1997–98_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season

Tranmere Rovers
1997–98 season
Chairman	Frank Corfe
Manager	John Aldridge (player-manager)
Stadium	Prenton Park
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Kelly (11); All: Kelly (14)
Average home league attendance	7,999
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	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers 1997–98 football season

During the 1997–98 English football season, Tranmere Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

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"Tranmere Rovers results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

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"All Tranmere Rovers players: 1998".

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	−4	58
13	Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	−13	57
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	−3	56
15	Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	−17	55
16	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	−22	53

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	16,727	Kelly
15 August 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	7,467	Kelly, L. Jones
22 August 1997	Manchester City	A	1–1	26,336	L. Jones
30 August 1997	Middlesbrough	H	0–2	12,095
2 September 1997	Birmingham City	H	0–3	6,620
7 September 1997	Bury	A	0–1	5,073
13 September 1997	Swindon Town	A	1–2	6,811	L. Jones
20 September 1997	Reading	H	6–0	5,565	Morrissey, Kelly (2), L. Jones, G. Jones, Thompson
27 September 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2	4,845	Stevens
4 October 1997	Norwich City	H	2–0	6,674	Kelly, L. Jones
18 October 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	17,009	L. Jones, Thompson
22 October 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	20,841	G. Jones
25 October 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	5,911	Branch, L. Jones
1 November 1997	Sheffield United	A	1–2	16,578	Kelly
4 November 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	5,127	Irons
8 November 1997	Port Vale	H	1–2	7,063	Irons
15 November 1997	Bradford City	A	1–0	16,494	Aldridge
22 November 1997	Stoke City	H	3–1	8,009	L. Jones, Aldridge, O'Brien
29 November 1997	Sunderland	A	0–3	26,674
6 December 1997	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	5,720	L. Jones
13 December 1997	Stockport County	A	1–3	7,903	Aldridge
20 December 1997	Oxford United	H	0–2	5,181
26 December 1997	Bury	H	0–0	9,146
28 December 1997	Birmingham City	A	0–0	19,533
9 January 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	8,058
17 January 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	12,033
31 January 1998	Manchester City	H	0–0	12,830
4 February 1998	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	29,540
7 February 1998	Reading	A	3–1	7,069	Irons, Kelly, Branch
10 February 1998	Swindon Town	H	3–0	5,288	Thompson, Branch, Morrissey
18 February 1998	Norwich City	A	2–0	12,105	O'Brien, Kelly
21 February 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–3	7,534
24 February 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	7,377
28 February 1998	Portsmouth	A	0–1	12,250
4 March 1998	Port Vale	A	1–0	5,465	Kelly
14 March 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–3	10,844
21 March 1998	Bradford City	H	3–1	9,463	Irons, G. Jones, Kelly
28 March 1998	Stoke City	A	3–0	16,692	G. Jones, Mellon, Kelly
3 April 1998	Sunderland	H	0–2	14,116
7 April 1998	Portsmouth	H	2–2	8,020	G. Jones, Challinor
11 April 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	18,039
13 April 1998	Stockport County	H	3–0	8,070	G. Jones (2), Mellon
18 April 1998	Oxford United	A	1–1	6,489	Mahon
25 April 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	15,393
28 April 1998	Sheffield United	H	3–3	7,526	O'Brien, G. Jones, Parkinson
3 May 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	11,144	Aldridge (2, 1 pen)

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1998	Hereford United	A	3–0	7,473	G. Jones (2), Hill
R4	24 January 1998	Sunderland	H	1–0	14,055	Parkinson
R5	14 February 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,675

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	12 August 1997	Hartlepool United	H	3–1	3,878	L. Jones, Morrissey, Kelly
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Hartlepool United	A	1–2 (won 4–3 on agg)	1,626	O'Brien
R2 First Leg	16 September 1997	Notts County	A	2–0	1,779	G. Jones, Kelly
R2 Second Leg	23 September 1997	Notts County	H	0–1 (won 2–1 on agg)	3,287
R3	14 October 1997	Oxford United	H	1–1 (lost 5–6 on pens)	3,878	Kelly

1997–98_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season

1997–98 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

References

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