During the 1997–98 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League, FA Cup, and Football League Cup.
Season summary Despite the pre-season capture of Newcastle stars David Ginola and Les Ferdinand, Tottenham Hotspur began the season badly and looked nothing like a side who were hoping to challenge for a European place. By the time Gerry Francis resigned in November, Spurs were in the relegation zone and chairman Alan Sugar was the target of more hostility than ever before. Swiss coach Christian Gross was named as Francis's successor, and soon after arriving he brought in former Spurs star Jürgen Klinsmann - who had been so successful and popular during his first spell three seasons earlier.
In the end, Tottenham beat the drop and finished 14th in the final table. Klinsmann retired from playing, to draw the curtain on a brilliant career.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results Tottenham Hotspur's score comes firstSoccerbase: 1997-98 Tottenham Hotspur results
Legend WinDrawLoss
FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 1997 Manchester UnitedH0–226,359 13 August 1997 West Ham UnitedA1–225,354Ferdinand 23 August 1997 Derby CountyH1–025,886Calderwood 27 August 1997 Aston VillaH3–226,317Ferdinand (2), Fox 30 August 1997 ArsenalA0–038,102 13 September 1997 Leicester CityA0–320,683 20 September 1997 Blackburn RoversH0–026,573 23 September 1997 Bolton WanderersA1–123,433Armstrong 27 September 1997 WimbledonH0–026,261 4 October 1997 Newcastle UnitedA0–136,709 19 October 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH3–225,097Dominguez, Armstrong, Ginola 25 October 1997 SouthamptonA2–315,255Dominguez, Ginola 1 November 1997 Leeds UnitedH0–126,441 8 November 1997 LiverpoolA0–438,006 24 November 1997 Crystal PalaceH0–125,634 29 November 1997 EvertonA2–036,670Vega, Ginola 6 December 1997 ChelseaH1–628,476Vega 13 December 1997 Coventry CityA0–419,499 20 December 1997 BarnsleyH3–028,232Nielsen (2), Ginola 26 December 1997 Aston VillaA1–438,644Calderwood 28 December 1997 ArsenalH1–129,610Nielsen 10 January 1998 Manchester UnitedA0–255,281 17 January 1998 West Ham UnitedH1–030,284Klinsmann 31 January 1998 Derby CountyA1–230,187Fox 7 February 1998 Blackburn RoversA3–030,388Berti, Armstrong, Fox 14 February 1998 Leicester CityH1–128,355Calderwood 21 February 1998 Sheffield WednesdayA0–129,871 1 March 1998 Bolton WanderersH1–029,032Nielsen 4 March 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–131,394 14 March 1998 LiverpoolH3–330,245Klinsmann, Ginola, Vega 28 March 1998 Crystal PalaceA3–126,116Berti, Armstrong, Klinsmann 4 April 1998 EvertonH1–135,624Armstrong 11 April 1998 ChelseaA0–234,149 13 April 1998 Coventry CityH1–133,463Berti 18 April 1998 BarnsleyA1–118,692Calderwood 25 April 1998 Newcastle UnitedH2–035,847Klinsmann, Ferdinand 2 May 1998 WimbledonA6–225,820Ferdinand, Klinsmann (4), Saïb 10 May 1998 SouthamptonH1–135,995Klinsmann
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 1998 FulhamH3–127,909Clemence, Calderwood, Taylor (own goal)R424 January 1998 BarnsleyH1–128,722CampbellR4R4 February 1998 BarnsleyA1–318,220Ginola
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 17 September 1997 Carlisle UnitedH3–219,255Fenn, Fox, MahornR2 2nd Leg 30 September 1997 Carlisle UnitedA2–0 (won 5–2 on agg)13,571Ginola (pen), ArmstrongR315 October 1997 Derby CountyH1–220,390Ginola
Squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In DatePosNameFromFee15 July 1997MF David GinolaNewcastle United£2,000,00028 July 1997FW Les Ferdinand Newcastle United£6,000,0008 August 1997MF José Dominguez Sporting CP£1,600,00028 December 1997FW Jürgen Klinsmann SampdoriaFree transfer8 January 1998MF Nicola Berti Inter MilanFree transfer30 January 1998GK Frode Grodås Chelsea£250,00023 February 1998MF Moussa Saïb Valencia£2,300,000
Out DatePosNameToFee27 June 1997FW Teddy Sheringham Manchester United£3,500,0001 August 1997MF Simon Wormull BrentfordFree transfer10 August 1997FW Ronny Rosenthal WatfordFree transfer19 September 1997DF Leon Townley Brentford£55,00023 January 1998MF Kevin Maher Southend UnitedFree transfer13 March 1998DF Jamie Clapham Ipswich Town£300,00020 March 1998FW Paul Mahorn Port ValeNon-contract
Transfers in: £12,150,000 Transfers out: £3,855,000 Total spending: £8,295,000
Statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total1 MF 14 David Ginola 6 1 2 9 FW 33 Jürgen Klinsmann 9 0 0 93 FW 11 Chris Armstrong 5 0 1 64 DF 5 Colin Calderwood 4 1 0 5 FW 10 Les Ferdinand 5 0 0 56 MF 7 Ruel Fox 3 0 1 47 MF 8 Allan Nielsen 3 0 0 3 DF 15 Ramon Vega 3 0 0 3 MF 35 Nicola Berti 3 0 0 310 MF 20 José Dominguez 2 0 0 211 DF 23 Sol Campbell 0 1 0 1 FW 24 Neale Fenn 0 0 1 1 MF 25 Stephen Clemence 0 1 0 1 FW 30 Paul Mahorn 0 0 1 1 MF 34 Moussa Saib 1 0 0 1TOTALS444654
Clean sheets
PlayerFA Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 1 Ian Walker 7 0 1 82 13 Espen Baardsen 3 1 0 4TOTALS101112
Notes
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