1996–97 season of West Ham United
West Ham United 1996–97 football season
During the 1996–97 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League .
The season began with much excitement at Upton Park , as a whole host of foreign signings arrived. However, most of the acquisitions were short-lived and unsuccessful. Romanian striker Florin Răducioiu walked out in mid-season after scoring just two goals and Portuguese winger Paulo Futre played just nine games for the club before giving in to a knee injury and announcing his retirement in November.
It was a season of struggle for Harry Redknapp 's team, but in the end, a new wave of players helped to keep West Ham in the Premiership. Exciting young defender Rio Ferdinand broke into the side, while newly signed strikers Paul Kitson and John Hartson gave the attack the boost that Răducioiu and Futre had failed to deliver.
With survival confirmed by the final day of the season, there was now talk of pushing for a UEFA Cup place in the following campaign.[by whom? ]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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 10 12 16 39 48 −9 42 7 6 6 27 25 +2 3 6 10 12 23 −11
Results by matchday Match 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 Ground A H H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H H A H H A A H A H A A A H A H A H H A Result L D W L D L W L L W W L D D D L D L W L D L L L L W L W D D W D L D W W D L Position 16 17 11 15 16 17 13 15 16 13 10 12 12 13 12 15 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 17 17 16 15 16 17 18 16 15 12 14
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss West Ham United's score comes first [ 1]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 17 August 1996 Arsenal A 0–2 38,056 21 August 1996 Coventry City H 1–1 21,580 Rieper 24 August 1996 Southampton H 2–1 21,227 M Hughes , Dicks (pen) 4 September 1996 Middlesbrough A 1–4 30,060 M Hughes 8 September 1996 Sunderland A 0–0 18,642 15 September 1996 Wimbledon H 0–2 21,294 21 September 1996 Nottingham Forest A 2–0 23,352 Bowen , M Hughes 29 September 1996 Liverpool H 1–2 25,064 Bilić 12 October 1996 Everton A 1–2 36,571 Dicks (pen) 19 October 1996 Leicester City H 1–0 22,285 Moncur 26 October 1996 Blackburn Rovers H 2–1 23,947 Berg (own goal), Porfírio 2 November 1996 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–1 32,999 16 November 1996 Newcastle United A 1–1 36,552 Rowland 23 November 1996 Derby County H 1–1 24,576 Bishop 30 November 1996 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 22,321 4 December 1996 Aston Villa H 0–2 19,105 8 December 1996 Manchester United H 2–2 25,045 Răducioiu , Dicks (pen) 21 December 1996 Chelsea A 1–3 28,315 Porfírio 28 December 1996 Sunderland H 2–0 24,077 Bilić , Răducioiu 1 January 1997 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 22,358 11 January 1997 Liverpool A 0–0 40,102 20 January 1997 Leeds United H 0–2 19,441 29 January 1997 Arsenal H 1–2 24,382 Rose (own goal) 1 February 1997 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 21,994 Ferdinand 15 February 1997 Derby County A 0–1 18,057 24 February 1997 Tottenham Hotspur H 4–3 23,998 Dicks (2, 1 pen), Kitson , Hartson 1 March 1997 Leeds United A 0–1 30,575 12 March 1997 Chelsea H 3–2 24,502 Dicks , Kitson (2) 15 March 1997 Aston Villa A 0–0 35,992 18 March 1997 Wimbledon A 1–1 15,771 Lazaridis 22 March 1997 Coventry City A 3–1 22,291 Hartson (2), Ferdinand 9 April 1997 Middlesbrough H 0–0 23,988 12 April 1997 Southampton A 0–2 15,244 19 April 1997 Everton H 2–2 24,525 Kitson (2) 23 April 1997 Leicester City A 1–0 20,327 Moncur 3 May 1997 Sheffield Wednesday H 5–1 24,960 Kitson (3), Hartson (2) 6 May 1997 Newcastle United H 0–0 24,617 11 May 1997 Manchester United A 0–2 55,249
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 4 January 1997 Wrexham A 1–1 9,747 Porfírio R3R 25 January 1997 Wrexham H 0–1 16,763
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals [ edit ] Considering starts in all competitions
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Isthmian League (Two , Three ) Combined Counties League (level 8 only ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One ) Essex Senior League (level 8 only ) Hellenic League (Premier , One ) Kent League (level 8 only ) Midland Alliance (level 8 only ) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only ) North West Counties League (One , Two ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) South Midlands League (Premier , Senior ) Spartan League (Premier , One ) Sussex County League (One , Two ) United Counties League (Premier , One ) Wessex League (level 8 only ) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only ) Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions