1996–97 Sheffield United F.C. season
Appearance
1996–97 season | |
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Chairman | Mike McDonald |
Manager | Howard Kendall |
Stadium | Bramall Lane |
First Division | 5th |
FA Cup | Third round |
League Cup | Second round |
Top goalscorer | League: Pyotr Kachura/Andy Walker (12) All: Andy Walker (14) |
Average home league attendance | 16,638 |
During the 1996–97 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary
[edit]In the 1996–97 season, Howard Kendall's first full season in charge, the Blades finished fifth in Division One to qualify for the play-offs. In the play-off final at Wembley, the Blades lost to a last minute goal from David Hopkin and Crystal Palace earned the final promotion spot to the Premier League.[1] In June 1997, Kendall left the club by mutual consent to return to Everton for a third spell as manager.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Final league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 76 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
4 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 74 | |
5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 52 | +23 | 73 | |
6 | Crystal Palace (O, P) | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 78 | 48 | +30 | 71 | |
7 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 68 |
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Matches
[edit]Source:[3]
Key
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Division One
[edit]24 August 1996 | Sheffield United | 4–4 | Birmingham City | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() Walker ![]() |
Furlong ![]() Newell ![]() Devlin ![]() Hunt ![]() |
Attendance: 16,332 |
7 September 1996 | Oldham Athletic | 0–2 | Sheffield United | Boundary Park |
15:00 | Hutchison ![]() Sandford ![]() |
Attendance: 7,323 |
10 September 1996 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Bradford City | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Taylor ![]() Whitehouse ![]() |
Attendance: 12,591 |
14 September 1996 | Sheffield United | 1–3 | Ipswich Town | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Ward ![]() Vonk ![]() ![]() |
14,261 | Sedgley ![]() Scowcroft ![]() |
21 September 1996 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–2 | Sheffield United | Molineux Stadium |
15:00 | Thompson ![]() |
White ![]() Taylor ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 25,170 |
28 September 1996 | Sheffield United | 2–0 | Manchester City | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Ward ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Attendance: 20,867 |
1 October 1996 | Southend United | 3–2 | Sheffield United | Roots Hall |
19:45 | Boere ![]() Marsh ![]() |
Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 3,716 |
12 October 1996 | Sheffield United | 0–0 | Tranmere Rovers | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Attendance: 15,059 |
15 October 1996 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Charlton Athletic | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Katchouro ![]() Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 14,080 |
19 October 1996 | Stoke City | 0–4 | Sheffield United | Victoria Ground |
15:00 | Vonk ![]() Walker ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Attendance: 13,581 |
26 October 1996 | Sheffield United | 1–1 | Queens Park Rangers | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() |
Slade ![]() |
Attendance: 17,096 |
30 October 1996 | Norwich City | 1–1 | Sheffield United | Carrow Road |
19:45 | Adams ![]() |
Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 14,534 |
3 November 1996 | Grimsby Town | 2–4 | Sheffield United | Blundell Park |
13:00 | Livingstone ![]() |
Hutchison ![]() Whitehouse ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 5,935 |
13 November 1996 | West Bromwich Albion | 1–2 | Sheffield United | The Hawthorns |
19:45 | Coldicott ![]() |
Walker ![]() Hutchison ![]() |
Attendance: 12,167 |
22 November 1996 | Sheffield United | 1–1 | Bolton Wanderers | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Taylor ![]() |
Blake ![]() |
Attendance: 17,069 |
26 November 1996 | Sheffield United | 2–0 | Swindon Town | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Taylor ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 12,301 |
30 November 1996 | Queens Park Rangers | 1–0 | Sheffield United | Loftus Road |
15:00 | Barker ![]() |
Attendance: 11,891 |
3 December 1996 | Sheffield United | 3–1 | Huddersfield Town | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Sandford ![]() Patterson ![]() White ![]() |
Payton ![]() |
Attendance: 14,700 |
7 December 1996 | Sheffield United | 1–0 | Portsmouth | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 16,333 |
14 December 1996 | Oxford United | 4–1 | Sheffield United | Manor Ground |
15:00 | Aldridge ![]() Jemson ![]() |
Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 7,737 |
17 December 1996 | Crystal Palace | 0–1 | Sheffield United | Selhurst Park |
19:45 | Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 12,801 |
26 December 1996 | Bradford City | 1–2 | Sheffield United | Valley Parade |
13:00 | Jacobs ![]() Dreyer ![]() ![]() |
Hodgson ![]() Scott ![]() |
Attendance: 17,475 |
28 December 1996 | Sheffield United | 2–2 | Oldham Athletic | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Taylor ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Henry ![]() Rickers ![]() |
Attendance: 16,130 |
18 January 1997 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Southend United | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Katchouro ![]() White ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Attendance: 15,049 |
24 January 1997 | Sheffield United | 2–3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | White ![]() |
Atkins ![]() Osborn ![]() Bull ![]() |
Attendance: 17,490 |
29 January 1997 | Manchester City | 0–0 | Sheffield United | Maine Road |
19:45 | Attendance: 26,551 |
1 February 1997 | Swindon Town | 2–1 | Sheffield United | County Ground |
15:00 | Elkins ![]() Holdsworth ![]() |
Holdsworth ![]() |
Attendance: 8,811 |
9 February 1997 | Sheffield United | 2–3 | Norwich City | Bramall Lane |
12:00 | Katchouro ![]() Walker ![]() |
Johnson ![]() Ottosson ![]() Holdsworth ![]() |
Attendance: 15,301 |
15 February 1997 | Bolton Wanderers | 2–2 | Sheffield United | Burnden Park |
15:00 | Paatelainen ![]() Fairclough ![]() |
Fjørtoft ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 17,922 |
22 February 1997 | Sheffield United | 3–1 | Grimsby Town | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Fjørtoft ![]() |
Lester ![]() |
Attendance: 17,502 |
1 March 1997 | Portsmouth | 1–1 | Sheffield United | Fratton Park |
15:00 | Haul ![]() |
Fjørtoft ![]() |
Attendance: 12,715 |
4 March 1997 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Port Vale | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Ward ![]() Taylor ![]() Fjørtoft ![]() |
Attendance: 14,950 |
15 March 1997 | Sheffield United | 3–1 | Oxford United | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Whitehouse ![]() Fjørtoft ![]() Walker ![]() |
Gilchrist ![]() |
Attendance: 16,226 |
18 March 1997 | Ipswich Town | 3–1 | Sheffield United | Portman Road |
19:45 | Gregory ![]() |
Fjørtoft ![]() |
Attendance: 10,374 |
22 March 1997 | Birmingham City | 1–1 | Sheffield United | St Andrews |
15:00 | Legg ![]() |
Katchouro ![]() |
Attendance: 14,969 |
29 March 1997 | Sheffield United | 2–0 | Reading | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Bodin ![]() Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 15,153 |
31 March 1997 | Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | Sheffield United | Galpharm Stadium |
15:00 | Dalton ![]() Cowan ![]() Dyson ![]() |
Sinnott ![]() Henry ![]() |
Attendance: 14,551 |
5 April 1997 | Sheffield United | 1–2 | West Bromwich Albion | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Fjørtoft ![]() |
Coldicott ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Attendance: 15,004 |
12 April 1997 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Crystal Palace | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Ward ![]() Fjørtoft ![]() White ![]() |
Attendance: 20,051 |
19 March 1997 | Tranmere Rovers | 1–1 | Sheffield United | Prenton Park |
15:00 | Jones ![]() |
Whitehouse ![]() |
Attendance: 10,027 |
25 April 1997 | Sheffield United | 1–0 | Stoke City | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Tiler ![]() |
Attendance: 25,596 |
4 May 1997 | Charlton Athletic | 0–0 | Sheffield United | The Valley |
13:00 | Attendance: 12,589 |
Playoffs
[edit]10 May 1997 Semi-final first leg | Sheffield United | 1–1 | Ipswich Town | Bramall Lane |
15:00 | Fjørtoft ![]() |
Stockwell ![]() |
Attendance: 22,312 |
14 May 1997 Semi-final second leg | Ipswich Town | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Sheffield United | Portman Road |
19:45 | Scowcroft ![]() Gudmundsson ![]() |
Katchouro ![]() Walker ![]() Henry ![]() |
Attendance: 21,467 |
26 May 1997 Final | Crystal Palace | 1–0 | Sheffield United | Wembley Stadium |
15:00 | Hopkin ![]() |
Attendance: 64,383 |
FA Cup
[edit]4 January 1997 Round 3 | Norwich City | 1–0 | Sheffield United | Carrow Road |
15:00 | Polston ![]() |
Attendance: 12,356 |
League Cup
[edit]20 August 1996 Round 1 | Sheffield United | 3–0 | Bradford City | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Vonk ![]() White ![]() Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 7,575 |
3 September 1996 Round 1 | Bradford City | 1–2 | Sheffield United | Valley Parade |
19:45 | Stallard ![]() |
Ward ![]() Walker ![]() |
Attendance: 3,593 |
17 September 1996 Round 2 | Stockport County | 2–1 | Sheffield United | Edgeley Park |
19:45 | Flynn ![]() Bennett ![]() |
Vonk ![]() |
Attendance: 4,004 |
24 September 1996 Round 2 | Sheffield United | 2–5 | Stockport County | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Taylor ![]() Katchouro ![]() |
Gannon ![]() Armstrong ![]() Bennett ![]() Angell ![]() |
Attendance: 6,285 |
Steel City Cup
[edit]27 August 1996 | Sheffield United | 4–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | Bramall Lane |
19:45 | Scott ![]() Walker ![]() Starbuck ![]() Sandford ![]() |
Unknown ![]() |
Attendance: 7,271 |
Friendlies
[edit]18 July 1996 | Sarawak ![]() | 1–2 | Sheffield United | Sarawak Stadium |
Walker ![]() Hutchison ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 |
23 July 1996 | Sabah ![]() | 0–0 | Sheffield United | Likas Stadium |
25 July 1996 | Sarawak XI ![]() | 0–3 | Sheffield United | Sarawak Stadium |
Walker ![]() Hartfield ![]() Starbuck ![]() |
5 August 1996 | Linfield ![]() | 0–0 | Sheffield United | Windsor Park |
7 August 1996 | Glenavon ![]() | 0–4 | Sheffield United | Mourneview Park |
Walker ![]() Hodgson ![]() Ward ![]() |
12 August 1996 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 0–3 | Sheffield United | Bracken Moor |
Walker ![]() Unknown ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Stenson, Tony (27 May 1997). "COP STEP AND JUMP INTO THE PREMIER LEAGUE". The Mirror. London.
- ^ "England 1996–97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham (1999). A Complete Record of Sheffield United Football Club 1889–1999. Hallamshire Press. pp. 296–297. ISBN 0-9508588-2-X.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kelly was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1993.
- ^ Short was born in Münster, West Germany (now Germany), but was raised in England.
- ^ Hutchison was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in March 1999, having previously represented them at B level.
- ^ Taylor was born in Weston-super-Mare, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in 1995.