Chelsea 1 – 0 Leicester City, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Chelsea 1 – 0 Leicester City

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 18 Oct 1997 (time not recorded)

Chelsea

1 – 0Half time 0 – 0

Leicester City

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 1 – 0; corrected to 1 – 0 (half time 0 – 0) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Chelsea v Leicester City, 1997-10-18 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

18 Oct 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Stamford Bridge

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

Attendance

33,356

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Uriah Rennie

According to Wikipedia

Goals

88′GoalFrank LeboeufChelsea1 – 0

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 Leicester City F.C. season”, revision 1357968526, read 16 Oct 2026; “1997–98 Chelsea F.C. season”, revision 1354719696, 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), referee (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), team sheets, bookings, assistant referees, 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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