since 1878

First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1996-97 Nationwide League Division One

Final League Position 4th Lost in Play-Offs

Date Opponent V F-A WDL Notes Competition Att. Scorers Manager
19960719Fri 19/7 Visan Pallo A 10-2 W   Friendly   Petta3, Unknown6 Burley
19960721Sun 21/7 Oulu Select XI A 6-1 W   Friendly 1,500 Petta2, Williams, Scowcroft2, Gregory Burley
19960723Tue 23/7 Ilves A 1-1 D   Friendly   Unknown Burley
19960730Tue 30/7 Cambridge United A 1-0 W Friendly   Unknown Burley
19960806Tue 6/8 Northampton Town A 0-0 D   Friendly   Burley
19960810Sat 10/8 ARSENAL H 1-1 D   Testimonial John Wark   Unknown Burley
19960816Fri 16/8 Manchester City A 0-1 L     29,126 Burley
19960820Tue 20/8 AFC BOURNEMOUTH H 2-1 W   League Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg 6,163 Marshall, Mason Burley
19960824Sat 24/8 READING H 5-2 W     9,767 Scowcroft, Taricco, Sedgley, Vaughan2 Burley
19960827Tue 27/8 GRIMSBY TOWN H 1-1 D     9,762 Mason Burley
19960831Sat 31/8 Oldham Athletic A 3-3 D     5,339 Stockwell, Mathie2 Burley
19960903Tue 3/9 AFC Bournemouth A 3-0 W   League Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg 4,119 Mathie, Scowcroft, Stockwell Burley
19960907Sat 7/9 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H 1-3 L     10,661 Mason Burley
19960910Tue 10/9 Crystal Palace A 0-0 D     12,520 Burley
19960914Sat 14/9 Sheffield United A 3-1 W     14,261 Scowcroft2, Sedgley Burley
19960917Tue 17/9 Fulham A 1-1 D   League Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg 6,947 Milton Burley
19960920Fri 20/9 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H 2-1 W     10,558 Mathie, Sedgley Burley
19960924Tue 24/9 FULHAM H 4-2 W   League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg 6,825 Mathie2, Sonner, Sedgley Burley
19960928Sat 28/9 West Bromwich Albion A 0-0 D     15,606 Burley
19961001Tue 1/10 BARNSLEY H 1-1 D     9,041 Mathie Burley
19961011Fri 11/10 Norwich City A 1-3 L     20,256 Sonner Burley
19961015Tue 15/10 Birmingham City A 0-1 L     15,664 Burley
19961019Sat 19/10 PORTSMOUTH H 1-1 D     10,514 Mason Burley
19961022Tue 22/10 CRYSTAL PALACE H 4-1 W   League Cup 3rd Round 8,390 Mathie2, Mason2 Burley
19961026Sat 26/10 TRANMERE ROVERS H 0-2 L     11,003 Burley
19961030Wed 30/10 Queens Park Rangers A 1-0 W     10,562 Mason Burley
19961102Sat 2/11 Oxford United A 1-3 L     7,903 Tanner Burley
19961109Sat 9/11 SOUTHEND UNITED H 1-1 D     10,146 Stockwell Burley
19961116Sat 16/11 Bradford City A 1-2 L     10,504 Cundy Burley
19961119Tue 19/11 SWINDON TOWN H 3-2 W     7,086 Sedgley, Creaney, Scowcroft Burley
19961123Sat 23/11 PORT VALE H 2-1 W     9,491 Tanner, Mason Burley
19961126Tue 26/11 GILLINGHAM H 1-0 W   League Cup 4th Round 15,070 Naylor Burley
19961130Sat 30/11 Tranmere Rovers A 0-3 L     10,127 Burley
19961207Sat 7/12 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS H 0-0 D     12,048 Burley
19961214Sat 14/12 Bolton Wanderers A 2-1 W     13,314 Scowcroft2 Burley
19961221Sat 21/12 STOKE CITY H 1-1 D     10,159 Mason Burley
19961226Thu 26/12 CRYSTAL PALACE H 3-1 W     16,020 Tanner, Mason, Naylor Burley
19961228Sat 28/12 Huddersfield Town A 0-2 L     11,467 Burley
19970101Wed 1/1 Charlton Athletic A 1-1 D     10,186 Tanner Burley
19970104Sat 4/1 Nottingham Forest A 0-3 L   FA Cup 3rd Round 14,681 Burley
19970118Sat 18/1 Barnsley A 2-1 W     9,872 Cundy, Mason Burley
19970121Tue 21/1 LEICESTER CITY H 0-1 L   League Cup 5th Round 20,793 Burley
19970125Sat 25/1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION H 5-0 W     9,381 Holmesog, Scowcroft, Stockwell, Mason, Naylor Burley
19970201Sat 1/2 Southend United A 0-0 D     7,232 Burley
19970208Sat 8/2 QUEENS PARK RANGERS H 2-0 W     12,983 Naylor, Gregory Burley
19970215Sat 15/2 Port Vale A 2-2 D     6,115 Stockwell, Mason Burley
19970222Sat 22/2 OXFORD UNITED H 2-1 W     11,483 Stockwell, Naylor Burley
19970301Sat 1/3 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0-0 D     26,700 Burley
19970304Tue 4/3 BRADFORD CITY H 3-2 W     9,367 Sedgley, Gregory, Sonner Burley
19970308Sat 8/3 Stoke City A 1-0 W     11,933 Taricco Burley
19970315Sat 15/3 BOLTON WANDERERS H 0-1 L     16,187 Burley
19970318Tue 18/3 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 3-1 W     10,374 Gregory3 Burley
19970322Sat 22/3 Reading A 0-1 L     10,058 Burley
19970331Mon 31/3 Grimsby Town A 1-2 L     6,268 Mason Burley
19970405Sat 5/4 OLDHAM ATHLETIC H 4-0 W     11,730 Williams, Scowcroft, Stockwell, Gregory Burley
19970412Sat 12/4 Swindon Town A 4-0 W     8,591 Swailes, Stockwell, Gudmundsson, Sedgley Burley
19970418Fri 18/4 NORWICH CITY H 2-0 W     23,397 Taricco, Mason Burley
19970422Tue 22/4 MANCHESTER CITY H 1-0 W     15,824 Sedgley Burley
19970425Fri 25/4 Portsmouth A 1-0 W     12,101 Scowcroft Burley
19970504Sun 4/5 BIRMINGHAM CITY H 1-1 D     20,570 Gudmundsson Burley
19970510Sat 10/5 Sheffield United A 1-1 D   Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 1st Leg 22,312 Stockwell Burley
19970514Wed 14/5 SHEFFIELD UNITED H 2-2 D Division 1 Play-Off Semi-Final, 2nd Leg 21,467 Scowcroft, Gudmundsson Burley

Season Summary

CompPWDLFA
Friendly6330195
League462014126850
League Cup7511156
FA Cup100103
Play-Offs202033
TOTALS6228201410567

 Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

 Home AverageHome TotalAway AverageAway Total
League12,067277,55212,422285,705
Cup/Play-offs13,11878,70812,01548,059

Final League Table

 Final League Table Division 1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BOLTON WANDERERS         46  18  4  1  60  20  10 10  3  40  33   98
 2. BARNSLEY                 46  14  4  5  43  19   8 10  5  33  36   80
 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  10  5  8  31  24  12  5  6  37  27   76
 4. Ipswich Town             46  13  7  3  44  23   7  7  9  24  27   74
 5. Sheffield United         46  13  5  5  46  23   7  8  8  29  29   73
 6. CRYSTAL PALACE           46  10  7  6  39  22   9  7  7  39  26   71
 7. Portsmouth               46  12  4  7  32  24   8  4 11  27  29   68
 8. Port Vale                46   9  9  5  36  28   8  7  8  22  27   67
 9. Queen's Park Rangers     46  10  5  8  33  25   8  7  8  31  35   66
10. Birmingham City          46  11  7  5  30  18   6  8  9  22  30   66
11. Tranmere Rovers          46  10  9  4  41  27   7  5 11  21  29   65
12. Stoke City               46  15  3  5  34  22   3  7 13  17  35   64
13. Norwich City             46   9 10  4  28  18   8  2 13  35  50   63
14. Manchester City          46  12  4  7  34  24   5  6 12  25  35   61
15. Charlton Athletic        46  11  8  4  36  28   5  3 15  16  38   59
16. West Bromwich Albion     46   7  7  9  37  33   7  8  8  31  39   57
17. Oxford United            46  14  3  6  44  26   2  6 15  20  42   57
18. Reading                  46  13  7  3  37  24   2  5 16  21  43   57
19. Swindon Town             46  11  6  6  36  27   4  3 16  16  44   54
20. Huddersfield Town        46  10  7  6  28  20   3  8 12  20  41   54
21. Bradford City            46  10  5  8  29  32   2  7 14  18  40   48
22. GRIMSBY TOWN             46   7  7  9  31  34   4  6 13  28  47   46
23. OLDHAM ATHLETIC          46   6  8  9  30  30   4  5 14  21  36   43
24. SOUTHEND UNITED          46   7  9  7  32  32   1  6 16  10  53   39

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