Crewe Alexandra 1997–98 football season
During the 1997–98 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League First Division , in their 75th season in the English Football League .
In the 1997–98 season, Crewe were favourites to go straight back down to the Second Division and before Christmas, they were in the relegation zone and looked as though it would be a possibility but a fantastic run of 7 wins from 10 league games from January to the end of February, dramatically rose Crewe from a possible relegation to 12th and 7 points from the play-offs but it proved too much to ask for and Crewe finished a satisfying season in 11th place.
Source:
Statto.com Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
Crewe Alexandra's score comes first [ 1]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 1997 Swindon Town A 0–2 8,334 16 August 1997 West Bromwich Albion H 2–3 5,234 Adebola , Rivers 23 August 1997 Norwich City A 2–0 11,821 Rivers , S Smith 2 September 1997 Bury H 1–2 4,447 S Smith (pen) 13 September 1997 Portsmouth A 3–2 9,505 Rivers , Anthrobus , Adebola 16 September 1997 Port Vale H 0–1 5,519 20 September 1997 Queens Park Rangers H 2–3 5,348 Lunt , Adebola 27 September 1997 Tranmere Rovers H 2–1 4,845 Anthrobus , Street 4 October 1997 Birmingham City A 1–0 16,548 Rivers 11 October 1997 Reading A 3–3 6,685 Westwood , Little , Adebola 18 October 1997 Middlesbrough H 1–1 5,759 Adebola 21 October 1997 Ipswich Town H 0–0 4,730 25 October 1997 Bradford City A 0–1 15,333 29 October 1997 Manchester City A 0–1 27,384 1 November 1997 Nottingham Forest A 1–3 18,268 Little 4 November 1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–2 5,743 8 November 1997 Oxford United H 2–1 4,524 Westwood , Anthrobus 15 November 1997 Charlton Athletic A 2–3 14,091 Street , S Smith 22 November 1997 Stockport County H 0–1 5,231 29 November 1997 Sheffield United A 0–1 16,973 6 December 1997 Huddersfield Town H 2–5 4,861 Charnock , Adebola 13 December 1997 Stoke City A 2–0 14,623 S Smith , Little 20 December 1997 Sunderland H 0–3 5,404 26 December 1997 Manchester City H 1–0 5,759 Holsgrove 28 December 1997 Bury A 1–1 5,661 Adebola 11 January 1998 Swindon Town H 2–0 4,176 Little , Street 17 January 1998 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 15,257 Little 24 January 1998 Port Vale A 3–2 10,571 S Smith (pen), Whalley , Foran 31 January 1998 Norwich City H 1–0 5,559 Fuglestad (own goal) 7 February 1998 Queens Park Rangers A 2–3 13,429 Anthrobus , Johnson 14 February 1998 Portsmouth H 3–1 5,114 Little , Garvey , Lunt 17 February 1998 Birmingham City H 0–2 5,559 21 February 1998 Tranmere Rovers A 3–0 7,534 Rivers , Little (2) 25 February 1998 Middlesbrough A 0–1 29,936 28 February 1998 Reading H 1–0 5,202 Rivers 3 March 1998 Oxford United A 0–0 6,069 7 March 1998 Nottingham Forest H 1–4 5,759 Little 14 March 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 24,272 21 March 1998 Charlton Athletic H 0–3 5,252 28 March 1998 Stockport County A 1–0 8,370 S Smith 11 April 1998 Huddersfield Town A 0–2 11,263 13 April 1998 Stoke City H 2–0 5,759 Westwood , Lightfoot 18 April 1998 Sunderland A 1–2 40,441 Charnock 25 April 1998 Bradford City H 5–0 5,054 Anthrobus , Street , Little (3) 30 April 1998 Sheffield United H 2–1 5,759 Anthrobus , Little 3 May 1998 Ipswich Town A 2–3 19,105 Charnock , Garvey
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 3 January 1998 Birmingham City H 1–2 4,607 Rivers
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R1 First Leg 12 August 1997 Bury H 2–3 2,618 Lunt , S Smith R1 Second Leg 26 August 1997 Bury A 3–3 (lost 5–6 on agg) 3,296 Rivers , S Smith , Butler (own goal)
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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