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Sunderland 1996–97 football season
During the 1996–97 English football season, Sunderland competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary [ edit ]
Just one year after they had almost slipped into Division Two, Sunderland had returned to the top flight under new manager Peter Reid . With a new 42,000-seat stadium due to be ready in the summer of 1997, Reid and his players were determined to secure survival in the final season at historic Roker Park and give the new stadium at Monkwearmouth a debut season in the Premiership.
The first half of the season went well for club, finding themselves in a comfortable 11th position by the end of January, boasting a strong home form going into the February. However, a run of 4 consecutive defeats against Aston Villa , Leeds United , Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hospur saw them slip down to 16th by March.
Sunderland lost 1–0 to Wimbledon on the final day of the season; with Coventry City 's win at Tottenham, the Wearsiders were relegated.
On a high note, Sunderland did manage to beat Chelsea (3–0), Arsenal (1–0) and Manchester United (2–1) all at home during the season.
Final league table [ edit ]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R ) Relegated
Notes:
^ Middlesbrough were docked three points for failing to fulfill their original fixture at Blackburn Rovers on 21 December 1996.
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 10 18 35 53 −18
40 7 6 6 20 18 +2
3 4 12 15 35 −20
Source: Statto
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 H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A Result D W D L D L W L D L W L L D W L W L W L D W D D L L L L W L L D D L W L W L Position 11 3 5 10 10 13 10 12 13 15 13 16 16 16 12 14 14 14 11 13 11 11 11 11 12 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 15 18 16 17 17 18
Source:
Statto.com A ;
H ;
W ;
D ;
L
Results [ edit ]
Sunderland's score comes first [1]
FA Premier League [ edit ]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
17 August 1996
Leicester City H 0–0
19,262
21 August 1996
Nottingham Forest A 4–1
22,874
Gray , Quinn (2 ), Ord
24 August 1996
Liverpool A 0–0
40,503
4 September 1996
Newcastle United H 1–2
22,037
Scott (pen)
8 September 1996
West Ham United H 0–0
18,642
14 September 1996
Derby County A 0–1
17,692
21 September 1996
Coventry City H 1–0
19,459
Agnew
28 September 1996
Arsenal A 0–2
38,016
14 October 1996
Middlesbrough H 2–2
20,936
Rae (pen), Russell
19 October 1996
Southampton A 0–3
15,225
26 October 1996
Aston Villa H 1–0
21,059
Stewart
2 November 1996
Leeds United A 0–3
31,667
16 November 1996
Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2
31,867
23 November 1996
Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1
20,644
Melville
30 November 1996
Everton A 3–1
40,087
Russell , Bridges (2 )
7 December 1996
Wimbledon H 1–3
19,672
Melville
15 December 1996
Chelsea H 3–0
19,683
Duberry (own goal), Ball , Russell
21 December 1996
Manchester United A 0–5
55,081
26 December 1996
Derby County H 2–0
22,512
Ord , Russell
28 December 1996
West Ham United A 0–2
24,077
1 January 1997
Coventry City A 2–2
17,700
Bridges , Agnew (pen)
11 January 1997
Arsenal H 1–0
21,154
Adams (own goal)
18 January 1997
Blackburn Rovers H 0–0
20,850
29 January 1997
Leicester City A 1–1
17,883
Williams
1 February 1997
Aston Villa A 0–1
32,491
22 February 1997
Leeds United H 0–1
21,890
1 March 1997
Blackburn Rovers A 0–1
24,208
4 March 1997
Tottenham Hotspur H 0–4
20,785
8 March 1997
Manchester United H 2–1
22,225
Gray , Mullin
12 March 1997
Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2
20,294
Ball
16 March 1997
Chelsea A 2–6
24,027
Stewart , Rae
22 March 1997
Nottingham Forest H 1–1
22,120
Ball
5 April 1997
Newcastle United A 1–1
36,582
Gray
13 April 1997
Liverpool H 1–2
21,938
Stewart
19 April 1997
Middlesbrough A 1–0
30,106
Williams
22 April 1997
Southampton H 0–1
21,521
3 May 1997
Everton H 3–0
22,108
Stewart (pen), Waddle , Johnston
11 May 1997
Wimbledon A 0–1
21,338
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
4 January 1997
Arsenal A 1–1
37,793
Gray
R3R
15 January 1997
Arsenal H 0–2
15,277
League Cup [ edit ]
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
17 September 1996
Watford A 2–0
9,136
Quinn , Rae
R2 2nd Leg
24 September 1996
Watford H 1–0 (won 3–0 on agg)
10,659
Scott
R3
23 October 1996
Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2
24,867
Ball
Players [ edit ]
First-team squad [ edit ]
Squad at end of season [2] [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals [ edit ]
Transfers [ edit ]
Date
Pos.
Name
From
Fee
1 June 1996
MF Alex Rae
Millwall
£1,000,000
11 July 1996
FW Paul Conlon
Hartlepool United
Free transfer
18 July 1996
GK Tony Coton
Manchester United
£600,000
1 August 1996
FW Chris Tate
York City
Signed
1 August 1996
GK Lionel Pérez
Bordeaux
£200,000
17 August 1996
FW Niall Quinn
Manchester City
£1,300,000
18 October 1996
DF Darren Williams
York City
£50,000
7 January 1997
DF Jan Eriksson
Helsingborgs IF
£250,000
17 March 1997
MF Chris Waddle
Bradford City
£75,000
21 March 1997
MF Kim Heiselberg
Esbjerg fB
£125,000
26 March 1997
GK Chris Woods
Colorado Rapids
Signed
1 April 1997
MF Allan Johnston
Rennes
£550,000
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
References [ edit ]
^ "All Sunderland players: 1997" .
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National teams
League competitions
Level 1
Levels 2–4
Level 5
Levels 6–7
Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two , Three
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One
Northern League (One , Two
South Midlands League (Premier , Senior
Spartan League (Premier , One
Sussex County League (One , Two
United Counties League (Premier , One
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (Premier , One
Cup competitions
FA cups
Football League cups
European competitions
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