PREMIER LEAGUE    1997/98
      For full league and cup results  click on by club required.
 

Leading goalscorers:
Dion Dublin  
(Coventry City),
Michael Owen
 (Liverpool) 
& Chris Sutton
(Blackburn Rovers)
 18  goals

A Far Eastern betting syndicate were found to be behind a spate of floodlight failures which caused abandonments in the Premier League.
(Floodlights)

  P W D L F A Pts
    Season Results 1 Arsenal 38 23 9 6 68 33 78
    Season Results 2 Manchester United 38 23 8 7 73 26 77
    Season Results 3 Liverpool 38 18 11 9 68 42 65
    Season Results 4 Chelsea 38 20 3 15 71 43 63
    Season Results 5 Leeds United 38 17 8 13 57 46 59
    Season Results 6 Blackburn Rovers 38 16 10 12 57 52 58
    Season Results 7 Aston Villa 38 17 6 15 49 48 57
    Season Results 8 West Ham United 38 16 8 14 56 57 56
    Season Results 9 Derby County 38 16 7 15 52 49 55
    10 Leicester City 38 13 14 11 51 41 53
    11 Coventry City 38 12 16 10 46 44 52
    12 Southampton 38 14 6 18 50 55 48
    Season Results 13 Newcastle United 38 11 11 16 35 44 44
    Season Results 14 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 11 16 44 56 44
    Season Results 15 Wimbledon 38 10 14 14 34 46 44
    16 Sheffield Wednesday 38 12 8 18 52 67 44
    Season Results 17 Everton 38 9 13 16 41 56 40
    18 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 13 16 41 61 40 Relegated
    Season Results 19 Barnsley 38 10 5 23 37 82 35 Relegated
      20 Crystal Palace 38 8 9 21 37 71 33 Relegated