In a season that ended with the club in Administration the campaign had started really brightly as the photo shows with Darren Washington on the mark up at Whitley Bay.

Date	Opponents	F-A	Att.	GOAL	SCORERS
23-Aug-1997	Whitley Bay	3-0	195	WASHINGTON - 2	CARTER
25-Aug-1997	CONGLETON TOWN	5-3	516	WASHINGTON - 2	BANCROFT	BRENCHLEY
				ROBERTS
30-Aug-1997	WHITBY TOWN	1-1	506	WASHINGTON
2-Sep-1997	Buxton	3-1	237	WASHINGTON	BANCROFT	BRENCHLEY
9-Sep-1997	DROYLSDEN	2-2	473	WASHINGTON	ABEL
13-Sep-1997	GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY (FAC 1q.)	0-5	388
16-Sep-1997	ASHTON UNITED	1-1	295	ROBERTS
20-Sep-1997	LINCOLN UNITED	3-0	362	WASHINGTON - 2, 1p.	LANGLEY
23-Sep-1997	NANTWICH TOWN (CSC 1)	0-1	249
27-Sep-1997	Stocksbridge Park Steels	0-3	205
30-Sep-1997	Droylsden (LC 1)	1-2	144	BRENCHLEY
4-Oct-1997	BRADFORD PARK AVENUE	1-2	429	PRITCHARD
7-Oct-1997	TRAFFORD	2-0	311	WASHINGTON	BRENCHLEY
11-Oct-1997	Eastwood Town	1-1	150	WASHINGTON
14-Oct-1997	Trafford	1-0	221	BRIDGE
18-Oct-1997	FARSLEY CELTIC (FAT 1q.)	3-0	353	WASHINGTON	GARDNER	LANGLEY
21-Oct-1997	WORKINGTON	2-1	266	ABEL	CLOWES
25-Oct-1997	Farsley Celtic	2-0	169	WASHINGTON	PRITCHARD
28-Oct-1997	EASTWOOD TOWN	5-1	336	WASHINGTON - 2	PRITCHARD	GRIFFITHS
				Flint (og)
1-Nov-1997	Droylsden	4-0	309	WASHINGTON - 3	HAWKES
4-Nov-1997	BELPER TOWN	2-0	346	WASHINGTON	HAWKES
8-Nov-1997	BILSTON TOWN (FAT 2q.)	0-0	402
11-Nov-1997	Bilston Town (FAT 2q. Rep.) - 6-5 pens	2-2	156	HAWKES - 2
15-Nov-1997	Gretna	1-1	158	WASHINGTON
22-Nov-1997	FLIXTON	4-1	408	WASHINGTON	HAWKES	BRENCHLEY
				CARTER
25-Nov-1997	Matlock Town	1-4	235	WASHINGTON
6-Dec-1997	HARROGATE TOWN	4-0	313	WASHINGTON	GARDNER	BRENCHLEY
				Edmunds (og)
11-Dec-1997	Great Harwood Town (FAT 3q.)	1-0	97	WASHINGTON
13-Dec-1997	Workington	4-1	163	WASHINGTON - 3, 1p.	HAWKES
16-Dec-1997	TRAFFORD (Unifilla Cup 1)	0-2	120
20-Dec-1997	STOCKSBRIDGE PARK STEELS	1-0	329	WASHINGTON
26-Dec-1997	Congleton Town	3-3	377	ABEL	BRENCHLEY	Whittle (og)
1-Jan-1998	MATLOCK TOWN	0-1	513
10-Jan-1998	Burton Albion (FAT 1)	1-2	735	WASHINGTON
17-Jan-1998	GRETNA	0-2	384
24-Jan-1998	Bradford Park Avenue	2-1	214	WASHINGTON	HAWKES
31-Jan-1998	Worksop Town	0-2	490
7-Feb-1998	FARSLEY CELTIC	1-1	367	WASHINGTON
14-Feb-1998	Belper Town	2-3	303	HAWKES -2
21-Feb-1998	WORKSOP TOWN	1-2	385	WASHINGTON
28-Feb-1998	Harrogate Town	0-0	197
10-Mar-1998	GREAT HARWOOD TOWN	5-0	282	WASHINGTON -2	TURNER -2	TURPIN
18-Mar-1998	Great Harwood Town	2-1	120	WASHINGTON	BRIDGE
21-Mar-1998	WHITLEY BAY	0-0	323
24-Mar-1998	Flixton	1-3	243	WASHINGTON
28-Mar-1998	NETHERFIELD	0-2	301
30-Mar-1998	Ashton United	1-3	257	BRENCHLEY
4-Apr-1998	Whitby Town	1-4	546	TURNER
7-Apr-1998	WINSFORD UNITED (MCSC)	1-3	318	TREES
13-Apr-1998	Lincoln United	0-1	96
18-Apr-1998	BUXTON	4-0	276	WASHINGTON -3	GARDNER
2-May-1998	Netherfield	1-3	203	BERMINGHAM