DIVISION 1    1997/98
 

Leading goalscorers:
Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest) &
Kevin Phillips 
(Sunderland)
 29 goals

   P W D L F A Pts
    1 Nottingham Forest 46 28 10 8 82 42 94 Promoted
    2 Middlesbrough 46 27 10 9 77 41 91 Promoted
    3 Sunderland 46 26 12 8 86 50 90 Play Off
    4 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 80 49 88 Promoted
    5 Ipswich Town 46 23 14 9 77 43 83 Play Off
    6 Sheffield United 46 19 17 10 69 54 74 Play Off
    7 Birmingham City 46 19 17 10 60 35 74
    8 Stockport County 46 19 8 19 71 69 65
    9 Wolverhampton W. 46 18 11 17 57 53 65
    10 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 13 17 50 56 61
      11 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 5 23 58 65 59
      12 Oxford United 46 16 10 20 60 64 58
      13 Bradford City 46 14 15 17 46 59 57
      14 Tranmere Rovers 46 14 14 18 54 57 56
      15 Norwich City 46 14 13 19 52 69 55
      16 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 50 72 53
      17 Bury 46 11 19 16 42 58 52
      18 Swindon Town 46 14 10 22 42 73 52
      19 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 56 66 49
      20 Portsmouth 46 13 10 23 51 63 49
      21 Queens Park Rangers 46 10 19 17 51 63 49
      22 Manchester City 46 12 12 22 56 57 48 Relegated
      23 Stoke City 46 11 13 22 44 74 46 Relegated
      24 Reading 46 11 9 26 39 78 42 Relegated
     
     
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 10 Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Sun May 10 Sheffield United 2 - 1 Sunderland
2nd Leg
Wed May 13 Charlton Athletic 1 - 0 Ipswich Town
Wed May 13 Sunderland 2 - 0 Sheffield United
Aggregate scores
Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Ipswich Town
Sunderland 3 - 2 Sheffield United
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Mon May 25 Charlton Athletic 4 - 4 Sunderland
    (Charlton won 7-6 on penalties)
Charlton Athletic were promoted to the Premier Division