1997–98 season of Everton F.C.
Everton 1997–98 football season
During the 1997–98 English football season, Everton competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Everton began the season with three significant new signings – Slaven Bilić , John Oster and Gareth Farrelly – but the big news at Goodison Park was the return of Howard Kendall for his third spell as manager.
With financial problems growing and fans growing ever more hostile towards chairman Peter Johnson , Kendall was soon facing the biggest struggle of his managerial career. Everton – top division members continuously since 1954 – were battling against relegation and looked anything but a trophy-winning team that they so often had been during Kendall's earlier spells. They ended up surviving, but only avoided relegation to Division One because they had a greater goal difference than 18th-placed Bolton Wanderers .[ 1] That kept Everton up, but Kendall resigned just weeks later and was replaced by the former Rangers manager Walter Smith .[ 2] [ 3]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 9 13 16 41 56 −15 40 7 5 7 25 27 −2 2 8 9 16 29 −13
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H H H A A H A H A H A H A A A H A H A A H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H H A H Result L W L D L W L D L W D L L L L L D D W L W W W D D L D D L W L D W D D L L D Position 16 11 15 14 18 13 16 16 18 15 16 17 17 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 18 15 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 16 17 18 17
Everton's score comes first [ 4]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 1997 Crystal Palace H 1–2 35,716 Ferguson 23 August 1997 West Ham United H 2–1 34,356 Speed , Stuart 27 August 1997 Manchester United H 0–2 40,079 1 September 1997 Bolton Wanderers A 0–0 23,131 13 September 1997 Derby County A 1–3 27,828 Stuart 20 September 1997 Barnsley H 4–2 32,659 Speed (2, 1 pen), Cadamarteri , Oster 24 September 1997 Newcastle United A 0–1 36,705 27 September 1997 Arsenal H 2–2 35,457 Ball , Cadamarteri 4 October 1997 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–3 24,486 Cadamarteri 18 October 1997 Liverpool H 2–0 40,112 Ruddock (own goal), Cadamarteri 25 October 1997 Coventry City A 0–0 18,760 2 November 1997 Southampton H 0–2 29,565 8 November 1997 Blackburn Rovers A 2–3 25,397 Speed , Ferguson 22 November 1997 Aston Villa A 1–2 36,389 Speed (pen) 26 November 1997 Chelsea A 0–2 34,148 29 November 1997 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–2 36,670 6 December 1997 Leeds United A 0–0 34,869 13 December 1997 Wimbledon H 0–0 28,533 20 December 1997 Leicester City A 1–0 20,628 Speed (pen) 26 December 1997 Manchester United A 0–2 55,167 28 December 1997 Bolton Wanderers H 3–2 37,149 Ferguson (3) 10 January 1998 Crystal Palace A 3–1 23,311 Barmby , Ferguson , Madar 18 January 1998 Chelsea H 3–1 32,355 Speed , Ferguson , Duberry (own goal) 31 January 1998 West Ham United A 2–2 25,909 Barmby , Madar 7 February 1998 Barnsley A 2–2 18,672 Ferguson , Grant 14 February 1998 Derby County H 1–2 34,876 Thomsen 23 February 1998 Liverpool A 1–1 44,501 Ferguson 28 February 1998 Newcastle United H 0–0 37,972 7 March 1998 Southampton A 1–2 15,102 Tiler 14 March 1998 Blackburn Rovers H 1–0 33,423 Madar 28 March 1998 Aston Villa H 1–4 36,471 Madar 4 April 1998 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 35,624 Madar 11 April 1998 Leeds United H 2–0 37,099 Hutchison , Ferguson 13 April 1998 Wimbledon A 0–0 15,131 18 April 1998 Leicester City H 1–1 33,642 Madar 25 April 1998 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–3 35,497 Ferguson 3 May 1998 Arsenal A 0–4 38,269 10 May 1998 Coventry City H 1–1 40,109 Farrelly
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 4 January 1998 Newcastle United H 0–1 20,885
Squad (at end of season)[ edit ] [ 5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers in: £5,600,000 Transfers out: £9,500,000 Total spending: £3,900,000 Appearances and goals [ edit ]
Considering starts in all competitions [ 6] [ 7] GK: #31, Thomas Myhre , 23 RB: #12, Craig Short , 29 CB: #28, Slaven Bilić , 25 CB: #5, Dave Watson , 28 LB: #25, Michael Ball , 23 RM: #19, John Oster , 19 CM: #7, Graham Stuart , 17 CM: #17, Gareth Farrelly , 20 LM: #10, Gary Speed , 24 AM: #8, Nick Barmby , 28 CF: #9, Duncan Ferguson , 31
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