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
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. Chris Sutton's continued return to form saw him come joint top of the Premiership goalscoring charts with 18 goals, 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
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Updated to games played on 10 May 1998.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions and were the League Cup winners.
2 As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
3 Despite being relegated, Crystal Palace qualified for the 1998 Intertoto Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
- 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 |
Source: 1997-98 FA Premier League table
- 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 |
Source: 11v11.com: 1997-98 Blackburn Rovers results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Results
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first[1]
Legend
FA Premier League
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 |
FA Cup
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League Cup
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Squad
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
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 |
Out
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
Starting 11
- Considering starts in all competitions[3][4]
- 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
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