Blackburn Rovers 7 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Blackburn Rovers 7 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 25 Aug 1997 (time not recorded)

Blackburn Rovers

7 – 2Half time 5 – 1

Sheffield Wednesday

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 7 – 2; corrected to 7 – 2 (half time 5 – 1) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday, 1997-08-25 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

25 Aug 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Ewood Park

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

Attendance

19,618

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 4

Goals

–GoalKevin GallacherBlackburn Rovers
–GoalKevin GallacherBlackburn Rovers
–Own goalGraham HydeBlackburn Rovers, credited
–GoalJason WilcoxBlackburn Rovers
–GoalChris SuttonBlackburn Rovers
–GoalChris SuttonBlackburn Rovers
–GoalLars BohinenBlackburn 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. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“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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