Wednesday 27 January 1998 at Gigg Lane (Att 6,134)

Bury (1) 1 (Battersby 43): Kiely, Gray, Rigby, Daws, Lucketti, Butler, Swailes (Randall 68), Ellis, Swan, Johnrose, Battersby (Dalglish 68); Sub Woodward.
Wolves (1) 3 (Keane 23, Simpson 56 62): Stowell, Muscat, Froggatt, Sedgley, Richards, Curle, Goodman, Robinson, Keane (Atkins 64), Freedman, Simpson; Subs Ferguson, Paatelainen.

Referee: Mr K Lynch (Knaresborough).
Order of Goals: W,b,W,W.
Penalty: Peter Swan hit the bar in the 84th minute. It had been awarded for shirt pulling by Kevin Muscat on Swan himself.
Booked: Sedgley 81.
Position: 6th.