Leeds United: Season 1997 - 1998: Premier League

Final League Position

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Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
5	38	9	5	5	31	21	8	3	8	26	25	59

Take a look at what we thought of this season in the end of season poll.

Player of the Month

Month	Winner	Votes	Runner-Up	Votes	3rd Place	Votes
May	Lucas Radebe	5	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	5	Harry Kewell	4
April	Jimmy Hasselbaink	34	Harry Kewell	15	Lucas Radebe	3
March	Harry Kewell	24	Jimmy Hasselbaink	17	Robert Molenaar	9
February	Jimmy Hasselbaink	17	Bruno Ribeiro	12	Harry Kewell	10
January	Jimmy Hasselbaink	33	Harry Kewell	13	Lucas Radebe	4
December	David Wetherall	7	Bruno Ribeiro	6	Lucas Radebe	6
November	Harry Kewell	18	Lucas Radebe	10	Jimmy Hasselbaink	10
October	Lucas Radebe	17	Harry Kewell	16	Rod Wallace	11
September	Lucas Radebe	14	Rod Wallace	10	David Wetherall	4
August	Lucas Radebe	11	Bruno Ribeiro	2	Jimmy Hasselbaink	1

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The Games

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Date	Opponents	Result	Crowd	Points	Position	Scorers
09/08/1997	Arsenal (H)	1 - 1	37993	1	-	Hasselbaink
13/08/1997	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	3 - 1	31520	4	5	Ribeiro, Rod Wallace, Rod Wallace
23/08/1997	Crystal Palace (H)	0 - 2	29076	4	9	-
26/08/1997	Liverpool (H)	0 - 2	39775	4	11	-
30/08/1997	Aston Villa (A)	0 - 1	39027	4	14	-
14/09/1997	Blackburn Rovers (A)	4 - 3	21956	7	9	Hopkin, Molenaar, Rod Wallace, Rod Wallace
17/09/1997	Bristol City (LCR2-1) (H)	3 - 1	8806	-	-	Ribeiro, Wetherall, Hasselbaink (pen)
20/09/1997	Leicester City (H)	0 - 1	29620	7	14	-
24/09/1997	Southampton (A)	2 - 0	15102	10	8	Molenaar, Rod Wallace
27/09/1997	Manchester United (H)	1 - 0	39952	13	6	Wetherall
30/09/1997	Bristol City (LCR2-2) (A)	1 - 2	10857	-	-	Hasselbaink
04/10/1997	Coventry City (A)	0 - 0	17770	14	7	-
15/10/1997	Stoke City (LCR3) (A)	3 - 1	16203	-	-	Kewell, Rod Wallace, Rod Wallace
18/10/1997	Newcastle United (H)	4 - 1	39834	17	6	OG, Kewell, Ribeiro, Wetherall
25/10/1997	Wimbledon (A)	0 - 1	15718	17	8	-
01/11/1997	Tottenham Hotspur (A)	1 - 0	26441	20	7	Rod Wallace
08/11/1997	Derby County (H)	4 - 3	33572	23	4	Bowyer, Kewell, Hasselbaink (pen), Rod Wallace
18/11/1997	Reading (LCR4) (H)	2 - 3	15069	-	-	Bowyer, Wetherall
23/11/1997	West Ham United (H)	3 - 1	30031	26	4	Haaland, Hasselbaink, Hasselbaink
29/11/1997	Barnsley (A)	3 - 2	18690	29	4	Lilley, Haaland, Rod Wallace
06/12/1997	Everton (H)	0 - 0	34869	30	5	-
13/12/1997	Chelsea (A)	0 - 0	34690	31	4	-
20/12/1997	Bolton Wanderers (H)	2 - 0	31163	34	4	Ribeiro, Hasselbaink
26/12/1997	Liverpool (A)	1 - 3	43854	34	5	Haaland
28/12/1997	Aston Villa (H)	1 - 1	36287	35	5	Hasselbaink
03/01/1998	Oxford United (FACR3) (H)	4 - 0	20568	-	-	Kewell, Kewell, Radebe, Hasselbaink (pen)
10/01/1998	Arsenal (A)	1 - 2	38018	35	6	Hasselbaink
17/01/1998	Sheffield Wednesday (H)	1 - 2	33166	35	7	OG
24/01/1998	Grimsby Town (FACR4) (H)	2 - 0	29598	-	-	Molenaar, Hasselbaink
31/01/1998	Crystal Palace (A)	2 - 0	25248	38	7	Hasselbaink, Rod Wallace
07/02/1998	Leicester City (A)	0 - 1	21244	38	7	-
14/02/1998	Birmingham City (FACR5) (H)	3 - 2	35463	-	-	Hasselbaink, Hasselbaink, Rod Wallace
22/02/1998	Newcastle United (A)	1 - 1	36511	39	8	Rod Wallace
28/02/1998	Southampton (H)	0 - 1	28791	39	8	-
04/03/1998	Tottenham Hotspur (H)	1 - 0	31394	42	7	Kewell
07/03/1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers (FACR6) (H)	0 - 1	39902	-	-	-
11/03/1998	Blackburn Rovers (H)	4 - 0	32933	45	7	Bowyer, Haaland, Haaland, Hasselbaink
15/03/1998	Derby County (A)	5 - 0	30217	48	5	OG, Halle, Bowyer, Kewell, Hasselbaink
30/03/1998	West Ham United (A)	0 - 3	24107	48	5	-
04/04/1998	Barnsley (H)	2 - 1	37749	51	4	OG, Hasselbaink
08/04/1998	Chelsea (H)	3 - 1	37276	54	4	Wetherall, Hasselbaink, Hasselbaink
11/04/1998	Everton (A)	0 - 2	37099	54	5	-
18/04/1998	Bolton Wanderers (A)	3 - 2	25000	57	5	Halle, Haaland, Hasselbaink
25/04/1998	Coventry City (H)	3 - 3	36522	58	5	Kewell, Hasselbaink, Hasselbaink
04/05/1998	Manchester United (A)	0 - 3	55167	58	5	-
10/05/1998	Wimbledon (H)	1 - 1	38172	59	5	Haaland

The Players

	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other
Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Mark Beeney	1		0(1)		0		0		0
Lee Bowyer	21(4)	3	3		2(1)	1	0		0
Alf-Inge Haaland	26(6)	7	2		3		0		0
Gunnar Halle	31(2)	2	3		2(1)		0		0
Ian Harte	12		1(2)		0		0		0
Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink	30(3)	16	4	4	3	2	0		0
Martin Hiden	11		1		0		0		0
David Hopkin	22(3)	1	1		4		0		0
Mark Jackson	0(1)		0		0		0		0
Gary Kelly	34		3(1)		3		0		0
Harry Kewell	26(3)	5	4	2	2	1	0		0
Derek Lilley	0(13)	1	0(1)		0(3)		0		0
Nigel Martyn	37		4		4		0		0
Lee Matthews	0(3)		0		0		0		0
Alan Maybury	9(3)		2		1		0		0
Stephen McPhail	0(4)		0		0		0		0
Robert Molenaar	18(4)	2	3	1	2(1)		0		0
Lucas Radebe	26(1)		2	1	4		0		0
Bruno Ribeiro	28(1)	3	3		2(1)	1	0		0
David Robertson	24(2)		1		4		0		0
Rod Wallace	29(2)	10	4	1	4	2	0		0
David Wetherall	33(1)	3	3		4	2	0		0

Debuts

Date	Player	Opposition
09/08/97	David Robertson	Arsenal
09/08/97	Bruno Ribeiro	Arsenal
09/08/97	Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink	Arsenal
09/08/97	David Hopkin	Arsenal
09/08/97	Alf-Inge Haaland	Arsenal
31/01/98	Lee Matthews	Crystal Palace
07/02/98	Stephen McPhail	Leicester City
28/02/98	Martin Hiden	Southampton

First Goal for Leeds

Date	Player	Opposition
09/08/97	Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink	Arsenal
13/08/97	Bruno Ribeiro	Sheffield Wednesday
14/09/97	David Hopkin	Blackburn Rovers
15/10/97	Harry Kewell	Stoke City
23/11/97	Alf-Inge Haaland	West Ham United
29/11/97	Derek Lilley	Barnsley
03/01/98	Lucas Radebe	Oxford United
15/03/98	Gunnar Halle	Derby County

Transfers In/Youth Team

Player	From	Price
Jonathan Woodgate
Paul Robinson
Tommy Knarvik
Kevin Dixon
Tony Hackworth
Paul Donnelly
Damien Lynch
Gareth Evans
Kevin Evans
Warren Feeney
Alf-Inge Haaland	Nottingham Forest	£1600000
Bruno Ribeiro	Vitória Setúbal	£500000
Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink	Boavista	£2000000
David Hopkin	Crystal Palace	£3250000
David Robertson	Glasgow Rangers	£500000
Matthew Jones
Martin Hiden	Rapid Vienna	£1300000
Alan Smith

Transfers Out/Retirements

Player	To	Price
Tony Dorigo	Torino	Free
Paul Evans		Free
Tony Yeboah		£904000
Mark Ford	Burnley	£250000
Andy Couzens	Carlisle United	£100000
Brian Deane	Sheffield United	£1500000
John Pemberton	Crewe Alexandra	Free
Ian Rush	Newcastle United	Free
Carlton Palmer	Southampton	£1000000
Pierre Laurent	Bastia	£500000

Loans Out

Player	To
Andy Gray	Bury
Richard Jobson	Southend United
Jason Blunt	Raith Rovers