During the 1997–98 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary In the 1997–98 season, Bournemouth finished again mid-table in 9th place. The main highlight of their season was the Cherries reaching the Football League Trophy final against Grimsby Town but ended up losing 2–1 to a golden goal in their first Wembley appearance.

Final league table

Results Bournemouth's score comes firststatto.com

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 1997 Northampton TownA2–06,384Vincent, S Fletcher 16 August 1997 Wigan AthleticH1–03,799Rolling 23 August 1997 Oldham AthleticA1–24,986Robinson 30 August 1997 BlackpoolH2–04,196Tomlinson, Robinson 2 September 1997 Bristol RoversH1–15,550Robinson (pen) 5 September 1997 GillinghamA1–25,168S Fletcher 13 September 1997 Luton TownH1–14,561O'Neill 20 September 1997 Bristol CityA1–18,330Robinson 27 September 1997 Grimsby TownH0–13,712 4 October 1997 ChesterfieldA1–14,482Rolling 11 October 1997 Preston North EndA1–08,531Warren 18 October 1997 FulhamH2–17,484Cox (2) 21 October 1997 MillwallH0–04,752 25 October 1997 BurnleyA2–29,501Howe, Vincent 1 November 1997 BrentfordH0–04,772 4 November 1997 WrexhamA1–22,462Warren 8 November 1997 Plymouth ArgyleA0–35,067 18 November 1997 Southend UnitedH2–13,019S Fletcher, Warren 22 November 1997 Carlisle UnitedH3–23,709S Fletcher, Beardsmore, O'Neill 29 November 1997 Wycombe WanderersA1–14,340Robinson (pen) 2 December 1997 York CityH0–03,365 13 December 1997 WalsallA1–23,548Robinson 20 December 1997 WatfordH0–16,081 26 December 1997 GillinghamH4–05,672Jones (2), Robinson, Young 28 December 1997 Bristol RoversA3–57,256Jones, Cox, Robinson (pen) 10 January 1998 Northampton TownH3–04,257Jones, S Fletcher, Young 17 January 1998 BlackpoolA0–14,550 24 January 1998 Oldham AthleticH0–04,079 31 January 1998 Luton TownA2–15,466Brissett, S Fletcher 7 February 1998 Bristol CityH1–06,623S Fletcher 14 February 1998 ChesterfieldH2–04,271Warren (2) 21 February 1998 Grimsby TownA1–25,456Warren 24 February 1998 FulhamA1–07,708Robinson 28 February 1998 Preston North EndH0–25,009 3 March 1998 Plymouth ArgyleH3–33,545S Fletcher (2), Vincent 7 March 1998 BrentfordA2–34,973Rolling (2) 14 March 1998 WrexhamH0–15,512 21 March 1998 Southend UnitedA3–54,823Stein, Bailey, S Fletcher 28 March 1998 Carlisle UnitedA1–04,951Stein 4 April 1998 Wycombe WanderersH0–04,271 7 April 1998 Wigan AthleticA0–12,798 11 April 1998 York CityA1–02,840O'Neill 14 April 1998 WalsallH1–03,404S Fletcher 25 April 1998 BurnleyH2–16,527Robinson (pen), S Fletcher 28 April 1998 WatfordA1–212,834Stein 2 May 1998 MillwallA2–17,872Witter (own goal), Stein

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR115 November 1997 Heybridge SwiftsH3–03,385Beardsmore, Robinson (2)R27 December 1997 Bristol CityH3–15,687Carey (own goal), O'Neill, FletcherR313 January 1998 Huddersfield TownH0–17,385

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg 12 August 1997 Torquay UnitedH0–13,215R1 2nd Leg 26 August 1997 Torquay UnitedA1–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)2,278Rolling

Football League Trophy

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSR26 January 1998 Leyton OrientH2–01,732Jones, Robinson (pen)SQF27 January 1998 Bristol CityH1–02,124VincentSSF17 February 1998 Luton TownH1–05,367RollingSouthern F 1st Leg 10 March 1998 WalsallA2–06,017Rolling, BeardsmoreSouthern F 2nd Leg 17 March 1998 WalsallH2–3 (won 4–3 on agg)8,972Evans (own goal), RollingF19 April 1998 Grimsby TownN1–262,432Bailey

Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/bournemouth/tab/players/season/1998

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