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 (10); 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
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Everton F.C. season

1996–97 season of Everton F.C.

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).

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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	44	57	−13	42	7	4	8	24	22	+2	3	8	8	20	35	−15

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

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

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

1996–97_Everton_F.C._season

1996–97 Everton F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	WAL	Neville Southall	38	0	34	0	2	0	2	0
13	GK	ENG	Paul Gerrard	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Earl Barrett	40	0	36	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Andy Hinchcliffe	20	1	18	1	0	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	David Unsworth	36	5	32+2	5	0	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Dave Watson	31	1	29	1	2	0	0	0
6	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	DEN	Claus Thomsen	16	0	15+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SUI	Marc Hottiger	9	0	4+4	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Craig Short	25	2	19+4	2	1	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Michael Ball	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Graham Allen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	IRL	Richard Dunne	8	0	6+1	0	1	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	John Hills	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart	38	5	29+6	5	2	0	1	0
10	MF	WAL	Gary Speed	41	11	37	9	2	1	2	1
12	MF	ENG	Nick Barmby	29	8	22+3	4	2	1	1+1	3
18	MF	ENG	Joe Parkinson	31	0	28	0	1	0	2	0
20	MF	ENG	Tony Grant	20	0	11+6	0	0+2	0	1	0
Forwards
8	FW	ENG	Paul Rideout	12	1	4+5	0	1	0	1+1	1
9	FW	SCO	Duncan Ferguson	36	11	31+2	10	2	1	1	0
23	FW	ENG	Michael Branch	27	3	13+12	3	1	0	0+1	0
28	FW	ENG	Danny Cadamarteri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
11	MF	SWE	Anders Limpar	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	John Ebbrell	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	RUS	Andrei Kanchelskis	24	6	20	4	2	1	2	1