1997 Oldham Bears season

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1997 Oldham Bears season
Super League II Rank12th (relegated)
Play-off resultPremiership Trophy preliminary
Challenge CupQuarter final
1997 recordWins: 6; Draws: 1; Losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 559; Against: 731
Team information
CoachAndy Goodway (until April)
Bob Lindner (May onwards)
StadiumBoundary Park
< 1996

The 1997 Oldham Bears season was the 102nd season in the club's rugby league history and the second season in the Super League. The Oldham Bears competed in Super League II and finished bottom of the league in 12th place, relegating them to the Northern Ford Premiership. Following their relegation, the club went into liquidation in October 1997, with debts of over £1 million.

Table[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22 20 0 2 769 397 +372 40
2 London Broncos 22 15 3 4 616 418 +198 33
3 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 22 14 1 7 592 506 +86 29
4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 22 14 0 8 683 398 +285 28
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22 13 1 8 544 463 +81 27
6 Redscolours.svg Salford Reds 22 11 0 11 428 495 -67 22
7 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Blue Sox 22 8 2 12 524 549 -49 18
8 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22 9 0 13 415 574 -159 18
9 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 22 8 0 14 437 647 -210 16
10 Cascolours.png Castleford Tigers 22 5 2 15 334 515 -181 12
11 Paris Saint-Germain 22 6 0 16 362 572 -210 12
12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Bears 22 4 1 17 461 631 -170 9
Champions Relegated

Squad[]

No[1] Player
1 Paul Atcheson
2
3 Darren Abram
4
5
6 Francis Maloney
7 Martin Crompton
8 Ian Gildart
9
10 Jason Temu
11 Gary Lord
12
14 Matt Munro
15 Paul Davidson
16
17
18
19
20
21 Jim Cowan
22 Vince Fawcett
23 Brett Goldspink
25 Paul Deacon
26 Luke Goodwin
27 David Stephenson
31 Ian Russell

References[]

  1. ^ Bailey, Richard; Webb, Matthew. "Oldham Bears". rugby-league-world.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

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