Football : Season Details : 1997

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Manchester United	75	6-22
2	Newcastle United	68	5-4
3	Arsenal	68	2-71
4	Liverpool	68	4-35
5	Aston Villa	61	5-9
6	Chelsea	59	7-8	FAC-W
7	Sheffield Wednesday	57	9-6
8	Wimbledon	56	1-11
9	Leicester City	47	10-1	LC-W
10	Tottenham Hotspur	46	5-19
11	Leeds United	46	6-7
12	Derby County	46	7-1
13	Blackburn Rovers	42	4-5
14	West Ham United	42	5-4
15	Everton	42	3-43
16	Southampton	41	2-19
17	Coventry City	41	1-30
18	Sunderland	40	6-1
19	Middlesbrough	39	7-2	FAC-F; LC-F
20	Nottingham Forest	34	6-3

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 3 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Leicester City 1 Middlesbrough 1 aet Leicester City 1 Middlesbrough 0 aet
FA Cup Final	Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0

European Cup Final	Borussia Dortmund 3 Juventus 1
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Schalke 1 Inter Milan 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Inter Milan 1 Schalke 0 aet (pens: 1 - 4)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Barcelona 1 Paris San Germain 0

aet After Extra Time : pens Penalties

History

For the first time in League history the top two were the same as in the previous season.

Middlesbrough had never played in a domestic final before this season. They reached the finals of both the League Cup and the FA Cup, losing both. Middlesbrough were also relegated after being docked 3 points by the FA for not fulfilling a fixture.

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