Derby County began life at their new stadium by progressing further on the previous season's solid 12th-place finish. Jim Smith's team emerged as surprise contenders for a UEFA Cup place, and European qualification (for the first time in over 20 years) was still a possibility on the final day of the season. But results didn't go Derby's way, and that final European place went to Aston Villa .
The end-of-season arrival of Argentine defender Horacio Carbonari gave Derby fans fresh hope of challenging for a place in Europe.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
16
7
15
52
49
+3
55
12
3
4
33
18
+15
4
4
11
19
31
−12
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H H A A H H A H A H A H A A H Result L L W W L W W W D D L W L W L W D D D W L W D W L W L W L L L D W L L L W W Position 19 18 16 10 15 12 8 6 7 6 7 6 8 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 7 9 10 10 9 9
Derby County's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
9 August 1997
Blackburn Rovers A
0–1
23,557
23 August 1997
Tottenham Hotspur A
0–1
25,886
30 August 1997
Barnsley H
1–0
27,232
Eranio (pen)
13 September 1997
Everton H
3–1
27,828
Hunt , C Powell , Sturridge
20 September 1997
Aston Villa A
1–2
35,444
Baiano
24 September 1997
Sheffield Wednesday A
5–2
22,391
Baiano (2), Laursen , Wanchope , Burton
27 September 1997
Southampton H
4–0
25,625
Eranio , Wanchope , Baiano , Sturridge
6 October 1997
Leicester City A
2–1
19,585
Baiano (2)
18 October 1997
Manchester United H
2–2
30,014
Baiano , Wanchope
22 October 1997
Wimbledon H
1–1
28,595
Baiano
25 October 1997
Liverpool A
0–4
38,017
1 November 1997
Arsenal H
3–0
30,004
Wanchope (2), Sturridge
8 November 1997
Leeds United A
3–4
33,572
Sturridge (2), Asanović
22 November 1997
Coventry City H
3–1
29,351
Baiano , Eranio (pen), Wanchope
29 November 1997
Chelsea A
0–4
34,544
6 December 1997
West Ham United H
2–0
29,300
Mikloško (own goal), Sturridge
14 December 1997
Bolton Wanderers A
3–3
23,037
Eranio , Baiano (2)
17 December 1997
Newcastle United A
0–0
36,289
20 December 1997
Crystal Palace H
0–0
26,590
26 December 1997
Newcastle United H
1–0
30,232
Eranio (pen)
28 December 1997
Barnsley A
0–1
18,686
11 January 1998
Blackburn Rovers H
3–1
27,823
Sturridge (2), Wanchope
17 January 1998
Wimbledon A
0–0
13,031
31 January 1998
Tottenham Hotspur H
2–1
30,187
Sturridge , Wanchope
7 February 1998
Aston Villa H
0–1
30,251
14 February 1998
Everton A
2–1
34,876
Štimac , Wanchope
21 February 1998
Manchester United A
0–2
55,170
28 February 1998
Sheffield Wednesday H
3–0
30,203
Wanchope (2), Rowett
15 March 1998
Leeds United H
0–5
30,217
28 March 1998
Coventry City A
0–1
18,705
5 April 1998
Chelsea H
0–1
30,062
11 April 1998
West Ham United A
0–0
25,155
13 April 1998
Bolton Wanderers H
4–0
29,126
Wanchope , Burton (2), Baiano
18 April 1998
Crystal Palace A
1–3
18,101
Bohinen
26 April 1998
Leicester City H
0–4
29,855
29 April 1998
Arsenal A
0–1
38,121
2 May 1998
Southampton A
2–0
15,202
Dailly , Sturridge
10 May 1998
Liverpool H
1–0
30,492
Wanchope
Squad at end of season [ 2] [ 3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
^ Powell was born in Lambeth , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
^ Delap was born in Sutton Coldfield , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1998.
^ Carsley was born in Birmingham , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Ireland in October 1997.
^ Burton was born in Reading , England , but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
^ Trollope was born in Swindon , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997.
£6,000,000
£3,535,000
