1996–97 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1996–97 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson
Manager	Joe Royle (until 27 March) Dave Watson (caretaker)
Stadium	Goodison Park
FA Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ferguson (11) All: Ferguson/Speed (11)
Highest home attendance	40,177 vs. Liverpool (16 April 1997)
Lowest home attendance	30,368 vs. Leicester City (9 April 1997)
Average home league attendance	36,186
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

After finishing sixth the previous season, Everton started the new season with much hope and ambitions of qualifying for Europe or winning a major trophy. But the mid-season sale of top scoring winger Andrei Kanchelskis to Fiorentina sabotaged Everton's chances of more success, and manager Joe Royle resigned in March, less than two years after guiding the club to FA Cup glory. Captain Dave Watson took over as acting manager and confirmed Everton's survival with a 15th place finish, before Howard Kendall returned to Goodison Park for his third spell as manager.

Final league table

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

Note: Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfil a fixture.

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Relegated to Division One

Results

Everton's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Newcastle United	H	2-0	40,117	Unsworth (pen), Speed
21 August 1996	Manchester United	A	2-2	54,943	Ferguson (2)
24 August 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	29,696
4 September 1996	Aston Villa	H	0-1	39,115
7 September 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-4	13,684
14 September 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	39,250	Short
21 September 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	27,091	Unsworth
28 September 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	34,160	Kanchelskis, Stuart
12 October 1996	West Ham United	H	2-1	36,571	Stuart, Speed
28 October 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	19,892	Short
4 November 1996	Coventry City	H	1-1	31,477	Stuart
16 November 1996	Southampton	H	7-1	35,669	Stuart, Kanchelskis (2), Speed (3), Barmby
20 November 1996	Liverpool	A	1-1	40,751	Speed
23 November 1996	Leicester City	A	2-1	20,975	Hinchcliffe, Unsworth
30 November 1996	Sunderland	H	1-3	40,087	Ferguson
7 December 1996	Chelsea	A	2-2	28,418	Branch, Kanchelskis
16 December 1996	Derby County	A	1-0	17,252	Barmby
21 December 1996	Leeds United	H	0-0	36,954
26 December 1996	Middlesbrough	A	2-4	29,673	Unsworth, Ferguson
28 December 1996	Wimbledon	H	1-3	36,733	Stuart
1 January 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-2	30,427
11 January 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	24,175	Ferguson
19 January 1997	Arsenal	A	1-3	38,095	Ferguson
29 January 1997	Newcastle United	A	1-4	36,143	Speed
1 February 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	32,567	Ferguson, Barmby
22 February 1997	Coventry City	A	0-0	19,497
1 March 1997	Arsenal	H	0-2	36,980
5 March 1997	Southampton	A	2-2	15,134	Ferguson, Speed
8 March 1997	Leeds United	A	0-1	32,055
15 March 1997	Derby County	H	1-0	32,140	D Watson
22 March 1997	Manchester United	H	0-2	40,079
5 April 1997	Aston Villa	A	1-3	39,339	Unsworth
9 April 1997	Leicester City	H	1-1	30,368	Branch
12 April 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	36,380	Speed
16 April 1997	Liverpool	H	1-1	40,177	Ferguson
19 April 1997	West Ham United	A	2-2	24,545	Branch, Ferguson
3 May 1997	Sunderland	A	0-3	22,108
11 May 1997	Chelsea	H	1-2	38,321	Barmby

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1997	Swindon Town	H	3-0	20,411	Kanchelskis, Barmby, Ferguson
R4	25 January 1997	Bradford City	H	2-3	30,007	O'Brien (own goal), Speed

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	18 September 1996	York City	H	1-1	11,527	Kanchelskis
R2 Second Leg	24 September 1996	York City	A	2-3	7,354	Rideout, Speed

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Neville Southall
2	DF	Earl Barrett
3	DF	Andy Hinchcliffe
4	DF	David Unsworth
5	DF	Dave Watson (captain)
6	DF	Terry Phelan
7	MF	Graham Stuart
8	FW	Paul Rideout
9	FW	Duncan Ferguson
10	MF	Gary Speed
12	MF	Nick Barmby
13	GK	Paul Gerrard
15	MF	Claus Thomsen
17	DF	Adam Eaton
18	MF	Joe Parkinson

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Marc Hottiger
20	MF	Tony Grant
21	DF	Craig Short
22	MF	Gavin McCann
23	FW	Michael Branch
24	DF	Jon O'Connor
25	DF	Michael Ball
26	DF	Graham Allen
27	DF	Richard Dunne
28	FW	Danny Cadamarteri
30	MF	Richard Townsend
32	MF	Robert Tynan
34	DF	Edward Hussin
35	DF	John Hills

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Anders Limpar (to Birmingham City)
14	MF	John Ebbrell (to Sheffield United)
15	DF	Matt Jackson (to Norwich City)
16	MF	Vinny Samways (to UD Las Palmas)
17	MF	Andrei Kanchelskis (to ACF Fiorentina)

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Peter Holcroft (to Swindon Town)
25	DF	Neil Moore (to Norwich City)
27	MF	Mark Grugel
28	MF	Chris Price
33	GK	James Speare (to Darlington)

References

↑ "Everton 1996-1997 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/everton.htm

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