Aston Villa 4 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Aston Villa 4 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 26 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

Aston Villa

4 – 1Half time 1 – 0

Tottenham Hotspur

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 4 – 1; corrected to 4 – 1 (half time 1 – 0) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur, 1997-12-26 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

26 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Villa Park

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

Attendance

38,644

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 20

Goals

38′GoalMark DraperAston Villa1 – 0
68′GoalMark DraperAston Villa2 – 0
81′GoalStan CollymoreAston Villa3 – 0
89′GoalStan CollymoreAston Villa4 – 0
–GoalColin CalderwoodTottenham Hotspur4 – 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 (“1997–98 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season”, revision 1343152672, read 16 Oct 2026; “1997–98 Aston Villa F.C. season”, revision 1371087532, 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: full event data, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), 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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