League Cup1996/1997

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 163

Goals scored : 439 (2.69 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 325

Red cards : 19

44%
Home victories

23%
Draws

29%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.96 years

Number of players participating : 1556

League Cup 1996/1997's fixtures and results

Final

April 06, 1997

LeicesterPremier League (1)

1 1a.e.t.

MiddlesbroughPremier League (1)

118'Emile Heskey

95'Fabrizio Ravanelli

April 16, 1997

LeicesterPremier League (1)

1 0a.e.t.

MiddlesbroughPremier League (1)

100'Steve Claridge

Latest transfers

April 16, 1997
Ben Smith ( Arsenal U-23)		Reading
Roy Carroll ( Hull City)		Wigan

April 15, 1997
Mark McKeever ( Peterborough)		S Wednesday

April 12, 1997
Dave Regis ( Notts)		Barnsley
Craig Midgley ( Scarborough)		Bradford
Gary Jones ( Scunthorpe)		Notts
Teuvo Moilanen ( Darlington)		Preston NE
Glen Crowe ( Exeter City)		Wolves

April 11, 1997
Jamie Howell ( Notts)		Torquay
Gijsbert Bos ( Gateshead)		Lincoln
Richard Cresswell ( Mansfield)		York City

April 08, 1997
Martin Taylor ( Wycombe)		Derby

April 03, 1997
Paul Evans ( Bradford)		Leeds

April 01, 1997
David Billington ( Peterborough)		S Wednesday

All transfers

One match scorers

Stephen Wilkinsonhas scored 3 goals during the match Wigan 2-3 Preston NE (20/08/1996)

Marcus Stewarthas scored 3 goals during the match Huddersfield 3-0 Wrexham (20/08/1996)

Paul Bakerhas scored 3 goals during the match Torquay United 3-3 Bristol City (20/08/1996)

Graham Lancashirehas scored 3 goals during the match Preston NE 4-4 Wigan (03/09/1996)

Fabrizio Ravanellihas scored 4 goals during the match Middlesbrough 7-0 Hereford United (18/09/1996)

John McGinlayhas scored 3 goals during the match Bolton Wanderers 6-1 Tottenham (27/11/1996)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Fabrizio Ravanelli	9	1	87	780	8	8	2	6	39%	06/04/1997
Alex Mathie	5	0	87	437	5	5	1	4	33%	22/10/1996
Mike Sheron	5	0	78	390	4	4	2	2	83%	12/11/1996
Ian Wright	5	3	54	270	3	3	2	3	63%	27/11/1996
Robbie Fowler	5	1	72	360	4	4	2	3	50%	27/11/1996
John McGinlay	5	1	84	420	5	5	3	2	45%	27/11/1996
Nigel Jemson	5	0	124	620	7	7	4	1	45%	18/12/1996
Graham Lancashire	4	0	53	210	2	2	2	2	67%	03/09/1996
Stephen Wilkinson	4	0	53	210	2	2	4	0	50%	03/09/1996
Marcus Stewart	4	0	87	349	4	4	2	1	44%	24/09/1996
Andy Mutch	4	0	66	263	4	3	1	3	22%	29/01/1997
Mikkel Beck	4	0	147	586	7	6	1	3	17%	26/02/1997
Paul Baker	3	1	60	180	2	2	1	2	100%	20/08/1996
Tony Naylor	3	0	145	434	5	5	1	2	33%	17/09/1996
David Eyres	3	0	120	360	4	4	2	1	43%	17/09/1996

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Ipswich Town	VBournemouth 0-3 03/09/1996	DFulham 1-1 17/09/1996	V 4-2 Fulham24/09/1996	V 4-1 Crystal Palace22/10/1996	V 1-0 Gillingham26/11/1996	L 0-1 Leicester21/01/1997
2	Leicester	V 2-0 Man United27/11/1996	VIpswich Town 0-1 21/01/1997	D 0-0 Wimbledon FC18/02/1997	DWimbledon FC 1-1 11/03/1997	D 1-1 Middlesbrough06/04/1997	V 1-0 Middlesbrough16/04/1997
3	Wimbledon FC	D 1-1 Luton Town22/10/1996	VLuton Town 1-2 12/11/1996	V 1-0 Aston Villa26/11/1996	VBolton Wanderers 0-2 08/01/1997	DLeicester 0-0 18/02/1997	D 1-1 Leicester11/03/1997
4	Stockport	DWest Ham 1-1 27/11/1996	V 2-1 West Ham18/12/1996	D 2-2 Southampton22/01/1997	VSouthampton 1-2 29/01/1997	L 0-2 Middlesbrough26/02/1997	VMiddlesbrough 0-1 12/03/1997
5	Gillingham	V 2-0 Swansea03/09/1996	DBarnsley 1-1 17/09/1996	V 1-0 Barnsley24/09/1996	D 2-2 Coventry22/10/1996	VCoventry 0-1 12/11/1996	LIpswich Town 1-0 26/11/1996
6	Lincoln City	DHartlepool 2-2 20/08/1996	V 3-2 Hartlepool03/09/1996	V 4-1 Manchester City17/09/1996	VManchester City 0-1 24/09/1996	DSouthampton 2-2 22/10/1996	L 1-3 Southampton12/11/1996
7	Port Vale	V 1-0 Crewe Alexandra20/08/1996	VCrewe Alexandra 1-5 03/09/1996	V 1-0 Carlisle United17/09/1996	DCarlisle United 2-2 24/09/1996	D 0-0 Oxford United22/10/1996	LOxford United 2-0 05/11/1996
8	Bolton Wanderers	DBristol City 0-0 18/09/1996	V 3-1 Bristol City24/09/1996	V 2-1 Chelsea22/10/1996	V 6-1 Tottenham27/11/1996	L 0-2 Wimbledon FC08/01/1997
9	Huddersfield	V 3-0 Wrexham20/08/1996	VWrexham 1-2 03/09/1996	D 1-1 Colchester17/09/1996	VColchester 0-2 24/09/1996	LMiddlesbrough 5-1 22/10/1996
10	Middlesbrough	V 3-1 Newcastle United27/11/1996	V 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997	VStockport 0-2 26/02/1997	L 0-1 Stockport12/03/1997	DLeicester 1-1 06/04/1997	LLeicester 1-0 16/04/1997
11	Southampton	D 2-2 Lincoln City22/10/1996	VLincoln City 1-3 12/11/1996	DOxford United 1-1 26/11/1996	V 3-2 Oxford United18/12/1996	DStockport 2-2 22/01/1997	L 1-2 Stockport29/01/1997
-	Oxford United	DS Wednesday 1-1 18/09/1996	V 1-0 S Wednesday24/09/1996	DPort Vale 0-0 22/10/1996	V 2-0 Port Vale05/11/1996	D 1-1 Southampton26/11/1996	LSouthampton 3-2 18/12/1996
13	York City	DDoncaster Rovers 1-1 20/08/1996	V 2-0 Doncaster Rovers03/09/1996	DEverton 1-1 18/09/1996	V 3-2 Everton24/09/1996	L 0-2 Leicester22/10/1996
14	West Ham	DBarnet 1-1 18/09/1996	V 1-0 Barnet25/09/1996	V 4-1 Nottingham22/10/1996	D 1-1 Stockport27/11/1996	LStockport 2-1 18/12/1996
15	Luton Town	V 3-0 Bristol Rovers20/08/1996	LBristol Rovers 2-1 04/09/1996	V 1-0 Derby County17/09/1996	DDerby County 2-2 25/09/1996	DWimbledon FC 1-1 22/10/1996	L 1-2 Wimbledon FC12/11/1996
16	Carlisle United	V 1-0 Chester City20/08/1996	VChester City 1-3 03/09/1996	LPort Vale 1-0 17/09/1996	D 2-2 Port Vale24/09/1996
17	Liverpool	DCharlton 1-1 22/10/1996	V 4-1 Charlton12/11/1996	V 4-2 Arsenal27/11/1996	LMiddlesbrough 2-1 08/01/1997
-	Tottenham	DPreston NE 1-1 17/09/1996	V 3-0 Preston NE25/09/1996	V 2-1 Sunderland22/10/1996	LBolton Wanderers 6-1 27/11/1996
19	Oldham Athletic	L 0-1 Grimsby Town20/08/1996	VGrimsby Town 0-1 03/09/1996	D 2-2 Tranmere Rovers17/09/1996	VTranmere Rovers 0-1 24/09/1996	LNewcastle United 1-0 23/10/1996
20	Charlton	V 4-1 Burnley17/09/1996	VBurnley 1-2 24/09/1996	D 1-1 Liverpool22/10/1996	LLiverpool 4-1 12/11/1996
-	Birmingham City	VBrighton & Hove 0-1 21/08/1996	V 2-0 Brighton & Hove04/09/1996	DCoventry 1-1 18/09/1996	L 0-1 Coventry24/09/1996
-	Darlington	V 1-0 Rotherham United20/08/1996	VRotherham United 0-1 03/09/1996	DLeeds United 2-2 18/09/1996	L 0-2 Leeds United24/09/1996
-	Stoke City	V 1-0 Northampton Town18/09/1996	VNorthampton Town 1-2 24/09/1996	D 1-1 Arsenal22/10/1996	LArsenal 5-2 12/11/1996
-	Barnet	VExeter City 0-4 20/08/1996	V 2-0 Exeter City03/09/1996	D 1-1 West Ham18/09/1996	LWest Ham 1-0 25/09/1996
25	Blackpool	LScunthorpe 2-1 20/08/1996	V 2-0 Scunthorpe03/09/1996	L 1-4 Chelsea18/09/1996	VChelsea 1-3 25/09/1996
26	Sunderland	VWatford 0-2 17/09/1996	V 1-0 Watford24/09/1996	LTottenham 2-1 22/10/1996
-	Blackburn	VBrentford 1-2 17/09/1996	V 2-0 Brentford24/09/1996	L 0-1 Stockport22/10/1996
-	Crystal Palace	VBury 1-3 17/09/1996	V 4-0 Bury24/09/1996	LIpswich Town 4-1 22/10/1996
29	Swindon Town	V 2-0 Wolverhampton20/08/1996	LWolverhampton 1-0 04/09/1996	L 1-2 QPR18/09/1996	VQPR 1-3 25/09/1996	LMan United 2-1 22/10/1996
30	Sheffield United	V 3-0 Bradford20/08/1996	VBradford 1-2 03/09/1996	LStockport 2-1 17/09/1996	L 2-5 Stockport24/09/1996

Longest streaksLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

Club		Series	Running
	Middlesbrough	6
	Stockport	5
	Leicester	5
	Port Vale	3
	Ipswich Town	3
	Lincoln City	3
	Wimbledon FC	3
	Bolton Wanderers	3
	Gillingham	2
	Sheffield United	2
	Burnley	2
	Huddersfield	2
	Barnet	2
	Darlington	2
	Carlisle United	2
	Birmingham City	2
	Sunderland	2
	Charlton	2
	Crystal Palace	2
	Blackburn	2
	Stoke City	2
	Southampton	2
	Tottenham	2
	West Ham	2
	Liverpool	2
	Preston NE	1
	Walsall	1
	Swindon Town	1
	Fulham	1
	Scunthorpe	1

Goals per quarterLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	55
Best scorer : James Quinn - 2 Goals
16 - 30	79
Best scorer : Paul Telfer - 2 Goals
31 - 45+	63
Best scorer : Emerson - 2 Goals
46 - 60	72
Best scorer : Robbie Fowler - 2 Goals
61 - 75	82
Best scorer : Alex Mathie - 4 Goals
76 - 90+	75
Best scorer : Fabrizio Ravanelli - 3 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	4 times
1 - 0	36 times
1 - 1	23 times
2 - 0	26 times
2 - 1	23 times
2 - 2	9 times
3 - 0	8 times
3 - 1	8 times
3 - 2	7 times

Score	Frequence
3 - 3	1 times
4 - 0	2 times
4 - 1	7 times
4 - 2	2 times
4 - 4	1 times
5 - 1	2 times
5 - 2	2 times
6 - 1	1 times
7 - 0	1 times

General statistics by teamLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Middlesbrough	25	8	10	Fabrizio Ravanelli (9 goals)
Ipswich Town	23	7	9	Alex Mathie (5 goals)
Leicester	22	8	8	Emile Heskey (2 goals)
Peterborough	22	4	3	Carl Griffiths (1 goals)
Southampton	22	8	8	Egil Ostenstad (3 goals)
Wimbledon FC	22	6	6	Marcus Gayle (3 goals)
West Ham	21	5	6	Iain Dowie (2 goals)
Gillingham	21	7	6	Simon Ratcliffe (2 goals)
Bolton Wanderers	20	5	5	John McGinlay (5 goals)
Scarborough	20	4	4	Andy Ritchie (2 goals)
Barnet	19	4	6	Philip Simpson (2 goals)
Fulham	19	4	4	Mike Conroy (2 goals)
Chelsea	19	3	5	John Spencer (2 goals)
Preston NE	19	4	5	Stephen Wilkinson (4 goals)
Charlton	19	4	5	John Robinson (2 goals)
Oldham Athletic	19	5	4	Lee Richardson (1 goals)
Stoke City	19	4	2	Mike Sheron (5 goals)
Huddersfield	19	5	5	Marcus Stewart (4 goals)
Watford	18	4	2	Wayne Andrews (1 goals)
Liverpool	18	4	5	Robbie Fowler (5 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 11/01/2025 at 15:38

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Crewe Alexandra	22.1	Steve Macauley (26 years)	Danny Murphy (18 years)
Darlington	22.2	Paul Newell (26 years)	Gary Innes (18 years)
Hereford United	22.6	David Norton (30 years)	Garry Cook (17 years)
Crystal Palace	22.8	Ray Houghton (33 years)	Leon McKenzie (17 years)
Brentford	23.2	Lee Harvey (29 years)	Marcus Bent (17 years)
Bournemouth	23.3	Dale Gordon (28 years)	David Town (19 years)
Mansfield Town	23.3	Brian Kilcline (33 years)	Ryan Williams (17 years)
Hull City	23.4	Warren Joyce (30 years)	Gavin Gordon (16 years)
Man United	23.4	Raimond van der Gouw (32 years)	Michael Clegg (18 years)
Cambridge United	23.6	Scott Barrett (32 years)	Billy Beall (18 years)
QPR	23.8	Alan McDonald (32 years)	Nigel Quashie (17 years)
Charlton	24.1	Mike Salmon (31 years)	Kevin Nicholls (16 years)
Portsmouth	24.3	Jimmy Carter (30 years)	Deon Burton (19 years)
Bristol Rovers	24.3	Ian Holloway (32 years)	Josh Low (16 years)
Carlisle United	24.4	David Currie (33 years)	Matt Jansen (18 years)
Swansea	24.5	Jan Mölby (32 years)	Kristian O'Leary (18 years)
Lincoln City	24.6	Tony Dennis (32 years)	Jae Martin (19 years)
Hartlepool	24.7	Mick Tait (39 years)	Graeme Lee (17 years)
Doncaster Rovers	24.7	Kerry Dixon (34 years)	Darren Utley (18 years)
Manchester City	24.7	Michael Frontzeck (31 years)	Jeff Whitley (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 25/01/2025 at 04:54

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	2848	1098	287
Scotland	230	86	35
Wales	219	81	19
Republic of Ireland	191	68	12
Northern Ireland	94	35	14
Netherlands	61	22	8
Jamaica	48	15	7
Norway	47	13	4
Australia	45	18	4
Denmark	35	11	5
United States	21	5	0
Brazil	19	4	5
France	19	8	0
Italy	18	5	10
Trinidad and Tobago	16	6	1
Portugal	15	5	3
Iceland	12	3	0
Nigeria	11	5	2
Canada	9	6	0
Czech Republic	9	4	2