Manchester United F.C. season 1997-98

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Manchester United
Season 1997-98
Manager Flag of Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
Chairman Flag of England Martin Edwards
League Premier League
Final league position 2nd
FA Cup Fifth Round
Coca-Cola Cup Third Round
UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Cole (15)
All:
Andy Cole (25)
Highest home attendance 55,306 vs Wimbledon (28 March 1998)
Lowest home attendance 41,027 vs Everton (26 December 1997)

The 1997-98 season was Manchester United's 106th season in the Football League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1]

Contents

[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

United won the 1997 Charity Shield against Chelsea 4-2 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1997-08-03 Chelsea Wembley Stadium 1 – 1
(4-2p)		 Johnsen 57' 73,636

[edit] FA Premier League

Manchester United missed out on their 3rd Premier League championship in a row by 1 point to Arsenal.

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1997-08-10 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 0 Butt 82', Vega 83' (o.g.) 26,359
1997-08-13 Southampton H 1 – 0 Beckham 78' 55,008
1997-08-23 Leicester City A 0 – 0 21,221
1997-08-27 Everton A 2 – 0 Beckham 29', Sheringham 51' 40,079
1997-08-30 Coventry City H 3 – 0 Cole 1', Keane 72', Poborsky 90' 55,074
1997-09-13 West Ham United H 2 – 1 Keane 21', Scholes 76' 55,068
1997-09-20 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 0 25,000
1997-09-24 Chelsea H 2 – 2 Scholes 34', Solskjær 86' 55,163
1997-09-27 Leeds United A 0 – 1 39,952
1997-10-04 Crystal Palace H 2 – 0 Sheringham 17', Hreiðarsson 29' (o.g.) 55,143
1997-10-18 Derby County A 2 – 2 Sheringham 51', Cole 83' 30,014
1997-10-25 Barnsley H 7 – 0 Cole (3) 17', 19', 45', Giggs (2) 43', 56', Scholes 59', Poborsky 80' 55,142
1997-11-01 Sheffield Wednesday H 6 – 1 Sheringham (2) 13', 63', Cole (2) 20', 38', Solskjær (2) 41', 75' 55,259
1997-11-09 Arsenal A 2 – 3 Sheringham (2) 33', 41' 38,205
1997-11-22 Wimbledon A 5 – 2 Butt 48', Beckham (2) 66', 76', Scholes 81', Cole 87' 26,309
1997-11-30 Blackburn Rovers H 4 – 0 Solskjær (2) 17', 53', Henchoz 59' (o.g.), Kenna 85' (o.g.) 55,175
1997-12-06 Liverpool A 3 – 1 Cole (2) 51', 74', Beckham 70' 41,027
1997-12-15 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 Giggs 52' 55,151
1997-12-21 Newcastle United A 1 – 0 Cole 67' 36,767
1997-12-26 Everton H 2 – 0 Berg 14', Cole 34' 41,027
1997-12-28 Coventry City A 2 – 3 Solskjær 30', Sheringham 47' 23,054
1998-01-10 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 0 Giggs (2) 44', 67' 55,281
1998-01-19 Southampton A 0 – 1 15,241
1998-01-31 Leicester City H 0 – 1 55,156
1998-02-07 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 1 Cole 84' 55,156
1998-02-18 Aston Villa A 2 – 0 Beckham 83', Giggs 89' 39,372
1998-02-21 Derby County H 2 – 0 Giggs 22', Irwin 71' (pen.) 55,170
1998-02-28 Chelsea A 1 – 0 P. Neville 31' 35,411
1998-03-07 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 2 39,427
1998-03-11 West Ham United A 1 – 1 Scholes 66' 25,892
1998-03-14 Arsenal H 0 – 1 55,174
1998-03-28 Wimbledon H 2 – 0 Johnsen 83', Scholes 90' 55,306
1998-04-06 Blackburn Rovers A 3 – 1 Cole 56', Scholes 73', Beckham 90' 30,547
1998-04-10 Liverpool H 1 – 1 Johnsen 12' 55,171
1998-04-18 Newcastle United H 1 – 1 Beckham 37' 55,194
1998-04-27 Crystal Palace A 3 – 0 Scholes 5', Butt 21', Cole 85' 26,180
1998-05-04 Leeds United H 3 – 0 Giggs 6', Irwin 42' (pen.), Beckham 76' 55,167
1998-05-10 Barnsley A 2 – 0 Cole 5', Sheringham 72' 18,694


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
 Arsenal
38
23
9
6
68
33
+35
78
2
 Manchester United
38
23
8
7
73
26
+47
77
3
 Liverpool
38
18
11
9
68
42
+26
65

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

United beat Chelsea and Walsall easily with 5 goals in each game, to get to the 5th round, and face a Barnsley side that they had beaten 7-0 in the league. Barnsley kept strong for a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, and when the replay was played at Barnsley's home, they managed to defeat United 3-2 to knock them out of the competition.

Date Round Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1998-01-04 Round 3 Chelsea A 5 – 3 Beckham (2) 23', 28', Cole (2) 45', 65', Sheringham 74' 34,792
1998-01-24 Round 4 Walsall H 5 – 1 Cole (2) 10', 65', Solskjær (2) 39', 69', Johnsen 74' 54,699
1998-02-15 Round 5 Barnsley H 1 – 1 Sheringham 42' 54,700
1998-02-25 Round 5 Replay Barnsley A 2 – 3 Sheringham 56', Cole 81' 18,655

[edit] Coca-Cola Cup

As in the previous three seasons, United rested many of their first-team players in the League Cup, instead using the competition to provide first team experience to the club's younger players and reserves. This proved to be a bad move, as the team were knocked out in their first game, as they were defeated 2-0 by Ipswich Town.

Date Round Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1997-10-14 Round 3 Ipswich Town A 0 – 2
 22,173

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Group stage

In the group stage United were drawn together with Dutch giants Feyenoord, Italian Champions Juventus and Slovakian Champions League virgins, MFK Košice.

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance Group

position
1997-09-17 Košice A 3 – 0 Irwin 29', Berg 60', Cole 88' 9,950 2nd
1997-10-01 Juventus H 3 – 2 Sheringham 38', Scholes 69', Giggs 89' 53,428 1st
1997-10-22 Feyenoord H 2 – 1 Scholes 32', Irwin 72' (pen.) 53,188 1st
1997-11-05 Feyenoord A 3 – 1 Cole (3) 31', 44', 73' 51,000 1st
1997-11-27 Košice H 3 – 0 Cole 40', Faktor 85' (o.g.), Sheringham 90' 53,535 1st
1997-12-10 Juventus A 0 – 1 47,786 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15
2 Flag of Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3 Flag of the Netherlands Feyenoord 6 3 0 3 8 10 -2 9
4 Flag of Slovakia Košice 6 0 0 6 2 13 -11 0

[edit] Knock-out stage

United were drawn against French champions AS Monaco in the Quarter-Finals, and drew 0-0 and 1-1 in the 1st and 2nd legs, respectively, meaning that AS Monaco went through on away goals, as the 2nd game was at Old Trafford.

Date Round Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
1998-03-04 Quarter-final
First leg		 AS Monaco A 0 – 0 15,000
1998-03-18 Quarter-final
Second leg		 AS Monaco H 1 – 1 Solskjær 53' 53,683

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Coca-Cola Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of Denmark Peter Schmeichel 32 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 43 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville 34 0 2(1) 0 0 0 8 0 44(1) 0
3 DF Flag of Ireland Denis Irwin 23(2) 2 3(1) 0 0(1) 0 6 2 32(4) 4
4 DF Flag of England David May 7(2) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9(2) 0
5 DF Flag of Norway Ronny Johnsen 18(4) 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 27(4) 3
6 DF Flag of England Gary Pallister 33 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 42 0
7 MF Flag of England David Beckham 34(3) 9 3(1) 2 0 0 8 0 45(4) 11
8 MF Flag of England Nicky Butt 31(2) 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 39(2) 3
9 FW Flag of England Andy Cole 31(2) 15 3 5 1 0 6(1) 5 41(3) 25
10 FW Flag of England Teddy Sheringham 28(3) 9 2(1) 3 0 0 7 2 37(4) 14
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs 28(1) 8 2 0 0 0 5 1 35(1) 9
12 DF Flag of England Phil Neville 24(6) 1 3 0 1 0 5(2) 0 33(8) 1
13 MF Flag of Scotland Brian McClair 2(11) 0 3 0 1 0 0(3) 0 6(14) 0
14 MF Flag of the Netherlands Jordi Cruyff 3(2) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 4(3) 0
15 MF Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Poborsky 3(7) 2 0 0 1 0 2(2) 0 6(9) 2
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2
17 GK Flag of the Netherlands Raimond van der Gouw 4(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6(1) 0
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 28(3) 8 2 0 0(1) 0 6(1) 2 36(5) 10
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 15(7) 6 1(1) 2 0 0 3(3) 1 19(11) 9
21 DF Flag of Norway Henning Berg 23(4) 1 2 0 0 0 5(2) 1 30(6) 2
22 FW Flag of Norway Erik Nevland 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2(3) 0
23 MF Flag of England Ben Thornley 0(5) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3(5) 0
24 DF Flag of England John O'Kane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Flag of England Kevin Pilkington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 DF Flag of England Chris Casper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Flag of England Terry Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Philip Mulryne 1 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 2(1) 0
29 MF Flag of England Michael Appleton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Flag of England Ronnie Wallwork 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
31 DF Flag of England John Curtis 3(5) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4(5) 0
32 DF Flag of England Michael Clegg 1(2) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(4) 0
33 GK Flag of England Nick Culkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Flag of England Michael Twiss 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
35 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
36 FW Flag of Scotland Alex Notman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Flag of England Jonathan Greening 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Flag of England Danny Higginbotham 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1997-07-02 FW Flag of Norway Erik Nevland Viking £1.5m
1997-08-11 DF Flag of Norway Henning Berg Blackburn Rovers £5m
1998-03-24 MF Flag of England Jonathan Greening York City £750k

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1997-07-01 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Gareth Macklin Newcastle United Free
1997-07-06 FW Flag of England Gary Bickerton Unattached Free
1997-07-06 DF Flag of England Jamie Byers Unattached Free
1997-07-06 GK Flag of England Christopher Calderone Unattached Free
1997-07-06 FW Flag of England Jonathan Phillips Unattached Free
1997-07-22 FW Flag of England Jon Macken Preston North End £250k
1997-07-28 DF Flag of Northern Ireland Pat McGibbon Wigan Athletic £250k
1997-08-01 MF Flag of England Simon Davies Luton Town £200k
1997-08-08 MF Flag of England Michael Appleton Preston North End £500k
1997-09-26 MF Flag of England Stephen Newham Middlesbrough Free
1997-12-30 MF Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Poborsky Benfica £2m
1997-12-31 FW Flag of England Neil Mustoe Wigan Athletic Free
1998-01-29 DF Flag of England John O'Kane Everton £400k
1998-04-01 DF Flag of England Andy Duncan Cambridge United £20k
1998-06-12 MF Flag of Scotland Grant Brebner Reading £300k
1998-06-14 MF Flag of England Robert Trees Bristol Rovers Free
1998-06-30 MF Flag of England Stuart Brightwell Hartlepool United Free
1998-06-30 MF Flag of England David Brown Hull City Free
1998-06-30 FW Flag of Scotland Brian McClair Motherwell Free
1998-06-30 DF Flag of England Ross Millard Northwich Victoria Free
1998-06-30 FW Flag of England Gavin Naylor Middlesbrough Free
1998-06-30 GK Flag of England Kevin Pilkington Port Vale Free

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
1997-08-01 1997-10-06 FW Flag of England Graeme Tomlinson Bournemouth
1997-08-01 1997-09-01 MF Flag of England Robert Trees Stalybridge Celtic
1997-09-05 1997-11-05 DF Flag of England Chris Casper Swindon Town
1997-10-20 1998-06-30 GK Flag of England Paul Gibson Mansfield Town
1997-10-30 1997-11-30 DF Flag of England John O'Kane Bradford City
1997-12-17 1998-04-01 DF Flag of England Paul Teather Bournemouth
1997-12-19 1998-02-25 DF Flag of England Ronnie Wallwork Carlisle United
1998-01-09 1998-02-07 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Grant Brebner Cambridge United
1998-01-09 1998-04-01 DF Flag of England Andy Duncan Cambridge United
1998-02-23 1998-05-01 MF Flag of England Mark Wilson Wrexham
1998-02-26 1998-05-31 MF Flag of Northern Ireland Grant Brebner Hibernian
1998-03-18 1998-05-04 DF Flag of England Ronnie Wallwork Stockport County
1998-03-26 1998-05-31 FW Flag of England David Brown Hull City
1998-03-26 1998-04-26 FW Flag of England Graeme Tomlinson Millwall
1998-03-31 1998-04-10 GK Flag of England Kevin Pilkington Celtic
1998-04-15 1998-07-01 FW Flag of Norway Erik Nevland Viking

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 1997/98. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

[edit] See also

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