1997–98 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

The 1997–98 season was Charlton's best campaign for years. They reached the Division One play-off final and battled against Sunderland in a thrilling game which ended with a 4–4 draw after extra time. Charlton won 7–6 on penalties,^[1] with the match described as "arguably the most dramatic game of football in Wembley's history",^[2] and were promoted to the Premier League.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 Football League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest (C)	46	28	10	8	82	42	+40	94	Promotion to 1998–99 FA Premier League
2	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough (P)	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36	91	Promotion to 1998–99 FA Premier League
3	Sunderland !Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90	Qualification for First Division play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic (P)	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15	74
7	Birmingham City !Birmingham City	46	19	17	10	60	35	+25	74
8	Stockport County !Stockport County	46	19	8	19	71	69	+2	65
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4	65
10	West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	61
11	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	46	18	5	23	58	65	−7	59
12	Oxford United !Oxford United	46	16	10	20	60	64	−4	58
13	Bradford City !Bradford City	46	14	15	17	46	59	−13	57
14	Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	54	57	−3	56
15	Norwich City !Norwich City	46	14	13	19	52	69	−17	55
16	Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	50	72	−22	53
17	Bury !Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	−16	52
18	Swindon Town !Swindon Town	46	14	10	22	42	73	−31	52
19	Port Vale !Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	−10	49
20	Portsmouth !Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	−12	49
21	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	46	10	19	17	51	63	−12	49
22	Manchester City !Manchester City (R)	46	12	12	22	56	57	−1	48	Relegation to 1998–99 Second Division
23	Stoke City !Stoke City (R)	46	11	13	22	44	74	−30	46
24	Reading !Reading (R)	46	11	9	26	39	78	−39	42

Updated to games played on 3 May 1998.
Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	29,414	S Jones
16 August 1997	Oxford United	H	3–2	10,230	S Jones, Mendonca, Lisbie
23 August 1997	Bury	A	0–0	4,657
30 August 1997	Manchester City	H	2–1	14,009	van Blerk (own goal), K Jones
13 September 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	22,683	Chapple
17 September 1997	Norwich City	A	4–0	10,157	Mendonca (3), Chapple
21 September 1997	Bradford City	H	4–1	11,583	Mendonca (2), Mortimer, Brown
27 September 1997	Stockport County	H	1–3	12,083	Mortimer
4 October 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–2	14,825	Robinson (2), S Jones, Chapple
14 October 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	3–0	9,596	Mendonca, Brown, Robinson
19 October 1997	Stoke City	H	1–1	12,345	Kinsella
22 October 1997	Birmingham City	H	1–1	10,072	Mendonca
25 October 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	5,911	Kinsella, Leaburn
1 November 1997	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	12,627	Mendonca, Chapple, Leaburn
4 November 1997	Sunderland	A	0–0	25,455
8 November 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	16,124
15 November 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–2	14,091	K Jones, Allen, Holmes
22 November 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	2–5	18,532	Allen, Woan (own goal)
28 November 1997	Swindon Town	H	3–0	13,769	K Jones, Mendonca (2, 1 pen)
6 December 1997	Reading	A	0–2	8,076
9 December 1997	Sheffield United	H	2–1	9,868	Mendonca (2, 1 pen)
13 December 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	11,077	Newton
20 December 1997	Portsmouth	A	2–0	8,581	Robinson, Leaburn
26 December 1997	Norwich City	H	2–1	14,472	Kinsella, Robinson
28 December 1997	Sheffield United	A	1–4	18,677	Bright
10 January 1998	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	15,742	Newton (2), Bright
17 January 1998	Oxford United	A	2–1	7,234	Mendonca, Robinson
28 January 1998	Manchester City	A	2–2	24,058	S Jones (2)
31 January 1998	Bury	H	0–0	15,312
7 February 1998	Bradford City	A	0–1	14,851
17 February 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	15,555	Robinson
21 February 1998	Stockport County	A	0–3	7,705
25 February 1998	Stoke City	A	2–1	10,027	Robinson, Barness
28 February 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	12,908	Bright
3 March 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	5–0	10,893	Bright, Newton, Mendonca (2, 1 pen), Kinsella
7 March 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	19,831	Mendonca
15 March 1998	Sunderland	H	1–1	15,355	Bright
21 March 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	5,252	Mills, Newton, Kinsella
28 March 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	4–2	15,815	Bright, Mortimer, Mendonca (pen), Kinsella
4 April 1998	Swindon Town	A	1–0	7,845	S Jones
7 April 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	13,743	Mendonca
10 April 1998	Reading	H	3–0	14,220	Mendonca, Mortimer, Bright
13 April 1998	Port Vale	A	1–0	9,973	Mendonca (pen)
18 April 1998	Portsmouth	H	1–0	14,082	S Jones
25 April 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	15,393	Mendonca (2 pens)
3 May 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–0	25,877

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	10 May 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	21,681	Clapham (own goal)
SF 2nd Leg	13 May 1998	Ipswich Town	H	1–0 (won 2-0 on agg)	15,585	Newton
F	25 May 1998	Sunderland	N	4–4 (won 7-6 on pens)	77,739	Mendonca (3), Rufus

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1	13,827	Robinson, Brown, Leaburn, Mendonca
R4	24 January 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	15,540	K Jones
R4R	3 February 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	20,429

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	13 August 1997	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	6,598
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1–3 (lost 1-4 on agg)	10,989	Mendonca

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Andy Petterson
-	GK	Saša Ilić
-	GK	Mike Salmon
-	DF	Richard Rufus
-	DF	Mark Bowen
-	DF	Phil Chapple
-	DF	Steve Brown
-	DF	Anthony Barness
-	DF	Stuart Balmer
-	DF	Danny Mills
-	DF	Eddie Youds
-	DF	Paul Konchesky
-	DF	Jamie Stuart
-	DF	David Kerslake (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
-	DF	Jason Tindall
-	DF	Anthony Allman

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Mark Kinsella
-	MF	Keith Jones
-	MF	John Robinson
-	MF	Shaun Newton
-	MF	Matty Holmes
-	MF	Paul Mortimer
-	MF	Kevin Nicholls
-	MF	Paul Emblen
-	MF	Scott Parker
-	FW	Clive Mendonca
-	FW	Steve Jones
-	FW	Mark Bright
-	FW	Carl Leaburn
-	FW	Bradley Allen
-	FW	Neil Heaney (on loan from Manchester City)
-	FW	Kevin Lisbie

References

↑ "Charlton 4 – 4 Sunderland". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
↑ Wembley's Greatest Events (1923–2010) Wembley Stadium
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/charlton-athletic/1997-1998/results

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