1997–98 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.
1997–98 season
Chairman	Michael Knighton
Manager	Michael Knighton ; Dave Wilkes (caretaker manager)
Division Two	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Quarter-final
Average home league attendance	5,440
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

For the 1997–98 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.

Results & fixtures

Football League Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Burnley	46	13	13	20	55	65	−10	52
21	Brentford (R)	46	11	17	18	50	71	−21	50	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	12	13	21	55	70	−15	49
23	Carlisle United (R)	46	12	8	26	57	73	−16	44
24	Southend United (R)	46	11	10	25	47	79	−32	43

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
1	9 August	Southend United	A	1–1	4,507
2	16 August	Watford	H	0–2	7,395
3	23 August	Bristol Rovers	A	1–3	6,044
4	30 August	Northampton Town	H	0–2	6,307
5	2 September	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	5,352
6	7 September	Blackpool	A	1–2	7,259
7	13 September	Wycombe Wanderers	A	4–1	6,018
8	20 September	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–2	5,667
9	27 September	Gillingham	H	2–1	5,063
10	4 October	Walsall	A	1–3	3,957
11	11 October	Burnley	A	1–3	10,687
12	17 October	Preston North End	H	0–2	6,541
13	21 October	Luton Town	H	0–1	4,341
14	25 October	York City	A	3–4	3,700
15	1 November	Wrexham	H	2–2	4,464
16	4 November	Brentford	A	1–0	3,424
17	8 November	Millwall	A	1–1	6,959
18	18 November	Chesterfield	H	0–2	3,591
19	22 November	Bournemouth	A	2–3	3,709
20	29 November	Bristol City	H	0–3	5,044
21	2 December	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	4,449
22	13 December	Fulham	H	2–0	4,574
23	20 December	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	6,222
24	26 December	Blackpool	H	1–1	8,010
25	28 December	Wigan Athletic	A	2–0	4,511
26	10 January	Southend United	H	5–0	5,389
27	17 January	Northampton Town	A	1–2	6,327
28	24 January	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	5,725
29	31 January	Wycombe Wanderers	H	0–0	6,220
30	7 February	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–2	4,540
31	14 February	Walsall	H	1–1	4,530
32	21 February	Gillingham	A	0–1	6,270
33	24 February	Preston North End	A	3–0	8,985
34	28 February	Burnley	H	2–1	7,192
35	3 March	Millwall	H	1–0	5,217
36	7 March	Wrexham	A	2–2	4,242
37	14 March	Brentford	H	1–2	6,021
38	17 March	Watford	A	1–2	7,274
39	21 March	Chesterfield	A	1–2	3,967
40	28 March	Bournemouth	H	0–1	4,951
41	4 April	Bristol City	A	0–1	12,578
42	11 April	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	4,594
43	13 April	Fulham	A	0–5	9,243
44	21 April	Grimsby Town	H	0–1	3,956
45	25 April	York City	H	1–2	3,897
46	2 May	Luton Town	A	2–3	6,729

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
R1 L1	11 August	Chester City	A	2–1	5,116
R1 L2	18 August	Chester City	H	3–0	2,106
R2 L1	17 September	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	19,255
R2 L2	30 September	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	13,571

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
R1	15 November	Wigan Athletic	H	0–1		5,182

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
R1	9 December	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0 (aet)	1,518
R2	6 January	Rochdale	H	6–1	2,350
QF	3 February	Burnley	A	1–4	4,573

References

^ "England 1997–98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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1997–98 Carlisle United F.C. season

Results & fixtures

Football League Second Division

League table

Matches

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Football League Trophy

References

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