1997–98 season of Everton F.C.
Everton 1997–98 football season
Everton 1997–98 season Chairman Peter Johnson Manager Howard Kendall Stadium Goodison Park Premiership 17th FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round Top goalscorer League: Duncan Ferguson (11) All: Duncan Ferguson (11) Average home league attendance 35,376
During the 1997–98 English football season, Everton competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary [ ]
Everton began the season with three significant new signings – Slaven Bilić , John Oster and Gareth Farrelly – but the big news at Goodison Park was the return of Howard Kendall for his third spell as manager.
With financial problems growing and fans growing ever more hostile towards chairman Peter Johnson , Kendall was soon facing the biggest struggle of his managerial career. Everton – top division members continuously since 1954 – were battling against relegation and looked anything but a trophy-winning team that they so often had been during Kendall's earlier spells. They ended up surviving, but only avoided relegation to Division One because they had a greater goal difference than 18th-placed Bolton Wanderers .[1] That kept Everton up, but Kendall resigned just weeks later and was replaced by the former Rangers manager Walter Smith .[2] [3]
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
15
Wimbledon
38
10
14
14
34
46
−12
44
16
Sheffield Wednesday
38
12
8
18
52
67
−15
44
17
Everton
38
9
13
16
41
56
−15
40
18
Bolton Wanderers (R)
38
9
13
16
41
61
−20
40
Relegation to the Football League First Division
19
Barnsley (R)
38
10
5
23
37
82
−45
35
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
9
13
16
41
56
−15
40
7
5
7
25
27
−2
2
8
9
16
29
−13
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H H H A A H A H A H A H A A A H A H A A H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H H A H Result L W L D L W L D L W D L L L L L D D W L W W W D D L D D L W L D W D D L L D Position 16 11 15 14 18 13 16 16 18 15 16 17 17 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 18 15 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 16 17 18 17
Results [ ]
Everton's score comes first [4]
Legend [ ]
FA Premier League [ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
9 August 1997
Crystal Palace
H
1–2
35,716
Ferguson
23 August 1997
West Ham United
H
2–1
34,356
Speed , Stuart
27 August 1997
Manchester United
H
0–2
40,079
1 September 1997
Bolton Wanderers
A
0–0
23,131
13 September 1997
Derby County
A
1–3
27,828
Stuart
20 September 1997
Barnsley
H
4–2
32,659
Speed (2, 1 pen), Cadamarteri , Oster
24 September 1997
Newcastle United
A
0–1
36,705
27 September 1997
Arsenal
H
2–2
35,457
Ball , Cadamarteri
4 October 1997
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1–3
24,486
Cadamarteri
18 October 1997
Liverpool
H
2–0
40,112
Ruddock (own goal), Cadamarteri
25 October 1997
Coventry City
A
0–0
18,760
2 November 1997
Southampton
H
0–2
29,565
8 November 1997
Blackburn Rovers
A
2–3
25,397
Speed , Ferguson
22 November 1997
Aston Villa
A
1–2
36,389
Speed (pen)
26 November 1997
Chelsea
A
0–2
34,148
29 November 1997
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–2
36,670
6 December 1997
Leeds United
A
0–0
34,869
13 December 1997
Wimbledon
H
0–0
28,533
20 December 1997
Leicester City
A
1–0
20,628
Speed (pen)
26 December 1997
Manchester United
A
0–2
55,167
28 December 1997
Bolton Wanderers
H
3–2
37,149
Ferguson (3)
10 January 1998
Crystal Palace
A
3–1
23,311
Barmby , Ferguson , Madar
18 January 1998
Chelsea
H
3–1
32,355
Speed , Ferguson , Duberry (own goal)
31 January 1998
West Ham United
A
2–2
25,909
Barmby , Madar
7 February 1998
Barnsley
A
2–2
18,672
Ferguson , Grant
14 February 1998
Derby County
H
1–2
34,876
Thomsen
23 February 1998
Liverpool
A
1–1
44,501
Ferguson
28 February 1998
Newcastle United
H
0–0
37,972
7 March 1998
Southampton
A
1–2
15,102
Tiler
14 March 1998
Blackburn Rovers
H
1–0
33,423
Madar
28 March 1998
Aston Villa
H
1–4
36,471
Madar
4 April 1998
Tottenham Hotspur
A
1–1
35,624
Madar
11 April 1998
Leeds United
H
2–0
37,099
Hutchison , Ferguson
13 April 1998
Wimbledon
A
0–0
15,131
18 April 1998
Leicester City
H
1–1
33,642
Madar
25 April 1998
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1–3
35,497
Ferguson
3 May 1998
Arsenal
A
0–4
38,269
10 May 1998
Coventry City
H
1–1
40,109
Farrelly
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
4 January 1998
Newcastle United
H
0–1
20,885
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st leg
16 September 1997
Scunthorpe United
A
1–0
7,145
Farrelly
R2 2nd leg
1 October 1997
Scunthorpe United
H
5–0 (won 6–0 on agg)
11,562
Stuart , Oster , Barmby (2), Cadamarteri
R3
15 October 1997
Coventry City
A
1–4
10,087
Barmby
Squad (at end of season) [ ]
[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
1 July 1997
MF
Gareth Farrelly
Aston Villa
Transfer
1 August 1997
MF
John Oster
Grimsby Town
£1,500,000
6 August 1997
DF
Tony Thomas
Tranmere Rovers
£400,000
15 August 1997
MF
Danny Williamson
West Ham United
Swap
27 November 1997
GK
Thomas Myhre
Viking
£800,000
28 November 1997
MF
Mitch Ward
Sheffield United
£750,000
28 November 1997
DF
Carl Tiler
Sheffield United
£750,000
30 December 1997
FW
Mickaël Madar
Deportivo La Coruña
Free transfer
28 January 1998
DF
John O'Kane
Manchester United
£400,000
26 February 1998
MF
Don Hutchison
Sheffield United
£1,000,000
26 March 1998
MF
Matt McKay
Chester City
Signed
Out [ ]
Date
Pos
Name
To
Fee
15 August 1997
DF
David Unsworth
West Ham United
Swap
28 November 1997
MF
Graham Stuart
Sheffield United
£500,000
30 January 1998
MF
Andy Hinchcliffe
Sheffield Wednesday
£3,000,000
6 February 1998
MF
Gary Speed
Newcastle United
£5,500,000
13 February 1998
DF
John Hills
Blackpool
Signed
24 February 1998
DF
Earl Barrett
Sheffield Wednesday
Free transfer
26 February 1998
DF
Jon O'Connor
Sheffield United
Transfer
3 March 1998
DF
Claus Thomsen
AB
£500,000
12 March 1998
GK
Neville Southall
Stoke City
Free transfer
Transfers in: £5,600,000
Transfers out: £9,500,000
Total spending: £3,900,000
Statistics [ ]
Starting 11 [ ]
Considering starts in all competitions [6] [7]
GK: #31, Thomas Myhre , 23
RB: #12, Craig Short , 29
CB: #28, Slaven Bilić , 25
CB: #5, Dave Watson , 28
LB: #25, Michael Ball , 23
RM: #19, John Oster , 19
CM: #7, Graham Stuart , 17
CM: #17, Gareth Farrelly , 20
LM: #10, Gary Speed , 24
AM: #8, Nick Barmby , 28
CF: #9, Duncan Ferguson , 31
Notes [ ]
References [ ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier North , Premier South , Senior )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions