1997–98 Notts County F.C. season explained

Club:	Notts County
Season:	1997–98
Chairman:	Derek Pavis
Stadium:	Meadow Lane
League:	Third Division
League Result:	1st (promoted)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round
Cup3:	Auto Windscreens Shield
Cup3 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Gary Jones
Season Topscorer:	Gary Jones (28)
Highest Attendance:	12,431
Lowest Attendance:	3,104
Average Attendance:	5,710
Prevseason:	1996–97
Nextseason:	1998–99

During the 1997–98 English football season, Notts County F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season Notts County secured promotion in March and finished top of the division.

Final league table

See main article: 1997–98 Football League.

width=20	Pos	width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20		width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20		width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20		width=20	F	width=20	A	width=30	GD	width=20		width=20	Pts
1		46		14	7	2	41	20		15	5	3	41	23		82	43	+39		99
2		46		19	4	0	40	11		4	9	10	23	33		63	44	+19		82
3		46		11	7	5	32	24		9	8	6	28	27		60	51	+9		75
4		46		14	5	4	41	24		7	6	10	31	36		72	60	+12		74
5		46		14	4	5	19	22		7	7	9	29	37		68	59	+9		74
6		46		14	6	3	44	23		5	9	9	23	35		67	58	+9		72
7		46		10	8	5	35	22		9	5	9	26	29		61	51	+10		70
8		46		11	7	5	30	24		8	5	10	26	28		56	52	+4		69
9		46		10	9	4	41	30		6	10	7	26	31		67	61	+6		67
10		46		13	6	4	37	16		5	7	11	26	35		63	51	+12		67
11		46		14	5	4	40	20		5	7	11	22	27		62	47	+15		66
12		46		11	9	3	42	26		5	8	10	22	29		64	55	+9		65
13		46		12	3	8	35	28		4	10	9	26	34		61	62	align=right	-1		61
14		46		12	7	4	34	15		5	3	15	26	46		60	61	align=right	-1		61
15		46		10	8	5	39	25		5	7	11	29	38		68	63	+5		60
16		46		11	8	4	39	27		3	10	10	24	30		63	57	+6		60
17		46		10	12	1	40	22		2	11	10	21	31		61	53	+8		59
18		46		15	3	5	43	15		2	4	17	13	40		56	55	+1		58
19		46		13	6	4	43	28		1	6	16	13	44		56	72	align=right	-16		54
20		46		8	8	7	24	16		5	3	15	25	46		49	62	align=right	-13		50
21		46		5	3	15	27	22		4	10	9	21	30		48	52	align=right	-4		50
22		46		10	6	7	36	32		1	2	20	20	51		56	83	align=right	-27		41
23		46		3	10	10	21	34		3	7	13	17	32		38	66	align=right	-28		35
24	Doncaster Rovers	46		3	3	17	14	48		1	5	17	16	65		30	113	–83		20

• 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).

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	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Notts County's score comes first.^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Rochdale	H	2–1	4,173
16 August 1997	Hull City	A	3–0	7,142
23 August 1997	Lincoln City	H	1–2	5,707
30 August 1997	Cardiff City	A	1–1	6,191
2 September 1997	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	2,010
7 September 1997	Scunthorpe	H	2–1	5,009
13 September 1997	Mansfield Town	H	1–0	6,706
20 September 1997	Shrewsbury	A	2–1	2,532
27 September 1997	Scarborough	A	2–1	2,751
4 October 1997	Darlington	H	1–1	4,428
11 October 1997	Macclesfield Town	H	1–1	4,871
18 October 1997	Swansea City	A	2–1	3,668
21 October 1997	Rotherham United	A	1–1	3,161
25 October 1997	Cambridge United	H	1–0	4,279
1 November 1997	Barnet	A	2–1	2,530
4 November 1997	Chester City	H	1–2	3,104
8 November 1997	Exeter City	H	1–1	5,107
18 November 1997	Colchester United	A	0–2	2,635
22 November 1997	Leyton Orient	A	1–1	4,321
29 November 1997	Peterborough United	H	2–2	8,006
3 December 1997	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1–0	1,239
13 December 1997	Doncaster Rovers	H	5–2	4,024
20 December 1997	Torquay United	A	2–0	2,536
26 December 1997	Scunthorpe United	A	2–1	4,781
28 December 1997	Hartlepool United	H	2–0	6,073
10 January 1998	Rochdale	A	2–1	2,387
17 January 1998	Cardiff City	H	3–1	6,214
20 January 1998	Hull City	H	1–0	4,017
24 January 1998	Lincoln City	A	5–3	6,059
31 January 1998	Mansfield Town	A	2–0	6,786
7 February 1998	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	5,790
14 February 1998	Darlington	A	2–0	2,781
21 February 1998	Scarborough	H	1–0	5,645
24 February 1998	Swansea City	H	2–1	4,484
28 February 1998	Macclesfield Town	A	0–2	5,112
3 March 1998	Exeter City	A	5–2	2,966
7 March 1998	Barnet	H	2–0	6,081
14 March 1998	Chester City	A	1–0	2,753
21 March 1998	Colchester United	H	0–0	6,284
28 March 1998	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	8,389
3 April 1998	Peterborough United	A	0–1	2,485
11 April 1998	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2–2	5,344
13 April 1998	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–1	2,485
18 April 1998	Torquay United	H	3–0	5,183
25 April 1998	Cambridge United	A	2–2	4,009
2 May 1998	Rotherham United	H	5–2	12,431

FA Cup

See main article: 1997-98 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R1	16 November 1997	Colwyn Bay	H	2–0
R2	6 December 1997	Preston North End	A	2–2
R2R	16 December 1997	Preston North End	H	1–2

League Cup

See main article: 1997-98 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R1 1st Leg	12 Aug 1997	Darlington	A	1–1	2,189
R1 2nd Leg	26 Aug 1997	Darlington	H	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	1,925
R2 1st Leg	16 Sep 1997	Tranmere	H	0–2	1,779
R2 2nd Leg	23 Sep 1997	Tranmere	A	1–0 (lost 1–2 on agg)	3,287

Football League Trophy

See main article: 1997-98 Football League Trophy.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

NR2^[2]

27 January 1998

Burnley

A

0–2

2,442

Squad

^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notts County results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com . 2017-05-09 . 2017-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513044606/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/notts-county/1997-1998/results . dead .
2. Awarded a bye in the first round
3. Web site: All Notts County players: 1998.