Premier League table 1996/97

Team

Pd

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1

Manchester United

38

21

12

5

76

44

32

75

2

Newcastle United

38

19

11

8

73

40

33

68

3

Arsenal

38

19

11

8

62

32

30

68

4

Liverpool

38

19

11

8

62

37

25

68

5

Aston Villa

38

17

10

11

47

34

13

61

6

Chelsea

38

16

11

11

58

55

3

59

7

Sheffield Wednesday

38

14

15

9

50

51

-1

57

8

Wimbledon

38

15

11

12

49

46

3

56

9

Leicester City

38

12

11

15

46

54

-8

47

10

Tottenham Hotspur

38

13

7

18

44

51

-7

46

11

Leeds United

38

11

13

14

28

38

-10

46

12

Derby County

38

11

13

14

45

58

-13

46

13

Blackburn Rovers

38

9

15

14

42

43

-1

42

14

West Ham Utd

38

10

12

16

39

48

-9

42

15

Everton

38

10

12

16

44

57

-13

42

16

Southampton

38

10

11

17

50

56

-6

41

17

Coventry City

38

9

14

15

38

54

-16

41

18

Sunderland

38

10

10

18

35

53

-18

40

19

Middlesbrough

38

10

12

16

51

60

-9

39

20

Nottingham Forest

38

6

16

16

31

59

-28

34

This colour means team is in Relegation Zone

Middlesbrough were deducted 3 points for failing to field team

Promotion/Relegation 1996/97

Promoted:

Crystal Palace Bolton Wanderers Barnsley

Relegated:

Sunderland Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest

Winners 1996/97

Manchester United continued their domination of the Premier League with their 4th title championship in 5 years of the Premier League.

Chelsea won the FA Cup for the second time in their history with comfortable 2-0 win over Middlesbrough. A goal after only 43 secs by Di Matteo set Chelsea on their way and a second by Newton 8 mins from time sent the Blues to victory.

Leicester City beat poor Middlesbrough in the Coca-Cola Cup final. After a 1-1 draw at Wembley the replay was at Hillsborough where the Foxes won 1-0. This meant not only Middlesbrough were relegated but they lost in both cup finals!