1997–98 Mansfield Town F.C. season

Mansfield Town

1997–98 season

Football League Third Division

12th

Football League Trophy

Quarter Final

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During the 1997–98 English football season, Mansfield Town Football Club competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 12th position on 65 points.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Notts County	46	29	12	5	82	43	99
2.	Macclesfield Town	46	23	13	10	63	44	82
3.	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	60	51	75
4.	Colchester United	46	21	11	14	72	60	74
5.	Torquay United	46	21	11	14	68	59	74
6.	Scarborough	46	19	15	12	67	58	72
7.	Barnet	46	19	13	14	61	51	70
8.	Scunthorpe United	46	19	12	15	56	52	69
9.	Rotherham United	46	16	19	11	67	61	67
10.	Peterborough United	46	18	13	15	63	51	67
11.	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	62	47	66
12.	Mansfield Town	46	16	17	13	64	55	65
13.	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	13	17	61	62	61
14.	Chester City	46	17	10	19	60	61	61
15.	Exeter City	46	15	15	16	68	63	60
16.	Cambridge United	46	14	18	14	63	57	60
17.	Hartlepool United	46	12	23	11	61	53	59
18.	Rochdale	46	17	7	22	56	55	58
19.	Darlington	46	14	12	20	56	72	54
20.	Swansea City	46	13	11	22	49	62	50
21.	Cardiff City	46	9	23	14	48	52	50
22.	Hull City	46	11	8	27	56	83	41
23.	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	6	17	23	38	66	35
24.	Doncaster Rovers	46	4	8	34	30	113	20

Results

Mansfield Town's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1997–98 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 1997	Hull City	H	2–0	4,627	Christie, Clarke
2	16 August 1997	Rochdale	A	0–2	2,113
3	23 August 1997	Cardiff City	H	1–2	2,743	Doolan
4	30 August 1997	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1	3,414
5	2 September 1997	Lincoln City	A	2–0	3,539	Christie, Whitehall
6	5 September 1997	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–1	2,874	Christie
7	13 September 1997	Notts County	A	0–1	6,706
8	20 September 1997	Chester City	H	4–1	2,183	Whitehall (2), Ford, Christie
9	27 September 1997	Darlington	A	0–0	2,596
10	4 October 1997	Colchester United	H	1–1	2,341	Whitehall
11	11 October 1997	Cambridge United	H	3–2	2,239	Whitehall (2), Christie
12	18 October 1997	Macclesfield Town	A	0–1	3,277
13	21 October 1997	Swansea City	A	1–0	2,589	Clarke
14	25 October 1997	Barnet	H	1–2	2,340	Hackett
15	1 November 1997	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	2,338	Whitehall, Christie
16	4 November 1997	Rotherham United	H	3–3	2,927	Whitehall (2), Christie
17	8 November 1997	Scarborough	H	3–2	2,134	Whitehall, Harper, Peacock
18	18 November 1997	Exeter City	A	0–1	2,888
19	22 November 1997	Peterborough United	A	1–1	6,202	Peacock
20	29 November 1997	Leyton Orient	H	0–0	2,806
21	2 December 1997	Torquay United	A	1–2	1,440	Peacock
22	13 December 1997	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	2,197	Whitehall
23	20 December 1997	Hartlepool United	A	2–2	2,309	Christie, Sedgemore
24	28 December 1997	Lincoln City	H	2–2	3,449	Whitehall (2)
25	3 January 1998	Rochdale	H	3–0	2,303	Whitehall, Williams (2)
26	10 January 1998	Hull City	A	0–0	4,440
27	17 January 1998	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	2,375	Kerr
28	31 January 1998	Notts County	H	0–2	6,736
29	3 February 1998	Doncaster Rovers	A	3–0	1,538	Whitehall, Harper, Eustace
30	7 February 1998	Chester City	A	1–0	2,055	Whitehall
31	13 February 1998	Colchester United	A	0–2	2,320
32	17 February 1998	Cardiff City	A	1–4	2,451	Williams
33	21 February 1998	Darlington	H	4–0	2,071	Harper (3), Sedgemore
34	24 February 1998	Macclesfield Town	H	1–0	2,683	Peters
35	28 February 1998	Cambridge United	A	0–2	2,303
36	3 March 1998	Scarborough	A	2–2	2,019	Christie, Clarke
37	7 March 1998	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	2,219	Peacock
38	14 March 1998	Rotherham United	A	2–2	4,054	Whitehall (2)
39	21 March 1998	Exeter City	H	3–2	2,033	Peters, Ford (2)
40	28 March 1998	Peterborough United	H	2–0	2,760	Whitehall, Tallon
41	4 April 1998	Leyton Orient	A	2–2	4,081	Whitehall, Clarke
42	11 April 1998	Torquay United	H	2–2	2,282	Whitehall, Peacock
43	13 April 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–1	2,704	Christie
44	18 April 1998	Hartlepool United	H	2–2	2,047	Whitehall (2)
45	25 April 1998	Barnet	A	1–0	2,797	Whitehall (2)
46	2 May 1998	Swansea City	H	1–0	2,867	Kerr

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	15 November 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	5,253	Whitehall
R1 Replay	25 November 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	4,097

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1997	Stockport County	H	4–2	2,170	Gannon (o.g.), Christie (3)
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1997	Stockport County	A	3–6	2,840	Christie, Doolan, Ford

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	7 January 1998	Wrexham	H	1–0	1,325	Whitehall
QF	27 January 1998	Preston North End	A	0–1	3,609

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Ian Bowling	33	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	39	0
GK	Paul Gibson	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
DF	Scott Eustace	24(5)	1	2	0	2	0	0(1)	0	28(6)	1
DF	Warren Hackett	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
DF	Tony Ford	33(1)	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	37(1)	4
DF	Steve Harper	46	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	52	5
DF	Bobby Hassell	8(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	0
DF	Scott Jones	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0
DF	Mark Peters	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	2
DF	John Schofield	44	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	50	0
DF	Jamie Squires	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Stuart Thom	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
DF	Stuart Watkiss	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
MF	Darrell Clarke	26(9)	4	1	0	1	0	0(1)	0	28(10)	4
MF	John Doolan	24	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	28	2
MF	David Kerr	7(11)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	9(11)	2
MF	Jonathan Milner	1(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(6)	0
MF	Ben Sedgemore	21(7)	2	1(1)	1	2	0	0	0	24(8)	2
MF	Jason Sedlan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
MF	Michael Sisson	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
MF	Gary Tallon	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	28	1
MF	Johnny Walker	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0
MF	Lee Williams	33(4)	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	37(4)	3
FW	Iyseden Christie	26(13)	10	0(2)	0	2	4	0(1)	0	28(16)	12
FW	Stewart Hadley	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
FW	Lee Peacock	25(7)	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	29(7)	5
FW	Steve Whitehall	42(1)	24	2	1	2	0	2	1	48(1)	27
FW	Neil Woods	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0

References

General

Mansfield Town 1997–98 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific

↑ "Mansfield Town 1997/98". Statto. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

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