1997–98 Notts County F.C. season

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 →

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

Season summary

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

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Notts County	46	14	7	2	41	20	15	5	3	41	23	82	43	+39	99
2	Macclesfield Town	46	19	4	0	40	11	4	9	10	23	33	63	44	+19	82
3	Lincoln City	46	11	7	5	32	24	9	8	6	28	27	60	51	+9	75
4	Colchester United	46	14	5	4	41	24	7	6	10	31	36	72	60	+12	74
5	Torquay United	46	14	4	5	19	22	7	7	9	29	37	68	59	+9	74
6	Scarborough	46	14	6	3	44	23	5	9	9	23	35	67	58	+9	72
7	Barnet	46	10	8	5	35	22	9	5	9	26	29	61	51	+10	70
8	Scunthorpe United	46	11	7	5	30	24	8	5	10	26	28	56	52	+4	69
9	Rotherham United	46	10	9	4	41	30	6	10	7	26	31	67	61	+6	67
10	Peterborough United	46	13	6	4	37	16	5	7	11	26	35	63	51	+12	67
11	Leyton Orient	46	14	5	4	40	20	5	7	11	22	27	62	47	+15	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	11	9	3	42	26	5	8	10	22	29	64	55	+9	65
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	3	8	35	28	4	10	9	26	34	61	62	-1	61
14	Chester City	46	12	7	4	34	15	5	3	15	26	46	60	61	-1	61
15	Exeter City	46	10	8	5	39	25	5	7	11	29	38	68	63	+5	60
16	Cambridge United	46	11	8	4	39	27	3	10	10	24	30	63	57	+6	60
17	Hartlepool United	46	10	12	1	40	22	2	11	10	21	31	61	53	+8	59
18	Rochdale	46	15	3	5	43	15	2	4	17	13	40	56	55	+1	58
19	Darlington	46	13	6	4	43	28	1	6	16	13	44	56	72	-16	54
20	Swansea City	46	8	8	7	24	16	5	3	15	25	46	49	62	-13	50
21	Cardiff City	46	5	3	15	27	22	4	10	9	21	30	48	52	-4	50
22	Hull City	46	10	6	7	36	32	1	2	20	20	51	56	83	-27	41
23	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	3	10	10	21	34	3	7	13	17	32	38	66	-28	35
24	Doncaster Rovers	46	3	3	17	14	48	1	5	17	16	65	30	113	–83	20

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

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

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
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


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
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


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

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

[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".

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