Newcastle United 1 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday, 1996/97 – Football Research Archive

Newcastle United 1 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 24 Aug 1996 (time not recorded)

Newcastle United

1 – 2Half time 1 – 1

Sheffield Wednesday

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 1 – 2; corrected to 1 – 2 (half time 1 – 1) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: Newcastle United v Sheffield Wednesday, 1996-08-24 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

24 Aug 1996 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

St James' Park

Newcastle United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

36,452

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 3

Goals

According to “1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season”

13′Goal, penaltyAlan ShearerNewcastle United1 – 0
15′GoalPeter AthertonSheffield Wednesday1 – 1
80′GoalGuy WhittinghamSheffield Wednesday1 – 2

According to “1996–97 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season”

–GoalPeter AthertonSheffield Wednesday
–GoalGuy WhittinghamSheffield Wednesday

Scorers are listed for Sheffield Wednesday only: the article gives no scorers for the other side, or they do not add up to its score.

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. The two clubs' articles list them differently, so both are shown. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season”, revision 1369516237, read 16 Oct 2026; “1996–97 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season”, revision 1376687106, 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.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 22 Oct 2026, 14:47 BST
Last correction: None

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