Norwich City 1997–98 football season
During the 1997–98 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
Season summary [ ]
In the 1997–98 season, Norwich had a season of two halves where they had a satisfying first season in which the Canaries were lying in 12th place and 9 points adrift from the playoffs but from the end of January, Norwich went on a poor run of 14 games without a win with only 7 points picked up during that spell and also resulted in Walker resigning at the end of April and ended up finishing in a disappointing 15th place.
Final league table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
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
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1998. Source:
Statto.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of goal scored; 3) goal difference.
Results [ ]
Norwich City's score comes first [1]
Legend [ ]
[ ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
9 August 1997
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
0–2
17,230
15 August 1997
Nottingham Forest
A
1–4
16,524
O'Neill
23 August 1997
Crewe Alexandra
H
0–2
11,821
30 August 1997
Sunderland
A
1–0
29,204
Sutch
2 September 1997
Portsmouth
A
1–1
10,577
Adams
13 September 1997
Port Vale
H
1–0
11,269
Fleck
17 September 1997
Charlton Athletic
H
0–4
10,157
20 September 1997
Manchester City
A
2–1
27,258
Adams , Coote
26 September 1997
Ipswich Town
H
2–1
18,911
Eadie , Cundy (own goal)
4 October 1997
Tranmere Rovers
A
0–2
6,674
18 October 1997
Stockport County
H
1–1
12,689
Eadie
21 October 1997
Reading
H
0–0
17,781
25 October 1997
Swindon Town
A
0–1
9,256
1 November 1997
Bury
H
2–2
14,419
Bellamy , Adams
4 November 1997
West Bromwich Albion
A
0–1
13,949
8 November 1997
Birmingham City
A
2–1
16,464
Forbes (2)
15 November 1997
Middlesbrough
H
1–3
16,011
Roberts
22 November 1997
Oxford United
H
2–1
11,241
Fleck , Bellamy
29 November 1997
Bradford City
A
1–2
16,637
Bellamy
3 December 1997
Queens Park Rangers
A
1–1
10,141
Forbes
6 December 1997
Sheffield United
H
2–1
11,745
Vonk (own goal), Fuglestad
13 December 1997
Huddersfield Town
A
3–1
11,436
Forbes , Bellamy , Grant
20 December 1997
Stoke City
H
0–0
12,265
26 December 1997
Charlton Athletic
A
1–2
14,472
Bellamy (pen)
30 December 1997
Portsmouth
H
2–0
16,441
Jackson , Bellamy
10 January 1998
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–5
23,703
17 January 1998
Nottingham Forest
H
1–0
17,059
Roberts
28 January 1998
Sunderland
H
2–1
15,940
Eadie , Craddock (own goal)
31 January 1998
Crewe Alexandra
A
0–1
5,559
7 February 1998
Manchester City
H
0–0
15,274
14 February 1998
Port Vale
A
2–2
6,664
Grant , Jackson
18 February 1998
Tranmere Rovers
H
0–2
12,105
21 February 1998
Ipswich Town
A
0–5
21,858
24 February 1998
Stockport County
A
2–2
7,471
Grant , Coote
28 February 1998
Queens Park Rangers
H
0–0
12,730
4 March 1998
Birmingham City
H
3–3
9,819
Bellamy (2), Llewellyn
7 March 1998
Bury
A
0–1
5,154
14 March 1998
West Bromwich Albion
H
1–1
24,663
Bellamy
22 March 1998
Middlesbrough
A
0–3
30,040
28 March 1998
Oxford United
A
0–2
7,869
4 April 1998
Bradford City
H
2–3
13,260
Llewellyn , Bellamy
11 April 1998
Sheffield United
A
2–2
16,915
Bellamy , Llewellyn
13 April 1998
Huddersfield Town
H
5–0
16,550
Fleming , Adams (pen), Roberts (2), Fuglestad
18 April 1998
Stoke City
A
0–2
13,098
25 April 1998
Swindon Town
H
5–0
18,443
Llewellyn , Jackson , Roberts , Bellamy , Fenn
3 May 1998
Reading
A
1–0
14,817
Bellamy
FA Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
3 January 1998
Grimsby Town
A
0–3
8,161
League Cup [ ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1 First Leg
12 August 1997
Barnet
H
2–1
5,429
Roberts , Adams
R1 Second Leg
26 August 1997
Barnet
A
1–3 (lost 3–4 on agg)
2,846
Roberts
Players [ ]
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.
Notes [ ]
^ Milligan was born in Manchester , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 , U-23 , and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.
^ Coote was born in Belton with Browston , England , but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
^ Carey was born in Kettering , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Fenn was born in Enfield , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.
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