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1996–97 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Aston Villa F.C.
season	1996–97
manager	Brian Little
chairman	Doug Ellis
stadium	Villa Park
league	FA Premier League
league result	[5th](1996-97-fa-premier-league)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	[Fourth round](1996-97-fa-cup)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	[Fourth round](1996-97-football-league-cup)
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	[First round](1996-97-uefa-cup)
league topscorer
Dwight Yorke (17)
season topscorer
Dwight Yorke (20)
highest attendance	39,339
FA Premier League:
MUN (21 Sep 1996)
CHE (27 Apr 1996)
NEW (11 Jan 1997)
LIV (2 Mar 1997)
EVE (5 Apr 1997)
TOT (19 Apr 1997)
SOU (11 May 1997)
lowest attendance	25,006 vs Notts County
(22 Jan 1997, FA Cup)
average attendance	36,027
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Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

Dwight Yorke (17) Dwight Yorke (20) FA Premier League: MUN (21 Sep 1996) CHE (27 Apr 1996) NEW (11 Jan 1997) LIV (2 Mar 1997) EVE (5 Apr 1997) TOT (19 Apr 1997) SOU (11 May 1997) (22 Jan 1997, FA Cup)

The 1996–97 English football season was Aston Villa's 5th season in the Premier League. The season was Aston Villa's 122nd professional season, their 86th season in the top flight and their 9th consecutive season in the top tier of English football (the fifth in the FA Premier League).

There was no silverware this season for last season's League Cup winners, but Brian Little's competent Villa side achieved UEFA Cup qualification for the second season running, but this time via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

The autumn of the season saw the departure of veteran defender Paul McGrath to Derby County, while the injured Gary Charles was replaced at right-back by the Portuguese Fernando Nelson. The end of the season saw the arrival of Liverpool striker Stan Collymore for a club record fee of £7 million. Club record signing Sasa Curcic, who had been disappointing after his £4million arrival in the summer of 1996, was then sold to Crystal Palace for £1million.

Long-serving defender Paul McGrath left in the autumn to sign for Derby County after more than seven years at Villa Park. Another Villa defender, Phil King, who had been restricted to just three league appearances in as many years at the club, was transferred to Swindon Town. Striker Tommy Johnson, whose first team chances were becoming increasingly limited, was sold to Celtic. Franz Carr left after just over a year at Villa Park to join Reggiana of Italy. Defender Carl Tiler was sold to Sheffield United for £500,000 after just 18 months at the club, having played just 12 league games due to injury.

Dwight Yorke was Villa's top scorer for the second season running, with 17 goals in the Premier League and 20 in all competitions.

Kit

Kit Supplier	Sponsor
[](1997-98-aston-villa-f-c-season-kit)	AST Computer

Transfers

Transferred in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	£5,700,000
2 August 1996	RB	POR Fernando Nélson	POR Sporting	£1,700,000
23 August 1996	DM	FRY Saša Ćurčić	Bolton Wanderers	£4,000,000

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	From	Loan End

Transferred out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee
3 July 1996	CB	SCO Paul Browne	SCO Raith Rovers	£70,000
1 October 1996	CB	IRL Paul McGrath	Derby County	£100,000
1 October 1996	RW	Franz Carr	ITA Reggiana	Free transfer
26 March 1997	LB	Phil King	Swindon Town	Free transfer
26 March 1997	CB	Carl Tiler	Sheffield United	£650,000
27 March 1997	CF	Tommy Johnson	SCO Celtic	£2,300,000

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Loan End
27 October 1996	CF	Neil Davis	Wycombe Wanderers	25 January 1997

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

£5,700,000

Income

£3,120,000

Balance

£2,580,000

Squad

First Team

#	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Apps	Gls
1	Mark Bosnich	GK	AUS	Liverpool	AUS Sydney Croatia	28 February 1992	Free transfer	145	0
13	Michael Oakes	GK	ENG	Northwich	Academy	1 July 1991		1	0
30	Adam Rachel	GK	ENG	Birmingham	Academy	1 July 1995		0	0
31	Stuart Brock	GK	ENG	West Bromwich	Academy	1 July 1996		-	-
2	Gary Charles	RB	ENG	Newham	Derby County	6 January 1995	£1,450,000	63	1
3	Steve Staunton	LB	IRE	Dundalk	Liverpool	7 August 1991	£1,100,000	190	13
4	Gareth Southgate	CB	ENG	Watford	Crystal Palace	1 July 1995	£3,500,000	43	2
5	Paul McGrath	CB	IRE	ENG Greenford	Manchester United	3 August 1989	£400,000	306	10
14	Alan Wright	LB	ENG	Ashton-under-Lyne	Blackburn Rovers	10 March 1995	£1,000,000	59	2
15	Fernando Nélson	RB	POR	Porto	POR Sporting	2 August 1996	£1,700,000	-	-
16	Ugo Ehiogu	CB	ENG	Hackney	West Bromwich Albion	12 July 1991	£40,000	131	6
18	Carl Tiler	CB	ENG	Sheffield	Nottingham Forest	28 October 1995	£750,000	1	0
20	Riccardo Scimeca	CB	ENG	Leamington Spa	Academy	1 July 1995		22	0
22	Phil King	LB	ENG	Bristol	Sheffield Wednesday	1 August 1994	£200,000	23	0
27	David Hughes	LB	WAL	Wrexham	Academy	1 July 1996		-	-
6	Andy Townsend (c)	CM	IRE	ENG Maidstone	Chelsea	26 July 1993	£2,100,000	131	9
7	Ian Taylor	CM	ENG	Birmingham	Sheffield Wednesday	21 December 1994	£1,000,000	59	6
8	Mark Draper	CM	ENG	Long Eaton	Leicester City	5 July 1995	£3,250,000	49	5
17	Lee Hendrie	RM	ENG	Solihull	Academy	1 July 1995		3	0
19	Gareth Farrelly	LM	IRL	Dublin	Academy	1 July 1995		6	0
24	Scott Murray	RM	SCO	Fraserburgh	Academy	1 July 1995		3	0
26	Saša Ćurčić	DM	FRY	Belgrade	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 1995	£4.000.000	-	-
9	Savo Milošević	CF	FRY	Bijeljina	FRY Partizan	26 June 1995	£3,500,000	49	14
10	Dwight Yorke	CF	TRI	Canaan	TRI Signal Hill	19 July 1991	£120,000	194	62
11	Tommy Johnson	CF	ENG	Gateshead	Derby County	6 January 1995	£1,450,000	46	12
12	Julian Joachim	CF	ENG	Peterborough	Leicester City	24 February 1996	£1,890,000	11	1
23	Neil Davis	CF	ENG	Bloxwich	Academy	1 July 1995		3	0
	Franz Carr	RW	ENG	Preston	Leicester City	10 February 1995	£250,000	4	1

Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1996.

Results

FA Premier League

Main article: 1996–97 FA Premier League

Results by round

Matches

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	26,861	Johnson 88'
21 August 1996	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	32,457	Southgate 64'
24 August 1996	Derby County	H	2–0	34,646	Joachim 19', Johnson pen 47'
4 September 1996	Everton	A	1–0	39,115	Ehiogu 62'
7 September 1996	Arsenal	H	2–2	37,944	Milošević 39', 63'
15 September 1996	Chelsea	A	1–1	27,729	Townsend 18'
21 September 1996	Manchester United	H	0–0	39,339
30 September 1996	Newcastle United	A	3–4	36,400	Yorke 4', 59', 70'
12 October 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	32,847
19 October 1996	Leeds United	H	2–0	39,051	Yorke 58', Johnson 65'
26 October 1996	Sunderland	A	0–1	21,059
2 November 1996	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	35,310	Tiler 20', Yorke 65'
16 November 1996	Leicester City	H	1–3	36,193	Yorke 15'
23 November 1996	Coventry City	A	2–1	21,340	Joachim 29', Staunton 85'
30 November 1996	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	39,053	Yorke 39' (pen)
4 December 1996	West Ham United	A	2–0	19,105	Ehiogu 38', Yorke 74'
7 December 1996	Southampton	A	1–0	15,232	Townsend 34'
22 December 1996	Wimbledon	H	5–0	28,875	Yorke 38', 86', Milošević 42', 75', Taylor 61'
26 December 1996	Chelsea	H	0–2	39,339
28 December 1996	Arsenal	A	2–2	38,130	Milošević 68', Yorke 74'
1 January 1997	Manchester United	A	0–0	55,133
11 January 1997	Newcastle United	H	2–2	39,339	Yorke 39', Milošević 52'
18 January 1997	Liverpool	A	0–3	40,489
29 January 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	26,726
1 February 1997	Sunderland	H	1–0	32,491	Milošević 37'
19 February 1997	Coventry City	H	2–1	30,409	Yorke 43', 75'
22 February 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	25,239
2 March 1997	Liverpool	H	1–0	39,339	Taylor 83'
5 March 1997	Leicester City	A	0–1	20,626
15 March 1997	West Ham United	H	0–0	35,992
22 March 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	24,274	Johnson 64', Yorke 79'
5 April 1997	Everton	H	3–1	39,339	Milošević 41', Staunton 50', Yorke 54'
9 April 1997	Wimbledon	A	2–0	9,015	Milošević 26', Wright 78'
12 April 1997	Derby County	A	1–2	18,071	Joachim 84'
19 April 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	39,339	Yorke 81'
22 April 1997	Leeds United	A	0–0	26,897
3 May 1997	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	30,074	Ehiogu 58', Milošević 75'
11 May 1997	Southampton	H	1–0	39,339	Dryden 12' (own goal)

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Ehiogu Sturridge Willems

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Yorke

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 UEFA Cup

References

"Aston Villa 1996-1997 Home - statto.com".

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