1997–98 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
Queens Park Rangers 1997–98 football season
During the 1997–98 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
Season summary
In the 1997–98 season, QPR did start the campaign brightly but in November, Houston was sacked as manager with the club in 13th place and only four points adrift from the playoff places. Ray Harford was appointed as Houston's replacement and QPR went on to struggle with only three wins at the end of the season since his appointment and only managed to avoid relegation by one point at the expense of Manchester City , Stoke City and Reading .
Kit
Le Coq Sportif became QPR's new kit manufacturers. Telecommunications giant Ericsson continued as kit sponsors.
Final league table
Source:
Statto.com Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated
Results
Queens Park Rangers' score comes first [ 1]
Legend
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Position
9 August 1997
Ipswich Town
H
0–0
17,614
12
15 August 1997
Tranmere Rovers
A
1–2
Peacock
7,467
16
23 August 1997
Stockport County
H
2–1
Sinclair (2)
11,108
10
30 August 1997
Nottingham Forest
A
0–4
18,804
13
2 September 1997
Reading
A
2–1
Spencer , Swales (own goal)
10,203
11
13 September 1997
West Bromwich Albion
H
2–0
Sheron , Peacock
14,399
9
20 September 1997
Crewe Alexandra
A
3–2
Spencer , Maddix , Sinclair
5,348
8
24 September 1997
Portsmouth
H
1–0
Spencer
12,620
2
27 September 1997
Port Vale
A
0–2
7,197
3
4 October 1997
Charlton Athletic
H
2–4
Sheron (2)
14,825
6
18 October 1997
Sheffield United
A
2–2
Murray , Morrow
18,006
9
21 October 1997
Bury
A
1–1
Spencer
4,602
10
26 October 1997
Manchester City
H
2–0
Ready , Peacock (pen)
14,451
9
1 November 1997
Birmingham City
H
1–1
Barker
12,715
9
5 November 1997
Swindon Town
A
1–3
Peacock
10,132
14
8 November 1997
Middlesbrough
A
0–3
30,067
14
15 November 1997
Stoke City
H
1–1
Barker (pen)
11,923
13
22 November 1997
Huddersfield Town
H
2–1
Quashie (2)
16,066
13
29 November 1997
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
2–3
Sheron , Peacock
23,645
13
3 December 1997
Norwich City
H
1–1
Peacock
10,141
11
6 December 1997
Sunderland
H
0–1
15,266
12
12 December 1997
Oxford United
A
1–3
Peacock
6,664
12
21 December 1997
Bradford City
H
1–0
Peacock (pen)
8,853
12
26 December 1997
Portsmouth
A
1–3
Sheron
12,314
13
28 December 1997
Reading
H
1–1
Spencer
13,015
12
10 January 1998
Ipswich Town
A
0–0
12,672
13
17 January 1998
Tranmere Rovers
H
0–0
12,033
13
24 January 1998
Nottingham Forest
H
0–1
13,220
14
31 January 1998
Stockport County
A
0–2
7,958
17
7 February 1998
Crewe Alexandra
H
3–2
Kennedy (2), Ready
13,429
15
14 February 1998
West Bromwich Albion
A
1–1
Dowie
19,143
15
17 February 1998
Charlton Athletic
A
1–1
Peacock (pen)
15,555
15
21 February 1998
Port Vale
H
0–1
14,198
15
25 February 1998
Sheffield United
H
2–2
Sheron , Ready
9,560
15
28 February 1998
Norwich City
A
0–0
12,730
16
4 March 1998
Middlesbrough
H
5–0
Vickers (own goal), Bruce , Gallen , Sheron (2)
11,580
15
7 March 1998
Birmingham City
A
0–1
18,298
16
14 March 1998
Swindon Town
H
1–2
Quashie
13,486
16
21 March 1998
Stoke City
A
1–2
Barker (pen)
11,051
19
28 March 1998
Huddersfield Town
A
1–1
Jones
13,681
19
1 April 1998
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
0–0
12,337
17
10 April 1998
Sunderland
A
2–2
Sheron (2)
40,014
17
14 April 1998
Oxford United
H
1–1
Gallen
12,859
19
19 April 1998
Bradford City
A
1–1
Gallen
14,871
19
25 April 1998
Manchester City
A
2–2
Sheron , Pollock (own goal)
32,040
18
3 May 1998
Bury
H
0–1
15,210
21
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
Transfers Out
Name
from
Date
Fee
Date
Club
Fee
Andy Impey
Yeading
June 1990
September 1997
West Ham United
£1,200,000
Juergen Sommer
Luton Town
29 August 1995
£600,000
1998
Columbus Crew
Trevor Sinclair
Blackpool
August 1993
£600,000
January 1998
West Ham United
Iain Dowie , Keith Rowland and £2,300,000
Rufus Brevett
Doncaster Rovers
February 1991
£150,000
January 1998
Fulham
£375,000
Lee Charles
Chertsey Town
4 August 1995
£67,500
February 1998
Cambridge United
Loan
Michael Mahoney-Johnson
Queens Park Rangers Juniors
April 1995
February 1998
Brighton & Hove Albion
Loan
Matt Brazier
Queens Park Rangers Juniors
July 1994
March 1998
Fulham
John Spencer
Chelsea
November 1996
£2,500,000
March 1998
Everton
£1,500,000
Trevor Challis
Queens Park Rangers Juniors
July 1994
July 1998
Bristol Rovers
David Bardsley
Oxford United
September 1989
Mark Stein plus £175,000
July 1998
Blackpool
Transfers In
Name
from
Date
Fee
George Kulcsar
Bradford City
December 1997
£250,000
Leon Jeanne
Queens Park Rangers Juniors
November 1997
Iain Dowie
West Ham United
January 1998
With Keith Rowland and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair
Keith Rowland
West Ham United
January 1998
With Iain Dowie and £2,300,000 For Trevor Sinclair
Mark Kennedy
Liverpool
January 1998
Loan
Antti Heinola
Heracles
January 1998
£100,000
Neil Ruddock
Liverpool
March 1998
Loan
Vinnie Jones
Wimbledon
March 1998
£750,000
Tony Scully
Manchester City
March 1998
£155,000
Ian Baraclough
Notts County
March 1998
£75,000
Terry McFlynn
Queens Park Rangers Juniors
May 1998
Ademola Bankole
Crewe Alexandra
July 1998
References
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