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(Top) 1 Season summary 2 Final league table 3 Results 3.1 Legend 3.2 Football League First Division 3.3 First Division play-offs 3.4 FA Cup 3.5 League Cup 4 First-team squad 5 References 6 Notes

1997–98 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

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Charlton Athletic
1997–98 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
First Division	4th (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mendonca (23) All: Mendonca (28)
Average home league attendance	13,275
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[edit]

The 1997–98 season was Charlton's best campaign for years. They reached the division One play-off final and battled against Sunderland in a thrilling game which ended with a 4–4 draw after extra time. Charlton won 7–6 on penalties,^[1] with the match described as "arguably the most dramatic game of football in Wembley's history".^[2] With five minutes of normal time remaining, Charlton were losing 3-2 before Richard Rufus scored his first ever senior goal from a corner, forcing the game into extra-time. After the resulting 4–4 draw, the Addicks went on to win the game 7–6 on penalties, thus gaining promotion into the Premier League.^[3]

Final league table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36	91	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Charlton Athletic (O, P)	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88
5	Ipswich Town	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15	74

Source: Statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results[edit]

Charlton Athletic's score comes first^[4]

Legend[edit]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	29,414	S Jones
16 August 1997	Oxford United	H	3–2	10,230	S Jones, Mendonca, Lisbie
23 August 1997	Bury	A	0–0	4,657
30 August 1997	Manchester City	H	2–1	14,009	van Blerk (own goal), K Jones
13 September 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3	22,683	Chapple
17 September 1997	Norwich City	A	4–0	10,157	Mendonca (3), Chapple
21 September 1997	Bradford City	H	4–1	11,583	Mendonca (2), Mortimer, Brown
27 September 1997	Stockport County	H	1–3	12,083	Mortimer
4 October 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–2	14,825	Robinson (2), S Jones, Chapple
14 October 1997	Huddersfield Town	A	3–0	9,596	Mendonca, Brown, Robinson
19 October 1997	Stoke City	H	1–1	12,345	Kinsella
22 October 1997	Birmingham City	H	1–1	10,072	Mendonca
25 October 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	5,911	Kinsella, Leaburn
1 November 1997	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	12,627	Mendonca, Chapple, Leaburn
4 November 1997	Sunderland	A	0–0	25,455
8 November 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	16,124
15 November 1997	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–2	14,091	K Jones, Allen, Holmes
22 November 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	2–5	18,532	Allen, Woan (own goal)
28 November 1997	Swindon Town	H	3–0	13,769	K Jones, Mendonca (2, 1 pen)
6 December 1997	Reading	A	0–2	8,076
9 December 1997	Sheffield United	H	2–1	9,868	Mendonca (2, 1 pen)
13 December 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	11,077	Newton
20 December 1997	Portsmouth	A	2–0	8,581	Robinson, Leaburn
26 December 1997	Norwich City	H	2–1	14,472	Kinsella, Robinson
28 December 1997	Sheffield United	A	1–4	18,677	Bright
10 January 1998	Middlesbrough	H	3–0	15,742	Newton (2), Bright
17 January 1998	Oxford United	A	2–1	7,234	Mendonca, Robinson
28 January 1998	Manchester City	A	2–2	24,058	S Jones (2)
31 January 1998	Bury	H	0–0	15,312
7 February 1998	Bradford City	A	0–1	14,851
17 February 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	15,555	Robinson
21 February 1998	Stockport County	A	0–3	7,705
25 February 1998	Stoke City	A	2–1	10,027	Robinson, Barness
28 February 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	1–0	12,908	Bright
3 March 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	5–0	10,893	Bright, Newton, Mendonca (2, 1 pen), Kinsella
7 March 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	19,831	Mendonca
15 March 1998	Sunderland	H	1–1	15,355	Bright
21 March 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	5,252	Mills, Newton, Kinsella
28 March 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	4–2	15,815	Bright, Mortimer, Mendonca (pen), Kinsella
4 April 1998	Swindon Town	A	1–0	7,845	S Jones
7 April 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	13,743	Mendonca
10 April 1998	Reading	H	3–0	14,220	Mendonca, Mortimer, Bright
13 April 1998	Port Vale	A	1–0	9,973	Mendonca (pen)
18 April 1998	Portsmouth	H	1–0	14,082	S Jones
25 April 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	15,393	Mendonca (2 pens)
3 May 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–0	25,877

First Division play-offs[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	10 May 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	21,681	Clapham (own goal)
SF 2nd Leg	13 May 1998	Ipswich Town	H	1–0 (won 2–0 on agg)	15,585	Newton
F	25 May 1998	Sunderland	N	4–4 (won 7–6 on pens)	77,739	Mendonca (3), Rufus

FA Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1	13,827	Robinson, Brown, Leaburn, Mendonca
R4	24 January 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	15,540	K Jones
R4R	3 February 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	20,429

League Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	13 August 1997	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	6,598
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1–3 (lost 1–4 on agg)	10,989	Mendonca

First-team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Andy Petterson
—	GK	SCG	Saša Ilić^{[notes 1]}
—	GK	ENG	Mike Salmon
—	DF	ENG	Richard Rufus
—	DF	WAL	Mark Bowen
—	DF	ENG	Phil Chapple
—	DF	ENG	Steve Brown
—	DF	ENG	Anthony Barness
—	DF	SCO	Stuart Balmer
—	DF	ENG	Danny Mills
—	DF	ENG	Eddie Youds
—	DF	ENG	Paul Konchesky
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Stuart
—	DF	ENG	David Kerslake (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
—	DF	ENG	Jason Tindall
—	DF	ENG	Anthony Allman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRL	Mark Kinsella
—	MF	ENG	Keith Jones
—	MF	WAL	John Robinson^{[notes 2]}
—	MF	ENG	Shaun Newton
—	MF	ENG	Matty Holmes
—	MF	ENG	Paul Mortimer
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Nicholls
—	MF	ENG	Paul Emblen
—	MF	ENG	Scott Parker
—	FW	ENG	Clive Mendonca
—	FW	ENG	Steve Jones
—	FW	ENG	Mark Bright
—	FW	ENG	Carl Leaburn
—	FW	ENG	Bradley Allen
—	FW	ENG	Neil Heaney (on loan from Manchester City)
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Lisbie^{[notes 3]}

References[edit]

^ "Charlton 4 – 4 Sunderland". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

^ Wembley's Greatest Events (1923–2010) Archived 8 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Wembley Stadium

^ Stevens, Rob (24 May 2019). "Charlton v Sunderland 1998: The greatest play-off final ever?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

^ "Charlton Athletic results for the 1997-1998 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

^ "All Charlton Athletic players: 1998".

Notes[edit]

^ Ilić was born in Melbourne, Australia, but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and would make his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in December 1998.

^ Robinson was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Wales in 1995.

^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

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