1997–98 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1997–98 English football season was Aston Villa's 6th season in the Premier League.
When Brian Little resigned as Aston Villa manager in February, Villa were 15th in the Premier League and were starting to look like outside bets for relegation. Ruud Gullit, recently sacked by Chelsea, was linked with the vacancy, but the surprise choice for the job was Wycombe manager John Gregory, a former Villa coach. He influenced a late run of form which saw Villa climb to seventh place, and for the second season running Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.
There were debut appearances for Gareth Barry, Simon Grayson, Stan Collymore, Darren Byfield, Richard Walker, Matthew Ghent, Paul Crichton and Lee Collins.