1997–98 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

1997–98 season

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Stadium

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During the 1997–98 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the First Division.

Season summary

Stockport's return to the second flight after an absence of 60 years appeared to be in danger of being written off as a failure before a ball had been kicked, as manager Dave Jones, who had led County to promotion and the League Cup semi-final the previous season, left to join Southampton,^[1] taking his assistant John Sainty, goalkeeper Paul Jones and defender Lee Todd with him to The Dell. Gary Megson was recruited from Blackpool as his replacement. Three points from the opening seven games left Stockport facing relegation, but four straight wins after that lifted Stockport up to eighth,^[2] signalling the end of their relegation fears for the season. These fears were replaced with hopes of finally reaching the top flight, but ultimately County's poor away form saw them finish in eighth, nine points off the play-offs. Of course, this was still as success, for this was Stockport's highest-ever placing in England's footballing ladder while at the same time this season was Manchester City's worst season in their history.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	46	18	2	3	52	20	10	8	5	30	22	82	42	+40	94
2	Middlesbrough	46	17	4	2	51	12	10	6	7	26	29	77	41	+36	91
3	Sunderland	46	14	7	2	49	22	12	5	6	37	28	86	50	+36	90
4	Charlton Athletic	46	17	5	1	48	17	9	5	9	32	32	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town	46	14	5	4	47	20	9	9	5	30	23	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United	46	16	5	2	44	20	3	12	8	25	34	69	54	+15	74
7	Birmingham City	46	10	8	5	27	15	9	9	5	33	20	60	35	+25	74
8	Stockport County	46	14	6	3	46	21	5	2	16	25	48	71	69	+2	65
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	6	4	42	25	5	5	13	15	28	57	53	+4	65
10	West Bromwich Albion	46	9	8	6	27	26	7	5	11	23	30	50	56	–6	61
11	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	2	11	30	34	8	3	12	28	31	58	65	–7	59
12	Oxford United	46	12	6	5	36	20	4	4	15	24	44	60	64	–4	58
13	Bradford City	46	10	9	4	26	23	4	6	13	20	36	46	59	–13	57
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	8	6	34	26	5	6	12	20	31	54	57	–3	56
15	Norwich City	46	9	8	6	32	27	5	5	13	20	42	52	69	–17	55
16	Huddersfield Town	46	9	5	9	28	28	5	6	12	22	44	50	72	–22	53
17	Bury	46	7	10	6	22	22	4	9	10	20	36	42	58	–16	52
18	Swindon Town	46	9	6	8	28	25	5	4	14	14	48	42	73	–31	52
19	Port Vale	46	7	6	10	25	24	6	4	13	31	42	56	66	–10	49
20	Portsmouth	46	8	6	9	28	30	5	4	14	23	33	51	63	–12	49
21	Queens Park Rangers	46	8	9	6	28	21	2	10	11	23	42	51	63	–12	49
22	Manchester City	46	6	6	11	28	26	6	6	11	28	31	56	57	–1	48
23	Stoke City	46	8	5	10	30	40	3	8	12	14	34	44	74	–30	46
24	Reading	46	8	4	11	27	31	3	5	15	12	47	39	78	–39	42

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Stockport County's scores comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

First Division

Stockport County 3-1 Manchester City (Cook, Angell, Armstrong)
Manchester City 4-1 Stockport County

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Eric Nixon
		DF	Sean Connelly
		DF	Mike Flynn
		DF	Jim Gannon
		DF	Simon Travis
		DF	Ronnie Wallwork (on loan from Manchester United)
		DF	Colin Woodthorpe
		DF	Damon Searle
		DF	Tom Bennett

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Martin McIntosh
		MF	Chris Byrne
		MF	Paul Cook
		MF	Kevin Cooper
		MF	Tony Dinning
		MF	Wayne Phillips
		FW	Brett Angell
		FW	Aaron Wilbraham
		FW	Stephen Grant

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Neil Edwards (to Rochdale)
		DF	Matthew Bound (to Swansea City)
		MF	Chris Marsden (to Birmingham City)
		MF	Lee Richardson (on loan from Oldham Athletic)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Eddie McGoldrick (on loan from Manchester City)
		FW	Alun Armstrong (to Middlesbrough)
		FW	Vasilios Kalogeracos (to Perth Glory)

References

Stockport County Football Club

Players Management

History	History Honours Records

Home Stadium	Green Lane (1889–1902) Edgeley Park (1902–present)

Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Related Pages	Fans Supporters' Co-op

1997–98 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Birmingham City Bradford City Bury Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Stockport County Stoke City Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Southend United Walsall Watford Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United

Non-League	Newport

Summer 1997 transfers
Winter 1997–98 transfers

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