1997–98 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1997–98 season
Chairman Nigel Wray
Manager Dave Bassett
Stadium City Ground
First Division 1st (champions)
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: van Hooijdonk (29)
All: van Hooijdonk (34)
Average home league attendance 20,584

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

Season summary

Nottingham Forest got re-promoted to the Premier League, much thanks to the striking partnership of Pierre van Hooijdonk and Kevin Campbell. In the end, Forest had a four-point margin down to the 3rd positioned-team Sunderland, prompting an immediate return to the top flight.

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

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 August 1997Port ValeA1–012,533Campbell
15 August 1997Norwich CityH4–116,524van Hooijdonk, Thomas (2), Campbell
23 August 1997Oxford UnitedA1–09,486Bart-Williams
30 August 1997Queens Park RangersH4–018,804van Hooijdonk (3), Saunders
3 September 1997Manchester CityH1–323,681Campbell
7 September 1997Swindon TownA0–013,051
13 September 1997Sheffield UnitedA0–124,536
20 September 1997PortsmouthH1–017,292van Hooijdonk
27 September 1997Stoke CityH1–019,018Campbell
3 October 1997Huddersfield TownA2–011,258Cooper, Saunders
18 October 1997Tranmere RoversH2–217,009van Hooijdonk, Gemmill
21 October 1997West Bromwich AlbionH1–019,243Campbell
24 October 1997ReadingA3–312,610van Hooijdonk (2, 1 pen), Campbell
1 November 1997Crewe AlexandraH3–118,268Campbell, van Hooijdonk (2)
4 November 1997BuryA0–26,137
8 November 1997SunderlandA1–133,160Hjelde
15 November 1997Birmingham CityH1–019,610Campbell
22 November 1997Charlton AthleticH5–218,532van Hooijdonk (3), Woan, Campbell
26 November 1997MiddlesbroughA0–030,143
29 November 1997Ipswich TownA1–017,580Campbell
6 December 1997Bradford CityH2–217,943Cooper, Bonalair
14 December 1997Wolverhampton WanderersA1–224,635A Johnson
20 December 1997Stockport CountyH2–116,701van Hooijdonk (pen), Stone
26 December 1997Swindon TownH3–026,500Campbell (2), A Johnson
28 December 1997Manchester CityA3–231,839van Hooijdonk (2 pens), Campbell
10 January 1998Port ValeH2–117,639van Hooijdonk (2)
17 January 1998Norwich CityA0–117,059
24 January 1998Queens Park RangersA1–013,220Cooper
31 January 1998Oxford UnitedH1–318,392van Hooijdonk (pen)
7 February 1998PortsmouthA1–015,033Chettle
17 February 1998Huddersfield TownH3–018,231van Hooijdonk (2), Bonalair
21 February 1998Stoke CityA1–116,899Thomas-Moore
24 February 1998Tranmere RoversA0–07,377
1 March 1998MiddlesbroughH4–025,286van Hooijdonk (2, 1 pen), Campbell, Cooper
4 March 1998SunderlandH0–329,009
7 March 1998Crewe AlexandraA4–15,759Bart-Williams, Campbell (3)
14 March 1998BuryH3–018,846Lucketti (own goal), van Hooijdonk, Rogers
21 March 1998Birmingham CityA2–124,663van Hooijdonk (2)
28 March 1998Charlton AthleticA2–415,815Campbell (2)
1 April 1998Sheffield UnitedH3–021,512Thomas, Campbell (2)
5 April 1998Ipswich TownH2–122,292Cooper, van Hooijdonk
11 April 1998Bradford CityA3–017,248Campbell, Gemmill, Bart-Williams
13 April 1998Wolverhampton WanderersH3–022,863Johnson, van Hooijdonk, Campbell
18 April 1998Stockport CountyA2–29,892van Hooijdonk, Johnson
26 April 1998ReadingH1–029,302Bart-Williams
3 May 1998West Bromwich AlbionA1–123,013Stone

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998Charlton AthleticA1–413,827van Hooijdonk

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg11 August 1997Doncaster RoversA8–04,547Thomas, Saunders (2), Hjelde (2), van Hooijdonk (2), Allen
R1 Second Leg27 August 1997Doncaster RoversH2–1 (won 10-1 on agg)9,908Guinan, van Hooijdonk
R2 First Leg17 September 1997WalsallH0–17,841
R2 Second Leg24 September 1997WalsallA2–2 (lost 2-3 on agg)6,037van Hooijdonk, Armstrong

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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 Dave Beasant
England GK Mark Goodlad
Wales GK Mark Crossley
Switzerland GK Marco Pascolo
England DF Steve Chettle
England DF Colin Cooper
England DF Andy Dawson
England DF Des Lyttle
England DF Alan Rogers
England DF Stuart Thom
Scotland DF Chris Doig
France DF Thierry Bonalair
Norway DF Jon-Olav Hjelde
England MF Chris Allen
England MF Craig Armstrong
England MF Chris Bart-Williams
England MF Richard Cooper
England MF John Finnigan
England MF Richard Hodgson
England MF Bobby Howe
No. Position Player
England MF Steve Melton
England MF Steve Stone
England MF Geoff Thomas
England MF Andy Todd
England MF Ian Woan
Wales MF Christian Edwards
Wales MF Glyn Hodges
Wales MF Andy Johnson
Scotland MF Scot Gemmill
Republic of Ireland MF John Burns
Australia MF Gareth Edds
England FW Kevin Campbell
England FW Steve Guinan
England FW Marlon Harewood
England FW Paul McGregor
England FW Ian Thomas-Moore
Republic of Ireland FW David Freeman
Netherlands FW Pierre van Hooijdonk
Spain FW Carlos Merino

Left club permanently during season

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

No. Position Player
Northern Ireland GK Alan Fettis (to Blackburn Rovers)
England DF Vance Warner (to Rotherham United)
England MF Paul Smith (to Lincoln City)
No. Position Player
Wales MF David Phillips (to Huddersfield Town)
Northern Ireland MF Damien Johnson (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Wales FW Dean Saunders (to Sheffield United)

Left club on loan during season

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

No. Position Player
Wales GK Mark Crossley (on loan to Millwall)
England MF Chris Allen (on loan to Luton Town)
No. Position Player
England MF John Finnigan (on loan to Lincoln City)
England FW Marlon Harewood (on loan to FC Haka)

References

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