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1997–98 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
season	1997–98
chairman	Dave Richards
manager	David Pleat (until 3 November)
Peter Shreeves (caretaker from 3 to 14 November)
Ron Atkinson (from 14 November)
league	FA Premier League
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer	Paolo Di Canio (12)
season topscorer	Paolo Di Canio (14)
highest attendance	39,427 (vs. Manchester United, FA Premier League)
lowest attendance	11,120 (vs. Grimsby Town, League Cup)
average attendance	28,706 (league)
prevseason	1996–97
nextseason	1998–99

Peter Shreeves (caretaker from 3 to 14 November) Ron Atkinson (from 14 November) The 1997–98 season was '''Sheffield Wednesday F.C.''''s 131st season. They competed in the twenty-team FA Premier League, the top tier of English football, finishing sixteenth.

Season summary

Having narrowly missed out on a UEFA Cup place in 1996–97, the club record £5.7 million signing of Italian striker Paolo Di Canio from Celtic gave Owls fans hopes of another challenge for Europe. But it was not to be, and by the time they lost 6–1 to Manchester United in November, relegation was looking a real possibility. Manager David Pleat was swiftly sacked, and Ron Atkinson – manager of the 1991 promotion and League Cup winning side – returned to the manager's seat on a short-term contract. He achieved safety by a margin of four points, in 16th place on 44 points by virtue of goal difference (three other sides had finished on 44 points), and was disappointed on being told that his contract would not be renewed. He was succeeded by Danny Wilson, a former Owls player who played for them in the early, more successful part of the decade.

Final league table

Main article: 1997–98 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,711	Carbone
13 August 1997	Leeds United	H	1–3	31,520	Hyde
23 August 1997	Wimbledon	A	1–1	11,503	Di Canio
27 August 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–7	19,618	Carbone (2)
30 August 1997	Leicester City	H	1–0	24,851	Carbone (pen)
13 September 1997	Liverpool	A	1–2	34,705	Collins
20 September 1997	Coventry City	H	0–0	21,087
24 September 1997	Derby County	H	2–5	22,391	Di Canio, Carbone (pen)
27 September 1997	Aston Villa	A	2–2	32,044	Collins, Whittingham
4 October 1997	Everton	H	3–1	24,486	Carbone (2, 1 pen), Di Canio
19 October 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	25,097	Collins, Di Canio
25 October 1997	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	22,072	Collins
1 November 1997	Manchester United	A	1–6	55,259	Whittingham
8 November 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	5–0	25,027	Di Canio, Whittingham, Booth (3)
22 November 1997	Arsenal	H	2–0	34,373	Booth, Whittingham
29 November 1997	Southampton	A	3–2	15,244	Atherton, Collins, Di Canio
8 December 1997	Barnsley	H	2–1	29,086	Stefanović, Di Canio
13 December 1997	West Ham United	A	0–1	24,344
20 December 1997	Chelsea	H	1–4	28,334	Pembridge
26 December 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	33,502
28 December 1997	Leicester City	A	1–1	20,800	Booth
10 January 1998	Newcastle United	H	2–1	29,446	Di Canio, Newsome
17 January 1998	Leeds United	A	2–1	33,166	Newsome, Booth
31 January 1998	Wimbledon	H	1–1	22,655	Mark Pembridge
7 February 1998	Coventry City	A	0–1	18,375
14 February 1998	Liverpool	H	3–3	35,405	Carbone, Di Canio, Hinchcliffe
21 February 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	29,871	Di Canio
28 February 1998	Derby County	A	0–3	30,203
7 March 1998	Manchester United	H	2–0	39,427	Atherton, Di Canio
14 March 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–3	24,847	Booth, Atherton
28 March 1998	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,087
4 April 1998	Southampton	H	1–0	29,677	Carbone
11 April 1998	Barnsley	A	1–2	18,692	Stefanović
13 April 1998	West Ham United	H	1–1	28,036	Magilton
19 April 1998	Chelsea	A	0–1	29,075
25 April 1998	Everton	A	3–1	35,497	Pembridge (2), Di Canio
2 May 1998	Aston Villa	H	1–3	34,177	Sanetti
10 May 1998	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	16,876

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Watford	A	1–1	18,306	Alexandersson
R3R	14 January 1998	Watford	H	0–0 (won 5–3 on pens)	18,707
R4	26 January 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–3	15,940

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R2 1st Leg	17 September 1997	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	6,429
	R2 2nd Leg	1 October 1997	Grimsby Town	H	3–2 (lost 3–4 on agg)	11,120	Davison (own goal), Di Canio (2)

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
24 June 1997	DF	Patrick Blondeau	AS Monaco	£1,800,000
6 August 1997	FW	Paolo Di Canio	Celtic	£3,000,000
9 September 1997	MF	Jim Magilton	Southampton	£1,600,000
22 September 1997	GK	Bruce Grobbelaar	Oxford United	Nominal
2 October 1997	MF	Petter Rudi	Molde	£800,000
17 November 1997	DF	Derek Geary	Rivermount Boys	Signed
5 December 1997	MF	Niclas Alexandersson	IFK Göteborg	£750,000
6 December 1997	MF	Alan Quinn	Cherry Orchard	Nominal
30 January 1998	DF	Andy Hinchcliffe	Everton	£3,000,000
19 February 1998	DF	Goce Sedloski	Hajduk Split	£750,000
24 February 1998	DF	Earl Barrett	Everton	Free transfer
26 March 1998	GK	Stuart Jones	Weston-super-Mare	£20,000
26 March 1998	DF	Emerson Thome	Benfica	Signed
30 April 1998	FW	Francesco Sanetti	Genoa	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 August 1997	DF	Dave Hercock	Kettering Town	Undisclosed
5 August 1997	MF	Orlando Trustfull	Vitesse Arnhem	£800,000
6 August 1997	MF	Regi Blinker	Celtic	£1,500,000
17 October 1997	FW	David Hirst	Southampton	£2,000,000
1 November 1997	DF	Steve Lenagh	Chesterfield	Monthly
1 January 1998	MF	James Simpkins	Chesterfield	Non-contract
14 January 1998	DF	Patrick Blondeau	Bordeaux	£1,200,000
22 January 1998	MF	Wayne Collins	Fulham	£400,000
13 March 1998	FW	O'Neill Donaldson	Stoke City	Free transfer
27 March 1998	MF	Adem Poric	Notts County	Free transfer

:Transfers in: £11,720,000 :Transfers out: £5,900,000 :Total spending: £5,820,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

GK: #1, ENG Kevin Pressman, 41
RB: #2, ENG Peter Atherton, 31
CB: #5, ENG Jon Newsome, 29
CB: #6, ENG Des Walker, 43
LB: #3, NIR Ian Nolan, 32
CM: #25, NOR Petter Rudi, 22
CM: #24, NIR Jim Magilton, 16 (#7, ENG Guy Whittingham, and #18, FR Yugoslavia Dejan Stefanović, both have 20 starts)
CM: #4, WAL Mark Pembridge, 36
AM: #8, ITA Benito Carbone, 31
CF: #10, ENG Andy Booth, 23
CF: #11, ITA Paolo Di Canio, 39

Notes

References

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