During the 1996–97 English football season, Everton F.C. FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
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
Results by round 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
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Everton's score comes first [ 3]
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
[ 4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals
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