Season 1997-1998

Results

Nationwide League Division One

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
1 09 AUG Crewe Alexandra (Home) Crewe Alexandra (H) W2 - 0 W. Allison, S. Finney pen. 8,334
2 16 AUG Reading (Away) Reading (A) W1 - 0 C. Hay 9,338
3 23 AUG Huddersfield Town (Home) Huddersfield Town (H) D1 - 1 C. Hay 7,683
4 30 AUG Stoke City (Away) Stoke City (A) W2 - 1 W. Allison, C. Hay 23,000
5 02 SEP Ipswich Town (Away) Ipswich Town (A) L1 - 2 W. Allison 11,246
6 07 SEP Nottingham Forest (Home) Nottingham Forest (H) D0 - 0 - 13,051
7 13 SEP Tranmere Rovers (Home) Tranmere Rovers (H) W2 - 1 M. Walters, C. Casper 6,811
8 20 SEP West Bromwich Albion (Away) West Bromwich Albion (A) D0 - 0 - 16,237
9 27 SEP Manchester City (Away) Man City (A) L0 - 6 - 26,646
10 04 OCT Port Vale (Home) Port Vale (H) W4 - 2 C. Hay 3, C. Taylor 8,048
11 11 OCT Bury (Home) Bury (H) W3 - 1 C. Hay 2, T. Gooden 7,640
12 18 OCT Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) Wolves (A) L1 - 3 C. Hay pen. 21,794
13 21 OCT Sunderland (Away) Sunderland (A) D0 - 0 - 27,553
14 25 OCT Norwich City (Home) Norwich City (H) W1 - 0 C. Hay 9,256
15 31 OCT Portsmouth (Away) Portsmouth (A) W1 - 0 C. Hay 8,707
16 05 NOV Queens Park Rangers (Home) Q.P.R. (H) W3 - 1 M. Walters, C. Taylor, C. Hay 10,132
17 08 NOV Bradford City (Home) Bradford (H) W1 - 0 S. Cowe 10,029
18 15 NOV Stockport County (Away) Stockport County (A) L2 - 4 C. Hay, S. Leitch 7,694
19 22 NOV Middlesbrough (Home) Middlesbrough (H) L1 - 2 G. Ndah 15,228
20 28 NOV Charlton Athletic (Away) Charlton Athletic (A) L0 - 3 - 13,769
21 06 DEC Oxford United (Home) Oxford United (H) W4 - 1 B. Wilsterman (o.g.), M. Walters pen., S. Finney, T. Gooden 10,902
22 13 DEC Sheffield United (Away) Sheffield United (A) L1 - 2 S. Finney 18,115
23 20 DEC Birmingham City (Home) Birmingham (H) D1 - 1 S. Finney 10,334
24 26 DEC Nottingham Forest (Away) Nottingham Forest (A) L0 - 3 - 26,500
25 28 DEC Ipswich Town (Home) Ipswich Town (H) L0 - 2 - 10,609
26 11 JAN Crewe Alexandra (Away) Crewe Alexandra (A) L0 - 2 - 4,176
27 17 JAN Reading (Home) Reading (H) L0 - 2 - 9,500
28 24 JAN Bradford City (Away) Bradford (A) D1 - 1 C. Hay 15,130
29 28 JAN Stoke City (Home) Stoke City (H) W1 - 0 M. Robinson 6,683
30 31 JAN Huddersfield Town (Away) Huddersfield Town (A) D0 - 0 - 10,028
31 07 FEB West Bromwich Albion (Home) West Bromwich Albion (H) L0 - 2 - 9,861
32 10 FEB Tranmere Rovers (Away) Tranmere Rovers (A) L0 - 3 - 5,288
33 17 FEB Port Vale (Away) Port Vale (A) W1 - 0 L. Collins 5,925
34 21 FEB Manchester City (Home) Man City (H) L1 - 3 S. Cowe 12,280
35 28 FEB Bury (Away) Bury (A) L0 - 1 - 5,002
36 07 MAR Portsmouth (Home) Portsmouth (H) L0 - 1 - 9,100
37 11 MAR Middlesbrough (Away) Middlesbrough (A) L0 - 6 - 29,581
38 14 MAR Queens Park Rangers (Away) Q.P.R. (A) W2 - 1 M. Walters pen., I. Onuora 13,486
39 18 MAR Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home) Wolves (H) D0 - 0 - 7,770
40 21 MAR Stockport County (Home) Stockport County (H) D1 - 1 A. McDonald 6,684
41 04 APR Charlton Athletic (Home) Charlton Athletic (H) L0 - 1 - 7,845
42 11 APR Oxford United (Away) Oxford United (A) L1 - 2 G. Ndah pen. 8,005
43 13 APR Sheffield United (Home) Sheffield United (H) D1 - 1 M. Walters 7,125
44 18 APR Birmingham City (Away) Birmingham (A) L0 - 3 - 17,016
45 25 APR Norwich City (Away) Norwich City (A) L0 - 5 - 18,443
46 03 MAY Sunderland (Home) Sunderland (H) L1 - 2 M. Walters 14,868

FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
COMPETITION PROPER
THIRD ROUND
3 03 JAN Stevenage Borough (Home) Stevenage Borough (H) L1 - 2 M. Walters 9,422

Coca-Cola Cup

# Date Opponent Score Scorers Att.
COMPETITION PROPER
FIRST ROUND
1-1L 13 AUG Watford (Home) Watford (H) L0 - 2 - 6,271
1-2L 26 AUG Watford (Away) Watford (A) D1 - 1
L1 - 3  (Agg.)
S. Leitch 7,712