1997–98 season | |||
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Chairman | Tom Smeaton | ||
Manager | Martin O'Neill | ||
Stadium | Filbert Street | ||
Premiership | 10th | ||
FA Cup | Fourth round | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
UEFA Cup | First round | ||
Player of the Year | Matt Elliott | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Heskey (10) All: Heskey/Marshall (10) |
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Highest home attendance |
21,699 vs Newcastle United (29 Apr 1998, Premier League) |
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Lowest home attendance |
18,553 vs Wimbledon (10 Nov 1997, Premier League) |
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Average home league attendance | 20,615 | ||
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During the 1997–98 English football season, Leicester City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Leicester City's return to European competition for the first time since the 1960s was short-lived, and they suffered a first-hurdle defeat at the hands of Spanish team Atlético Madrid. Their challenges in the domestic cups fared little better, and a 10th-place finish in the final table was not enough for another UEFA Cup adventure. But they managed to hold on to star players like Neil Lennon and Emile Heskey, and, most importantly, highly rated manager Martin O'Neill, giving fans hope of another challenge for honours in 1998–99.
Updated to games played on 10 May 1998.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions and were the League Cup winners.
2 As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
3 Despite being relegated, Crystal Palace qualified for the 1998 Intertoto Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Source: 1997-98 FA Premier League table
Source: 11v11.com: 1997-98 Leicester City results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Leicester City's score comes first