Nottingham
Forest
Nottingham
Forest
Season 1996 - 1997
Final Premiership Table:
*Middlesborough deducted 3 points
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD | ||
| 1 | Manchester United | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 76 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 27 | 75 | +32 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 68 | +33 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 62 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 68 | +30 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 62 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 68 | +25 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 61 | +13 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 55 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 59 | +3 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 57 | -1 |
| 8 | Wimbledon | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 56 | +3 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 47 | -8 |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 46 | -7 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 46 | -10 |
| 12 | Derby County | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 46 | -13 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | -1 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 42 | -9 |
| 15 | Everton | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 42 | -13 |
| 16 | Southampton | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 41 | -6 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 41 | -16 |
| 18 | Sunderland (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | -18 |
| 19 | Middlesborough (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 39* | -16 |
| 20 | FOREST (R) | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 31 | 59 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 34 | -18 |
League Cup: 3rd Round
FA Cup: 5th Round
Appearances & Goals:
| Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Sub | Goals | Total Goals |
| Chris Allen | 16 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 FA | 1 |
| Chris Bart-Williams | 16 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Steve Blatherwick | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Campbell | 16 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 L | 6 |
| Steve Chettle | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Nigel Clough | 10 | - | - | 3 | 1 L | 1 |
| Colin Cooper | 36 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 L : 1 LC | 3 |
| Mark Crossley | 33 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Alan Fettis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scot Gemmill | 18 | 2 | - | 8 | - | - |
| Steve Guinan | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Alf-Inge Haaland | 33 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 L | 6 |
| Steve Howe | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nikola Jerkan | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jason Lee | 5 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 L : 1 LC | 2 |
| Des Lyttle | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 L | 1 |
| Paul McGregor | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| Ian Moore | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Brian O'Neil | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Stuart Pearce | 33 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 L | 5 |
| David Phillips | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Brian Roy | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 L : 1 LC | 4 |
| Dean Saunders | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 L : 2 FA | 5 |
| Andrea Silenzi | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Steve Stone | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pierre van Hooijdonk | 8 | - | - | - | 1 L | 1 |
| Vance Warner | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ian Woan | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 L : 2 FA | 3 |
| Tommy Wright | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Own goals | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Legend | Green = Scorer | * = player substituted | & = Own Goal | ||||||||||||||||
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| Teams for Friendlies not known | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponents | Comp | H/A | W/D/L | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Sub used 1 | Sub used 2 | Sub used 3 |
| 24/07/96 | Chesterfield | F | A | L | 1-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27/07/96 | Gillingham | F | A | W | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30/07/96 | Hastings T | F | A | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 01/08/96 | Hull C | F | A | W | 4-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03/08/96 | Chelsea | F | H | D | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04/08/96 | Man U | F | H | L | 1-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/08/96 | Notts C | NCCf | H | D | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10/08/96 | Shelborne | F | A | W | 9-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17/08/96 | Coventry C | L | A | W | 3-0 | Crossley | Cooper | Pearce | Jerkan | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Stone* | Haaland | Saunders# | Campbell 3 | Woan | *Gemmill | #McGregor | - |
| 21/08/96 | Sunderland | L | H | L | 1-4 | Crossley | Cooper | Pearce | Jerkan | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Stone | Haaland | Saunders | Campbell | Woan* | *Allen | - | - |
| 24/08/96 | Middlesborough | L | H | D | 1-1 | Crossley | Cooper | Pearce | Jerkan | Allen* | Bart-Williams | Stone | Haaland | Saunders | Campbell | Woan | *Roy | - | - |
| 04/09/96 | Southampton | L | A | D | 2-2 | Crossley | Cooper | Pearce | Jerkan | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Stone | Haaland | Saunders | Campbell* | Woan | *Silenzi | - | - |
| 07/09/96 | Leicester C | L | H | D | 0-0 | Crossley | Cooper | Pearce | Jerkan | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Stone* | Haaland | Saunders | Silenzi# | Woan | *Gemmill | #Lee | - |
| 14/09/96 | Man U | L | A | L | 1-4 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Phillips | Haaland | Saunders* | Lee | Woan# | *Roy | #Allen | - |
| 18/09/96 | Wycombe W | FLC2/1 | H | W | 1-0 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Bart-Williams | Phillips | Haaland* | Saunders | Roy | Woan# | *Lee | #Gemmill | - |
| 21/09/96 | West Ham U | L | H | L | 0-2 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Jerkan* | Allen | Phillips | Haaland | Saunders | Roy | Woan | *Lee | - | - |
| 24/09/96 | Wycombe W | FLC2/2 | A | D | 1-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Blatherwick | Bart-Williams | Phillips | Gemmill* | Saunders# | Lee | Woan | *Haaland | #Roy | - |
| 28/09/96 | Chelsea | L | A | D | 1-1 | Crossley | Lyttle* | Pearce | Cooper | Jerkan | Bart-Williams# | Phillips | Haaland | Saunders | Roy@ | Woan | *McGregor | #Allen | @Lee |
| 12/10/96 | Leeds U | L | A | L | 0-2 | Crossley | Lyttle* | Pearce | Cooper | Blatherwick | Bart-Williams | Allen | Gemmill# | Saunders | Lee | Woan | *Haaland | #Roy | - |
| 19/10/96 | Derby C | L | H | D | 1-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce* | Cooper | Blatherwick | Bart-Williams | Allen | Gemmill# | Saunders | Lee | Woan | *Chettle | #Roy | - |
| 23/10/96 | West Ham U | FLC3 | A | L | 1-4 | Crossley | Haaland | Phillips | Cooper | Blatherwick | Bart-Williams | Roy | Gemmill | Saunders | Lee | Woan | - | - | - |
| 28/10/96 | Everton | L | H | L | 0-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Haaland | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Roy* | Gemmill | Saunders | Lee | Woan | *Allen | - | - |
| 02/11/96 | Aston Villa | L | A | L | 0-2 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips* | Haaland | Gemmill | Saunders | Lee | Woan | *Roy | - | - |
| 18/11/96 | Sheff W | L | A | L | 0-2 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Blatherwick | Phillips | Haaland | Jerkan* | Saunders | Campbell | Woan# | *Gemmill | #Allen | - |
| 25/11/96 | Blackburn R | L | H | D | 2-2 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Blatherwick* | Phillips | Haaland | Chettle | Saunders# | Campbell | Allen | *Lee | #Roy | - |
| 30/11/96 | Wimbledon | L | A | L | 0-1 | Crossley | Lyttle* | Pearce | Cooper | Blatherwick | Phillips | Haaland | Chettle | Saunders | Campbell | Allen | *Lee | - | - |
| 09/12/96 | Newcastle U | L | H | D | 0-0 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Haaland | Woan | Saunders | Campbell | Allen | - | - | - |
| 17/12/96 | Liverpool | L | A | L | 2-4 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Warner | Phillips | Haaland | Woan | Saunders* | Campbell | Allen | *Howe | - | - |
| Frank Clark resigned as manager - Stuart Pearce appointed player-manager | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21/12/96 | Arsenal | L | H | W | 2-1 | Crossley | Jerkan* | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Roy# | Haaland 2 | Woan | Saunders | Campbell | Allen | *Lyttle | #Clough | - |
| 26/12/96 | Man U | L | H | L | 0-4 | Crossley | Jerkan | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Clough* | Haaland | Woan | Saunders# | Campbell | Allen | *Gemmill | #Lee | - |
| 28/12/96 | Leicester C | L | A | D | 2-2 | Crossley | Blatherwick | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Clough | Haaland | Gemmill* | Saunders | Campbell | Woan# | *Lyttle | #Allen | - |
| 01/01/97 | West Ham U | L | A | W | 1-0 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Clough | Haaland | Blatherwick* | Saunders | Campbell# | Woan | *Lyttle | #Gemmill | - |
| 04/01/97 | Ipswich T | FAC3 | H | W | 3-0 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Haaland | Allen* | Saunders 2 | Campbell# | Woan | *Gemmill | #Roy | - |
| 11/01/97 | Chelsea | L | H | W | 2-0 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Saunders* | Clough | Woan | *Allen | - | - |
| 19/01/97 | Tottenham H | L | H | W | 2-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips* | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Roy 2# | Clough | Woan | *Gemmill | #Lee | - |
| 26/01/97 | Newcastle U | FAC4 | A | W | 2-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Roy* | Campbell | Woan 2 | *Lee | - | - |
| 29/01/97 | Coventry C | L | H | L | 0-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips* | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Clough# | Campbell | Woan | *Guinan | #Lee | - |
| 01/02/97 | Everton | L | A | L | 0-2 | Crossley | Lyttle | Pearce | Cooper | Chettle | Phillips | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Allen* | Campbell | Woan | *McGregor | - | - |
| 15/02/97 | Chesterfield | FAC5 | A | L | 0-1 | Crossley | Lyttle | Blatherwick* | Cooper | Chettle | Roy# | Haaland | Bart-Williams | Saunders | Campbell | Woan@ | *McGregor | #Fettis | @Gemmill |