Arsenal 1 – 3 Blackburn Rovers, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Arsenal 1 – 3 Blackburn Rovers

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 13 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

Arsenal

1 – 3Half time 1 – 0

Blackburn Rovers

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 1 – 3; corrected to 1 – 3 (half time 1 – 0) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers, 1997-12-13 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

13 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Highbury

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

Attendance

38,147

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 18

Goals

According to “1997–98 Arsenal F.C. season”

18′GoalMarc OvermarsArsenal1 – 0
57′GoalJason WilcoxBlackburn Rovers1 – 1
65′GoalKevin GallacherBlackburn Rovers1 – 2
89′GoalTim SherwoodBlackburn Rovers1 – 3

According to “1997–98 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season”

–GoalJason WilcoxBlackburn Rovers
–GoalKevin GallacherBlackburn Rovers
–GoalTim SherwoodBlackburn Rovers

Scorers are listed for Blackburn Rovers only: the article gives no scorers for the other side, or they do not add up to its score.

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. The two clubs' articles list them differently, so both are shown. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1997–98 Arsenal F.C. season”, revision 1379609517, read 16 Oct 2026; “1997–98 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season”, revision 1369560566, 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, 15:21 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 22 Oct 2026, 15:08 BST
Last correction: None

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