Football League Second Division 1996/97

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Football League Second Division 1996/97
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Bury FC
Climbers Bury
Stockport County
Crewe Alexandra FC (as play-off winner)
Relegated Rotherham United
Peterborough United
Shrewsbury Town
Notts County
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,270  (ø 2.3 per game)
Top scorer Tony Thorpe ( Luton Town )
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The Football League Second Division 1996/97 was the fifth season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 70th third division season overall. Third division champions were the FC Bury and next rose to the second-placed Stockport County and after play-off successes against Luton Town and Brentford FC, the sixth-placed Crewe Alexandra in the Football League First Division .

For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1997/98, the three second division clubs Grimsby Town , Oldham Athletic and Southend United ranked in the table below . Rotherham United , Peterborough United , Shrewsbury Town and Notts County had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Wigan Athletic , behind them FC Fulham and Carlisle United and the play-off winners Northampton Town took the vacant positions in the following season 1997/98 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Bury FC (N)  46  24  12  10 062:380 +24 84
 2. Stockport County  46  23  13  10 059:410 +18 82
 3. Luton Town (A)  46  21st  15th  10 071:450 +26 78
 4th Brentford FC  46  20th  14th  12 056:430 +13 74
 5. Bristol City  46  21st  10  15th 069:510 +18 73
 6th Crewe Alexandra  46  22nd  7th  17th 056:470  +9 73
 7th Blackpool FC  46  18th  15th  13 060:470 +13 69
 8th. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  46  17th  18th  11 055:500  +5 69
 9. Burnley FC  46  19th  11  16 071:550 +16 68
10. Chesterfield FC  46  18th  14th  14th 042:390  +3 68
11. Gillingham FC (N)  46  19th  10  17th 060:590  +1 67
12. Walsall FC  46  19th  10  17th 054:530  +1 67
13. Watford FC (A)  46  16  19th  11 045:380  +7 67
14th Millwall FC (A)  46  16  13  17th 050:550  −5 61
15th Preston North End (N)  46  18th  7th  21st 049:550  −6 61
16. Bournemouth AFC  46  15th  15th  16 043:450  −2 60
17th Bristol Rovers  46  15th  11  20th 047:500  −3 56
18th Wycombe Wanderers  46  15th  10  21st 051:570  −6 55
19th Plymouth Argyle (N)  46  12  18th  16 047:580 −11 54
20th York city  46  13  13  20th 047:680 −21 52
21st Peterborough United  46  11  14th  21st 055:730 −18 47
22nd Shrewsbury Town  46  11  13  22nd 049:740 −25 46
23. Rotherham United  46  7th  14th  25th 039:700 −31 35
24. Notts County  46  7th  14th  25th 033:590 −26 35

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 2nd goals conceded

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1997/98
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1997/98
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 1997/98
  • Play-off winners and promoted to Football League First Division 1997/98
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division 1997/98
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1995/96
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1995/96

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BLP BOU BRE BRC BRR BNL BUY CHF CRE GIL LUT Mil NOC PET PLY PNE RED SHR STC WHALE WAT WRE WYC YOR
    Blackpool FC 1: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 3 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 2-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 5: 1 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 3 0-0 3-0
    Bournemouth AFC 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    Brentford FC 1: 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0: 3 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 2-0 3: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 1 3: 2 0-0 4: 2 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 3
    Bristol City 0: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2-0 3-0 0: 1 5-0 1: 1 4-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 0: 2 3: 2 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 2-0
    Bristol Rovers 0-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 4: 3 2-0 2-0 0-0 3: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 3: 4 1: 1
    Burnley FC 2-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 3 2: 2 3: 1 0-0 2-0 5: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 5-0 2: 1 1: 2 3: 3 1: 3 5: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 2
    Bury FC 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 4: 1
    Chesterfield FC 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 4: 2 2-0
    Crewe Alexandra 3: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 3: 2 0-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 3-0 1-0 1-0 5: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 3-0 0: 1
    Gillingham FC 2: 3 1: 1 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 2: 1 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 1
    Luton Town 1-0 2-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 6-0 2: 1 0: 2 2-0 3-0 2: 2 5: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0
    Millwall FC 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 3: 2 2-0 2: 1 3: 4 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    Notts County 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 2: 3 0-0 1: 2 0: 1
    Peterborough United 0-0 3: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 2 3: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0: 1 3: 3 1: 3 0-0 2-0 6: 2 2: 2 0: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 6: 3 2: 2
    Plymouth Argyle 0: 1 0-0 1: 4 0-0 0: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 3 1-0 2-0 3: 3 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1
    Preston North End 3-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 3: 4 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1-0
    Rotherham United 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 4 1: 2 0: 3 0-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 1 0: 2
    Shrewsbury Town 1: 3 1: 1 0: 3 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 3 0: 2 0: 2 3: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Stockport County 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 5: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 2: 1 2: 1
    Walsall FC 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 3 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1 4-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1
    Watford FC 2: 2 0: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 0-0 0: 2 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 4-0
    Wrexham AFC 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 3 3: 3 1: 1 4: 4 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 3 1: 2 3: 1 1-0 0-0
    Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 5-0 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 2 3-0 0: 2 0: 2 0-0 0-0 3: 1
    York city 1-0 1: 2 2: 4 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 3: 2 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 2-0

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Luton Town 1 2 3    
    6th  Crewe Alexandra 2 2 4th  
    6th  Crewe Alexandra 1
      4th  Brentford FC 0
    4th  Brentford FC 2 2 4th
    5  Bristol City 1 1 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Tony Thorpe Luton Town 28
    2 EnglandEngland Paul Barnes Burnley FC 24
    3 EnglandEngland Carl Asaba Brentford FC 23
    = Bermuda 1910Bermuda Shaun Goater Bristol City =
    5 ScotlandScotland Iffy Onuora Gillingham FC 21st
    6th Bermuda 1910Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne Walsall FC 20th

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997-98 . Queen Anne Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-7472-7738-9 , pp. 34 .