrobus
Nigeria FW Dele Adebola
England DF Ashley Westwood
England MF Gareth Whalley
England MF Kevin Street
Nigeria GK Ademola Bankole
England DF Mark Foran
England MF Steve Garvey
No. Position Player
England DF Chris Lightfoot
England MF Paul Holsgrove
England DF Julian Watts
England FW Jamie Moralee
England FW Steve Guinan (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
England DF Steve Pope
England MF Jermaine Wright
Wales FW Peter Smith
England MF Francis Tierney
England DF David Wright
England DF John Pemberton
England DF Jamie Collins
England DF Stephen Foster
England GK Neil Cutler
England DF Steve Macauley
England GK Mark Gayle

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crewe-alexandra/1997-1998/results
  2. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crewe-alexandra/tab/players/season/1998
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