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Championship ♂ 1997-1998
Final table, results and statistics of the 1997-1998 season.
Champions : Nottingham Forest FC Wikidata
Final table
| # | Team | J | V | N | D | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nott'm Forest | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 82:42 | +40 | 94 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 77:41 | +36 | 91 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 86:50 | +36 | 90 |
| 4 | Charlton | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 80:49 | +31 | 88 |
| 5 | Ipswich | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 77:43 | +34 | 83 |
| 6 | Birmingham | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 60:35 | +25 | 74 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 69:54 | +15 | 74 |
| 8 | Wolves | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 57:53 | +4 | 65 |
| 9 | Stockport | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 71:69 | +2 | 65 |
| 10 | West Brom | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 50:56 | -6 | 61 |
| 11 | Crewe | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 58:65 | -7 | 59 |
| 12 | Oxford | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 60:64 | -4 | 58 |
| 13 | Bradford | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46:59 | -13 | 57 |
| 14 | Tranmere | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 54:57 | -3 | 56 |
| 15 | Norwich | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52:69 | -17 | 55 |
| 16 | Huddersfield | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 50:72 | -22 | 53 |
| 17 | Bury | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 42:58 | -16 | 52 |
| 18 | Swindon | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 42:73 | -31 | 52 |
| 19 | Port Vale | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 56:66 | -10 | 49 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51:63 | -12 | 49 |
| 21 | QPR | 46 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 51:63 | -12 | 49 |
| 22 | Man City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 56:57 | -1 | 48 |
| 23 | Stoke | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 44:74 | -30 | 46 |
| 24 | Reading | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 39:78 | -39 | 42 |
Table recalculated from the results: without any points deductions, and without the league's own tie-break or end-of-season rules (play-offs, halved points).
Home table
| # | Team | J | V | N | D | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nott'm Forest | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 52:20 | +32 | 56 |
| 2 | Charlton | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 48:17 | +31 | 56 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 51:12 | +39 | 55 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 44:20 | +24 | 53 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 49:22 | +27 | 49 |
| 6 | Stockport | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46:21 | +25 | 48 |
| 7 | Ipswich | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 47:20 | +27 | 47 |
| 8 | Wolves | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 42:25 | +17 | 45 |
| 9 | Oxford | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36:20 | +16 | 42 |
| 10 | Bradford | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 26:23 | +3 | 39 |
| 11 | Birmingham | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27:15 | +12 | 38 |
| 12 | Tranmere | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34:26 | +8 | 35 |
| 13 | Norwich | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32:27 | +5 | 35 |
| 14 | West Brom | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 27:26 | +1 | 35 |
| 15 | QPR | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 28:21 | +7 | 33 |
| 16 | Swindon | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28:25 | +3 | 33 |
| 17 | Huddersfield | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28:28 | 0 | 32 |
| 18 | Crewe | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 30:34 | -4 | 32 |
| 19 | Bury | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 22:22 | 0 | 31 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28:30 | -2 | 30 |
| 21 | Stoke | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30:40 | -10 | 29 |
| 22 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27:31 | -4 | 28 |
| 23 | Port Vale | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25:24 | +1 | 27 |
| 24 | Man City | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28:26 | +2 | 24 |
Away table
| # | Team | J | V | N | D | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37:28 | +9 | 41 |
| 2 | Nott'm Forest | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 30:22 | +8 | 38 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 33:20 | +13 | 36 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 30:23 | +7 | 36 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26:29 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | Charlton | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32:32 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Crewe | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 28:31 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | West Brom | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23:30 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Man City | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28:31 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 31:42 | -11 | 22 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 25:34 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | Tranmere | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20:31 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | Bury | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20:36 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Huddersfield | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22:44 | -22 | 21 |
| 15 | Wolves | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15:28 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Norwich | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20:42 | -22 | 20 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23:33 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | Swindon | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14:48 | -34 | 19 |
| 19 | Bradford | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20:36 | -16 | 18 |
| 20 | Stoke | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14:34 | -20 | 17 |
| 21 | Stockport | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 25:48 | -23 | 17 |
| 22 | QPR | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23:42 | -19 | 16 |
| 23 | Oxford | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 24:44 | -20 | 16 |
| 24 | Reading | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12:47 | -35 | 14 |
The season in numbers
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1410 (2,55 per match) |
| Home wins | 262 (47 %) |
| Draws | 146 (26 %) |
| Away wins | 144 (26 %) |
| Goalless matches (0-0) | 50 |
| Best attack | Sunderland (86) |
| Best defence | Birmingham (35) |
| Biggest win | Stoke 0 – 7 Birmingham 10/01/1998 |
| Highest-scoring match | Nott'm Forest 5 – 2 Charlton 22/11/1997 Crewe 2 – 5 Huddersfield 06/12/1997 Stoke 0 – 7 Birmingham 10/01/1998 |
Results grid row: home team; column: away team (number = final position)
All results
August 1997 45 match(es)
September 1997 57 match(es)
October 1997 58 match(es)
November 1997 72 match(es)
December 1997 66 match(es)
January 1998 47 match(es)
February 1998 66 match(es)
March 1998 62 match(es)
April 1998 67 match(es)
May 1998 12 match(es)
| 03/05/1998 | QPR | 0 – 1 | Bury |
| 03/05/1998 | Birmingham | 0 – 0 | Charlton |
| 03/05/1998 | Bradford | 1 – 3 | Portsmouth |
| 03/05/1998 | Middlesbrough | 4 – 1 | Oxford |
| 03/05/1998 | Reading | 0 – 1 | Norwich |
| 03/05/1998 | Ipswich | 3 – 2 | Crewe |
| 03/05/1998 | Stockport | 1 – 0 | Sheffield United |
| 03/05/1998 | Tranmere | 2 – 1 | Wolves |
| 03/05/1998 | Stoke | 2 – 5 | Man City |
| 03/05/1998 | West Brom | 1 – 1 | Nott'm Forest |
| 03/05/1998 | Swindon | 1 – 2 | Sunderland |
| 03/05/1998 | Huddersfield | 0 – 4 | Port Vale |
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