Port Vale 0 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Won
Date: 4/24/1998
Manager: Bryan Robson
Attendance: 25781
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Vale Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Paul Merson | 2 | ||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Mickel Beck | |||
| Paul Merson | |||
| Robbie Mustoe | |||
| Andy Townsend | |||
| Craig Hignett | |||
| Neil Maddison | |||
| Gianluca Festa | |||
| Steve Vickers | |||
| Vladimir Kinder | |||
| Curtis Fleming | |||
| Mark Schwarzer |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Hamilton Ricard |