Leicester City 1 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday, 1996/97 – Football Research Archive

Leicester City 1 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 7 May 1997 (time not recorded)

Leicester City

1 – 0Half time 0 – 0

Sheffield Wednesday

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 1 – 0; corrected to 1 – 0 (half time 0 – 0) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday, 1997-05-07 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

7 May 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Filbert Street

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

Attendance

20,793

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Gerald Ashby

According to Wikipedia

Goals

86′GoalMatt ElliottLeicester City1 – 0

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 Leicester City F.C. season”, revision 1370389719, read 16 Oct 2026; “1996–97 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season”, revision 1376687106, 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), referee (according to Wikipedia). Not held: team match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), full event data, team sheets, bookings, assistant referees, 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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