1997–98 FA Premier League

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The 1997–98 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the FA Premier League. It saw Arsenal lift their first league title since 1991<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and, in so doing, became only the second team to win The Double for the second time.

It was Arsenal's first full season under French manager Arsène Wenger, who became the third manager to win the Premier League. Wenger followed in the footsteps of Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish and, while both Ferguson and Dalglish were Scottish, Wenger was the first manager from outside the British Isles to win a league title in England.

Season summary

At the end of the 1997–98 FA Premier League season, a record total of nine English teams qualified for European competition.

Premiership champions Arsenal and runners-up Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, while UEFA Cup places went to Liverpool, Leeds United, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Qualifying for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup were Chelsea (as defending champions) and FA Cup runners-up Newcastle United. Crystal Palace, while finishing bottom, qualified for the Intertoto Cup.<ref name="1997-98 tables">League tables and results for English football leagues, 1997–98 season. Retrieved 21 September 2006.</ref>

Manchester United led the table for most of the season, before a dip in form during the final two months of the campaign saw Arsenal overtake them in April, taking advantage of games in hand, and winning the league title with two away matches remaining, although the gap between the champions and runners-up was a single point in the final table as Arsenal lost their final two away fixtures and Alex Ferguson’s men won both of theirs. Arsenal then completed the double by winning the FA Cup. Despite the sudden dismissal of FA Cup-winning player-manager Ruud Gullit, Chelsea won the League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup under new player-manager Gianluca Vialli.

The gap between the Premier League and Division One of the Football League was highlighted at the end of 1997–98 when all three newly promoted teams were relegated. Crystal Palace was confined to the bottom place in the final table, having won just two home games all season and losing most of their games in the second half of the campaign. Barnsley's first season in the top division ended in relegation, although they did reach the FA Cup quarter finals and knocked out Manchester United in the Fifth Round. Bolton Wanderers went down on goal difference, with 17th place being occupied by Everton: despite preserving top-flight football for the 45th season running, Howard Kendall quit as manager at Goodison Park after his third spell in charge.

Another mark of the gap was that the three relegated teams in the previous season took the top three places in the 1997–98 Football League. Had Sunderland not lost the play-off final to Charlton Athletic on a penalty shootout, the 20 teams from the 1998–99 Premier League would have been exactly the same as those in the 1996–97 Premier League.

Teams

Twenty teams are competing in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Bolton Wanderers (returning after a season's absence), Barnsley (playing in the top flight for the first time) and Crystal Palace (playing in the top flight after a two year absence). They replaced Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest, who were relegated to the First Division after top flight spells of one, two and three years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London Template:Small Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 42,573
Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,287
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Reebok Stadium 28,723
Chelsea London Template:Small Stamford Bridge 42,055
Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489
Crystal Palace London Template:Small Selhurst Park 26,074
Derby County Derby Pride Park StadiumTemplate:Efn 33,597
Everton Liverpool Template:Small Goodison Park 40,569
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,242
Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street 22,000
Liverpool Liverpool Template:Small Anfield 45,522
Manchester United Manchester Old Trafford 55,385
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 52,387
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Hillsborough Stadium 39,732
Southampton Southampton The Dell 15,200
Tottenham Hotspur London Template:Small White Hart Lane 36,240
West Ham United London Template:Small Boleyn Ground 35,647
Wimbledon London Template:Small Selhurst ParkTemplate:Efn 26,074

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Personnel and kits

A list of personnel and kits of the clubs in the 1997–98 FA Premier League.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Template:Flagicon Arsène Wenger Template:Flagicon Tony Adams Nike JVC
Aston Villa Template:Flagicon John Gregory Template:Flagicon Gareth Southgate Reebok AST
Barnsley Template:Flagicon Danny Wilson Template:Flagicon Neil Redfearn Admiral Ora
Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Roy Hodgson Template:Flagicon Tim Sherwood Asics CIS
Bolton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Colin Todd Template:Flagicon Guðni Bergsson Reebok Reebok
Chelsea Template:Flagicon Gianluca Vialli Template:Flagicon Dennis Wise Umbro Autoglass
Coventry City Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan Template:Flagicon Gary McAllister Le Coq Sportif Subaru
Crystal Palace Template:Flagicon Ron Noades
Template:Flagicon Ray Lewington (caretakers)
Template:Flagicon Andy Linighan Adidas TDK
Derby County Template:Flagicon Jim Smith Template:Flagicon Igor Štimac Puma Puma
Everton Template:Flagicon Howard Kendall Template:Flagicon Dave Watson Umbro One2One
Leeds United Template:Flagicon George Graham Template:Flagicon Lucas Radebe Puma Packard Bell
Leicester City Template:Flagicon Martin O'Neill Template:Flagicon Steve Walsh Fox Leisure Walkers
Liverpool Template:Flagicon Roy Evans Template:Flagicon Paul Ince Reebok Carlsberg
Manchester United Template:Flagicon Alex Ferguson Template:Flagicon Roy Keane Umbro Sharp
Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Kenny Dalglish Template:Flagicon Robert Lee Adidas Newcastle Brown Ale
Sheffield Wednesday Template:Flagicon Ron Atkinson Template:Flagicon Peter Atherton Puma Sanderson
Southampton Template:Flagicon Dave Jones Template:Flagicon Matt Le Tissier Pony Sanderson
Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Christian Gross Template:Flagicon Gary Mabbutt Pony Hewlett-Packard
West Ham United Template:Flagicon Harry Redknapp Template:Flagicon Steve Lomas Pony (no sponsor)
Wimbledon Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear Template:Flagicon Robbie Earle Lotto Elonex

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Nottingham Forest Template:Flagicon Stuart Pearce End of caretaker spell 8 May 1997 Pre-season Template:Flagicon Dave Bassett 8 May 1997
Everton Template:Flagicon Dave Watson 10 May 1997 Template:Flagicon Howard Kendall 10 May 1997
Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Tony Parkes 1 June 1997 Template:Flagicon Roy Hodgson 1 June 1997
Southampton Template:Flagicon Graeme Souness Resigned Template:Flagicon Dave Jones 23 June 1997
Sheffield Wednesday Template:Flagicon David Pleat Sacked 3 November 1997<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 20th Template:Flagicon Peter Shreeves (caretaker) 3 November 1997
Template:Flagicon Peter Shreeves (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 14 November 1997 19th Template:Flagicon Ron Atkinson (caretaker) 14 November 1997
Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Gerry Francis Resigned 19 November 1997 16th Template:Flagicon Christian Gross 19 November 1997
Chelsea Template:Flagicon Ruud Gullit Sacked 12 February 1998 2nd Template:Flagicon Gianluca Vialli 12 February 1998
Aston Villa Template:Flagicon Brian Little Resigned 24 February 1998 15th Template:Flagicon John Gregory 25 February 1998
Crystal Palace Template:Flagicon Steve Coppell Promoted to director of football 13 March 1998 20th Template:Flagicon Attilio Lombardo (caretaker)Template:Efn 13 March 1998
Template:Flagicon Attilio Lombardo Resigned 29 April 1998 Template:Flagicon Ron Noades
Template:Flagicon Ray Lewington (caretakers)Template:Efn
29 April 1998

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League table

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Results

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|name_ARS=Arsenal |match_ARS_AVL=0–0 |match_ARS_BAR=5–0 |match_ARS_BLB=1–3 |match_ARS_BOL=4–1 |match_ARS_CHE=2–0 |match_ARS_COV=2–0 |match_ARS_CRY=1–0 |match_ARS_DER=1–0 |match_ARS_EVE=4–0 |match_ARS_LEE=2–1 |match_ARS_LEI=2–1 |match_ARS_LIV=0–1 |match_ARS_MUN=3–2 |match_ARS_NEW=3–1 |match_ARS_SHW=1–0 |match_ARS_SOU=3–0 |match_ARS_TOT=0–0 |match_ARS_WHU=4–0 |match_ARS_WIM=5–0

|name_AVL=Aston Villa |match_AVL_ARS=1–0 |match_AVL_BAR=0–1 |match_AVL_BLB=0–4 |match_AVL_BOL=1–3 |match_AVL_CHE=0–2 |match_AVL_COV=3–0 |match_AVL_CRY=3–1 |match_AVL_DER=2–1 |match_AVL_EVE=2–1 |match_AVL_LEE=1–0 |match_AVL_LEI=1–1 |match_AVL_LIV=2–1 |match_AVL_MUN=0–2 |match_AVL_NEW=0–1 |match_AVL_SHW=2–2 |match_AVL_SOU=1–1 |match_AVL_TOT=4–1 |match_AVL_WHU=2–0 |match_AVL_WIM=1–2

|name_BAR=Barnsley |match_BAR_ARS=0–2 |match_BAR_AVL=0–3 |match_BAR_BLB=1–1 |match_BAR_BOL=2–1 |match_BAR_CHE=0–6 |match_BAR_COV=2–0 |match_BAR_CRY=1–0 |match_BAR_DER=1–0 |match_BAR_EVE=2–2 |match_BAR_LEE=2–3 |match_BAR_LEI=0–2 |match_BAR_LIV=2–3 |match_BAR_MUN=0–2 |match_BAR_NEW=2–2 |match_BAR_SHW=2–1 |match_BAR_SOU=4–3 |match_BAR_TOT=1–1 |match_BAR_WHU=1–2 |match_BAR_WIM=2–1

|name_BLB=Blackburn Rovers |match_BLB_ARS=1–4 |match_BLB_AVL=5–0 |match_BLB_BAR=2–1 |match_BLB_BOL=3–1 |match_BLB_CHE=1–0 |match_BLB_COV=0–0 |match_BLB_CRY=2–2 |match_BLB_DER=1–0 |match_BLB_EVE=3–2 |match_BLB_LEE=3–4 |match_BLB_LEI=5–3 |match_BLB_LIV=1–1 |match_BLB_MUN=1–3 |match_BLB_NEW=1–0 |match_BLB_SHW=7–2 |match_BLB_SOU=1–0 |match_BLB_TOT=0–3 |match_BLB_WHU=3–0 |match_BLB_WIM=0–0

|name_BOL=Bolton Wanderers |match_BOL_ARS=0–1 |match_BOL_AVL=0–1 |match_BOL_BAR=1–1 |match_BOL_BLB=2–1 |match_BOL_CHE=1–0 |match_BOL_COV=1–5 |match_BOL_CRY=5–2 |match_BOL_DER=3–3 |match_BOL_EVE=0–0 |match_BOL_LEE=2–3 |match_BOL_LEI=2–0 |match_BOL_LIV=1–1 |match_BOL_MUN=0–0 |match_BOL_NEW=1–0 |match_BOL_SHW=3–2 |match_BOL_SOU=0–0 |match_BOL_TOT=1–1 |match_BOL_WHU=1–1 |match_BOL_WIM=1–0

|name_CHE=Chelsea |match_CHE_ARS=2–3 |match_CHE_AVL=0–1 |match_CHE_BAR=2–0 |match_CHE_BLB=0–1 |match_CHE_BOL=2–0 |match_CHE_COV=3–1 |match_CHE_CRY=6–2 |match_CHE_DER=4–0 |match_CHE_EVE=2–0 |match_CHE_LEE=0–0 |match_CHE_LEI=1–0 |match_CHE_LIV=4–1 |match_CHE_MUN=0–1 |match_CHE_NEW=1–0 |match_CHE_SHW=1–0 |match_CHE_SOU=4–2 |match_CHE_TOT=2–0 |match_CHE_WHU=2–1 |match_CHE_WIM=1–1

|name_COV=Coventry City |match_COV_ARS=2–2 |match_COV_AVL=1–2 |match_COV_BAR=1–0 |match_COV_BLB=2–0 |match_COV_BOL=2–2 |match_COV_CHE=3–2 |match_COV_CRY=1–1 |match_COV_DER=1–0 |match_COV_EVE=0–0 |match_COV_LEE=0–0 |match_COV_LEI=0–2 |match_COV_LIV=1–1 |match_COV_MUN=3–2 |match_COV_NEW=2–2 |match_COV_SHW=1–0 |match_COV_SOU=1–0 |match_COV_TOT=4–0 |match_COV_WHU=1–1 |match_COV_WIM=0–0

|name_CRY=Crystal Palace |match_CRY_ARS=0–0 |match_CRY_AVL=1–1 |match_CRY_BAR=0–1 |match_CRY_BLB=1–2 |match_CRY_BOL=2–2 |match_CRY_CHE=0–3 |match_CRY_COV=0–3 |match_CRY_DER=3–1 |match_CRY_EVE=1–3 |match_CRY_LEE=0–2 |match_CRY_LEI=0–3 |match_CRY_LIV=0–3 |match_CRY_MUN=0–3 |match_CRY_NEW=1–2 |match_CRY_SHW=1–0 |match_CRY_SOU=1–1 |match_CRY_TOT=1–3 |match_CRY_WHU=3–3 |match_CRY_WIM=0–3

|name_DER=Derby County |match_DER_ARS=3–0 |match_DER_AVL=0–1 |match_DER_BAR=1–0 |match_DER_BLB=3–1 |match_DER_BOL=4–0 |match_DER_CHE=0–1 |match_DER_COV=3–1 |match_DER_CRY=0–0 |match_DER_EVE=3–1 |match_DER_LEE=0–5 |match_DER_LEI=0–4 |match_DER_LIV=1–0 |match_DER_MUN=2–2 |match_DER_NEW=1–0 |match_DER_SHW=3–0 |match_DER_SOU=4–0 |match_DER_TOT=2–1 |match_DER_WHU=2–0 |match_DER_WIM=1–1

|name_EVE=Everton |match_EVE_ARS=2–2 |match_EVE_AVL=1–4 |match_EVE_BAR=4–2 |match_EVE_BLB=1–0 |match_EVE_BOL=3–2 |match_EVE_CHE=3–1 |match_EVE_COV=1–1 |match_EVE_CRY=1–2 |match_EVE_DER=1–2 |match_EVE_LEE=2–0 |match_EVE_LEI=1–1 |match_EVE_LIV=2–0 |match_EVE_MUN=0–2 |match_EVE_NEW=0–0 |match_EVE_SHW=1–3 |match_EVE_SOU=0–2 |match_EVE_TOT=0–2 |match_EVE_WHU=2–1 |match_EVE_WIM=0–0

|name_LEE=Leeds United |match_LEE_ARS=1–1 |match_LEE_AVL=1–1 |match_LEE_BAR=2–1 |match_LEE_BLB=4–0 |match_LEE_BOL=2–0 |match_LEE_CHE=3–1 |match_LEE_COV=3–3 |match_LEE_CRY=0–2 |match_LEE_DER=4–3 |match_LEE_EVE=0–0 |match_LEE_LEI=0–1 |match_LEE_LIV=0–2 |match_LEE_MUN=1–0 |match_LEE_NEW=4–1 |match_LEE_SHW=1–2 |match_LEE_SOU=0–1 |match_LEE_TOT=1–0 |match_LEE_WHU=3–1 |match_LEE_WIM=1–1

|name_LEI=Leicester City |match_LEI_ARS=3–3 |match_LEI_AVL=1–0 |match_LEI_BAR=1–0 |match_LEI_BLB=1–1 |match_LEI_BOL=0–0 |match_LEI_CHE=2–0 |match_LEI_COV=1–1 |match_LEI_CRY=1–1 |match_LEI_DER=1–2 |match_LEI_EVE=0–1 |match_LEI_LEE=1–0 |match_LEI_LIV=0–0 |match_LEI_MUN=0–0 |match_LEI_NEW=0–0 |match_LEI_SHW=1–1 |match_LEI_SOU=3–3 |match_LEI_TOT=3–0 |match_LEI_WHU=2–1 |match_LEI_WIM=0–1

|name_LIV=Liverpool |match_LIV_ARS=4–0 |match_LIV_AVL=3–0 |match_LIV_BAR=0–1 |match_LIV_BLB=0–0 |match_LIV_BOL=2–1 |match_LIV_CHE=4–2 |match_LIV_COV=1–0 |match_LIV_CRY=2–1 |match_LIV_DER=4–0 |match_LIV_EVE=1–1 |match_LIV_LEE=3–1 |match_LIV_LEI=1–2 |match_LIV_MUN=1–3 |match_LIV_NEW=1–0 |match_LIV_SHW=2–1 |match_LIV_SOU=2–3 |match_LIV_TOT=4–0 |match_LIV_WHU=5–0 |match_LIV_WIM=2–0

|name_MUN=Manchester United |match_MUN_ARS=0–1 |match_MUN_AVL=1–0 |match_MUN_BAR=7–0 |match_MUN_BLB=4–0 |match_MUN_BOL=1–1 |match_MUN_CHE=2–2 |match_MUN_COV=3–0 |match_MUN_CRY=2–0 |match_MUN_DER=2–0 |match_MUN_EVE=2–0 |match_MUN_LEE=3–0 |match_MUN_LEI=0–1 |match_MUN_LIV=1–1 |match_MUN_NEW=1–1 |match_MUN_SHW=6–1 |match_MUN_SOU=1–0 |match_MUN_TOT=2–0 |match_MUN_WHU=2–1 |match_MUN_WIM=2–0

|name_NEW=Newcastle United |match_NEW_ARS=0–1 |match_NEW_AVL=1–0 |match_NEW_BAR=2–1 |match_NEW_BLB=1–1 |match_NEW_BOL=2–1 |match_NEW_CHE=3–1 |match_NEW_COV=0–0 |match_NEW_CRY=1–2 |match_NEW_DER=0–0 |match_NEW_EVE=1–0 |match_NEW_LEE=1–1 |match_NEW_LEI=3–3 |match_NEW_LIV=1–2 |match_NEW_MUN=0–1 |match_NEW_SHW=2–1 |match_NEW_SOU=2–1 |match_NEW_TOT=1–0 |match_NEW_WHU=0–1 |match_NEW_WIM=1–3

|name_SHW=Sheffield Wednesday |match_SHW_ARS=2–0 |match_SHW_AVL=1–3 |match_SHW_BAR=2–1 |match_SHW_BLB=0–0 |match_SHW_BOL=5–0 |match_SHW_CHE=1–4 |match_SHW_COV=0–0 |match_SHW_CRY=1–3 |match_SHW_DER=2–5 |match_SHW_EVE=3–1 |match_SHW_LEE=1–3 |match_SHW_LEI=1–0 |match_SHW_LIV=3–3 |match_SHW_MUN=2–0 |match_SHW_NEW=2–1 |match_SHW_SOU=1–0 |match_SHW_TOT=1–0 |match_SHW_WHU=1–1 |match_SHW_WIM=1–1

|name_SOU=Southampton |match_SOU_ARS=1–3 |match_SOU_AVL=1–2 |match_SOU_BAR=4–1 |match_SOU_BLB=3–0 |match_SOU_BOL=0–1 |match_SOU_CHE=1–0 |match_SOU_COV=1–2 |match_SOU_CRY=1–0 |match_SOU_DER=0–2 |match_SOU_EVE=2–1 |match_SOU_LEE=0–2 |match_SOU_LEI=2–1 |match_SOU_LIV=1–1 |match_SOU_MUN=1–0 |match_SOU_NEW=2–1 |match_SOU_SHW=2–3 |match_SOU_TOT=3–2 |match_SOU_WHU=3–0 |match_SOU_WIM=0–1

|name_TOT=Tottenham Hotspur |match_TOT_ARS=1–1 |match_TOT_AVL=3–2 |match_TOT_BAR=3–0 |match_TOT_BLB=0–0 |match_TOT_BOL=1–0 |match_TOT_CHE=1–6 |match_TOT_COV=1–1 |match_TOT_CRY=0–1 |match_TOT_DER=1–0 |match_TOT_EVE=1–1 |match_TOT_LEE=0–1 |match_TOT_LEI=1–1 |match_TOT_LIV=3–3 |match_TOT_MUN=0–2 |match_TOT_NEW=2–0 |match_TOT_SHW=3–2 |match_TOT_SOU=1–1 |match_TOT_WHU=1–0 |match_TOT_WIM=0–0

|name_WHU=West Ham United |match_WHU_ARS=0–0 |match_WHU_AVL=2–1 |match_WHU_BAR=6–0 |match_WHU_BLB=2–1 |match_WHU_BOL=3–0 |match_WHU_CHE=2–1 |match_WHU_COV=1–0 |match_WHU_CRY=4–1 |match_WHU_DER=0–0 |match_WHU_EVE=2–2 |match_WHU_LEE=3–0 |match_WHU_LEI=4–3 |match_WHU_LIV=2–1 |match_WHU_MUN=1–1 |match_WHU_NEW=0–1 |match_WHU_SHW=1–0 |match_WHU_SOU=2–4 |match_WHU_TOT=2–1 |match_WHU_WIM=3–1

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Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

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Liverpool's Michael Owen was the joint top scorer, with 18 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Dion Dublin Coventry City 18
Template:Flagicon Michael Owen Liverpool
Template:Flagicon Chris Sutton Blackburn Rovers
4 Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal 16
Template:Flagicon Kevin Gallacher Blackburn Rovers
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Leeds United
7 Template:Flagicon Andy Cole Manchester United 15
Template:Flagicon John Hartson West Ham United
9 Template:Flagicon Darren Huckerby Coventry City 14
10 Template:Flagicon Paulo Wanchope Derby County 13

Hat-tricks

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Note: 4 Player scored 4 goals; P Player scored a perfect hat-trick; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Template:Flagicon Roy Hodgson Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal
September Template:Flagicon Martin O'Neill Leicester City
October Template:Flagicon Alex Ferguson Manchester United Template:Flagicon Paulo Wanchope Derby County
November Template:Flagicon George Graham Leeds United Template:Flagicon Andy Cole
Template:Flagicon Kevin Davies
Manchester United
Southampton
December Template:Flagicon Roy Hodgson Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon Steve McManaman Liverpool
January Template:Flagicon Howard Kendall Everton Template:Flagicon Dion Dublin Coventry City
February Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan Coventry City Template:Flagicon Chris Sutton Blackburn Rovers
March Template:Flagicon Arsène Wenger Arsenal Template:Flagicon Alex Manninger Arsenal
April Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Petit Arsenal

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Premier League Manager of the Season Template:Flagicon Arsène Wenger<ref name="Premier League seasonal awards">"Seasonal Awards 1997/98" Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 21 September 2006.</ref> Arsenal
Premier League Player of the Season Template:Flagicon Michael Owen<ref name="Premier League seasonal awards" /> Liverpool
PFA Players' Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp<ref>"England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.</ref> Arsenal
PFA Young Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Michael Owen<ref>"England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Young Players of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.</ref> Liverpool
FWA Footballer of the Year Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp<ref>"England Player Honours – Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year". Retrieved 21 September 2006.</ref> Arsenal
PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Template:Flagicon Nigel Martyn (Leeds United)
Defence Template:Flagicon Gary Neville (Manchester United) Template:Flagicon Gary Pallister (Manchester United) Template:Flagicon Colin Hendry (Blackburn Rovers) Template:Flagicon Graeme Le Saux (Chelsea)
Midfield Template:Flagicon David Beckham (Manchester United) Template:Flagicon Nicky Butt (Manchester United) Template:Flagicon David Batty (Newcastle United) Template:Flagicon Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Attack Template:Flagicon Michael Owen (Liverpool) Template:Flagicon Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)

See also

References and notes

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