1997–98_Everton_F.C._season

Everton
1997–98 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson
Manager	Howard Kendall
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premiership	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Duncan Ferguson (11); All: Duncan Ferguson (11)
Average home league attendance	35,376
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Everton F.C. season

1997–98 season of Everton F.C.

During the 1997–98 English football season, Everton competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	−12	44
16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8	18	52	67	−15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	40
18	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	9	13	16	41	61	−20	40	Relegation to the Football League First Division
19	Barnsley (R)	38	10	5	23	37	82	−45	35	Relegation to the Football League First Division

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	40	7	5	7	25	27	−2	2	8	9	16	29	−13

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D
Position	16	11	15	14	18	13	16	16	18	15	16	17	17	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	16	17	18	17

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	35,716	Ferguson
23 August 1997	West Ham United	H	2–1	34,356	Speed, Stuart
27 August 1997	Manchester United	H	0–2	40,079
1 September 1997	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	23,131
13 September 1997	Derby County	A	1–3	27,828	Stuart
20 September 1997	Barnsley	H	4–2	32,659	Speed (2, 1 pen), Cadamarteri, Oster
24 September 1997	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,705
27 September 1997	Arsenal	H	2–2	35,457	Ball, Cadamarteri
4 October 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	24,486	Cadamarteri
18 October 1997	Liverpool	H	2–0	40,112	Ruddock (own goal), Cadamarteri
25 October 1997	Coventry City	A	0–0	18,760
2 November 1997	Southampton	H	0–2	29,565
8 November 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–3	25,397	Speed, Ferguson
22 November 1997	Aston Villa	A	1–2	36,389	Speed (pen)
26 November 1997	Chelsea	A	0–2	34,148
29 November 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	36,670
6 December 1997	Leeds United	A	0–0	34,869
13 December 1997	Wimbledon	H	0–0	28,533
20 December 1997	Leicester City	A	1–0	20,628	Speed (pen)
26 December 1997	Manchester United	A	0–2	55,167
28 December 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–2	37,149	Ferguson (3)
10 January 1998	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	23,311	Barmby, Ferguson, Madar
18 January 1998	Chelsea	H	3–1	32,355	Speed, Ferguson, Duberry (own goal)
31 January 1998	West Ham United	A	2–2	25,909	Barmby, Madar
7 February 1998	Barnsley	A	2–2	18,672	Ferguson, Grant
14 February 1998	Derby County	H	1–2	34,876	Thomsen
23 February 1998	Liverpool	A	1–1	44,501	Ferguson
28 February 1998	Newcastle United	H	0–0	37,972
7 March 1998	Southampton	A	1–2	15,102	Tiler
14 March 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	33,423	Madar
28 March 1998	Aston Villa	H	1–4	36,471	Madar
4 April 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	35,624	Madar
11 April 1998	Leeds United	H	2–0	37,099	Hutchison, Ferguson
13 April 1998	Wimbledon	A	0–0	15,131
18 April 1998	Leicester City	H	1–1	33,642	Madar
25 April 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	35,497	Ferguson
3 May 1998	Arsenal	A	0–4	38,269
10 May 1998	Coventry City	H	1–1	40,109	Farrelly

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	16 September 1997	Scunthorpe United	A	1–0	7,145	Farrelly
R2 2nd leg	1 October 1997	Scunthorpe United	H	5–0 (won 6–0 on agg)	11,562	Stuart, Oster, Barmby (2), Cadamarteri
R3	15 October 1997	Coventry City	A	1–4	10,087	Barmby

1997–98_Everton_F.C._season

1997–98 Everton F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad (at end of season)

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Starting 11

Notes

References

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Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 July 1997	MF	Gareth Farrelly	Aston Villa	Transfer
1 August 1997	MF	John Oster	Grimsby Town	£1,500,000
6 August 1997	DF	Tony Thomas	Tranmere Rovers	£400,000
15 August 1997	MF	Danny Williamson	West Ham United	Swap
27 November 1997	GK	Thomas Myhre	Viking	£800,000
28 November 1997	MF	Mitch Ward	Sheffield United	£750,000
28 November 1997	DF	Carl Tiler	Sheffield United	£750,000
30 December 1997	FW	Mickaël Madar	Deportivo La Coruña	Free transfer
28 January 1998	DF	John O'Kane	Manchester United	£400,000
26 February 1998	MF	Don Hutchison	Sheffield United	£1,000,000
26 March 1998	MF	Matt McKay	Chester City	Signed

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
15 August 1997	DF	David Unsworth	West Ham United	Swap
28 November 1997	MF	Graham Stuart	Sheffield United	£500,000
30 January 1998	MF	Andy Hinchcliffe	Sheffield Wednesday	£3,000,000
6 February 1998	MF	Gary Speed	Newcastle United	£5,500,000
13 February 1998	DF	John Hills	Blackpool	Signed
24 February 1998	DF	Earl Barrett	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer
26 February 1998	DF	Jon O'Connor	Sheffield United	Transfer
3 March 1998	DF	Claus Thomsen	AB	£500,000
12 March 1998	GK	Neville Southall	Stoke City	Free transfer

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	ENG	Paul Gerrard	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
31	GK	NOR	Thomas Myhre	23	0	22	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
5	DF	ENG	Dave Watson	29	0	25+1	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan	10	0	8+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	DF	ENG	Craig Short	33	0	27+4	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	ENG	Tony Thomas	9	0	6+1	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF	ENG	Carl Tiler	20	1	19	1	1	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Michael Ball	28	1	21+4	1	1	0	1+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Graham Allen	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	IRL	Richard Dunne	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	CRO	Slaven Bilić	27	0	22+2	0	0	0	3	0
32	DF	ENG	John O'Kane	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Danny Williamson	17	0	15	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Nick Barmby	33	5	26+4	2	1	0	1+1	3
10	MF	SCO	Don Hutchison	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Tony Grant	9	1	7	1	1	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Peter Beagrie	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly	28	2	18+8	1	1	0	1	1
19	MF	WAL	John Oster	35	2	16+15	1	0+1	0	3	1
21	MF	ENG	Mitch Ward	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	11	0	5+6	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	FRA	Mickaël Madar	17	6	15+2	6	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson	32	11	28+1	11	1	0	2	0
11	FW	SCO	John Spencer	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Michael Branch	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Danny Cadamarteri	29	5	15+10	4	1	0	1+2	1
34	FW	ENG	Francis Jeffers	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
1	GK	WAL	Neville Southall	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Earl Barrett	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Andy Hinchcliffe	20	0	15+2	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart	17	3	14	2	0	0	3	1
10	MF	WAL	Gary Speed	24	7	21	7	0	0	3	0
15	DF	DEN	Claus Thomsen	9	1	2+6	1	1	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Jon O'Connor	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0