1997–98 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season


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

Season summary

In the 1997–98 season, QPR did start the campaign brightly but in November, Houston was sacked as manager with the club in 13th place and only four points adrift from the playoff places. Ray Harford was appointed as Houston's replacement and QPR went on to struggle with only three wins at the end of the season since his appointment and only managed to avoid relegation by one point at the expense of Manchester City, Stoke City and Reading.

Final league table

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998MiddlesbroughH2–213,379Spencer, Gallen
R3R13 January 1998MiddlesbroughA0–221,817

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 First Leg12 August 1997Wolverhampton WanderersH0–28,355
R1 Second Leg27 August 1997Wolverhampton WanderersA2–1 18,398Peacock, Murray

Players

First-team squad