Rovers 1-0 Derby County (Aug 8, 1997)

BLB

DER

20'

Kevin Gallacher

Assist: Stuart Ripley

45'

Deon Burton

Paul Simpson

45'

Ashley Ward

Matt Carbon

75'

Martin Dahlin

Chris Sutton

75'

Ian Pearce

Colin Hendry

78'

Darryl Powell

Robin van der Laan

89'

Anders Andersson

Stuart Ripley

0-0

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	35	78
2	Man United	38	23	8	7	47	77
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	26	65
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	28	63
5	Leeds	38	17	8	13	11	59
6	Rovers	38	16	10	12	5	58
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	1	57
8	West Ham	38	16	8	14	-1	56
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	3	55
10	Leicester	38	13	14	11	10	53
11	Coventry	38	12	16	10	2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	-5	48
13	Newcastle	38	11	11	16	-9	44
14	Tottenham	38	11	11	16	-12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	-12	44
16	Sheffield Wed	38	12	8	18	-15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	-15	40
18	Bolton	38	9	13	16	-20	40
19	Barnsley	38	10	5	23	-45	35
20	Crystal Palace	38	8	9	21	-34	33

Game Summary

Blackburn Rovers emerged victorious over Derby County, 1 to 0, in the Premier League on August 9, 1997.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 1

August 8, 1997

BLB

Lineup

DER

13

Filan

21

Poom

3

Kenna

3

Powell

5

Hendry

75'

6

Štimac

22

Valery

16

Laursen

24

Henchoz

17

Carbon

45'

7

Ripley

89'

22

Dailly

11

Wilcox

7

van der Laan

78'

15

Flitcroft

14

Simpson

45'

17

McKinlay

18

Carsley

8

Gallacher

20

Eranio

9

Sutton

75'

26

Hunt

BLB

Substitutes

DER

10

Dahlin

75'

12

Ward

45'

18

Pearce

75'

24

Burton

45'

14

Andersson

89'

4

Powell

78'

20'

K. Gallacher scores a goal. S. Ripley assists on the shot.

45'

D. Burton enters the game. P. Simpson leaves the game.

45'

A. Ward enters the game. M. Carbon leaves the game.

75'

M. Dahlin enters the game. C. Sutton leaves the game.

75'

I. Pearce enters the game. C. Hendry leaves the game.

78'

D. Powell enters the game. R. van der Laan leaves the game.

89'

A. Andersson enters the game. S. Ripley leaves the game.

BLB

DER

Player	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Anders Andersson A. Andersson #14	1	0	0
Billy McKinlay B. McKinlay #17	90	0	0
Chris Sutton C. Sutton #16	75	0	0
Colin Hendry C. Hendry	75	0	0
Garry Flitcroft G. Flitcroft #5	90	0	0
Ian Pearce I. Pearce #19	15	0	0
Jason Wilcox J. Wilcox #11	90	0	0
Jeff Kenna J. Kenna #3	90	0	0
Kevin Gallacher K. Gallacher #8	90	1	0
Martin Dahlin M. Dahlin	15	0	0
Patrick Valery P. Valery	90	0	0
Stéphane Henchoz S. Henchoz #2	90	0	0
Stuart Ripley S. Ripley #7	89	0	1