1997 Oldham Bears season

The 1997 Oldham Bears season was the 102nd season in the club's rugby league history and the second season in the Super League. The Oldham Bears competed in Super League II and finished bottom of the league in 12th place, relegating them to the Northern Ford Premiership. Following their relegation, the club went into liquidation in October 1997, with debts of over £1 million.

1997 Oldham Bears season
Super League II Rank12th (relegated)
Play-off resultPremiership Trophy preliminary
Challenge CupQuarter final
1997 recordWins: 6; draws: 1; losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 559; against: 731
Team information
CoachAndy Goodway (until April)
Bob Lindner (May onwards)
StadiumBoundary Park
← 1996 List of seasons

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Relegation
1   Bradford Bulls (C) 22 20 0 2 769 397 +372 40
2   London Broncos 22 15 3 4 616 418 +198 33
3   St Helens 22 14 1 7 592 506 +86 29
4   Wigan 22 14 0 8 683 398 +285 28
5   Leeds Rhinos 22 13 1 8 544 463 +81 27
6   Salford Reds 22 11 0 11 428 495 −67 22
7   Halifax Blue Sox 22 8 2 12 524 549 −25 18
8   Sheffield Eagles 22 9 0 13 415 574 −159 18
9   Warrington Wolves 22 8 0 14 437 647 −210 16
10   Castleford Tigers 22 5 2 15 334 515 −181 12
11   Paris Saint-Germain 22 6 0 16 362 572 −210 12
12   Oldham Bears (R) 22 4 1 17 461 631 −170 9 Relegated to Division One
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Squad

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No[1] Player
1 Paul Atcheson
2 Scott Ranson
3 Darren Abram
4 Paul Topping
5 Rob Myler
6 Francis Maloney
7 Martin Crompton
8 Ian Gildart
9 John Clarke
10 Jason Temu
11 Gary Lord
12 Joe Faimalo
14 Matt Munro
15 Paul Davidson
16 Howard Hill
17 David Jones
18 Mike Neal
19 Chris McKinney
20 Afi Leuila
21 Jim Cowan
22 Vince Fawcett
23 Brett Goldspink
25 Paul Deacon
26 Luke Goodwin
27 David Stephenson
31 Ian Russell

References

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  1. ^ Bailey, Richard; Webb, Matthew. "Oldham Bears". rugby-league-world.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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