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1996–97 Leeds United A.F.C. season

1996–97 football season

Field	Value
club	Leeds United
season	1996–97
manager	Howard Wilkinson
(until 9 September)
George Graham
(from 10 September)
chairman	Bill Fotherby
stadium	Elland Road
league	Premier League
league result	11th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fifth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer
Brian Deane
Lee Sharpe
(5 each)
season topscorer
Rod Wallace (8)
highest attendance	39,981 vs Liverpool
(19 November 1996, Premier League)
lowest attendance	15,230 vs Darlington
(18 September 1996, League Cup)
average attendance	32,109
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

(until 9 September) George Graham (from 10 September) Brian Deane Lee Sharpe (5 each) Rod Wallace (8) (19 November 1996, Premier League) (18 September 1996, League Cup)

The 1996–1997 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) for a fifth successive season.

Competitions

Main article: 1996–97 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by round

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Derby County	A	3–3	17,927	Laursen (own goal), Bowyer, Harte
20 August 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	31,011
24 August 1996	Wimbledon	H	1–0	25,860	Sharpe
4 September 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	23,226	Harte
7 September 1996	Manchester United	H	0–4	39,694
14 September 1996	Coventry City	A	1–2	17,297	Couzens
21 September 1996	Newcastle United	H	0–1	36,070
28 September 1996	Leicester City	A	0–1	20,359
12 October 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	29,225	Wallace (2)
19 October 1996	Aston Villa	A	0–2	39,051
26 October 1996	Arsenal	A	0–3	38,076
2 November 1996	Sunderland	H	3–0	31,667	Ford, Sharpe, Deane
16 November 1996	Liverpool	H	0–2	39,981
23 November 1996	Southampton	A	2–0	15,241	Kelly, Sharpe
30 November 1996	Chelsea	H	2–0	32,671	Deane, Rush
3 December 1996	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	30,018
7 December 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	33,783
21 December 1996	Everton	A	0–0	36,954
26 December 1996	Coventry City	H	1–3	36,465	Deane
28 December 1996	Manchester United	A	0–1	55,256
1 January 1997	Newcastle United	A	0–3	36,489
11 January 1997	Leicester City	H	3–0	29,486	Bowyer, Rush (2)
20 January 1997	West Ham United	A	2–0	19,441	Kelly, Bowyer
29 January 1997	Derby County	H	0–0	27,549
1 February 1997	Arsenal	H	0–0	35,502
19 February 1997	Liverpool	A	0–4	38,957
22 February 1997	Sunderland	A	1–0	21,890	Bowyer
1 March 1997	West Ham United	H	1–0	30,575	Sharpe
8 March 1997	Everton	H	1–0	32,055	Molenaar
12 March 1997	Southampton	H	0–0	25,913
15 March 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	33,040
22 March 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–2	30,373	Sharpe, Wallace
7 April 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	27,264
16 April 1997	Wimbledon	A	0–2	7,979
19 April 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	25,565	Deane
22 April 1997	Aston Villa	H	0–0	26,897
3 May 1997	Chelsea	A	0–0	28,277
11 May 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	38,567	Deane

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	14 January 1997	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	21,052	Deane, Andersen (own goal)
R3R	25 January 1997	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	21,903	Wallace
R4	4 February 1997	Arsenal	A	1–0	38,115	Wallace
R5	15 February 1997	Portsmouth	H	2–3	35,604	Bowyer (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	18 September 1996	Darlington	H	2–2	15,711	Wallace (2)
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Darlington	A	2–0 (won 4–2 on agg)	6,298	Wallace, Harte
R3	23 October 1996	Aston Villa	H	1–2	15,803	Sharpe

Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Discipline	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
1	GK	ENG Nigel Martyn	37	0	4	0	3	0	44	0	1	0
2	DF	IRL Gary Kelly	34+2	2	4	0	3	0	41+2	2	6	0
3	DF	ENG Tony Dorigo	15+3	0	4	0	0	0	19+3	0	4	0
4	DF	ENG Carlton Palmer	26+2	0	3	0	2	0	31+2	0	9	1
5	DF	RSA Lucas Radebe	28+4	0	3	0	1	0	32+4	1	5	0
6	DF	ENG David Wetherall	25+3	0	1+1	0	2+1	0	28+5	0	8	0
7	FW	ENG Lee Sharpe	26	5	0+1	0	3	1	29+1	6	1	0
8	FW	ENG Rod Wallace	17+5	3	4	2	3	3	24+5	8	4	0
9	FW	WAL Ian Rush	34+2	3	2+2	0	2	0	38+5	3	6	0
10	FW	ENG Brian Deane	27+1	5	4	1	0	0	31+1	6	3	0
11	MF	ENG Lee Bowyer	32	4	4	2	0	0	36	6	8	0
14	FW	ENG Andy Gray	1+5	0	0	0	2	0	3+5	0	1	0
15	GK	ENG Mark Beeney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG Richard Jobson	10	0	0	0	3	0	13	0	2	0
17	FW	SCO Derek Lilley	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG Mark Tinkler	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	DF	NOR Gunnar Halle	20	0	3	0	0	0	23	0	3	0
19	FW	AUS Harry Kewell	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	DF	IRL Ian Harte	10+4	2	1	0	2+1	1	13+5	3	2	0
21	FW	GHA Tony Yeboah	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	2	0
22	MF	ENG Mark Ford	15+1	1	0	0	3	0	18+1	0	5	0
23	MF	ENG Andy Couzens	7+3	1	0	0	3	0	10+3	1	2	0
24	MF	ENG Jason Blunt	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
25	FW	FRA Pierre Laurent	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG Paul Beesley	11+1	0	1	0	1	0	13+1	0	6	0
28	DF	ENG Paul Shepherd	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG Mark Jackson	11+6	0	4	0	0	0	15+6	0	1	0
30	FW	ENG Mark Hateley	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0
30	DF	NED Robert Molenaar	12	1	2	0	0	0	14	1	6	0
33	DF	NIR Wesley Boyle	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
20 May 1996	FW	WAL Ian Rush	ENG Liverpool	Free
5 July 1996	MF	ENG Lee Bowyer	ENG Charlton Athletic	£2,800,000
26 July 1996	GK	ENG Nigel Martyn	ENG Crystal Palace	£2,250,000
10 August 1996	FW	ENG Lee Sharpe	ENG Manchester United	£4,500,000
13 December 1996	DF	NOR Gunnar Halle	ENG Oldham Athletic	£500,000
11 January 1997	DF	NED Robert Molenaar	NED Volendam	£400,000
1 February 1997	DF	FRA Pierre Laurent	FRA Bastia	£250,000
27 March 1997	FW	SCO Derek Lilley	SCO Greenock Morton	£500,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 June 1996	FW	RSA Phil Masinga	CHE St. Gallen	Free
1 July 1996	MF	WAL Gary Speed	ENG Everton	£3,400,000
GK	ENG John Lukic	ENG Arsenal	Free
DF	NIR Nigel Worthington	ENG Stoke City
26 July 1996	MF	SCO Gary McAllister	ENG Coventry City	£3,000,000
7 February 1997	DF	ENG Paul Beesley	ENG Manchester City	£500,000
21 February 1997	DF	ENG Rob Bowman	ENG Rotherham United	Free
26 March 1997	MF	ENG Mark Tinkler	ENG York City	£75,000

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
	18 August 1996	1 January 1997	FW	ENG Mark Hateley	ENG Queens Park Rangers

Loan out

Date to	Pos.	Name	From
20 August 1996	6 November 1996	FW	SWE Tomas Brolin	CHE FC Zürich
24 December 1996	16 June 1997	ITA Parma
3 March 1997	1 June 1997	GK	RSA Paul Evans	ENG Bradford City
31 March 1997	DF	ENG Paul Shepherd	SCO Ayr United

References

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