1996–97 Everton F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Everton F.C. 1996–97 Joe Royle (until 27 March 1997) Dave Watson (caretaker from 27 March 1997) Peter Johnson Goodison Park FA Premier League 15th FA Cup Fourth Round League Cup Second Round Duncan Ferguson (10) Duncan Ferguson, Gary Speed (11) 40,177 vs Liverpool (16 April 1997, FA Premier League) 11,527 vs York City (18 September 1996, League Cup) 36,186 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. 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.Nixon Alan Football: Royle quits as chairman blocks signings https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-royle-quits-as-chairman-blocks-signings-1275533.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-royle-quits-as-chairman-blocks-signings-1275533.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 28 March 1997 10 September 2015August 2021 medicmedic 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.Nixon Alan Everton to fall back on Kendall https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/everton-to-fall-back-on-kendall-1257917.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/everton-to-fall-back-on-kendall-1257917.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 25 June 1997 10 September 2015 Final league table 1996–97 FA Premier League EVE Results summary 7 4 8 24 22 3 8 8 20 35 Statto September 2015 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com September 2015 Results Everton's score comes firstEverton 1996-1997 Home - statto.com http://www.statto.com/football/teams/everton/1996-1997/results https://web.archive.org/web/20120222031853/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/everton/1996-1997 22 February 2012 live 2012-02-27 dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss 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 1996–97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR35 January 1997 Swindon TownH3–020,411Kanchelskis, Barmby, FergusonR425 January 1997 Bradford CityH2–330,007O'Brien (own goal), Speed League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 York CityH1–111,527KanchelskisR2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 York CityA2–37,354Rideout, Speed Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/everton.htm FootballSquads - Everton - 1996/97 1 WAL GK Neville Southall 2 ENG DF Earl Barrett 3 ENG DF Andy Hinchcliffe 4 ENG DF David Unsworth 5 ENG DF Dave Watson captain 6 IRL DF Terry Phelan 7 ENG MF Graham Stuart 8 ENG FW Paul Rideout 9 SCO FW Duncan Ferguson 10 WAL MF Gary Speed 12 ENG MF Nick Barmby 13 ENG GK Paul Gerrard 15 DEN DF Claus Thomsen 17 ENG DF Adam Eaton 18 ENG MF Joe Parkinson 19 SUI DF Marc Hottiger 20 ENG MF Tony Grant 21 ENG DF Craig Short 22 ENG MF Gavin McCann 23 ENG FW Michael Branch 24 ENG DF Jon O'Connor 25 ENG DF Michael Ball 26 ENG DF Graham Allen 27 IRL DF Richard Dunne 28 ENG FW Danny Cadamarteri 30 ENG MF Richard Townsend 32 ENG MF Robert Tynan 34 ENG DF Edward Hussin 35 ENG DF John Hills Left club during season 11 SWE MF Anders Limpar to Birmingham City 14 ENG MF John Ebbrell to Sheffield United 15 ENG DF Matt Jackson to Norwich City 16 ENG MF Vinny Samways to UD Las Palmas 17 RUS MF Andrei Kanchelskis to ACF Fiorentina 22 ENG MF Peter Holcroft to Swindon Town 25 ENG DF Neil Moore to Norwich City 27 ENG MF Mark Grugel 28 ENG MF Chris Price 33 ENG GK James Speare to Darlington Reserve squad - ENG FW Mark Quayle Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers 1 Neville Southall GK WAL 34 0 2 0 2 0 13 Paul Gerrard GK ENG 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders 2 Earl Barrett DF ENG 36 0 2 0 2 0 3 Andy Hinchcliffe DF ENG 18 1 0 0 2 0 4 David Unsworth DF ENG 32+2 5 0 0 2 0 5 Dave Watson DF ENG 29 1 2 0 0 0 6 Terry Phelan DF IRL 15 0 1 0 0 0 15 Claus Thomsen DF DEN 15+1 0 0 0 0 0 19 Marc Hottiger DF SUI 4+4 0 0 0 1 0 21 Craig Short DF ENG 19+4 2 1 0 1 0 25 Michael Ball DF ENG 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 26 Graham Allen DF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 27 Richard Dunne DF IRL 6+1 0 1 0 0 0 35 John Hills DF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders 7 Graham Stuart MF ENG 29+6 5 2 0 1 0 10 Gary Speed MF WAL 37 9 2 1 2 1 12 Nick Barmby MF ENG 22+3 4 2 1 1+1 3 18 Joe Parkinson MF ENG 28 0 1 0 2 0 20 Tony Grant MF ENG 11+6 0 0+2 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards 8 Paul Rideout FW ENG 4+5 0 1 0 1+1 1 9 Duncan Ferguson FW SCO 31+2 10 2 1 1 0 23 Michael Branch FW ENG 13+12 3 1 0 0+1 0 28 Danny Cadamarteri FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left the club during the season 11 Anders Limpar MF SWE 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 14 John Ebbrell MF ENG 7 0 0 0 1 0 17 Andrei Kanchelskis MF RUS 20 4 2 1 2 1 |- |} References Category:Everton F.C. seasons Everton