Season 1996-97

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FA Carling Premiership

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 9 8 2 33 22
Away 19 7 3 9 25 33
Total 38 16 11 11 58 55
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
18th Aug 1996 Southampton (A) 15186 0-0  
21st Middlesbrough (H) 28272 1-0 Di Matteo
24th Coventry City (H) 25024 2-0 Leboeuf, Vialli
4th Sep 1996 Arsenal (A) 38132 3-3 Leboeuf, Vialli, Wise
7th Sheffield Wed (A) 30983 2-0 Burley, Myers
15th Aston Villa (H) 27729 1-1 Leboeuf
21st Liverpool (A) 40739 1-5 Leboeuf
28th Nottm Forest (H) 27673 1-1 Vialli
12th Oct 1996 Leicester City (A) 20766 3-1 Di Matteo, Mark Hughes, Vialli
19th Wimbledon (H) 28020 2-4 Minto, Vialli
26th Tottenham (H) 28373 3-1 Di Matteo, Gullit, Lee
2nd Nov 1996 Manchester Utd (A) 55198 2-1 Duberry, Vialli
16th Blackburn Rovers (A) 27229 1-1 Petrescu
23rd Newcastle Utd (H) 28401 1-1 Zola
1st Dec 1996 Leeds Utd (A) 32671 0-2  
7th Everton (H) 28418 2-2 Vialli, Zola
15th Sunderland (A) 19683 0-3  
21st West Ham Utd (H) 28315 3-1 Mark Hughes (2), Zola
26th Aston Villa (A) 39339 2-0 Zola (2)
28th Sheffield Wed (H) 27467 2-2 Mark Hughes, Zola
1st Jan 1997 Liverpool (H) 28329 1-0 Di Matteo
11th Nottm Forest (A) 28358 0-2  
18th Derby County (H) 28293 3-1 Paul Hughes, Leboeuf, Wise
1st Feb 1997 Tottenham (A) 33027 2-1 Campbell (og), Di Matteo
22nd Manchester Utd (H) 28336 1-1 Zola
1st Mar 1997 Derby County (A) 18039 2-3 Leboeuf, Minto
5th Blackburn Rovers (H) 25784 1-1 Minto
12th West Ham Utd (A) 24502 2-3 Mark Hughes, Vialli
16th Sunderland (H) 24027 6-2 Di Matteo, Mark Hughes (2), Petrescu, Sinclair, Zola
19th Southampton (H) 28079 1-0 Zola
22nd Middlesbrough (A) 29811 0-1  
5th Apr 1997 Arsenal (H) 28182 0-3  
9th Coventry City (A) 19917 1-3 Paul Hughes
16th Newcastle Utd (A) 36320 1-3 Burley
19th Leicester City (H) 27723 2-1 Mark Hughes, Minto
22nd Wimbledon (A) 14601 1-0 Petrescu
3rd May 1997 Leeds Utd (H) 26277 0-0  
11th Everton (A) 38321 2-1 Di Matteo, Wise

Gate Statistics (FA Carling Premiership)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 24027 (Sunderland) 28418 (Everton) 522722 / 19 27512
Away 14601 (Wimbledon) 55198 (Manchester Utd) 562822 / 19 29622
All 14601 (Wimbledon, Away) 55198 (Manchester Utd, Away) 1085544 / 38 28567

FA Carling Premiership

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 21 12 5 76 44 75 +32
2 Newcastle Utd 38 19 11 8 73 40 68 +33
3 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62 32 68 +30
4 Liverpool 38 19 11 8 62 37 68 +25
5 Aston Villa 38 17 10 11 47 34 61 +13
6 Chelsea 38 16 11 11 58 55 59 +3
7 Sheffield Wed 38 14 15 9 50 51 57 -1
8 Wimbledon 38 15 11 12 49 46 56 +3
9 Leicester City 38 12 11 15 46 54 47 -8
10 Tottenham 38 13 7 18 44 51 46 -7
11 Leeds Utd 38 11 13 14 28 38 46 -10
12 Derby County 38 11 13 14 45 58 46 -13
13 Blackburn Rovers 38 9 15 14 42 43 42 -1
14 West Ham Utd 38 10 12 16 39 48 42 -9
15 Everton 38 10 12 16 44 57 42 -13
16 Southampton 38 10 11 17 50 56 41 -6
17 Coventry City 38 9 14 15 38 54 41 -16
18 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 35 53 40 -18
19 Middlesbrough 38 10 12 16 51 60 39 -9
20 Nottm Forest 38 6 16 16 31 59 34 -28
Middlesbrough 3 points deducted

Week-By-Week League Positions

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
7 6 1 0 19 5
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
3rd Round 4th Jan 1997 West Bromwich (H) 27446 3-0 Burley, Wise, Zola
4th Round 26th Jan 1997 Liverpool (H) 27950 4-2 Mark Hughes, Vialli (2), Zola
5th Round 16th Feb 1997 Leicester City (A) 19125 2-2 Di Matteo, Mark Hughes
5th Round Replay 26th Feb 1997 Leicester City (H) 26053 1-0 [aet] Leboeuf
Quarter-Final 9th Mar 1997 Portsmouth (A) 15701 4-1 Mark Hughes, Wise (2), Zola
Semi-Final 13th Apr 1997 Wimbledon 32674 3-0 Mark Hughes (2), Zola
Final 17th May 1997 Middlesbrough 79160 2-0 Di Matteo, Newton

Coca-Cola Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
3 1 0 2 6 6
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
2nd Round 1st Leg 18th Sep 1996 Blackpool (A) 9666 4-1 Mark Hughes, Morris, Petrescu, Spencer
2nd Leg 25th Sep 1996 Blackpool (H) 11732 1-3 (5-4 agg) Spencer
3rd Round 22nd Oct 1996 Bolton Wanderers (A) 16867 1-2 Minto

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  CC Cup   Coca-Cola Cup

Player Total League FA Cup CC Cup
Mark Hughes 14 8 5 1
Gianfranco Zola 13 9 4  
Gianluca Vialli 10 8 2  
Roberto Di Matteo 9 7 2  
Frank Leboeuf 7 6 1  
Dennis Wise 6 3 3  
Scott Minto 5 4   1
Dan Petrescu 4 3   1
Craig Burley 3 2 1  
Paul Hughes 2 2    
John Spencer 2     2
Michael Duberry 1 1    
Ruud Gullit 1 1    
David Lee 1 1    
Andy Myers 1 1    
Frank Sinclair 1 1    
Eddie Newton 1   1  
Jody Morris 1     1
Total 82 57 19 6

Appearances

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  CC Cup   Coca-Cola Cup

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League FA Cup CC Cup
Roberto Di Matteo 43/1 33/1 7/- 3/-
Dan Petrescu 42/- 34/- 6/- 2/-
Steve Clarke 41/- 31/- 7/- 3/-
Mark Hughes 40/4 32/3 6/1 2/-
Dennis Wise 36/4 27/4 7/- 2/-
Frank Leboeuf 35/- 26/- 7/- 2/-
Scott Minto 32/1 24/1 6/- 2/-
Craig Burley 30/7 26/5 1/2 3/-
Gianfranco Zola 29/1 22/1 7/-  
Frode Grodas 26/1 20/1 5/- 1/-
Gianluca Vialli 25/9 23/5 1/4 1/-
Frank Sinclair 23/2 17/2 6/-  
Eddie Newton 19/2 13/2 6/-  
Erland Johnsen 16/6 14/4 1/2 1/-
Michael Duberry 16/2 13/2 1/- 2/-
Andy Myers 15/3 15/3    
Kevin Hitchcock 14/2 10/2 2/- 2/-
Paul Hughes 9/4 8/4 1/-  
Jody Morris 8/6 6/6   2/-
Ruud Gullit 7/7 6/6 -/1 1/-
Dmitri Kharine 5/- 5/-    
Mark Nicholls 3/7 3/5   -/2
John Spencer 3/4 -/4   3/-
Danny Granville 3/2 3/2    
Craig Forrest 2/1 2/1    
David Lee 2/- 1/-   1/-
Paul Parker 1/3 1/3    
Terry Phelan 1/3 1/2   -/1
Neil Clement 1/- 1/-    
Nick Colgan 1/- 1/-    
Joe Sheerin -/1 -/1    
Games Played 48 38 7 3

Discipline

Key

  League   FA Carling Premiership
  CC Cup   Coca-Cola Cup

The first number is the number of bookings; the
second number is the number of dismissals.

Player Total League FA Cup CC Cup
Steve Clarke 10/- 7/- 2/- 1/-
Frank Leboeuf 9/1 6/1 3/-  
Mark Hughes 9/- 7/- 1/- 1/-
Dennis Wise 9/- 6/- 2/- 1/-
Roberto Di Matteo 8/- 7/- 1/-  
Scott Minto 7/- 6/- 1/-  
Frank Sinclair 7/- 6/- 1/-  
Dan Petrescu 5/- 5/-    
Michael Duberry 4/- 4/-    
Gianluca Vialli 4/- 4/-    
Erland Johnsen 4/- 3/-   1/-
Eddie Newton 4/- 2/- 2/-  
Craig Burley 3/- 3/-    
Andy Myers 3/- 3/-    
Frode Grodas 1/1 1/1    
Neil Clement 1/- 1/-    
Ruud Gullit 1/- 1/-    
Paul Hughes 1/- 1/-    
Jody Morris 1/- 1/-    
John Spencer 1/- 1/-    
Gianfranco Zola 1/-   1/-  
Total 93/2 75/2 14/- 4/-