1997–98 York City F.C. season

Twenty-eight players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were sixteen different goalscorers. Midfielder Mark Tinkler missed only two of the fifty-three competitive matches played over the season. Striker Rodney Rowe finished as leading goalscorer with sixteen goals, of which eleven came in league competition, three came in the FA Cup, one came in the League Cup and one came in the Football League Trophy.

Match details

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Second Division

Football League Second Division match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
000000001997-08-09-00009 August 1997	18th	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–3	Bushell 65'	6,474
000000001997-08-16-000016 August 1997	23rd	Bristol Rovers	H	L	0–1		3,307
000000001997-08-23-000023 August 1997	18th	Millwall	A	W	3–2	Rowe 45', Pouton 63', Stephenson 86'	6,583
000000001997-08-30-000030 August 1997	10th	Gillingham	H	W	2–1	Rowe 60', Greening 88'	2,853
000000001997-09-02-00002 September 1997	14th	Chesterfield	H	L	0–1		3,284
000000001997-09-09-00009 September 1997	16th	Grimsby Town	A	D	0–0		5,308
000000001997-09-13-000013 September 1997	12th	Burnley	H	W	3–1	Davis 62', Rowe 64', Tolson 82'	5,424
000000001997-09-20-000020 September 1997	15th	Walsall	A	L	0–2		2,972
000000001997-09-27-000027 September 1997	17th	Watford	A	D	1–1	Tolson 34'	13,812
000000001997-10-04-00004 October 1997	09 !9th	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1–0	Rowe 8'	2,894
000000001997-10-11-000011 October 1997	06 !6th	Brentford	H	W	3–1	Stephenson 17', Tinkler 51', Murty 66'	2,831
000000001997-10-17-000017 October 1997	08 !8th	Bristol City	A	L	1–2	Rowe 37'	9,568
000000001997-10-21-000021 October 1997	11th	Northampton Town	A	D	1–1	Rowe 48'	6,059
000000001997-10-25-000025 October 1997	06 !6th	Carlisle United	H	W	4–3	Rowe 14', Stephenson (2) 82', 85' Bushell 87'	3,700
000000001997-11-01-00001 November 1997	06 !6th	Wigan Athletic	A	D	1–1	Rowe 76'	3,701
000000001997-11-04-00004 November 1997	06 !6th	Preston North End	H	W	1–0	Tinkler 61'	3,370
000000001997-11-08-00008 November 1997	03 !3rd	Wycombe Wanderers	H	W	2–0	Barras 45' pen., Rowe 56'	3,343
000000001997-11-18-000018 November 1997	05 !5th	Fulham	A	D	1–1	Barras 19' pen.	5,521
000000001997-11-22-000022 November 1997	05 !5th	Blackpool	A	L	0–1		4,508
000000001997-11-29-000029 November 1997	07 !7th	Luton Town	H	L	1–2	Cresswell 87'	3,636
000000001997-12-02-00002 December 1997	07 !7th	Bournemouth	A	D	0–0		3,365
000000001997-12-13-000013 December 1997	05 !5th	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Barras 62'	2,871
000000001997-12-19-000019 December 1997	04 !4th	Southend United	A	D	4–4	Pouton (2) 22', 66', Barras 45' pen., Tinkler 88'	3,215
000000001997-12-26-000026 December 1997	05 !5th	Grimsby Town	H	D	0–0		7,093
000000001997-12-28-000028 December 1997	08 !8th	Chesterfield	A	D	1–1	Greening 90'	5,320
000000001998-01-10-000010 January 1998	09 !9th	Oldham Athletic	H	D	0–0		4,454
000000001998-01-17-000017 January 1998	10th	Gillingham	A	D	0–0		5,891
000000001998-01-24-000024 January 1998	10th	Millwall	H	L	2–3	Stephenson 11', Bull 89'	3,508
000000001998-01-31-000031 January 1998	12th	Burnley	A	L	2–7	Pouton 34', Barras 76'	9,975
000000001998-02-07-00007 February 1998	09 !9th	Walsall	H	W	1–0	Tinkler 27'	2,959
000000001998-02-14-000014 February 1998	12th	Plymouth Argyle	A	D	0–0		4,382
000000001998-02-21-000021 February 1998	13th	Watford	H	D	1–1	Barras 26' pen.	4,980
000000001998-02-24-000024 February 1998	13th	Bristol City	H	L	0–1		3,770
000000001998-02-28-000028 February 1998	13th	Brentford	A	W	2–1	Gabbiadini 50', Jones 70'	4,490
000000001998-03-03-00003 March 1998	14th	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	0–1		3,768
000000001998-03-07-00007 March 1998	13th	Wigan Athletic	H	D	2–2	Thompson 46', Bushell 53'	3,536
000000001998-03-10-000010 March 1998	10th	Bristol Rovers	A	W	2–1	Jones 34', Cresswell 72'	4,289
000000001998-03-14-000014 March 1998	11th	Preston North End	A	L	2–3	Rowe (2) 2', 77'	7,664
000000001998-03-21-000021 March 1998	15th	Fulham	H	L	0–1		4,871
000000001998-03-28-000028 March 1998	12th	Blackpool	H	D	1–1	Cresswell 90'	3,650
000000001998-04-04-00004 April 1998	15th	Luton Town	A	L	0–3		5,541
000000001998-04-11-000011 April 1998	18th	Bournemouth	H	L	0–1		2,840
000000001998-04-13-000013 April 1998	15th	Wrexham	A	W	2–1	Thompson 67' pen., Cresswell 81'	5,231
000000001998-04-18-000018 April 1998	15th	Southend United	H	D	1–1	Tolson 74'	2,850
000000001998-04-25-000025 April 1998	13th	Carlisle United	A	W	2–1	Pouton 63', McMillan 84'	3,897
000000001998-05-02-00002 May 1998	16th	Northampton Town	H	D	0–0		6,688

League table (part)

Final Football League Second Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
14th	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	18	14	51	53	−2	60
15th	Preston North End	46	15	14	17	56	56	0	59
16th	York City	46	14	17	15	52	58	−6	59
17th	Luton Town	46	14	15	17	60	64	−4	57
18th	Millwall	46	14	13	19	43	54	−11	55
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	000000001997-11-15-000015 November 1997	Southport	A	W	4–0	Rowe (2) 18', 68', Bolland 69' o.g., Pouton 75'	3,962
Second round	000000001997-12-06-00006 December 1997	Wigan Athletic	A	L	1–2	Rowe 82'	4,021

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

League Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	000000001997-08-12-000012 August 1997	Port Vale	A	W	2–1	Bull 32', Bushell 90'	2,749
First round second leg	000000001997-08-26-000026 August 1997	Port Vale	H	D	1–1 3–2 agg.	Barras 37'	3,195
Second round first leg	000000001997-09-16-000016 September 1997	Oxford United	A	L	1–4	Rowe 43'	2,923
Second round second leg	000000001997-09-23-000023 September 1997	Oxford United	H	L	1–2 2–6 agg.	Murty 62'	1,555

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Northern section second round	000000001998-01-06-00006 January 1998	Blackpool	A	D	1–1 a.e.t. 9–10 pens.	Rowe 23'	1,105

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with York.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players included in matchday squads
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Michael Norris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	ENG	Mark Samways	29	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	0	1	0
GK	ENG	Andy Warrington	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Paddy Atkinson	3 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	3 (4)	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Tony Barras	38	6	2	0	4	1	0	0	44	7	5	0
DF	ENG	~~Steve Davis~~ *	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
DF	ENG	Andy Dawson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Wayne Hall	31 (1)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	37 (1)	0	1	0
DF	ENG	Gary Himsworth	9 (6)	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	10 (7)	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Barry Jones	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2	2	0
DF	RSA	Andy McMillan	30	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	34	1	0	1
DF	ENG	Graeme Murty	32 (2)	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	37 (2)	2	1	0
DF	ENG	Martin Reed	21 (1)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	26 (1)	0	5	0
DF	ENG	Graham Rennison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
DF	ENG	Neil Thompson *	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0
DF	ENG	~~Steve Tutill~~	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF	ENG	Steve Bushell	40	3	2	0	4	1	1	0	47	4	9	0
MF	ENG	Martin Garratt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG	~~Jonathan Greening~~	5 (15)	2	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	6 (16)	2	0	0
MF	ENG	Scott Jordan	6 (10)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	7 (11)	0	0	0
MF	ENG	Alan Pouton	37 (4)	5	2	1	3 (1)	0	1	0	43 (5)	6	6	0
MF	ENG	~~Paul Stephenson~~	34 (1)	5	2	0	3 (1)	0	0	0	39 (2)	5	4	0
MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler	43 (1)	4	2	0	4	0	1	0	50 (1)	4	9	1
FW	ENG	Richard Alderson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Gary Bull	18 (9)	1	1 (1)	0	3 (1)	1	0	0	22 (11)	2	1	0
FW	ENG	~~Neil Campbell~~	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Richard Cresswell	18 (8)	4	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	20 (10)	4	4	0
FW	ENG	Marco Gabbiadini	5 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (2)	1	0	0
FW	ENG	Rodney Rowe	38 (3)	11	2	3	3	1	1	1	44 (3)	16	4	0
FW	ENG	~~David Rush~~	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Neil Tolson	10 (6)	3	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	12 (7)	3	2	1

References

General

Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
Source for match dates, league positions and results: "York City 1997–1998: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 390–391, 416–417.
Source for goal times: "Results/matches: 1997/98". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Source for player details and discipline records: individual player pages linked from "Squad stats: 1997/98". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

Specific

↑ "York City 1997–1998: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.

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