First Division 1997/98

Now the Championship.

Nottingham Forest won the 1997/98 First Division with 94 points, 3 points ahead of Middlesbrough. Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Charlton were promoted. Manchester City, Stoke and Reading were relegated. 2.55 goals per game over 552 matches; home sides won 47% and 26% were drawn.

Final table

		P		D	L					Outcome
1	Nottingham Forest · Champions	46	28	10	8	82	42	+40	94	Champions
2	Middlesbrough · Promoted	46	27	10	9	77	41	+36	91	Promoted
3	Sunderland	46	26	12	8	86	50	+36	90
4	Charlton · Promoted	46	26	10	10	80	49	+31	88	Promoted
5	Ipswich	46	23	14	9	77	43	+34	83
6	Sheffield United	46	19	17	10	69	54	+15	74
7	Birmingham	46	19	17	10	60	35	+25	74
8	Stockport	46	19	8	19	71	69	+2	65
9	Wolves	46	18	11	17	57	53	+4	65
10	West Brom	46	16	13	17	50	56	-6	61
11	Crewe	46	18	5	23	58	65	-7	59
12	Oxford	46	16	10	20	60	64	-4	58
13	Bradford	46	14	15	17	46	59	-13	57
14	Tranmere	46	14	14	18	54	57	-3	56
15	Norwich	46	14	13	19	52	69	-17	55
16	Huddersfield	46	14	11	21	50	72	-22	53
17	Bury	46	11	19	16	42	58	-16	52
18	Swindon	46	14	10	22	42	73	-31	52
19	Port Vale	46	13	10	23	56	66	-10	49
20	Portsmouth	46	13	10	23	51	63	-12	49
21	QPR	46	10	19	17	51	63	-12	49
22	Manchester City · Relegated	46	12	12	22	56	57	-1	48	Relegated
23	Stoke · Relegated	46	11	13	22	44	74	-30	46	Relegated
24	Reading · Relegated	46	11	9	26	39	78	-39	42	Relegated

Watch the season unfold Where teams in each position finished

Where this season ranks

2.55 goals per game: 14th lowest of 34 complete Championship seasons on file.
Champions’ 94 points: 15th lowest of 34 seasons with 24 clubs.

Season in numbers

Measure	1997/98	League average
Goals per game	2.55	2.57
Home wins	47%	44%
Draws	26%	27%
Away wins	26%	28%
Goalless draws	9%	8%
Home advantageHome minus away points per game	0.64 pts/game	0.49 pts/game
Champions’ points	94	94
Most points relegated	48	46
Fewest points safe	49	49

League average: every complete Championship season on file except this one; points thresholds only from seasons with 24 clubs.