1997–98

14th of 24 in Div 2. Managers: John Gregory (M), Neil Smillie (M)

Played: 52
Goals: 62–66
Average home crowd: 5,312
Biggest win: W 5–1 v Plymouth Argyle
Heaviest defeat: L 2–5 v Wigan Athletic

15 won20 drawn17 lost

Results

Other teams (37 matches)

First-team squad

Player	Apps	Goals
Jason Kavanagh	51	1
Martin Taylor	51
Mark Stallard	47	18
Keith Ryan	45	4
Steve Brown	45	3
Dave Carroll	44	1
Steve McGavin	43	4
Maurice Harkin	40	4
Nicky Mohan	36
Paul McCarthy	35	1
Keith Scott	33	12
Paul Read	32	5
Jason Cousins	32
John Cornforth	29	7
Michael Forsyth	29
Michael Simpson	26
Alan Beeton	22
David Kerslake	11
Paul Bodin	5
Gary Wraight	3
Andy Baird	2
Aaron Patton	1
Brian Parkin	1

League table

Division Two · 24 teams · Open in League tables

1997-98 Division Two standings
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		46	24	16	6	67	41	+26	88
2		46	25	10	11	69	39	+30	85
3		46	19	15	12	55	37	+18	72
4		46	18	17	11	52	37	+15	71
5		46	20	10	16	60	43	+17	70
6		46	20	10	16	70	64	+6	70
7		46	19	13	14	52	47	+5	70
8		46	18	16	12	55	51	+4	70
9		46	18	12	16	57	52	+5	66
10		46	16	17	13	46	44	+2	65
11		46	17	11	18	64	66	-2	62
12		46	17	11	18	59	67	-8	62
13		46	15	16	15	62	54	+8	61
14	Wycombe Wanderers	46	14	18	14	51	53	-2	60
15		46	15	14	17	56	56	0	59
16		46	14	17	15	52	58	-6	59
17		46	14	15	17	60	64	-4	57
18		46	14	13	19	43	54	-11	55
19		46	14	12	20	43	52	-9	54
20		46	13	13	20	55	65	-10	52
21		46	11	17	18	50	71	-21	50
22		46	12	13	21	55	70	-15	49
23		46	12	8	26	57	73	-16	44
24		46	11	10	25	47	79	-32	43

Photographs

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