1997–98 England Hockey League season

The 1997–98 English Hockey League season took place from October 1997 until May 1998.

1997–98 England Hockey League

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The Men's National League was won by Cannock with the Women's National League going to Slough.

The Men's Hockey Association Cup was won by Cannock and the Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup) was won by Clifton. [1] [2] [3]

Men's National League Premier Division League Standings

[4]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cannock	22	18	2	2	89	36	53	56
2	Canterbury	22	15	3	4	99	55	44	48
3	Reading	22	14	2	6	77	57	20	44
4	Southgate	22	12	3	7	71	56	15	39
5	Old Loughtonians	22	10	5	7	62	52	10	35
6	Teddington	22	10	3	9	65	65	0	33
7	East Grinstead	22	9	3	10	51	59	-8	30
8	Guildford	22	8	1	13	53	63	-10	25
9	Beeston	22	5	3	13	37	69	-32	18
10	Hounslow	22	4	5	12	38	60	-22	17
11	Barford Tigers	22	4	5	13	40	79	-39	17
12	Doncaster	22	2	5	15	55	86	-31	11

	= Champions
	= Relegated

Women's National League Premier Division League Standings

[5]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Slough	14	13	1	0	73	22	40
2	Clifton	14	8	2	4	27	21	26
3	Ipswich	14	8	1	5	32	20	25
4	Olton & West Warwicks	14	6	2	6	24	29	20
5	Hightown	14	5	3	6	18	24	18
6	Sutton Coldfield	14	4	2	8	23	38	14
7	Doncaster	14	2	4	8	19	40	10
8	Trojans	14	1	3	10	20	42	6

	= Champions
	= Relegated

Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Doncaster	3-0
Chichester	Stourport	3-1
Cannock	Old Cranleighans	11-2
Canterbury	Barford Tigers	3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Chichester	5-2
Cannock	Canterbury	3-2 aet

Final

(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 5 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Cannock	Beeston	4-1

Cannock
Jimi Lewis, Paul Edwards, Andrew Humphrey, Craig Parnham, Michael Johnson, Kalbir Takher, Justin Pidcock, Ben Sharpe, Chris Mayer, Bobby Crutchley, Ian Hughes-Rowlands subs Simon Organ, John Mills, Will Glover, Gareth Terrett
Beeston
Danny Williams, Richard Stamp, Steven Wood, Keith Reesby, Andrew Seagar, Ashley Garratt, Craig Keegan, Andrew West, Paul Sheardown, Iain Randall, Mike Huckle subs Jeff Longden, Phil Sully, James McBlane

Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Loughborough Students	Aldridge	2-1
Clifton	Trojans	4-1
Hightown	Sutton Coldfield	4-1
Doncaster	Slough	2-7

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Hightown	4-1
Slough	Loughborough Students	5-1

Final

(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 10 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Clifton	Slough	1-1 (5-4 p)

Clifton
Claire Burr, Sue Brimble; J Martin, Michelle Robertson, J Scullion, Tammy Miller (capt), Lorraine Marsden, Louise Hipkins; Lucy Culliford, Denise Marston-Smith, Juliet Rayden. sub Elaine Basterfield
Slough
Sue Knight, Lisa Copeland, Mandy Pottow, Michelle Hall, Ashleigh Wallace, Lucy Cope, Sue Chandler (capt), Alison Burd, Julie Robertson, Lesley Hobley, Helen Thornalley sub C Cummins, K Brannigan

References

1. "Sydney Friskin. "Classy Cannock too strong for underdogs." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1998". The Times Digital Archive.
2. "Cathy Harris. "Brimble makes it third time lucky for Clifton." Times [London, England] 11 May 1998". The Times Digital Archive.
3. "Hockey: Clifton hold their nerve to win Cup". The Independent.
4. ""Hockey." Times [London, England] 30 Mar. 1998". The Times Digital Archive.
5. ""Hockey." Times [London, England] 16 Mar. 1998". The Times Digital Archive.