The City Ground

SEASON: 1996-97

Prev Season: 1995-96
Next Season: 1997-98

DIVISION:: F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Frank Clark, Stuart Pearce, Dave Bassett
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Chesterfield (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (West Ham United (A) 1-4)
Player Of The Year:: Colin Cooper

Top Goalscorer:: Alfe-Inge Haaland, Kevin Campbell (6 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	8 times	2 times
Conceded	17 times	9 times	2 times	5 times	1 time
Won By	6 times	1 time	2 times
Lost By	4 times	8 times	4 times	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 29,181 (League - Liverpool)
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,525 (League - Blackburn Rovers)
Average League Attendance:: 24,586
Highest Cup Attendance:: 14,681 (FA Cup - Ipswich Town)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,482 (League Cup - Wycombe Wanderers)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 71

END OF SEASON TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76	44	12	5	2	38	17	9	7	3	38	27	32	75	Champions League	0-4	1-4
2	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73	40	13	3	3	54	20	6	8	5	19	20	33	68	Champions League Second Qualifying Round	0-0	0-5
3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62	32	10	5	4	36	18	9	6	4	26	14	30	68	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	0-2
4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62	37	10	6	3	38	19	9	5	5	24	18	25	68	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	2-4
5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47	34	11	5	3	27	13	6	5	8	20	21	13	61	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	0-2
6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58	55	9	8	2	33	22	7	3	9	25	33	3	59	Cup Winners Cup First Round	2-0	1-1
7	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50	51	8	10	1	25	16	6	5	8	25	35	-1	57		0-3	0-2
8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	9	6	4	28	21	6	5	8	21	25	3	56		1-1	0-1
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	7	5	7	22	26	5	6	8	24	28	-8	47	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	2-2
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	8	4	7	19	17	5	3	11	25	34	-7	46		2-1	1-0
11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	7	7	5	15	13	4	6	9	13	25	-10	46		1-1	0-2
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	8	6	5	25	22	3	7	9	20	36	-13	46		1-1	0-0
13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	8	4	7	28	23	1	11	7	14	20	-1	42		2-2	1-1
14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	7	6	6	27	25	3	6	10	12	23	-9	42		0-2	1-0
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	7	4	8	24	22	3	8	8	20	35	-13	42		0-1	0-2
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	50	56	6	7	6	32	24	4	4	11	18	32	-6	41		1-3	2-2
17	Coventry City	38	9	14	15	38	54	4	8	7	19	23	5	6	8	19	31	-16	41		0-1	3-0
18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	35	53	7	6	6	20	18	3	4	12	15	35	-18	40	Relegated	1-4	1-1
19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	51	60	8	5	6	34	25	2	7	10	17	35	-9	39	Relegated	1-1	1-1
20	Nottingham Forest	38	6	16	16	31	59	3	9	7	15	27	3	7	9	16	32	-28	34	Relegated

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground	Notes
1	Sat Aug 17, 1996	Coventry City	A	3-0	Win	19,468	1	Highfield Road
2	Wed Aug 21, 1996	Sunderland	H	1-4	Loss	22,874	9
3	Sat Aug 24, 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	24,705	10
4	Wed Sep 04, 1996	Southampton	A	2-2	Draw	14,450	13	The Dell
5	Sat Sep 07, 1996	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	24,105	10
6	Sat Sep 14, 1996	Manchester United	A	1-4	Loss	54,984	14	Old Trafford
7	Sat Sep 21, 1996	West Ham United	H	0-2	Loss	23,352	16
8	Sat Sep 28, 1996	Chelsea	A	1-1	Draw	27,673	16	Stamford Bridge
9	Sat Oct 12, 1996	Leeds United	A	0-2	Loss	29,225	17	Elland Road
10	Sat Oct 19, 1996	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	27,771	18
11	Mon Oct 28, 1996	Everton	H	0-1	Loss	19,892	18
12	Sat Nov 02, 1996	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	35,310	18	Villa Park
13	Mon Nov 18, 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	16,390	20	Hillsborough
14	Mon Nov 25, 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	17,525	20
15	Sat Nov 30, 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	Loss	12,608	20	Selhurst Park
16	Mon Dec 09, 1996	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	25,762	19
17	Tue Dec 17, 1996	Liverpool	A	2-4	Loss	36,126	20	Anfield	Frank Clark's last game as manager
18	Sat Dec 21, 1996	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	27,384	20		Stuart Pearce's first game as manager (first spell)
19	Thu Dec 26, 1996	Manchester United	H	0-4	Loss	29,032	20
20	Sat Dec 28, 1996	Leicester City	A	2-2	Draw	20,833	20	Filbert Street
21	Wed Jan 01, 1997	West Ham United	A	1-0	Win	22,358	19	Upton Park
22	Sat Jan 11, 1997	Chelsea	H	2-0	Win	28,358	18
23	Sun Jan 19, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	Win	27,303	17
24	Wed Jan 29, 1997	Coventry City	H	0-1	Loss	22,619	17
25	Sat Feb 01, 1997	Everton	A	0-2	Loss	32,567	17	Goodison Park
26	Sat Feb 22, 1997	Aston Villa	H	0-0	Draw	25,239	17
27	Sat Mar 01, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	Win	32,805	17	White Hart Lane
28	Wed Mar 05, 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	Loss	21,485	17
29	Sat Mar 08, 1997	Arsenal	A	0-2	Loss	38,206	17	Highbury
30	Tue Mar 11, 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	Draw	20,485	17	Ewood Park
31	Sat Mar 15, 1997	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	29,181	18
32	Sat Mar 22, 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	22,120	19	Roker Park
33	Mon Mar 24, 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	29,888	18	Ayresome Park
34	Sat Apr 05, 1997	Southampton	H	1-3	Loss	25,134	18
35	Sat Apr 19, 1997	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	25,565	20
36	Wed Apr 23, 1997	Derby County	A	0-0	Draw	18,087	20	Baseball Ground
37	Sat May 03, 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-1	Draw	19,865	20		Stuart Pearce's last game as manager (first spell)
38	Sun May 11, 1997	Newcastle United	A	0-5	Loss	36,554	20	St. James Park (Newcastle)	Dave Bassett's first game as manager

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Jan 04, 1997	Ipswich Town	3	H	3-0	Win	14,681
Sun Jan 26, 1997	Newcastle United	4	A	2-1	Win	36,434	St. James Park (Newcastle)
Sat Feb 15, 1997	Chesterfield	5	A	0-1	Loss	8,890	Saltergate

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 18, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	1	H	1-0	Win	6,482
Tue Sep 24, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	2	A	1-1	Draw	6,310	Adams Park	Won 2-1 on aggregate
Wed Oct 23, 1996	West Ham United	3		A	1-4	Loss	19,402	Upton Park

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Aug 07, 1996	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	Draw	-
Tue Apr 15, 1997	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	5-2	Win	-	Field Mill

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Wed Jul 24, 1996	Chesterfield	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Saltergate
Sat Jul 27, 1996	Gillingham	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Priestfield Stadium
Tue Jul 30, 1996	Hastings Town	England	A	0-0	Draw	-	The Pilot Field
Thu Aug 01, 1996	Hull City	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Boothferry Park
Sat Aug 03, 1996	Chelsea	England	H	0-0	Draw	-
Sun Aug 04, 1996	Manchester United	England	H	1-3	Loss	-
Sat Aug 10, 1996	Shelbourne	Ireland	A	9-0	Win	-	Tolka Park

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Mark Goodlad
GK	1	Mark Crossley	39	8	14	17		2	1
GK	13	Alan Fettis	5		3	2					1	8
GK	23	Tommy Wright	1	1									Left in March 1997 to join Manchester City
GK	31	David Henry										1
D		Stuart Thom											Reserve squad
D	3	Stuart Pearce	38	9	15	14	5	8		2
D	21	Vance Warner	3		2	1					1
M		Andy Todd											Reserve squad
M		Craig Atkinson											Reserve squad
M		John Finnigan											Reserve squad
M		Nigel Quashie
M		Richard Cooper
M		Richard Hodgson											Reserve squad
M		Steve Melton											Reserve squad
M	2	Des Lyttle	37	8	14	15	1	5		3	2	1
M	11	Steve Stone	5	1	3	1		2		2
M	16	Nicola Jerkan	14	3	5	6		5		4		1
M	24	Brian O'Neil	5		4	1		2		1	1		On loan from Celtic
M	25	Steve Blatherwick	10	1	4	5		2		3
M	27	Justin Walker											Left at end of season to join Scunthorpe United
M	32	John Burns
F		Andy Dawson											Reserve squad
F		Andy Gray
F		Christian Edwards
F		David Freeman											Reserve squad
F		Dougie Freedman
F		Jean-Claude Darcheville
F		Marlon Harewood											Reserve squad
F		Neil Shipperley
F	4	Colin Cooper	42	9	15	18	3	9		1			Player Of The Year
F	5	Steve Chettle	36	9	14	13		3			1
F	6	Chris Bart-Williams	21	5	8	8	1	1		3		1
F	7	David Phillips	31	7	11	13		1		3	3
F	8	Scot Gemmill	29	6	12	11		6		5	9	3
F	9	Dean Saunders	39	7	16	16	5			11	1
F	10	Kevin Campbell	20	5	6	9	6	3		3	1
F	12	Jason Lee	17	3	5	9	2	1			10	1	Left at end of season to join Watford
F	14	Ian Woan	38	8	15	15	3	8		10	3	1
F	15	Andrea Silenzi	2		2					1	1		Went on loan to Venezia
F	15	Pierre van Hooijdonk	8		7	1	1	4					Joined in March 1997 from Celtic
F	17	Chris Allen	25	4	9	12	1	1		5	8	3
F	18	Alfe-Inge Haaland	41	9	15	17	6	5		5	3
F	19	Bobby Howe	1			1					1	1
F	20	Paul McGregor	6	2	2	2					6
F	22	Brian Roy	26	5	11	10	4	2		10	14	2
F	23	Ian Thomas-Moore	5		4	1					4		Joined in March 1997 from Tranmere Rovers
F	24	Richard Irving											Released
F	26	Craig Armstrong
F	28	Steve Guinan	2			2					2
F	29	Nigel Clough	13	5	4	4	1	1		3	3		Joined on loan from Manchester City
F	29	Paul Smith (1997)
		Moore (1997)
	30	Richard Clark

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
6	Alfe-Inge Haaland	41
6	Kevin Campbell	20
5	Dean Saunders	39
5	Stuart Pearce	38
4	Brian Roy	26
3	Colin Cooper	42
3	Ian Woan	38
2	Jason Lee	17
1	Chris Allen	25
1	Chris Bart-Williams	21
1	Des Lyttle	37
1	Nigel Clough	13
1	Pierre van Hooijdonk	8

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1996-97

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Tottenham Hotspur	Sun Jan 19, 1997	H	2-1	Sat Mar 01, 1997	A	1-0