The season began with Mark McGhee as manager but he left "by mutual agreement" on 5 November after a run of two victories from fourteen games; the team having begun with four consecutive league wins.
[1] Upon McGhee's departure his assistant Colin Lee was placed in charge of the team and, after taking ten points from a possible twelve, he was handed the post for the remainder of the season.
Results on the final day, including their own, failed to go in their favour and so they missed out on a chance of promotion to the Premier League.
The provisional fixture list was released on 15 June 1998, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.
The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar.