1996–97 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 December 2022 Nottingham Forest F.C. 1996–97 Irving Korn Frank Clark (until December)Stuart Pearce (player-caretaker manager)Dave Bassett (from March) City Ground Premier League 20th (relegated) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Third round Alf-Inge Haaland/Kevin Campbell (6) 29,181 vs Liverpool (15 Mar 1997, FA Premier League) 6,482 vs Wycombe Wanderers (18 Sep 1996, League Cup) 24,587 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. 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 FA Premier League 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 Premier League 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 and Forest lifted out of the relegation zone, 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, seven points adrift of safety. Final league table 1996–97 FA Premier League NOT Results summary 3 9 7 15 27 3 7 9 16 32 Statto December 2014 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com December 2014 Results Nottingham Forest's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1996-1997/results Nottingham Forest 1996-1997 Results – statto.com 1 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141101212805/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1996-1997/results 1 November 2014 live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1996 Coventry CityA3–019,468Campbell (3) 21 August 1996 SunderlandH1–422,874Haaland 24 August 1996 MiddlesbroughH1–124,705Pearce 4 September 1996 SouthamptonA2–214,450Campbell, Saunders 7 September 1996 Leicester CityH0–024,105 14 September 1996 Manchester UnitedA1–454,984Haaland 21 September 1996 West Ham UnitedH0–223,352 28 September 1996 ChelseaA1–127,673Lee 12 October 1996 Leeds UnitedA0–229,225 19 October 1996 Derby CountyH1–127,771Saunders 28 October 1996 EvertonH0–119,892 2 November 1996 Aston VillaA0–235,310 18 November 1996 Sheffield WednesdayA0–216,390 25 November 1996 Blackburn RoversH2–217,525Pearce (pen), Cooper 30 November 1996 WimbledonA0–112,608 9 December 1996 Newcastle UnitedH0–025,762 17 December 1996 LiverpoolA2–436,126Campbell, Pearce 21 December 1996 ArsenalH2–127,384Haaland (2) 26 December 1996 Manchester UnitedH0–429,032 28 December 1996 Leicester CityA2–220,833Clough, Cooper 1 January 1997 West Ham UnitedA1–022,358Campbell 11 January 1997 ChelseaH2–028,358Pearce, Bart-Williams 19 January 1997 Tottenham HotspurH2–127,303Roy (2) 29 January 1997 Coventry CityH0–122,619 1 February 1997 EvertonA0–232,567 22 February 1997 Aston VillaH0–025,239 1 March 1997 Tottenham HotspurA1–032,805Saunders 5 March 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH0–321,485 8 March 1997 ArsenalA0–238,206 11 March 1997 Blackburn RoversA1–120,485Haaland 15 March 1997 LiverpoolH1–129,181Woan 22 March 1997 SunderlandA1–122,120Lyttle 24 March 1997 MiddlesbroughA1–129,888Haaland 5 April 1997 SouthamptonH1–325,134Pearce (pen) 19 April 1997 Leeds UnitedH1–125,565van Hooijdonk 23 April 1997 Derby CountyA0–018,087 3 May 1997 WimbledonH1–119,865Roy 11 May 1997 Newcastle UnitedA0–536,554 FA Cup 1996–97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1997 Ipswich TownH3–014,681Saunders (2), AllenR426 January 1997 Newcastle UnitedA2–136,434Woan (2)R515 February 1997 ChesterfieldA0–18,890 League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 18 September 1996 Wycombe WanderersH1–06,482RoyR2 2nd Leg24 September 1996 Wycombe WanderersA1–16,310LeeR323 October 1996 West Ham UnitedA1–419,402Cooper Squad http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/nottmf.htm Squads footballsquads.co.uk 2020-06-16http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1997 Data nottingham-forest 2020-06-16 1 WAL GK Mark Crossley 2 ENG DF Des Lyttle 3 ENG DF Stuart Pearce captain; caretaker manager 4 ENG DF Colin Cooper 5 ENG DF Steve Chettle 6 ENG MF Chris Bart-Williams 7 WAL MF David Phillips 8 SCO MF Scot Gemmill 9 WAL FW Dean Saunders 10 ENG FW Kevin Campbell 11 ENG MF Steve Stone 12 ENG FW Jason Lee 13 NIR GK Alan Fettis 14 ENG MF Ian Woan 15 NED FW Pierre van Hooijdonk 16 CRO DF Nikola Jerkan 17 ENG MF Chris Allen 18 NOR DF Alf-Inge Haaland 19 ENG DF Bobby Howe 20 ENG FW Paul McGregor 21 ENG DF Vance Warner 22 NED FW Bryan Roy 23 ENG FW Ian Thomas-Moore 24 SCO MF Brian O'Neil on loan from Celtic 25 ENG DF Steve Blatherwick 26 ENG DF Craig Armstrong 27 ENG MF Justin Walker 28 ENG FW Steve Guinan 29 ENG MF Paul Smith 30 ENG GK Richard Clark 31 NIR GK David Henry 32 IRL MF John Burns Left club during season 15 ITA FW Andrea Silenzi on loan to Venezia 23 NIR GK Tommy Wright to Manchester City 24 ENG FW Richard Irving released 29 ENG FW Nigel Clough on loan from Manchester City Reserve squad - ENG DF Andy Dawson - ENG DF Stuart Thom - ENG MF Craig Atkinson - ENG MF John Finnigan - ENG MF Richard Hodgson - ENG MF Bobby Howe - ENG MF Steve Melton - IRL FW David Freeman - ENG FW Marlon Harewood - ENG FW Andy Todd Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee3 July 1996MFChris AllenOxford United£500,00016 July 1996FWDean SaundersGalatasaray£1,500,00026 July 1996DFNikola JerkanReal Oviedo£1,000,00010 March 1997FWPierre van HooijdonkCeltic£4,500,00015 March 1997FWIan Thomas-MooreTranmere Rovers£1,000,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee16 July 1996MFKingsley BlackGrimsby Town£25,00016 August 1996MFNeil WebbGrimsby TownFree transfer22 August 1996DFDarren WatkinsBerwick RangersSigned4 March 1997GKTommy WrightManchester City£450,0009 May 1997MFJustin WalkerScunthorpe UnitedUnknown28 May 1997FWJason LeeWatford£200,000 Transfers in: £8,500,000 Transfers out: £675,000 Total spending: £7,825,000 References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest