Premier Manager 97 is the sequel to Premier Manager. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Europe in 1996.

The PC version is the first game not developed by Gremlin Interactive. Development was passed on to Dinamic Multimedia, who made the popular PC Fútbol series. The game was PC Fútbol 5 without arcade mode. For the first time, gave the player the option to coach a Premiership team from the start.