1997–98 Newcastle United F.C. season

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Newcastle United

1997–98 season
Chairman	Freddy Shepherd (until 24 March 1998) Sir John Hall (from 24 March 1998)
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Stadium	St James' Park
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Barnes (6) All: Barnes/Shearer (7)
Highest home attendance	36,783 (vs. Aston Villa, 23 August)
Average home league attendance	36,672
Home colours Away colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

In the 1997–98 football season, Newcastle United played in the FA Premier League. They finished 13th and reached the FA Cup final, losing to Arsenal.

During the summer, David Ginola and Les Ferdinand were sold to Tottenham Hotspur, while in a pre-season friendly match, Alan Shearer sustained a horrific ankle injury which would keep him out for half the season.^[1] Manager Kenny Dalglish signed goalkeeper Shay Given, midfielder Temur Ketsbaia, striker John Barnes and veteran striker Ian Rush, the club's eldest player signing at age 36.^[2]

The highlight of the 1997–98 season was to be the club's run in the UEFA Champions League, seeing them defeat Barcelona 3–2 after a hat-trick from striker Faustino Asprilla.^[3] The club's Premier League form, however, began to suffer following Asprilla's departure from the club in January, and despite the return of Shearer to the starting line-up, he was unable to recapture the form he had found under Kevin Keegan.^[4] The club reached the FA Cup final only to fall to a 2–0 defeat by Arsenal.^[5]

Controversy surrounded the club in March 1998 when chairman Freddie Shepherd, and deputy chairman Douglas Hall (son of previous chairman Sir John Hall, who had retired during the summer), were filmed in a Spanish brothel making a series of remarks to an undercover tabloid journalist. They ridiculed Shearer, boasted of "ripping off" supporters with the club shirts they sold, and called the women of Newcastle "dogs". Both subsequently resigned, and Sir John Hall returned as acting chairman for the remainder of the season.^{[6] [7]}

Newcastle enjoyed a good run in the 1997–98 FA Cup and reached the final for the first time in 24 years. They never looked like winners, and the final whistle blew with a 2–0 scoreline giving the trophy to opponents Arsenal. But as Arsenal had completed the double, Newcastle entered the 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup.

Dalglish's cautious brand of football proved unpopular with supporters used to Newcastle's previous swashbuckling style; more importantly this cautious style was not producing results. Many players signed by Dalglish were not considered to match the quality of those who had left the club this season. The team's 13th-place finish gave particular cause for concern, as Newcastle had finished runners-up in the last two seasons and had never finished below sixth since returning to the top flight in 1993. To add insult to injury, only 35 league goals were scored by the club all season.

Despite signing Dietmar Hamann, Nolberto Solano and Gary Speed, several unsuccessful transfer deals along with a poor start to the 1998–99 season led to Dalglish being sacked.^[8]

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
June 1997	MF	Republic of Ireland Paddy Kelly	Scotland Celtic	Free
June 1997	GK	Republic of Ireland Shay Given	England Blackburn Rovers	1,500,000ドル
June 1997	MF	Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia	Greece AEK Athens	Free
July 1997	FW	Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson	Netherlands Heerenveen	2,200,000ドル[9]
July 1997	DF	England Stuart Pearce	England Nottingham Forest	Free[10]
July 1997	DF	Italy Alessandro Pistone	Italy Inter Milan	4,300,000ドル
July 1997	DF	Netherlands Brian Pinas	Netherlands Feyenoord	Free
August 1997	MF	England John Barnes	England Liverpool	Free
August 1997	FW	Wales Ian Rush	England Leeds United	Free
October 1997	FW	Australia Carlos Gonzalez	Australia Sydney Olympic	Free
November 1997	MF	Germany Ralf Keidel	Germany Schweinfurt 05	Free
November 1997	FW	Scotland Paul Dalglish	England Liverpool	Free
November 1997	DF	France David Terrier	England West Ham United	Free
January 1998	FW	Sweden Andreas Andersson	Italy Milan	3,600,000ドル
January 1998	DF	England Andy Griffin	England Stoke City	1,500,000ドル
February 1998	MF	Wales Gary Speed	England Everton	5,500,000ドル
March 1998	MF	England James Coppinger	England Darlington	250,000ドル
March 1998	MF	England Paul Robinson	England Darlington	250,000ドル
March 1998	MF	Scotland Stephen Glass	Scotland Aberdeen	650,000ドル
March 1998	DF	Greece Nikos Dabizas	Greece Olympiacos	1,400,000ドル

• Total spending: Decrease 17,450,000ドル

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 1997	MF	England Lee Clark	England Sunderland	2,500,000ドル[11]
July 1997	DF	England Robbie Elliott	England Bolton Wanderers	2,250,000ドル[12]
July 1997	MF	France David Ginola	England Tottenham Hotspur	2,000,000ドル[13]
July 1997	FW	England Les Ferdinand	England Tottenham Hotspur	6,000,000ドル
August 1997	MF	England Peter Beardsley	England Bolton Wanderers	450,000ドル
January 1998	FW	Colombia Faustino Asprilla	Italy Parma	6,200,000ドル
February 1998	DF	England John Beresford	England Southampton	1,500,000ドル
March 1998	MF	England Jim Crawford	England Reading	100,000ドル
March 1998	FW	England Paul Brayson	England Reading	Free
May 1998	FW	Netherlands Brian Pinas	Netherlands Feyenoord	150,000ドル
May 1998	FW	Wales Ian Rush	Wales Wrexham	Free
May 1998	FW	Australia Carlos Gonzalez	Released	Free

• Total income: Increase 21,150,000ドル

Position	Staff
Manager	Scotland Kenny Dalglish
Assistant manager	Scotland Steve Clarke
Goalkeeping coach	England Andy Woodman
Development coach	England John Carver

Squad at end of season^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Shay Given 2 DF England ENG Warren Barton 4 MF England ENG David Batty 5 DF England ENG Darren Peacock 6 DF England ENG Steve Howey 7 MF England ENG Rob Lee (captain) 8 FW Wales WAL Ian Rush 9 FW England ENG Alan Shearer 10 MF England ENG John Barnes 11 MF Wales WAL Gary Speed 12 DF England ENG Stuart Pearce 14 MF Georgia (country) GEO Temuri Ketsbaia

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Shaka Hislop 16 FW Denmark DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson 18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Gillespie 19 DF England ENG Steve Watson 21 GK Czech Republic CZE Pavel Srníček 22 MF England ENG Des Hamilton 23 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Pistone 27 DF Belgium BEL Philippe Albert 28 DF Northern Ireland NIR Aaron Hughes 34 DF Greece GRE Nikos Dabizas 38 DF England ENG Andy Griffin 40 FW Sweden SWE Andreas Andersson

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF England ENG John Beresford (to Southampton) 8 MF England ENG Peter Beardsley (to Bolton Wanderers) 11 FW Colombia COL Faustino Asprilla (to Parma)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Crawford (to Reading) 25 FW England ENG Paul Brayson (to Reading)

The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF Iceland ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson 24 MF Netherlands NED Brian Pinas 26 MF England ENG David Burt 29 GK England ENG Steve Harper 30 DF Scotland SCO Paddy Kelly 31 MF England ENG Stuart Elliott 32 MF Germany GER Ralf Keidel 33 DF France FRA David Terrier 35 FW England ENG Paul Robinson

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 GK England ENG Peter Keen — DF England ENG David Beharall — DF Scotland SCO Steven Caldwell — MF England ENG Paul Arnison — MF England ENG James Coppinger — MF England ENG Jamie McClen — FW England ENG Michael Chopra — FW Scotland SCO Paul Dalglish

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Republic of Ireland Shay Given	24	0	4	0	0	0	6	0	34	0	1	0
2	DF	England Warren Barton	17+6	3	4+1	0	2	0	5	0	28+7	3	11	0
3	DF	England John Beresford	17+1	2	2+1	0	3	0	7	3	29+2	5	6	0
4	MF	England David Batty	32	1	6	1	2	0	7	0	47	2	14	3
5	DF	England Darren Peacock	19+1	0	1	0	2+1	0	4+1	0	26+3	0	6	0
6	DF	England Steve Howey	11+3	0	5	0	1	0	1+2	0	18+5	0	2	0
7	MF	England Robert Lee	26+2	4	6	0	2	0	6	0	40+2	4	5	0
8	FW	Wales Ian Rush	6+4	0	0+1	1	2	1	1	0	9+5	2	0	0
9	FW	England Alan Shearer	15+2	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	21+2	7	5	0
10	MF	England John Barnes	22+4	6	3+2	0	3	0	5	1	33+6	7	0	0
11	FW	Colombia Faustino Asprilla	8+2	2	1	0	0	0	5	4	14+2	6	1	0
11	MF	Wales Gary Speed	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	17	2	1	0
12	DF	England Stuart Pearce	25	0	7	0	0	0	3+1	1	35+1	1	5	0
14	MF	Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia	16+15	3	2+4	1	1+1	0	3+5	1	22+25	5	3	0
15	GK	Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop	13	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	21	0	0	0
16	FW	Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson	17+6	3	2	0	2+1	1	6+1	0	27+8	4	2	0
18	MF	Northern Ireland Keith Gillespie	25+4	4	5	0	2	0	5+2	0	37+6	4	6	0
19	DF	England Steve Watson	27+2	1	3+1	0	2+1	0	8	0	40+4	1	5	0
21	GK	Czech Republic Pavel Srníček	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	England Des Hamilton	7+5	0	1	0	1+1	1	2	0	11+6	1	0	0
23	DF	Italy Alessandro Pistone	28	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	39	0	9	0
25	FW	England Paul Brayson	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF	Belgium Philippe Albert	21+2	0	2+1	0	3	0	7+1	0	34+4	0	10	0
28	FW	Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes	4	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+2	0	5+3	0	0	0
34	DF	Greece Nikos Dabizas	10+1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12+1	1	3	0
38	DF	England Andy Griffin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
40	FW	Sweden Andreas Andersson	10+2	2	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	12+3	2	0	0

^{[15] [16] [17]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	+2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	−5	48
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	35	44	−9	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	44	56	−12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	−12	44

• FootballSquads - Newcastle United - 1997–98
• Newcastle United Football Club - Fixtures 1997–98
• Soccerbase - Newcastle United player appearances 1997–98
• Season Details - 1997–98 - toon1892

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