1997–98 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

1997–98 season

Chairman

Alan Sugar

Manager

Gerry Francis (until 19 November)
Chris Hughton (caretaker 19–20 November)
Christian Gross (from 20 November)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Klinsmann (9)
All: Klinsmann/Ginola (9)

Highest home attendance

35,995 (vs. Southampton, 10 May)^[1]

Lowest home attendance

19,255 (vs. Carlisle United, 17 September)^[1]

Average home league attendance

28,306

Home colours

Away colours

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1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Season summary

Despite the pre-season capture of Newcastle stars David Ginola and Les Ferdinand, Tottenham Hotspur began the season badly and looked nothing like a side who were hoping to challenge for a European place. By the time Gerry Francis resigned in November, Spurs were in the relegation zone and chairman Alan Sugar was the target of more hostility than ever before. Swiss coach Christian Gross was named as Francis's successor,^[2] and soon after arriving he brought in former Spurs star Jürgen Klinsmann - who had been so successful and popular during his first spell three seasons earlier.

In the end, Tottenham beat the drop and finished 14th in the final table. Klinsmann retired from playing, to draw the curtain on a brilliant career.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	38	23	9	6	68	33	+35	78	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	73	26	+47	77	1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68	42	+26	65	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71	43	+28	63	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
5	Leeds United	38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59	1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57	52	+5	58
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49	48	+1	57
8	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	56	57	−1	56
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52	49	+3	55
10	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51	41	+10	53
11	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	+2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	−5	48
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	35	44	−9	44	1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ²
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	44	56	−12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	−12	44
16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8	18	52	67	−15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	−15	40
18	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	9	13	16	41	61	−20	40	Relegation to 1998–99 Football League First Division
19	Barnsley (R)	38	10	5	23	37	82	−45	35	Relegation to 1998–99 Football League First Division
20	Crystal Palace (R)	38	8	9	21	37	71	–34	33	1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round ³
20	Crystal Palace (R)	38	8	9	21	37	71	–34	33	Relegation to the 1998–99 Football League First Division

Updated to games played on 10 May 1998.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions and were the League Cup winners.
² As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
³ Despite being relegated, Crystal Palace qualified for the 1998 Intertoto Cup.
(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 Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	11	16	44	56	−12	44	7	8	4	23	22	+1	4	3	12	21	34	−13

Source: 1997-98 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	D
Position	20	19	13	9	7	9	12	11	13	14	11	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	14

Source: 11v11.com: 1997-98 Tottenham Hotspur results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1997	Manchester United	H	0–2	26,359
13 August 1997	West Ham United	A	1–2	25,354	Ferdinand
23 August 1997	Derby County	H	1–0	25,886	Calderwood
27 August 1997	Aston Villa	H	3–2	26,317	Ferdinand (2), Fox
30 August 1997	Arsenal	A	0–0	38,102
13 September 1997	Leicester City	A	0–3	20,683
20 September 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	26,573
23 September 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	23,433	Armstrong
27 September 1997	Wimbledon	H	0–0	26,261
4 October 1997	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,709
19 October 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–2	25,097	Dominguez, Armstrong, Ginola
25 October 1997	Southampton	A	2–3	15,255	Dominguez, Ginola
1 November 1997	Leeds United	H	0–1	26,441
8 November 1997	Liverpool	A	0–4	38,006
24 November 1997	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	25,634
29 November 1997	Everton	A	2–0	36,670	Vega, Ginola
6 December 1997	Chelsea	H	1–6	28,476	Vega
13 December 1997	Coventry City	A	0–4	19,499
20 December 1997	Barnsley	H	3–0	28,232	Nielsen (2), Ginola
26 December 1997	Aston Villa	A	1–4	38,644	Calderwood
28 December 1997	Arsenal	H	1–1	29,610	Nielsen
10 January 1998	Manchester United	A	0–2	55,281
17 January 1998	West Ham United	H	1–0	30,284	Klinsmann
31 January 1998	Derby County	A	1–2	30,187	Fox
7 February 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–0	30,388	Berti, Armstrong, Fox
14 February 1998	Leicester City	H	1–1	28,355	Calderwood
21 February 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	29,871
1 March 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	29,032	Nielsen
4 March 1998	Leeds United	A	0–1	31,394
14 March 1998	Liverpool	H	3–3	30,245	Klinsmann, Ginola, Vega
28 March 1998	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	26,116	Berti, Armstrong, Klinsmann
4 April 1998	Everton	H	1–1	35,624	Armstrong
11 April 1998	Chelsea	A	0–2	34,149
13 April 1998	Coventry City	H	1–1	33,463	Berti
18 April 1998	Barnsley	A	1–1	18,692	Calderwood
25 April 1998	Newcastle United	H	2–0	35,847	Klinsmann, Ferdinand
2 May 1998	Wimbledon	A	6–2	25,820	Ferdinand, Klinsmann (4), Saib
10 May 1998	Southampton	H	1–1	35,995	Klinsmann

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1998	Fulham	H	3–1	27,909	Clemence, Calderwood, Taylor (own goal)
R4	24 January 1998	Barnsley	H	1–1	28,722	Campbell
R4R	4 February 1998	Barnsley	A	1–3	18,220	Ginola

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1997	Carlisle United	H	3–2	19,255	Fenn, Fox, Mahorn
R2 2nd Leg	30 September 1997	Carlisle United	A	2–0 (won 5-2 on agg)	13,571	Ginola (pen), Armstrong
R3	15 October 1997	Derby County	H	1–2	20,390	Ginola

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ian Walker
2	DF	Dean Austin
3	DF	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	David Howells
5	DF	Colin Calderwood (vice-captain)
6	DF	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	Ruel Fox^[5]
8	MF	Allan Nielsen
9	MF	Darren Anderton
10	FW	Les Ferdinand
11	FW	Chris Armstrong
12	DF	Stephen Carr
13	GK	Espen Baardsen
14	MF	David Ginola
15	DF	Ramon Vega
16	DF	Clive Wilson
17	DF	John Scales

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Steffen Iversen
20	MF	José Dominguez
21	FW	Rory Allen
22	MF	Andy Sinton
23	DF	Sol Campbell
24	FW	Neale Fenn^[6]
25	MF	Stephen Clemence
26	FW	Paul McVeigh
27	MF	Danny Hill
29	DF	Mark Arber
31	GK	Simon Brown
32	MF	Garry Brady
33	FW	Jürgen Klinsmann
34	MF	Moussa Saïb
35	MF	Nicola Berti
36	GK	Frode Grodås
37	MF	Peter Gain^[7]

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
19		DF	Stuart Nethercott (to Millwall)
28		DF	Jamie Clapham (to Ipswich Town)

No.		Position	Player
30		FW	Paul Mahorn (to Port Vale)
-		MF	Kevin Maher^[8] (to Southend United)

Reserve 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	Alan Marriott
-		DF	Luke Young

No.		Position	Player
-		MF	Jason Dozzell
-		MF	Mark Gower

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
15 July 1997	MF	David Ginola	Newcastle United	£2,000,000
28 July 1997	FW	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United	£6,000,000
8 August 1997	MF	José Dominguez	Sporting CP	£1,600,000
8 January 1998	MF	Nicola Berti	Inter Milan	Free transfer
30 January 1998	GK	Frode Grodås	Chelsea	£250,000
23 February 1998	MF	Moussa Saïb	Valencia	£2,300,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
27 June 1997	FW	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	£3,500,000
1 August 1997	MF	Simon Wormull	Brentford	Free transfer
10 August 1997	FW	Ronny Rosenthal	Watford	Free transfer
19 September 1997	DF	Leon Townley	Brentford	£55,000
23 January 1998	MF	Kevin Maher	Southend United	Free transfer
13 March 1998	DF	Jamie Clapham	Ipswich Town	£300,000
20 March 1998	FW	Paul Mahorn	Port Vale	Non-contract

Transfers in:

£12,150,000

Transfers out:

£3,855,000

Total spending:

£8,295,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[9]^[10]

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
1	GK	Ian Walker	33
12	RB	Stephen Carr	42
5	CB	Colin Calderwood	22
15	CB	Ramon Vega	27
16	LB	Clive Wilson	19
23	DM	Sol Campbell	40
8	RM	Allan Nielsen	22
7	CM	Ruel Fox	32
14	LM	David Ginola	40
9	CF	Les Ferdinand	22
33	CF	Jürgen Klinsmann	18

References

1 2 "Fixtures & Results: Barclays - Premier League 97/98". Tottenham Hotspur plc. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
↑ Moore, Glenn (20 November 1997). "`Sugar didn't want me to go' - Francis". The Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
↑ Soccerbase: 1997-98 Tottenham Hotspur results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1997-1998/faprem/tottenha.htm
↑ Fox was born in Ipswich, England.
↑ Fenn was born in Enfield, England.
↑ Gain was born in Fulham, England.
↑ Maher was born in Redbridge, England.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/tab/players/season/1998
↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/season/Tottenham_Hotspur/1997-1998/

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