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1997–98 FA Premier League

The 1997–98 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the FA Premier League. It saw Arsenal lift their first league title since 1991[3] and, in so doing, became only the second team to win The Double for the second time.

It was Arsenal's first full season under French manager Arsène Wenger, who became the third manager to win the Premier League. Wenger followed in the footsteps of Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish and, while both Ferguson and Dalglish were Scottish, Wenger was the first manager from outside the British Isles to win a league title in England.

Season summary

At the end of the 1997–98 FA Premier League season, a record total of nine English teams qualified for European competition.

Premiership champions Arsenal and runners-up Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, while UEFA Cup places went to Liverpool, Leeds United, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Qualifying for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup were Chelsea (as defending champions) and FA Cup runners-up Newcastle United. Crystal Palace, while finishing bottom, qualified for the Intertoto Cup.[4]

Manchester United led the table for most of the season, before a dip in form during the final two months of the campaign saw Arsenal overtake them in April, taking advantage of games in hand, and win the league title with two matches remaining, although the gap between the champions and runners-up was a single point in the final table as Arsenal lost their final two fixtures and Alex Ferguson’s men won both of theirs. Arsenal then completed the double by winning the FA Cup. Despite the sudden dismissal of FA Cup winning player-manager Ruud Gullit, Chelsea won the League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup under new player-manager Gianluca Vialli.

The gap between the Premier League and Division One of the Football League was highlighted at the end of 1997–98 when all three newly promoted teams were relegated. Crystal Palace were confined to bottom place in the final table having won just two home games all season and lost most of their games in the second half of the campaign. Barnsley's first season in the top division ended in relegation, although they did reach the FA Cup quarter finals and knock out Manchester United in the Fifth Round. Bolton Wanderers went down on goal difference, with 17th place being occupied by Everton: despite preserving top flight football for the 45th season running, Howard Kendall quit as manager at Goodison Park after his third spell in charge.

Another mark of the gap was that the three relegated teams in the previous season took the top three places in the 1997–98 Football League. Had Sunderland not lost the play-off final to Charlton Athletic on penalty shootout, the 20 teams from 1998–99 Premier League would have been exactly the same as those in the 1996–97 Premier League.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Bolton Wanderers (returning after a season's absence), Barnsley (playing in the top flight for the first and only time) and Crystal Palace (playing in the top flight after a two year absence). They replaced Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest, who were relegated to the First Division after top flight spells of one, two and three years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

1997–98 FA Premier League is located in England
London
London
Aston Villa
Barnsley
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Coventry City
Derby County
Everton
Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
London teams: Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
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Locations of the 1997–98 Premier League teams
Greater London Premier League football clubs
Arsenal
Chelsea
Crystal Palace Wimbledon
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
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Greater London Premier League football clubs
  1. ^ Derby County relocated to the Pride Park Stadium as their new home stadium after spending 102 years at Baseball Ground.
  2. ^ Due to Wimbledon lacking a home stadium, they played their home games at Selhurst Park, which is the home stadium of Crystal Palace.

Personnel and kits

A list of personnel and kits of the clubs in the 1997–98 FA Premier League.

Managerial changes

  1. ^ Swedish striker Tomas Brolin served as Italian-to-English interpreter for Lombardo
  2. ^ Noades and Lewington acted as co-managers

League table

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions. As they were also the League Cup winners, the UEFA Cup berth vacated was awarded to Blackburn Rovers.
  2. ^ Aston Villa was rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.
  3. ^ As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up.
  4. ^ Crystal Palace qualified for the 1998 Intertoto Cup as they were the only English team who applied.

Results

Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Liverpool's Michael Owen was the joint top scorer, with 18 goals.

Hat-tricks

Chelsea's Gianluca Vialli and Tottenham's Jürgen Klinsmann both scored four goals in a match during the 1997–98 Premier League season. In addition, Vialli scored a perfect hat-trick (left foot, right foot, header).
Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

See also

References and notes

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  11. ^ "Liverpool 4–2 Chelsea". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 16 May 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  12. ^ Anderson, David. "Manchester United 7–0 Barnsley". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  13. ^ Culley, Jon (10 November 1997). "Football: Shreeves reaps reward of Pleat's long-term plan". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  14. ^ Lipton, Martin. "Chelsea 4 Derby 0". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  15. ^ Shaw, Phil (7 December 1997). "Football: Tottenham's revival hopes threatened by Venglos factor". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  16. ^ "Ferguson hits hat-trick for Everton". BBC News. 28 December 1997. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  17. ^ Culley, Jon (18 January 1998). "Football: Villa cut down by Gallacher". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  18. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 Liverpool". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 17 May 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  19. ^ Hodgson, Guy (2 March 1998). "Football: Why Sutton should eat humble pie". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  20. ^ Rodgers, Ian. "Leeds 3 Coventry 3". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  21. ^ Griffiths, Wyn (4 May 1996). "Football: Klinsmann muddies the water". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  22. ^ a b "Seasonal Awards 1997/98" Archived 9 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  23. ^ "England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  24. ^ "England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Young Players of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  25. ^ "England Player Honours – Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.

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