The 1997–98 English Hockey League season took place from October 1997 until May 1998. The Men's National League was won by

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...

with the Women's National League going to

Slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...

. The Men's

Hockey Association Cup The England Hockey Men's Championship Cup is a field hockey cup competition organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England. The competition was originally known as the National Clubs Championship. The inaugural competition was ...

was won by

and the Women's Cup ( AEWHA Cup) was won by

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Men's National League Premier Division League Standings

Women's National League Premier Division League Standings

Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

(Held at the

National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) The National Hockey Stadium was a sports stadium in Milton Keynes with a nominal capacity of around 4,000 seats: this was temporarily increased to 9,000 between 2003 and 2007. It was used by England Hockey as their national stadium from 1995 to ...

on 5 April) Cannock

Jimi Lewis James "Jimi" Lewis (born 5 July 1974 in Lydney, Gloucestershire) is an English field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was second choice behind Simon M ...

, Paul Edwards, Andrew Humphrey,

Craig Parnham Craig Parnham (born 13 July 1973 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire) is an English field hockey defender and coach. He represented Great Britain in two Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, and played club hockey for Stourport, Bridgnorth and Cannock. Pa ...

, Michael Johnson, Kalbir Takher, Justin Pidcock, Ben Sharpe, Chris Mayer,

Bobby Crutchley Robert 'Bobby' Crutchley (born 24 May 1970 on the Wirral Peninsula) is a performance coach developer at British Gymnastics and former male English field hockey coach & player. Hockey career Crutchley represented England and Great Britain, winni ...

, 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

Semi-finals

Final

(Held at

on 10 May) Clifton
Claire Burr, Sue Brimble; J Martin, Michelle Robertson, J Scullion, Tammy Miller (capt), Lorraine Marsden, Louise Hipkins; Lucy Culliford,

Denise Marston-Smith Denise Marston-Smith (born 1977) is a female former English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team. She represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games ...

, 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

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