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Nottingham Forest 1996–97 football season
During the 1996–97 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
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 Premiership 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 Premiership 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. They would have escaped relegation had it not been for dropping 32 points from 16 draws throughout the league season.
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
6
16
16
31
59
−28
34
3
9
7
15
27
−12
3
7
9
16
32
−16
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 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
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = LossNottingham Forest's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
17 August 1996
Coventry City A
3–0
19,468
Campbell (3)
21 August 1996
Sunderland H
1–4
22,874
Haaland
24 August 1996
Middlesbrough H
1–1
24,705
Pearce
4 September 1996
Southampton A
2–2
14,450
Campbell , Saunders
7 September 1996
Leicester City H
0–0
24,105
14 September 1996
Manchester United A
1–4
54,984
Haaland
21 September 1996
West Ham United H
0–2
23,352
28 September 1996
Chelsea A
1–1
27,673
Lee
12 October 1996
Leeds United A
0–2
29,225
19 October 1996
Derby County H
1–1
27,771
Saunders
28 October 1996
Everton H
0–1
19,892
2 November 1996
Aston Villa A
0–2
35,310
18 November 1996
Sheffield Wednesday A
0–2
16,390
25 November 1996
Blackburn Rovers H
2–2
17,525
Pearce (pen), Cooper
30 November 1996
Wimbledon A
0–1
12,608
9 December 1996
Newcastle United H
0–0
25,762
17 December 1996
Liverpool A
2–4
36,126
Campbell , Pearce
21 December 1996
Arsenal H
2–1
27,384
Haaland (2)
26 December 1996
Manchester United H
0–4
29,032
28 December 1996
Leicester City A
2–2
20,833
Clough , Cooper
1 January 1997
West Ham United A
1–0
22,358
Campbell
11 January 1997
Chelsea H
2–0
28,358
Pearce , Bart-Williams
19 January 1997
Tottenham Hotspur H
2–1
27,303
Roy (2)
29 January 1997
Coventry City H
0–1
22,619
1 February 1997
Everton A
0–2
32,567
22 February 1997
Aston Villa H
0–0
25,239
1 March 1997
Tottenham Hotspur A
1–0
32,805
Saunders
5 March 1997
Sheffield Wednesday H
0–3
21,485
8 March 1997
Arsenal A
0–2
38,206
11 March 1997
Blackburn Rovers A
1–1
20,485
Haaland
15 March 1997
Liverpool H
1–1
29,181
Woan
22 March 1997
Sunderland A
1–1
22,120
Lyttle
24 March 1997
Middlesbrough A
1–1
29,888
Haaland
5 April 1997
Southampton H
1–3
25,134
Pearce (pen)
19 April 1997
Leeds United H
1–1
25,565
van Hooijdonk
23 April 1997
Derby County A
0–0
18,087
3 May 1997
Wimbledon H
1–1
19,865
Roy
11 May 1997
Newcastle United A
0–5
36,554
[ 2] [ 3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] 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.
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
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
£8,500,000
£675,000
