since 1878

First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1997-98 Nationwide League Division One

Final League Position 5th Lost in Play-Offs

Date Opponent V F-A WDL Notes Competition Att. Scorers Manager
19970716Wed 16/7 CAMBRIDGE UNITED H 1-1 D Friendly   Unknown Burley
19970719Sat 19/7 Visan Pallo A 6-1 W   Friendly   Mathie3, Unknown3 Burley
19970722Tue 22/7 Lulea Select A 2-1 W   Friendly   Sonner, Stockwell Burley
19970724Thu 24/7 Umea A 1-0 W   Friendly   Gregory Burley
19970725Fri 25/7 Betsele IK A 6-0 W   Friendly   Mathie2, Stockwell2, Unknown2 Burley
19970730Wed 30/7 Rushden & Diamonds A 5-3 W   Friendly   Mathie3, Unknown2 Burley
19970802Sat 2/8 GILLINGHAM H 3-1 W   Friendly   Scowcroft, Holland, Stockwell Burley
19970809Sat 9/8 Queens Park Rangers A 0-0 D     17,614 Burley
19970812Tue 12/8 Charlton Athletic A 1-0 W   League Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg 6,598 Venus Burley
19970823Sat 23/8 Bradford City A 1-2 L     13,913 Dyer Burley
19970826Tue 26/8 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H 3-1 W   League Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg 10,989 Brownog, Scowcroft, Stein Burley
19970830Sat 30/8 WEST BROMWICH ALBION H 1-1 D     13,508 Stein Burley
19970902Tue 2/9 SWINDON TOWN H 2-1 W     11,246 Venus, Sonner Burley
19970906Sat 6/9 Birmingham City A P-P            
19970913Sat 13/9 Huddersfield Town A 2-2 D     9,313 Edmondsonog, Dyer Burley
19970916Tue 16/9 TORQUAY UNITED H 1-1 D   League Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg 8,031 Stockwell Burley
19970920Sat 20/9 STOKE CITY H 2-3 L     10,665 Scowcroft, Holland Burley
19970923Tue 23/9 Torquay United A 3-0 W   League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg 3,598 Dyer, Holland2 Burley
19970926Fri 26/9 Norwich City A 1-2 L     18,911 Stein Burley
19971004Sat 4/10 MANCHESTER CITY H 1-0 W     14,322 Mathie Burley
19971009Thu 9/10 Braintree Town A 0-0 D Testimonial Culling   Burley
19971014Tue 14/10 MANCHESTER UNITED H 2-0 W   League Cup 3rd Round 22,173 Taricco, Mathie Burley
19971018Sat 18/10 Oxford United A 0-1 L     7,594 Burley
19971021Tue 21/10 Crewe Alexandra A 0-0 D     4,730 Burley
19971025Sat 25/10 BURY H 2-0 W     10,478 Tanner, Dozzell Burley
19971028Tue 28/10 Birmingham City A 1-1 D     16,778 Holland Burley
19971101Sat 1/11 Charlton Athletic A 0-3 L     12,672 Burley
19971104Tue 4/11 STOCKPORT COUNTY H 0-2 L     8,938 Burley
19971109Sun 9/11 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 2-2 D     9,695 Legg, Gregory Burley
19971115Sat 15/11 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1-1 D     21,937 Johnson Burley
19971118Tue 18/11 Oxford United A 2-1 W   League Cup 4th Round 5,723 Mowbray, Dozzell Burley
19971122Sat 22/11 Reading A 4-0 W     9,400 Holland, Johnson, Scowcroft, Naylor Burley
19971129Sat 29/11 NOTTINGHAM FOREST H 0-1 L     17,580 Burley
19971202Tue 2/12 MIDDLESBROUGH H 1-1 D     13,619 Johnson Burley
19971206Sat 6/12 Tranmere Rovers A 1-1 D     5,720 Johnson Burley
19971213Sat 13/12 PORTSMOUTH H 2-0 W     11,641 Johnson, Cundy Burley
19971220Sat 20/12 Port Vale A 3-1 W     5,784 Johnson, Mathie2 Burley
19971226Fri 26/12 BIRMINGHAM CITY H 0-1 L     17,459 Burley
19971228Sun 28/12 Swindon Town A 2-0 W     10,609 Petta, Johnson Burley
19980103Sat 3/1 Bristol Rovers A 1-1 D   FA Cup 3rd Round 8,610 Stockwell Burley
19980107Wed 7/1 CHELSEA H 2-2 D League Cup 5th Round 22,088 Mathie, Taricco Burley
19980110Sat 10/1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS H 0-0 D     12,672 Burley
19980113Tue 13/1 BRISTOL ROVERS H 1-0 W   FA Cup 3rd Round, Replay 11,362 Johnson Burley
19980117Sat 17/1 Middlesbrough A 1-1 D     30,081 Johnson Burley
19980124Sat 24/1 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 1-1 D   FA Cup 4th Round 14,654 Johnson Burley
19980127Tue 27/1 West Bromwich Albion A 3-2 W     12,403 Holland, Cundy, Scowcroft Burley
19980131Sat 31/1 BRADFORD CITY H 2-1 W     11,864 Mathie2 Burley
19980203Tue 3/2 Sheffield United A 0-1 L   FA Cup 4th Round, Replay 14,144 Burley
19980207Sat 7/2 Stoke City A 1-1 D     11,416 Holland Burley
19980214Sat 14/2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H 5-1 W     10,509 Holland, Johnson2, Mathie, Naylor Burley
19980218Wed 18/2 Manchester City A 2-1 W     27,156 Petta, Dyer Burley
19980221Sat 21/2 NORWICH CITY H 5-0 W     21,858 Mathie3, Petta2 Burley
19980224Tue 24/2 OXFORD UNITED H 5-2 W     11,824 Holland, Johnson3, Mathie Burley
19980228Sat 28/2 Sunderland A 2-2 D     35,114 Petta, Dyer Burley
19980303Tue 3/3 Sheffield United A 1-0 W     14,120 Holland Burley
19980307Sat 7/3 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H 3-1 W     19,831 Stockwell, Cundy, Johnson Burley
19980314Sat 14/3 Stockport County A 1-0 W     8,939 Johnson Burley
19980321Sat 21/3 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS H 3-0 W     21,510 Johnson, Scowcroft, Holland Burley
19980328Sat 28/3 READING H 1-0 W     19,075 Scowcroft Burley
19980405Sun 5/4 Nottingham Forest A 1-2 L     22,292 Scowcroft Burley
19980407Tue 7/4 WEST HAM UNITED H 2-2 D   Testimonial Simon Milton   Unknown2 Burley
19980411Sat 11/4 TRANMERE ROVERS H 0-0 D     18,039 Burley
19980413Mon 13/4 Portsmouth A 1-0 W     15,040 Johnson Burley
19980418Sat 18/4 PORT VALE H 5-1 W     16,205 Johnson2, Mathie, Petta2 Burley
19980425Sat 25/4 Bury A 1-0 W     7,830 Stockwell Burley
19980428Tue 28/4 SUNDERLAND H 2-0 W     20,902 Holland, Mathie Burley
19980503Sun 3/5 CREWE ALEXANDRA H 3-2 W     19,105 Stockwell, Johnson, Mathie Burley
19980510Sun 10/5 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H 0-1 L   Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 1st Leg 21,681 Burley
19980513Wed 13/5 Charlton Athletic A 0-1 L   Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 2nd Leg 15,585 Burley

Season Summary

CompPWDLFA
Friendly9630269
League46231497743
League Cup7520145
FA Cup412133
Play-Offs200202
TOTALS6835211212062

 Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

 Home AverageHome TotalAway AverageAway Total
League14,893342,54514,755339,366
Cup/Play-offs15,854110,9789,04354,258

Final League Table

 Final League Table Division 1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        46  18  2  3  52  20  10  8  5  30  22   94  
 2. MIDDLESBROUGH            46  17  4  2  51  12  10  6  7  26  29   91
 3. Sunderland               46  14  7  2  49  22  12  5  6  37  28   90
 4. CHARLTON ATHLETIC        46  17  5  1  48  17   9  5  9  32  32   88
 5. Ipswich Town             46  14  5  4  47  20   9  9  5  30  23   83
 6. Sheffield United         46  16  5  2  44  20   3 12  8  25  34   74
 7. Birmingham City          46  10  8  5  27  15   9  9  5  33  20   74
 8. Stockport County         46  14  6  3  46  21   5  2 16  25  48   65
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  13  6  4  42  25   5  5 13  15  28   65
10. West Bromwich Albion     46   9  8  6  27  26   7  5 11  23  30   61
11. Crewe Alexandra          46  10  2 11  30  34   8  3 12  28  31   59
12. Oxford United            46  12  6  5  36  20   4  4 15  24  44   58
13. Bradford City            46  10  9  4  26  23   4  6 13  20  36   57
14. Tranmere Rovers          46   9  8  6  34  26   5  6 12  20  31   56
15. Norwich City             46   9  8  6  32  27   5  5 13  20  42   55
16. Huddersfield Town        46   9  5  9  28  28   5  6 12  22  44   53
17. Bury                     46   7 10  6  22  22   4  9 10  20  36   52
18. Swindon Town             46   9  6  8  28  25   5  4 14  14  48   52
19. Port Vale                46   7  6 10  25  24   6  4 13  31  42   49
20. Portsmouth               46   8  6  9  28  30   5  4 14  23  33   49
21. Queens Park Rangers      46   8  9  6  28  21   2 10 11  23  42   49
22. MANCHESTER CITY          46   6  6 11  28  26   6  6 11  28  31   48
23. STOKE CITY               46   8  5 10  30  40   3  8 12  14  34   46
24. READING                  46   8  4 11  27  31   3  5 15  12  47   42

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