1996–97 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

Season summary

After a Kevin Campbell hat-trick earnt Nottingham Forest an impressive 3-0 away win at Coventry City on the season's opening game, an appalling 4-1 home defeat to Premiership newcomers Sunderland prompted a dismal start to the season which saw them fail to win any of their next 16 league games until a shock 2-1 home win over title contenders Arsenal on 21 December 1996. Ultimately, Forest were bottom of the Premiership by Christmas, and their manager Frank Clark gone, with Stuart Pearce taking over as player-manager on a temporary basis. A good run of form in January saw Pearce receive the Manager of the Month award, but, by the time he stepped down to make way for Dave Bassett in March, Forest had endured another setback and were left needing a miracle to beat the drop. The acquisition of Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk did little to change the club's fortunes, and they were relegated in bottom place.

Final league table

Main article: 1996-97 FA Premier League


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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	6	16	16	31	59	−28	34	3	9	7	15	27	−12	3	7	9	16	32	−16

Source: Statto

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L
Position	1	9	10	13	10	14	16	16	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	20	20	20	20

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

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Coventry City	A	3-0	19,468	Campbell (3)
21 August 1996	Sunderland	H	1-4	22,874	Håland
24 August 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	24,705	Pearce
4 September 1996	Southampton	A	2-2	14,450	Campbell, Saunders
7 September 1996	Leicester City	H	0-0	24,105
14 September 1996	Manchester United	A	1-4	54,984	Håland
21 September 1996	West Ham United	H	0-2	23,352
28 September 1996	Chelsea	A	1-1	27,673	Lee
12 October 1996	Leeds United	A	0-2	29,225
19 October 1996	Derby County	H	1-1	27,771	Saunders
28 October 1996	Everton	H	0-1	19,892
2 November 1996	Aston Villa	A	0-2	35,310
18 November 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	16,390
25 November 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	17,525	Pearce (pen), Cooper
30 November 1996	Wimbledon	A	0-1	12,608
9 December 1996	Newcastle United	H	0-0	25,762
17 December 1996	Liverpool	A	2-4	36,126	Campbell, Pearce
21 December 1996	Arsenal	H	2-1	27,384	Håland (2)
26 December 1996	Manchester United	H	0-4	29,032
28 December 1996	Leicester City	A	2-2	20,833	Clough, Cooper
1 January 1997	West Ham United	A	1-0	22,358	Campbell
11 January 1997	Chelsea	H	2-0	28,358	Pearce, Bart-Williams
19 January 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	27,303	Roy (2)
29 January 1997	Coventry City	H	0-1	22,619
1 February 1997	Everton	A	0-2	32,567
22 February 1997	Aston Villa	H	0-0	25,239
1 March 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-0	32,805	Saunders
5 March 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	21,485
8 March 1997	Arsenal	A	0-2	38,206
11 March 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	20,485	Håland
15 March 1997	Liverpool	H	1-1	29,181	Woan
22 March 1997	Sunderland	A	1-1	22,120	Lyttle
24 March 1997	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	29,888	Håland
5 April 1997	Southampton	H	1-3	25,134	Pearce (pen)
19 April 1997	Leeds United	H	1-1	25,565	van Hooijdonk
23 April 1997	Derby County	A	0-0	18,087
3 May 1997	Wimbledon	H	1-1	19,865	Roy
11 May 1997	Newcastle United	A	0-5	36,554

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1997	Ipswich Town	H	3-0	14,681	Saunders (2), Allen
R4	26 January 1997	Newcastle United	A	2-1	36,434	Woan (2)
R5	15 February 1997	Chesterfield	A	0-1	8,890

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	18 September 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1-0	6,482	Roy
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1-1	6,310	Lee
R3	23 October 1996	West Ham United	A	1-4	19,402	Cooper

Squad

^[2]^[3] 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	Mark Crossley
2	DF	Des Lyttle
3	DF	Stuart Pearce (captain; caretaker manager)
4	DF	Colin Cooper
5	DF	Steve Chettle
6	MF	Chris Bart-Williams
7	MF	David Phillips
8	MF	Scot Gemmill
9	FW	Dean Saunders
10	FW	Kevin Campbell
11	MF	Steve Stone
12	FW	Jason Lee
13	GK	Alan Fettis
14	MF	Ian Woan
15	FW	Pierre van Hooijdonk
16	DF	Nikola Jerkan

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Chris Allen
18	DF	Alf-Inge Håland
19	DF	Bobby Howe
20	FW	Paul McGregor
21	DF	Vance Warner
22	FW	Bryan Roy
23	FW	Ian Thomas-Moore
24	MF	Brian O'Neil (on loan from Celtic)
25	DF	Steve Blatherwick
26	DF	Craig Armstrong
27	MF	Justin Walker
28	FW	Steve Guinan
29	MF	Paul Smith
30	GK	Richard Clark
31	GK	David Henry
32	MF	John Burns

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
15		FW	Andrea Silenzi (on loan to Venezia)
23		GK	Tommy Wright (to Manchester City)

No.		Position	Player
24		FW	Richard Irving (released)
29		FW	Nigel Clough (on loan from Manchester City)

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
-	DF	Andy Dawson
-	DF	Stuart Thom
-	MF	Craig Atkinson
-	MF	John Finnigan
-	MF	Richard Hodgson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Bobby Howe
-	MF	Steve Melton
-	FW	David Freeman
-	FW	Marlon Harewood
-	FW	Andy Todd

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
3 July 1996	MF	Chris Allen	Oxford United	£500,000
16 July 1996	FW	Dean Saunders	Galatasaray	£1,500,000
26 July 1996	DF	Nikola Jerkan	Real Oviedo	£1,000,000
10 March 1997	FW	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Celtic	£4,500,000
15 March 1997	FW	Ian Thomas-Moore	Tranmere Rovers	£1,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
16 July 1996	MF	Kingsley Black	Grimsby Town	£25,000
16 August 1996	MF	Neil Webb	Grimsby Town	Free transfer
22 August 1996	DF	Darren Watkins	Berwick Rangers	Signed
4 March 1997	GK	Tommy Wright	Manchester City	£450,000
9 May 1997	MF	Justin Walker	Scunthorpe United	Unknown
28 May 1997	FW	Jason Lee	Watford	£200,000

Transfers in:

£8,500,000

Transfers out:

£675,000

Total spending:

£7,825,000

References

Nottingham Forest Football Club

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Rivalries	Nottingham derby East Midlands derby (Brian Clough Trophy) Leicester City rivalry

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FA competitions

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Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

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1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Swansea City Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport Woking

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers

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