1997–98 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City

1997–98 season
Chairman	Barry Lockwood
Manager	Mike Walker (until 30 April) John Faulkner (caretaker from 30 April)
Stadium	Carrow Road
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Bellamy (13)
Average home league attendance	14,444
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Norwich had a season of two halves where they had a satisfying first season in which the Canaries were lying in 12th place and 9 points adrift from the playoffs but from the end of January, Norwich went on a poor run of 14 games without a win with only 7 points picked up during that spell and also resulted in Walker resigning at the end of April and ended up finishing in a disappointing 15th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest (C)	46	28	10	8	82	42	+40	94	Promotion to 1998–99 FA Premier League
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36	91
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90	Qualification to First Division play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic (P)	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
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	+2	65
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4	65
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	61
11	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	−7	59
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
17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	−16	52
18	Swindon Town	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	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	−12	49
22	Manchester City (R)	46	12	12	22	56	57	−1	48	Relegation to 1998–99 Second Division
23	Stoke City (R)	46	11	13	22	44	74	−30	46
24	Reading (R)	46	11	9	26	39	78	−39	42

Updated to games played on 3 May 1998.
Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Norwich City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	17,230
15 August 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	1–4	16,524	O'Neill
23 August 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–2	11,821
30 August 1997	Sunderland	A	1–0	29,204	Sutch
2 September 1997	Portsmouth	A	1–1	10,577	Adams
13 September 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	11,269	Fleck
17 September 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	0–4	10,157
20 September 1997	Manchester City	A	2–1	27,258	Adams, Coote
26 September 1997	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	18,911	Eadie, Cundy (own goal)
4 October 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–2	6,674
18 October 1997	Stockport County	H	1–1	12,689	Eadie
21 October 1997	Reading	H	0–0	17,781
25 October 1997	Swindon Town	A	0–1	9,256
1 November 1997	Bury	H	2–2	14,419	Bellamy, Adams
4 November 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	13,949
8 November 1997	Birmingham City	A	2–1	16,464	Forbes (2)
15 November 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–3	16,011	Roberts
22 November 1997	Oxford United	H	2–1	11,241	Fleck, Bellamy
29 November 1997	Bradford City	A	1–2	16,637	Bellamy
3 December 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	10,141	Forbes
6 December 1997	Sheffield United	H	2–1	11,745	Vonk (own goal), Fuglestad
13 December 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	3–1	11,436	Forbes, Bellamy, Grant
20 December 1997	Stoke City	H	0–0	12,265
26 December 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	14,472	Bellamy (pen)
30 December 1997	Portsmouth	H	2–0	16,441	Jackson, Bellamy
10 January 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–5	23,703
17 January 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	17,059	Roberts
28 January 1998	Sunderland	H	2–1	15,940	Eadie, Craddock (own goal)
31 January 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,559
7 February 1998	Manchester City	H	0–0	15,274
14 February 1998	Port Vale	A	2–2	6,664	Grant, Jackson
18 February 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	12,105
21 February 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–5	21,858
24 February 1998	Stockport County	A	2–2	7,471	Grant, Coote
28 February 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	12,730
4 March 1998	Birmingham City	H	3–3	9,819	Bellamy (2), Llewellyn
7 March 1998	Bury	A	0–1	5,154
14 March 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	24,663	Bellamy
22 March 1998	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	30,040
28 March 1998	Oxford United	A	0–2	7,869
4 April 1998	Bradford City	H	2–3	13,260	Llewellyn, Bellamy
11 April 1998	Sheffield United	A	2–2	16,915	Bellamy, Llewellyn
13 April 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	5–0	16,550	Fleming, Adams (pen), Roberts (2), Fuglestad
18 April 1998	Stoke City	A	0–2	13,098
25 April 1998	Swindon Town	H	5–0	18,443	Llewellyn, Jackson, Roberts, Bellamy, Fenn
3 May 1998	Reading	A	1–0	14,817	Bellamy

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0–3	8,161

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	12 August 1997	Barnet	H	2–1	5,429	Roberts, Adams
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Barnet	A	1–3 (lost 3-4 on agg)	2,846	Roberts

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Andy Marshall GK Bryan Gunn GK Robert Green DF Daryl Sutch DF Matt Jackson DF Victor Segura DF Craig Fleming DF Erik Fuglestad MF Peter Grant MF Neil Adams MF Adrian Forbes MF Darren Eadie FW Craig Bellamy FW Iwan Roberts FW Robert Fleck MF Mike Milligan FW Adrian Coote

No. Position Player DF Danny Mills MF Chris Llewellyn MF Shaun Carey DF Rob Newman DF John Polston DF Darren Kenton FW Neale Fenn MF Keith O'Neill MF Karl Simpson MF Lee Marshall DF Carl Bradshaw DF Kevin Scott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) FW Drewe Broughton MF Darel Russell MF Jamie Shore DF Che Wilson FW Damien Hilton