The City Ground

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:: 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)

Competitive Games:: 44
Competitive Goals:: 39
Goals per game:: .9
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 34 out of 114 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 29.8%

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

FA Cup:: Chelsea
League Cup:: Leicester City
League Trophy:: Carlisle United
Community Shield:: Manchester United

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 3
3-0 (Sat Aug 17, 1996, Coventry City, Away, League Tier 1)
3-0 (Sat Jan 04, 1997, Ipswich Town, Home, FA Cup)

Biggest Winning Margin: 3
3-0 (Sat Aug 17, 1996, Coventry City, Away, League Tier 1)
3-0 (Sat Jan 04, 1997, Ipswich Town, Home, FA Cup)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
0-5 (Sun May 11, 1997, Newcastle United, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 5
0-5 (Sun May 11, 1997, Newcastle United, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 10
Yellow Cards:: 72
Red Cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 2
Penalties conceded:: 4
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) - 1996-97

SEASON END TABLE								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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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
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

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
Manager: Frank Clark
1	Sat Aug 17, 1996	Coventry City	A	3-0	19,468	2	Campbell (13', 36', 47')
2	Wed Aug 21, 1996	Sunderland	H	1-4	22,874	9	Haaland (27')
3	Sat Aug 24, 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	24,705	10	Pearce (68')
4	Wed Sep 04, 1996	Southampton	A	2-2	14,450	13	Campbell (4'), Saunders (23')
5	Sat Sep 07, 1996	Leicester City	H	0-0	24,105	10
6	Sat Sep 14, 1996	Manchester United	A	1-4	54,984	14	Haaland (4')
7	Sat Sep 21, 1996	West Ham United	H	0-2	23,352	16
8	Sat Sep 28, 1996	Chelsea	A	1-1	27,673	16	Lee (90')
9	Sat Oct 12, 1996	Leeds United	A	0-2	29,225	17
10	Sat Oct 19, 1996	Derby County	H	1-1	27,771	18	Saunders (2')
11	Mon Oct 28, 1996	Everton	H	0-1	19,892	18
12	Sat Nov 02, 1996	Aston Villa	A	0-2	35,310	18
13	Mon Nov 18, 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	16,390	20
14	Mon Nov 25, 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	17,525	20	Pearce (29' pen), Cooper (90')
15	Sat Nov 30, 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	12,608	20
16	Mon Dec 09, 1996	Newcastle United	H	0-0	25,762	19
17	Tue Dec 17, 1996	Liverpool	A	2-4	36,126	20	Campbell (34'), Pearce (60')
Manager: Stuart Pearce
18	Sat Dec 21, 1996	Arsenal	H	2-1	27,384	20	Haaland (67', 89')
19	Thu Dec 26, 1996	Manchester United	H	0-4	29,032	20
20	Sat Dec 28, 1996	Leicester City	A	2-2	20,833	20	Clough (37'), Cooper (87')
21	Wed Jan 01, 1997	West Ham United	A	1-0	22,358	18	Campbell (38')
22	Sat Jan 11, 1997	Chelsea	H	2-0	28,358	18	Pearce (40'), Bart-Williams (53')
23	Sun Jan 19, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	27,303	17	Roy (47', 72')
24	Wed Jan 29, 1997	Coventry City	H	0-1	22,619	17
25	Sat Feb 01, 1997	Everton	A	0-2	32,567	17
26	Sat Feb 22, 1997	Aston Villa	H	0-0	25,239	17
27	Sat Mar 01, 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	32,805	17	Saunders (18')
28	Wed Mar 05, 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	21,485	17
29	Sat Mar 08, 1997	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,206	17
30	Tue Mar 11, 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	20,485	17	Haaland (18')
31	Sat Mar 15, 1997	Liverpool	H	1-1	29,181	18	Woan (30')
32	Sat Mar 22, 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	22,120	19	Lyttle (86')
33	Mon Mar 24, 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	29,888	18	Haaland (4')
34	Sat Apr 05, 1997	Southampton	H	1-3	25,134	18	Pearce (88' pen)
35	Sat Apr 19, 1997	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,565	20	van Hooijdonk (6')
36	Wed Apr 23, 1997	Derby County	A	0-0	18,087	20
37	Sat May 03, 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-1	19,865	20	Roy (59')	Relegated
Manager: Dave Bassett
38	Sun May 11, 1997	Newcastle United	A	0-5	36,554	20		Relegated

FA Cup

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

League Cup

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

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Aug 07, 1996	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	3,374	Roy (56')
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Tue Apr 15, 1997	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	5-2	3,278	Roy (3', 55'), Gemmill (6'), van Hooijdonk (26'), Thomas-Moore (65')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Jul 24, 1996	Chesterfield	England	A	1-2	-	Woan (?)
Sat Jul 27, 1996	Gillingham	England	A	3-1	-	Saunders (?), Campbell (?, ?)
Tue Jul 30, 1996	Hastings Town	England	A	0-0	-
Thu Aug 01, 1996	Hull City	England	A	4-1	-	Haaland (?, ?), Campbell (?), Gemmill (?)
Sat Aug 03, 1996	Chelsea	England	H	0-0	27,427
Sun Aug 04, 1996	Manchester United	England	H	1-3	21,760	Campbell (10')
Sat Aug 10, 1996	Shelbourne	Ireland	A	9-0	-	Haaland (?), Cooper (?), Phillips (?), Saunders (?), Woan (?), Campbell (?, ?), Chettle (?), Pea

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Jul 24, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Chesterfield			A	1-2	-	Woan (?)
Sat Jul 27, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Gillingham			A	3-1	-	Saunders (?), Campbell (?, ?)
Tue Jul 30, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Hastings Town			A	0-0	-
Thu Aug 01, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Hull City			A	4-1	-	Haaland (?, ?), Campbell (?), Gemmill (?)
Sat Aug 03, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Chelsea	Semi		H	0-0	27,427
Sun Aug 04, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Manchester United	3rd/4th place		H	1-3	21,760	Campbell (10')
Wed Aug 07, 1996	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	1-1	3,374	Roy (56')
Sat Aug 10, 1996	Pre-Season Friendly	Shelbourne			A	9-0	-	Haaland (?), Cooper (?), Phillips (?), Saunders (?), Woan (?), Campbell (?, ?), Chettle (?), Pea
Sat Aug 17, 1996	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	3-0	19,468	Campbell (13', 36', 47')
Wed Aug 21, 1996	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-4	22,874	Haaland (27')
Sat Aug 24, 1996	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-1	24,705	Pearce (68')
Wed Sep 04, 1996	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	2-2	14,450	Campbell (4'), Saunders (23')
Sat Sep 07, 1996	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	0-0	24,105
Sat Sep 14, 1996	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	1-4	54,984	Haaland (4')
Wed Sep 18, 1996	League Cup	Wycombe Wanderers	2	1	H	1-0	6,482	Roy (48')
Sat Sep 21, 1996	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	0-2	23,352
Tue Sep 24, 1996	League Cup	Wycombe Wanderers	2	2	A	1-1	6,310	Lee (102')
Sat Sep 28, 1996	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	1-1	27,673	Lee (90')
Sat Oct 12, 1996	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	0-2	29,225
Sat Oct 19, 1996	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	1-1	27,771	Saunders (2')
Wed Oct 23, 1996	League Cup	West Ham United	3		A	1-4	19,402	Cooper (29')
Mon Oct 28, 1996	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-1	19,892
Sat Nov 02, 1996	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-2	35,310
Mon Nov 18, 1996	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	0-2	16,390
Mon Nov 25, 1996	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-2	17,525	Pearce (29' pen), Cooper (90')
Sat Nov 30, 1996	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			A	0-1	12,608
Mon Dec 09, 1996	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	0-0	25,762
Tue Dec 17, 1996	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	2-4	36,126	Campbell (34'), Pearce (60')
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Sat Dec 21, 1996	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-1	27,384	Haaland (67', 89')
Thu Dec 26, 1996	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	0-4	29,032
Sat Dec 28, 1996	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	2-2	20,833	Clough (37'), Cooper (87')
Wed Jan 01, 1997	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	1-0	22,358	Campbell (38')
Sat Jan 04, 1997	FA Cup	Ipswich Town	3		H	3-0	14,681	Saunders (19', 74'), Allen (28')
Sat Jan 11, 1997	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	2-0	28,358	Pearce (40'), Bart-Williams (53')
Sun Jan 19, 1997	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-1	27,303	Roy (47', 72')
Sun Jan 26, 1997	FA Cup	Newcastle United	4		A	2-1	36,434	Woan (76', 80')
Wed Jan 29, 1997	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	0-1	22,619
Sat Feb 01, 1997	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-2	32,567
Sat Feb 15, 1997	FA Cup	Chesterfield	5		A	0-1	8,890
Sat Feb 22, 1997	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	0-0	25,239
Sat Mar 01, 1997	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-0	32,805	Saunders (18')
Wed Mar 05, 1997	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	0-3	21,485
Sat Mar 08, 1997	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-2	38,206
Tue Mar 11, 1997	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	1-1	20,485	Haaland (18')
Sat Mar 15, 1997	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-1	29,181	Woan (30')
Sat Mar 22, 1997	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-1	22,120	Lyttle (86')
Mon Mar 24, 1997	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	29,888	Haaland (4')
Sat Apr 05, 1997	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	1-3	25,134	Pearce (88' pen)
Tue Apr 15, 1997	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Semi		A	5-2	3,278	Roy (3', 55'), Gemmill (6'), van Hooijdonk (26'), Thomas-Moore (65')
Sat Apr 19, 1997	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	1-1	25,565	van Hooijdonk (6')
Wed Apr 23, 1997	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-0	18,087
Sat May 03, 1997	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			H	1-1	19,865	Roy (59')	Relegated
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sun May 11, 1997	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-5	36,554		Relegated

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Sep 18, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	1		H	1-0	6,482
Tue Sep 24, 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	2	2		A	1-1	6,310
Wed Oct 23, 1996	West Ham United	3			A	1-4	19,402

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Manager: Frank Clark
Wed Aug 07, 1996	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	3,374
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Tue Apr 15, 1997	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	5-2	3,278

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (12) - £11,570,000				Out (14) - £1,700,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Andy Gray	Bought		Sep 1996	Andrea Silenzi	Loan out
	Brian O'Neil	Loan In		Mar 1997	Andrea Silenzi	Sold
	David Henry	Bought			Bryan Roy	Sold	£1,500,000
	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Bought			Craig Atkinson	Sold
Jun 01, 1996	Nicola Jerkan	Bought	£1,000,000		Jason Lee	Loan out
Jul 22, 1996	Dean Saunders	Bought	£1,190,000	Jun 1997	Jason Lee	Sold	£200,000
Dec 15, 1996	Nigel Clough	Loan In			Justin Walker	Sold
Mar 11, 1997	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Bought	£4,500,000		Nicola Jerkan	Sold
Mar 13, 1997	Ian Thomas-Moore	Bought	£1,050,000		Richard Clark	Sold
Apr 13, 1997	Christian Edwards	Bought	£300,000	Nov 27, 1995	Richard Irving	Released
Apr 13, 1997	Dougie Freedman	Bought	£900,000	Jan 29, 1997	Jason Lee	Loan out
Aug 08, 1998	Nigel Quashie	Bought	£2,630,000	Feb 15, 1997	Steve Blatherwick	Sold
				May 03, 1997	Alfe-Inge Haaland	Sold
				May 03, 1997	Stuart Pearce	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Mark Crossley	Wales	27	39	8	14	17		1	1
GK	13	Alan Fettis	N. Ireland	25	5		3	2					1	25
GK	23	Tommy Wright	N. Ireland	32	1	1								2	Left in March 1997 to join Manchester City
GK	30	Richard Clark	England	19
GK	31	David Henry	N. Ireland	18										3
Defenders
D	2	Des Lyttle	England	24	37	8	14	15	1	5		3	2	2
D	3	Stuart Pearce	England	34	37	9	14	14	5	8		2
D	4	Colin Cooper	England	29	42	9	15	18	3	9		1			Player Of The Year
D	5	Steve Chettle	England	27	36	9	14	13		4			1	2
D	21	Vance Warner	England	21	3		2	1					1
D	26	Craig Armstrong	England	21										1
Midfielders
M	7	David Phillips	Wales	33	32	7	12	13		1		3	3	4
M	8	Scot Gemmill	Scotland	25	29	6	12	11		6		5	9	7
M	11	Steve Stone	England	24	5	1	3	1		2		2
M	16	Nicola Jerkan	Croatia	31	14	3	5	6		6		4		5
M	17	Chris Allen	England	23	25	4	9	12	1	1		5	8	8
M	18	Alfe-Inge Haaland	Norway	23	41	9	15	17	6	5		5	3	1
M	24	Brian O'Neil Loan In	Scotland	23	5		4	1		2		1	1	2	On loan from Celtic
M	25	Steve Blatherwick	England	22	10	1	4	5		2		3		2
M	27	Justin Walker	England	20										2	Left at end of season to join Scunthorpe United
M	32	John Burns	Rep. of Ire.	18
Forwards
F	6	Chris Bart-Williams	England	22	21	5	8	8	1	1		3		1
F	9	Dean Saunders	Wales	32	39	7	16	16	5			12	1
F	10	Kevin Campbell	England	26	20	5	6	9	6	3		3	1
F	12	Jason Lee	England	25	17	3	5	9	2	1			10	2	Left at end of season to join Watford
F	14	Ian Woan	England	28	38	8	15	15	3	8		10	3	1
F	15	Andrea Silenzi	Italy	30	2		2					1	1		Went on loan to Venezia
F	15	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	26	8		7	1	1	4					Joined in March 1997 from Celtic
F	19	Bobby Howe	England	22	1			1					1	3
F	20	Paul McGregor	England	21	6	2	2	2					6	3
F	22	Bryan Roy	Netherlands	26	26	5	11	10	4	2		9	14	8
F	23	Ian Thomas-Moore	England	19	5		4	1					4	2	Joined in March 1997 from Tranmere Rovers
F	24	Richard Irving	England	20											Released
F	28	Steve Guinan	England	20	2			2					2	2
F	29	Nigel Clough Loan In	England	30	13	5	4	4	1	1		3	3	1	Joined on loan from Manchester City for 14 games
F	29	Paul Smith (1997)	England	20										1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Everton	Mon Oct 28, 1996	Home	0-1	Sat Feb 01, 1997	Away	0-2
Manchester United	Sat Sep 14, 1996	Away	1-4	Thu Dec 26, 1996	Home	0-4
Sheffield Wednesday	Mon Nov 18, 1996	Away	0-2	Wed Mar 05, 1997	Home	0-3