West Ham United 4 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur, 1996/97 – Football Research Archive

West Ham United 4 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 24 Feb 1997 (time not recorded)

West Ham United

4 – 3Half time 3 – 2

Tottenham Hotspur

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 4 – 3; corrected to 4 – 3 (half time 3 – 2) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur, 1997-02-24 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

24 Feb 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Boleyn Ground

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

Attendance

23,998

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 27

Goals

–Goal, penaltyJulian DicksWest Ham United1 – 0
–GoalJulian DicksWest Ham United2 – 0
–GoalPaul KitsonWest Ham United3 – 0
–GoalJohn HartsonWest Ham United4 – 0
–GoalTeddy SheringhamTottenham Hotspur4 – 1
–GoalDarren AndertonTottenham Hotspur4 – 2
–GoalDavid HowellsTottenham Hotspur4 – 3

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 West Ham United F.C. season”, revision 1306470924, read 16 Oct 2026; “1996–97 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season”, revision 1356622094, 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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