1996–97 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season March 2015 March 2015 West Ham United 1996–97 Harry Redknapp Terry Brown Upton Park FA Premier League 14th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round Paul Kitson (8) Paul Kitson/Julian Dicks (8) 25,064 (vs. Liverpool, 29 September) 19,105 (vs. Aston Villa, 4 December) 23,242 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, West Ham United competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary 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's team, but in the end, a new wave of players helped to keep West Ham in the FA Premier League on the last day of the season. Exciting young defender Rio Ferdinand broke into the side, while newly signed strikers Paul Kitson and John Hartson gave the attack the boost that Răducioiu and Futre had failed to deliver. Final league table 1996–97 FA Premier League WHU Results summary 7 6 6 27 25 3 6 10 12 23 Statto September 2015 Results by matchday table b Match 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com September 2015 Results West Ham United's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1996-1997/results West Ham United 1996-1997 : Results 1 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141101212811/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1996-1997/results 1 November 2014 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1996 ArsenalA0–238,056 21 August 1996 Coventry CityH1–121,580Rieper 24 August 1996 SouthamptonH2–121,227M Hughes, Dicks (pen) 4 September 1996 MiddlesbroughA1–430,060M Hughes 8 September 1996 SunderlandA0–018,642 15 September 1996 WimbledonH0–221,294 21 September 1996 Nottingham ForestA2–023,352Bowen, M Hughes 29 September 1996 LiverpoolH1–225,064Bilić 12 October 1996 EvertonA1–236,571Dicks (pen) 19 October 1996 Leicester CityH1–022,285Moncur 26 October 1996 Blackburn RoversH2–123,947Berg (own goal), Porfírio 2 November 1996 Tottenham HotspurA0–132,999 16 November 1996 Newcastle UnitedA1–136,552Rowland 23 November 1996 Derby CountyH1–124,576Bishop 30 November 1996 Sheffield WednesdayA0–022,321 4 December 1996 Aston VillaH0–219,105 8 December 1996 Manchester UnitedH2–225,045Răducioiu, Dicks (pen) 21 December 1996 ChelseaA1–328,315Porfírio 28 December 1996 SunderlandH2–024,077Bilić, Răducioiu 1 January 1997 Nottingham ForestH0–122,358 11 January 1997 LiverpoolA0–040,102 20 January 1997 Leeds UnitedH0–219,441 29 January 1997 ArsenalH1–224,382Rose (own goal) 1 February 1997 Blackburn RoversA1–221,994Ferdinand 15 February 1997 Derby CountyA0–118,057 24 February 1997 Tottenham HotspurH4–323,998Dicks (2, 1 pen), Kitson, Hartson 1 March 1997 Leeds UnitedA0–130,575 12 March 1997 ChelseaH3–224,502Dicks, Kitson (2) 15 March 1997 Aston VillaA0–035,992 18 March 1997 WimbledonA1–115,771Lazaridis 22 March 1997 Coventry CityA3–122,291Hartson (2), Ferdinand 9 April 1997 MiddlesbroughH0–023,988 12 April 1997 SouthamptonA0–215,244 19 April 1997 EvertonH2–224,525Kitson (2) 23 April 1997 Leicester CityA1–020,327Moncur 3 May 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH5–124,960Kitson (3), Hartson (2) 6 May 1997 Newcastle UnitedH0–024,617 11 May 1997 Manchester UnitedA0–255,249 FA Cup 1996–97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1997 WrexhamA1–19,747PorfírioR3R25 January 1997 WrexhamH0–116,763 League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 BarnetA1–13,849CotteeR2 2nd Leg 25 September 1996 BarnetH1–015,264BilićR323 October 1996 Nottingham ForestH4–119,402Dowie (2), Porfírio, Dicks (pen)R427 November 1996 Stockport CountyH1–120,061RăducioiuR4R18 December 1996 Stockport CountyA1–29,834Dicks First-team squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/westham.htm FootballSquads - West Ham United - 1996/97 1 CZE GK Luděk Mikloško 2 ENG DF Tim Breacker 3 ENG DF Julian Dicks captain 4 ENG DF Steve Potts vice-captain 5 ENG DF Richard Hall 6 ENG MF Danny Williamson 7 ENG MF Ian Bishop 8 DEN DF Marc Rieper 9 ENG FW Paul Kitson 10 WAL FW John Hartson 11 NIR MF Steve Lomas 12 NIR DF Keith Rowland 13 POR MF Hugo Porfírio on loan from Sporting CP 14 NIR FW Iain Dowie 16 ENG MF John Moncur 17 AUS MF Stan Lazaridis 21 ENG GK Les Sealey 24 NIR MF Michael Hughes 25 ENG MF Lee Hodges 26 ENG MF Frank Lampard 27 ENG DF Rio Ferdinand 28 CRO DF Slaven Bilić 29 NGA FW Emmanuel Omoyinmi 31 ENG GK Neil Finn 32 ENG MF Scott Mean 33 IRL FW Lee Boylan Left club during season 9 ENG FW Tony Cottee to Selangor 10 POR FW Paulo Futre to Atlético Madrid 11 ROU FW Florin Răducioiu to Espanyol 15 ENG DF Kenny Brown to Birmingham City 18 ROU FW Ilie Dumitrescu to América 19 AUS MF Robbie Slater to Southampton 19 ENG FW Mike Newell on loan from Birmingham City 20 WAL DF Mark Bowen to Shimizu S-Pulse 21 ENG GK Peter Shilton to Leyton Orient 22 ENG DF Adrian Whitbread to Portsmouth 23 ENG FW Steve Jones to Charlton Athletic 30 AUS GK Steve Mautone to Reading Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers 1 Luděk Mikloško GK CZE 36 0 2 0 3 0 21 Les Sealey GK ENG 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders 2 Tim Breacker DF ENG 22+3 0 2 0 3 0 3 Julian Dicks DF ENG 31 6 2 0 5 2 4 Steve Potts DF ENG 17+2 0 1 0 1 0 5 Richard Hall DF ENG 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 Marc Rieper DF DEN 26+2 1 1 0 4 0 12 Keith Rowland DF NIR 11+3 1 0 0 0 0 27 Rio Ferdinand DF ENG 11+4 2 1 0 0+1 0 28 Slaven Bilić DF CRO 35 2 1 0 5 1 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders 6 Danny Williamson MF ENG 13+2 0 2 0 0+1 0 7 Ian Bishop MF ENG 26+3 1 2 0 5 0 11 Steve Lomas MF NIR 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 Hugo Porfirio MF POR 15+8 2 1+1 1 2 1 16 John Moncur MF ENG 26+1 2 1 0 4 0 17 Stan Lazaridis MF AUS 13+9 1 1 0 3+1 0 24 Michael Hughes MF NIR 31+2 3 2 0 4 0 26 Frank Lampard MF ENG 3+10 0 1 0 1+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards 9 Paul Kitson FW ENG 14 8 0 0 0 0 10 John Hartson FW WAL 11 5 0 0 0 0 14 Iain Dowie FW NIR 18+5 0 0 0 5 2 29 Emmanuel Omoyinmi FW NGA 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 33 Lee Boylan FW IRL 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season 9 Tony Cottee FW ENG 2+1 0 0 0 2 1 10 Paulo Futre FW POR 4+5 0 0 0 0 0 11 Florin Răducioiu FW ROU 6+5 2 0 0 1 1 18 Ilie Dumitrescu MF ROU 3+4 0 0 0 2+1 0 19 Robbie Slater MF AUS 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 19 Mike Newell FW ENG 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 20 Mark Bowen DF ENG 15+2 1 0 0 3 0 23 Steve Jones FW ENG 5+3 0 2 0 0+1 0 30 Steve Mautone GK AUS 1 0 0 0 2 0 |- |} References Category:West Ham United F.C. seasons West Ham United West Ham United West Ham United