1997–98 Watford F.C. season

In the 1997–98 season, Jackett was demoted to the position of assistant manager and Graham Taylor returned for a second spell as Watford manager. The transition proved a success; Watford secured the Division Two title, beating Bristol City into second place after a season-long struggle.

Final league table

Main article: 1997-98 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Watford	46	13	7	3	36	22	11	9	3	31	19	67	41	+26	88
2	Bristol City	46	16	5	2	41	17	9	5	9	28	22	69	39	+30	85
3	Grimsby Town	46	11	7	5	30	14	8	8	7	25	23	55	37	+18	72
4	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	33	17	4	12	7	19	20	52	37	+15	71
5	Bristol Rovers	46	13	2	8	43	33	7	8	8	27	31	70	64	+6	70
6	Fulham	46	12	7	4	31	14	8	3	12	29	29	60	43	+17	70
7	Wrexham	46	10	10	3	31	23	8	6	9	24	28	55	51	+4	70
8	Gillingham	46	13	7	3	30	18	6	6	11	22	29	52	47	+5	70
9	Bournemouth	46	11	8	4	28	15	7	4	12	29	37	57	52	+5	66
10	Chesterfield	46	13	7	3	31	19	3	10	10	15	25	46	44	+2	65
11	Wigan Athletic	46	12	5	6	41	31	5	6	12	23	35	64	66	–2	62
12	Blackpool	46	13	6	4	35	24	4	5	14	24	43	59	67	–8	62
13	Oldham Athletic	46	13	7	3	43	23	2	9	12	19	31	62	54	+8	61
14	Wycombe Wanderers	46	10	10	3	32	20	4	8	11	19	33	51	53	–2	60
15	Preston North End	46	10	6	7	29	26	5	8	10	27	30	56	56	±0	59
16	York City	46	9	7	7	26	21	5	10	8	26	37	52	58	–6	59
17	Luton Town	46	7	7	9	35	38	7	8	8	25	26	60	64	–4	57
18	Millwall	46	7	8	8	23	23	7	5	11	20	31	43	54	–11	55
19	Walsall	46	10	8	5	26	16	4	4	15	17	36	43	52	–9	54
20	Burnley	46	10	9	4	34	23	3	4	16	21	42	55	65	–10	52
21	Brentford	46	9	7	7	33	29	2	10	11	17	42	50	71	–21	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	5	8	36	30	2	8	13	19	40	55	70	–15	49
23	Carlisle United	46	8	5	10	27	28	4	3	16	30	45	57	73	–16	44
24	Southend United	46	8	7	8	29	30	3	3	17	18	49	47	79	–32	43

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Watford's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Burnley	H	1–0	11,155	Lee
16 August 1997	Carlisle United	A	2–0	7,395	Kennedy, Johnson
23 August 1997	Brentford	H	3–1	10,125	Millen, Melvang, Johnson
30 August 1997	Preston North End	A	0–2	11,042
2 September 1997	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	5,141	Noel-Williams
7 September 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2–1	12,100	Hyde, Lee
13 September 1997	Chesterfield	H	2–1	11,204	Rosenthal, Lee
20 September 1997	Gillingham	A	2–2	7,780	Rosenthal (pen), Johnson
27 September 1997	York City	H	1–1	13,812	Lee
4 October 1997	Luton Town	A	4–0	9,041	Johnson, Thomas, Kennedy (2)
14 October 1997	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	8,110	Kennedy, Rosenthal (pen)
18 October 1997	Millwall	H	0–1	12,530
21 October 1997	Fulham	H	2–0	11,486	Rosenthal, Robinson
25 October 1997	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	5,699	Rosenthal
1 November 1997	Blackpool	H	4–1	9,723	Lee (2), Johnson, Rosenthal
4 November 1997	Southend United	A	3–0	4,001	Kennedy (3)
8 November 1997	Walsall	A	0–0	5,077
18 November 1997	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	8,397	Thomas, Mooney
22 November 1997	Northampton Town	A	1–0	7,373	Kennedy
29 November 1997	Wigan Athletic	H	2–1	9,455	Thomas, Mooney
2 December 1997	Wrexham	A	1–1	3,702	Rosenthal
13 December 1997	Bristol City	H	1–1	16,072	Noel-Williams
20 December 1997	Bournemouth	A	1–0	6,081	Kennedy
26 December 1997	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–0	8,090
28 December 1997	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	11,594	Mooney
10 January 1998	Burnley	A	0–2	9,551
17 January 1998	Preston North End	H	3–1	10,182	Kennedy (2), Hyde
24 January 1998	Brentford	A	2–1	6,969	Mooney, Johnson
31 January 1998	Chesterfield	A	1–0	5,975	Noel-Williams
8 February 1998	Gillingham	H	0–2	10,498
14 February 1998	Luton Town	H	1–1	15,182	Robinson
21 February 1998	York City	A	1–1	4,890	Palmer
25 February 1998	Millwall	A	1–1	7,126	Mooney
28 February 1998	Bristol Rovers	H	3–2	12,186	Noel-Williams, Rosenthal, Mooney
3 March 1998	Walsall	H	1–2	8,096	Noel-Williams
7 March 1998	Blackpool	A	1–1	5,237	Bazeley
14 March 1998	Southend United	H	1–1	10,750	Hyde
17 March 1998	Carlisle United	H	2–1	7,274	Palmer, Bazeley
21 March 1998	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	5,744	Bazeley, Gibbs
28 March 1998	Northampton Town	H	1–1	14,268	Johnson
4 April 1998	Wigan Athletic	A	2–3	4,262	Foley, Hyde
11 April 1998	Wrexham	H	1–0	12,340	Lee
13 April 1998	Bristol City	A	1–1	19,141	Lee
25 April 1998	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	14,002
28 April 1998	Bournemouth	H	2–1	12,834	Lee, Noel-Williams
2 May 1998	Fulham	A	2–1	17,114	Noel-Williams, Lee

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	15 November 1997	Barnet	A	2–1	4,040	Rosenthal (2)
R2	6 December 1997	Torquay United	A	1–1	3,416	Noel-Williams
R2R	16 December 1997	Torquay United	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	5,848	Noel-Williams (2)
R3	3 January 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	18,306	Kennedy
R3R	14 January 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0 (lost 3-5 on pens)	18,707

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	13 August 1997	Swindon Town	A	2–0	6,271	Noel-Williams, Rosenthal
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1997	Swindon Town	H	1–1 (won 3-1 on agg)	7,712	Hyde
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1997	Sheffield United	H	1–1	7,154	Kennedy
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1997	Sheffield United	A	0–4 (lost 1-5 on agg)	7,511

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	9 December 1997	Fulham	A	0–1	3,364

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Alec Chamberlain
-	GK	Chris Day
-	GK	Andrew Iga
-	DF	Rob Page
-	DF	Keith Millen
-	DF	Nigel Gibbs
-	DF	Steve Palmer
-	DF	Paul Robinson
-	DF	Darren Bazeley
-	DF	Clint Easton
-	DF	Lars Melvang
-	DF	Colin Miles
-	DF	Mark Rooney
-	DF	Darren Ward
-	DF	Dominic Ludden
-	DF	David Perpetuini
-	MF	Richard Johnson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Micah Hyde
-	MF	Peter Kennedy
-	MF	Alon Hazan
-	MF	Steve Talboys
-	MF	Tommy Smith
-	MF	Jóhann Guðmundsson
-	FW	Tommy Mooney
-	FW	Jason Lee
-	FW	Gifton Noel-Williams
-	FW	Ronny Rosenthal
-	FW	Stuart Slater
-	FW	Dai Thomas
-	FW	Dominic Foley
-	FW	Nathan Lowndes
-	FW	Wayne Andrews
-	FW	Danny Grieves

References

↑ "Watford 1997-1998 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
↑ "All Watford players: 1998". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.

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