1996–97 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

English football club season May 2020 March 2015 Sheffield Wednesday 1996–97 David Pleat Dave Richards Premier League 7th FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Second round Booth (10) Booth (13) 38,943 (vs. Liverpool, Premiership) 7,499 (vs. Oxford United, League Cup) 25,714 (league) 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s 130th season in existence. They competed in the twenty-team Premiership, the top tier of English football, finishing seventh. Season summary A four-match winning start to the season saw Sheffield Wednesday top the Premiership and manager David Pleat receive Manager of the Month award for August, but they soon fell out of the title frame and in the end, despite losing just nine games in the league, they finished seventh in the final table - not even enough for UEFA Cup qualification; they could easily have finished higher had they not drawn as many as 15 games (making it 30 points they dropped). https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/30/golden-goal-ritchie-humphreys-sheffield-wednesday-leicester Golden Goal: Ritchie Humphreys for Sheffield Wednesday v Leicester (1996) 30 September 2016 The Guardian 30 September 2016 In the close season, Pleat paid a club record £5.7 million for Celtic's Italian forward Paolo Di Canio,Alan Nixon Wednesday sign pounds 4.5m Di Canio https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wednesday-sign-pounds-45m-di-canio-1244236.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wednesday-sign-pounds-45m-di-canio-1244236.html 1 May 2022 subscription FA Carling Premiership The Independent 7 August 1997 29 August 2011 giving his squad a much-needed boost to their hopes of challenging for honours. Final league table 1996–97 FA Premier League SHW Results summary 8 10 1 25 16 6 5 8 25 35 Statto December 2014 Results by round table b Round Result W/W/W/W/L/L/D/L/L/D/D/D/W/D/D/W/D/D/D/D/W/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/L/L/L/D Position 6/1/1/1/1/5/5/7/7/9/8/9/9/10/10/9/9/9/10/9/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/6/5/5/7/6/6/6/6/7/7/7 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com December 2014 Results Sheffield Wednesday's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1996-1997/results Sheffield Wednesday 1996-1997 : Results 16 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031132146/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1996-1997/results 31 October 2013 live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1996 Aston VillaH2–126,861Humphreys, Whittingham 20 August 1996 Leeds UnitedA2–031,011Humphreys, Booth 24 August 1996 Newcastle UnitedA2–136,452Atherton, Whittingham 2 September 1996 Leicester CityH2–117,657Booth, Humphreys 7 September 1996 ChelseaH0–230,983 16 September 1996 ArsenalA1–433,461Booth 21 September 1996 Derby CountyH0–023,934 28 September 1996 EvertonA0–234,160 12 October 1996 WimbledonA2–410,512Booth, Hyde 19 October 1996 Blackburn RoversH1–122,191Booth 26 October 1996 Coventry CityA0–017,267 2 November 1996 SouthamptonH1–120,106Newsome 18 November 1996 Nottingham ForestH2–016,390Trustfull, Carbone 23 November 1996 SunderlandA1–120,644Oakes 30 November 1996 West Ham UnitedH0–022,321 7 December 1996 LiverpoolA1–039,507Whittingham 18 December 1996 Manchester UnitedH1–137,671Carbone 21 December 1996 Tottenham HotspurA1–130,996Nolan 26 December 1996 ArsenalH0–023,245 28 December 1996 ChelseaA2–227,467Pembridge, Stefanović 11 January 1997 EvertonH2–124,175Pembridge, Hirst 18 January 1997 MiddlesbroughA2–429,485Pembridge (2) 29 January 1997 Aston VillaA1–026,726Booth 1 February 1997 Coventry CityH0–021,793 19 February 1997 Derby CountyA2–218,060Collins, Hirst 22 February 1997 SouthamptonA3–215,062Hirst (2), Booth 1 March 1997 MiddlesbroughH3–128,206Booth, Hyde, Pembridge (pen) 5 March 1997 Nottingham ForestA3–021,485Carbone (2), Blinker 12 March 1997 SunderlandH2–120,294Hirst, Stefanović 15 March 1997 Manchester UnitedA0–255,267 22 March 1997 Leeds UnitedH2–230,373Hirst, Booth 9 April 1997 Tottenham HotspurH2–122,667Atherton, Booth 13 April 1997 Newcastle UnitedH1–133,798Pembridge 19 April 1997 WimbledonH3–126,957Donaldson, Trustfull (2) 22 April 1997 Blackburn RoversA1–420,845Carbone (pen) 3 May 1997 West Ham UnitedA1–524,960Carbone 7 May 1997 Leicester CityA0–120,793 11 May 1997 LiverpoolH1–138,943Donaldson FA Cup 1996–97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1997 Grimsby TownH7–120,590Humphreys (2), Booth (2), Fickling (own goal), Hyde, PembridgeR425 January 1997 Carlisle UnitedA2–016,104Whittingham, BoothR516 February 1997 Bradford CityA1–017,830HumphreysQF9 March 1997 WimbledonH0–225,032 League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg18 September 1996 Oxford UnitedH1–17,499WhittinghamR2 2nd Leg24 September 1996 Oxford UnitedA0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)6,863 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/sheffwed.htm FootballSquads - Sheffield Wednesday - 1996/97 www.footballsquads.co.ukhttps://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-wednesday/tab/players/season/1997/ All Sheffield Wednesday players: 1997 www.11v11.com 1 ENG GK Kevin Pressman 2 ENG DF Peter Atherton 3 NIR DF Ian NolanNolan was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996. 4 WAL MF Mark Pembridge 5 ENG DF Jon Newsome 6 ENG DF Des Walker 7 ENG FW Guy Whittingham 8 ITA FW Benito Carbone 9 ENG FW David Hirst 10 ENG FW Andy Booth 11 NED MF Regi BlinkerBlinker was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in March 1993. 12 ENG MF Graham Hyde 13 ENG GK Matt Clarke 14 SCO DF Steve Nicol 17 ENG DF Lee Briscoe 18 FR Yugoslavia DF Dejan Stefanović 19 ENG MF Scott Oakes 20 ENG MF Wayne Collins 21 WAL MF Ryan JonesJones was born in Sheffield, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1994. 22 ENG FW O'Neill Donaldson 23 ENG FW Mike Williams 24 ENG DF Brian Linighan 25 ENG MF Ritchie Humphreys 26 NED MF Orlando Trustfull Left club during season 8 ENG FW Mark Bright to FC Sion 15 ENG MF Chris Waddle to Falkirk 16 IRL MF John SheridanSheridan was born in Stretford, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1988. to Bolton Wanderers Reserve squad ENG DF Matthew Daly ENG DF David Billington ENG DF Steve Haslam ENG DF Simon Weaver IRL MF Mark McKeeverMcKeever was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. AUS MF Adem PoricPoric was born in London, England, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and represented them at U-20 level. ENG FW Mark Platts GHA FW Junior Agogo Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee8 July 1996FWAndy BoothHuddersfield Town£2,700,00011 July 1996GKMatt ClarkeRotherham United£325,0007 August 1996MFScott OakesLuton Town£425,0009 August 1996MFWayne CollinsCrewe Alexandra£600,00020 August 1996MFOrlando TrustfullFeyenoord£750,0001 September 1996DFDave HercockCambridge CityFree transfer14 October 1996FWBenito CarboneInter Milan£3,000,0003 April 1997DFDavid BillingtonPeterborough United£500,00015 April 1997MFMark McKeeverPeterborough United£500,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee1 June 1996GKChris WoodsColorado RapidsFree transfer17 June 1996DFSimon StewartFulhamFree transfer1 July 1996FWDarko KovačevićReal SociedadSigned26 July 1996GKLance KeyDundee UnitedFree transfer1 August 1996FWMarc DegrysePSV EindhovenSigned15 August 1996DFDavid FaulknerDarlingtonFree transfer12 September 1996MFChris WaddleFalkirkFree transfer19 December 1996MFJohn SheridanBolton Wanderers£180,0001 January 1997FWMark BrightFC Sion£70,00011 March 1997DFSam SharmanHull CityFree transfer30 August 1997DFMatthew DalySligo RoversFree Transfers in: £8,800,000 Transfers out: £250,000 Total spending: £8,550,000 Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers 1 Kevin Pressman GK ENG 38 0 4 0 2 0 13 Matt Clarke GK ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders 2 Peter Atherton DF ENG 37 2 4 0 2 0 3 Ian Nolan DF NIR 38 1 4 0 2 0 5 Jon Newsome DF ENG 10 1 3 0 1 0 6 Des Walker DF ENG 36 0 4 0 1 0 14 Steve Nicol DF SCO 19+4 0 2+1 0 0+2 0 17 Lee Briscoe DF ENG 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Dejan Stefanović DF FRY 27+2 2 1 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders 4 Mark Pembridge MF WAL 33+1 6 4 1 1 0 11 Regi Blinker MF NED 15+18 1 1 0 2 0 12 Graham Hyde MF ENG 15+4 2 4 1 1 0 19 Scott Oakes MF ENG 7+11 1 0 0 0+1 0 20 Wayne Collins MF ENG 8+4 1 1 0 0 0 25 Ritchie Humphreys MF ENG 14+15 3 3+1 3 1+1 0 26 Orlando Trustfull MF NED 9+10 3 0+1 0 2 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards 7 Guy Whittingham FW ENG 29+3 3 3 1 2 1 8 Benito Carbone FW ITA 24+1 6 2 0 0 0 9 David Hirst FW ENG 20+5 6 0+2 0 1 0 10 Andy Booth FW ENG 32+3 10 4 3 2 0 22 O'Neill Donaldson FW ENG 2+3 2 0 0 0 0 23 Mike Williams FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who left the club during the season 8 Mark Bright FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 16 John Sheridan MF IRL 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 |- |} Notes notes References Jason Dickinson One Hundred Years at Hillsborough The Hallamshire Press/Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Sheffield 1999 242–243, 385 1-874718-29-6 Dickinson Jason Brodie, John The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005 Pickard Communication Sheffield 346–347, 350 2005 0-9547264-9-9 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p96.htm 1996–97 Players Drake A The Owl Football Historian 2008-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20080904215615/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p96.htm 4 September 2008 dead Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons Sheffield Wednesday