1997–98_Swindon_Town_F.C._season

Swindon Town
1997–98 season
Chairman	Rikki Hunt
Manager	Steve McMahon
Stadium	County Ground
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Hay (14)
Average home league attendance	10,298
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town 1997–98 football season

During the 1997–98 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

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"Swindon Town 1997-1998 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

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"All Swindon Town players: 1998".

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	−22	53
17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	−16	52
18	Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	−31	52
19	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	−10	49
20	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	−12	49

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	8,334	Allison, Finney (pen)
16 August 1997	Reading	A	1–0	9,338	Hay
23 August 1997	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	7,683	Hay
30 August 1997	Stoke City	A	2–1	23,000	Allison, Hay
2 September 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	11,246	Allison
7 September 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	13,051
13 September 1997	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	6,811	Walters, Casper
20 September 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	16,237
27 September 1997	Manchester City	A	0–6	26,646
4 October 1997	Port Vale	H	4–2	8,048	Hay (3), Taylor
11 October 1997	Bury	H	3–1	7,640	Hay (2), Gooden
18 October 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	21,794	Hay (pen)
21 October 1997	Sunderland	A	0–0	27,553
25 October 1997	Norwich City	H	1–0	9,256	Hay
31 October 1997	Portsmouth	A	1–0	8,707	Hay
5 November 1997	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	10,132	Walters, Taylor, Hay
8 November 1997	Bradford City	H	1–0	10,029	Cowe
15 November 1997	Stockport County	A	2–4	7,694	Hay, Leitch
22 November 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	15,228	Ndah
28 November 1997	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3	13,769
6 December 1997	Oxford United	H	4–1	10,902	Wilsterman (own goal), Walters (pen), Finney, Gooden
13 December 1997	Sheffield United	A	1–2	18,115	Finney
20 December 1997	Birmingham City	H	1–1	10,334	Finney
26 December 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	26,500
28 December 1997	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	10,609
11 January 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2	4,176
17 January 1998	Reading	H	0–2	9,500
24 January 1998	Bradford City	A	1–1	15,130	Hay
28 January 1998	Stoke City	H	1–0	6,683	Robinson
31 January 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0	10,028
7 February 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–2	9,861
10 February 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3	5,288
17 February 1998	Port Vale	A	1–0	5,925	Collins
21 February 1998	Manchester City	H	1–3	12,280	Cowe
28 February 1998	Bury	A	0–1	5,002
7 March 1998	Portsmouth	H	0–1	9,100
11 March 1998	Middlesbrough	A	0–6	29,581
14 March 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	13,486	Walters (pen), Onoura
18 March 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	7,770
21 March 1998	Stockport County	H	1–1	6,684	McDonald
4 April 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	7,845
11 April 1998	Oxford United	A	3–0	8,005	Ndah (pen)
13 April 1998	Sheffield United	H	1–1	5,956	Walters
18 April 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–3	17,016
25 April 1998	Norwich City	A	0–5	18,443
3 May 1998	Sunderland	H	1–2	14,868	Walters

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	13 August 1997	Watford	H	0–2	6,271
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Watford	A	1–1 (lost 1–3 on agg)	7,712	Leitch

1997–98_Swindon_Town_F.C._season

1997–98 Swindon Town F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

References

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