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1997-98
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| Friendly | Premiership | FA Cup | Worthington Cup | Champions League | |||||
| Date | Opposition | H/A |
FT |
HT | Scorer | Scorer | Attd | Pts | Pos | Yellow | Red |
| 15-Jul | PSV
Eindhoven (In Dublin) |
(n) | 3-2 | 2-1 | Gillespie
21 Tomasson 24,80 |
Bruggink
30 Stam 75 |
18,000 | - | - | ||
| 16-Jul | Derry
City (In Dublin) |
(n) | 2-0 | 2-0 | Crawford
7 Beardsley 36 |
14,500 | - | - | |||
| 19-Jul | Birmingham City | (a) | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Tomasson 39
Shearer 54 og(Bennett) 90 |
Devlin
4 Furlong 79 |
13,799 | - | - | ||
| 26-Jul | Chelsea (At Goodison Park) lost 0-3 on pens |
(n) | 1-1 | 1-0 | Tomasson 44 | Poyet 63 | 15,264 | - | - | ||
| 27-Jul | Ajax (At Goodison Park) |
(n) | 0-3 | 0-0 | McCarthy
76,86 Oliseh 83 |
10,289 | - | - | |||
| 30-Jul | Bradford City | (a) | 3-0 | 3-0 | Asprilla
7 Beardsley 27 Watson 39 |
8,470 | - | - | |||
| 03-Aug | Juventus (At Cesena) |
(a) | 2-3 | 0-3 | Asprilla 70,82 | Ferrara
1 Inzaghi 3,34 |
22,511 | - | - | ||
| 09-Aug | Sheffield Wednesday | (h) | 2-1 | 1-1 | Asprilla 2,72 | Carbone 8 | 36,711 | 3 | 2 | Batty | |
| 13-Aug | Croatia Zagreb | (h) | 2-1 | 1-0 | Beresford 21,75 | I.Cvitanovic 51 | 34,465 | - | - | tbc | |
| 23-Aug | Aston Villa | (h) | 1-0 | 1-0 | Beresford 13 | 36,783 | 6 | 6 | Albert Batty Ketsbaia |
Batty | |
| 27-Aug | Croatia Zagreb | (a) | 2-2 | 1-0 | Asprilla
44 (pen) Ketsbaia 119 |
D.Simic
59 I.Cvitanovic 90 |
34,000 | - | - | Beresford Barton |
|
| 13-Sep | Wimbledon | (h) | 1-3 | 1-1 | Barton 32 | Cort
2 Perry 59 Ekoku 76 |
36,526 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 17-Sep | Barcelona | (h) | 3-2 | 2-0 | Asprilla 22 (pen), 30, 48 | Luis
Enrique 72 Figo 88 |
35,274 | - | - | Batty | |
| 20-Sep | West Ham | (a) | 1-0 | 1-0 | Barnes 44 | 25,884 | 9 | 6 | Barton Gillespie Lee |
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| 24-Sep | Everton | (h) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Lee 87 | 36,705 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 27-Sep | Chelsea | (a) | 0-1 | 0-0 | Poyet 75 | 31,563 | 12 | 10 | Watson | ||
| 01-Oct | Dynamo Kiev | (a) | 2-2 | 0-2 | Beresford
78,85 (some sources claim 85 Golovko og) |
Rebrov
4 Shevchenko 28 |
100,000 | - | - | Asprilla Gillespie |
|
| 04-Oct | Tottenham | (h) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Barton 89 | 36,709 | 15 | 6 | |||
| 15-Oct | Hull
City WC3 |
(h) | 2-0 | 0-0 | Hamilton
47 Rush 83 |
35,856 | - | - | Albert | ||
| 18-Oct | Leeds United | (a) | 1-4 | 0-3 | Gillespie 62 | Ribeiro
30 Kewell 38 Beresford 43 og Wetherall 47 |
39,834 | 15 | 10 | Barton Batty |
|
| 22-Oct | PSV | (a) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Jonk 38 | 29,200 | - | - | Batty Lee Peacock Tomasson |
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| 25-Oct | Blackburn | (h) | 1-1 | Gillespie 27 | Sutton 57 | 36,716 | 16 | 10 | Ketsbaia Peacock |
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| 01-Nov | Leicester | (h) | 3-3 | 2-2 | Barnes 4 (pen) Tomasson 45 Beresford 90 |
Marshall
12,32 Elliott 54 |
36,754 | 17 | 9 | Albert Beresford |
|
| 05-Nov | PSV | (h) | 0-2 | Nilis
32 De Bilde 90 |
35,214 | - | - | Gillespie | |||
| 08-Nov | Coventry | (a) | 2-2 | 1-1 | Barnes
31 Lee 87 |
Dublin 4,82 | 22,679 | 18 | 9 | Albert | |
| 18-Nov | Derby
County WC4 |
(a) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Tomasson 72 | 27,364 | - | - | Batty Pistone Watson |
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| 22-Nov | Southampton | (h) | 2-1 | 0-1 | Barnes 55, 75 |
Davies 5 | 36,759 | 21 | 9 | Albert | |
| 26-Nov | Barcelona | (a) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Giovanni 17 | 20,000 | - | - | |||
| 29-Nov | Crystal Palace | (a) | 2-1 | 1-0 | Tomasson
45 Ketsbaia 63 |
Shipperley 67 | 26,085 | 24 | 7 | Batty Lee Peacock |
|
| 01-Dec | Bolton | (a) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Blake 22 | 24,494 | 24 | 8 | Gillespie Pearce |
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| 06-Dec | Arsenal | (h) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Wright 36 | 36,751 | 24 | 9 | |||
| 10-Dec | Dynamo Kiev | (h) | 2-0 | 2-0 | Barnes
10 Pearce 21 |
33,694 | - | - | Albert Gillespie | ||
| 13-Dec | Barnsley | (a) | 2-2 | 1-1 | Gillespie 44, 49 |
Redfearn
9 Hendrie 75 |
18,687 | 25 | 9 | Albert Batty Peacock Pistone |
|
| 17-Dec | Derby County | (h) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 36,289 | 26 | 9 | Albert Ketsbaia |
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| 21-Dec | Manchester U | (h) | 0-1 | 0-0 | Cole 66 | 36,767 | 26 | 9 | Batty Gillespie Peacock Pistone |
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| 26-Dec | Derby County | (a) | 0-1 | 0-0 | Eranio 4 (pen) |
30,232 | 26 | 10 | Batty Beresford Pearce Tomasson |
Batty | |
| 28-Dec | Liverpool | (h) | 1-2 | 1-2 | Watson 16 | McManaman 31, 43 | 36,702 | 26 | 11 | ||
| 04-Jan | Everton FAC3 |
(a) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Rush 67 | 20,885 | - | - | Beresford Lee Peacock Pistone |
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| 07-Jan | Liverpool WCQF |
(h) | 0-2 | 0-0 | Owen
95 Fowler 103 |
33,207 | - | - | Watson | ||
| 10-Jan | Sheffield Weds | (a) | 1-2 | 1-1 | Tomasson 20 | Di
Canio 1 Newsome 51 |
29,446 | 26 | 11 | Beresford Watson |
|
| 17-Jan | Bolton | (h) | 2-1 | 1-0 | Barnes
6 Ketsbaia 90 |
Blake 72 | 36,767 | 29 | 10 | Barton | |
| 20-Jan | Liverpool | (a) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Owen 17 | 42,791 | 29 | 10 | Barton | ||
| 25-Jan | Stevenage Borough | (a) | 1-1 | 1-1 | Shearer 3 | Grazioli 41 | 8,040 | - | - | Beresford Pistone Shearer |
|
| 01-Feb | Aston Villa | (a) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Batty 58 | 38,266 | 32 | 10 | |||
| 04-Feb | Stevenage Borough | (h) | 2-1 | 10- | Shearer 16, 65 |
Crawshaw 74 | 36,705 | - | - | ||
| 07-Feb | West Ham United | (h) | 0-1 | 0-1 | Lazaridis 16 | 36,763 | 32 | 10 | Batty | ||
| 14-Feb | Tranmere Rovers | (h) | 1-0 | 1-0 | Shearer 22 | 36,675 | - | - | Pistone | ||
| 22-Feb | Leeds United | (h) | 1-1 | 0-0 | Ketsbaia 87 | Wallace 82 | 36,519 | 33 | 14 | Batty | |
| 28-Feb | Everton | (a) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 37,972 | 34 | 12 | Lee | |||
| 08-Mar | Barnsley | (h) | 3-1 | 2-0 | Ketsbaia
16 Speed 27 Batty 90 |
Liddell 57 | 36,695 | - | - | Barton Batty Shearer Howey Pearce |
|
| 14-Mar | Coventry City | (h) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 36,767 | 35 | 15 | Albert | |||
| 18-Mar | Crystal Palace | (h) | 1-2 | 0-2 | Shearer 77 | Lombardo
14 Jansen 23 |
36,565 | 35 | 16 | Barton Dabizas Shearer Batty |
|
| 28-Mar | Southampton | (a) | 1-2 | 0-0 | Lee 46 | Pearce og 69 Le Tissier 85 (pen) |
15,251 | 35 | 16 | Pistone | |
| 31-Mar | Wimbledon | (a) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15,478 | 36 | 15 | ||||
| 05-Apr | Sheffield United | (n) | 1-0 | 0-0 | Shearer 60 | 53,452 | - | - | |||
| 11-Apr | Arsenal | (a) | 1-3 | 0-1 | Barton 79 | Anelka 41, 64 Vieira 72 |
38,102 | 36 | 15 | Albert Barton |
|
| 13-Apr | Barnsley | (h) | 2-1 | 1-0 | Andersson
40 Shearer 86 |
Fjortoft 50 | 36,534 | 39 | 15 | Barton Pearce |
|
| 18-Apr | Manchester United | (a) | 1-1 | 1-1 | Andersson 11 | Beckham 38 | 55,194 | 40 | 15 | Given Pistone Shearer |
|
| 25-Apr | Tottenham | (a) | 0-2 | 0-1 | Klinsmann
31 Ferdinand 73 |
35,874 | 40 | 15 | Pistone Watson |
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| 29-Apr | Leicester City | (a) | 0-0 | 0-0 | 21,699 | 41 | 15 | Barton Dabizas Speed |
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| 02-May | Chelsea | (h) | 3-1 | 2-0 | Dabizas
39 Lee 42 Speed 59 |
Di Matteo 77 | 36,710 | 44 | 13 | Pearce | |
| 10-May | Blackburn | (a) | 0-1 | 0-0 | Sutton 88 | 29,300 | 44 | 13 | Batty | ||
| 16-May | Arsenal | (n) | 0-2 | 0-1 | Overmars
23 Anelka 69 |
79,183 | - | - | Barton Dabizas Shearer Howey |