Football League First Division

Champions: Nottingham Forest · Promoted: Nott'm Forest, Middlesbrough, Charlton (play-offs)

Defunct · last season 2003-04 · renamed to Championship →

1997-98

Ground	Club	City	Capacity
Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	Manchester	53,400
Stadium of Light	Sunderland	Sunderland	49,000
Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	34,742
Bramall Lane	Sheffield United	Sheffield	32,702
The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	31,212
Molineux Stadium	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	30,852
Portman Road	Ipswich Town	Ipswich	30,056
St Andrew's	Birmingham City	Birmingham	30,016
Bet365 Stadium	Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	27,740
Carrow Road	Norwich City	Norwich	27,244
The Valley	Charlton Athletic	London	27,111
The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	26,445
Valley Parade	Bradford City	Bradford	25,136
Kirklees Stadium	Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	24,500
Madejski Stadium	Reading	Reading	24,161
Fratton Park	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	21,100
Vale Park	Port Vale	Stoke-on-Trent	19,052
Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	London	18,439
Prenton Park	Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	16,567
County Ground	Swindon Town	Swindon	14,700
Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	Oxford	12,500
Gigg Lane	Bury	Bury	11,840
Edgeley Park	Stockport County	Stockport	10,841
Gresty Road	Crewe Alexandra	Crewe	10,153