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1997-98

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Before this season

Final League Tables


      DIVISION ONE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Nottingham Forest                46   28   10    8   82   42   94
   2  Middlesbrough                    46   27   10    9   77   41   91
   3  Sunderland                       46   26   12    8   86   50   90
   4  Charlton Athletic                46   26   10   10   80   49   88
   5  Ipswich Town                     46   23   14    9   77   43   83
   6  Sheffield United                 46   19   17   10   69   54   74
   7  Birmingham City                  46   19   17   10   60   35   74
   8  Stockport County                 46   19    8   19   71   69   65
   9  Wolverhampton Wanderers          46   18   11   17   57   53   65
  10  West Bromwich Albion             46   16   13   17   50   56   61
  11  Crewe Alexandra                  46   18    5   23   58   65   59
  12  Oxford United                    46   16   10   20   60   64   58
  13  Bradford City                    46   14   15   17   46   59   57
  14  Tranmere Rovers                  46   14   14   18   54   57   56
  15  Norwich City                     46   14   13   19   52   69   55
  16  Huddersfield Town                46   14   11   21   50   72   53
  17  Bury                             46   11   19   16   42   58   52
  18  Swindon Town                     46   14   10   22   42   73   52
  19  Port Vale                        46   13   10   23   56   66   49
  20  Portsmouth                       46   13   10   23   51   63   49
  21  Queens Park Rangers              46   10   19   17   51   63   49
  22  Manchester City                  46   12   12   22   56   57   48
  23  Stoke City                       46   11   13   22   44   74   46
  24  Reading                          46   11    9   26   39   78   42

Play-off Semi-Finals
Ipswich Town 0 Charlton Athletic 1, Charlton Athletic 1 Ipswich Town 0
(Charlton Athletic won 2-0 on aggregate)
Sheffield United 2 Sunderland 1, Sunderland 2 Sheffield United 0
(Sunderland won 3-2 on aggregate)

Play-off Final
Charlton Athletic 4 Sunderland 4 (@ Wembley Stadium)
(Charlton Athletic won 7-6 on penalties)

      DIVISION TWO
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Watford                          46   24   16    6   67   41   88
   2  Bristol City                     46   25   10   11   69   39   85
   3  Grimsby Town                     46   19   15   12   55   37   72
   4  Northampton Town                 46   18   17   11   52   37   71
   5  Bristol Rovers                   46   20   10   16   70   64   70
   6  Fulham                           46   20   10   16   60   43   70
   7  Wrexham                          46   18   16   12   55   51   70
   8  Gillingham                       46   19   13   14   52   47   70
   9  A F C Bournemouth                46   18   12   16   57   52   66
  10  Chesterfield                     46   16   17   13   46   44   65
  11  Wigan Athletic                   46   17   11   18   64   66   62
  12  Blackpool                        46   17   11   18   59   67   62
  13  Oldham Athletic                  46   15   16   15   62   54   61
  14  Wycombe Wanderers                46   14   18   14   51   53   60
  15  Preston North End                46   15   14   17   56   56   59
  16  York City                        46   14   17   15   52   58   59
  17  Luton Town                       46   14   15   17   60   64   57
  18  Millwall                         46   14   13   19   43   54   55
  19  Walsall                          46   14   12   20   43   52   54
  20  Burnley                          46   13   13   20   55   65   52
  21  Brentford                        46   11   17   18   50   71   50
  22  Plymouth Argyle                  46   12   13   21   55   70   49
  23  Carlisle United                  46   12    8   26   57   73   44
  24  Southend United                  46   11   10   25   47   79   43

Play-off Semi-Finals
Fulham 1 Grimsby Town 1, Grimsby Town 1 Fulham 0
(Grimsby Town won 2-1 on aggregate)
Bristol Rovers 3 Northampton Town 1, Northampton Town 3 Bristol Rovers 0
(Northampton Town won 4-3 on aggregate)

Play-off Final
Grimsby Town 1 Northampton Town 0 (@ Wembley Stadium)

      DIVISION THREE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Notts County                     46   29   12    5   82   43   99
   2  Macclesfield Town                46   23   13   10   63   44   82
   3  Lincoln City                     46   20   15   11   60   51   75
   4  Colchester United                46   21   11   14   72   60   74
   5  Torquay United                   46   21   11   14   68   59   74
   6  Scarborough                      46   19   15   12   67   58   72
   7  Barnet                           46   19   13   14   61   51   70
   8  Scunthorpe United                46   19   12   15   56   52   69
   9  Rotherham United                 46   16   19   11   67   61   67
  10  Peterborough United              46   18   13   15   63   51   67
  11  Leyton Orient                    46   19   12   15   62   47   66 *
  12  Mansfield Town                   46   16   17   13   64   55   65
  13  Shrewsbury Town                  46   16   13   17   61   62   61
  14  Chester City                     46   17   10   19   60   61   61
  15  Exeter City                      46   15   15   16   68   63   60
  16  Cambridge United                 46   14   18   14   63   57   60
  17  Hartlepool United                46   12   23   11   61   53   59
  18  Rochdale                         46   17    7   22   56   55   58
  19  Darlington                       46   14   12   20   56   72   54
  20  Swansea City                     46   13   11   22   49   62   50
  21  Cardiff City                     46    9   23   14   48   52   50
  22  Hull City                        46   11    8   27   56   83   41
  23  Brighton & Hove Albion           46    6   17   23   38   66   35
  24  Doncaster Rovers                 46    4    8   34   30  113   20
* - Leyton Orient 3 points deducted

Play-off Semi-Finals
Barnet 1 Colchester United 0, Colchester United 3 Barnet 1
(Colchester United won 3-2 on aggregate)
Scarborough 1 Torquay United 3, Torquay United 4 Scarborough 1
(Torquay United won 7-2 on aggregate)

Play-off Final
Colchester United 1 Torquay United 0 (@ Wembley Stadium)

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