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SEASON: 1996-97

Prev Season: 1995-96
This Season: 1996-97
Next Season: 1997-98

DIVISION:: F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Frank Clark, Stuart Pearce, Dave Bassett
FA Cup:: (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

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	2	2	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	Liverpool (2-4), Arsenal (2-1), Liverpool (1-1)
3	1	3	2	-	-	2	0	7	0	Arsenal (0-2), Newcastle United (0-5)
4	1	4	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Wimbledon (0-1)
5		5	4	-	2	2	1	8	2	Manchester United (1-4), Newcastle United (0-0), Manchester United (0-4), Aston Villa (0-0)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7		7	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Aston Villa (0-2), Chelsea (2-0)
8		8	3	-	2	1	2	5	2	Chelsea (1-1), Sheffield Wednesday (0-3), Wimbledon (1-1)
9	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	12	10	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur (2-1)
11	6	11	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Tottenham Hotspur (1-0), Leeds United (1-1)
12		12	3	-	1	2	0	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday (0-2), Everton (0-2), Derby County (0-0)
13	3	13	3	-	2	1	4	7	2	Sunderland (1-4), Leicester City (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
14	7	14	3	-	3	-	2	2	3	Middlesbrough (1-1), Leicester City (0-0), Derby County (1-1)
15		15	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Everton (0-1), Sunderland (1-1)
16	15	16	2	1	-	1	1	1	3	West Ham United (1-0), Coventry City (0-1)
17	60	17	4	-	2	2	3	7	2	Southampton (2-2), West Ham United (0-2), Leeds United (0-2), Middlesbrough (1-1)
18	61	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	26	19	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Blackburn Rovers (2-2)
20	70	20	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Southampton (1-3)

Not included: Week 1 game against Coventry City (3-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,181
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,525
Average League Attendance:: 24,586
Highest Cup Attendance:: 14,681
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,482

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 10
Red cards:: 1
Yellow cards:: 71
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 71
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE (1996-97)

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	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

*Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
1	Sat Aug 17, 1996	Coventry City	A	3-0	Win	19,468	2	Campbell (13, 36, 47)
2	Wed Aug 21, 1996	Sunderland	H	1-4	Loss	22,874	9	Haaland (27)
3	Sat Aug 24, 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	Draw	24,705	10	Pearce (68)
4	Wed Sep 04, 1996	Southampton	A	2-2	Draw	14,450	13	Campbell (4), Saunders (23)
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	Haaland (4)
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	Lee (90)
9	Sat Oct 12, 1996	Leeds United	A	0-2	Loss	29,225	17
10	Sat Oct 19, 1996	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	27,771	18	Saunders (2)
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
13	Mon Nov 18, 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	Loss	16,390	20
14	Mon Nov 25, 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	17,525	20	Pearce (29 pen), Cooper (90)
15	Sat Nov 30, 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	Loss	12,608	20
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	Campbell (34), Pearce (60)
Manager: Stuart Pearce
18	Sat Dec 21, 1996	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	27,384	20	Haaland (67, 89)
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	Clough (37), Cooper (87)
21	Wed Jan 01, 1997	West Ham United	A	1-0	Win	22,358	18	Campbell (38)
22	Sat Jan 11, 1997	Chelsea	H	2-0	Win	28,358	18	Pearce (40), Bart-Williams (53)
23	Sun Jan 19, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	Win	27,303	17	Roy (47, 72)
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
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	Saunders (18)
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
30	Tue Mar 11, 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	Draw	20,485	17	Haaland (18)
31	Sat Mar 15, 1997	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	29,181	18	Woan (30)
32	Sat Mar 22, 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	22,120	19	Lyttle (86)
33	Mon Mar 24, 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	29,888	18	Haaland (4)
34	Sat Apr 05, 1997	Southampton	H	1-3	Loss	25,134	18	Pearce (88 pen)
35	Sat Apr 19, 1997	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	25,565	20	van Hooijdonk (6)
36	Wed Apr 23, 1997	Derby County	A	0-0	Draw	18,087	20
37	Sat May 03, 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-1	Draw	19,865	20	Roy (59)
Manager: Dave Bassett
38	Sun May 11, 1997	Newcastle United	A	0-5	Loss	36,554	20

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Sat Jan 04, 1997	Ipswich Town	3	H	3-0	Win	14,681	Saunders (19, 74), Allen (28)
Sun Jan 26, 1997	Newcastle United	4	A	2-1	Win	36,434	Woan (76, 80)
Sat Feb 15, 1997	Chesterfield	5	A	0-1	Loss	8,890

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Sep 18, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	1	H	1-0	Win	6,482	Roy (48)
Tue Sep 24, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	2	A	1-1	Draw	6,310	Lee (102)
Wed Oct 23, 1996	West Ham United	3		A	1-4	Loss	19,402	Cooper (29)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Aug 07, 1996	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	Draw	-	Roy (?)
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Tue Apr 15, 1997	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	5-2	Win	-	Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Jul 24, 1996	Chesterfield	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Woan (?)
Sat Jul 27, 1996	Gillingham	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Saunders (?)
Tue Jul 30, 1996	Hastings Town	England	A	0-0	Draw	-
Thu Aug 01, 1996	Hull City	England	A	4-1	Win	-	Haaland (?, ?), Campbell (?), Gemmill (?)
Sat Aug 03, 1996	Chelsea	England	H	0-0	Draw	-
Sun Aug 04, 1996	Manchester United	England	H	1-3	Loss	-	Campbell (?)
Sat Aug 10, 1996	Shelbourne	Ireland	A	9-0	Win	-	Haaland (?), Pearce (?), Cooper (?), Chettle (?), Phillips (?), Saunders (?), Campbell (?, ?), W

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (14)				Out (12)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Andy Gray	Bought			Andrea Silenzi	Sold
	Brian O'Neil	Loan In			Brian Roy	Sold	£1,500,000
	David Henry	Bought			Craig Atkinson	Sold
	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Bought			Jason Lee	Sold	£200,000
	Marlon Harewood	Bought			Justin Walker	Sold
Jun 01, 1996	Nicola Jerkan	Bought	£1,000,000		Nicola Jerkan	Sold
Aug 17, 1996	Dean Saunders	Bought	£1,190,000		Richard Clark	Sold
Dec 15, 1996	Nigel Clough	Loan In		Nov 27, 1995	Richard Irving	Released
Mar 11, 1997	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Bought	£4,500,000	Feb 15, 1997	Steve Blatherwick	Sold
Mar 22, 1997	Ian Thomas-Moore	Bought	£1,050,000	Mar 15, 1997	Nigel Clough	Sold	£1,930,000
Apr 27, 1998	Christian Edwards	Bought	£300,000	May 03, 1997	Alfe-Inge Haaland	Sold
Aug 10, 1998	Dougie Freedman	Bought	£900,000	May 03, 1997	Stuart Pearce	Sold
Sep 08, 1998	Nigel Quashie	Bought	£2,630,000
Sep 26, 1998	Neil Shipperley	Bought	£1,470,000

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
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
GK		Mark Goodlad
Defenders
D	2	Des Lyttle	37	8	14	15	1	5		3	2	1
D	3	Stuart Pearce	37	9	14	14	5	8		2
D	4	Colin Cooper	42	9	15	18	3	9		1			Player Of The Year
D	5	Steve Chettle	36	9	14	13		3			1
D	21	Vance Warner	3		2	1					1
D	26	Craig Armstrong
D		Christian Edwards
D		Stuart Thom											Reserve squad
Midfielders
M	7	David Phillips	32	7	12	13		1		3	3
M	8	Scot Gemmill	29	6	12	11		6		5	9	3
M	11	Steve Stone	5	1	3	1		2		2
M	16	Nicola Jerkan	14	3	5	6		5		4		1
M	17	Chris Allen	25	4	9	12	1	1		5	8	3
M	18	Alfe-Inge Haaland	41	9	15	17	6	5		5	3
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
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
Forwards
F	6	Chris Bart-Williams	21	5	8	8	1	1		3		1
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	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	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)
F		Andy Dawson											Reserve squad
F		Andy Gray
F		David Freeman											Reserve squad
F		Dougie Freedman
F		Jean-Claude Darcheville
F		Marlon Harewood											Reserve squad
F		Neil Shipperley

	30	Richard Clark
		Moore (1997)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
6	Alfe-Inge Haaland	41
6	Kevin Campbell	20
5	Dean Saunders	39
5 (2)	Stuart Pearce	37
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

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