Blackburn Rovers 1997–98 football season
During the 1997–98 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary [ edit ] After last season's slip-up, Blackburn Rovers emerged as title contenders under new manager Roy Hodgson , and even sixth place in the final table was enough for a UEFA Cup place. Never below seventh throughout the campaign, Rovers only lost two league matches before New Year as Hodgson picked up the Premier League Manager of the Month awards for both August and December,[1] but faded in the second half of the campaign.
Chris Sutton 's continued return to form saw him come joint top of the Premiership goalscoring charts with 18 goals, a Premier League Player of the Month award for February[1] and led to him earning a long-awaited international call-up, though he didn't make the final squad for the World Cup after refusing to play for the England B team.
Final league table [ edit ] Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 16 10 12 57 52 +5 58 11 4 4 40 26 +14 5 6 8 17 26 −9
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H H A H A A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H Result W W D W W L D D D W W D D W W L W W W D D L W D L L W L L W L L L L D W L W Position 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 5 5 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
Results [ edit ] Blackburn Rovers' score comes first [2]
FA Premier League [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 9 August 1997 Derby County H 1–0 23,557 Gallacher 13 August 1997 Aston Villa A 4–0 37,112 Sutton (3), Gallacher 23 August 1997 Liverpool H 1–1 30,187 Dahlin 25 August 1997 Sheffield Wednesday H 7–2 19,618 Gallacher (2), Hyde (own goal), Wilcox , Sutton (2), Bohinen 30 August 1997 Crystal Palace A 2–1 20,849 Sutton , Gallacher 14 September 1997 Leeds United H 3–4 21,956 Gallacher , Sutton (pen), Dahlin 20 September 1997 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–0 26,573 24 September 1997 Leicester City A 1–1 19,921 Sutton 28 September 1997 Coventry City H 0–0 19,086 4 October 1997 Wimbledon A 1–0 15,600 Sutton 18 October 1997 Southampton H 1–0 24,130 Sherwood 25 October 1997 Newcastle United A 1–1 36,716 Sutton 1 November 1997 Barnsley A 1–1 18,665 Sherwood 8 November 1997 Everton H 3–2 25,397 Gallacher , Duff , Sherwood 22 November 1997 Chelsea H 1–0 27,683 Croft 30 November 1997 Manchester United A 0–4 55,175 6 December 1997 Bolton Wanderers H 3–1 25,503 Gallacher , Sutton , Wilcox 13 December 1997 Arsenal A 3–1 38,147 Wilcox , Gallacher , Sherwood 20 December 1997 West Ham United H 3–0 21,653 Ripley , Duff (2) 26 December 1997 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 33,502 28 December 1997 Crystal Palace H 2–2 23,872 Gallacher , Sutton 11 January 1998 Derby County A 1–3 27,823 Sutton 17 January 1998 Aston Villa H 5–0 24,834 Sherwood , Gallacher (3), Ripley 31 January 1998 Liverpool A 0–0 43,890 7 February 1998 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–3 30,388 21 February 1998 Southampton A 0–3 15,162 28 February 1998 Leicester City H 5–3 24,854 Dahlin , Sutton (3), Hendry 11 March 1998 Leeds United A 0–4 32,933 14 March 1998 Everton A 0–1 33,423 31 March 1998 Barnsley H 2–1 24,179 Dahlin , Gallacher 6 April 1998 Manchester United H 1–3 30,547 Sutton (pen) 11 April 1998 Bolton Wanderers A 1–2 25,000 Duff 13 April 1998 Arsenal H 1–4 28,212 Gallacher 18 April 1998 West Ham United A 1–2 24,733 Wilcox 25 April 1998 Wimbledon H 0–0 24,848 29 April 1998 Chelsea A 1–0 33,311 Gallacher 2 May 1998 Coventry City A 0–2 18,794 10 May 1998 Newcastle United H 1–0 29,300 Sutton
League Cup [ edit ] [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ] Date Pos Name From Fee 17 June 1997 DF Stéphane Henchoz HSV £3,000,000 24 June 1997 DF Patrick Valéry Bastia Free transfer 8 July 1997 FW Martin Dahlin Roma £2,500,000 8 July 1997 FW Anders Andersson Malmö FF £500,000 1 August 1997 GK John Filan Coventry City £700,000 8 September 1997 DF Tore Pedersen FC St. Pauli £500,000 10 September 1997 GK Alan Fettis Nottingham Forest £300,000 10 February 1998 DF Callum Davidson St Johnstone £1,750,000 21 May 1998 MF Jimmy Corbett Gillingham £525,000
Date Pos Name To Fee 21 July 1997 MF Matty Holmes Charlton Athletic £250,000 1 August 1997 MF Graham Fenton Leicester City £1,100,000 1 August 1997 DF Nicky Marker Sheffield United Signed 1 August 1997 DF Paul Warhurst Crystal Palace Signed 8 August 1997 DF Graeme Le Saux Chelsea £7,000,000 11 August 1997 DF Henning Berg Manchester United £5,000,000 18 September 1997 DF Ian Pearce West Ham United £2,300,000 22 September 1997 MF Giorgos Donis AEK Athens Free transfer 1 December 1997 DF Chris Coleman Fulham £2,000,000 25 March 1998 MF Lars Bohinen Derby County £1,450,000
Transfers in: £9,775,000 Transfers out: £19,100,000 Total spending: £9,325,000 Statistics [ edit ] Starting 11 [ edit ] Considering starts in all competitions [4] [5] GK: #1, Tim Flowers , 30 RB: #3, Jeff Kenna , 42 CB: #5, Colin Hendry , 39 CB: #24, Stéphane Henchoz , 40 LB: #20, Gary Croft , 24 (#11, Jason Wilcox , has 27 starts) RM: #7, Stuart Ripley , 28 CM: #17, Billy McKinlay , 31 CM: #4, Tim Sherwood , 34 LM: #15, Garry Flitcroft , 31 CF: #8, Kevin Gallacher , 35 CF: #9, Chris Sutton , 41
References [ edit ]
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League competitions
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Cup competitions
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