1997–98_Newcastle_United_F.C._season

Newcastle United
1997–98 season
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd (until 24 March 1998); Sir John Hall (from 24 March 1998)
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Stadium	St James' Park
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Barnes (6); All: Barnes/Shearer (7)
Highest home attendance	36,783 (vs. Aston Villa, 23 August)
Average home league attendance	36,672
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United 1997–98 football season

In the 1997–98 football season, Newcastle United played in the FA Premier League. They finished 13th and reached the FA Cup final, losing to Arsenal.

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Season summary

During the summer, David Ginola and Les Ferdinand were sold to Tottenham Hotspur, while in a pre-season friendly match, Alan Shearer sustained a horrific ankle injury which would keep him out for half the season.^[1] Manager Kenny Dalglish signed goalkeeper Shay Given, midfielder Temur Ketsbaia, striker John Barnes and veteran striker Ian Rush, the club's eldest player signing at age 36.^[2]

Kenny Dalglish

The highlight of the 1997–98 season was to be the club's run in the UEFA Champions League, seeing them defeat Barcelona 3–2 after a hat-trick from striker Faustino Asprilla.^[3] The club's Premier League form, however, began to suffer following Asprilla's departure from the club in January, and despite the return of Shearer to the starting line-up, he was unable to recapture the form he had found under Kevin Keegan.^[4] The club reached the FA Cup final only to fall to a 2–0 defeat by Arsenal.^[5]

Controversy surrounded the club in March 1998 when chairman Freddie Shepherd, and deputy chairman Douglas Hall (son of previous chairman Sir John Hall, who had retired during the summer), were filmed in a Spanish brothel making a series of remarks to an undercover tabloid journalist. They ridiculed Shearer, boasted of "ripping off" supporters with the club shirts they sold, and called the women of Newcastle "dogs". Both subsequently resigned, and Sir John Hall returned as acting chairman for the remainder of the season.^[6]^[7]

Newcastle enjoyed a good run in the 1997–98 FA Cup and reached the final for the first time in 24 years. They never looked like winners, and the final whistle blew with a 2–0 scoreline giving the trophy to opponents Arsenal. But as Arsenal had completed the double, Newcastle entered the 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup.

Dalglish's cautious brand of football proved unpopular with supporters used to Newcastle's previous swashbuckling style; more importantly this cautious style was not producing results. Many players signed by Dalglish were not considered to match the quality of those who had left the club this season. The team's 13th-place finish gave particular cause for concern, as Newcastle had finished runners-up in the last two seasons and had never finished below sixth since returning to the top flight in 1993. To add insult to injury, only 35 league goals were scored by the club all season.

Despite signing Dietmar Hamann, Nolberto Solano and Gary Speed, several unsuccessful transfer deals along with a poor start to the 1998–99 season led to Dalglish being sacked.^[8]

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[table_note_res_NEW0.53465395957914-19] As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up.

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Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
June 1997	MF	Paddy Kelly	Celtic	Free
June 1997	GK	Shay Given	Blackburn Rovers	£1,500,000
June 1997	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia	AEK Athens	Free
July 1997	FW	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Heerenveen	£2,200,000^[9]
July 1997	DF	Stuart Pearce	Nottingham Forest	Free^[10]
July 1997	DF	Alessandro Pistone	Inter Milan	£4,300,000
July 1997	DF	Brian Pinas	Feyenoord	Free
August 1997	MF	John Barnes	Liverpool	Free
August 1997	FW	Ian Rush	Leeds United	Free
October 1997	FW	Carlos Gonzalez	Sydney Olympic	Free
November 1997	MF	Ralf Keidel	Schweinfurt 05	Free
November 1997	FW	Paul Dalglish	Liverpool	Free
November 1997	DF	David Terrier	West Ham United	Free
January 1998	FW	Andreas Andersson	Milan	£3,600,000
January 1998	DF	Andy Griffin	Stoke City	£1,500,000
February 1998	MF	Gary Speed	Everton	£5,500,000
March 1998	MF	James Coppinger	Darlington	£250,000
March 1998	MF	Paul Robinson	Darlington	£250,000
March 1998	MF	Stephen Glass	Aberdeen	£650,000
March 1998	DF	Nikos Dabizas	Olympiacos	£1,400,000

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 1997	MF	Lee Clark	Sunderland	£2,500,000^[11]
July 1997	DF	Robbie Elliott	Bolton Wanderers	£2,250,000^[12]
July 1997	MF	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur	£2,000,000^[13]
July 1997	FW	Les Ferdinand	Tottenham Hotspur	£6,000,000
August 1997	MF	Peter Beardsley	Bolton Wanderers	£450,000
January 1998	FW	Faustino Asprilla	Parma	£6,200,000
February 1998	DF	John Beresford	Southampton	£1,500,000
March 1998	MF	Jim Crawford	Reading	£100,000
March 1998	FW	Paul Brayson	Reading	Free
May 1998	FW	Brian Pinas	Feyenoord	£150,000
May 1998	FW	Ian Rush	Wrexham	Free
May 1998	FW	Carlos Gonzalez	Released	Free

Position	Staff
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Assistant manager	Steve Clarke
Goalkeeping coach	Andy Woodman
Development coach	John Carver

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shay Given	24	0	4	0	0	0	6	0	34	0	1	0
2	DF	Warren Barton	17+6	3	4+1	0	2	0	5	0	28+7	3	11	0
3	DF	John Beresford	17+1	2	2+1	0	3	0	7	3	29+2	5	6	0
4	MF	David Batty	32	1	6	1	2	0	7	0	47	2	14	3
5	DF	Darren Peacock	19+1	0	1	0	2+1	0	4+1	0	26+3	0	6	0
6	DF	Steve Howey	11+3	0	5	0	1	0	1+2	0	18+5	0	2	0
7	MF	Robert Lee	26+2	4	6	0	2	0	6	0	40+2	4	5	0
8	FW	Ian Rush	6+4	0	0+1	1	2	1	1	0	9+5	2	0	0
9	FW	Alan Shearer	15+2	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	21+2	7	5	0
10	MF	John Barnes	22+4	6	3+2	0	3	0	5	1	33+6	7	0	0
11	FW	Faustino Asprilla	8+2	2	1	0	0	0	5	4	14+2	6	1	0
11	MF	Gary Speed	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	17	2	1	0
12	DF	Stuart Pearce	25	0	7	0	0	0	3+1	1	35+1	1	5	0
14	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia	16+15	3	2+4	1	1+1	0	3+5	1	22+25	5	3	0
15	GK	Shaka Hislop	13	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	21	0	0	0
16	FW	Jon Dahl Tomasson	17+6	3	2	0	2+1	1	6+1	0	27+8	4	2	0
18	MF	Keith Gillespie	25+4	4	5	0	2	0	5+2	0	37+6	4	6	0
19	DF	Steve Watson	27+2	1	3+1	0	2+1	0	8	0	40+4	1	5	0
21	GK	Pavel Srníček	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	Des Hamilton	7+5	0	1	0	1+1	1	2	0	11+6	1	0	0
23	DF	Alessandro Pistone	28	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	39	0	9	0
25	FW	Paul Brayson	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF	Philippe Albert	21+2	0	2+1	0	3	0	7+1	0	34+4	0	10	0
28	FW	Aaron Hughes	4	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+2	0	5+3	0	0	0
34	DF	Nikos Dabizas	10+1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12+1	1	3	0
38	DF	Andy Griffin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
40	FW	Andreas Andersson	10+2	2	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	12+3	2	0	0

15 July 1997 (1997-07-15) Irish Tournament	Newcastle United	3 – 2	PSV Eindhoven	Dublin
	Gillespie 21' Tomasson 24', 80'	Report	Bruggink 30' Stam 75'	Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 18,000

1997–98_Newcastle_United_F.C._season

1997–98 Newcastle United F.C. season

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Players

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Premier League

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16 July 1997 (1997-07-16) Irish Tournament	Newcastle United	2 – 0	Derry City	Dublin
	Crawford 7' Beardsley 36'	Report		Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 20,854

19 July 1997 (1997-07-19) Friendly	Birmingham City	2 – 3	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Devlin 4' Furlong 79'		Tomasson 39' Shearer 54' Bennett 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 13,799

26 July 1997 (1997-07-26) Umbro Cup	Chelsea	1 – 1 (3 – 1 p)	Newcastle United	Liverpool
14:00 BST	Poyet 63'	Report	Tomasson 45'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 15,264 Referee: Stephen Lodge
	Penalties
	Sinclair Nicholls Leboeuf		Beardsley Pearce Asprilla Tomasson

27 July 1997 (1997-07-27) Umbro Cup	Newcastle United	0 – 3	Ajax	Liverpool
16:15 BST		Report	McCarthy 76', 86' Oliseh 83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Peter Jones^[18]

30 July 1997 (1997-07-30) Friendly	Bradford City	0 – 3	Newcastle United	Bradford
		Report	Asprilla 7' Beardsley 27' Watson 39'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 8,470

3 August 1997 (1997-08-03) Friendly	Juventus	3 – 2	Newcastle United	Cesena
	Ferrara 1' Inzaghi 3', 34'	Report	Asprilla 70', 82'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 22,511 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

9 August 1997 1	Newcastle United	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Asprilla 2', 72' Batty	(Report)	Carbone 8' Atherton Stefanović Blondeau Hyde	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,711 Referee: Peter Jones

23 August 1997 2	Newcastle United	1–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Beresford 13' Batty 53' Albert Ketsbaia	(Report)	Southgate Ehiogu Collymore	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,783 Referee: Gary Willard

13 September 1997 3	Newcastle United	1–3	Wimbledon	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Barton 32' Pistone	(Report)	Cort 2' Perry 59' Ekoku 76' C. Hughes Gayle	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,526

20 September 1997 4	West Ham United	0–1	Newcastle United	London
	Lomas	(Report)	Barnes 44' Barton Lee Gillespie	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 25,884 Referee: Steve Dunn

24 September 1997 5	Newcastle United	1–0	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Lee 87'	(Report)	Watson Bilić 62' Cadamarteri	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,705 Referee: Graham Poll

27 September 1997 6	Chelsea	1–0	Newcastle United	London
	Poyet 75'	(Report)	Watson	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 31,563 Referee: Mike Riley

4 October 1997 7	Newcastle United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Barton 89'	(Report)	Calderwood	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,709 Referee: Martin Bodenham

18 October 1997 8	Leeds United	4–1	Newcastle United	Leeds
	Ribeiro 30' Kewell 38' John Beresford 43' (o.g.) Wetherall 47' Radebe Wallace	(Report)	Gillespie 62' Barton Batty	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,834 Referee: David Elleray

25 October 1997 9	Newcastle United	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Gillespie 27' Peacock Ketsbaia	(Report)	Sutton 57' Hendry Flitcroft Gallacher McKinlay Valéry Henchoz	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,716 Referee: Jeff Winter

1 November 1997 10	Newcastle United	3–3	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Barnes 4' (pen.) Tomasson 45' Beresford 90' Albert	(Report)	Marshall 12', 32' Elliott 54' Izzet Heskey 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,754 Referee: G. Willard

8 November 1997 11	Coventry City	2–2	Newcastle United	Coventry
	Dublin 4', 82' Williams Hall	(Report)	Barnes 31' Lee 87' Albert	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,679 Referee: Paul Durkin

22 November 1997 12	Newcastle United	2–1	Southampton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Barnes 55', 75' Albert	(Report)	Davies 5' Lundekvam Hirst	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,759 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

29 November 1997 13	Crystal Palace	1–2	Newcastle United	London
	Shipperley 67' Warhurst	(Report)	Ketsbaia 45' Tomasson 63' Batty Peacock Lee	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 26,085 Referee: Mike Riley

1 December 1997 14	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Newcastle United	Bolton
	Blake 22' Pollock	(Report)	Pearce Gillespie	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,494 Referee: Neale Barry

6 December 1997 15	Newcastle United	0–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
		(Report)	Wright 36' Adams Petit	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,751 Referee: Steve Dunn

13 December 1997 16	Barnsley	2–2	Newcastle United	Barnsley
	Redfearn 9' Hendrie 75' Barnard	(Report)	Gillespie 44', 49' Batty Peacock Pistone Albert	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,687 Referee: Paul Alcock

17 December 1997 17	Newcastle United	0–0	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Albert Ketsbaia	(Report)	D Powell Carsley Eranio 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,289 Referee: Keith Burge

21 December 1997 18	Newcastle United	0–1	Manchester United	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Peacock Pistone Batty Gillespie	(Report)	Cole 66' P Neville Butt	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,767 Referee: Peter Jones

26 December 1997 19	Derby County	1–0	Newcastle United	Derby
	Eranio 4' (pen.) Rowett D Powell	(Report)	Beresford Batty 64' Pearce Tomasson	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,232 Referee: M.Reed

28 December 1997 20	Newcastle United	1–2	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Watson 16'	(Report)	McManaman 31', 43' Redknapp	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,702 Referee: Gerald Ashby

10 January 1998 21	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Newcastle United	Sheffield
	Di Canio 1' Newsome 51' Hyde Humphreys	(Report)	Tomasson 20' Beresford Watson	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 29,446 Referee: David Elleray

17 January 1998 22	Newcastle United	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Barnes 6' Ketsbaia 90' Barton	(Report)	Blake 72' A. Todd Frandsen	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,767 Referee: Graham Poll

20 January 1998 23	Liverpool	1–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Owen 17' McAteer Babb McManaman	(Report)	Barton	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,791 Referee: Graham Barber

1 February 1998 24	Aston Villa	0–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
		(Report)	Batty 58'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,266 Referee: Stephen Lodge