1997–98 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth

1997–98 season

Chairman

Terry Venables

Manager

Stadium

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The 1997-98 season was Portsmouth's 99th in existence. After just missing out on the play-offs the previous season, Portsmouth saw themselves in a relegation battle this season.

Results

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Nottingham Forest	46	28	10	8	82	42	94
2.	Middlesbrough	46	27	10	9	77	41	91
3.	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	90
4.	Charlton Athletic	46	26	10	10	80	49	88
5.	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	83
6.	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	74
7.	Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	74
8.	Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	65
9.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	65
10.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	61
11.	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	59
12.	Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	58
13.	Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	57
14.	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	56
15.	Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	55
16.	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	53
17.	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	52
18.	Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	52
19.	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	49
20.	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	49
21.	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	49
22.	Manchester City	46	12	12	22	56	57	48
23.	Stoke City	46	11	13	22	44	74	46
24.	Reading	46	11	9	26	39	78	42

Venue Played Won Drawn Lost For Against

Home 23 8 6 9 28 30

Away 23 5 4 14 23 33

Total 46 13 10 23 51 63

First squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Aaron Flahavan
		GK	Alan Knight
		DF	Andy Awford
		DF	Andy Cook
		DF	Russell Perrett
		DF	Robbie Pethick
		DF	Matthew Robinson
		DF	Lee Russell
		DF	Andy Thomson
		DF	Adrian Whitbread
		DF	Aaron Cook
		DF	Michalis Vlachos
		MF	Martin Allen
		MF	Jimmy Carter
		MF	David Hillier

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Sammy Igoe
		MF	Dave Waterman
		MF	Alan McLoughlin^[2]
		MF	Andy Turner^[3]
		MF	Fitzroy Simpson^[4]
		MF	Robert Enes
		MF	Craig Foster
		FW	Steve Claridge
		FW	John Durnin
		FW	Mathias Svensson
		FW	Paul Hall^[5]
		FW	John Aloisi
		FW	Paul Harries
		FW	Hamilton Thorp
			Robbie Simpson

Transfers

In

Hamilton Thorp - West Adelaide, £75,000, 1 August
Matthew Robinson - Southampton, £50,000, February
Craig Foster - Marconi Stallions
Robert Enes - Sydney United
Paul Harries - Wollongong Wolves

References

↑ "Pompey FC News and Stats Database". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
↑ McLoughlin was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1990.
↑ Turner was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
↑ Simpson was born in Bradford-on-Avon, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1990.
↑ Hall was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1990.

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