1997–98 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

During the 1997–98 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary In the 1997–98 season, Warnock was unable to achieve promotion with Oldham during the Division Two campaign and left after one disappointing year in charge, despite Oldham being in the play-off places until early March.

Final league table

Results Oldham Athletic's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 York CityH3–16,474Garnett, Barlow, Reid 16 August 1997 WrexhamA1–34,429McCarthy 23 August 1997 BournemouthH2–14,986McCarthy (2) 30 August 1997 Luton TownA1–15,404Barlow 2 September 1997 BurnleyA0–011,189 9 September 1997 Preston North EndH1–08,732Wright 13 September 1997 Northampton TownH2–25,588Graham, S McNiven 20 September 1997 BlackpoolA2–27,174Barlow (2) 27 September 1997 Bristol RoversH4–45,990Barlow (2), McCarthy, Garnett 4 October 1997 FulhamA1–38,805Hodgson 11 October 1997 MillwallA1–27,906Hodgson 18 October 1997 ChesterfieldH2–05,777Ritchie, Barlow 21 October 1997 Grimsby TownH2–04,520Wright, Duxbury 25 October 1997 Southend UnitedA1–13,595Barlow 1 November 1997 Bristol CityA0–110,221 4 November 1997 Wigan AthleticH3–15,446McCarthy (2), Graham 7 November 1997 GillinghamH3–15,338Reid (2, 1 pen), Barlow 18 November 1997 WatfordA1–28,397Duxbury 22 November 1997 BrentfordH1–15,012McCarthy 29 November 1997 Plymouth ArgyleA2–05,452Mauge (own goal), Rickers 2 December 1997 Carlisle UnitedH3–14,449Rickers, Barlow, Duxbury 13 December 1997 Wycombe WanderersA1–25,327Barlow 19 December 1997 WalsallH0–04,677 26 December 1997 Preston North EndA1–113,441Hodgson 10 January 1998 York CityA0–04,454 17 January 1998 Luton TownH2–16,057Graham (2) 24 January 1998 BournemouthA0–04,079 27 January 1998 WrexhamH3–04,680Rickers, Duxbury, Ritchie 31 January 1998 Northampton TownA0–06,559 7 February 1998 BlackpoolH0–16,576 14 February 1998 FulhamH1–06,063Duxbury 21 February 1998 Bristol RoversA1–35,789Starbuck (pen) 24 February 1998 ChesterfieldA1–24,077Garnett 28 February 1998 MillwallH1–14,805Barlow 3 March 1998 GillinghamA1–25,254Holt 14 March 1998 Wigan AthleticA0–14,277 21 March 1998 WatfordH2–25,744Littlejohn, Allott 28 March 1998 BrentfordA1–24,547Reid (pen) 31 March 1998 Bristol CityH1–24,543Rush 4 April 1998 Plymouth ArgyleH2–04,244Littlejohn (2) 11 April 1998 Carlisle UnitedA1–34,594Hodgson 13 April 1998 Wycombe WanderersH0–14,305 18 April 1998 WalsallA0–03,562 25 April 1998 Southend UnitedH2–04,485Jepson, D McNiven 28 April 1998 BurnleyH3–39,781Jepson, Rickers, Allott 2 May 1998 Grimsby TownA2–08,054Jepson (2)

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR115 November 1997 Mansfield TownH1–15,253McCarthyR1R25 November 1997 Mansfield TownA1–04,097SerrantR26 December 1997 BlackpoolH2–16,590Graham, BarlowR33 January 1998 Cardiff CityA0–16,635

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg 12 August 1997 Grimsby TownH1–05,656RitchieR1 2nd Leg 26 August 1997 Grimsby TownA0–5 (lost 1–5 on agg)5,078

Football League Trophy

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersNR19 December 1997 Carlisle UnitedA0–1 (a.e.t.)1,518

Players First-team squad Squad at end of season

Squad statistics

Appearances Players with no appearances are not included on the list. Pos.Nat.PlayerSecond DivisionFA CupCoca Cola CupAuto Windscreens ShieldTotalAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubsAppsStartsSubs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otal46 4 2 1 53

Goals Pos.Nat.PlayerLeagueFA CupLge CupEFL TrophyTotalFW1210013FW71008MF50005DF41005DF40004FW40004MF40004MF40004DF30003FW30003FW20103FW20002FW20002DF10001FW10001DF10001FW10001FW10001DF01001Total6141066

Transfers

In Date Pos. Name From Fee1 August 1997DF Lee Sinnott Huddersfield Town£50,00011 November 1997GK Jonathan Scargill Hyde UnitedNon-contract15 January 1998FW Ronnie Jepson Bury£400,00020 March 1998FW Adrian Littlejohn Plymouth ArgyleSigned

Out Date Pos. Name To Fee15 July 1997GK Jon Hallworth Cardiff CityFree transfer1 August 1997DF Craig Fleming Norwich City£600,0005 September 1997FW Ian Ormondroyd Scunthorpe United£25,00023 October 1997MF Lee Richardson Huddersfield Town£65,00020 March 1998FW Phil Starbuck Plymouth ArgyleSigned23 March 1998MF Andrew Hughes Notts CountyTransfer26 March 1998FW Stuart Barlow Wigan Athletic£45,000

Transfers in: £450,000 Transfers out: £735,000 Total spending: £285,000

References

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