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Stoke City 23rd, English Div 1 |
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| English Div 1 |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 09-Aug-97 | A | Birmingham City | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 20,608 |
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| 2 | 15-Aug-97 | A | Bradford City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 13,823 |
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| 3 | 23-Aug-97 | A | Middlesbrough | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 30,122 |
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| 4 | 30-Aug-97 | H | Swindon Town | L | 1-2 | (1-0) | 23,000 |
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| 5 | 03-Sep-97 | H | West Bromwich Albion | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 17,500 |
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| 6 | 13-Sep-97 | H | Stockport County | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 11,743 |
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| 7 | 20-Sep-97 | A | Ipswich Town | W | 3-2 | (2-0) | 10,665 |
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| 8 | 27-Sep-97 | A | Nottingham Forest | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 19,018 |
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| 9 | 04-Oct-97 | H | Bury | W | 3-2 | (0-0) | 11,760 |
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| 10 | 12-Oct-97 | H | Port Vale | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | 20,125 |
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| 11 | 19-Oct-97 | A | Charlton Athletic | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 12,345 |
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| 12 | 22-Oct-97 | A | Manchester City | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 25,333 |
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| 13 | 25-Oct-97 | H | Sunderland | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 14,587 |
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| 14 | 01-Nov-97 | A | Huddersfield Town | L | 1-3 | (0-0) | 10,916 |
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| 15 | 04-Nov-97 | H | Oxford United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 8,423 |
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| 16 | 08-Nov-97 | H | Wolverhampton Wndrs | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | 18,490 |
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| 17 | 15-Nov-97 | A | Queens Park Rangers | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 11,923 |
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| 18 | 22-Nov-97 | A | Tranmere Rovers | L | 1-3 | (1-1) | 8,009 |
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| 19 | 29-Nov-97 | H | Reading | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 8,500 |
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| 20 | 02-Dec-97 | A | Sheffield United | L | 2-3 | (1-0) | 14,347 |
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| 21 | 06-Dec-97 | A | Portsmouth | L | 0-2 | (0-2) | 7,072 |
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| 22 | 13-Dec-97 | H | Crewe Alexandra | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 14,623 |
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| 23 | 20-Dec-97 | A | Norwich City | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 12,265 |
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| 24 | 26-Dec-97 | H | Sheffield United | D | 2-2 | (0-0) | 19,723 |
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| 25 | 28-Dec-97 | A | West Bromwich Albion | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 17,690 |
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| 26 | 10-Jan-98 | H | Birmingham City | L | 0-7 | (0-3) | 14,940 |
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| 27 | 16-Jan-98 | H | Bradford City | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | 10,459 |
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| 28 | 28-Jan-98 | A | Swindon Town | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 6,683 |
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| 29 | 01-Feb-98 | H | Middlesbrough | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | 13,242 |
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| 30 | 07-Feb-98 | H | Ipswich Town | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 11,416 |
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| 31 | 14-Feb-98 | A | Stockport County | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 8,701 |
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| 32 | 17-Feb-98 | A | Bury | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 5,802 |
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| 33 | 21-Feb-98 | H | Nottingham Forest | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 16,899 |
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| 34 | 25-Feb-98 | H | Charlton Athletic | L | 1-2 | (1-1) | 10,027 |
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| 35 | 01-Mar-98 | A | Port Vale | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 13,853 |
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| 36 | 04-Mar-98 | A | Wolverhampton Wndrs | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | 21,058 |
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| 37 | 07-Mar-98 | H | Huddersfield Town | L | 1-2 | (0-2) | 12,594 |
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| 38 | 14-Mar-98 | A | Oxford United | L | 1-5 | (0-1) | 7,300 |
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| 39 | 21-Mar-98 | H | Queens Park Rangers | W | 2-1 | (1-0) | 11,051 |
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| 40 | 28-Mar-98 | H | Tranmere Rovers | L | 0-3 | (0-2) | 16,692 |
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| 41 | 04-Apr-98 | A | Reading | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 10,448 |
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| 42 | 11-Apr-98 | H | Portsmouth | W | 2-1 | (0-0) | 15,569 |
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| 43 | 13-Apr-98 | A | Crewe Alexandra | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 5,759 |
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| 44 | 18-Apr-98 | H | Norwich City | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 13,098 |
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| 45 | 25-Apr-98 | A | Sunderland | L | 0-3 | (0-1) | 41,214 |
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| 46 | 03-May-98 | H | Manchester City | L | 2-5 | (0-1) | 28,000 |
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| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 3 | 13-Jan-98 | A | West Bromwich Albion | L | 1-3 | (0-2) | 17,598 |
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| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 L1 | 12-Aug-97 | A | Rochdale | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | 2,509 |
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| 1 L2 | 27-Aug-97 | H | Rochdale | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 12,768 |
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| 2 L1 | 16-Sep-97 | A | Burnley | W | 4-0 | (1-0) | 4,175 |
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| 2 L2 | 24-Sep-97 | H | Burnley | W | 2-0 | (1-0) | 6,041 |
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| 3 | 15-Oct-97 | H | Leeds United | L | 1-3 | (0-0) | 16,203 |
| [aet] |
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | GFA | GAA | | PpG | Pts | Rank |
| August | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0.50 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | 4 | 13 |
| September | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.25 | 1.00 | | 1.75 | 7 | 12 |
| October | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1.60 | 1.20 | | 2.00 | 10 | 4 |
| November | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 1.16 | 1.50 | | 0.83 | 5 | 19 |
| December | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0.83 | 1.66 | | 0.50 | 3 | 21 |
| January | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0.66 | 3.00 | | 1.00 | 3 | 19 |
| February | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0.66 | 1.16 | | 0.50 | 3 | 22 |
| March | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 0.83 | 2.00 | | 0.83 | 5 | 14 |
| April | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 0.80 | 1.60 | | 1.20 | 6 | 15 |
| May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2.00 | 5.00 | | 0.00 | 0 | 16 |
Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
| Home | Team | Away | Pts |
| D 1-1 | Nottingham Forest | L 0-1 | 1 |
| L 1-2 | Middlesbrough | W 1-0 | 3 |
| L 1-2 | Sunderland | L 0-3 | 0 |
| L 1-2 | Charlton Athletic | D 1-1 | 1 |
| D 1-1 | Ipswich Town | W 3-2 | 4 |
| D 2-2 | Sheffield United | L 2-3 | 1 |
| L 0-7 | Birmingham City | L 0-2 | 0 |
| W 2-1 | Stockport County | L 0-1 | 3 |
| W 3-0 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | D 1-1 | 4 |
| D 0-0 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1-1 | 2 |
| L 0-2 | Crewe Alexandra | L 0-2 | 0 |
| D 0-0 | Oxford United | L 1-5 | 1 |
| W 2-1 | Bradford City | D 0-0 | 4 |
| L 0-3 | Tranmere Rovers | L 1-3 | 0 |
| W 2-0 | Norwich City | D 0-0 | 4 |
| L 1-2 | Huddersfield Town | L 1-3 | 0 |
| W 3-2 | Bury | D 0-0 | 4 |
| L 1-2 | Swindon Town | L 0-1 | 0 |
| W 2-1 | Port Vale | D 0-0 | 4 |
| W 2-1 | Portsmouth | L 0-2 | 3 |
| W 2-1 | Queens Park Rangers | D 1-1 | 4 |
| L 2-5 | Manchester City | W 1-0 | 3 |
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| L 1-2 | Reading | L 0-2 | 0 |
| Leading Scorers |
League Cup |
| Thorne | | 16 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Kavanagh | | 10 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Forsyth | | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Crowe | | 4 | |  |  |  |  |
| Stewart | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Wallace | | 3 | |  |  |  |
| Keen | | 2 | |  |  |
| Lightbourne | | 2 | |  |  |
| Andrede | | 1 | |  |
| Gabbiadini | | 1 | |  |
| Griffin | | 1 | |  |
| Holsgrove | | 1 | |  |
| Pickering | | 1 | |  |
| Sigurdsson | | 1 | |  |
| Tiatto | | 1 | |  |
| (own goals) | | 1 | |  |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.
| League | Cup |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | | | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | | 2 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 |
| 1 | | 1 | | 2 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | | 1 |
| 4 | 1 |
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When the goals have been scored and conceded this season