1996–97 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1996–97 season
Chairman Peter Johnson
Manager Joe Royle (until 27 March)
Dave Watson (caretaker from 27 March)
Stadium Goodison Park
Premiership 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 Apr 1997, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 11,527 vs York City
(18 Sep 1996, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 36,186

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.[1] 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.[2]

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 21 12 5 76 44 +32 75 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Newcastle United 38 19 11 8 73 40 +33 68 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 62 32 +30 68 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round
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 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
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 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round 2
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 (R) 38 10 10 18 35 53 18 40 Relegation to 1997–98 Football League First Division
19 Middlesbrough (R) 38 10 12 16 51 60 9 0393
20 Nottingham Forest (R) 38 6 16 16 31 59 28 34

Updated to games played on 11 May 1997.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
2 Leicester City qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
3 Middlesbrough were docked three points for failing to fulfil a fixture.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 10 12 16 44 57 −13 42 7 4 8 24 22 +2 3 8 8 20 35 −15

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAHHAAAHAHAAHHAHHHAAH
Result W D D L L L D W W W D W D W L D W D L L L L L L W D L D L W L L D W D D L L
Position 3 5 7 11 15 16 15 13 9 8 9 8 7 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 12 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 12 12 11 12 15

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Everton's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 1996 Newcastle UnitedH2-040,117Unsworth (pen), Speed
21 August 1996 Manchester UnitedA2-254,943Ferguson (2)
24 August 1996 Tottenham HotspurA0-029,696
4 September 1996 Aston VillaH0-139,115
7 September 1996 WimbledonA0-413,684
14 September 1996 MiddlesbroughH1-239,250Short
21 September 1996 Blackburn RoversA1-127,091Unsworth
28 September 1996 Sheffield WednesdayH2-034,160Kanchelskis, Stuart
12 October 1996 West Ham UnitedH2-136,571Stuart, Speed
28 October 1996 Nottingham ForestA1-019,892Short
4 November 1996 Coventry CityH1-131,477Stuart
16 November 1996 SouthamptonH7-135,669Stuart, Kanchelskis (2), Speed (3), Barmby
20 November 1996 LiverpoolA1-140,751Speed
23 November 1996 Leicester CityA2-120,975Hinchcliffe, Unsworth
30 November 1996 SunderlandH1-340,087Ferguson
7 December 1996 ChelseaA2-228,418Branch, Kanchelskis
16 December 1996 Derby CountyA1-017,252Barmby
21 December 1996 Leeds UnitedH0-036,954
26 December 1996 MiddlesbroughA2-429,673Unsworth, Ferguson
28 December 1996 WimbledonH1-336,733Stuart
1 January 1997 Blackburn RoversH0-230,427
11 January 1997 Sheffield WednesdayA1-224,175Ferguson
19 January 1997 ArsenalA1-338,095Ferguson
29 January 1997 Newcastle UnitedA1-436,143Speed
1 February 1997 Nottingham ForestH2-032,567Ferguson, Barmby
22 February 1997 Coventry CityA0-019,497
1 March 1997 ArsenalH0-236,980
5 March 1997 SouthamptonA2-215,134Ferguson, Speed
8 March 1997 Leeds UnitedA0-132,055
15 March 1997 Derby CountyH1-032,140D Watson
22 March 1997 Manchester UnitedH0-240,079
5 April 1997 Aston VillaA1-339,339Unsworth
9 April 1997 Leicester CityH1-130,368Branch
12 April 1997 Tottenham HotspurH1-036,380Speed
16 April 1997 LiverpoolH1-140,177Ferguson
19 April 1997 West Ham UnitedA2-224,545Branch, Ferguson
3 May 1997 SunderlandA0-322,108
11 May 1997 ChelseaH1-238,321Barmby

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 1997 Swindon TownH3-020,411Kanchelskis, Barmby, Ferguson
R425 January 1997 Bradford CityH2-330,007O'Brien (own goal), Speed

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 York CityH1-111,527Kanchelskis
R2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 York CityA2-37,354Rideout, Speed

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Neville Southall
2 England DF Earl Barrett
3 England DF Andy Hinchcliffe
4 England DF David Unsworth
5 England DF Dave Watson (captain)
6 England DF Terry Phelan
7 England MF Graham Stuart
8 England FW Paul Rideout
9 Scotland FW Duncan Ferguson
10 Wales MF Gary Speed
12 England MF Nick Barmby
13 England GK Paul Gerrard
15 Denmark MF Claus Thomsen
17 England DF Adam Eaton
18 England MF Joe Parkinson
No. Position Player
19 Switzerland DF Marc Hottiger
20 England MF Tony Grant
21 England DF Craig Short
22 England MF Gavin McCann
23 England FW Michael Branch
24 England DF Jon O'Connor
25 England DF Michael Ball
26 England DF Graham Allen
27 Republic of Ireland DF Richard Dunne
28 England FW Danny Cadamarteri
30 England MF Richard Townsend
32 England MF Robert Tynan
34 England DF Edward Hussin
35 England 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 Sweden MF Anders Limpar (to Birmingham City)
14 England MF John Ebbrell (to Sheffield United)
15 England DF Matt Jackson (to Norwich City)
16 England MF Vinny Samways (to UD Las Palmas)
17 Russia MF Andrei Kanchelskis (to ACF Fiorentina)
No. Position Player
22 England MF Peter Holcroft (to Swindon Town)
25 England DF Neil Moore (to Norwich City)
27 England MF Mark Grugel
28 England MF Chris Price
33 England GK James Speare (to Darlington)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
- England FW Mark Quayle

References

  1. Nixon, Alan (28 March 1997). "Football: Royle quits as chairman blocks signings". The Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. Nixon, Alan (25 June 1997). "Everton to fall back on Kendall". The Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. "Everton 1996-1997 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  4. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/everton.htm
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