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
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Norwich City's score comes first^[1]

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


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

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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Andy Marshall
—	GK	SCO	Bryan Gunn
—	GK	ENG	Robert Green
—	DF	ENG	Daryl Sutch
—	DF	ENG	Matt Jackson
—	DF	ESP	Víctor Segura
—	DF	ENG	Craig Fleming
—	DF	NOR	Erik Fuglestad
—	MF	SCO	Peter Grant
—	MF	ENG	Neil Adams
—	MF	ENG	Adrian Forbes
—	MF	ENG	Darren Eadie
—	FW	WAL	Craig Bellamy
—	FW	WAL	Iwan Roberts
—	FW	SCO	Robert Fleck
—	MF	IRL	Mike Milligan^{[notes 1]}
—	MF	WAL	Chris Llewellyn
—	FW	NIR	Adrian Coote^{[notes 2]}


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Danny Mills
—	MF	IRL	Shaun Carey^{[notes 3]}
—	DF	ENG	Rob Newman
—	DF	ENG	John Polston
—	DF	ENG	Darren Kenton
—	FW	IRL	Neale Fenn^{[notes 4]} (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
—	MF	IRL	Keith O'Neill
—	MF	ENG	Karl Simpson
—	MF	ENG	Lee Marshall
—	DF	ENG	Carl Bradshaw
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Scott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
—	FW	ENG	Drewe Broughton
—	MF	ENG	Darel Russell
—	MF	ENG	Jamie Shore
—	DF	ENG	Che Wilson
—	GK	WAL	Mark Walton (on loan from Gillingham)
—	FW	ENG	Damien Hilton

Notes

^ Milligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.
^ Coote was born in Belton with Browston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.
^ Carey was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Fenn was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

References

^ "Norwich City results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ "All Norwich City players: 1998".

[3] Milligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.

[4] Coote was born in Belton with Browston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999.

[5] Carey was born in Kettering, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[6] Fenn was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

[1] "Norwich City results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[2] "All Norwich City players: 1998".

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