In the 1997–98 season, Warnock was unable to achieve promotion with Oldham during the Division Two campaign and left after one disappointing year in charge, despite Oldham being in the play-off places until early March.
^Grobbelaar was born in Durban, South Africa, but was raised in Rhodesia (later named Zimbabwe) from the age of two months and made his international debut for Rhodesia in 1977 and for Zimbabwe in 1980.
^McNiven was born in Leeds, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U-21 level.
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During the 1997 98 English football season Oldham Athletic A F C competed in the Football League Second Division Oldham Athletic1997 98 seasonChairmanIan StottManagerNeil WarnockStadiumBoundary ParkSecond Division13thFA CupThird roundLeague CupFirst roundAuto Windscreens ShieldFirst roundTop goalscorerLeague Barlow 12 All Barlow 13 Highest home attendance9 781 vs BurnleyLowest home attendance4 244 vs Plymouth ArgyleAverage home league attendance5 586Home colours 1996 971998 99 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Results 3 1 Legend 3 2 Football League Second Division 3 3 FA Cup 3 4 League Cup 3 5 Football League Trophy 4 Players 4 1 First team squad 5 Transfers 5 1 In 5 2 Out 6 References 7 NotesSeason summary EditIn the 1997 98 season Warnock was unable to achieve promotion with Oldham during the Division Two campaign and left after one disappointing year in charge despite Oldham being in the play off places until early March Final league table EditMain article 1997 98 Football League Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts11 Wigan Athletic 46 17 11 18 64 66 2 6212 Blackpool 46 17 11 18 59 67 8 6213 Oldham Athletic 46 15 16 15 62 54 8 6114 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 18 14 51 53 2 6015 Preston North End 46 15 14 17 56 56 0 59Source citation needed Rules for classification In the Football League goals scored GF takes precedence over goal difference GD Results EditOldham Athletic s score comes first 1 Legend Edit Win Draw LossFootball League Second Division Edit Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers9 August 1997 York City H 3 1 6 474 Garnett Barlow Reid16 August 1997 Wrexham A 1 3 4 429 McCarthy23 August 1997 Bournemouth H 2 1 4 986 McCarthy 2 30 August 1997 Luton Town A 1 1 5 404 Barlow2 September 1997 Burnley A 0 0 11 1899 September 1997 Preston North End H 1 0 8 732 Wright13 September 1997 Northampton Town H 2 2 5 588 Graham S McNiven20 September 1997 Blackpool A 2 2 7 174 Barlow 2 27 September 1997 Bristol Rovers H 4 4 5 990 Barlow 2 McCarthy Garnett4 October 1997 Fulham A 1 3 8 805 Hodgson11 October 1997 Millwall A 1 2 7 906 Hodgson18 October 1997 Chesterfield H 2 0 5 777 Ritchie Barlow21 October 1997 Grimsby Town H 2 0 4 520 Wright Duxbury25 October 1997 Southend United A 1 1 3 595 Barlow1 November 1997 Bristol City A 0 1 10 2214 November 1997 Wigan Athletic H 3 1 5 446 McCarthy 2 Graham7 November 1997 Gillingham H 3 1 5 338 Reid 2 1 pen Barlow18 November 1997 Watford A 1 2 8 397 Duxbury22 November 1997 Brentford H 1 1 5 012 McCarthy29 November 1997 Plymouth Argyle A 2 0 5 452 Mauge own goal Rickers2 December 1997 Carlisle United H 3 1 4 449 Rickers Barlow Duxbury13 December 1997 Wycombe Wanderers A 1 2 5 327 Barlow19 December 1997 Walsall H 0 0 4 67726 December 1997 Preston North End A 1 1 13 441 Hodgson10 January 1998 York City A 0 0 4 45417 January 1998 Luton Town H 2 1 6 057 Graham 2 24 January 1998 Bournemouth A 0 0 4 07927 January 1998 Wrexham H 3 0 4 680 Rickers Duxbury Ritchie31 January 1998 Northampton Town A 0 0 6 5597 February 1998 Blackpool H 0 1 6 57614 February 1998 Fulham H 1 0 6 063 Duxbury21 February 1998 Bristol Rovers A 1 3 5 789 Starbuck pen 24 February 1998 Chesterfield A 1 2 4 077 Garnett28 February 1998 Millwall H 1 1 4 805 Barlow3 March 1998 Gillingham A 1 2 5 254 Holt14 March 1998 Wigan Athletic A 0 1 4 27721 March 1998 Watford H 2 2 5 744 Littlejohn Allott28 March 1998 Brentford A 1 2 4 547 Reid pen 31 March 1998 Bristol City H 1 2 4 543 Rush4 April 1998 Plymouth Argyle H 2 0 4 244 Littlejohn 2 11 April 1998 Carlisle United A 1 3 4 594 Hodgson13 April 1998 Wycombe Wanderers H 0 1 4 30518 April 1998 Walsall A 0 0 3 56225 April 1998 Southend United H 2 0 4 485 Jepson D McNiven28 April 1998 Burnley H 3 3 9 781 Jepson Rickers Allott2 May 1998 Grimsby Town A 2 0 8 054 Jepson 2 FA Cup Edit Main article 1997 98 FA Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 15 November 1997 Mansfield Town H 1 1 5 253 McCarthyR1R 25 November 1997 Mansfield Town A 1 0 4 097 SerrantR2 6 December 1997 Blackpool H 2 1 6 590 Graham BarlowR3 3 January 1998 Cardiff City A 0 1 6 635League Cup Edit Main article 1997 98 Football League Cup Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersR1 1st Leg 12 August 1997 Grimsby Town H 1 0 5 656 RitchieR1 2nd Leg 26 August 1997 Grimsby Town A 0 5 lost 1 5 on agg 5 078Football League Trophy Edit Main article 1997 98 Football League Trophy Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance GoalscorersNR1 9 December 1997 Carlisle United A 0 1 a e t 1 518Players EditFirst team squad Edit Squad at end of season 2 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK ENG Mike Pollitt on loan from Notts County GK ENG Ian Ironside GK NIR David Miskelly GK IRL Gary Kelly notes 1 GK ZIM Bruce Grobbelaar notes 2 DF ENG Richard Graham DF ENG Shaun Garnett DF ENG Steve Redmond DF ENG Phil Salt DF ENG Carl Serrant DF ENG Lee Sinnott DF ENG Neil Thompson on loan from Barnsley DF ENG Andy Holt DF SCO Scott McNiven notes 3 DF SCO Mark Innes DF IRL Danny Boxall notes 4 on loan from Crystal Palace DF AUS Doug Hodgson MF ENG Paul Reid MF ENG Lee Duxbury No Pos Nation Player MF ENG Paul Rickers MF ENG Mark Allott MF ENG Andrew Hughes MF ENG Mark Hotte MF ENG Lee Richardson MF ISL THorvaldur Orlygsson FW ENG Stuart Barlow FW ENG Matthew Rush FW ENG Andy Ritchie FW ENG Ronnie Jepson FW ENG Phil Starbuck FW ENG Adrian Littlejohn FW ENG David McNiven FW ENG Lee Clitheroe FW ENG Ian Ormondroyd FW WAL Matthew Tipton FW WAL Sean McCarthy FW SCO Tommy Wright FW AUS Alex KyratzoglouTransfers EditIn Edit Date Pos Name From Fee1 August 1997 DF Lee Sinnott Huddersfield Town 50 00011 November 1997 GK Jonathan Scargill Hyde United Non contract15 January 1998 FW Ronnie Jepson Bury 400 00020 March 1998 FW Adrian Littlejohn Plymouth Argyle SignedOut Edit Date Pos Name To Fee15 July 1997 GK Jon Hallworth Cardiff City Free transfer1 August 1997 DF Craig Fleming Norwich City 600 0005 September 1997 FW Ian Ormondroyd Scunthorpe United 25 00023 October 1997 MF Lee Richardson Huddersfield Town 65 00020 March 1998 FW Phil Starbuck Plymouth Argyle Signed23 March 1998 MF Andrew Hughes Notts County Transfer26 March 1998 FW Stuart Barlow Wigan Athletic 45 000Transfers in 450 000 Transfers out 735 000 Total spending 285 000References Edit Oldham Athletic 1997 1998 Results statto com Archived from the original on 5 September 2014 Retrieved 28 August 2014 All Oldham Athletic players 1998 Notes Edit Kelly was born in Preston England but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U 19 U 21 U 23 and B level Grobbelaar was born in Durban South Africa but was raised in Rhodesia later named Zimbabwe from the age of two months and made his international debut for Rhodesia in 1977 and for Zimbabwe in 1980 McNiven was born in Leeds England but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and represented them at U 21 level Boxall was born in Croydon England but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U 21 level Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 98 Oldham Athletic A F C season amp oldid 1108524445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
