Those were the days....

[bassavage]

1997/1998 League Table

Nottm Forest 94
Middlesbrough 91
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Sunderland 90
Charlton 88
Ipswich 83
Sheff Utd 74
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Birmingham 74
Stockport 65
Wolverhampton 65
West Brom 61
Crewe 59
Oxford Utd 58
Bradford 57
Tranmere 56
Norwich 55
Huddersfield 53
Bury 52
Swindon 52
Port Vale 49
Portsmouth 49
QPR 49
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Man City 48
Stoke 44
READING 42

Losing 6-0 to Tranmere.
4-0 to Sheff Utd, Ipswich and Middlesborough.
5-1 to Stockport.
3-0 to Oxford.

Funnily enough 10 teams now play in League 1 or lower, 8 in the Championship and 6 in the Premiership, including 3 of the bottom 5.

Although there is only 1 non-league team.......

[midlandadie]

i can remember going to the stockport and ipswich games ipswich had just bought johnson and he tore us apart! i also remember my last game at elm park us v man city 3-0 great game ! plus i can remember all the wba, wolves brum, and stoke fans taking the piss cause my team went down!

[Forbury Lion]

Those were the days my friend
I thought they'd never end.

[floyd__streete]

Those were the days my friend
I thought they'd never end.

Thankfully they did end. Dreadful season, my first as a season ticket holder

[The 17 Bus]

Those were the days my friend
I thought they'd never end.

Thankfully they did end. Dreadful season, my first as a season ticket holder

So it was all your fault not TB1

[Ian Royal]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

[Lamberts Tipple]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

4-1 if you count the goal that the Macum fan scored against us.

[Tutti Frutti]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

4-1 if you count the goal that the Macum fan scored against us.

I still hate Chris Bart-Williams.

At least we had the cups to cheer us up that season. Especially Parky's 30 yarder against Wolves.

[RG30]

Although there is only 1 non-league team.......

How times have changed

[alad]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

That was one of those brilliant days on the Southbank.

[Dai Brainbocs]

Was that the Sunderland game when it absolutely pissed with rain? I was on the Tilehurst end and wettest I have ever been at a match. Literally can't remember anything else about the game, minor details like who won, just the soaking.

[alad]

No, the 4-0 game was played in sunshine. September/October time IIRC.

Asaba was unplayable that day. A shame he never lived upto that potential, a real waste of talent.

[PREMIERSHIP_ROYAL]

My first season how times change

[strap]

Those were the days my friend
I thought they'd never end.

Thankfully they did end. Dreadful season, my first as a season ticket holder

Mine too!

[SpaceCruiser]

No, the 4-0 game was played in sunshine. September/October time IIRC.

Asaba was unplayable that day. A shame he never lived upto that potential, a real waste of talent.

Probably because the likes of you were booing him all the time!

[From Despair To Where?]

Was that the Sunderland game when it absolutely pissed with rain? I was on the Tilehurst end and wettest I have ever been at a match. Literally can't remember anything else about the game, minor details like who won, just the soaking.

It absolutely pissed it down when we drew 3-3 with Crewe.

[Henleyensian]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

That was great!....Then we went to Sunderland on a Tuesday evening and got what was, at that time, a record crowd in the Stadium of Light of IIRC 44,000+ and lost 4-1. I remember our chants of "5-4 on aggregate".

Sunderland at that time were rather as we became, in that they had a new stadium but the team was disappointing.

[Ian Royal]

we did beat Sunderland 4-0 though

4-1 if you count the goal that the Macum fan scored against us.

I'd forotten that! twas a great game. showed we had a potentially decent team. so TB2 got rid of the good players we had and bought in a load of old Scottish shite!

[West Stand Man]

Oh yes, bring back the good old days!

(Oh, and by the way - it is Mackem not Macum)

[Henleyensian]

Oh yes, bring back the good old days!

(Oh, and by the way - it is Mackem not Macum)

Some things don't change, though. Instead of a long trip for an evening game to Sunderland, we have one to Newcastle this year!