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Arsenal Honours and Records 1997-98

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Seasonal awards

The Club

  • FA Carling Premiership Champions
  • FA Cup winners
  • Women's FA Cup Winners (beat Croydon in injury time)
  • Women's League Cup Winners (beat Croydon on pens)
  • Premier Youth League Champions
  • Southern Junior Floodlit Cup Winners (Youth team)
  • London Charity Challenge Winners (league of London derbies only)
  • Best match-day Programme

Individuals

  • Arsène Wenger: Carling Manager of the Year
  • Dennis Bergkamp: PFA player of the year (the first Arsenal player to win it since Brady in '79)
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Football Writers' Footballer of the Year (the first Arsenal player to win it since Frank McLintock in '71). Runner-up was Tony Adams. The 2 players together polled more than 50% of the votes!
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Capital Radio player of the year
  • Patrick Vieira: Bobby Moore Young player of the year
  • Dennis Bergkamp: third-placed in World Player of the Year (1997) behind Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.
  • Steve Braddock: Best Groundsman. Just reward for the superb pitch at Highbury.
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Match of the Day Goal of the Season (see August, below. Dennis has described it as his best goal ever)

Others by month

May
  • Arsenal set a new Premiership record of 10 consecutive league wins (beating the previous record of 8 set by Man Utd and equalling Arsenal's own record of top-flight consecutive league wins achieved under George Graham in the old First Division)
April
  • Emmanuel Petit: Carling Player of the Month
  • Arsène Wenger: Carling Manager of the Month
  • Tony Adams: Evening Standard London player of the month
  • Patrick Vieira: Match of the Day Goal of the Month (for his spectacular long-range effort against Newcastle
March
  • Alex Manninger: Carling Player of the Month
  • Arsène Wenger: Carling Manager of the Month
  • Nigel Winterburn: Evening Standard London player of the month
October
  • David Seaman passed Jack Kelsey's record number of goalkeeping appearances for Arsenal (352)
September
  • Ian Wright became Arsenal's top goalscorer of all time by beating Cliff Bastin's tally of 178, with his hattrick in the home win over Bolton.
  • Ian Wright: Carling No.1 Award (for becoming Arsenal's top goalscorer)
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Carling Player of the Month
August
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Carling Player of the Month
  • Dennis Bergkamp: Match of the Day Goal of the Month
    (Dennis became the first player ever to score the goals placed first second AND third. The winner was the final goal of his hattrick in the 3-3 draw at Leicester.)

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