1997–98 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Season summary

After last season's slip-up, Blackburn Rovers emerged as title contenders under new manager Roy Hodgson, and even sixth place in the final table was enough for a UEFA Cup place. Chris Sutton's continued return to form saw him come joint top of the Premiership goalscoring charts with 18 goals, and led to him earning a long-awaited international call-up, though he didn't make the final squad for the World Cup after refusing to play for the England B team.

Final league table

Updated to games played on 10 May 1998.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions and were the League Cup winners.
² As Arsenal qualified for the Champions League, their Cup Winners' Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
³ Despite being relegated, Crystal Palace qualified for the 1998 Intertoto Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Source: 1997-98 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Source: 11v11.com: 1997-98 Blackburn Rovers results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out

Transfers in: £9,775,000 Transfers out: £19,100,000 Total spending: £9,325,000

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

GK: #1, Tim Flowers, 30

RB: #3, Jeff Kenna, 42

CB: #5, Colin Hendry, 39

CB: #24, Stéphane Henchoz, 40

LB: #20, Gary Croft, 24 (#11, Jason Wilcox, has 27 starts)

RM: #7, Stuart Ripley, 28

CM: #17, Billy McKinlay, 31

CM: #4, Tim Sherwood, 34

LM: #15, Garry Flitcroft, 31

CF: #8, Kevin Gallacher, 35

CF: #9, Chris Sutton, 41