Fulham F.C. 1997–98 football season
The 1997–98 season was Fulham's 100th season in professional football. They played in the Second Division (previously known as the Third Division).
Season summary [ edit ] Manager Micky Adams was sacked in September, soon after Mohammed Al Fayed 's take-over. Ray Wilkins and Kevin Keegan were appointed as head coach and director of football respectively. The club managed to make the play-offs despite losing their last three games, but this wasn't good enough for Al Fayed, who sacked Wilkins and promoted Keegan to his position. Keegan was unable to navigate Fulham through the play-offs as they were defeated by Grimsby Town 2–1 on aggregate (1–1 and 1–0 over two legs) in the semi-finals.
Final league table [ edit ]
Source: Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
Results [ edit ] Fulham's score comes first [2]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 1997 Wrexham H 1–0 8,789 Conroy 16 August 1997 Walsall A 1–1 4,418 Keister (own goal) 23 August 1997 Luton Town H 0–0 8,142 30 August 1997 Wycombe Wanderers A 0–2 6,278 2 September 1997 Bristol City A 2–0 10,293 Newhouse , Carpenter 9 September 1997 Plymouth Argyle H 2–0 8,961 Moody (2) 13 September 1997 Grimsby Town H 0–2 6,874 20 September 1997 Southend United A 0–1 5,026 27 September 1997 Wigan Athletic A 1–2 4,951 Hayward 4 October 1997 Oldham Athletic H 3–1 8,805 Moody (2), Sinnott (own goal) 11 October 1997 Blackpool H 1–0 7,760 Conroy 18 October 1997 Bournemouth A 1–2 7,484 Vincent (own goal) 21 October 1997 Watford A 0–2 11,486 25 October 1997 Northampton Town H 1–1 9,848 Peschisolido 1 November 1997 Chesterfield H 1–1 7,998 Blake 4 November 1997 Millwall A 1–1 10,291 Peschisolido 8 November 1997 Bristol Rovers A 3–2 6,166 Carpenter , Scott (2) 18 November 1997 York City H 1–1 5,521 Peschisolido 21 November 1997 Gillingham H 3–0 8,274 Peschisolido (2), Watson 29 November 1997 Preston North End A 1–3 9,723 Scott 2 December 1997 Brentford H 1–1 10,767 Peschisolido 13 December 1997 Carlisle United A 0–2 4,574 19 December 1997 Burnley H 1–0 5,096 Cullip 26 December 1997 Plymouth Argyle A 4–1 9,469 Moody (2), Hayward , Trollope 28 December 1997 Bristol City H 1–0 13,273 Moody 10 January 1998 Wrexham A 3–0 5,338 Moody , Peschisolido , Trollope 17 January 1998 Wycombe Wanderers H 0–0 10,468 24 January 1998 Luton Town A 4–1 8,366 Moody (3, 1 pen), Hayward 31 January 1998 Grimsby Town A 1–1 6,785 Lightbourne 7 February 1998 Southend United H 2–0 9,122 Peschisolido , Lightbourne 14 February 1998 Oldham Athletic A 0–1 6,063 21 February 1998 Wigan Athletic H 2–0 7,791 Hayward , Peschisolido 24 February 1998 Bournemouth H 0–1 7,708 28 February 1998 Blackpool A 1–2 5,183 Coleman 3 March 1998 Bristol Rovers H 1–0 6,843 Thorpe 7 March 1998 Chesterfield A 2–0 5,129 Morgan , Blake 14 March 1998 Millwall H 1–2 12,318 Thorpe 21 March 1998 York City A 1–0 4,871 Peschisolido 28 March 1998 Gillingham A 0–2 10,507 4 April 1998 Preston North End H 2–1 8,814 Brazier , Collins 7 April 1998 Walsall H 1–1 6,733 Trollope 11 April 1998 Brentford A 2–0 10,510 Moody (2) 13 April 1998 Carlisle United H 5–0 9,243 Peschisolido (3), Moody (pen), Thorpe 18 April 1998 Burnley A 1–2 9,745 Moody 25 April 1998 Northampton Town A 0–1 7,443 2 May 1998 Watford H 1–2 17,114 Beardsley
Second Division play-offs [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers SF 1st Leg 9 May 1998 Grimsby Town H 1–1 13,954 Beardsley (pen) SF 2nd Leg 13 May 1998 Grimsby Town A 0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg) 8,689
League Cup [ edit ] Players [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ] Date Pos. Name From Fee 1 August 1997 DF Jimmy Aggrey Chelsea Free transfer 1 August 1997 FW Andy Arnott Leyton Orient £23,000 1 August 1997 MF Neil Smith Gillingham Transfer 1 August 1997 GK Andre Arendse Cape Town Spurs £200,000[4] 1 August 1997 FW Paul Moody Oxford United £200,000 1 August 1997 DF Ian McGuckin Hartlepool United £75,000 1 August 1997 MF Steve Hayward Carlisle United £175,000 10 October 1997 MF Paul Bracewell Sunderland £75,000 17 October 1997 MF Ian Selley Arsenal £500,000 24 October 1997 FW Paul Peschisolido West Bromwich Albion £1,100,000 14 November 1997 GK Maik Taylor Southampton £700,000 26 November 1997 DF Alan Neilson Southampton £250,000 27 November 1997 MF Steve McAnespie Bolton Wanderers £100,000 27 November 1997 MF Paul Trollope Derby County £600,000 1 December 1997 DF Chris Coleman Blackburn Rovers £2,000,000 1 December 1997 MF Shaun Maher Bohemians £35,000 22 January 1998 MF Wayne Collins Sheffield Wednesday £400,000 30 January 1998 DF Rufus Brevett Queens Park Rangers £375,000 26 February 1998 FW Tony Thorpe Luton Town £800,000 20 March 1998 MF Matt Brazier Queens Park Rangers £65,000
Transfers in: £7,473,000 Transfers out: £295,000 Total spending: £7,178,000 References [ edit ] ^ Taylor was born in Hildesheim , West Germany , but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he holds a British passport, and represented Northern Ireland at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 1999. ^ Neilson was born in Wegberg , West Germany , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. ^ Trollope was born in Swindon , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997. External links [ edit ]
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