Sheffield Wednesday 1996–97 football season
The 1996–97 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 's 130th season in existence. They competed in the twenty-team Premiership , the top tier of English football , finishing seventh.
Season summary [ edit ] A four-match winning start to the season saw Sheffield Wednesday top the Premiership and manager David Pleat receive Manager of the Month award for August, but they soon fell out of the title frame and in the end, despite losing just nine games in the league, they finished seventh in the final table - not even enough for UEFA Cup qualification; they could easily have finished higher had they not drawn as many as 15 games (making it 30 points they dropped).[1] In the close season, Pleat paid a club record £5.7 million for Celtic's Italian forward Paolo Di Canio ,[2] giving his squad a much-needed boost to their hopes of challenging for honours.
Final league table [ edit ] Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 14 15 9 50 51 −1 57 8 10 1 25 16 +9 6 5 8 25 35 −10
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Result W W W W L L D L L D D D W D D W D D D D W L W D D W W W W L D W D W L L L D Position 6 1 1 1 1 5 5 7 7 9 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Results [ edit ] Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first [3]
FA Premier League [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 August 1996 Aston Villa H 2–1 26,861 Humphreys , Whittingham 20 August 1996 Leeds United A 2–0 31,011 Humphreys , Booth 24 August 1996 Newcastle United A 2–1 36,452 Atherton , Whittingham 2 September 1996 Leicester City H 2–1 17,657 Booth , Humphreys 7 September 1996 Chelsea H 0–2 30,983 16 September 1996 Arsenal A 1–4 33,461 Booth 21 September 1996 Derby County H 0–0 23,934 28 September 1996 Everton A 0–2 34,160 12 October 1996 Wimbledon A 2–4 10,512 Booth , Hyde 19 October 1996 Blackburn Rovers H 1–1 22,191 Booth 26 October 1996 Coventry City A 0–0 17,267 2 November 1996 Southampton H 1–1 20,106 Newsome 18 November 1996 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 16,390 Trustfull , Carbone 23 November 1996 Sunderland A 1–1 20,644 Oakes 30 November 1996 West Ham United H 0–0 22,321 7 December 1996 Liverpool A 1–0 39,507 Whittingham 18 December 1996 Manchester United H 1–1 37,671 Carbone 21 December 1996 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 30,996 Nolan 26 December 1996 Arsenal H 0–0 23,245 28 December 1996 Chelsea A 2–2 27,467 Pembridge , Stefanović 11 January 1997 Everton H 2–1 24,175 Pembridge , Hirst 18 January 1997 Middlesbrough A 2–4 29,485 Pembridge (2) 29 January 1997 Aston Villa A 1–0 26,726 Booth 1 February 1997 Coventry City H 0–0 21,793 19 February 1997 Derby County A 2–2 18,060 Collins , Hirst 22 February 1997 Southampton A 3–2 15,062 Hirst (2), Booth 1 March 1997 Middlesbrough H 3–1 28,206 Booth , Hyde , Pembridge (pen) 5 March 1997 Nottingham Forest A 3–0 21,485 Carbone (2), Blinker 12 March 1997 Sunderland H 2–1 20,294 Hirst , Stefanović 15 March 1997 Manchester United A 0–2 55,267 22 March 1997 Leeds United H 2–2 30,373 Hirst , Booth 9 April 1997 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 22,667 Atherton , Booth 13 April 1997 Newcastle United H 1–1 33,798 Pembridge 19 April 1997 Wimbledon H 3–1 26,957 Donaldson , Trustfull (2) 22 April 1997 Blackburn Rovers A 1–4 20,845 Carbone (pen) 3 May 1997 West Ham United A 1–5 24,960 Carbone 7 May 1997 Leicester City A 0–1 20,793 11 May 1997 Liverpool H 1–1 38,943 Donaldson
League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 Oxford United H 1–1 7,499 Whittingham R2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 Oxford United A 0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg) 6,863
Players [ edit ] First-team squad [ edit ] Squad at end of season [4] [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ edit ] Date Pos. Name From Fee 8 July 1996 FW Andy Booth Huddersfield Town £2,700,000 11 July 1996 GK Matt Clarke Rotherham United £325,000 7 August 1996 MF Scott Oakes Luton Town £425,000 9 August 1996 MF Wayne Collins Crewe Alexandra £600,000 20 August 1996 MF Orlando Trustfull Feyenoord £750,000 1 September 1996 DF Dave Hercock Cambridge City Free transfer 14 October 1996 FW Benito Carbone Inter Milan £3,000,000 3 April 1997 DF David Billington Peterborough United £500,000 15 April 1997 MF Mark McKeever Peterborough United £500,000
Transfers in: £8,800,000 Transfers out: £250,000 Total spending: £8,550,000 Statistics [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] ^ Nolan was born in Liverpool , England , but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996. ^ Blinker was born in Paramaribo , Suriname , but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in March 1993. ^ Jones was born in Sheffield , England , but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1994. ^ Sheridan was born in Stretford , England , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1988. ^ McKeever was born in Derry , Northern Ireland , but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. ^ Poric was born in London , England , but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and represented them at U-20 level. References [ edit ] Dickinson, Jason (1999). One Hundred Years at Hillsborough . Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press/Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. pp. 242–243, 385. ISBN 1-874718-29-6 . Dickinson, Jason; Brodie, John (2005). The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005 . Sheffield: Pickard Communication. pp. 346–347, 350. ISBN 0-9547264-9-9 . Drake, A. "1996–97 Players" . The Owl Football Historian . Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008 .
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