Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 6 Chelsea, 1997/98 – Football Research Archive

Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 6 Chelsea

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:21 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 6 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

Tottenham Hotspur

1 – 6Half time 1 – 1

Chelsea

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 1 – 6; corrected to 1 – 6 (half time 1 – 1) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea, 1997-12-06 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

6 Dec 1997 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

White Hart Lane

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

Attendance

28,476

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 17

Goals

According to “1997–98 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season”

–GoalRamon VegaTottenham Hotspur

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

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

40′GoalTore Andre FloChelsea0 – 1
43′GoalRamon VegaTottenham Hotspur1 – 1
48′GoalRoberto Di MatteoChelsea1 – 2
59′GoalDan Petrescu

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 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season”, revision 1343152672, 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). 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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