# 1997–98 Norwich City F.C. season

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

## Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, Norwich had a season of two halves where they had a satisfying first season in which the Canaries were lying in 12th place and 9 points adrift from the playoffs but from the end of January, Norwich went on a poor run of 14 games without a win with only 7 points picked up during that spell and also resulted in Walker resigning at the end of April and ended up finishing in a disappointing 15th place.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 57 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 56 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 55 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 53 |
| 17 | Bury | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 52 |

## Results

Norwich City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 9 August 1997 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 0–2 | 17,230 | |
| 15 August 1997 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–4 | 16,524 | O'Neill |
| 23 August 1997 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 0–2 | 11,821 | |
| 30 August 1997 | Sunderland | A | 1–0 | 29,204 | Sutch |
| 2 September 1997 | Portsmouth | A | 1–1 | 10,577 | Adams |
| 13 September 1997 | Port Vale | H | 1–0 | 11,269 | Fleck |
| 17 September 1997 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–4 | 10,157 | |
| 20 September 1997 | Manchester City | A | 2–1 | 27,258 | Adams, Coote |
| 26 September 1997 | Ipswich Town | H | 2–1 | 18,911 | Eadie, Cundy (own goal) |
| 4 October 1997 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 0–2 | 6,674 | |
| 18 October 1997 | Stockport County | H | 1–1 | 12,689 | Eadie |
| 21 October 1997 | Reading | H | 0–0 | 17,781 | |
| 25 October 1997 | Swindon Town | A | 0–1 | 9,256 | |
| 1 November 1997 | Bury | H | 2–2 | 14,419 | Bellamy, Adams |
| 4 November 1997 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–1 | 13,949 | |
| 8 November 1997 | Birmingham City | A | 2–1 | 16,464 | Forbes (2) |
| 15 November 1997 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–3 | 16,011 | Roberts |
| 22 November 1997 | Oxford United | H | 2–1 | 11,241 | Fleck, Bellamy |
| 29 November 1997 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 16,637 | Bellamy |
| 3 December 1997 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–1 | 10,141 | Forbes |
| 6 December 1997 | Sheffield United | H | 2–1 | 11,745 | Vonk (own goal), Fuglestad |
| 13 December 1997 | Huddersfield Town | A | 3–1 | 11,436 | Forbes, Bellamy, Grant |
| 20 December 1997 | Stoke City | H | 0–0 | 12,265 | |
| 26 December 1997 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–2 | 14,472 | Bellamy (pen) |
| 30 December 1997 | Portsmouth | H | 2–0 | 16,441 | Jackson, Bellamy |
| 10 January 1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–5 | 23,703 | |
| 17 January 1998 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–0 | 17,059 | Roberts |
| 28 January 1998 | Sunderland | H | 2–1 | 15,940 | Eadie, Craddock (own goal) |
| 31 January 1998 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 0–1 | 5,559 | |
| 7 February 1998 | Manchester City | H | 0–0 | 15,274 | |
| 14 February 1998 | Port Vale | A | 2–2 | 6,664 | Grant, Jackson |
| 18 February 1998 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–2 | 12,105 | |
| 21 February 1998 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–5 | 21,858 | |
| 24 February 1998 | Stockport County | A | 2–2 | 7,471 | Grant, Coote |
| 28 February 1998 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–0 | 12,730 | |
| 4 March 1998 | Birmingham City | H | 3–3 | 9,819 | Bellamy (2), Llewellyn |
| 7 March 1998 | Bury | A | 0–1 | 5,154 | |
| 14 March 1998 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–1 | 24,663 | Bellamy |
| 22 March 1998 | Middlesbrough | A | 0–3 | 30,040 | |
| 28 March 1998 | Oxford United | A | 0–2 | 7,869 | |
| 4 April 1998 | Bradford City | H | 2–3 | 13,260 | Llewellyn, Bellamy |
| 11 April 1998 | Sheffield United | A | 2–2 | 16,915 | Bellamy, Llewellyn |
| 13 April 1998 | Huddersfield Town | H | 5–0 | 16,550 | Fleming, Adams (pen), Roberts (2), Fuglestad |
| 18 April 1998 | Stoke City | A | 0–2 | 13,098 | |
| 25 April 1998 | Swindon Town | H | 5–0 | 18,443 | Llewellyn, Jackson, Roberts, Bellamy, Fenn |
| 3 May 1998 | Reading | A | 1–0 | 14,817 | Bellamy |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 3 January 1998 | Grimsby Town | A | 0–3 | 8,161 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R1 First Leg | 12 August 1997 | Barnet | H | 2–1 | 5,429 | Roberts, Adams |
| R1 Second Leg | 26 August 1997 | Barnet | A | 1–3 (lost 3–4 on agg) | 2,846 | Roberts |

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | ENG | Andy Marshall |
| — | GK | SCO | Bryan Gunn |
| — | GK | ENG | Robert Green |
| — | DF | ENG | Daryl Sutch |
| — | DF | ENG | Matt Jackson |
| — | DF | ESP | Víctor Segura |
| — | DF | ENG | Craig Fleming |
| — | DF | NOR | Erik Fuglestad |
| — | MF | SCO | Peter Grant |
| — | MF | ENG | Neil Adams |
| — | MF | ENG | Adrian Forbes |
| — | MF | ENG | Darren Eadie |
| — | FW | WAL | Craig Bellamy |
| — | FW | WAL | Iwan Roberts |
| — | FW | SCO | Robert Fleck |
| — | MF | IRL | Mike Milligan |
| — | MF | WAL | Chris Llewellyn |
| — | FW | NIR | Adrian Coote |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Danny Mills |
| — | MF | IRL | Shaun Carey |
| — | DF | ENG | Rob Newman |
| — | DF | ENG | John Polston |
| — | DF | ENG | Darren Kenton |
| — | FW | IRL | Neale Fenn (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| — | MF | IRL | Keith O'Neill |
| — | MF | ENG | Karl Simpson |
| — | MF | ENG | Lee Marshall |
| — | DF | ENG | Carl Bradshaw |
| — | DF | ENG | Kevin Scott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| — | FW | ENG | Drewe Broughton |
| — | MF | ENG | Darel Russell |
| — | MF | ENG | Jamie Shore |
| — | DF | ENG | Che Wilson |
| — | GK | WAL | Mark Walton (on loan from Gillingham) |
| — | FW | ENG | Damien Hilton |