Blackpool F.C.
Season 1997-98 1997-98 in English football The 1997-1998 season was the 118th season of competitive football in England.-Premier League:Arsenal overhauled Manchester United's lead during the final weeks of the season to win the Premiership title...
League	Division Two Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
Manager	Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.He was manager of the Northern Ireland national team from 2007 until after their final Euro 2012 qualifying campaign match against Italy in October 2011.As a player, he was a left full back and occasional left...
League position	12th
Top goalscorers	League: Phil Clarkson Phil Clarkson Philip Ian Clarkson is an English former professional footballer.He is currently a coach at Blackpool's Centre of Excellence.-Playing career:...  (13) Combined: Phil Clarkson Phil Clarkson Philip Ian Clarkson is an English former professional footballer.He is currently a coach at Blackpool's Centre of Excellence.-Playing career:...  (18)
FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...	Second round
League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...	Second round
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Next season	1998-99 Blackpool F.C. season 1998-99 The 1998-99 season was Blackpool F.C.s 92nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English league football, finishing fourteenth....  →

The 1997-98

1997-98 in English football

The 1997-1998 season was the 118th season of competitive football in England.-Premier League:Arsenal overhauled Manchester United's lead during the final weeks of the season to win the Premiership title...

 season was Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

's 91st season (88th consecutive) in the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. They competed in the 24-team Division Two

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

, then the third tier of English league football

Football in England

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, finishing twelfth.

Gary Megson

Gary Megson

Gary John Megson is an English former football player and is currently manager of Sheffield Wednesday.He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers...

 left the club during the close season, in favour of managing Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

. His replacement was Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.He was manager of the Northern Ireland national team from 2007 until after their final Euro 2012 qualifying campaign match against Italy in October 2011.As a player, he was a left full back and occasional left...

, who began in a player-manager capacity in his first managerial role.

Phil Clarkson

Phil Clarkson

Philip Ian Clarkson is an English former professional footballer.He is currently a coach at Blackpool's Centre of Excellence.-Playing career:...

 was the club's top scorer, with sixteen goals (thirteen in the league, two in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 and one in the League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

).

Table

Pos Name P W D L F A 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

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points