1997–98 Bury F.C. season


During the 1997–98 English football season, Bury F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, newly promoted Bury were battling against relegation for most of the campaign and were destined to be heading straight back down by the beginning of February where they sat in the bottom three with only 4 wins from 30 games, but from then on Bury went on an amazing nine game unbeaten run and winning 7 in their final 16 league games to secure survival against the odds.

Final league table

Results

Bury's score comes first

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998Sheffield UnitedA1–114,009Gray
R3R13 January 1998Sheffield UnitedH1–24,920Gray

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg12 August 1997Crewe AlexandraA3–22,618Armstrong, Jepson, Johnson
R1 Second Leg26 August 1997Crewe AlexandraH3–3 3,296Gray, Johnson, Battersby
R2 First Leg16 September 1997SunderlandA1–218,775Daws
R2 Second Leg23 September 1997SunderlandH1–2 3,928Johnson

Squad