1997–98 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season

In the 1997–98 season, Crewe were favourites to go straight back down to the Second Division and before Christmas, they were in the relegation zone and looked as though it would be a possibility but a fantastic run of 7 wins from 10 league games from January to the end of February, dramatically rose Crewe from a possible relegation to 12th and 7 points from the play-offs but it proved too much to ask for and Crewe finished a satisfying season in 11th 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 !Nottingham Forest (C)	46	28	10	8	82	42	+40	94	Promotion to 1998–99 FA Premier League
2	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough (P)	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36	91	Promotion to 1998–99 FA Premier League
3	Sunderland !Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90	Qualification for First Division play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic (P)	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15	74
7	Birmingham City !Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	+25	74
8	Stockport County !Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	+2	65
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4	65
10	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	61
11	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	−7	59
12	Oxford United !Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	−4	58
13	Bradford City !Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	−13	57
14	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	−3	56
15	Norwich City !Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	−17	55
16	Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	−22	53
17	Bury !Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	−16	52
18	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	−31	52
19	Port Vale !Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	−10	49
20	Portsmouth !Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	−12	49
21	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	−12	49
22	Manchester City !Manchester City (R)	46	12	12	22	56	57	−1	48	Relegation to 1998–99 Second Division
23	Stoke City !Stoke City (R)	46	11	13	22	44	74	−30	46
24	Reading !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

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Swindon Town	A	0–2	8,334
16 August 1997	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–3	5,234	Adebola, Rivers
23 August 1997	Norwich City	A	2–0	11,821	Rivers, S Smith
2 September 1997	Bury	H	1–2	4,447	S Smith (pen)
13 September 1997	Portsmouth	A	3–2	9,505	Rivers, Anthrobus, Adebola
16 September 1997	Port Vale	H	0–1	5,519
20 September 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–3	5,348	Lunt, Adebola
27 September 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	4,845	Anthrobus, Street
4 October 1997	Birmingham City	A	1–0	16,548	Rivers
11 October 1997	Reading	A	3–3	6,685	Westwood, Little, Adebola
18 October 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	5,759	Adebola
21 October 1997	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	4,730
25 October 1997	Bradford City	A	0–1	15,333
29 October 1997	Manchester City	A	0–1	27,384
1 November 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	1–3	18,268	Little
4 November 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	5,743
8 November 1997	Oxford United	H	2–1	4,524	Westwood, Anthrobus
15 November 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	2–3	14,091	Street, S Smith
22 November 1997	Stockport County	H	0–1	5,231
29 November 1997	Sheffield United	A	0–1	16,973
6 December 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	2–5	4,861	Charnock, Adebola
13 December 1997	Stoke City	A	2–0	14,623	S Smith, Little
20 December 1997	Sunderland	H	0–3	5,404
26 December 1997	Manchester City	H	1–0	5,759	Holsgrove
28 December 1997	Bury	A	1–1	5,661	Adebola
11 January 1998	Swindon Town	H	2–0	4,176	Little, Street
17 January 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	15,257	Little
24 January 1998	Port Vale	A	3–2	10,571	S Smith (pen), Whalley, Foran
31 January 1998	Norwich City	H	1–0	5,559	Fuglestad (own goal)
7 February 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	13,429	Anthrobus, Johnson
14 February 1998	Portsmouth	H	3–1	5,114	Little, Garvey, Lunt
17 February 1998	Birmingham City	H	0–2	5,559
21 February 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–0	7,534	Rivers, Little (2)
25 February 1998	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	29,936
28 February 1998	Reading	H	1–0	5,202	Rivers
3 March 1998	Oxford United	A	0–0	6,069
7 March 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	1–4	5,759	Little
14 March 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	24,272
21 March 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–3	5,252
28 March 1998	Stockport County	A	1–0	8,370	S Smith
11 April 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	11,263
13 April 1998	Stoke City	H	2–0	5,759	Westwood, Lightfoot
18 April 1998	Sunderland	A	1–2	40,441	Charnock
25 April 1998	Bradford City	H	5–0	5,054	Anthrobus, Street, Little (3)
30 April 1998	Sheffield United	H	2–1	5,759	Anthrobus, Little
3 May 1998	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	19,105	Charnock, Garvey

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Birmingham City	H	1–2	4,607	Rivers

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	12 August 1997	Bury	H	2–3	2,618	Lunt, S Smith
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Bury	A	3–3 (lost 5-6 on agg)	3,296	Rivers, S Smith, Butler (own goal)

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jason Kearton
		DF	Shaun Smith
		DF	Marcus Bignot
		DF	Lee Unsworth
		DF	Dave Walton
		MF	Seth Johnson
		MF	Phil Charnock
		MF	Mark Rivers
		MF	Kenny Lunt
		FW	Colin Little
		FW	Steve Anthrobus
		FW	Dele Adebola
		DF	Ashley Westwood
		MF	Gareth Whalley
		MF	Kevin Street
		GK	Ademola Bankole
		DF	Mark Foran
		MF	Steve Garvey

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Chris Lightfoot
		MF	Paul Holsgrove
		DF	Julian Watts
		FW	Jamie Moralee
		FW	Steve Guinan (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		DF	Steve Pope
		MF	Jermaine Wright
		FW	Peter Smith
		MF	Francis Tierney
		DF	David Wright
		DF	John Pemberton
		DF	Jamie Collins
		DF	Stephen Foster
		GK	Neil Cutler
		DF	Steve Macauley
		GK	Mark Gayle

References

Crewe Alexandra Football Club

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Grounds	Alexandra Recreation Ground Gresty Road

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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

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