1997–98 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
1997–98 season
Chairman	Scott Davidson
Manager	John Ward
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Second Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Goater (16); All: Goater (17)
Average home league attendance	11,846
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 English football season, Bristol City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Bristol City achieved promotion to Division One, which was confirmed on 10 April 1998 after Grimsby failed to win at Wycombe and can only manage a 1–1 draw. It was also thoroughly deserved as they were in the top two since the beginning of November and also going on a brilliant run of form midway through the season which saw them lose only one from 21 league games and winning eight consecutive games during that run.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Watford (C, P)	46	24	16	6	67	41	+26	88	Promotion to the First Division
2	Bristol City (P)	46	25	10	11	69	39	+30	85	Promotion to the First Division
3	Grimsby Town (O, P)	46	19	15	12	55	37	+18	72	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Northampton Town	46	18	17	11	52	37	+15	71
5	Bristol Rovers	46	20	10	16	70	64	+6	70

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Bristol City's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,220	Torpey
16 August 1997	Blackpool	H	2–0	9,043	Cramb, Goater
23 August 1997	Northampton Town	A	1–2	6,217	Cramb
30 August 1997	Wigan Athletic	H	3–0	9,255	Goater (3, 1 pen)
2 September 1997	Fulham	H	0–2	10,293
13 September 1997	Wrexham	A	1–2	3,251	Goater
20 September 1997	Bournemouth	H	1–1	8,330	Goater
27 September 1997	Luton Town	H	3–0	8,509	Bell (pen), Torpey (2)
4 October 1997	Gillingham	A	0–2	6,277
11 October 1997	Southend United	A	2–0	3,273	Bell, Hails (own goal)
17 October 1997	York City	H	2–1	9,568	Cramb, Torpey
21 October 1997	Preston North End	H	2–1	9,039	Bell (pen), Goodridge
25 October 1997	Walsall	A	0–0	4,618
29 October 1997	Millwall	A	2–0	7,026	Torpey, Locke
1 November 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	10,221	Bell (pen)
4 November 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	7,552	Goater (2)
8 November 1997	Brentford	A	4–1	6,183	Torpey, Doherty (2), Goater
18 November 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	10,867	Bell (2)
22 November 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–1	11,129	Hewlett (2), Torpey
29 November 1997	Carlisle United	A	3–0	5,044	Goater (2), Goodridge
2 December 1997	Burnley	H	3–1	11,136	Goodridge (2), Bell (pen)
13 December 1997	Watford	A	1–1	16,072	Goater
20 December 1997	Chesterfield	H	1–0	11,792	Bell (pen)
26 December 1997	Millwall	H	4–1	16,128	Cramb, Edwards, Tinnion, Taylor
28 December 1997	Fulham	A	0–1	13,273
10 January 1998	Grimsby Town	H	4–1	12,567	Cramb (2), Taylor, Goater
17 January 1998	Wigan Athletic	A	3–0	5,078	Doherty, Tinnion, Goater
24 January 1998	Northampton Town	H	0–0	14,753
31 January 1998	Wrexham	H	1–1	11,741	Goater
3 February 1998	Blackpool	A	2–2	3,724	Hewlett (2)
7 February 1998	Bournemouth	A	0–1	6,623
14 February 1998	Gillingham	H	0–2	11,781
21 February 1998	Luton Town	A	0–0	6,405
24 February 1998	York City	A	1–0	3,770	Bell (pen)
28 February 1998	Southend United	H	1–0	12,049	Cramb
3 March 1998	Brentford	H	2–2	10,398	Torpey, Cockerill (own goal)
14 March 1998	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	17,086	Bell (pen), Goater
21 March 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	7,622
28 March 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–1	6,326	Cramb (2)
31 March 1998	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	4,543	Goodridge, Roberts
4 April 1998	Carlisle United	H	1–0	12,578	Goodridge
11 April 1998	Burnley	A	0–1	10,600
13 April 1998	Watford	H	1–1	19,141	Edwards
18 April 1998	Chesterfield	A	0–1	5,085
25 April 1998	Walsall	H	2–1	15,059	Owers, Tinnion
2 May 1998	Preston North End	A	1–2	12,067	McCarthy

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	15 November 1997	Millwall	H	1–0	8,413	Taylor
R2	7 December 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–3	5,687	Cramb

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1997	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	9,341
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1 (won 2–1 on agg)	5,872	Taylor, Bent
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1997	Leeds United	A	1–3	8,806	Goater
R2 2nd Leg	30 September 1997	Leeds United	H	2–1 (lost 3–4 on agg)	10,857	Goodridge, Taylor

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	6 January 1998	Millwall	H	1–0	2,557	Locke
SQF	27 January 1998	Bournemouth	A	0–1	2,124

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Keith Welch
-	GK	ENG	Stuart Naylor
-	GK	ENG	Steve Phillips
-	DF	ENG	Michael Bell
-	DF	ENG	Shaun Taylor
-	DF	ENG	Adam Locke
-	DF	SCO	Louis Carey
-	DF	WAL	Rob Edwards
-	DF	ENG	Sean Dyche
-	DF	SCO	Scott Paterson
-	DF	CAN	Jim Brennan
-	DF	SWE	Mark Shail
-	DF	ENG	Kevin Langan
-	DF	SCO	Andy Jordan
-	MF	ENG	Brian Tinnion
-	MF	ENG	Matthew Hewlett
-	MF	NIR	Tommy Doherty


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Gary Owers
-	MF	SCO	Scott Murray
-	MF	ENG	Paul Tisdale
-	MF	LBY	Jehad Muntasser
-	FW	SCO	Colin Cramb
-	FW	BER	Shaun Goater
-	FW	BRB	Gregory Goodridge
-	FW	ENG	Steve Torpey
-	FW	WAL	Sean McCarthy (on loan from Oldham Athletic)
-	FW	NOR	Stig Johansen (on loan from Southampton)
-	FW	GRN	Jason Roberts (on loan from Wolves)
-	FW	ENG	Dominic Barclay
-	FW	ENG	Junior Bent
-	FW	ENG	Dwayne Plummer

References

^ "England 1997–98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ "Bristol City 1997-1998 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
^ "All Bristol City players: 1998".

[rsssf-1] "England 1997–98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[2] "Bristol City 1997-1998 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

[3] "All Bristol City players: 1998".

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