Bolton Wanderers 3 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Bolton Wanderers 3 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 14 Mar 1998 (time not recorded)

Bolton Wanderers

3 – 2Half time 1 – 1

Sheffield Wednesday

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 3 – 2; corrected to 3 – 2 (half time 1 – 1) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday, 1998-03-14 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

14 Mar 1998 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Toughsheet Community Stadium

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

Attendance

24,847

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 30

Goals

31′GoalPer FrandsenBolton Wanderers1 – 0
53′GoalNathan BlakeBolton Wanderers2 – 0
69′Goal, penaltyAlan ThompsonBolton Wanderers3 – 0
–GoalAndy BoothSheffield Wednesday3 – 1
–GoalPeter AthertonSheffield Wednesday3 – 2

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 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season”, revision 1356925318, read 16 Oct 2026; “1997–98 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season”, revision 1376697599, 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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