Date	Opponents		V	Comp	H-T	F-T	Att	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Sub 1	Sub 2	Sub 3	Sub 4	Sub 5					1996-97																				ARSENAL CAREER																													FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP 1996-97
1	19/07/1996	St. Albans City		A	Fr	2-0	6-0		Harper	Dixon 2	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Wright	Merson 1	Hartson	S.Hughes 1	Shaw 2	Marshall	Hillier	Morrow		1				League				FA Cup				League Cup				Europe				Friendlies				League				FA Cup				League Cup				Europe				Charity Shield				ESC				Friendlies						Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2	27/07/1996	Birmingham City		A	Fr	0-0	0-1	11,101	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Platt	Keown	Bould	Parlour	Shaw	Merson	Hartson	S.Hughes	Linighan					2		SN	Player	Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls			1	Manchester United	38	21	12	5	76	44	75
3	31/07/1996	Glasgow Celtic (Scotland)		A	Fr	1-0	1-2	47,300	Seaman	Dixon 1	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Platt	Merson	Hartson	Hillier	Dickov	S.Hughes	Shaw			3		6	TA Adams	27	+1	3		3		-		3		-		1		-		-		-		391	+4	27		34	+1	5		56	+1	5		21		2		3		-		2		-		82	+6	9			2	Newcastle United	38	19	11	8	73	40	68
4	03/08/1996	Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)		A	Fr	0-1	0-3	41,245	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Platt	Wright	Merson	Hartson	Parlour	Rose	S.Hughes				4			N Anelka	0	+4	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-		0	+4	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2		-			3	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	62	32	68
5	07/08/1996	Fiorentina (Italy)		A	Fr		0-2	18,000	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Hillier	Wright	Shaw	Rose	Parlour						5		10	DNM Bergkamp	28	+1	12		2		1		2		1		1		-		3		2		61	+1	23		3		1		9		6		1		-		-		-		-		-		10	+1	11			4	Liverpool	38	19	11	8	62	37	68
6	07/08/1996	Benfica (Portugal)		N	Fr		1-3	18,000	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Hillier	Wright	Shaw	Rose	Parlour	Hartson 1					6		5	SA Bould	33		-		3		-		3		-		1	+1	-		9		-		236	+8	5		20		-		30		1		11	+4	2		-		-		2		-		53	+12	1			5	Aston Villa	38	17	10	11	47	34	61
7	10/08/1996	Ipswich Town		A	Fr	1-0	1-1	13,850	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Bergkamp	Parlour	Helder	Hartson				7			AJ Clarke	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		4	+3	-		1	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1	+3	-			6	Chelsea	38	16	11	11	58	55	59
8	13/08/1996	Northampton Town		A	Fr	1-0	1-3	7,478	Harper	McGowan	S.Hughes	McGoldrick	Rose	Morrow	Hillier	Merson	Hartson 1	Shaw	Helder	Selley	Clarke	Read			8		23	P Dickov	0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		6	+15	3		-		-		2	+2	3		-		-		-		-		-		-		4	+7	3			7	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	15	9	50	51	57
1	17/08/1996	West Ham United		H	FL	2-0	2-0	38,056	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Hartson 1	Merson	Bergkamp 1p	Morrow	Wright	Dickov				1		2	LM Dixon	31	+1	2		1		-		3		-		1		-		7		3		320	+4	20		29		1		42		-		22		-		3		-		2		-		77	+1	8			8	Wimbledon	38	15	11	12	49	46	56
2	19/08/1996	Liverpool		A	FL	0-0	0-2	38,103	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Hartson	Merson	Bergkamp	Morrow	Wright	Hillier	Helder			2		19	R Garde	7	+4	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		7	+4	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-			9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	46	54	47
3	24/08/1996	Leicester City		A	FL	1-0	2-0	20,429	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Hartson	Merson	Bergkamp 1p	Morrow	Wright 1	Hillier				3		26	LCP Harper	1	(1)	0	*	-		-		-		-		-		-		2	+1 (2)	3	*	1	(1)	0	*	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2	+3 (4)	3	*		10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	7	18	44	51	46
4	04/09/1996	Chelsea		H	FL	1-2	3-3	38,132	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown 1	Bould	Linighan	Parlour	Hartson	Merson 1	Bergkamp	Morrow	Platt	Wright 1				4		16	J Hartson	14	+5	3		1	+1	1		1	+2	-		2		-		5	+2	2		43	+10	14		2	+1	1		2	+4	1		6	+1	1		-		-		2		-		7	+6	5			11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	46
5	07/09/1996	Aston Villa		A	FL	0-1	2-2	37,944	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Morrow	Linighan 1	Platt	Wright	Merson 1	Bergkamp	Parlour	Hartson	Helder				5		12	G Helder	0	+2	-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-		1	+1	-		27	+12	1		2		-		4	+2	-		0	+2	-		-		-		-		-		5	+6	2			12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	46
1	10/09/1996	Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)		H	UC	0-1	2-3	36,894	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Linighan	Parlour	Platt	Wright 1	Merson 1	Bergkamp	Hartson	Helder	Bould				1		17	D Hillier	0	+2	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		4	+1	-		82	+22	2		13	+2	-		13	+2	-		4	+3	-		1		-		0	+1	-		25	+11	2			13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	42
6	16/09/1996	Sheffield Wednesday		H	FL	0-1	4-1	33,461	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Platt 1	Wright 3(1p)	Merson	Hartson	Parlour	Vieira					6		28	SJ Hughes	9	+5	1		2		1		-		-		-		-		5	+2	2		10	+6	1		2		1		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		5	+3	2			14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	42
7	21/09/1996	Middlesbrough		A	FL	2-0	2-0	29,629	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Hartson 1	Vieira	Adams					7		14	MR Keown	33		1		3		-		3		-		2		-		7		-		151	+18	2		13	+2	-		14	+2	1		11	+3	-		0	+1	-		0	+1	-		14	+10	-			15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	42
1	25/09/1996	Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)		A	UC	1-1	2-3	34,000	Seaman	Linighan	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Merson 1	Vieira	Hartson	Parlour	Helder				1			AE Limpar	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		76	+20	17		7		2		9		-		3		1		1		-		-		-		25	+1	7			16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	50	56	41
8	28/09/1996	Sunderland		H	FL	0-0	2-0	38,016	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson	Hartson 1	Vieira	Shaw	Parlour 1				8		13	A Linighan	10	+1	1		-		-		-		-		2		-		6	+1	-		101	+17	5		12	+2	1		13	+1	1		8	+1	1		1		-		-		-		28	+14	2			17	Coventry City	38	9	14	15	38	54	41
9	12/10/1996	Blackburn Rovers		A	FL	1-0	2-0	24,303	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 2	Merson	Hartson	Vieira	Parlour					9		24	J Lukic	15	(5)	17	*	1	(0)	1	*	1	(0)	4	*	-		-		5	+1 (0)	12	*	238	(91)	233	*	22	(5)	28	*	33	(15)	27	*	-		-		1	(0)	1	*	-		-		52	+7 (31)	44	*		18	Sunderland	38	10	10	18	35	53	40
10	19/10/1996	Coventry City		H	FL	0-0	0-0	38,140	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson	Hartson	Vieira	Bergkamp					10			EJP McGoldrick	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		32	+6	-		1	+1	-		7	+2	-		4	+3	1		0	+1	-		-		-		5	+3	-			19	Middlesbrough	38	10	12	16	51	60	39
3	23/10/1996	Stoke City		A	FLC	0-1	1-1	20,804	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Hartson					3		30	GG McGowan	1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		3	+2	-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		4		-			20	Nottingham Forest	38	6	16	16	31	59	34
11	26/10/1996	Leeds United		H	FL	2-0	3-0	38,076	Seaman	Dixon 1	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Morrow	Garde				11		25	SR Marshall	6	+2	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2	+1	1		18	+3	1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2	+3	1			Middlesbrough deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture
12	02/11/1996	Wimbledon		A	FL	1-1	2-2	25,521	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Merson 1	Bergkamp	Vieira	Garde					12		9	PC Merson	32		6		3		-		3		1		2		2		6		1		289	+38	78		28	+3	4		38	+2	10		22		7		3		-		1	+1	-		65	+14	36
3	13/11/1996	Stoke City		H	FLC	1-1	5-2	33,962	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt 1	Wright 2(1p)	Merson 1	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Hartson	Morrow				3		18	SJ Morrow	5	+9	-		2		-		0	+2	-		-		-		1	+2	-		39	+23	1		5	+2	-		7	+4	2		1	+4	-		-		-		-		-		7	+9	-
13	16/11/1996	Manchester United		A	FL	0-0	0-1	55,210	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira						13		15	R Parlour	17	+13	2		3		-		0	+1	-		1	+1	-		9		-		101	+35	6		12		1		13	+3	-		8	+2	-		-		-		0	+1	-		19	+11	2
14	24/11/1996	Tottenham Hotspur		H	FL	1-0	3-1	38,264	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams 1	Platt	Wright 1p	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Hartson	Parlour				14		7	DA Platt	27	+1	4		1		-		3		1		2		-		6		-		54	+3	10		2		-		5	+1	1		2		-		-		-		-		-		13		2
4	27/11/1996	Liverpool		A	FLC	1-2	2-4	32,814	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 2p	Merson	Hartson	Vieira	Parlour	Morrow				4			IM Rankin	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-
15	30/11/1996	Newcastle United		A	FL	1-1	2-1	36,565	Lukic	Dixon 1	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Hartson	Vieira	Linighan	Morrow	Parlour			15			PC Read	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-
16	04/12/1996	Southampton		H	FL	1-0	3-1	38,033	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Linighan	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1p	Merson 1	Hartson	Vieira	Shaw 1	Parlour				16		31	MD Rose	1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		3	+1	-		2	+3	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		3	+2	-
17	07/12/1996	Derby County		H	FL	1-0	2-2	38,018	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Linighan	Bould	Adams 1	Platt	Wright	Merson	Hartson	Vieira 1	Shaw					17		1	DA Seaman	22	(10)	15	*	2	(1)	1	*	2	(0)	3	*	2	(0)	6	*	3	(0)	4	*	249	(106)	198	*	26	(8)	28	*	36	(18)	25	*	24	(8)	27	*	2	(1)	1	*	2	(1)	2	*	46	(23)	37	*
18	21/12/1996	Nottingham Forest		A	FL	0-0	1-2	27,384	Lukic	McGowan	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Linighan	Platt	Wright 1	Merson	Bergkamp	Garde	Parlour	Hartson	Morrow			18		22	I Selley	0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1	+2	-		35	+6	-		3		-		5	+1	-		6	+2	2		-		-		2		-		5	+11	-
19	26/12/1996	Sheffield Wednesday		A	FL	0-0	0-0	23,245	Lukic	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp	Garde	Shaw	Marshall				19		27	P Shaw	1	+7	2		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		5	+3	3		1	+11	2		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		6	+5	3
20	28/12/1996	Aston Villa		H	FL	1-0	2-2	38,130	Lukic	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Garde	Wright 1	Merson 1	Bergkamp	Vieira	Morrow					20			RE Taylor	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-
21	01/01/1997	Middlesbrough		H	FL	2-0	2-0	37,573	Lukic	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Garde	Wright 1	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Hartson	Morrow	Shaw			21			MJ Upson	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-
3	04/01/1997	Sunderland		H	FAC	1-1	1-1	37,793	Lukic	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Morrow	Hartson 1	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Shaw					3		4	P Vieira	30	+1	2		3		-		3		-		1		-		-		-		30	+1	2		3		-		3		-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
22	11/01/1997	Sunderland		A	FL	0-0	0-1	21,154	Seaman	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Hartson	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Hughes					22		3	N Winterburn	38		-		2		-		3		-		2		-		9		-		345	+1	7		33		-		45		3		24		-		3		-		2		-		81	+2	2
3	15/01/1997	Sunderland		A	FAC	0-0	2-0	15,277	Seaman	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Hughes 1	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira						3			J Woolsey	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-
23	19/01/1997	Everton		H	FL	0-0	3-1	38,095	Seaman	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson 1	Bergkamp 1	Vieira 1	Dixon	Hughes				23		8	IE Wright	30	+5	23		1		-		3		5		2		2		6		3		190	+7	118		15		12		28		28		17		15		1		1		2		-		33	+1	24
24	29/01/1997	West Ham United		A	FL	1-0	2-1	24,382	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Rose	Bould	Adams	Parlour 1	Wright 1	Merson	Hughes	Vieira	Hartson	Marshall	Morrow			24
25	01/02/1997	Leeds United		A	FL	0-0	0-0	35,502	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Marshall	Bould	Adams	Parlour	Hartson	Merson	Hughes	Vieira	Wright					25
4	04/02/1997	Leeds United		H	FAC	0-1	0-1	38,115	Seaman	Dixon	Morrow	Keown	Bould	Adams	Parlour	Wright	Merson	Hughes	Vieira	Hartson					4
26	15/02/1997	Tottenham Hotspur		A	FL	0-0	0-0	33,039	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Parlour	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Hughes					26
27	19/02/1997	Manchester United		H	FL	0-2	1-2	38,172	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Parlour	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Hughes					27
28	23/02/1997	Wimbledon		H	FL	0-1	0-1	37,854	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Garde	Bould	Marshall	Parlour	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Hughes	Morrow	Shaw			28
29	01/03/1997	Everton		A	FL	2-0	2-0	36,980	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Garde	Marshall	Platt	Wright 1	Hughes	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Morrow					29
30	08/03/1997	Nottingham Forest		H	FL	0-0	2-0	38,206	Lukic	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Marshall	Adams	Platt	Hughes	Merson	Bergkamp 2(1p)	Vieira	Morrow					30
31	15/03/1997	Southampton		A	FL	1-0	2-0	15,144	Harper	Parlour	Winterburn	Keown	Marshall	Adams	Platt	Hughes 1	Shaw 1	Bergkamp	Vieira	Garde					31
32	24/03/1997	Liverpool		H	FL	0-0	1-2	38,068	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Marshall	Adams	Platt	Wright 1	Hughes	Bergkamp	Vieira	Parlour	Garde	Shaw			32
33	05/04/1997	Chelsea		A	FL	1-0	3-0	28,182	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Garde	Platt 1	Wright 1	Hughes	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Parlour	Anelka	Selley			33
34	12/04/1997	Leicester City		H	FL	1-0	2-0	38,044	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams 1	Platt 1	Wright	Hughes	Bergkamp	Vieira	Parlour					34
35	19/04/1997	Blackburn Rovers		H	FL	1-1	1-1	38,086	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt 1	Wright	Hughes	Bergkamp	Vieira	Parlour					35
36	21/04/1997	Coventry City		A	FL	1-1	1-1	19,998	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 1p	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Anelka	Parlour				36
37	03/05/1997	Newcastle United		H	FL	0-1	0-1	38,179	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright	Merson	Bergkamp	Vieira	Parlour	Anelka				37
38	11/05/1997	Derby County		A	FL	0-1	3-1	18,287	Seaman	Dixon	Winterburn	Keown	Bould	Adams	Platt	Wright 2	Merson	Bergkamp 1	Vieira	Anelka	Parlour				38
9	13/05/1997	Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)		H	Fr	3-1	3-3	20,022	Seaman 1*	Parlour	Winterburn	S.Hughes	Bould	Marshall	Platt	Wright 2	Anelka	Bergkamp 1	Selley	Morrow	Limpar	Lukic 2*	Shaw		9
10	16/05/1997	Watford		A	Fr		4-1		Lukic	Upson	Winterburn	S.Hughes 1	Bould	Marshall 1	Parlour	Platt	Anelka	Bergkamp 1	Shaw 1	Harper	Taylor	Woolsey	Selley	Rankin	10
03/08/1996 - Richard Gough testimonial. 10/08/1996 - John Wark testimonial. 25/09/1996 played at RheinEnergiestadion, Cologne. 13/05/1997 - Nigel Winterburn testimonial. 16/05/1997 - Les Simmons testimonial.