1996–97 West Ham United F.C. season

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 and his east Londoners, but in the end a new wave of players helped save the day and keep West Ham in the Premiership. Exciting young defender Rio Ferdinand broke into the side and so impressed that an international call-up appeared imminent, while newly-signed strikers Paul Kitson and John Hartson gave the attack the much-needed boost that Radiciou 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.

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	10	12	16	39	48	−9	42	7	6	6	27	25	+2	3	6	10	12	23	−11

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

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

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)
7 May 1997	Newcastle United	H	0-0	24,617
11 May 1997	Manchester United	A	0-2	55,249

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup


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

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	18 September 1996	Barnet	A	1-1	3,849	Cottee
R2 2nd Leg	25 September 1996	Barnet	H	1-0	15,264	Bilić
R3	23 October 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	4-1	19,402	Dowie (2), Porfírio, Dicks (pen)
R4	27 November 1996	Stockport County	H	1-1	20,061	Răducioiu
R4R	18 December 1996	Stockport County	A	1-2	9,834	Dicks

First-team 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	Luděk Mikloško
2	DF	Tim Breacker
3	DF	Julian Dicks (captain)
4	DF	Steve Potts (vice-captain)
5	DF	Richard Hall
6	MF	Danny Williamson
7	MF	Ian Bishop
8	DF	Marc Rieper
9	FW	Paul Kitson
10	FW	John Hartson
11	MF	Steve Lomas
12	DF	Keith Rowland
13	MF	Hugo Porfírio (on loan from Sporting CP)

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Iain Dowie
16	MF	John Moncur
17	MF	Stan Lazaridis
21	GK	Les Sealey
24	MF	Michael Hughes
25	MF	Lee Hodges
26	MF	Frank Lampard
27	DF	Rio Ferdinand
28	DF	Slaven Bilić
29	FW	Emmanuel Omoyinmi
31	GK	Neil Finn
32	MF	Scott Mean
33	FW	Lee Boylan

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
9	FW	Tony Cottee (to Selangor)
10	FW	Paulo Futre (to Atlético Madrid)
11	FW	Florin Răducioiu (to Espanyol)
15	DF	Kenny Brown (to Birmingham City)
18	FW	Ilie Dumitrescu (to Club América)
19	MF	Robbie Slater (to Southampton)

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Mike Newell (on loan from Birmingham City)
20	DF	Mark Bowen (to Shimizu S-Pulse)
21	GK	Peter Shilton (to Leyton Orient)
22	DF	Adrian Whitbread (to Portsmouth)
23	FW	Steve Jones (to Charlton Athletic)
30	GK	Steve Mautone (to Reading)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

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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

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