Chelsea 3 – 1 Derby County, 1996/97 – Football Research Archive

Chelsea 3 – 1 Derby County

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 18 Jan 1997 (time not recorded)

Chelsea

3 – 1Half time 2 – 1

Derby County

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 3 – 1; corrected to 3 – 1 (half time 2 – 1) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Chelsea v Derby County, 1997-01-18 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

18 Jan 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

28,293 or 27,639

According to Wikipedia; the clubs' articles differ

Referee

Matchday 23

Goals

–Goal, penaltyFrank LeboeufChelsea1 – 0
–GoalDennis WiseChelsea2 – 0
–GoalPaul HughesChelsea3 – 0
–GoalAsanovićDerby County3 – 1

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Chelsea F.C. season”, revision 1375834452, read 16 Oct 2026; “1996–97 Derby County F.C. season”, revision 1354465333, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: team match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), full event data, team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 22 Oct 2026, 14:47 BST
Last correction: None

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