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1997–98 Football League First Division

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Season
  
1997–98

Goals scored
  
1410 (2.55 per match)

Matches played
  
552

1997–98 Football League First Division

Champions
  
Nottingham Forest 3rd First Division title

Promoted
  
Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic

Relegated
  
Manchester City Stoke City Reading

The 1997–98 Football League First Division (referred to as the Nationwide First Division for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the league under its current league division format.

Contents

From First Division

Promoted to Premier League

  • Barnsley
  • Bolton Wanderers
  • Crystal Palace
  • Relegated to Second Division

  • Grimsby Town
  • Oldham Athletic
  • Southend United
  • To First Division

    Promoted from Second Division

  • Bury
  • Crewe Alexandra
  • Stockport County
  • Relegated from Premier League

  • Middlesbrough
  • Nottingham Forest
  • Sunderland
  • League table

    Updated to games played on 3 May 1998.
    Source: Statto.com
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (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.

    Results

    Source:
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    References

    1997–98 Football League First Division Wikipedia