Newcastle United squad – Football Research Archive

Squad 1996/97

Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1996/97, so these are Newcastle United's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.

Checks that did not pass

Pavel Srníček: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Warren Barton: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
John Beresford: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
David Batty: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Darren Peacock: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Steve Howey: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Rob Lee: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Peter Beardsley: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Alan Shearer: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Les Ferdinand: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Faustino Asprilla: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
David Ginola: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Shaka Hislop: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Jimmy Crawford: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Keith Gillespie: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"

Newcastle United 1996/97: league appearances and goals per player, according to Wikipedia
Player	Pos.	Apps	Starts	Sub	Goals	All apps	All goals
Pavel Srníček	GK	22	22	0	0	30	0
Warren Barton	DF	17	14	3	1	26	1
John Beresford	DF	19	18	1	0	27	0
David Batty	MF	32	32	0	1	44	1
Darren Peacock	DF	35	35	0	1	49	1
Steve Howey	DF	8	8	0	1	9	1
Rob Lee	MF	33	32	1	5	45	6
Peter Beardsley	MF	25	22	3	5	37

Rows that differ from another source (both values kept):

Pavel Srníček: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Warren Barton: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
John Beresford: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
David Batty: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Darren Peacock: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Steve Howey: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Rob Lee: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Peter Beardsley: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Alan Shearer: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Les Ferdinand: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Faustino Asprilla: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
David Ginola: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Shaka Hislop: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Jimmy Crawford: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Keith Gillespie: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Steve Watson: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Lee Clark: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Robbie Elliott: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Philippe Albert: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Paul Kitson: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Steve Harper: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Aaron Hughes: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Paul Barrett: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"
Stuart Elliott: unreadable Total yellow cards: "?"; unreadable Total red cards: "?"

Newcastle United scored 73 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season”, revision 1369516237, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Transfers 1996/97

Newcastle United 1996/97: players joining, according to Wikipedia
Date	Player	From	Move
30 Jul 1996	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	Transfer
27 Mar 1997	Des Hamilton	Bradford City	Transfer

Newcastle United 1996/97: players leaving, according to Wikipedia
Date	Player	To	Move
23 Nov 1996	Darren Huckerby	Coventry City	Transfer
6 Feb 1997	Paul Kitson	West Ham United	Transfer

According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.

Former players

People in this archive whose Wikidata career includes a senior spell at Newcastle United that has ended
Player	Years	Matches	Goals
Anthony Gordon	2023–2026	111	24
Sandro Tonali	2023–2026	79	5
Bruno Guimarães	2022–2026	153	30
Kieran Trippier	2022–2026	118	4
Emil Krafth	2019–2026	84	1
Jamaal Lascelles	2014–2026	220	13
Alexander Isak	2022–2025	86	54
Callum Wilson	2020–2025	113	47
Martin Dúbravka	2018–2025	175	0
Sean Longstaff	2018–2025	171	10
Yankuba Minteh	2023–2024	0	0
Elliot Anderson	2019–2024	44	0
Chris Wood	2022–2023	35	4
Karl Darlow	2014–2023	Not held	Not held
Mikel Merino	2017–2018	24	1
Matz Sels	2016–2018	9	0
Adam Armstrong	2014–2015	9	0
James Milner	2004–2008	94	6
Scott Parker	2005–2007	55	4
Duncan Ferguson	1998–2000	30	8

Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.