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Summary of Season 1997-98

Premier League

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
  1.  Arsenal 38 15 2 2 43 10 8 7 4 25 23 35 78
  2.  Manchester United 38 13 4 2 42 9 10 4 5 31 17 47 77
  3.  Liverpool 38 13 2 4 42 16 5 9 5 26 26 26 65
  4.  Chelsea 38 13 2 4 37 14 7 1 11 34 29 28 63
  5.  Leeds United 38 9 5 5 31 21 8 3 8 26 25 11 59
  6.  Blackburn Rovers 38 11 4 4 40 26 5 6 8 17 26 5 58
  7.  Aston Villa 38 9 3 7 26 24 8 3 8 23 24 1 57
  8.  West Ham United 38 13 4 2 40 18 3 4 12 16 39 -1 56
  9.  Derby County 38 12 3 4 33 18 4 4 11 19 31 3 55
10.  Leicester City 38 6 10 3 21 15 7 4 8 30 26 10 53
11.  Coventry City 38 8 9 2 26 17 4 7 8 20 27 2 52
12.  Southampton 38 10 1 8 28 23 4 5 10 22 32 -5 48
13.  Newcastle United 38 8 5 6 22 20 3 6 10 13 24 -9 44
14.  Tottenham Hotspur 38 7 8 4 23 22 4 3 12 21 34 -12 44
15.  Wimbledon 38 5 6 8 18 25 5 8 6 16 21 -12 44
16.  Sheffield Wednesday 38 9 5 5 30 26 3 3 13 22 41 -15 44
17.  Everton 38 7 5 7 25 27 2 8 9 16 29 -15 40
18.  Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 4 25 22 2 5 12 16 39 -20 40
19.  Barnsley 38 7 4 8 25 35 3 1 15 12 47 -45 35
20.  Crystal Palace 38 2 5 12 15 39 6 4 9 22 32 -34 33

Matches

Aug 9 Coventry City Away 2-3 Sinclair, Flo
Aug 24 Barnsley Away 6-0 Petrescu, Poyet, Vialli(4)
Aug 27 Wimbledon Away 2-0 Petrescu, DiMatteo
Aug 30 Southampton Home 4-2 Petrescu, Leboeuf, Hughes, Wise
Sep 13 Crystal Palace Away 3-0 Leboeuf(P), Hughes, Le Saux
Sep 21 Arsenal Home 2-3 Poyet, Zola
Sep 24 Manchester United Away 2-2 Hughes, O.G.
Sep 27 Newcastle United Home 1-0 Poyet
Oct 5 Liverpool Away 2-4 Poyet(P), Zola
Oct 18 Leicester City Home 1-0 Leboeuf
Oct 26 Bolton Wanderers Away 0-1
Nov 1 Aston Villa Away 2-0 Hughes, Flo
Nov 9 West Ham United Home 2-1 Zola, O.G.
Nov 22 Blackburn Rovers Away 0-1
Nov 26 Everton Home 2-0 Wise(P), Zola(P)
Nov 29 Derby County Home 4-0 Hughes, Zola(3)
Dec 6 Tottenham Hotspur Away 6-1 Petrescu, DiMatteo, Flo(3), Nicholls
Dec 13 Leeds United Home 0-0
Dec 20 Sheffield Wednesday Away 4-1 Petrescu, Leboeuf(P), Vialli, Flo
Dec 26 Wimbledon Home 1-1 Vialli
Dec 29 Southampton Away 0-1
Jan 10 Coventry City Home 3-1 DiMatteo, Nicholls(2)
Jan 18 Everton Away 1-3 Flo
Jan 31 Barnsley Home 2-0 Vialli, Hughes
Feb 8 Arsenal Away 0-2
Feb 21 Leicester City Away 0-2
Feb 28 Manchester United Home 0-1
Mar 8 Aston Villa Home 0-1
Mar 11 Crystal Palace Home 6-2 Vialli(2), Wise, Zola, Flo(2)
Mar 14 West Ham United Away 1-2 Charvet
Apr 5 Derby County Away 1-0 Hughes
Apr 8 Leeds United Away 1-3 Charvet
Apr 11 Tottenham Hotspur Home 2-0 Vialli, Flo
Apr 19 Sheffield Wednesday Home 1-0 Leboeuf(P)
Apr 25 Liverpool Home 4-1 Clarke, Hughes(2), Flo
Apr 29 Blackburn Rovers Home 0-1
May 2 Newcastle United Away 1-3 DiMatteo
May 10 Bolton Wanderers Home 2-0 Morris, Vialli

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 633,333 34,845 29,075 33,333
Away 565,915 55,163 15,231 29,785
Total 1,199,248 55,163 15,231 31,559

When The Goals Came

0-15 16-30 31-45 First Half 46-60 61-75 76-90 Second Half
Scored (71) 6 (8%) 10 (14%) 12 (16%) 28 (39%) 9 (12%) 14 (19%) 20 (28%) 43 (60%)
Conceded (43) 5 (11%) 6 (13%) 11 (25%) 22 (51%) 7 (16%) 6 (13%) 8 (18%) 21 (48%)
Total (114) 11 (9%) 16 (14%) 23 (20%) 50 (43%) 16 (14%) 20 (17%) 28 (24%) 64 (56%)

F.A. Cup

Round 3

Matches

Jan 4 Manchester United Home 3-5 Le Saux, Vialli(2)

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 34,792 34,792 34,792 34,792
Total 34,792 34,792 34,792 34,792

Coca Cola Cup

Winners

Matches

Oct 15 Blackburn Rovers Home 1-1 DiMatteo
Nov 19 Southampton Home 2-1 Flo, Morris
Jan 7 Ipswich Town Away 2-2 Le Saux, Flo
Jan 28 Arsenal Away 1-2 Hughes
Feb 18 Arsenal Home 3-1 Petrescu, Hughes, DiMatteo
Mar 29 Middlesbrough Neutral 2-0 DiMatteo, Sinclair

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 73,969 34,330 18,671 24,656
Away 60,202 38,114 22,088 30,101
Neutral 77,698 77,698 77,698 77,698
Total 211,869 77,698 18,671 35,312

European Cup Winners Cup

Winners

Matches

Sep 18 Slovan Bratislava Home 2-0 DiMatteo, Granville
Oct 2 Slovan Bratislava Away 2-0 Vialli, DiMatteo
Oct 23 Tromso Away 2-3 Vialli(2)
Nov 6 Tromso Home 7-1 Petrescu(2), Leboeuf(P), Vialli(3), Zola
Mar 5 Real Betis Away 2-1 Flo(2)
Mar 19 Real Betis Home 3-1 DiMatteo, Sinclair, Zola
Apr 2 Vicenza Away 0-1
Apr 16 Vicenza Home 3-1 Poyet, Zola, Hughes
May 13 VfB Stuttgart Neutral 1-0 Zola

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 118,540 33,810 23,067 29,635
Away 70,607 31,000 6,438 17,652
Neutral 30,216 30,216 30,216 30,216
Total 219,363 33,810 6,438 24,374

F.A. Charity Shield

Matches

Aug 3 Manchester United Neutral 1-1 Hughes

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Neutral 73,636 73,636 73,636 73,636
Total 73,636 73,636 73,636 73,636

Diary

12/07/1997 Chelsea beat Kingstonian 3-0 in a friendly

19/07/1997 Chelsea beat Reading 2-1 in a friendly

25/07/1997 Craig Burley transfered to Celtic for 2,500,000

26/07/1997 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 1-1(Pens) in Umbro Trophy Semi-Final

27/07/1997 Chelsea beat Everton 3-1 in Umbro Trophy Final

30/07/1997 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-1 in a friendly

01/08/1997 Tore Andre Flo transfered from Brann Bergen for 300,000

01/08/1997 Steven Hampshire transfered from Youth

01/08/1997 Nicholas Crittenden transfered from Youth

01/08/1997 John Terry transfered from Youth

03/08/1997 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 1-1(Pens) in F.A. Charity Shield

08/08/1997 Graeme Le Saux transfered from Blackburn for 7,000,000

09/08/1997 Chelsea lost to Coventry City 2-3 in Premier League

11/08/1997 Mel Scott died

24/08/1997 Chelsea beat Barnsley 6-0 in Premier League

27/08/1997 Chelsea beat Wimbledon 2-0 in Premier League

30/08/1997 Chelsea beat Southampton 4-2 in Premier League

13/09/1997 Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 3-0 in Premier League

14/09/1997 Dominic Solanke born

18/09/1997 Chelsea beat Slovan Bratislava 2-0 in European Cup Winners Cup Round 1 (First Leg)

21/09/1997 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 2-3 in Premier League

22/09/1997 Jake Clarke-Salter born

24/09/1997 Chelsea drew with Manchester United 2-2 in Premier League

27/09/1997 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 1-0 in Premier League

02/10/1997 Chelsea beat Slovan Bratislava 2-0 in European Cup Winners Cup Round 1 (Second Leg)

02/10/1997 Tammy Abraham born

05/10/1997 Chelsea lost to Liverpool 2-4 in Premier League

15/10/1997 Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 1-1(Pens) in Coca Cola Cup Round 3

18/10/1997 Chelsea beat Leicester City 1-0 in Premier League

23/10/1997 Chelsea lost to Tromso 2-3 in European Cup Winners Cup Round 2 (First Leg)

26/10/1997 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-1 in Premier League

01/11/1997 Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-0 in Premier League

06/11/1997 Chelsea beat Tromso 7-1 in European Cup Winners Cup Round 2 (Second Leg)

09/11/1997 Chelsea beat West Ham United 2-1 in Premier League

14/11/1997 Chris Nkunku born

18/11/1997 Robert Sanchez born

19/11/1997 Chelsea beat Southampton 2-1 in Coca Cola Cup Round 4

22/11/1997 Chelsea lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in Premier League

26/11/1997 Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 in Premier League

29/11/1997 Chelsea beat Derby County 4-0 in Premier League

06/12/1997 Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 6-1 in Premier League

12/12/1997 Kyle Scott born

13/12/1997 Chelsea drew with Leeds United 0-0 in Premier League

19/12/1997 Fikayo Tomori born

20/12/1997 Chelsea beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 in Premier League

26/12/1997 Chelsea drew with Wimbledon 1-1 in Premier League

29/12/1997 Chelsea lost to Southampton 0-1 in Premier League

04/01/1998 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 3-5 in F.A. Cup Round 3

07/01/1998 Chelsea beat Ipswich Town 2-2(Pens) in Coca Cola Cup Round 5

10/01/1998 Chelsea beat Coventry City 3-1 in Premier League

18/01/1998 Chelsea lost to Everton 1-3 in Premier League

28/01/1998 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 1-2 in Coca Cola Cup SF (First Leg)

30/01/1998 Frode Grodas transfered to Tottenham for 250,000

31/01/1998 Chelsea beat Barnsley 2-0 in Premier League

08/02/1998 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 0-2 in Premier League

12/02/1998 Ruud Gullit finished as manager

12/02/1998 Gianluca Vialli appointed manager

18/02/1998 Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-1 in Coca Cola Cup SF (Second Leg)

21/02/1998 Chelsea lost to Leicester City 0-2 in Premier League

28/02/1998 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 0-1 in Premier League

01/03/1998 Axel Disasi born

05/03/1998 Chelsea beat Real Betis 2-1 in European Cup Winners Cup QF (First Leg)

08/03/1998 Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 0-1 in Premier League

11/03/1998 Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 6-2 in Premier League

13/03/1998 Peter Sillett died

14/03/1998 Chelsea lost to West Ham United 1-2 in Premier League

19/03/1998 Chelsea beat Real Betis 3-1 in European Cup Winners Cup QF (Second Leg)

29/03/1998 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in Coca Cola Cup Final

02/04/1998 Chelsea lost to Vicenza 0-1 in European Cup Winners Cup SF (First Leg)

05/04/1998 Chelsea beat Derby County 1-0 in Premier League

08/04/1998 Chelsea lost to Leeds United 1-3 in Premier League

11/04/1998 Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Premier League

16/04/1998 Chelsea beat Vicenza 3-1 in European Cup Winners Cup SF (Second Leg)

19/04/1998 Chelsea beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in Premier League

25/04/1998 Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-1 in Premier League

29/04/1998 Chelsea lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in Premier League

02/05/1998 Chelsea lost to Newcastle United 1-3 in Premier League

06/05/1998 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 3-3 in Testimonial for Kevin Hitchcock

10/05/1998 Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in Premier League

13/05/1998 Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 in European Cup Winners Cup Final

15/05/1998 Chelsea lost to Auxerre 0-3 in a friendly

17/05/1998 Chelsea beat Martinique Club XI 3-1 in a friendly

29/05/1998 Pierluigi Casiraghi transfered from Lazio for 5,400,000

31/05/1998 David Rocastle Released

31/05/1998 Ruud Gullit Retired

07/06/1998 Brian Laudrup transfered from Rangers for Free

09/06/1998 Albert Ferrer transfered from Barcelona for 2,200,000

19/06/1998 Danny Granville transfered to Leeds United for 1,600,000

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Squ Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
5 F Leboeuf 32 5 1 4 9 1 1 47 6
19 TA Flo 16 18 11 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 23 21 15
16 R DiMatteo 28 2 4 1 4 3 8 3 1 42 2 10
2 D Petrescu 31 5 1 3 1 7 2 1 42 1 8
1 E De Goey 28 1 4 9 1 43
25 G Zola 23 4 8 1 4 7 1 4 1 36 5 12
6 S Clarke 22 4 1 1 4 2 6 1 1 34 7 1
11 D Wise 26 3 4 9 1 40 3
10 LM Hughes 25 4 9 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 30 10 13
14 G Le Saux 26 1 1 1 4 1 3 34 3
9 G Vialli 14 7 11 1 2 2 1 8 6 1 24 10 19
20 F Sinclair 20 2 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 30 3 3
12 M Duberry 23 1 3 6 33
24 E Newton 17 1 3 1 6 1 26 3
22 M Nicholls 8 11 3 1 2 2 11 13 3
17 D Granville 9 4 3 3 1 1 1 16 5 1
8 G Poyet 11 3 4 4 1 1 16 3 5
18 A Myers 11 1 1 1 1 2 13 4
28 J Morris 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 2
26 L Charvet 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 2
7 B Lambourde 5 2 3 1 2 9 4
3 C Babayaro 8 1 1 2 1 11 2
23 D Kharine 10 10
21 P Hughes 5 4 1 6 4
4 R Gullit 6 3 1 3 7
35 J Harley 3 3
34 N Crittenden 2 1 1 2
15 D Lee 1 2 1 2
13 K Hitchcock 2 2
32 S Hampshire 1 1
Own Goal 2 2

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Squ Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
11 D Wise 10 2 2 1 15
10 LM Hughes 9 1 2 12
5 F Leboeuf 7 1 1 2 1 11 1
16 R DiMatteo 6 1 2 9
20 F Sinclair 4 1 1 1 6 1
14 G Le Saux 3 1 2 6
2 D Petrescu 3 1 1 1 5 1
9 G Vialli 4 1 4 1
22 M Nicholls 2 1 1 4
12 M Duberry 2 2 4
26 L Charvet 3 3
25 G Zola 2 1 3
24 E Newton 2 1 3
7 B Lambourde 2 1 2 1
6 S Clarke 2 1 3
21 P Hughes 1 1 2
17 D Granville 2 2
8 G Poyet 1 1 2
3 C Babayaro 2 2
Total 67 2 1 5 12 1 11 1 3 98 2 3