In the 1997–98 season, Crewe were favourites to go straight back down to the Second Division and before Christmas, they were in the relegation zone and looked as though it would be a possibility but a fantastic run of 7 wins from 10 league games from January to the end of February, dramatically rose Crewe from a possible relegation to 12th and 7 points from the play-offs but it proved too much to ask for and Crewe finished a satisfying season in 11th place.
Source:
Statto.com Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
Crewe Alexandra's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
9 August 1997
Swindon Town A
0–2
8,334
16 August 1997
West Bromwich Albion H
2–3
5,234
Adebola , Rivers
23 August 1997
Norwich City A
2–0
11,821
Rivers , S Smith
2 September 1997
Bury H
1–2
4,447
S Smith (pen)
13 September 1997
Portsmouth A
3–2
9,505
Rivers , Anthrobus , Adebola
16 September 1997
Port Vale H
0–1
5,519
20 September 1997
Queens Park Rangers H
2–3
5,348
Lunt , Adebola
27 September 1997
Tranmere Rovers H
2–1
4,845
Anthrobus , Street
4 October 1997
Birmingham City A
1–0
16,548
Rivers
11 October 1997
Reading A
3–3
6,685
Westwood , Little , Adebola
18 October 1997
Middlesbrough H
1–1
5,759
Adebola
21 October 1997
Ipswich Town H
0–0
4,730
25 October 1997
Bradford City A
0–1
15,333
29 October 1997
Manchester City A
0–1
27,384
1 November 1997
Nottingham Forest A
1–3
18,268
Little
4 November 1997
Wolverhampton Wanderers H
0–2
5,743
8 November 1997
Oxford United H
2–1
4,524
Westwood , Anthrobus
15 November 1997
Charlton Athletic A
2–3
14,091
Street , S Smith
22 November 1997
Stockport County H
0–1
5,231
29 November 1997
Sheffield United A
0–1
16,973
6 December 1997
Huddersfield Town H
2–5
4,861
Charnock , Adebola
13 December 1997
Stoke City A
2–0
14,623
S Smith , Little
20 December 1997
Sunderland H
0–3
5,404
26 December 1997
Manchester City H
1–0
5,759
Holsgrove
28 December 1997
Bury A
1–1
5,661
Adebola
11 January 1998
Swindon Town H
2–0
4,176
Little , Street
17 January 1998
West Bromwich Albion A
1–0
15,257
Little
24 January 1998
Port Vale A
3–2
10,571
S Smith (pen), Whalley , Foran
31 January 1998
Norwich City H
1–0
5,559
Fuglestad (own goal)
7 February 1998
Queens Park Rangers A
2–3
13,429
Anthrobus , Johnson
14 February 1998
Portsmouth H
3–1
5,114
Little , Garvey , Lunt
17 February 1998
Birmingham City H
0–2
5,559
21 February 1998
Tranmere Rovers A
3–0
7,534
Rivers , Little (2)
25 February 1998
Middlesbrough A
0–1
29,936
28 February 1998
Reading H
1–0
5,202
Rivers
3 March 1998
Oxford United A
0–0
6,069
7 March 1998
Nottingham Forest H
1–4
5,759
Little
14 March 1998
Wolverhampton Wanderers A
0–1
24,272
21 March 1998
Charlton Athletic H
0–3
5,252
28 March 1998
Stockport County A
1–0
8,370
S Smith
11 April 1998
Huddersfield Town A
0–2
11,263
13 April 1998
Stoke City H
2–0
5,759
Westwood , Lightfoot
18 April 1998
Sunderland A
1–2
40,441
Charnock
25 April 1998
Bradford City H
5–0
5,054
Anthrobus , Street , Little (3)
30 April 1998
Sheffield United H
2–1
5,759
Anthrobus , Little
3 May 1998
Ipswich Town A
2–3
19,105
Charnock , Garvey
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
3 January 1998
Birmingham City H
1–2
4,607
Rivers
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R1 First Leg
12 August 1997
Bury H
2–3
2,618
Lunt , S Smith
R1 Second Leg
26 August 1997
Bury A
3–3 (lost 5–6 on agg)
3,296
Rivers , S Smith , Butler (own goal)
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
