During the 1997–98 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary For the second season running, Ipswich reached the playoffs, having won 16 of their last 20 games, but lost to Charlton Athletic who went on to be promoted. First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Competitions

Football League First Division

League table

Results summary

Legend WinDrawLoss Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Queens Park Rangers A 0–0 17,614 23 August 1997 Bradford City A 1–2 13,913 Dyer 30 August 1997 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 13,512 Stein 2 September 1997 Swindon Town H 2–1 11,394 Venus, Sonner 13 September 1997 Huddersfield Town A 2–2 9,313 Edmondson (o.g), Dyer 20 September 1997 Stoke City H 2–3 11,219 Scowcroft, Holland 26 September 1997 Norwich City A 1–2 18,911 Stein 4 October 1997 Manchester City H 1–0 14,587 Mathie 18 October 1997 Oxford United A 0–1 7,594 21 October 1997 Crewe Alexandra A 0–0 4,730 25 October 1997 Bury H 2–0 10,452 Tanner (pen), Dozzell 28 October 1997 Birmingham City A 1–1 16,778 Holland 1 November 1997 Charlton Athletic A 0–3 12,606 4 November 1997 Stockport County H 0–2 8,828 9 November 1997 Sheffield United H 2–2 9,687 Legg, Gregory 15 November 1997 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 21,937 Johnson 22 November 1997 Reading A 4–0 9,400 Holland, Johnson, Scowcroft, Naylor 29 November 1997 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 17,725 2 December 1997 Middlesbrough H 1–1 13,865 Johnson 6 December 1997 Tranmere Rovers A 1–1 5,720 Johnson 13 December 1997 Portsmouth H 2–0 11,759 Cundy, Johnson 20 December 1997 Port Vale A 3–1 5,784 Mathie (2), Johnson 26 December 1997 Birmingham City H 0–1 17,510 28 December 1997 Swindon Town A 2–0 11,639 Johnson (pen), Petta 10 January 1998 Queens Park Rangers H 0–0 12,709 17 January 1998 Middlesbrough A 1–1 30,081 Johnson 27 January 1998 West Bromwich Albion A 3–2 12,402 Holland, Scowcroft, Cundy 31 January 1998 Bradford City H 2–1 11,855 Mathie (2) 7 February 1998 Stoke City A 1–1 11,416 Holland 14 February 1998 Huddersfield Town H 5–1 10,597 Holland, Johnson (2), Mathie, Naylor 18 February 1998 Manchester City A 2–1 27,156 Mathie, Dyer 21 February 1998 Norwich City H 5–0 21,858 Mathie (3), Petta (2) 24 February 1998 Oxford United H 5–2 11,927 Mathie, Johnson (3), Holland 28 February 1998 Sunderland A 2–2 34,501 Petta, Dyer 3 March 1998 Sheffield United A 1–0 14,120 Holland 7 March 1998 Charlton Athletic H 3–1 19,827 Stockwell, Cundy, Johnson 14 March 1998 Stockport County A 1–0 8,939 Johnson 21 March 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–0 21,546 Johnson, Holland, Scowcroft 28 March 1998 Reading H 1–0 18,952 Scowcroft 5 April 1998 Nottingham Forest A 1–2 22,292 Scowcroft 11 April 1998 Tranmere Rovers H 0–0 18,032 13 April 1998 Portsmouth A 1–0 15,040 Johnson 18 April 1998 Port Vale H 5–1 16,212 Johnson (2), Petta (2), Mathie 25 April 1998 Bury A 1–0 7,830 Stockwell 28 April 1998 Sunderland H 2–0 21,249 Holland, Mathie 3 May 1998 Crewe Alexandra H 3–2 19,070 Johnson, Stockwell, Mathie

First Division play-offs +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers SF First Leg 10 May 1998 Charlton Athletic H 0–1 21,681 SF Second Leg 13 May 1998 Charlton Athletic A 0–1 15,585

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers R3 3 January 1998 Bristol Rovers A 1–1 Stockwell R3 Replay 13 January 1998 Bristol Rovers H 1–0 Johnson R4 24 January 1998 Sheffield United H 1–1 Johnson R4 Replay 3 February 1998 Sheffield United A 0–1

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers R1 First Leg 13 August 1997 Charlton Athletic A 1–0 6,598 Venus R1 Second Leg 26 August 1997 Charlton Athletic H 3–1 (won 4–1 on agg) 10,989 Stein, Brown (o.g), Scowcroft R2 First Leg 16 September 1997 Torquay United H 1–1 8,031 Stockwell R2 Second Leg 23 September 1997 Torquay United A 3–0 (won 4–1 on agg) 3,598 Holland (2), Dyer R3 14 October 1997 Manchester United H 2–0 22,173 Mathie, Taricco R4 18 November 1997 Oxford United A 2–1 5,723 Dozzell, Mowbray QF 7 January 1998 Chelsea H 2–2 (lost 4–1 on penalties) 22,088 Taricco, Mathie

Transfers

Transfers in DatePosNameFromFeeRef1 August 1997MF Matt Holland Bournemouth£800,0001 August 1997DF Mark Venus Wolverhampton Wanderers£150,0001 August 1997GK Lee Bracey Bury£40,00014 August 1997DF David Kerslake Tottenham HotspurFree transfer31 October 1997FW David Whyte ReadingFree transfer13 November 1997FW David Johnson Bury£1,100,00012 March 1998DF Jamie Clapham Tottenham Hotspur£300,000

Loans in Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef22 August 1997FW Mark Stein Chelsea22 October 19972 October 1997MF Jason Dozzell Tottenham Hotspur20 November 19973 November 1997DF Andy Legg Birmingham City3 December 19979 January 1998DF Jamie Clapham Tottenham Hotspur12 March 1998

Transfers out DatePosNameToFeeRef31 May 1997MF John WarkRetiredWark, "Career statistics", pp. 171–1761 July 1997MF Lee Norfolk North Shore UnitedFree transfer1 July 1997DF Kevin Ellis King's Lynn TownFree transfer1 July 1997MF Steve Sedgley Wolverhampton Wanderers£500,00021 July 1997GK Craig Forrest West Ham United£500,000"Craig Forrest"1 August 1997DF Tony Vaughan Manchester City£1,350,00013 November 1997DF Chris Swailes Bury£200,000Ipswich transfer info on Chris Swailes: from a list at The Daily Telegraph website.30 November 1997FW David WhyteFree agentReleased9 March 1998DF David Kerslake Swindon TownFree transfer26 March 1998FW Neil Gregory Colchester United£50,000

Loans out Date fromPosNameFromDate untilRef17 October 1997DF Wayne Brown Colchester United8 November 199726 November 1997FW Neil Gregory Peterborough United26 December 199711 December 1997DF David Kerslake Wycombe Wanderers9 March 19981 January 1998FW Neil Gregory Colchester United2 March 19986 March 1998MF John Kennedy Morecambe31 May 1998

Awards

Player awards AwardPlayerRefPlayer of the Year Matt Holland

PFA First Division Team of the Year PlayerRef Kieron Dyer Mauricio Taricco

References