1997–98 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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Wolverhampton Wanderers
1997–98 season
Chairman Jonathan Hayward,
then Sir Jack Hayward (from 7 September)
Manager Mark McGhee
Football League First Division 9th
FA Cup Semi-finals
League Cup 3rd round
Top goalscorer League: Robbie Keane (11)
All: Dougie Freedman (13)
Highest home attendance 28,244 (vs West Brom, 31 January 1998)
Lowest home attendance 17,862 (vs Fulham,
24 September 1997)
Average home league attendance 23,277 (league only)

The 1997–98 season was the 99th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The team finished in ninth position in the league, failing to mount a serious promotion challenge after having finished third in the previous campaign. They did, however, reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in nineteen years, where they lost to eventual double winners Arsenal.

Results

Football League First Division

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A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1997–98 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

The provisional fixture list was released on 16 June 1997, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[1]

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Sheffield United 46 19 17 10 69 54 +15 74
7 Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 +25 74
8 Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 0+2 65
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 18 11 17 57 53 0+4 65
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 13 17 50 56 0−6 61

Source: Statto.com

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
46 18 11 17 57 53  +4 65 13 6 4 42 25  +17 5 5 13 15 28  −13

Source: Statto.com

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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Result W D L W D L W D D L L W W L W W L D W W L W D W W W L W L L W L L D W D L W D L D L W L D L
Position 1 5 11 8 7 9 6 9 11 13 15 12 8 11 9 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9

Source: Statto.com

FA Cup

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League Cup

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Players

Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.


Pos Name P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
GK England Justin Bray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Matt Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Netherlands Hans Segers 11 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 0
GK England Mike Stowell 35 0 5 0 5 0 45 0 0 0
DF England Simon Coleman 3(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 0 0
DF England Keith Curle (c) 40 1 7 1 0 0 47 2 0 0
DF Wales Ryan Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Poland Dariusz Kubicki ¤ 12 0 0 0 4 0 16 0 2 0
DF Australia Kevin Muscat 22(2) 3 5 0 0 0 27(2) 3 9 0
DF England Lee Naylor 14(2) 0 4 1 1 0 19(2) 1 1 0
DF England Dean Richards 13 0 7 1 0 0 20 1 1 0
DF England Jamie Smith 11 0 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 0
DF England Chris Westwood 3(1) 1 0 0 1(1) 0 4(2) 1 1 0
DF Wales Adrian Williams 20 0 2(2) 0 2 0 24(2) 0 3 0
DF Scotland Stephen Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
MF England Mark Atkins 30(4) 2 4(1) 0 5 0 39(5) 2 3 0
MF Australia Steve Corica 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
MF England Tony Daley 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(3) 0 0 0
MF Spain Isidro Díaz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF England Neil Emblen 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 0 1 0
MF Scotland Darren Ferguson 22(4) 0 2 1 5 1 29(4) 2 8 0
MF England Steve Froggatt 31(2) 2 3 0 3 1 37(2) 3 4 0
MF Barbados Michael Gilkes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
MF England Simon Osborn 23(1) 2 3 0 0 0 26(1) 2 3 1
MF Wales Carl Robinson 27(5) 3 7 1 4 0 38(5) 4 7 0
MF England Steve Sedgley 18(1) 0 6 0 2 0 26(1) 0 4 2
MF Spain Jesús García Sanjuán 4 0 0 0 2(1) 1 6(1) 1 1 0
MF England Paul Simpson 23(5) 4 2(2) 0 0 0 25(7) 4 0 1
MF Australia Robbie Slater 4(2) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 4(3) 0 0 0
MF England Jermaine Wright 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 0(4) 0 0 0
FW England Steve Bull 24(7) 7 1(2) 0 5 2 30(9) 9 2 1
FW England Steve Claridge 4(1) 0 1 0 0 0 5(1) 0 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Glen Crowe ¤ 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Dominic Foley ¤ 1(4) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 1(6) 0 0 0
FW Scotland Dougie Freedman 25(4) 10 5(1) 2 0 0 30(5) 12 8 0
FW England Don Goodman 29(1) 8 6 1 2(1) 1 37(2) 10 4 0
FW England Mark Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane 34(4) 11 1(2) 0 3(1) 0 38(7) 11 2 0
FW England Richard Leadbeater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Finland Mixu Paatelainen 10(13) 0 4(1) 4 4(1) 1 18(15) 5 6 0
FW Grenada Jason Roberts ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
11 July 1997 England Steve Sedgley Ipswich Town £350,000[2]
6 August 1997 Poland Dariusz Kubicki Sunderland Free[3]
6 August 1997 Finland Mixu Paatelainen Bolton Wanderers £250,000[3]
1 September 1997 Spain Isidro Díaz Unattached Free
5 September 1997 Netherlands Hans Segers Unattached Free[4]
12 September 1997 Grenada Jason Roberts Hayes £250,000[5]
21 October 1997 Scotland Dougie Freedman Crystal Palace £800,000[6]
21 October 1997 Australia Kevin Muscat Crystal Palace £200,000[6]
11 November 1997 England Paul Simpson Derby County £75,000[7]
25 March 1998 England Neil Emblen Crystal Palace Undisclosed[8]
25 March 1998 Australia Robbie Slater Southampton £50,000[8]
26 March 1998 England Steve Claridge Leicester City £350,000[9]

Out

Date Player To Fee
June 1997 Northern Ireland Robbie Dennison Released Free[10]
June 1997 Wales Brian Law Released Free[10]
June 1997 England Dennis Pearce Released Free[10]
June 1997 France Serge Romano Released Free[10]
June 1997 England Geoff Thomas Released Free[10]
June 1997 England Andy Thompson Released Free[10]
June 1997 Wales Eric Young Released Free[10]
7 July 1997 Wales Iwan Roberts Norwich City £850,000[11]
11 July 1997 England Mark Venus Ipswich Town £150,000[2]
13 August 1997 England Neil Emblen Crystal Palace £1.8 million[12]
30 September 1997 Spain Isidro Díaz Released Free
21 October 1997 England Jamie Smith Crystal Palace £1 million[6]
19 February 1998 England Jermaine Wright Crewe Alexandra £25,000[13]

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
2 September 1997 England Simon Coleman Bolton Wanderers 2 October 1997[14]
15 September 1997 Spain Jesús García Sanjuán Real Zaragoza 15 December 1997[15]
10 October 1997 England Paul Simpson Derby County 10 November 1997[16]
17 October 1997 Scotland Dougie Freedman Crystal Palace 20 October 1997[17]
19 March 1998 Scotland Stephen Wright Rangers End of season[18]

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
24 October 1997 Republic of Ireland Glen Crowe Cardiff City 9 December 1997
December 1997 Grenada Jason Roberts Torquay United 5 March 1998
24 February 1998 Republic of Ireland Dominic Foley Watford End of season[19]
4 March 1998 Poland Dariusz Kubicki Tranmere Rovers End of season[20]
25 March 1998 Grenada Jason Roberts Bristol City End of season[8]

Kit

The season retained the home kit of the previous year: a "wolf head" design created using their traditional gold and black colours. A new away kit comprising a white away shirt with a dark green collar and dark green shorts was introduced. Both were manufactured by Puma and sponsored by Goodyear.

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