During the 1997–98 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
After
last season's slip-up, Blackburn Rovers emerged as title contenders under new manager
Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is a former English football manager and player.
He managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstads BK in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to th ...
, and even sixth place in the final table was enough for a
UEFA Cup place. Never below seventh throughout the campaign, Rovers only lost two league matches before New Year as Hodgson picked up the
Premier League Manager of the Month awards for both August and December,
but faded in the second half of the campaign.
Chris Sutton's continued return to form saw him come joint top of the Premiership goalscoring charts with 18 goals, a
Premier League Player of the Month award for February
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
;Results summary
;Results by round
Results
''Blackburn Rovers' score comes first''
Legend
FA Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In
Out
:Transfers in: £9,775,000
:Transfers out: £19,100,000
:Total spending: £9,325,000
Statistics
Starting 11
:''Considering starts in all competitions''
* GK: #1,
Tim Flowers, 30
* RB: #3,
Jeff Kenna
Jeffrey Jude Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former professional footballer.
He played as a defender from 1989 until 2009, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City. He was ...
, 42
* CB: #5,
Colin Hendry, 39
* CB: #24,
Stéphane Henchoz, 40
* LB: #20,
Gary Croft
Gary Croft (born 17 February 1974) is an English former professional footballer and co-commentator for BBC Radio Humberside.
Asa player he was a left back from 1992 until 2008, as well as briefly coming out of retirement in 2015. He notably ...
, 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
Garry William Flitcroft (born 6 November 1972) is an English football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder.
Between 1991 and 2006, Flitcroft spent four seasons in the Premier League with Manchester City, winning t ...
, 31
* CF: #8,
Kevin Gallacher, 35
* CF: #9,
Chris Sutton, 41
Notes
References
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