| Squad cost: | 35.73M | 1996-97 fees: | 9.68M | |
| Total players: | 29 | Players in: | 4 | |
| Loaned out: | 3 | |||
| Available squad: | 26 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Allen | D | 20 | 1.85 | ENG | ||||
| 25 | Michael Ball | D | 17 | 1.78 | ENG | |||
| 12 | Nick Barmby | M | 23 | ENG | 7.2M | |||
| 2 | Earl Barrett | D | 30 | 1.80 | ENG | 2.25M | ||
| 23 | Michael Branch | F | 18 | 1.78 | ENG | |||
| 28 | Danny Cadamarteri | F | 17 | 1.75 | ENG | |||
| 27 | Richard Dunne | D | 17 | 1.88 | IRL | |||
| 14 | John Ebbrell | M | 27 | ENG | ||||
| 9 | Duncan Ferguson | F | 25 | 1.93 | SCO | 2000 | 4.86M | |
| 13 | Paul Gerrard | GK | 24 | 1.88 | ENG | FREE | ||
| 20 | Tony Grant | M | 22 | 1.77 | ENG | |||
| 3 | Andy Hinchcliffe | D | 28 | 1.78 | ENG | 1.08M | ||
| 19 | Marc Hottiger | D | 29 | 1.76 | SUI | 905K | ||
| 17 | Andrey Kanchelskis | M | 28 | 1.78 | RUS | 6.75M | ||
| 11 | Anders Limpar | M | 31 | 1.74 | SWE | 1994 | ? | |
| Jon O'Connor | D | 20 | ENG | |||||
| 18 | Joe Parkinson | M | 26 | ENG | 1994 | 338K | ||
| 6 | Terry Phelan | D | 30 | 1.72 | IRL | ? | ||
| 8 | Paul Rideout | F | 32 | 1.80 | ENG | 1992 | ? | |
| 21 | Craig Short | D | 29 | 1.85 | ENG | 3.24M | ||
| 1 | Neville Southall | GK | 38 | 1.85 | WAL | 203K | ||
| 10 | Gary Speed | M | 27 | WAL | ||||
| 7 | Graham Stuart | M | 26 | 1.73 | ENG | 1.15M | ||
| 15 | Claus Thomsen | D | 27 | DEN | Jan | 1.13M | ||
| 4 | David Unsworth | D | 23 | 1.87 | ENG | 4.14M | ||
| 5 | Dave Watson | D | 35 | 1.83 | ENG | 1.67M |
| Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | At | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hills | D | 19 | 1.78 | ENG | Swansea City | |||
| Matt Jackson | D | 25 | 1.85 | ENG | 810K | Birmingham City | ||
| Jamie Speare | GK | 20 | 1.85 | ENG | Darlington FC (liq.) |