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1996–97 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Tottenham Hotspur
season	1996–97
manager	Gerry Francis
chairman	Alan Sugar
stadium	White Hart Lane
league	FA Premier League
league result	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Fourth round
league topscorer
Teddy Sheringham (7)
season topscorer
Teddy Sheringham (8)
highest attendance	33,040 vs Leeds United
(15 March 1997, FA Premier League)
lowest attendance	20,080 vs Preston North End
(25 September 1996, League Cup)
average attendance	31,067a
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prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

Teddy Sheringham (7) Teddy Sheringham (8) (15 March 1997, FA Premier League) (25 September 1996, League Cup) During the 1996–97 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

For two seasons running, Tottenham narrowly missed out on a UEFA Cup place. 1996–97 could have been the season when Gerry Francis finally got it right and secured either a top-five finish or victory in one of the cups, but early exits from the FA Cup and Coca-Cola Cup ended their chances of a Wembley final, and a 10th-place finish in the final table was the club's lowest since Francis took over in November 1994. This disappointment saw the manager's future thrown into serious doubt, with fans calling for him to be dismissed.

Final league table

Main article: 1996–97 FA Premier League

;Results summary

;Results by matchday

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	26,960	Armstrong (2)
21 August 1996	Derby County	H	1–1	28,219	Sheringham
24 August 1996	Everton	H	0–0	29,669
4 September 1996	Wimbledon	A	0–1	17,306
7 September 1996	Newcastle United	H	1–2	32,594	Allen
14 September 1996	Southampton	A	1–0	15,251	Armstrong (pen)
22 September 1996	Leicester City	H	1–2	24,159	Wilson (pen)
29 September 1996	Manchester United	A	0–2	54,943
12 October 1996	Aston Villa	H	1–0	32,840	Nielsen
19 October 1996	Middlesbrough	A	3–0	30,215	Sheringham (2), Fox
26 October 1996	Chelsea	A	1–3	28,318	Armstrong
2 November 1996	West Ham United	H	1–0	32,975	Armstrong
16 November 1996	Sunderland	H	2–0	31,867	Sinton, Sheringham
24 November 1996	Arsenal	A	1–3	38,264	Sinton
2 December 1996	Liverpool	H	0–2	32,899
7 December 1996	Coventry City	A	2–1	19,656	Sheringham, Sinton
14 December 1996	Leeds United	A	0–0	33,783
21 December 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	30,996	Nielsen
26 December 1996	Southampton	H	3–1	30,549	Iversen (2), Nielsen
28 December 1996	Newcastle United	A	1–7	36,308	Nielsen
12 January 1997	Manchester United	H	1–2	33,026	Allen
19 January 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	27,303	Sinton
29 January 1997	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	22,943	Iversen, Sinton
1 February 1997	Chelsea	H	1–2	33,027	Howells
15 February 1997	Arsenal	H	0–0	33,039
24 February 1997	West Ham United	A	3–4	23,998	Sheringham, Anderton, Howells
1 March 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	32,805
4 March 1997	Sunderland	A	4–0	20,729	Iversen (3), Nielsen
15 March 1997	Leeds United	H	1–0	33,040	Anderton
19 March 1997	Leicester City	A	1–1	20,563	Sheringham
22 March 1997	Derby County	A	2–4	18,083	Rosenthal, Dozzell
5 April 1997	Wimbledon	H	1–0	32,654	Dozzell
9 April 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	22,671	Nielsen
12 April 1997	Everton	A	0–1	36,380
19 April 1997	Aston Villa	A	1–1	39,339	Vega
24 April 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	29,940	Sinton
3 May 1997	Liverpool	A	1–2	40,003	Anderton
11 May 1997	Coventry City	H	1–2	33,029	McVeigh

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	5 January 1997	Manchester United	A	0–2	52,495

League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Preston North End	A	1–1	16,258	Anderton
R2 2nd Leg	25 September 1996	Preston North End	H	3–0 (won 4–1 on agg)	20,080	Anderton, Allen (2)
R3	23 October 1996	Sunderland	H	2–1	24,867	Armstrong, Campbell
R4	27 November 1996	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–6	18,621	Sheringham

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	FA Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1		FW	10	ENG Teddy Sheringham	7	0	1	8
2		MF	8	DEN Allan Nielsen	6	0	0	6
	FW	11	ENG Chris Armstrong	5	0	1	6
	FW	18	NOR Steffen Iversen	6	0	0	6
	MF	22	ENG Andy Sinton	6	0	0	6
6		MF	9	ENG Darren Anderton	3	0	2	5
7		FW	29	ENG Rory Allen	2	0	2	4
8		MF	4	ENG David Howells	2	0	0	2
	MF	12	ENG Jason Dozzell	2	0	0	2
10		MF	7	MSR Ruel Fox	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	ENG Clive Wilson	1	0	0	1
	FW	16	ISR Ronny Rosenthal	1	0	0	1
	FW	19	NIR Paul McVeigh	1	0	0	1
	DF	23	ENG Sol Campbell	0	0	1	1
	DF	24	SUI Ramon Vega	1	0	0	1
TOTALS	44	0	7	51

Clean sheets

Rnk	No.	Player	FA Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1		1	ENG Ian Walker	13	0	1	14
2		13	NOR Espen Baardsen	1	0	0	1
TOTALS	14	0	1	15

References

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